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. 2022 Feb 16;13:814429. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.814429

Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies.

Author, Year Duration of trials (years) Quality score Follow-up time(Week) Average age(years old) Duration of rheumatoid arthritis (years) Number of women(n) Number of patients (n) Total number of cases (n) Intervention measures
Den et al. (11) NA 4 4 55 11.9 22 31 120 Placebo
54 11 10 17 adalimumab 0.5mg/Kg
58 11.2 10 18 adalimumab 1mg/Kg
54 10.8 8 18 adalimumab 3mg/Kg
59 14.5 15 18 adalimumab 5mg/Kg
53 8.9 12 18 adalimumab 10mg/Kg
Frust et al. (15) NA 4 24 55 9.3 253 318 636 adalimumab 40mg eow+DMARD
55.8 11.5 252 318 placebo+DMARD
Van der Putte et al. (13) NA 4 12 53.7 10.4 61 72 284 adalimumab 20mg qw
52.6 10 57 70 adalimumab 40mg qw
53.2 10.1 50 72 adalimumab 80mg qw
50.2 9.4 57 70 placebo
Weinblatt et al. (14) NA 5 24 53.5 13.1 52 69 271 adalimumab 20mg eow+MTX
57.2 12.2 50 67 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
55.5 12.8 55 73 adalimumab 80mg eow+MTX
56 11.1 51 62 placebo+MTX
Keystone et al. (16) NA 5 52 56.1 11 158 207 619 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
57.3 11 160 212 adalimumab 20mg qw+MTX
56.3 10.9 146 200 placebo+MTX
van der Putte et al. (19) 2000.1-2001.6 7 26 53.1 9.3 84 106 544 adalimumab 20mg eow
54.4 11.3 81 112 adalimumab 20mg qw
52.7 10.6 90 113 adalimumab 40mg eow
51.8 11.9 81 103 adalimumab 40mg qw
53.5 11.6 85 110 placebo
Breedveld et al. (20) PREMIER(NCT00195663) NA 6 104 51.9 0.7 193 268 799 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
52.1 0.7 212 274 adalimumab 40mg eow
52 0.8 190 257 placebo+MTX
Kim et al. (25) NA 5 18 48.5 6.8 62 65 128 40 mg adalimumab eow+MTX
49.8 6.9 53 63 placebo +MTX
Miyasaka et al. (31) CHANGE 2004.2-2005.6 5 24 54.8 10 69 87 352 adalimumab 20mg eow
56.9 9.9 72 91 adalimumab 40mg eow
54.3 9.5 72 87 adalimumab 80mg eow
53.4 8.4 67 87 placebo
Bejarano et al. (28) 2003.3.5-2004.12.2 7 56 47 9.5 44 75 148 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
47 7.9 39 73 placebo+MTX
Chen et al. (33) NA 5 12 53 6.2 26 35 47 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
53 8.3 11 12 MTX
van Vollenhoven et al. (46) NCT00853385 2009.1.30-2011.2.10 3 12 52.5 8.1 162 204 312 adalimumab 40 mg eow
53.7 7.9 82 108 placebo
Detert et al. (48) HIT HARD 2007.6-2010.9 5 24 47.2 0.15 61 87 172 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
52.5 0.14 57 85 MTX
Kavanaugh et al. (49) OPTIMA(NCT00420927) 2006.12-2010.7 5 26 50.7 0.33 380 515 1032 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
50.4 0.38 382 517 placebo+MTX
Hørslev-Petersen et al. (57) OPERA 2007.8-2009.12 5 104 56.2 0.24 56 89 180 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
54.2 0.23 63 91 placebo+MTX
Kennedy et al. (58) ALTARA 2010.11-2012.7 5 12 50.2 NR 78 85 214 patecilizumab
50.6 NR 68 85 adalimumab 40mg eow
