PTU-110 Elevated C reactive protein in anti-TNF-naïve patients is associated with higher remission rates: Abstract PTU-110 Table 1 (2012)

Introduction The CHARM trial 1 demonstrated that adalimumab (ADA) was effective for the maintenance of remission in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD), and that remission rates are influenced by a patient's baseline C reactive protein (CRP) concentration and prior anti-TNF experience. 1 Patients who were either anti-TNF-naïve or had an elevated baseline CRP achieved higher rates of remission than the general study population. In this post hoc analysis we examined whether patients who were anti-TNF-naïve and had an elevated CRP at baseline could achieve higher remission rates than those previously reported. Methods Data from CHARM, a 56-week, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of ADA maintenance therapy, were analysed. All patients received open-label ADA during a 4-week induction period, and were then randomised to ADA (40 mg weekly or every other week [eow]) or placebo for a 52-week double-blind period. In this analysis, clinical remission at week 56 was determined for randomised responders (patients who had a decrease in CDAI ≥70 at week 4 compared with baseline) who were naïve to prior anti-TNF treatment, by baseline CRP subgroups (high: ≥10 mg/l, vs low: &lt;10 mg/l), using non-responder imputation. Remission rates for patients treated with weekly or eow ADA were compared with rates for placebo-treated patients, using Fisher's exact test. Results ADA treatment (weekly or eow) resulted in statistically significantly greater rates of clinical remission at week 56 compared with placebo treatment in each CRP subgroup of anti-TNF-naïve patients (Abstract PTU-110 table 1). The percentage of patients in clinical remission was greater in the high CRP subgroup for both weekly and eow ADA treatment. Abstract PTU-110 Table 1 Clinical remission at week 56 in anti-TNF-naïve patients in CHARM Placebo ADA 40 mg eow p Value* ADA 40 mg weekly p Value* n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) n/N (%) Baseline CRP&lt;10 mg/l 6/46 (13) 17/49 (35) 0.017 18/43 (42) 0.004 Baseline CRP≥10 mg/l 6/43 (14) 19/36 (53) &lt;0.001 23/43 (53) &lt;0.001 * p Value vs placebo, from Fisher's exact test. Conclusion In the CHARM trial, anti-TNF-naïve patients with baseline CRP≥10 mg/l experienced greater rates of clinical remission, regardless of ADA dose frequency, compared with patients with baseline CRP&lt;10 mg/l. Competing interests W Sandborn Grant/Research Support from: Centocor Ortho Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, and UCB Pharma, Consultant for: Centocor Ortho Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, UCB Pharma, and Merck (previously Schering Plough), J-F Colombel Shareholder with: Intestinal Biotech Development, Grant/Research Support from: Astra-Zeneca, Danisco, Danone, Dysphar, Ferring, Giuliani, Lesaffre, Mapi Naxis, Ocerra Therapeutics, Roquette, Schering-Plough, and UCB, Consultant for: Abbott Laboratories, ActoGeniX NV, Albireo Pharma, Astra Zeneca, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellerix, Centocor, Chemocentryx, Cosmo Technologies, Danone France, Elan, Genentech, Giuliani, Given Imaging, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Millennium, NeoVacs, Ocerra, Otsuka American, PDL Biopharma, Pfizer, Ribo Vacs Biotech, Schering-Plough, Shire, Synta, Teva and Petah Tikva, Therakos, UCB, and Wyeth, Speaker bureau with: Abbott Laboratories, Astra Zeneca, Centocor, Elan, Falk, Ferring, Given Imaging, Otsuka American, PDL, Schering-Plough, Shire and UCB, M Castillo Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott, Q Zhou Employee of: Abbott, R Thakkar Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott. Reference 1. Colombel JF . Gastroenterology 2007; 132 :52.