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. 2016 Mar 12;33(4):626–642. doi: 10.1007/s12325-016-0312-y

Table 3.

Treatment patterns

Pattern, n (%) ABA (N = 583) ADA (N = 6521) CER (N = 415) ETN (N = 9116) GOL (N = 231) INF (N = 1906) RIT (N = 295) TOC (N = 165) TOF (N = 5) UST (N = 922)
All patients
 RA only, n 583 2538 415 4326 135 1100 295 165 5 NA
  Persistent users 333 (57.1) 1313 (51.7) 185 (44.6) 2413 (55.8) 26 (19.3) 793 (72.1) 133 (45.1) 83 (50.3) 1 (20.0)
  Restartersa 72 (12.3) 526 (20.7) 86 (20.7) 956 (22.1) 7 (5.2) 80 (7.3) 61 (20.7) 21 (12.7) 1 (20.0)
  Discontinuersb 74 (12.7) 327 (12.9) 71 (17.1) 474 (11.0) 6 (4.4) 107 (9.7) 81 (27.5) 28 (17.0) 1 (20.0)
  Switchersc 104 (17.8) 372 (14.7) 73 (17.6) 483 (11.2) 96 (71.1) 120 (10.9) 20 (6.8) 33 (20.0) 2 (40.0)
 PsO only, n NA 1933 NA 2185 NA 42 NA NA NA 922
  Persistent users 858 (44.4) 902 (41.3) 28 (66.7) 399 (43.3)
  Restartersa 461 (23.8) 606 (27.7) 2 (4.8) 312 (33.8)
  Discontinuersb 356 (18.4) 357 (16.3) 5 (11.9) 148 (16.1)
  Switchersc 258 (13.3) 320 (14.6) 7 (16.7) 63 (6.8)
 PsA only, n NA 643 NA 850 53 214 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 327 (50.9) 498 (58.6) 6 (11.3) 168 (78.5)
  Restartersa 162 (25.2) 206 (24.2) 2 (3.8) 18 (8.4)
  Discontinuersb 84 (13.1) 68 (8.0) 5 (9.4) 13 (6.1)
  Switchersc 70 (10.9) 78 (9.2) 40 (75.5) 15 (7.0)
 AS only, n NA 389 NA 532 20 147 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 204 (52.4) 291 (54.7) 4 (20.0) 104 (70.7)
  Restartersa 88 (22.6) 118 (22.2) 6 (30.0) 8 (5.4)
  Discontinuersb 53 (13.6) 65 (12.2) 0 (0.0) 15 (10.2)
  Switchersc 44 (11.3) 58 (10.9) 10 (50.0) 20 (13.6)
 RA/PsA only, n 0 117 0 153 15 89 0 0 0 NA
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 51 (43.6) 0 (0.0) 74 (48.4) 3 (20.0) 59 (66.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 29 (24.8) 0 (0.0) 34 (22.2) 1 (6.7) 15 (16.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 20 (17.1) 0 (0.0) 25 (16.3) 3 (20.0) 8 (9.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 17 (14.5) 0 (0.0) 20 (13.1) 8 (53.3) 7 (7.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 PsO/PsA only, n NA 682 NA 779 0 157 NA NA NA 0
  Persistent users 327 (47.9) 413 (53.0) 0 116 (73.9) 0
  Restartersa 151 (22.1) 177 (22.7) 0 14 (8.9) 0
  Discontinuersb 103 (15.1) 78 (10.0) 0 8 (5.1) 0
  Switchersc 101 (14.8) 111 (14.2) 0 19 (12.1) 0
 All other combinations, n 0 219 0 291 8 157 0 0 0 0
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 90 (41.1) 0 (0.0) 144 (49.5) 2 (25.0) 103 (65.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 54 (24.7) 0 (0.0) 69 (23.7) 1 (12.5) 19 (12.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 32 (14.6) 0 (0.0) 42 (14.4) 1 (12.5) 14 (8.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 43 (19.6) 0 (0.0) 36 (12.4) 4 (50.0) 21 (13.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Patients new to biologics
 RA only, n 146 742 221 1429 47 225 208 63 5 NA
  Persistent users 64 (43.8) 285 (38.4) 76 (34.4) 598 (41.9) 7 (14.9) 120 (53.3) 78 (37.5) 22 (34.9) 1 (20.0)
