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Registration number
NCT04798287
Ethics application status
Date submitted
11/03/2021
Date registered
15/03/2021
Date last updated
22/06/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
Safety of TofAcitinib in Routine Care Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (STAR-RA)-Cancer Endpoints
Scientific title
Safety of TofAcitinib in Routine Care Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (STAR-RA)-Cancer Endpoints
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2011P002580-207
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
STAR-RA-Cancer
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Degenerative Disc Disease 0 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Criteria:

Please see https://www.bwhprime.org/resources.html for full code and algorithm definitions.

Eligible cohort entry dates:

* For US MarketScan, 2012-2018
* For Optum, 2012-2020
* For Medicare Claims Database (Parts A, B and D), 2012-2017

Cohort entry date:

* First TNFi or tofacitinib dispensation/administration date

Inclusion and
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria Common to RWE and RCT-duplicate Cohorts:

1. Inclusion Criteria

* Patients treated with tofacitinib or TNF inhibitors in IBM MarketScan, Optum, and Medicare fee-for-service
* A minimum of 365 days of continuous enrollment in health plan prior to (and including) the cohort entry date
* Two diagnosis codes for RA in any setting in 365 days baseline period (diagnosis codes between 7 and 365 days apart)
2. Exclusion Criteria

* Index drug in 365 days prior to cohort entry date (prevalent users)
* Missing data on age or gender
* Admission to nursing facility or hospice on or prior to cohort entry date (ever look-back)
* Diagnosis of malignant cancer prior to cohort entry date (ever look-back period)
* TNFi users with history of any Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors (tofacitinib, upadacitinib, or baricitinib) (ever look-back period)
* TNFi users initiating with more than one TNFi on same date
* Tofacitinib users with a prescription of baricitinib, upadacitinib (ever look-back period)
* Tofacitinib users initiating treatment on multiple JAK inhibitors on same day (tofacitinib and baricitinib, tofacitinib and upadacitinib)

Exclusion criteria specific to RWE cohorts:

* Patients less than 18 years of age (MarketScan and Optum) and 65 years of age (Medicare) at cohort entry

Inclusion criteria specific to RCT-duplicate cohorts:

* Patients with at least one methotrexate dispensation (six months look-back period)
* Patients with at least one cardiovascular risk factor (including smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, family history of ischemic heart disease) (one-year look-back period)

Exclusion criteria specific to RCT-duplicate cohorts:

* Patients less than 50 years of age (MarketScan and Optum) and 65 years
* Patients recently hospitalized with infections (30-day look-back period)
* Pregnant patients (one year look-back period)

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Retrospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
10/03/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
16/05/2022
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
105711
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Seoyoung C Kim, MD, ScD, MSCE
Address 0 0
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04798287