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Noninterventional Examination of Subcutaneous (sc) Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Inhibitors

Completed
Conditions
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Registration Number
NCT01764321
Lead Sponsor
UCB Pharma SA
Brief Summary

This prospective, post marketing, observational, Noninterventional Study (NIS) is designed to compare drug persistence in patients treated with Certolizumab Pegol (CZP) and patients treated with any other subcutaneously (sc) administered Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1723
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
  • Moderate to severe disease activity of RA
  • The patient receives Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor in combination with at least 1 synthetic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug (DMARD)
  • The decision to prescribe a TNF inhibitor in combination with DMARD is made by the treating physician, prior to and independently from the decision to include the patient in this Non-Interventional Study (NIS)
  • Male or female patients ≥ 18 years of age, considered by the treating physician to be reliable and capable of adhering to the observational plan (eg, able to understand and complete questionnaires)
  • The patient personally signed and dated Patient Data Consent Form (PDCF) prior to Visit 2
  • Treatment is according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Known contraindications to Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitors
  • Prior use of any TNF inhibitors (including Adalimumab, Etanercept, Infliximab, Certolizumab, or Golimumab), or other biologic DMARDs (including Abatacept, Rituximab, Tocilizumab, or Anakinra)
  • Participation in an investigational study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients demonstrating persistence to the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor after 24 months of treatmentup to Week 104

For a patient to be classified as persistent he or she must be classified as an early responder up to Week 12 and be continuously treated up to Week 104 with the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor at a dose not greater than that initially prescribed according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC).

For the definition of persistence rate for the primary variable, patients will be classified as early responders if their Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) shows a reduction of \>=1.2 from Baseline or decreases to \<=3.2 (Low Disease Activity (LDA) or remission) up to Week 12.

Non responders up to Week 12 will be counted as non persistent to the initially prescribed TNF inhibitor treatment.

Patients who stop the initially prescribed TNF inhibitor treatment will not be counted as persistent, except if treatment with TNF inhibitor is stopped because the patient is in clinical remission.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients achieving early clinical response to treatment based on Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) reduction of ≥ 1.2 or DAS28 decrease to ≤ 3.2 up to Week 12From Baseline up to Week 12
Proportion of patients achieving early clinical response to treatment based on DAS28 reduction of ≥ 1.2 or DAS28 decrease to ≤ 3.2, and being in DAS28 remission (DAS28<2.6) or ([LDA] DAS28<=3.2) at Week 104From Baseline up to Week 12 and to Week 104

* LDA is defined as DAS28 ≤ 3.2

* DAS28 is defined as Disease Activity Score 28

Proportion of patients achieving early clinical response to treatment based on Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) reduction of ≥ 1.2, and being in DAS28 remission (DAS28<2.6) or LDA (DAS28<=3.2) at Week 104From Baseline up to Week 12 and to Week 104

Low Disease Activity (LDA) is defined as DAS28 ≤ 3.2

Proportion of patients who discontinued the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to lack/loss of efficacy during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Proportion of patients who discontinued the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to Adverse Events (AEs) during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Proportion of patients not achieving early clinical response to treatment based on DAS28 reduction of >=1.2 or DAS28 decrease to <=3.2, and being in DAS28 remission (DAS28<2.6) or LDA (DAS28<=3.2) at Week 104From Baseline up to Week 12 and to Week 104

* LDA is defined as DAS28 ≤ 3.2

* DAS28 is defined as Disease Activity Score 28

Proportion of patients not achieving early clinical response to treatment based on DAS28 reduction of >=1.2, and being in DAS28 remission (DAS28<2.6) or LDA (DAS28<=3.2) at Week 104From Baseline up to Week 12 and to Week 104

Low Disease Activity (LDA) is defined as DAS28 ≤ 3.2

Proportion of patients achieving early clinical response to treatment based on Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) reduction of ≥ 1.2 up to Week 12From Baseline up to Week 12
Proportion of patients who discontinued the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to any other reasons during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Time to discontinuation of the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to lack/loss of efficacy during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Time to discontinuation of the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to Adverse Events (AEs) during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Time to discontinuation of the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment due to any other reasons during the duration of the study (up to Week 104)From Baseline up to Week 104
Time to discontinuation of the initially prescribed Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitor treatment at the dose recommended according to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) during the duration of the studyFrom Baseline up to Week 104

