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Bayesian comparative effectiveness study of four consensus treatment plans for initial management of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST).

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Nigrovic, PA; Beukelman, T; Tomlinson, G; Feldman, BM; Schanberg, LE; Kimura, Y ...
Published in: Clin Trials
June 2018

BACKGROUND: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a rare febrile arthritis of childhood characterized by a potentially severe course, including prolonged glucocorticoid exposure, growth failure, destructive arthritis, and life-threatening macrophage activation syndrome. Early cytokine-blocking biologic therapy may improve long-term outcomes, although some systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients respond well to non-biologic treatment, leaving optimal management undefined. Consequently, treatment of new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis by expert clinicians varies widely. PURPOSE: To describe a pragmatic, observational comparative effectiveness study that takes advantage of diversity in the management of a rare disease: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST), comparing non-biologic and biologic consensus treatment plans for new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis within the 60-center Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry (CARRA). METHODS: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST) is a multicenter, prospective, non-randomized study that compares four Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) consensus treatment plans for new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: (1) glucocorticoids alone, (2) methotrexate, (3) interleukin-1 blockade, and (4) interleukin-6 blockade. Patients consenting to participation in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry are started on one of four Consensus Treatment Plans at the discretion of the treating physician. The outcome of primary interest is clinically inactive disease off glucocorticoids at 9 months, comparing non-biologic (Consensus Treatment Plans 1 + 2) versus biologic (Consensus Treatment Plans 3 + 4) strategies. Bayesian analytic methods will be employed to evaluate response rates, using propensity scoring to balance treatment groups for potential confounding. With 200 patients in a 2:1 ratio of biologic to non-biologic, there is a >90% probability of finding biologic consensus treatment plans more effective if the rate of clinically inactive disease is 30% higher than for non-biologic therapy. Additional outcomes include Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System measures and other parent-/patient-reported outcomes reported in real time using smartphone technology. Routine operation of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry will allow assessment of outcomes over at least 10 years. RESULTS: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST) began enrollment in November 2016. LIMITATIONS: The observational design may not provide balance in measured and unmeasured confounders. Use of consensus treatment plan (CTP) strategies at frequencies more unbalanced than predicted could reduce the chance of finding differences in efficacy. CONCLUSION: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST) will provide the first prospective comparison of Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance's (CARRA's) consensus-derived non-biologic versus biologic management strategies in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, performed in a real-world setting wherein each patient receives standard-of-care treatment selected by the treating physician. Outcomes include clinician- and patient-/family-reported outcomes, empowering both physician and patient decision making in new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

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Clin Trials

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1740-7753

Publication Date

June 2018

Volume

15

Issue

3

Start / End Page

268 / 277

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics & Probability
  • Registries
  • Pilot Projects
  • Methotrexate
  • Humans
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Consensus
  • Child
  • Biological Therapy
  • Bayes Theorem
 

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Nigrovic, P. A., Beukelman, T., Tomlinson, G., Feldman, B. M., Schanberg, L. E., Kimura, Y., & Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consensus Treatment Plan Workgroup, . (2018). Bayesian comparative effectiveness study of four consensus treatment plans for initial management of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST). Clin Trials, 15(3), 268–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774518761367
Nigrovic, Peter A., Timothy Beukelman, George Tomlinson, Brian M. Feldman, Laura E. Schanberg, Yukiko Kimura, and Yukiko Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consensus Treatment Plan Workgroup. “Bayesian comparative effectiveness study of four consensus treatment plans for initial management of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST).Clin Trials 15, no. 3 (June 2018): 268–77. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774518761367.
Nigrovic PA, Beukelman T, Tomlinson G, Feldman BM, Schanberg LE, Kimura Y, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consensus Treatment Plan Workgroup. Bayesian comparative effectiveness study of four consensus treatment plans for initial management of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: FiRst-Line Options for Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis Treatment (FROST). Clin Trials. 2018 Jun;15(3):268–277.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Trials

DOI

EISSN

1740-7753

Publication Date

June 2018

Volume

15

Issue

3

Start / End Page

268 / 277

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics & Probability
  • Registries
  • Pilot Projects
  • Methotrexate
  • Humans
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Consensus
  • Child
  • Biological Therapy
  • Bayes Theorem