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Incidence of Hospitalized Infection in Elderly Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis on bDMARDs and tsDMARDs: A Healthcare Data-Based Cohort Study

Not Applicable
Conditions
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000037851
Lead Sponsor
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD. MEDICAL SCIENCE DEPT
Brief Summary

Crude incidence rates (/100 person-years) of HIs were 3.99, 7.27, and 10.77, respectively. In the oldest group, aRRs (95% confidence interval) for HIs (b/tsDMARDs versus TCZ) were as follows: etanercept, 2.40 (1.24-4.61), adalimumab, 1.90 (0.75-4.83), golimumab, 1.21 (0.66-2.23), and abatacept, 0.89 (0.49-1.62). In the other age groups, the noticeable difference was a lower aRR of etanercept versus TCZ in the youngest group (0.30, 0.11-0.85).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5506
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients in hospital at baseline 2. Patients with other diseases indicated for the study therapy (behcet's disease, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, kawasaki disease, crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis/adult still's disease, suppurative hidradenitis, castleman's disease, giant cell arteritis, takayasu's arteritis) at least once in the previous year

Study & Design

Study Type
Others,meta-analysis etc
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
umber of infections requiring first hospitalized infection, morbidity (person-years), crude morbidity, crude hazard ratio of each bDMARDs and tsDMARDs to tocilizumab, adjusted hazard ratio, in elderly RA patients aged 75 years and older
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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