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. 2015 Oct 16;21(5):10.18553/jmcp.2015.21.5.409. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2015.21.5.409

TABLE 3.

Treatment Effects for All Contrasts in Terms of OR of ACR20 Response Along with 95% CrI and Probability That Treatment Is Better Than Comparator

Intervention Comparator
Placebo Placebo + MTX aTNF TOF 5 mg TCZ ABT + MTX ANA + MTX aTNF + MTX TOF 5 mg + MTX TCZ + MTX
Placebo OR
(95% CrI)
1
(1, 1)
0.26
(0.05, 1.34)
0.15
(0.08, 0.29)
0.21
(0.10, 0.47)
0.08
(0.02, 0.25)
0.07
(0.01, 0.40)
0.12
(0.02, 0.82)
0.06
(0.01, 0.33)
0.09
(0.01, 0.48)
0.07
(0.01, 0.32)
P(better) NA 0.05 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 0.02 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01
Placebo + MTX OR
(95% CrI)
3.80
(0.75, 20.53)
1.00
(1, 1)
0.57
(0.13, 2.68)
0.80
(0.14, 5.40)
0.30
(0.09, 0.97)
0.28
(0.17, 0.46)
0.46
(0.17, 1.24)
0.24
(0.18, 0.32)
0.33
(0.18, 0.59)
0.27
(0.14, 0.55)
P(better) 0.95 NA 0.23 0.40 0.02 < 0.01 0.06 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01
aTNF OR
(95% CrI)
6.67
(3.48, 13.08)
1.75
(0.37, 7.97)
1.00
(1, 1)
1.41
(0.51, 4.08)
0.52
(0.19, 1.41)
0.48
(0.10, 2.41)
0.79
(0.12, 5.02)
0.41
(0.09, 1.94)
0.57
(0.11, 2.94)
0.48
(0.12, 1.88)
P(better) > 0.99 0.77 NA 0.75 0.09 0.18 0.4 0.13 0.24 0.14
TOF 5 mg OR
(95% CrI)
4.72
(2.11, 10.33)
1.24
(0.19, 7.34)
0.71
(0.24, 1.96)
1.00
(1, 1)
0.37
(0.08, 1.48)
0.34
(0.05, 2.22)
0.56
(0.07, 4.45)
0.29
(0.04, 1.77)
0.41
(0.06, 2.68)
0.34
(0.06, 1.78)
P(better) > 0.99 0.60 0.25 NA 0.08 0.13 0.29 0.09 0.17 0.10
TCZ OR
(95% CrI)
12.89
(3.96, 44.39)
3.38
(1.03, 11.17)
1.94
(0.71, 5.36)
2.74
(0.68, 12.11)
1.00
(1, 1)
0.94
(0.26, 3.43)
1.55
(0.33, 7.54)
0.80
(0.23, 2.74)
1.10
(0.30, 4.22)
0.92
(0.35, 2.48)
P(better) > 0.99 0.98 0.91 0.92 NA 0.46 0.72 0.35 0.56 0.43
ABT + MTX OR
(95% CrI)
13.72
(2.49, 79.12)
3.60
(2.18, 5.96)
2.06
(0.41, 10.45)
2.91
(0.45, 20.52)
1.06
(0.29, 3.86)
1.00
(1, 1)
1.64
(0.54, 5.04)
0.85
(0.51, 1.43)
1.17
(0.56, 2.55)
0.99
(0.42, 2.32)
P(better) > 0.99 > 0.99 0.82 0.87 0.54 NA 0.82 0.26 0.67 0.49
ANA + MTX OR
(95% CrI)
8.37
(1.22, 59.84)
2.19
(0.80, 5.98)
1.26
(0.20, 8.02)
1.77
(0.22, 15.29)
0.64
(0.13, 3.06)
0.61
(0.20, 1.87)
1.00
(1, 1)
0.52
(0.18, 1.49)
0.71
(0.22, 2.29)
0.60
(0.18, 2.10)
P(better) 0.98 0.94 0.6 0.71 0.28 0.18 NA 0.10 0.27 0.19
aTNF + MTX OR
(95% CrI)
16.06
(3.07, 88.89)
4.22
(3.17, 5.69)
2.41
(0.51, 11.61)
3.40 (0.56, 23.22) 1.25
(0.37, 4.27)
1.17
(0.70, 1.98)
1.93
(0.67, 5.51)
1.00
(1, 1)
1.37
(0.74, 2.59)
1.16
(0.55, 2.51)
P(better) > 0.99 > 0.99 0.87 0.91 0.65 0.74 0.90 NA 0.86 0.66
TOF 5 mg + MTX OR
(95% CrI)
11.66
(2.07, 68.81)
3.08
(1.70, 5.46)
1.75
(0.34, 9.07)
2.46
(0.37, 17.67)
0.91
(0.24, 3.38)
0.86
(0.39, 1.80)
1.40
(0.44, 4.45)
0.73
(0.39, 1.34)
1.00
(1, 1)
0.84
(0.34, 2.09)
P(better) > 0.99 > 0.99 0.76 0.83 0.44 0.33 0.73 0.14 NA 0.34
TCZ + MTX estimate
(95% CrI)
13.86
(3.11, 66.90)
3.65
(1.81, 7.36)
2.09
(0.53, 8.35)
2.93
(0.56, 17.34)
1.08
(0.40, 2.84)
1.01
(0.43, 2.41)
1.66
(0.48, 5.66)
0.86
(0.40, 1.83)
1.18
(0.48, 2.97)
1.00
(1, 1)
P(better) > 0.99 > 0.99 0.86 0.90 0.57 0.51 0.81 0.34 0.66 NA

ABT = abatacept; ACR20 = 20% improvement in American College of Rheumatology criteria; ANA = anakinra; aTNF = anti-tumor necrosis factor; CrI = credible interval; mg = milligram; MTX = methotrexate; NA = not applicable; OR = odds ratio; P(better) = probability that treatment (in row) is showing greater response than comparator (in column); TCZ = tocilizumab; TOF = tofacitinib.