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Trial reportArthritis research & therapy2025

The development of a clinical prediction model for response to methotrexate, tofacitinib, and etanercept in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.

F T Perton, M L M Bentvelzen, S Fadaei, J N Pouw, J Spierings, H E Vonkeman, S C Mooij, L G Schipper, A Herman, TOFA-PREDICT author group and 2 more

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Trial report in Arthritis research & therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

F T PertonDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands. f.perton@umcutrecht.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-7331-0104
M L M BentvelzenDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0003-5054-1569
S FadaeiDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7507-5002
J N PouwDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1818-7833
J SpieringsDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2546-312X
H E VonkemanDepartment of Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3792-7718
S C MooijDepartment of Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-7517-7348
L G SchipperDepartment of Rheumatology, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0007-6379-1240
A HermanDepartment of Rheumatology, St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
TOFA-PREDICT author group
S C MastbergenDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8825-6486
P M J WelsingDepartment of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1003508 GA, Postbus 85090, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2361-2803

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study was to use clinical data to develop a prediction model for treatment response, comparing tofacitinib to methotrexate or etanercept in individual patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.

methodsData from the development cohort (n = 80) of the TOFA-PREDICT trial were used. The cohort included PsA patients naïve to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) randomised to tofacitinib (n = 20) or methotrexate (n = 20), and patients failing conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) treatment randomised to add-on tofacitinib (n = 20) or etanercept (n = 20). Treatment response was defined as achievement of minimal disease activity at week 16. Elastic net regression was used to select relevant baseline predictors in the complete cohort and in treatment subgroups. Using Ridge regression with different modelling strategies, three prediction models were developed and compared. Based on performance, a final model was selected.

resultsIncreased Health Assessment Questionnaire score, increased tender joint count, increased Leeds Enthesitis Index score, decreased VAS global assessment by physician and previous Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha inhibitor treatment were selected as predictors for non-response. The final cross-validated model had an AUC-ROC of 0.76 and predicted clinically relevant differences in response to the compared treatments. The predicted probability of response was higher for methotrexate compared to tofacitinib in 85% of DMARD naïve patients. The predicted probability of response was higher for etanercept compared to tofacitinib in all patients failing csDMARD treatment.

conclusionOur results support the use of baseline clinical data for prediction of response to different treatments. We intend to validate this prediction model and to assess the additional predictive value of imaging and multi-omics biomarkers in future analyses.

trial registrationEudraCT Trial registration number 2017-003900-28, registration date January 25th 2018.

Indexed as

Antirheumatic AgentsArthritis, PsoriaticEtanerceptMethotrexatePiperidinesPyrimidinesPyrrolesAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntirheumatic AgentsEtanerceptMethotrexatePiperidinesPyrimidinesPyrrolestofacitinibClinical trials and methodsDMARDsInterventional studiesJAK inhibitorsPsoriatic arthritis

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PMID41146314
PMCPMC12560565

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