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MODERATELY TO SEVERELY ACTIVE RA
Adverse events (AEs) through Week 1121,2:
| SIMPONI ARIA® + MTX | |
| Number of patients, n | 584 |
| Mean follow-up, weeks | 95.9 |
| Patients with ≥1 AE, % (n) | 79.1 (462) |
| Patients with ≥1 serious AE, % (n) | 18.2 (106) |
| Discontinuation rate due to AEs, % (n) | 7.0 (41) |
| Patients with ≥1 infection, % (n) | 49.1 (287) |
| Patients with ≥1 serious infection, % (n) | 6.2 (36) |
| Patients with ≥1 infusion reaction | 3.9% (23) |
| Most common AEs (occurring in ≥5% of patients), % (n) | |
| Upper respiratory tract infection | 11.5 (67) |
| Bronchitis | 8.9 (52) |
| RA | 8.7 (51) |
| Hypertension | 6.7 (39) |
| Nasopharyngitis | 6.7 (39) |
| Urinary tract infection | 6.5 (38) |
| ALT increase | 6.5 (38) |
| Headache | 5.8 (34) |
| Pharyngitis | 5.8 (34) |
Incidence per 100 patient-years for patients treated with SIMPONI ARIA® + MTX (n=584) in the controlled and uncontrolled phases1,2*:
*Total patient-years of follow-up were 958 for active TB and opportunistic infections and 955 for total malignancies. During the controlled and uncontrolled phase, 6 malignancies were reported in 5 patients treated with SIMPONI ARIA® + MTX.
Infusion reactions reported in the controlled and uncontrolled phases (~Week 112) 1,2


ALT=alanine aminotransferase; MTX=methotrexate; TB=tuberculosis.
References: 1. Data on file. Johnson & Johnson. 2. Bingham CO III, Mendelsohn AM, Kim L, et al. Maintenance of clinical and radiographic benefit with intravenous golimumab therapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite methotrexate therapy: week-112 efficacy and safety results of the open-label long-term extension of a phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015;67(12):1627-1636.