Factors Associated With Biologic DMARD Switching

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02346942

IM101-474

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Primary objective of this study is to understand the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) population in national integrated delivery network who are treated with first- or second-line biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) therapy (with or without Methotrexate) and to evaluate switching patterns and reasons for switching to another bDMARD.

Enrollment: 4,099 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of RA (ICD-9 714.xx) anytime during the study time period of 1/1/2007 to 10/31/2012
• Patients ≥18 years of age at diagnosis date
• Required to have to have 6 months pre-index and 12 months post-index continuous membership and drug benefit eligibility in the database

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients less than 18 years of age on diagnosis date
• If they had a diagnosis of Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, ankylosing spondylitis, regional enteritis, or anal fistula during the pre-index period
• Patients who had <7 days supply of adalimumab or etanercept
• Patients currently in a clinical trial during our study
• If patients are in the second-line cohort and have more than 1 prior bDMARD

Trial design

4,099 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients who have no history of bDMARD therapy use

Patients who have a prior history of bDMARD therapy use