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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The biologics abatacept and adalimumab have different mechanisms of action (MoAs). We analyzed data from patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated in AMPLE (NCT00929864) to explore the pharmacodynamic effects of abatacept or adalimumab on anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) and gene expression.METHODS: AMPLE was a phase IIIb, 2-year, randomized, head-to-head trial of abatacept versus adalimumab. Post hoc analyses of baseline anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-2 (anti-CCP2, an ACPA surrogate) positive (+) status and ACPA fine-specificity profiles over time, as well as transcriptional profiling (peripheral whole blood), were performed.RESULTS: Of 646 patients treated (abatacept, n=318; adalimumab, n=328), ACPA and gene expression data were available from 508 and 566 patients, respectively. In anti-CCP2+patients (n=388), baseline fine specificities for most ACPAs were highly correlated; over 2years, levels decreased with abatacept but not adalimumab. By year 2, expression of genes associated with T cell co-stimulation and antibody production was lower for abatacept versus adalimumab; expression of genes associated with proinflammatory signaling was lower for adalimumab versus abatacept. Treatment modulated the expression of T- and B-cell gene signatures, with differences in CD8+T cells, activated T cells, plasma cells, B cells, natural killer cells (all lower with abatacept versus adalimumab), and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (higher with abatacept versus adalimumab).CONCLUSIONS: In AMPLE, despite similar clinical outcomes, data showed that pharmacodynamic/genetic changes after 2years of abatacept or adalimumab were consistent with drug MoAs. Further assessment of the relationship between such changes and clinical outcomes, including prediction of response, is warranted.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT00929864.
View details for DOI 10.1007/s40744-021-00404-x
View details for PubMedID 34878629