Table 3

Proportion of patients with potentially clinically significant haematological and clinical chemistry values

n/N Obs (%)PBO pooled, n=1042MTX pooled, n=530ADA 40 mg EOW, n=579UPA all phase III long term
Any UPA 15 mg once daily, n=2630Any UPA 30 mg once daily, n=1204
Short-term data up to
12/14 weeks
Long-term MTX monotherapy
Mean exposure:
36 weeks
(data censored at rescue)
Long-term ADA
Mean exposure:
42 weeks
(includes UPA→ADA post-switch)
Long-term UPA
(monotherapy or in combination with MTX/other csDMARDs)
Mean exposures: 53 weeks (UPA 15 mg)
and 59 weeks (UPA 30 mg)
Haemoglobin (g/L)
 Grade 3 (70 to <80 or decreased 21 to <30)23/1036 (2.2)28/526 (5.3)18/576 (3.1)150/2622 (5.7)133/1193 (11.1)
 Grade 4 (<70 or decreased ≥30)8/1036 (0.8)12/526 (2.3)6/576 (1.0)39/2622 (1.5)49/1193 (4.1)
Platelets (×109/L)
 Grade 3 (20 to <50)0/10320/5250/5761/2619 (<0.1)1/1192 (<0.1)
 Grade 4 (<20)0/10320/5250/5761/2619 (<0.1)1/1192 (<0.1)
Neutrophils (×109/L)
 Grade 3 (0.5 to <1.0)1/1036 (<0.1)2/526 (0.4)2/576 (0.3)22/2622 (0.8)28/1192 (2.3)
 Grade 4 (<0.5)0/10360/5261/576 (0.2)7/2622 (0.3)2/1192 (0.2)
Lymphocytes (×109/L)
 Grade 3 (0.5 to <1.0)119/1036 (11.5)79/526 (15.0)44/576 (7.6)451/2622 (17.2)250/1192 (21.0)
 Grade 4 (<0.5)7/1036 (0.7)5/526 (1.0)2/576 (0.3)30/2622 (1.1)29/1192 (2.4)
Leucocytes (×109/L)
 Grade 3 (1.0 to <2.0)0/10360/5261/576 (0.2)9/2622 (0.3)7/1193 (0.6)
 Grade 4 (<1.0)0/10360/5260/5760/26222/1193 (0.2)
ALT (U/L)
 Grade 3 (3.0 to <8.0× ULN)13/1037 (1.3)23/527 (4.4)9/577 (1.6)76/2620 (2.9)37/1195 (3.1)
 Grade 4 (>8.0× ULN)2/1037 (0.2)5/527 (0.9)3/577 (0.5)11/2620 (0.4)6/1195 (0.5)
AST (U/L)
 Grade 3 (3.0 to <8.0× ULN)6/1036 (0.6)13/527 (2.5)6/577 (1.0)46/2620 (1.8)17/1195 (1.4)
 Grade 4 (>8.0× ULN)1/1036 (<0.1)1/527 (0.2)4/577 (0.7)7/2620 (0.3)5/1195 (0.4)
CPK (U/L)
 Grade 3 (>5.0 to 10.0× ULN)3/1037 (0.3)2/527 (0.4)1/577 (0.2)38/2620 (1.5)22/1196 (1.8)
 Grade 4 (>10.0× ULN)0/10370/5271/577 (0.2)10/2620 (0.4)11/1196 (0.9)
  • N Obs indicates the number of patients with baseline and post-baseline values for the respective parameters.

  • ADA, adalimumab; ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; EOW, every other week; MTX, methotrexate; PBO, placebo; ULN, upper limit of normal; UPA, upadacitinib.