48.8 NR 37 44 placebo
Takeuchi et al. (62) HOPEFUL 1 2009.3-2010.11 5 26 54 0.3 144 171 334 adalimumab 40mg eow+MTX
54 0.3 128 163 placebo+MTX
Taylor et al. (74) RA-BEAM 2012.11-2015.9 5 24 53 10 251 330 818 adalimumab 40mg eow
53 10 382 488 placebo
Fleischmann et al. (77) SELECT - COMPARE 2015.12-2017.6 6 26 54 8 512 651 1629 placebo +MTX
54 8 159 327 adalimumab 40 mg+MTX
Ducourau et al. (78) (NCT01895764) 2013.3-2014.10 4 26 43 3 22 52 107 adalimumab 40mg qw+MTX
41 2 28 55 adalimumab 40 mg qw
Combe et al. (81) NCT02889796 2016.8.30-2019.6.20 7 24 53 8 266 325 800 adalimumab 40 mg biw+MTX
53 7.3 391 475 placebo +MTX
Fleischman et al. (77) FAST4WARD 2003.6-2004.7 6 24 52.7 8.7 87 111 220 certolizumab 400mg
54.9 10.4 97 109 placebo
Smolen et al., 2009 RAPID 2 20005.6-2006.9 4 24 51.9 6.5 192 246 619 certolizumab 400mg + MTX
52.2 6.1 206 248 certolizumab 200mg + MTX
51.5 5.6 107 125 placebo + MTX
Choy et al. (42) NCT00544154 2002.10-2004.1 7 24 53 9.4 91 126 247 certolizumab 400mg + MTX
55.6 9.9 80 121 placebo + MTX
Weinblatt et al. (47) REALISTIC(NCT00717236) 2008.7-2010.3 7 12 55.4 8.6 660 q 1063 certolizumab (certolizumab 400 mg qw 0, 2 and 4,followed by certolizumab 200 mg eow)+DMARDs
53.9 8.9 169 212 placebo +DMARDs
schiff et al. (61) NCT01147341 4 52 56.1 12 NR 27 37 certolizumab(400 mg qw 0, 2 and 4, followed by 200mg eow)+DMARDs
59 14 NR 10 placebo +DMARDs
Yamamoto et al. (63) J-RAPID 2008.11.19-2010.8.18 7 24 54.3 6.0 58 72 316 certolizumab 100mg eow + MTX
50.6 5.6 69 82 certolizumab 200mg eow + MTX
55.4 6.0 69 85 certolizumab 400mg eow + MTX
51.9 5.8 66 77 placebo + MTX
Furst et al. (64) DOSEFLEX 5 16 51.5 6.5 56 69 208 Placebo +MTX
55.6 5.9 49 70 certolizumab 200 mg eow +MTX
53.1 6.4 57 69 certolizumab 400 mg q4w +MTX
Smolen et al. (65) CERTAIN 2008.6-2010.12 5 24 53.6 4.5 81 96 194 certolizumab(400 mg certolizumab qw 0, 2 and 4, followed by 200 mg certolizumab eow)+DMARDs
54 4.7 75 98 placebo +DMARDs
Atsumi et al. (66) C-OPERA (NCT01451203) 2011.10-2013.8 7 52 49.4 4.0 129 159 316 certolizumab 400mg/200mg eow +MTX
49 4.3 127 157 placebo + MTX
Emery et al. (72) C-EARLY (NCT01519791) 2012.1-2015.9 6 52 50.4 0.24 497 660 879 certolizumab 400mg/200mg eow +MTX
51.2 0.24 170 219 placebo + MTX
Kang et al. (75) (NCT00993317) 2009.12-2011.8 4 24 51.6 6.5 72 85 127 certolizumab 400mg/200mg eow +MTX
50.8 5.5 35 42 placebo + MTX
Bi et al. (76) RAPID-C (NCT02151851) 2014.7.23-2016.6.17 6 24 48.2 7.0 268 316 429 certolizumab 200 mg eow (loading dose: 400 mg certolizumab qw 0, 2 and 4) + MTX
47.1 6.6 95 113 (PBO) + MTX
Hetland et al. (79) NCT01491815 2012.12.3-2018.12.11 6 24 54.6 0.53 139 197 399 active conventional treatment
55.3 0.56 139 202 certolizumab 200 mg qw (400 mg qw 0, 2, and 4)+MTX
Genovese et al. (39) 1997.5-1999.3 5 104 49 1 75 217 632 three 2.5-mg MTX qw and placebo biw
50 0.9 75 208 10 mg of etanercept biw and three placebo tablets qw,
