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JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 8, Pages 1703-1711Publisher
J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.131226
Keywords
GOUT; GOUTY ARTHRITIS; INTERLEUKINS; ALLOPURINOL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Objective. To evaluate the safety and efficacy of once-weekly subcutaneous rilonacept 160 mg for prevention of gout flares in patients initiating or continuing urate-lowering therapy (ULT). Methods. This phase III study was conducted in the United States, South Africa, Europe, and Asia. Adults (n = 1315, 18-80 yrs) with gout, who were initiating or continuing ULT, were randomized to treatment with weekly subcutaneous injections of rilonacept 160 mg or placebo for 16 weeks followed by a 4-week safety followup. The primary endpoint was safety, assessed by adverse events (AE) and laboratory values. Efficacy was a secondary endpoint. Results. Demographic and clinical characteristics were similar between treatments; predominantly male (87.8%), mean age 52.7 +/- 11.3 years. Patients with >= 1 AE were 66.6% with rilonacept versus 59.1% placebo, with slightly more AE-related withdrawals with rilonacept (4.7% vs 3.0%) because of the greater incidence of injection site reactions (15.2% rilonacept, 3.3% placebo). Serious AE were similar in both groups, as were serious infections (0.9% placebo, 0.5% rilonacept); no tuberculosis or opportunistic infections occurred. Most common AE were headache, arthralgia, injection site erythema, accidental overdose, and pain in extremity. Of the 6 deaths, only 1 in the placebo group was considered treatment-related. At Week 16, rilonacept resulted in 70.3% fewer gout flares per patient (p < 0.0001), fewer patients with >= 1 and >= 2 gout flares (p < 0.0001), and 64.9% fewer gout flare days (p < 0.0001) relative to placebo. Conclusion. Weekly subcutaneous administration of rilonacept 160 mg showed no new safety signals. The safety profile was consistent with previous studies. Rilonacept also significantly reduced the risk of gout flares.
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