التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist use and heart failure in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| المؤلفون: |
Setoguchi, Soko, Schneeweiss, Sebastian, Avorn, Jerry, Katz, Jeffrey N., Weinblatt, Michael E., Levin, Raisa, Solomon, Daniel H. |
| المصدر: |
American Heart Journal; Aug2008, Vol. 156 Issue 2, p336-341, 6p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
TUMOR necrosis factors, HEART failure, OLDER people, HOSPITAL care, METHOTREXATE, AGE distribution, ANTIRHEUMATIC agents, LONGITUDINAL method, RHEUMATOID arthritis, RELATIVE medical risk, PROPORTIONAL hazards models, RETROSPECTIVE studies, CONFOUNDING variables, CHEMICAL inhibitors, DISEASE complications |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Clinical trials have shown that tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists (TNFAs) confer little benefit, and some may cause potential harm in advanced heart failure (HF). Although TNFAs had significant benefits in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), little is known whether the drugs pose an increased risk of HF in older patients with RA.Methods: A cohort study was conducted using data from Medicare and drug benefit programs in 2 states (1994-2004). We identified patients with RA aged > or =65 who received TNFA or methotrexate (MTX). The cohort was divided into patients with and without previous HF. We considered demographic variables, cardiovascular risk factors, RA severity-related measures, and other comorbidities. The primary end point was hospitalization with HF. We used stratified Cox proportional hazards regression to estimate the adjusted effect of TNFAs on HF hospitalization.Results: The cohort consisted of 1,002 TNFA users and 5,593 MTX users. There were 59 HF admissions during 1,680 person-years of TNFA use and 227 HF admissions during 10,623 person-years of MTX use. Comparing TNFA with MTX users, the adjusted hazard ratio for HF hospitalization was 1.70 (95% confidence interval 1.07-2.69). We found similar results in patients with and without previous HF. Among patients with previous HF, the adjusted hazard ratio for death was 4.19 (95% confidence interval 1.48-11.89).Conclusions: TNFAs may increase the risk of both first hospitalization and exacerbation of HF in elderly patients with RA. The potential for residual confounding in our study cannot be ruled out; larger and more detailed studies are needed to confirm the findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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