Treatment with adalimumab in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a study of treatment trajectories on a patient level in routine care.
Imke Redeker, Stefan Moustakis, Styliani Tsiami, Xenofon Baraliakos, Ioana Andreica, Bjoern Buehring, Jürgen Braun, Uta Kiltz
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Abstract
Background: Previous experiences with non-medical switching of adalimumab (ADA) in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD) come mainly from phase III extension of randomised clinical trials and little from routine care.
Objectives: To analyse treatment trajectories over 2 years in patients with CIRD conducting a non-medical switch from originator to biosimilar ADA.
Design: A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted with data from a third-level rheumatology centre in Germany. CIRD patients on originator ADA who switched to ADA biosimilar from October 2018 onwards were identified and followed until September 2020.
Methods: Patients' characteristics were compared between the four a priori defined treatment trajectories 'continued biosimilar ADA therapy', 'back-switch to originator ADA therapy', 'switch to another biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) therapy' and 'stopped bDMARD therapy/death/drop out'. Factors associated with continuing biosimilar ADA therapy were analysed using Cox proportional hazards regression analyses.
Results: A total of 121 CIRD patients were included. Most patients (66.9%) continued therapy with biosimilar ADA over 2 years, with a treatment retention rate of 73.1%. Whereas 21 patients (17.4%) switched back to originator ADA, mainly due to adverse events, and 8 patients (6.6%) switched to a different bDMARD, mainly due to lack of effect. The estimated risk of withdrawal was lower for longer prior duration on originator ADA [hazard ratio (HR): 0.82; 95% CI: 0.69-0.97] and higher for higher C-reactive protein levels at baseline (HR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.00-1.39). Male patients, older patients and those for whom originator ADA was their first bDMARD tended to have a lower risk of withdrawal.
Conclusion: Our results indicated that three of four patients continue biosimilar ADA over 2 years with lower risks of withdrawal for male sex, older age, longer prior duration on originator ADA and originator ADA as first bDMARD.
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