Impact of Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Status on Treatment Response and Treatment Persistence in Participants With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Who Are Treated With Abatacept or Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Australia

Impact of Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Status on Treatment Response and Treatment Persistence in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Are Treated With Abatacept or Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors. An Analysis From the Optimising Patient Outcome in Australian Rheumatology (OPAL) Registry.

An observational study assessing the impact of anti-citrullinated antibody (ACPA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) participants who have received abatacept or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) from the Optimising Patient outcome in Australian rheumatoLogy (OPAL) registry

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
• Have a baseline ACPA recorded
• Received either abatacept or a TNFi (adalimumab, certolizumab, etanercept or golimumab) during the sample selection window 1 August 2006 to 30 June 2017

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have died
• Patients with concomitant inflammatory diseases (e.g. ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
• Patients who have no visit data recorded (even if medication data is available)

Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply