Long-term safety of pegloticase in chronic gout refractory to conventional treatment
Authors
Becker, Michael A.Baraf, Herbert S. B.
Yood, Robert A.
Dillon, Aileen
Vazquez-Mellado, Janitzia
Ottery, Faith D.
Khanna, Dinesh
Sundy, John S.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Meyers Primary Care InstituteDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2012-11-10
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term safety (up to 3 years) of treatment with pegloticase in patients with refractory chronic gout. METHODS: This open-label extension (OLE) study was conducted at 46 sites in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Patients completing either of two replicate randomised placebo-controlled 6-month trials received pegloticase 8 mg every 2 weeks (biweekly) or every 4 weeks (monthly). Safety was evaluated as the primary outcome, with special interest in gout flares and infusion-related reactions (IRs). Secondary outcomes included urate-lowering and clinical efficacy. RESULTS: Patients (n=149) received a mean+/-SD of 28+/-18 pegloticase infusions and were followed for a mean of 25+/-11 months. Gout flares and IRs were the most frequently reported adverse events; these were least common in patients with a sustained urate-lowering response to treatment and those receiving biweekly treatment. In 10 of the 11 patients with a serious IR, the event occurred when uric acid exceeded 6 mg/dl. Plasma and serum uric acid levels remained /dl in most randomised controlled trial (RCT)-defined pegloticase responders throughout the OLE study and were accompanied by sustained and progressive improvements in tophus resolution and flare incidence. CONCLUSIONS: The safety profile of long-term pegloticase treatment was consistent with that observed during 6 months of RCT treatment; no new safety signals were identified. Improvements in clinical status, in the form of flare and tophus reduction initiated during RCT pegloticase treatment in patients maintaining goal range urate-lowering responses were sustained or advanced during up to 2.5 years of additional treatment.Source
Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Dec 11. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201795Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/37219PubMed ID
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10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201795