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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 144-148 |
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Experience of biological agents usage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis from a Western Indian center
Anuj Singhal1, Darshan Bhakuni2, Vishal Marwaha3, Vivek Hande4, Garvit Bagga4
1 Department of Rheumatology, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Consultant Rheumatologist, UB Area, Bareilley, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Rheumatology, Command Hospital, Alipore, Kolkata, India
4 Department of Medicine, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Anuj Singhal
Department of Rheumatology, INHS Asvini, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-3698.187412
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Background: In this study the clinical outcomes of different biologics agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been appraised.
Methods: Nineteen RA patients with DMARD failure were administered etanercept (n = 7) or infliximab (n = 12), and 17 RA patients with TNFi failure were administered rituximab (n = 13), abatacept (n = 2), or tocilizumab (n = 2) as per 2013 EULAR guidelines. Baseline demographic details, disease duration, rheumatoid factor, and anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody were obtained. To monitor disease activity, disease activity score 28-erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) score was obtained at baseline, and after 3 months and 6 months of therapy initiation.
Results: All the groups were comparable in the baseline. Over 6 months of treatment, the reduction in disease activity, as evidenced by reduction in the mean DAS28-ESR scores was statistically significant for all patients when considered together, as well as when individual biologics were considered separately (P < 0.05 in all cases). However, there was no statistically significant difference in the magnitude of reduction in the mean DAS28-ESR scores between patients who received etanercept and infliximab in DMARD failure RA patients (P = 0.877), or between patients who received rituximab, abatacept, and tocilizumab in TNFi failure patients (P = 0.455).
Conclusions: Different biologic agents showed similar efficacy in patients with RA. |
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