FOR ADULTS WITH MODERATELY TO SEVERELY ACTIVE RA, IN COMBINATION WITH MTX

DEMONSTRATED SAFETY PROFILE

Adverse events (AEs) through Week 241,2 :

 SIMPONI ARIA® + MTX Placebo (saline) + MTX
Number of patients, n*463 197
Median follow-up, weeks24.0 23.9
Patients with 1 AE, % (n)52.9 (245) 49.2 (97)
Patients with 1 serious AE, % (n)4.1 (19) 2.0 (4)
Discontinuation rate due to AEs, % (n)3.5 (16) 0.5 (1)
Patients with 1 infection, % (n)26.6 (123) 24.4 (48)
Patients with 1 serious infection, % (n)0.9 (4) 0.0 (0)
Most common AE (occurring in 5% of patients treated with SIMPONI ARIA® 2 mg/kg + MTX)
Upper respiratory tract infection, % (n)6.5 (30) 7.6 (15)

*Patients may appear in more than one column.

Incidence per 100 patient-years for patients treated with SIMPONI ARIA® + MTX (n=395) vs placebo (saline) + MTX (n=197) in the placebo-controlled phase1,2:

  • Active tuberculosis (TB): 0.00 (0 events; 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.00, 1.67] vs 0.00 (0 events; 95% CI [0.00, 3.79])
  • Opportunistic infections: 0.56 (1 event; 95% CI [0.01, 3.10]) vs 0.00 (0 events; 95% CI [0.00, 3.79])
  • Total malignancies: 0.56 (1 event; 95% CI [0.01, 3.11]) vs 0.00 (0 events; 95% CI [0.00, 3.79])

Total patient-years of follow-up for patients receiving golimumab + MTX were 180 for active TB and opportunistic infections and 179 for total malignancies. Total patient-years of follow-up for the placebo (saline) + MTX group were 79.

Infusion reactions reported through Week 241:

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