  Restartersa 15 (10.3) 151 (20.4) 55 (24.9) 331 (23.2) 3 (6.4) 18 (8.0) 49 (23.6) 13 (20.6) 1 (20.0)
  Discontinuersb 40 (27.4) 146 (19.7) 53 (24.0) 255 (17.8) 2 (4.3) 52 (23.1) 70 (33.6) 17 (27.0) 1 (20.0)
  Switchersc 27 (18.5) 160 (21.6) 37 (16.7) 245 (17.1) 35 (74.5) 35 (15.6) 11 (5.3) 11 (17.5) 2 (40.0)
 PsO only, n NA 684 NA 889 NA 10 NA NA NA 419
  Persistent users 236 (34.5) 279 (31.4) 3 (30.0) 139 (33.2)
  Restartersa 154 (22.5) 253 (28.5) 0 (0.0) 187 (44.6)
  Discontinuersb 190 (27.8) 211 (23.7) 3 (30.0) 72 (17.2)
  Switchersc 104 (15.2) 146 (16.4) 4 (40.0) 21 (5.0)
 PsA only, n NA 173 NA 261 19 31 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 67 (38.7) 118 (45.2) 2 (10.5) 15 (48.4)
  Restartersa 39 (22.5) 62 (23.8) 1 (5.3) 2 (6.5)
  Discontinuersb 45 (26.0) 44 (16.9) 0 (0.0) 9 (29.0)
  Switchersc 22 (12.7) 37 (14.2) 16 (84.2) 5 (16.1)
 AS only, n NA 140 NA 177 10 43 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 55 (39.3) 62 (35.0) 2 (20.0) 20 (46.5)
  Restartersa 42 (30.0) 48 (27.1) 4 (40.0) 2 (4.6)
  Discontinuersb 24 (17.1) 38 (21.5) 0 (0.0 11 (25.6)
  Switchersc 19 (13.6) 29 (16.4) 4 (40.0) 10 (23.3)
 RA/PsA only, n 0 37 0 57 5 9 0 0 0 NA
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 8 (21.6) 0 (0.0) 22 (38.6) 1 (20.0) 4 (44.4) 0 0 0
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 15 (40.5) 0 (0.0) 9 (15.8) 0 (0.0) 2 (22.2) 0 0 0
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 10 (27.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (29.8) 2 (40.0) 2 (22.2) 0 0 0
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 4 (10.8) 0 (0.0) 9 (15.8) 2 (40.0) 1 (11.1) 0 0 0
 PsO/PsA only, n NA 234 NA 340 0 37 NA NA NA 0
  Persistent users 102 (43.6) 151 (44.4) 0 (0.0) 22 (59.5) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 37 (15.8) 70 (20.6) 0 (0.0) 5 (13.5) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 51 (21.8) 52 (15.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (8.1) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 44 (18.8) 67 (19.7) 0 (0.0) 7 (18.9) 0 (0.0)
 All other combinations, n 0 75 0 115 4 37 0 0 0 0
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 20 (26.7) 0 (0.0) 41 (35.6) 1 (25.0) 15 (40.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 17 (22.7) 0 (0.0) 30 (26.1) 0 (0.0) 4 (10.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 16 (21.3) 0 (0.0) 28 (24.4) 1 (25.0) 6 (16.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 22 (29.3) 0 (0.0) 16 (13.9) 2 (50.0) 12 (32.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Continuing users
 RA only, n 437 1796 194 2897 88 875 87 102 0 NA
  Persistent users 269 (61.6) 1028 (57.2) 109 (56.2) 1815 (62.6) 19 (21.6) 673 (76.9) 55 (63.2) 61 (59.8) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 57 (13.0) 375 (20.9) 31 (16.0) 625 (21.6) 4 (4.6) 62 (7.1) 12 (13.8) 8 (7.8) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 34 (7.8) 181 (10.1) 18 (9.3) 219 (7.6) 4 (4.6) 55 (6.3) 11 (12.6) 11 (10.8) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 77 (17.6) 212 (11.8) 36 (18.6) 238 (8.2) 61 (69.3) 85 (9.7) 9 (10.3) 22 (21.6) 0 (0.0)