Trial Locations

Locations (122)

039

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Aachen, Germany

017

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Altenburg, Germany

079

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Aachen, Germany

044

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Altenholz, Germany

082

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Amberg, Germany

030

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Bad Bramstedt, Germany

073

🇩🇪

Bad Doberan, Germany

134

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Bad Homburg, Germany

010

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Bad Kreuznach, Germany

153

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Bad Kreuznach, Germany

196

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Bad Pyrmont, Germany

125

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Bautzen, Germany

132

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Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

023

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Bad Nauheim, Germany

046

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Bautzen, Germany

031

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Bayreuth, Germany

033

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Bayreuth, Germany

018

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Berlin, Germany

036

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Berlin, Germany

019

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Berlin, Germany

040

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Berlin, Germany

058

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Berlin, Germany

072

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Berlin, Germany

087

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Berlin, Germany

099

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Berlin, Germany

005

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Bochum, Germany

100

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Berlin, Germany

101

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Berlin, Germany

194

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Braunschweig, Germany

179

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Chemnitz, Germany

075

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Cottbus, Germany

027

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Darmstadt, Germany

062

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Donaueschingen, Germany

089

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Dresden, Germany

110

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Dresden, Germany

063

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Düsseldorf, Germany

014

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Elmshorn, Germany

080

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Erfurt, Germany

142

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Erlangen, Germany

098

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Frankfurt, Germany

176

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Essen, Germany

054

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Freiberg, Germany

016

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Frankfurt, Germany

041

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Freiburg, Germany

147

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Freiburg, Germany

008

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Frankenberg/Sa., Germany

140

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Geilenkirchen, Germany

191

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Giessen, Germany

133

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Giessen, Germany

025

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Greifswald, Germany

143

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Goslar, Germany

029

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Halle, Germany

032

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Göttingen, Germany

186

🇩🇪

Halle, Germany

002

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Hamburg, Germany

056

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Hamburg, Germany

052

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Hamburg, Germany

006

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Hamburg, Germany

070

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Hamburg, Germany

107

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Hannover, Germany

057

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Heidelberg, Germany

048

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Heidelberg, Germany

043

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Hildesheim, Germany

124

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Herne, Germany

136

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Hannover, Germany

053

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Hofheim, Germany

092

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Hoyerswerda, Germany

096

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Jena, Germany

180

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Karlsruhe, Germany

184

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Kronach, Germany

013

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Ludwigsfelde, Germany

114

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Luebeck, Germany

004

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Leipzig, Germany

177

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Mainz, Germany

028

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Marktredwitz, Germany

068

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Leipzig, Germany

034

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Magdeburg, Germany

195

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Mansfeld, Germany

049

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Mittelherwigsdorf, Germany

055

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Moenchengladbach, Germany

047

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Neubrandenburg, Germany

020

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München, Germany

111

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Muenchen, Germany

015

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München, Germany

093

🇩🇪

München, Germany

175

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München, Germany

037

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Naunhof, Germany

090

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Neuss, Germany

109

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Nienburg, Germany

076

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Offenburg, Germany

035

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Planegg, Germany

051

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Potsdam, Germany

097

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Plauen, Germany

187

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Potsdam, Germany

061

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Püttlingen, Germany

185

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Radebeul, Germany

123

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Rendsburg, Germany

118

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Rostock, Germany

121

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Schwerin, Germany

112

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Saarbrücken, Germany

122

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Schwerin, Germany

144

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Schwerin, Germany

193

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Seesen, Germany

115

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Stadtbergen, Germany

171

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Stolberg, Germany

146

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Stuttgart, Germany

074

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Stuttgart, Germany

085

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Traunstein, Germany

009

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Tuebingen, Germany

059

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Tübingen, Germany

077

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Weener, Germany

113

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Winsen, Germany

106

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Würselen, Germany

182

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Zwickau, Germany

078

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Neuss, Germany

065

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Wuppertal, Germany

042

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Würzburg, Germany

001

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Zwiesel, Germany

021

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Burghausen, Germany

188

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Friedrichroda, Germany

164

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Geislingen an der Steige, Germany

152

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Treuenbrietzen, Germany

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