title: Effectiveness and safety of adalimumab in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: retrospective analyses of data collected during the first year of adalimumab treatment in routine clinical practice (HARMONY study).
abstract: We retrospectively investigated the ability of adalimumab (ADA) to reduce disease activity, improve physical function, and retard the progression of structural damage in 167 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical and functional outcomes were compared between patients with or without prior biologic treatment and those with or without concomitant methotrexate (MTX) treatment. At week 52, 38.3% achieved clinical remission: 42.4 and 28.6% of patients achieved remission in those without and with previous biologics, respectively, while 42.7 and 12.5% of patients achieved remission in those with and without concomitant MTX, respectively. ADA treatment significantly reduced the rate of radiographic progression from 27.1 ± 46.0 (median 13.6; 25th-75th percentiles 8.3 to 28.9) at baseline to 0.8 ± 5.0 (median 0.0; 25th-75th percentiles -0.9 to 2.0) at week 52 (P < 0.0001). Radiographic progression was absent in 59.8% of patients. Sixty adverse events (34.21/100 patient-years) were reported, 16 of which were serious (9.12/100 patient-years). ADA therapy is highly effective for reducing disease activity, improving physical function, and limiting radiographic progression. It is generally safe and well tolerated by Japanese RA patients in routine clinical practice.
authors: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. tsutake@z5.keio.jp
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Takeuchi
authors: Yoshiya
authors: Y
authors: Tanaka
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Kaneko
authors: Eiichi
authors: E
authors: Tanaka
authors: Shintaro
authors: S
authors: Hirata
authors: Takahiko
authors: T
authors: Kurasawa
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Kubo
authors: Kazuyoshi
authors: K
authors: Saito
authors: Kumi
authors: K
authors: Shidara
authors: Noriko
authors: N
authors: Kimura
authors: Hayato
authors: H
authors: Nagasawa
authors: Hideto
authors: H
authors: Kameda
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Amano
authors: Hisashi
authors: H
authors: Yamanaka
mesh_terms: D000068879:Adalimumab; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D044466:Asian People; D018450:Disease Progression; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000068879:Adalimumab; D008727:Methotrexate