Review Article

Predictive Factors of Response to Biological Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Towards Personalized Medicine

Table 1

Main studies presented in this review.

References Study, cohort, or first author nameDrugs studiedStudy designNumber of RA patientsEndpoint

[6]ChenADA, ETNCohort 486-month EULAR response
[7]KleinertADANoninterventional study2,62512-month DAS28 variation
[8]ReActADAOpen-label study6,61012-week DAS28 remission
[9]TEMPOETNRandomized controlled double-blind study (MTX or ETN or MTX + ETN)6823-year DAS28 remission
[10]BSRBRIFX and ETN Prospective registry2,879 6-month EULAR response
[11]GISEAIFX, ADA, ETN Retrospective registry1,5653-month EULAR response
[12]REACTIONTCZMulticenter retrospective study22924-week EULAR response and DAS28 remission
[13]DANBIOTCZProspective registry10424- and 48-week EULAR response
[14]ORATCZProspective registry5586-month EULAR response
[15]BSRBRRTXProspective registry5406-month EULAR response and HAQ improvement
[16]KlaasenIFXProspective cohort8916-week DAS28 variation
[17]GISEAIFX, ADA, ETNProspective registry64112-month DAS28 remission
[19]AbhishekIFX, ADA, ETNRetrospective case control study3953-month EULAR response
[20]CanhãoIFX, ADA, ETNProspective cohort 615EULAR response maintained >3 months in the 1st year
[21]EIRAIFX, ADA, ETNProspective cohort 5353-month EULAR response
[29]ChatzidionysiouRTXObservational cohort2,0196-month EULAR response
[31]BSRBRIFX, ADA, ETNProspective registry6426-month decrease of DAS28
[32]ManeiroTCZ, ABA, RTXMeta-analysis23 studies pooledEULAR and ACR responses
[39]JamnitskiETNCohort8928-week DAS28 variations
[41]CuiIFX, ADA, ETNNine RA cohorts1,283EULAR response
[42]PlantIFX, ADA, ETNCohort 1,1156-month EULAR response
[43]PlantIFX, ADA, ETNCohort from wellcome trust case control consortium + 2 replication cohorts566 (+379 and 341)6-month DAS28 variations
[44]SMARTRTXRandomized open trial11124-week EULAR response
[45]QuartuccioRTXCohort 2124- and 6-month EULAR response
[48]KayakabeIFX, ADA, ETNProspective open study4824-week EULAR response
[49]WijbrandtsIFXCohort 14916-week DAS28 variations
[52]RISINGIFXDouble-blind randomized trial32754-week DAS28 variation and ACR responses
[53]HueberETNThree different cohorts 29 + 43 + 21ACR responses
[54]RADIATE, OPTION, TOWARD, AMBITION and LITHETCZFive phase 3 trials3,14316-week DAS28 variations
[57]SMARTRTXRandomized open label20824-week EULAR response
[61]ScarsiABACohort 326-month remission

ABA: abatacept; ADA: adalimumab; BSRBR: British society of rheumatology biologics register; DANBIO: nationwide registry of biological therapies in Denmark; DAS28: disease activity score 28 joints; EIRA: epidemiologic investigation of rheumatoid arthritis; ETN: etanercept; EULAR: european league against rheumatism; GISEA: Italian group for the study of early arthritis; HAQ: health assessment quality; IFX: infliximab; ORA: Orencia and Rheumatoid Arthritis; ReAct: research in active rheumatoid arthritis; SMART: a study of retreatment with MabThera (rituximab) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have failed on anti-TNF alfa therapy; TEMPO: Trial of Etanercept and Methotrexate with radiographic patient outcomes.