Spinal Radiographic Progression and Predictors of Progression in Patients With Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Receiving Ixekizumab Over 2 Years

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  • Désirée van der Heijde
  • Østergaard, Mikkel
  • John D. Reveille
  • Xenofon Baraliakos
  • Andris Kronbergs
  • David M. Sandoval
  • Xiaoqi Li
  • Hilde Carlier
  • David H. Adams
  • Walter P. Maksymowych

Objective. To evaluate the long-term effect of ixekizumab (IXE) on radiographic changes in the spine in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) by measuring change from baseline through 2 years in modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS), and to identify potential predictors of progression. Methods. This study evaluates patients from COAST-V (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02696785, biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug–naïve) and COAST-W (NCT02696798, tumor necrosis factor inhibitor–experienced) who had mSASSS data at baseline in the originating studies and 108 weeks after baseline in the extension study COAST-Y (NCT03129100). We examined the proportion of patients who did not have spinal radiographic progression through 2 years (108 weeks) of treatment with IXE (80 mg every 2 or 4 weeks) and the change from baseline to year 2 in mSASSS. Potential predictors of spinal radiographic progression were also evaluated. Results. Among patients with evaluable radiographs who were originally assigned to IXE (n = 230), mean (SD) change in mSASSS from baseline at year 2 was 0.3 (1.8). The proportion of nonprogressors over 2 years was 89.6% if defined as mSASSS change from baseline < 2 and 75.7% if defined as mSASSS change from baseline ≤ 0. Predictors of structural progression at year 2 (mSASSS change > 0) were age ≥ 40, baseline syndesmophytes, HLA-B27 positivity, and male sex. Week 52 inflammation in Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada spine was also a predictor of radiographic progression at year 2 in patients with magnetic resonance imaging data in COAST-V (n = 109). Conclusion. The majority of patients with r-axSpA receiving IXE had no radiographic progression in the spine through 2 years of treatment. Predictors were generally consistent with previous studies.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Rheumatology
Volume49
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)265-273
Number of pages9
ISSN0315-162X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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    Research areas

  • ankylosing spondylitis, Inflammation, Interleukin-17, Magnetic resonance imaging, Radiography, Spine

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