51 1 74 207 25 mg of etanercept biw and three placebo tablets qw
Smolen et al. (1) 2011.12.14-2013.11.11 4 12 53 5.9 96 457 914 certolizumab pegol (400 mg weeks 0, 2,
457 adalimumab (40 mg once q2w) plus
Keystone et al. (16) NA 5 8 54 10.8 38 53 420 placebo
53 9.0 169 214 50 mg etanercept qw
52 8.2 121 153 25 mg etanercept biw
van der Heijde et al. (26) TEMPO 2000.10-2001.7 6 104 52.5 6·8 171 231 682 etanercept 25mg biw + MTX
53.2 6·8 171 223 etanercept 25mg biw + placebo
53 6·3 180 228 placebo + MTX
Lan et al. (21) NR 4 12 47.55 NR 50 29 58 etanercept 25mg biw + MTX
50.79 29 placebo +MTX
van Riel et al. (22) ADORE 2003.3-2004.5 4 16 53 10 126 159 314 etanercept 25 mg biw
54 9.8 119 155 etanercept 25 mg biw + MTX
Weisman et al. (27) RA NA 6 16 60.6 10.1 192 266 535 etanercept 25mg biw
59.3 9.4 210 269 placebo
Emery et al. (29) COMET 2004.10-2006.2 7 52 50.5 8·8 196 274 542 etanercept 50mg qw + MTX
52.3 9·3 191 268 MTX
Kameda et al. (41) JESMR(NCT00688103) 2005.6-2007.1 4 24 58.1 10.6 62 71 146 etanercept 25 mg eow
56.5 8.1 60 75 MTX+etanercept
Jobanputra et al. (43) EU Clinical 2007.5-2010.4 4 52 55 7.0 15 60 120 adalimumab 40 mg qw
Trials Register 2006-006275-21/GB 53.2 5.5 18 60 etanercept 50 mg qw
Kim et al. (44) APPEAL 2007.6-2009.3 6 16 48.4 6.5 17 197 300 etanercept 25 mg biw+MTX
48.5 6.9 12 103 DMARD+MTX
Takeuchi et al. (80) NCT00445770 NA 6 52 51.8 3.0 145 182 550 etanercept 25 mg biw
51.5 2.9 154 192 etanercept 10 mg biw
50.4 3.0 140 176 MTX
Emery et al. (56) NCT00913458 2009.10.20-2012.12.17 5 39 49.6 0.54 47 63 193 etanercept (25 mg)+MTX
47.7 0.58 36 65 placebo +MTX
50.9 0.59 42 65 placebo
Machado et al. (59) NCT00848354 2009.6-2011.3 5 24 48.4 7.9 248 281 423 etanercept(50 mg qw)+MTX
48.6 9.0 128 142 (DMARD) + MTX
Nam et al. (60) EMPIRE 2006.10-2009.5 7 78 47.9 0.5 44 55 110 etanercept 50mg qw + MTX
48.4 0.67 40 55 placebo + MTX
Smolen et al. (52) PRESERVE(NCT00565409) 2008.3.6-2009.9.9 3 52 46.4 6·4 157 202 34 etanercept 25mg qw+MTX
48.1 6·8 164 202 etanercept 50mg qw+MTX
48.3 7·3 167 200 placebo+MTX
Keystone et al. (67) CAMEO (NCT00654368) 2008.6-2012.12 6 104 54.3 9.0 72 98 205 etanercept 50 mg qw
54.4 9.3 84 107 etanercept 50 mg qw + MTX
van Vollenhovn et al. (70) NCT00858780 NR 4 20 53.8 11.5 17 23 73 etanercept50mg qw + MTX
59.6 16.6 18 27 etanercept25mg qw + MTX
56.1 12.3 16 23 placebo +MTX
Yamanaka et al. (71) ENCOURAGE (UMIN000002687) 2009.8-2014.4 5 52 52.8 2.0 138 161 191 etanercept 25 mg biw + MTX
54.6 1.9 25 30 MTX
Pavelka et al. (73) NCT01578850 2012.7-2015.3 6 28 46.1 8.0 136 167 343 etanercept 50mg qw +DMARDs
47.2 8.3 143 176 placebo +DMARDs
Curtis et al. (82) SEAM- RA 2015.2.20-2018.6.26 6 48 56.2 9.7 76 101 153 MTX
54.8 11.0 77 101 etanercept
55.9 10.3 40 51 MTX + etanercept
Kay et al. (30) 2003.12.1-2006.2.21 5 20 52 5.6 26 35 172 placebo + MTX
57 8.2 30 35 50mg golimumab q4w + MTX
48 8.2 23 34 50mg golimumab eow + MTX
