Safety of baricitinib for the treatment of atopic dermatitis over a median of 1.6 years and up to 3.9 years of treatment: an updated integrated analysis of eight clinical trials

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  • Thomas Bieber
  • Norito Katoh
  • Eric L. Simpson
  • Marjolein de Bruin-Weller
  • Diamant Thaçi
  • Antonio Torrelo
  • Angelina Sontag
  • Susanne Grond
  • Maher Issa
  • Xiaoyu Lu
  • Tracy Cardillo
  • Katrin Holzwarth
  • Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan

Background: Baricitinib, a selective Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor, is approved for treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in adults. Objectives: We report integrated baricitinib safety data in patients with up to 3.9-years exposure. Methods: Three datasets from the integrated AD clinical trial program were analyzed: placebo-controlled, 2-mg–4-mg extended, and All-bari. Data cutoffs were up to 21-December-2021 for long-term extension studies. Proportions of patients with events and incidence rates (IR)/100 patient years (PY) at risk were calculated. Results: 2636 patients received baricitinib for 4628.4 PY. Discontinuation due to adverse events was low (IR = 3.4). IRs in All-bari were: serious adverse events, 5.2; infection, 67.2 (any infection), 6.7 (herpes simplex), 2.8 (herpes zoster), and 0.3 (opportunistic infections). Adverse events of special interest in All-bari included seven patients with positively adjudicated major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) (IR = 0.15), three pulmonary emboli (PE) (IR = 0.06), 14 malignancies excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer (IR = 0.3), one gastrointestinal perforation (IR = 0.02), and four deaths (IR = 0.1). No deep vein thromboses (DVT) or tuberculosis were reported. Conclusion: In this analysis, baricitinib maintained a similar safety profile to earlier analyses with no new safety signals. Rates of MACE, DVT/PE, malignancies, and serious infections were within ranges of background rates in patients with AD. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02576938 (JAHG), NCT03334396 (JAHL; BREEZE-AD1), NCT03334422 (JAHM; BREEZE-AD2), NCT03334435 (JAHN; BREEZE-AD3), NCT03428100 (JAIN; BREEZE-AD4), NCT03435081 (JAIW; BREEZE-AD5), NCT03559270 (JAIX; BREEZE-AD6), NCT03733301 (JAIY; BREEZE-AD7).

Original languageEnglish
Article number2161812
JournalJournal of Dermatological Treatment
Volume34
Issue number1
Number of pages10
ISSN0954-6634
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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  • Atopic dermatitis, baricitinib, long-term safety

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