The primary objectives of this study is to explore the efficacy of mavrilimumab compared with golimumab in the treatment of adult subjects 18-80 years of age with moderate-to-severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an inadequate response to one or more conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and/or one or two anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (excluding golimumab) for efficacy or safety reasons.
Despite the therapeutic improvements with recent biologic agents approved for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is still a significant unmet medical need for the treatment of subjects with this chronic disease to achieve a faster, more complete response, and higher rates of remission. The aim of the current study is to compare the efficacy and safety of a subcutaneous dose of mavrilimumab with a marketed treatment for RA (golimumab) in 120 adult subjects with moderate-to-severe active RA who have had an inadequate response to one or two anti-TNF agents with mavrilimumab. The design of the study was exploratory and not formerly statistically powered.
Participants received alternating doses of golimumab 50 mg (Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24) and placebo matched to mavrilimumab (Weeks 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, and 22) injections subcutaneously every 2 weeks for 24 weeks in combination with stable dose of methotrexate (7.5 to 25 mg per week) through oral or parenteral route.
Participants received Mavrilimumab 100 mg injection subcutaneously every 2 weeks for 24 weeks in combination with stable dose of methotrexate (7.5 to 25 mg per week) through oral or parenteral route.
Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina
San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina