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Table 3 Overview of TEAEs during the double-blind treatment phases of phase III trials

From: Interleukin-6 receptor blockade or TNFα inhibition for reducing glycaemia in patients with RA and diabetes: post hoc analyses of three randomised, controlled trials

 

Combination therapy with MTX in MTX-IR patients

Combination therapy with csDMARDs in TNFi-INT/IR patients

Monotherapy in MTX-INT/IR patients

 

52 weeks

24 weeks

24 weeks

 

Placebo

Sarilumab 150 mg q2w

Sarilumab 200 mg q2w

Placebo

Sarilumab 150 mg q2w

Sarilumab 200 mg q2w

Adalimumab 40 mg q2w

Sarilumab 200 mg q2w

Total

TEAE, n/N (%)

 With diabetes

20/27 (74.1)

21/27 (77.8)

36/37 (97.3)

17/23 (73.9)

18/23 (78.3)

13/21 (61.9)

11/16 (68.8)

7/10 (70.0)

143/184 (77.7)

 Without diabetes

226/370 (61.1)

279/374 (74.6)

276/359 (76.9)

73/158 (46.2)

101/158 (63.9)

107/163 (65.6)

106/168 (63.1)

111/174 (63.8)

1279/1924 (66.5)

Treatment-emergent SAE, n/N (%)

 With diabetes

4/27 (14.8)

3/27 (11.1)

5/37 (13.5)

1/23 (4.3)

2/23 (8.7)

2/21 (9.5)

1/16 (6.3)

0/10

18/184 (9.8)

 Without diabetes

17/370 (4.6)

34/374 (9.1)

40/359 (11.1)

5/158 (3.2)

4/158 (2.5)

8/163 (4.9)

11/168 (6.5)

9/174 (5.2)

128/1924 (6.7)

TEAE leading to death, n/N (%)

 With diabetes

1/27 (3.7)

0/27

0/37

0/23

0/23

0/21

0/16

0/10

1/184 (0.5)

 Without diabetes

1/370 (0.3)

2/374 (0.5)

1/359 (0.3)

1/158 (0.6)

0/158

0/163

0/168

1/174 (0.6)

6/1924 (0.3)

TEAE leading to treatment discontinuation, n/N (%)

 With diabetes

2/27 (7.4)

1/27 (3.7)

5/37 (13.5)

1/23 (4.3)

3/23 (13.0)

2/21 (9.5)

2/16 (12.5)

1/10 (10.0)

17/184 (9.2)

 Without diabetes

18/370 (4.9)

50/374 (13.4)

49/359 (13.6)

7/158 (4.4)

11/158 (7.0)

15/163 (9.2)

11/168 (6.5)

10/174 (5.7)

171/1924 (8.9)

  1. csDMARD conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, INT intolerant, IR inadequate response, MTX methotrexate, q2w every 2 weeks, SAE serious TEAE, TEAE treatment-emergent adverse event, TNFi tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitor