Across rheumatic diseases

Safety of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement

Ann Rheum DisPublished Systematic literature review

Authors' conclusion

A substantial amount of literature was published on JAKi safety since 2019.

Study context

Population
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) treated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi): placebo- or active-controlled randomised controlled trials (RCTs), long-term extension (LTE) studies, pooled trial analyses, cohort and claims studies209 records included
Outcome
Safety outcomes of JAKi in IMIDs
Methodological detailsupdate of the 2019 systematic literature review (SLR), MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Library, Performed to inform the 2024 update of the expert consensus statement on treatment of IMIDs with JAKi
  • Update of the 2019 SLR
  • MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane Library
  • Performed to inform the 2024 update of the expert consensus statement on treatment of IMIDs with JAKi

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Safety of JAKi
Records screened
13,905
Records included
209
Safety trials
3
Post hoc analyses
13
Efficacy RCTs with adequate safety reporting
83
Integrated safety analyses and LTE of RCTs
56
Additional conference abstracts on RCT data
20
Real-world cohort studies
37

Original publication

Safety of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement. Ann Rheum Dis. Published 10 February 2025. doi:10.1016/j.ard.2025.01.024

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