57.5 6.3 26 34 100mg golimumab eow + MTX
53.5 9.0 27 34 50mg golimumab eow + MTX
Emery et al. (34) GO-BEFORE 2005.12.12-2007.10.1 6 24 50.9 3.5 135 159 634 Golimumab 50 mg q4w + MTX
50.2 3.6 125 159 Golimumab 100 mg q4w + MTX
48.2 4.1 159 159 Golimumab 100 mg q4w + Placebo
48.6 2.9 134 160 Placebo+MTX
Keystone et al. (36) GO-FORWARD 20005.12.19-2007.9.17 5 16 52 4.5 72 89 444 Golimumab 50 mg q4w + MTX
50 6.7 72 89 Golimumab 100 mg q4w + MTX
51 5.9 105 133 Golimumab 100 mg q4w + Placebo
52 6.5 109 133 Placebo+MTX
Smolen et al. (38) GO-AFTER (NCT00299546) 2006.2.21-2007.9.26 7 16 55 9.6 113 153 461 Golimumab 50 mg q4w
55 8.7 122 153 Golimumab 100 mg q4w
54 9.8 132 155 Placebo
Kremer et al. (40) NCT00361335 2006.8.24-2008.8.25 6 16 49.9 7.4 21 128 643 Golimumab 2mg/kg q12w
48.4 8.4 10 129 Golimumab 4mg/kg q12w
49.7 8.1 30 129 Golimumab 2mg/kg q12w + MTX
49.6 9.4 25 128 Golimumab 4mg/kg q12w + MTX
50.2 7.4 24 129 Placebo + MTX
Tanaka et al. (45) GO-FORTH 2008.5-2009.11 5 16 50.4 8.8 15 86 261 Golimumab 50 mg q4w + MTX
50 8.1 78 87 Golimumab 100 mg q4w + MTX
51.1 8.7 73 88 Placebo + MTX
Takeuchi et al. (53) GO-MONO NA 4 16 52.9 8.1 81 101 308 Golimumab 50 mg q4w
51.6 9.4 85 102 Golimumab 100 mg q4w
52.4 9.2 86 105 Placebo
Weinblatt et al. (55) GO-FURTHER(NCT00973479) 2009.9.14-2011.5.18 7 16 51.4 7.0 157 197 592 Placebo +MTX
51.9 6.9 326 395 Golimumab2 mg/kg+MTX
Li et al. (68) NCT01248780 2010.8-2012.7 4 24 47.7 7.6 110 132 264 Golimumab 50 mg q4w + MTX
46.7 8.0 104 132 Placebo + MTX
Maini et al. (17) 1997.3.31-2000.3.9 7 102 54 10 70 86 428 infliximab 3mg/kg, q8w+MTX
52 9 66 86 infliximab 3mg/kg, q4w+MTX
54 11 67 87 infliximab 10mg/kg, q8w+MTX
52 12 59 81 infliximab 10mg/kg, q4w+MTX
51 11 70 88 placebo +MTX
St. Clair et al. (18) 2000.7.21-2002.2.28 7 54 51 0.8 255 359 1004 infliximab 3mg/kg, q8w+MTX
50 0.9 247 363 infliximab 6mg/kg, q8w+MTX
50 0.9 212 282 placebo +MTX
Abe et al. (12) 2000.4.19-2000.10.27 4 6 55.2 9.1 40 49 147 infliximab 3mg/kg, q8w+MTX
56.8 7.1 40 51 infliximab 10mg/kg, q8w+MTX
55.1 7.5 35 47 placebo +MTX
Westhoven et al. (23) START 2001.9-2003.11 6 22 53 7.8 288 360 1082 infliximab 3mg/kg +MTX
52 6.3 281 361 infliximab 10mg/kg +MTX
52.0 8.4 302 361 placebo+MTX
Zhang et al. (24) 2003.7-2004.7 4 18 47.9 NR 13 87 173 infliximab (Remicade, Centocor) at a dose of 3 mg/kg body weight qw 0, 2, 6 and 14.
48.9 NR 13 86 placebo
Schiff et al. (32) ATTEST 2005.2-2007.2 6 28 49.1 7.3 136 165 275 infliximab 3mg/kg, q8w+MTX
49.4 8.4 96 110 placebo +MTX
Kim et al. (50) NCT00202852, NCT00732875 2005.6-2006.5 5 30 49.3 7.4 64 69 138 Infliximab
51.4 9.8 64 69 placebo
Leirisalo-Repo et al. (51) NCT00908089 2003.3-2005.4 6 102 47 0.33 35 50 3403 infliximab
46 0.33 31 49 placebo

biw, twice a week; qw, weekly; eow, every two weeks; q4w, every four weeks; q8w, every 8 weeks; q12w, every 12 weeks; MTX, methotrexate; DMARD, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; NA, not re.