PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jonathan Kay
AU  - Roy Fleischmann
AU  - Edward Keystone
AU  - Elizabeth C. Hsia
AU  - Benjamin Hsu
AU  - Yiying Zhou
AU  - Neil Goldstein
AU  - Jürgen Braun
TI  - Five-year Safety Data from 5 Clinical Trials of Subcutaneous Golimumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.160420
DP  - 2016 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2120--2130
VI  - 43
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/12/2120.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/12/2120.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2016 Dec 01; 43
AB  - Objective. Assess 5-year golimumab (GOL) safety in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods. Subcutaneous (SC) GOL (50 mg or 100 mg every 4 weeks) was evaluated in phase 3 trials of patients with active RA, PsA, and AS. Safety data through Year 5 were pooled across 3 RA trials [1 each evaluating methotrexate (MTX)-naive, MTX-experienced, and antitumor necrosis factor (TNF)-experienced patients], 1 PsA trial, and 1 AS trial. Data summarized was derived from both placebo-controlled (through weeks 24–52) and uncontrolled study periods. For adverse events (AE) of special interest [serious infections (SI), opportunistic infections (OI), deaths, malignancies, demyelination, tuberculosis (TB)], incidence per 100 patient-years (pt-yrs) was determined.Results. Across all trials, 639 patients received placebo and 2228 received SC GOL 50 mg only (n = 671), 50 mg and 100 mg (n = 765), or 100 mg only (n = 792). Safety followup extended for averages of 28.5 and 203.2 weeks for placebo and GOL, respectively. Respective placebo and GOL AE incidence/100 pt-yrs (95% CI) through Year 5 were 4.86 (2.83–7.78) and 3.29 (2.92–3.69) for SI, 0.00 (0.00–0.86) and 0.23 (0.14–0.35) for TB, 0.00 (0.00–0.86) and 0.22 (0.13–0.34) for OI, 0.00 (0.00–0.86) and 0.10 (0.05–0.20) for lymphoma, 0.00 (0.00–0.86) and 0.08 (0.03–0.17) for demyelination, and 0.29 (0.01–1.59) and 0.41 (0.29–0.57) for death. TB, OI, lymphoma, and demyelination incidence appeared to be higher among patients receiving GOL 100 mg only.Conclusion. SC GOL safety through Year 5 remained consistent with previously reported Year 3 findings and with other TNF antagonists. Numerically higher incidences of TB, OI, lymphoma, and demyelination were observed with 100 mg versus 50 mg. Clinicaltrials.gov identifiers: NCT00264537 (GO-BEFORE), NCT00264550 (GO-FORWARD), NCT00299546 (GO-AFTER), NCT00265096 (GO-REVEAL), and NCT00265083 (GO-RAISE).