Efficacy and safety of CT-P13 (biosimilar infliximab) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: comparison between switching from reference infliximab to CT-P13 and continuing CT-P13 in the PLANETRA extension study

Conclusions
Comparable efficacy and tolerability were observed in patients who switched from RP to its biosimilar CT-P13 for an additional year and in those who had long-term CT-P13 treatment for 2 years.

Trial registration number
NCT01571219; Results.

Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - January 9, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Yoo, D. H., Prodanovic, N., Jaworski, J., Miranda, P., Ramiterre, E., Lanzon, A., Baranauskaite, A., Wiland, P., Abud-Mendoza, C., Oparanov, B., Smiyan, S., Kim, H., Lee, S. J., Kim, S., Park, W. Tags: Open access, Immunology (including allergy), Connective tissue disease, Degenerative joint disease, Musculoskeletal syndromes, Rheumatoid arthritis Clinical and epidemiological research Source Type: research