Pediatric rheumatology

Long‐Term Maintenance of Clinical Responses by Individual Patients With Polyarticular‐Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Abatacept

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)Published Post hoc analysis of abatacept clinical trials

Authors' conclusion

Among individual patients with polyarticular-course JIA treated with abatacept who achieved 1 of the combined clinical and patient-reported outcomes composite end points, many maintained them over 21 months of abatacept treatment.

Study context

Population
Patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with abatacept (subcutaneous and intravenous trials)219 SC abatacept
Primary endpoint
Maintenance of month 13 and 21 composite end points (LDA+pain-min, LDA+C-HAQ DI0, ACR50+pain-min) in those who achieved them at month 4
Follow-up
Months 13 and 21
Methodological detailssubcutaneous abatacept trial and intravenous abatacept trial data
  • Subcutaneous abatacept trial and intravenous abatacept trial data

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Maintenance of LDA+pain-min among month-4 achievers

Maintained low disease activity (LDA)+pain-min at month 13

84.7%

83 of 98

Maintained LDA+pain-min at month 21

65.3%

64 of 98

Further findings

Composite end points achieved at month 4

LDA+pain-min
44.7%
LDA+C-HAQ DI0
19.6%
ACR50+pain-min
58.9%

Proportion meeting LDA+pain-min · month 4 to month 21

Month 4
44.7% (98 of 219)
Month 21
54.8% (120 of 219)

Proportion meeting LDA+C-HAQ DI score of 0 · month 4 to month 21

Month 4
19.6% (43 of 219)
Month 21
28.8% (63 of 219)

Original publication

Long‐Term Maintenance of Clinical Responses by Individual Patients With Polyarticular‐Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Abatacept. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 22 June 2023. doi:10.1002/acr.25156

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