Walter Maksymowych (University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada) talks to touchIMMUNOLOGY about the results of the C-axSpAnd Study (NCT02552212). This 52-week placebo-controlled study aimed to identify demographic or baseline characteristics of patients with nr-axSpA that could be predictive of achieving a clinical response to treatment with certolizumab pegol.
The abstract entitled ‘Predictors of Response in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Receiving Certolizumab Pegol in the C-axSpAnd Study’ was presented at ACR Convergence 2020, 5-9 November.
Questions
- Could you give us a brief overview of the C-axSpAnd study and the aims of your recent analysis? (0:37)
- What predictors of response were identified? (2:11)
- What will be the impact of these findings on clinical practice? (5:34)
Disclosures: Walter Maksymowych is the Chief Medical Officer of CARE Arthritis Limited, has acted as a paid consultant/participated in advisory boards for AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Galapagos, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB; received research and/or educational grants from AbbVie, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB; and received speaker fees from AbbVie, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB.
Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd.
Filmed in coverage of virtual ACR Convergence 2020.
