Treatment comparison | Low disease activity, ROR (p value) | Remission, ROR (p value) | |||||||||||
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Number of studies | Number of patients | DAS 28 versus CDAI | DAS 28 versus SDAI | SDAI versus CDAI | Number of studies | Number of patients | DAS 28 versus CDAI | DAS 28 versus SDAI | SDAI versus CDAI | DAS 28 versus Boolean approach | SDAI versus Boolean approach | CDAI versus Boolean approach | |
IL-6 inhibitor versus TNFα inhibitor | |||||||||||||
Sarilumab versus adalimumab; monotherapy | 1* | 169 | 2.07 (0.009) | 2.14 (0.005) | 0.97 (0.687) | 1* | 169 | 1.62 (0.478) | 1.42 (0.586) | 1.14 (0.641) | 2.69 (0.187) | 1.89 (0.314) | 1.66 (0.439) |
Tocilizumab versus adalimumab; monotherapy | 1* | 131 | 1.83 (0.016) | 1.82 (0.013) | 1.00 (0.974) | 1* | 131 | 3.45 (0.009) | 2.27 (0.080) | 1.54 (0.020) | 2.27 (0.117) | 1.00 (1.000) | 0.65 (0.298) |
Tocilizumab + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1†| 69 | 2.65 (0.031) | 1.28 (0.570) | 2.08 (< 0.001) | 1†| 69 | 0.93 (0.908) | 0.43 (0.318) | 2.13 (0.129) | 0.89 (0.872) | 2.08 (0.269) | 0.97 (0,962) |
TNFα inhibitor versus TNFα inhibitor | |||||||||||||
Certolizumab pegol + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1‡ | 836 | 0.96 (0.680) | 1.04 (0.679) | 0.93 (0.016) | 1‡ | 836 | 1.00 (0.982) | 1.06 (0.696) | 0.94 (0.360) | 1.19 (0.321) | 1.12 (0.406) | 1.19 (0.229) |
JAK inhibitor versus TNFα inhibitor | |||||||||||||
Baricitinib + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1‡ | 817 | 1.00 (0.987) | 0.99 (0.917) | 1.01 (0.800) | 1‡ | 817 | 0.79 (0.147) | 0.76 (0.073) | 1.04 (0.538) | 0.83 (0.311) | 1.09 (0.582) | 1.04 (0.778) |
Filgotinib + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1‡ | 800 | 1.06 (0.588) | 0.98 (0.878) | 1.07 (0.042) | 1‡ | 800 | 0.96 (0.796) | 1.02 (0.887) | 0.94 (0.310) | 0.96 (0.789) | 0.94 (0.627) | 0.99 (0.960) |
Tofacitinib + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 2§ | 1152 | 0.85 (0.088) | 0.87 (0.115) | 0.98 (0.397) | 2§ | 1152 | 0.74 (0.020) | 0.82 (0.105) | 0.90 (0.091) | 0.77 (0.086) | 0.94 (0.615) | 1.05 (0.727) |
Upadacitinib + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1‡ | 978 | 1.07 (0.476) | 1.04 (0.634) | 1.02 (0.462) | 1‡ | 978 | 1.00 (0.999) | 0.93 (0.660) | 1.07 (0.293) | 0.93 (0.700) | 0.99 (0.971) | 0.93 (0.643) |
JAK inhibitor versus T-cell activation inhibitor | |||||||||||||
Upadacitinib + MTX versus abatacept + MTX | 1†| 438 | 1.46 (0.032) | 1.38 (0.049) | 1.06 (0.131) | 1†| 438 | 1.37 (0.082) | 1.20 (0.244) | 1.14 (0.193) | 1.38 (0.101) | 1.16 (0.349) | 1.01 (0.951) |
T-cell activation inhibitor versus TNFα inhibitor | |||||||||||||
Abatacept + MTX versus adalimumab + MTX | 1‡ | 606 | 0.96 (0.721) | 0.98 (0.860) | 0.98 (0.583) | 1‡ | 606 | 0.89 (0.539) | 0.94 (0.753) | 0.94 (0.453) | 1.06 (0.811) | 1.13 (0.555) | 1.19 (0.386) |