Incidence of anterior uveitis in patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with anti-TNF or anti-IL17A: a systematic review, a pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Incidence of anterior uveitis in patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with anti-TNF or anti-IL17A: a systematic review, a pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Abstract Background Anterior uveitis (AU) is the most frequent extra-articular feature of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).We aimed to assess and compare the incidence of AU in axSpA patients treated with anti-TNF or anti-IL17A.Methods We systematically reviewed bostik mvp PubMed, EMBase, and Cochrane from inception to May 3, 2020, and searched for placebo-controlled and head-to-head randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing anti-TNF monoclonal antibodies (mAb) or soluble receptor fusion protein or anti-IL17A in patients with axSpA according to ASAS criteria and reporting safety data on AU.Data were extracted following a predefined protocol.

We did pairwise and network meta-analyses for the primary outcome of AU flares (relapse or de novo) incidence and estimated summary odds ratios (ORs).We assessed the quality of evidence using the Cochrane risk-of-bias 2.0 tool.We ranked treatments according to their effectiveness in preventing AU flare using the P-score.

Results We identified 752 citations and included 33 RCTs, comprising 4544 treated patients (anti-TNF mAb 2101, etanercept [ETN] 699, anti-IL17A 1744) and 2497 placebo-receiving patients.Incidence of uveitis was lower with deus gorras anti-TNF mAb versus placebo (OR = 0.46; CI 95% [0.24; 0.

90]) and versus anti-IL17A (OR = 0.34; CI 95% [0.12; 0.92].

According to the P-score, the ranking from the most to the least preventive treatment of uveitis flare was as follows: anti-TNF mAb, ETN, placebo, and anti-IL17A.Conclusion In RCTs assessing anti-TNF and anti-IL17A in axSpA, incident uveitis are rare events.However, this network meta-analysis demonstrates that anti-TNF mAb are associated with a lower incidence of uveitis compared to placebo and anti-IL17A.