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Table 1 Results of the effectiveness algorithm, overall and by index medication

From: Costs associated with failure to respond to treatment among patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating TNFi therapy: a retrospective claims analysis

Criterion

Total (N = 7797), n (%)

Adalimumab (n = 1899), n (%)

Certolizumab pegol (n = 124), n (%)

Etanercept (n = 4188), n (%)

Golimumab (n = 170), n (%)

Infliximab (n = 1416), n (%)

Criterion 1: PDC ≥0.8 for index TNFi

3362 (43.1%)

795 (41.9%)

35 (28.2%)

1721 (41.1%)

65 (38.2%)

746 (52.7%)

Criterion 2: Patients with no biologic switch or addition

6286 (80.6%)

1528 (80.5%)

99 (79.8%)

3339 (79.7%)

133 (78.2%)

1187 (83.8%)

Criterion 3: Patients with no addition of a new csDMARD

6705 (86.0%)

1604 (84.5%)

103 (83.1%)

3621 (86.5%)

137 (80.6%)

1240 (87.6%)

Criterion 4: Patients with no increase in index TNFi dose or frequency

7019 (90.0%)

1738 (91.5%)

116 (93.5%)

4151 (99.1%)

170 (100.0%)

844 (59.6%)

Criterion 5: Patients with no more than one glucocorticoid joint injection

6483 (83.1%)

1604 (84.5%)

96 (77.4%)

3591 (85.7%)

140 (82.4%)

1052 (74.3%)

Criterion 6: Patients with no increase in dose of oral glucocorticoid

6907 (88.6%)

1702 (89.6%)

112 (90.3%)

3734 (89.2%)

152 (89.4%)

1207 (85.2%)

Total number of patients with treatment response

2337 (30.0%)

586 (30.9%)

24 (19.4%)

1418 (33.9%)

56 (32.9%)

253 (17.9%)

  1. Abbreviations: csDMARD Conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, PDC Proportion of days covered, TNFi Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors