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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Feb 24;72(4):518–528. doi: 10.1002/art.41164

Table 2.

Comparison of studies on radiographic progression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Author, year Study groups Number of Participants Study Length Baseline mSASSS, mean (SD) Smoking status (%) Male (%) HLA-B27 positivity (%) mSASSS change, mean (SD)
NSAIDs [Randomized controlled Trials]
Wanders, 2005 (14) Continuous celecoxib 76 2 years 7.9 (14.7) NR 66 88 0.4 (1.7)
On-demand celecoxib 74 2 years 9.3 (15.2) NR 70 88 1.5 (2.5)
Sieper, 2015 (15) Continuous diclofenac 62 2 years 10.9 (15.5) 59* 71.0 88.7 1.3 (0.7–1.9)
On-demand diclofenac 60 2 years 16.4 (18.2) 33* 66.7 91.7 0.8 (0.2–1.4)
TNFi [Retrospective analyses of clinical trials/long-term extension of clinical trial data]
Baraliakos, 2005 (37) Infliximab 41 2 years 12.1 NR 63 90 0.4(2.7)
GESPIC cohort 41 2 years 5.9 NR 71 85 0.7(2.8)
van der Heijde, 2008 (19) Infliximab 201 2 years 17.7 (17.9) NR 78.1 86.5 0.9 (2.6)
OASIS 192 2 years 15.8 (18.1) NR 67.7 84.4 1.0 (3.2)
van der Heijde, 2008 (38) Etanercept 257 2 years 16 (18.3) NR 75.5 78.2 0.91 (2.45)
OASIS 175 2 years 14 (17.6) NR 69.1 71.1 0.95 (3.18)
van der Heijde, 2009 (20) Adalimumab 307 2 years 19.8 (19.3) NR 76.5 NR 0.8 (2.6)
OASIS 169 2 years 15.8 (17.6) NR 69.2 NR 0.9 (3.3)
Braun, 2014 (39) Placebo -> Golimumab 50mg 66 208 weeks 16.1 (18.7) NR NR NR 2.1 (5.2)
Golimumab 50mg 111 208 weeks 11.7 (16.4) NR NR NR 1.3 (4.1)
Golimumab 100mg 112 208 weeks 13.5 (18.9) NR NR NR 2.0 (5.6)
IL-17A inhibitor [Retrospective analyses of clinical trials/long-term extension of clinical trial data]
Braun, 2018 (40) Secukinumab 75mg 61 208 weeks 10.7 (17.82) 39.3 87.0 NR 1.6 (5.67)
Secukinumab 75mg -> 150mg 23 208 weeks 34.8 70.5 NR 1.8 (4.32)
Secukinumab 150mg 71 208 weeks 8.6 (16.23) 29.6 63.4 NR 1.2 (3.91)
Braun, 2019 (23) Secukinumab 168 2 years NR 25 73.2 82.9 60.7% *
ENRADAS cohort 69 2 years NR 44.9 66.7 88.4 52.2% *
p = 0.2430

NSAID: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; TNFi: tumor necrosis factor inhibitor; IL-17A: interleukin-17A; GESPIC: German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort; OASIS: Outcomes in Ankylosing Spondylitis International Study; ENRADAS: Effects of NSAIDs on Radiographic Damage in Ankylosing Spondylitis; SD: standard deviation; NR: not reported.

*

Proportion of patients with no radiographic progression (least squares mean change of mSASSS <= 0)