 PsO only, n NA 1249 NA 1296 NA 32 NA NA NA 503
  Persistent users 622 (49.8) 623 (48.1) 25 (78.1) 260 (51.7)
  Restartersa 307 (24.6) 353 (27.2) 2 (6.2) 125 (24.8)
  Discontinuersb 166 (13.3) 146 (11.3) 2 (6.2) 76 (15.1)
  Switchersc 154 (12.3) 174 (13.4) 3 (9.4) 42 (8.4)
 PsA only, n NA 470 NA 589 34 183 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 260 (55.3) 380 (64.5) 4 (11.8) 153 (83.6)
  Restartersa 123 (26.2) 144 (24.4) 1 (2.9) 16 (8.7)
  Discontinuersb 39 (8.3) 24 (4.1) 5 (14.7) 4 (2.2)
  Switchersc 48 (10.2) 41 (7.0) 24 (70.6) 10 (5.5)
 AS only, n NA 249 NA 355 10 104 NA NA NA NA
  Persistent users 149 (59.8) 229 (64.5) 2 (20.0) 84 (80.8)
  Restartersa 46 (18.5) 70 (19.7) 2 (20.0) 6 (5.8)
  Discontinuersb 29 (11.7) 27 (7.6) 0 (0.0) 4 (3.9)
  Switchersc 25 (10.0) 29 (8.2) 6 (60.0) 10 (9.6)
 RA/PsA only, n 0 80 0 96 10 80 0 0 0 NA
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 43 (53.8) 0 (0.0) 52 (54.2) 2 (20.0) 55 (68.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 14 (17.5) 0 (0.0) 25 (26.0) 1 (10.0) 13 (16.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 10 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 8 (8.3) 1 (10.0) 6 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 13 (16.2) 0 (0.0) 11 (11.5) 6 (60.0) 6 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 PsO/PsA only, n NA 448 NA 439 0 120 NA NA NA 0
  Persistent users 225 (50.2) 262 (59.7) 0 (0.0) 94 (78.3) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 114 (25.5) 107 (24.4) 0 (0.0) 9 (7.5) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 52 (11.6) 26 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 5 (4.2) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 57 (12.7) 44 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (10.0) 0 (0.0)
 All other combinations, n 0 144 0 176 4 120 0 0 0 0
  Persistent users 0 (0.0) 70 (48.6) 0 (0.0) 103 (58.5) 1 (25.0) 88 (73.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Restartersa 0 (0.0) 37 (25.7) 0 (0.0) 39 (22.2) 1 (25.0) 15 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Discontinuersb 0 (0.0) 16 (11.1) 0 (0.0) 14 (8.0) 0 (0.) 8 (6.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
  Switchersc 0 (0.0) 21 (14.6) 0 (0.0) 20 (11.4) 2 (50.0) 9 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

ABA abatacept, ADA adalimumab, AS ankylosing spondylitis, CER certolizumab pegol, ETN etanercept, GOL golimumab, INF infliximab, NA not approved, PsA psoriatic arthritis, PsO psoriasis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, RIT rituximab, TOC tocilizumab, TOF tofacitinib, UST ustekinumab

aPatients who restarted on their index biologic medication after a gap of ≥45 days

bPatients who did not use any of the study medications after a gap of ≥45 days

cPatients who switched to another biologic medication