Table 4.
Tofacitinib 5 mg BID a | Tofacitinib 10 mg BID a | Placebo a , b | ||||||||||||||
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With baseline MetS (N = 99) |
Without baseline MetS (N = 139) |
With baseline MetS (N = 101) |
Without baseline MetS (N = 135) |
With baseline MetS (N = 94) |
Without baseline MetS (N = 142) |
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N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
N1 |
Mean (SD) Median [IQR] |
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LDL‐cholesterol | ||||||||||||||||
Baseline (mg/dL) | 90 |
120.3 (35.0) 115.8 [94.2‐142.9] |
132 |
114.3 (30.1) 113.7 [93.8‐134.5] |
90 |
124.4 (37.6) 120.1 [100.0‐152.0] |
119 |
116.5 (36.7) 110.0 [90.0‐133.2] |
87 |
120.8 (36.4) 117.0 [95.0‐146.7] |
135 |
110.5 (30.8) 110.0 [87‐127.8] |
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% change from baseline to month 3 |
83 |
10.6 (23.0) 10.7 [−5.3 to 20.8] |
125 |
8.2 (18.4) 6.8 [−2.2 to 19.6] |
87 |
11.9 (25.8) 6.1 [−2.0 to 21.2] |
114 |
16.0 (25.9) 11.5 [−1.4 to 30.6] |
79 |
4.5 (17.7) 0.9 [−6.9 to 14.3] |
126 |
4.2 (20.0) 1.7 [−8.3 to 11.5] |
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% change from baseline to month 6 | 86 |
10.0 (24.2) 10.3 [−4.3 to 22.6] |
124 |
9.6 (19.1) 4.6 [−2.9 to 20.7] |
79 |
12.8 (22.6) 11.8 [−4.0 to 29.5] |
117 |
15.4 (24.5) 11.7 [0.3 to 31.3] |
NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||
HDL‐cholesterol | ||||||||||||||||
Baseline (mg/dL) | 92 |
48.7 (15.3) 44.4 [38.5‐56.9] |
132 |
61.0 (16.7) 58.2 [28.6‐70.3] |
93 |
48.7 (15.7) 45.6 [38.6‐56.4] |
119 |
62.8 (21.1) 57.5 [47.1‐72.2] |
88 |
47.9 (13.3) 46.2 [39.6‐55.0] |
136 |
61.0 (18.0) 58.3 [48.8‐70.7] |
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% change from baseline to month 3 |
89 |
11.1 (19.7) 10.2 [−2.2 to 19.5] |
125 |
8.6 (20.6) 5.3 [−3.6 to 17.5] |
90 |
16.4 (18.9) 14.6 [5.8 to 25.4] |
116 |
12.6 (18.8) 11.6 [0.4 to 24.2] |
84 |
0.4 (15.2) 0.7 [−9.3 to 8.4] |
127 |
−1.3 (16.5) −1.6 [−8.6 to 9.4] |
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% change from baseline to month 6 |
93 |
10.0 (23.3) 9.8 [−2.9 to 16.5] |
124 |
8.2 (19.2) 7.5 [−4.1 to 18.0] |
83 |
16.3 (20.0) 14.1 [3.3 to 27.7] |
117 |
12.3 (20.8) 11.1 [−1.8 to 23.3] |
NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||
Total cholesterol | ||||||||||||||||
Baseline (mg/dL) | 92 |
206.5 (44.2) 206.8 [175.6‐234.8] |
132 |
197.3 (35.4) 197.8 [171.1‐220.1] |
94 |
209.8 (45.6) 207.0 [178.4‐239.8] |
120 |
199.0 (46.0) 192.3 [163.3‐227.8] |
88 |
203.4 (43.8) 200.2 [177.0‐235.8] |
136 |
193.2 (38.8) 193.2 [164.5‐214.7] |
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% change from baseline to month 3 |
90 |
9.6 (14.6) 8.7 [1.4‐15.6] |
125 |
7.4 (13.9) 7.1 [−0.7 to 14.0] |
91 |
10.2 (18.8) 11.0 [2.2‐18.9] |
117 |
13.9 (18.3) 11.5 [2.3‐22.6] |
84 |
2.5 (13.0) 0.8 [−4.9 to 7.1] |
127 |
1.7 (13.8) 1.1 [−7.0 to 8.2] |
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% change from baseline to month 6 |
93 |
8.4 (16.2) 7.3 [−1.2 to 17.6] |
124 |
7.7 (12.8) 6.7 [−2.5 to 16.0] |
84 |
14.3 (17.3) 12.9 [2.1‐24.8] |
117 |
14.2 (17.4) 12.1 [2.7‐23.9] |
NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||
Triglycerides | ||||||||||||||||
Baseline (mg/dL) | 92 |
193.4 (107.8) 179.1 [127.9‐222.1] |
132 |
110.0 (42.9) 100.9 [83.2‐131.5] |
93 |
202.7 (216.0) 162.0 [121.3‐210.6] |
119 |
97.3 (37.7) 95.6 [67.0‐119.5] |
88 |
177.7 (78.8) 169.0 [125.2‐216.8] |
136 |
107.7 (55.6) 93.8 [73.9‐117.3] |
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% change from baseline to month 3 |
90 |
9.2 (44.8) −1.0 [−21.1 to 27.6] |
125 |
9.4 (36.5) 4.5 [−15.0 to 27.7] |
90 |
7.6 (43.1) 3.8 [−20.2 to 25.6] |
116 |
24.1 (63.0) 8.6 [−11.1 to 49.0] |
84 |
7.4 (48.6) −4.0 [−21.4 to 22.6] |
127 |
11.4 (43.6) 1.4 [−15.7 to 38.0] |
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% change from baseline to month 6 |
93 |
6.1 (38.4) 2.1 [−19.0 to 28.1] |
124 |
6.6 (34.9) 1.7 [−18.6 to 26.1] |
83 |
14.9 (48.7) 8.3 [−19.8 to 34.9] |
117 |
25.3 (59.4) 17.9 [−17.2 to 46.4] |
NA | NA | NA | NA |
Abbreviations: BID, twice daily; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; IQR, interquartile range; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; MetS, metabolic syndrome; N, number of patients treated without regard to baseline abnormality; N1, number of patients analyzed; NA, not assessed; SD, standard deviation.
All patients received a stable dose of one background csDMARD.
Patients in the placebo group were advanced to tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg BID after 3 months of placebo treatment.