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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Feb 18;64(6):1035–1050. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.09.734

Table 1.

Trial Characteristics

Treatment Group (n = 4598) Placebo Group (n = 2313)
Source Trial
Name/Registry
Number
Disease
Indicationa
Permitted
Concomitant
Systemic Therapyb
Duration of
Placebo-
Controlled
Trial, wks
Treatment (Dose)c No. of
Patients
Patient-years
follow-up
No. of
Patients
Patient-years
follow-up
Mease et al,
200547
Study M02-518 /
NCT00646386
PsA MTX (≤30 mg/wk) or
prednisone (≤10
mg/day) at stable dose;
rescue therapy after 12
wks with DMARDS or
corticosteroids
24 Adalimumab (40 mg eow) 151 66.8 162 71.1
Gordon et al,
200646
Study M02-528 /
NCT00645814
PsO None 12 Adalimumab (40 mg eow)
Adalimumab (40 mg weekly)
45
50
10.2
11.2
52 11.8
Genovese et
al, 200757
Study M02-570 /
NCT00646178
PsA MTX (≤30 mg/wk) or
prednisone (≤10
mg/day), or other
DMARD at stable dose
12 Adalimumab (40 mg eow) 51 11.8 49 10.8
Menter et al,
200850
Study M03-656 /
NCT00237887
PsO None 16 Adalimumab (80 mg at wk 0, then 40 mg
     eow starting at wk 1)
814 250.4 398 120.7
Saurat et al,
200851
CHAMPION /
Study M04-716 /
NCT00235820
PsO None 16 Adalimumab (80 mg at wk 0, then 40 mg
     eow starting at wk 1)
MTX (7.5 mg, increased as needed and
     as tolerated to 25 mg weekly)d
108

110
34.7

34.8
52 16.3
Akihiko et al,
201078
Study M04-688 /
NCT00338754
PsO None 24 Adalimumab (80 mg at wk 0, then 40 mg
     eow starting at wk 1)
Adaliumumab (40 mg eow)
Adalimumab (80 mg eow)
38

43
42
16.3

17.2
17.9
46 19.1
Unpublished41 Study C87040 /
NCT00245765
PsO None 12 Certolizumab pegol (400 mg at wk 0,
     then 200 mg every 2 wks)
Certolizumab pegol (400 mg every 2 wks)
59

58
Unknown 59 Unknown
Mease et al,
200048
Study 20021630 PsA and
PsO
MTX (≤25 mg/wk) or
prednisone (≤10
mg/day) at stable dose
12 Etanercept (25 mg twice weekly) 30 6.5 30 6.1
Gottlieb et al,
200352
Study 20021632 PsO None 24 Etanercept (25 mg twice weekly) 57 23.6 55 14.5
Leonardi et al,
200342
Study 20021639 PsO None 12 Etanercept (25 mg weekly)
Etanercept (25 mg twice weekly)
Etanercept (50 mg twice weekly)
160
162
164
34.3
34.6
35.8
166 34.9
Mease et al,
200449
NCT00317499 PsA MTX (≤25 mg/wk) or
prednisone (≤10
mg/day) at stable dose
24 Etanercept (25 mg twice weekly) 101 81.0 104 59.2
Papp et al,
200544
Study 20021642 PsO None 12 Etanercept (25 mg twice weekly)
Etanercept (50 mg twice weekly)
196
194
42.9
42.6
193 41.0
Tyring et al,
200755
NCT00111449 PsO None 12 Etanercept (50 mg twice weekly) 312 68.8 306 65.9
van de
Kerkhof et al,
200843
NCT00333034 PsO None 12 Etanercept (50 mg weekly) 96 Unknown 46 Unknown
Kavanaugh et
al, 200945
NCT00265096 PsA Stable dose of MTX,
prednisone, or NSAIDS
24 with early
escape at
week
Golimumab (50 mg every 4 wks)
Golimumab (100 mg every 4 wks)
All golimumabe
146
146
343
62
67
142
113 42
Gottlieb et al,
200458
SPIRIT /
NCT00230529
PsO NSAIDS 30 Infliximab (3 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6)
Infliximab (5 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6)
98
99
56
58
51 20.5
Antoni et al,
200556
IMPACT PsA MTX or other DMARD
at stable dose
16 Infliximab (5 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6, 14) 52 16 51 16
Antoni et al,
200540
IMPACT 2 /
NCT00051623
PsA MTX (≤25 mg/wk) or
prednisone (≤10
mg/day) at stable dose
24 with early
escape at
wk 16
Infliximab (5 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6, 14, 22)
All infliximabf
100
150
45
53
97 37
Reich et al,
200554
EXPRESS I /
NCT00106834
PsO NSAIDS 24 Infliximab (5 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6, 14, 22) 298 135 76 33
Menter et al,
200753
EXPRESS II /
NCT00106847
PsO NSAIDS 14 Infliximab (3 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6)
Infliximab (5 mg/kg at wks 0, 2, 6)
313
314
85
85
207 54
a

PsA = psoriatic arthritis; PsO = plaque psoriasis

b

MTX = methotrexate; DMARDS = disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; NSAIDS = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

c

eow = every other week

d

Not included in meta-analysis.

e

All golimumab group includes all patients who received at least one dose of study drug.

f

All infliximab group includes all those that received at least one dose of study drug.