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Comparative Analysis of Outcomes Among Patients Initiating Xeljanz in Combination With Oral MTX Who Withdraw MTX Versus Continue MTX

NCT03975790

CompletedN/A

Sponsor: Pfizer

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Countries: United States

To address the objectives, a retrospective cohort design will be employed to evaluate patient characteristics, treatment patterns, medication effectiveness, and health care cost and utilization in RA patients newly initiating tofacitinib in combination with oral methotrexate (MTX)

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: OBSERVATIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* At least one claim for tofacitinib between 01 January 2014 and 31 January 2017 (the identification period).
* Presence of The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9 CM) code for RA (in any position) during the one-year pre-index period or on the index date. ICD-9 = 714.0x-714.4x \& 714.81 or ICD10 = M05.\* \& M06.0\*-M06.3\* or M06.8\*-M06.9\*.
* At least 18 years old as of the index date.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with claims for other conditions for which biologics are used during the one-year pre-index period or on the index date: ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, or ulcerative colitis will be excluded from the study.
* Patients with evidence of the index medication during the one-year pre-index period will be removed from the analysis. Patients will be allowed to have been treated with other biologics approved for RA (Tumor-Necrosis Factor-alpha inhibitors (TNFi) \[adalimumab (Humira), etanercept (Enbrel), certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), golimumab (Simponi), infliximab (Remicade)\] and non-TNFi's with alternative mechanisms of action \[abatacept (Orencia), and rituximab (Rituxan), anakinra (Kineret), tocilizumab (Actemra)\]) during the one-year pre-index period.

Locations (1)

New York, New York, United States