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. 2022 May 17;81(7):962–969. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221847

Table 1.

SLE disease activity at baseline in TULIP-1 stratified by BICLA/SRI(4) response

Baseline disease characteristic Concordant outcomes Discordant outcomes All patients
BICLA−/SRI(4)− BICLA+/SRI(4)+ BICLA+/SRI(4)− BICLA−/SRI(4)+
Placebo (n=101) Anifrolumab
300 mg (n=83)
Placebo (n=51) Anifrolumab
300 mg (n=76)
Placebo (n=4) Anifrolumab
300 mg (n=9)
Placebo (n=28) Anifrolumab
300 mg (n=12)
Placebo (n=184) Anifrolumab
300 mg (n=180)
SLEDAI-2K
 Mean (SD) 11.9 (3.9) 11.6 (4.4) 10.9 (3.0) 10.6 (3.1) 8.5 (1.0) 9.9 (1.8) 11.4 (3.0) 15.1 (6.1) 11.5 (3.5) 11.3 (4.0)
 ≥10 points, n (%) 76 (75.2) 60 (72.3) 34 (66.7) 50 (65.8) 1 (25.0) 5 (55.6) 24 (85.7) 10 (83.3) 135 (73.4) 125 (69.4)
BILAG-2004
 Global score, mean (SD) 18.7 (5.9) 20.7 (6.8) 19.6 (4.8) 18.5 (5.2) 16.5 (7.3) 21.6 (6.7) 18.8 (4.6) 20.9 (7.5) 18.9 (5.5) 19.8 (6.3)
 ≥1 A, n (%) 40 (39.6) 42 (50.6) 29 (56.9) 39 (51.3) 3 (75.0) 8 (88.9) 12 (42.9) 4 (33.3) 84 (45.7) 93 (51.7)
 No A and ≥2 B, n (%) 50 (49.5) 38 (45.8) 20 (39.2) 32 (42.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (11.1) 14 (50.0) 8 (66.7) 84 (45.7) 79 (43.9)
PGA score, mean (SD) 1.84 (0.43) 1.90 (0.40) 1.84 (0.36) 1.82 (0.40) 2.08 (0.26) 2.06 (0.38) 1.82 (0.27) 1.78 (0.40) 1.84 (0.38) 1.87 (0.40)
Active joint count,*† mean (SD) 6.8 (5.0) 7.1 (5.8) 5.2 (3.2) 6.6 (5.4) 9.5 (6.4) 9.7 (6.1) 6.2 (4.0) 7.9 (7.1) 6.3 (4.5) 7.1 (5.7)
Swollen joint count,* mean (SD) 7.4 (5.3) 7.6 (6.0) 6.2 (3.6) 6.8 (5.3) 10.0 (6.8) 9.7 (6.1) 6.8 (4.6) 7.9 (7.1) 7.0 (4.8) 7.4 (5.8)
Tender joint count,* mean (SD) 11.2 (7.8) 12.1 (7.8) 8.6 (5.4) 10.3 (6.5) 15.0 (11.2) 16.0 (8.3) 11.1 (6.6) 13.8 (9.7) 10.6 (7.2) 11.7 (7.5)

BICLA– and SRI(4)– refer to non-responders; BICLA+ and SRI(4)+ refer to responders.

*The joint count was based on 28 joints.

†An active joint for the SLEDAI-2K calculation was defined as a joint with tenderness and swelling.

BICLA, British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-based Composite Lupus Assessment; BILAG-2004, British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-2004; PGA, Physician’s Global Assessment; SLEDAI-2K, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000; SRI(4), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Responder Index of ≥4.