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. 2018 Mar 3;78(4):463–478. doi: 10.1007/s40265-018-0881-y

Table 3.

Classification of articles by indication studied and data contained

Disease indication Studies N Total number of studies with
Efficacy data Safety data Immunogenicity data
Larger biologics
 Rheumatoid arthritis 8 3,090 5 6 6
 Inflammatory bowel disease 22 2,105 18 20 8
 Plaque psoriasis 5 983 5 2 2
 Crohn’s disease 5 372 4 4 2
 Spondyloarthritis 1 41 1 1 1
 Healthy volunteers 2 192 0 1 1
 Rheumatic disease 2 62 0 0 1
 Ankylosing spondylitis 1 174 1 1 1
 Ulcerative colitis 1 40 1 0 0
 Combined indications* 7 1,384 1 4 2
 Total for larger biologics 54 8,443 36 39 24
Smaller biologics
 Chronic kidney disease 7 2,076 6 12 6
 Hemodialysis 4 1,959 4 0 1
 End-stage renal disease 2 479 2 3 1
 Growth hormone deficiency 9 470 4 4 3
 Cancer 2 320 1 1 1
 Healthy volunteers 10 437 1 3 1
 Neutropenia 2 41 1 2 0
 Total for smaller biologics 36 5,782 19 25 13
Total 90 14,225 55 64 37

*Seven studies involving larger biologics included patients treated for different indications