PMID- 37787903 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240109 LR - 20240130 IS - 1434-9949 (Electronic) IS - 0770-3198 (Print) IS - 0770-3198 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - Earlier clinical response predicts low rates of radiographic progression in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis receiving guselkumab treatment. PG - 241-249 LID - 10.1007/s10067-023-06745-y [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Assess relationship between earlier clinical improvement and radiographic progression (RP) over 2 years in guselkumab-treated patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHOD: Post hoc analyses combined data from DISCOVER-2 biologic-naive adults with active PsA randomized to either guselkumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (Q4W) or guselkumab at W0, W4, then Q8W. Correlations (Spearman's coefficient) between baseline disease parameters and total PsA-modified van der Heijde-Sharp (vdH-S) score were examined. Repeated-measures mixed models, adjusted for known RP risk factors, assessed the relationship between Disease Activity Index in PsA (DAPSA) improvement, DAPSA improvement exceeding the median or the minimal clinically important difference (MCID), or DAPSA low disease activity (LDA) at W8 and RP rate, assessed by change from baseline in vdH-S score through W100. RESULTS: Baseline age, PsA duration, CRP level, and swollen joint count, but not psoriasis duration/severity, weakly correlated with baseline vdH-S score. Elevated baseline CRP (parameter estimate [beta] = 0.17-0.18, p < 0.03) and vdH-S score (beta = 0.02, p < 0.0001) significantly associated with greater RP through W100. Greater improvement in DAPSA (beta = -0.03, p = 0.0096), achievement of DAPSA improvement > median (least squares mean [LSM] difference: -0.66, p = 0.0405) or > MCID (-0.67, p = 0.0610), or DAPSA LDA (-1.44, p = 0.0151) by W8 with guselkumab significantly associated with less RP through W100. The effect of W8 DAPSA LDA on future RP was strengthened over time among achievers vs. non-achievers (LSM difference enhanced from -1.05 [p = 0.0267] at W52 to -1.84 [p = 0.0154] at W100). CONCLUSIONS: In guselkumab-treated patients with active PsA, earlier improvement in joint symptoms significantly associated with lower RP rates through 2 years, indicating blockade of the IL-23 pathway may modify long-term disease course and prevent further joint damage. Key Points * Greater improvement in DAPSA at Week 8 of guselkumab treatment was significantly associated with less progression of structural joint damage at 2 years in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). * Early control of peripheral joint disease activity with blockade of the IL-23 pathway may modify long-term PsA trajectory and prevent further joint damage. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Mease, Philip J AU - Mease PJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6620-0457 AD - Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. pmease@philipmease.com. FAU - Gottlieb, Alice B AU - Gottlieb AB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2927-8618 AD - Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Ogdie, Alexis AU - Ogdie A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4639-0775 AD - Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. FAU - McInnes, Iain B AU - McInnes IB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6462-4280 AD - College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. FAU - Chakravarty, Soumya D AU - Chakravarty SD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7957-838X AD - Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA. AD - Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. FAU - Rampakakis, Emmanouil AU - Rampakakis E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7427-8246 AD - Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. AD - JSS Medical Research, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Kollmeier, Alexa AU - Kollmeier A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2059-7866 AD - Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Xu, Xie L AU - Xu XL AD - Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Shawi, May AU - Shawi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6005-3938 AD - Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA. FAU - Lavie, Frederic AU - Lavie F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5213-257X AD - Janssen Cilag Global Medial Affairs, Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Issy Les Moulineaux, France. FAU - Kishimoto, Mitsumasa AU - Kishimoto M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4007-1589 AD - Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Rahman, Proton AU - Rahman P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4521-2029 AD - Discipline of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20231003 PL - Germany TA - Clin Rheumatol JT - Clinical rheumatology JID - 8211469 RN - 089658A12D (guselkumab) RN - 0 (Antirheumatic Agents) RN - 103771-11-5 (N-(8-aminohexyl)-5-iodonaphthalene-1-sulfonamide) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - 0 (Interleukin-23) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - *Arthritis, Psoriatic/diagnostic imaging/drug therapy MH - *Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - *Biological Products/therapeutic use MH - Interleukin-23 PMC - PMC10774160 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DAPSA OT - Guselkumab OT - Psoriatic arthritis OT - Radiographic progression OT - Structural joint damage OT - vdH-S score COIS- PJM has received research support, consulting fees, and/or speaker bureau support from AbbVie, Acelyrin, Aclaris, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Galapagos, Gilead, Inmagene, Janssen, MoonLake Immunotherapeutics, Novartis, Pfizer, Sun Pharma, UCB, Ventyx, and Xinthera. ABG has received honoraria as an advisory board member and consultant for Amgen, AnaptypsBio, Avotres Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Dice Therapeutics, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Sanofi, UCB, and Xbiotech, and has received research/educational grants from AnaptypsBio, Bristol Myers Squibb, Moonlake Immunotherapeutics AG, Novartis, and UCB (all paid to Mount Sinai School of Medicine). AO has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, CorEvitas, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Happify Health, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB; grant/research support to the University of Pennsylvania from AbbVie, Janssen, Novartis, and Pfizer, and to Forward from Amgen. Her husband has received royalties from Novartis. IBM has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cabaletta, Compugen, Eli Lilly, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and UCB; grant/research support from Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Novartis, Roche, and UCB; and is a shareholder of Causeway Therapeutics, and Evelo Compugen, SDC is an employee of Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC and owns stock or stock options in Johnson & Johnson, of which Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary. ER is a consultant of Janssen and an employee of JSS Medical Research. AK is an employee of Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and owns stocks in Johnson & Johnson. XLX is an employee of Janssen Research & Development. MS is an employee of Janssen Research & Development and owns stock or stock options in Johnson & Johnson. FL is an employee of Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and owns stock in Johnson & Johnson. MK has received consulting fees and/or speakers fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Asahi-Kasei Pharma, Astellas, Ayumi Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, and UCB. PR has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB; travel support from Janssen; and grants from Janssen, and Novartis. EDAT- 2023/10/03 12:45 MHDA- 2024/01/09 06:42 PMCR- 2023/10/03 CRDT- 2023/10/03 11:10 PHST- 2023/06/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/09 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/03 12:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/03 11:10 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10067-023-06745-y [pii] AID - 6745 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10067-023-06745-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Jan;43(1):241-249. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06745-y. Epub 2023 Oct 3.