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Table 2 Transition between biologic DMARDs during Corrona follow-up, 2002–2019

From: The sequence of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs: pathways to and predictors of tocilizumab monotherapy

 

First bDMARD

DMARD use after baseline, as noted every 6 months on Corrona case report forms

0 months

6 months

12 months

18 months

24 months

30 months

36 months

42 months

48 months

54 months

60 months

(n = 7300)

(n = 7250)

(n = 6435)

(n = 5769)

(n =5153)

(n = 4658)

(n = 4175)

(n = 3723)

(n = 3359)

(n = 3054)

(n = 2764)

TCZ monotherapy

66 (0.90)

78 (1.08)

45 (0.70)

37 (0.64)

21 (0.41)

25 (0.54)

23 (0.55)

18 (0.48)

12 (0.36)

17 (0.56)

8 (0.29)

TCZ combination

117 (1.60)

128 (1.77)

117 (1.82)

122 (2.11)

123 (2.39)

109 (2.34)

97 (2.32)

67 (1.80)

59 (1.76)

47 (1.54)

45 (1.63)

TNFi, any

5889 (80.67)

4725 (65.17)

4000 (62.16)

3423 (59.33)

2980 (57.83)

2639 (56.66)

2284 (54.71)

1989 (53.42)

1764 (52.52)

1576 (51.6)

1402 (50.72)

nonTNF nonTCZ bDMARD

1228 (16.82)

1137 (15.68)

1027 (15.96)

938 (16.26)

852 (16.53)

802 (17.22)

749 (17.94)

707 (18.99)

671 (19.98)

609 (19.94)

575 (20.8)

csDMARD combination

946 (13.05)

996 (15.48)

998 (17.3)

946 (18.36)

880 (18.89)

812 (19.45)

761 (20.44)

690 (20.54)

657 (21.51)

597 (21.6)

No DMARD

236 (3.26)

250 (3.89)

251 (4.35)

231 (4.48)

203 (4.36)

210 (5.03)

181 (4.86)

163 (4.85)

148 (4.85)

137 (4.96)

  1. TCZ tocilizumab; TNFi TNF inhibitors; nonTNF nonTCZ bDMARD, includes all JAK inhibitors, abatacept, and rituximab; DMARD disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; bDMARDs biologic DMARDs; csDMARDs conventional synthetic DMARDs