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Abstract Number: 2144

Prevention Of Radiological Progression In Patients With Primary Knee Osteoarthritis With Strontium Ranelate

Jean-Yves Reginster1, Roland Chapurlat2, Francis Berenbaum3, P. Nash4, O. Zamani5, Martine Cohen-Solal6, Gerolamo Bianchi7, Jaime Branco8, F. Navarro9 and Cyrus Cooper10, 1Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, 2INSERM UMR 1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, 3Rheumatology, AP-HP, St Antoine Hospital, Paris, France, 4University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 5Rheumazentrum Favoriten, Wien, Austria, 6Rhumatologie A, INSERM U606 Hôpital Lariboisière, Centre Viggo Petersen, Paris, France, 7Div Reumatologia, ASL3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy, 8UNL/Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal, 9UGC de Reumatologia, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, 10MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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Meeting: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

Keywords: Knee and osteoarthritis

Session Information

Title: Osteoarthritis - Clinical Aspects II: Symptoms and Therapeutics in Osteoarthritis.

Session Type: Abstract Submissions (ACR)

Prevention of radiological progression in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis  with Strontium Ranelate

 

Background/Purpose: Strontium ranelate (SrRan) has demonstrated a structure-modifying activity with symptomatic improvement in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). This analysis aimed to compare the proportion of patients in whom radiological OA progression was prevented between groups, considering different cut-offs of JSN.

Methods: SEKOIA study included patients with symptomatic primary knee OA (Kellgren and Lawrence [KL] grade 2 or 3, JSW:2.5–5 mm) randomly allocated to SrRan 1 or 2 g/day or placebo. Primary endpoint was JSW radiographic change over 3 years in the medial compartment. JSW was measured yearly with validated computer-assisted centralized reading method. Patients with no relevant radiological OA progression were defined as those with a JSW loss from baseline to End, lower than 0.1mm, 0.2 mm or 0.3 mm. Patients who withdrew from the study were counted as non-responder. Treatment groups were compared to placebo using a chi² test.

Results: ITT set included 1371 (82% of the randomized set) patients. Age was 63±7 years, BMI was 30±5 kg/m2, JSW was 3.5±0.8 mm. 61% were KL II. 69% were female. A significantly greater proportion of patients in SrRan1g and 2g groups had no radiological progression compared to placebo: 40.5% and 44.1% vs. 32.8% (p=0.017 and p<0.01) with the 0.3 mm threshold. It corresponds to a proportion of responders increased by 24% and 34% in the SrRan 1g and 2g groups compared to placebo, with a number of patients needed to be treated (NNT) of 13 and 9. Similar results were observed at additional JSN cut-offs:

 

 

Strontium ranelate 1 g

(N = 445)

Strontium ranelate 2 g

(N = 454)

Placebo

(N = 472)

Responders : JSN ≥– 0.1 mm

 

 

 

Patients who responded, n (%)

130 (29.21)

136 (29.96)

101 (21.40)

p-value

0.006

0.003

 

RRR

36.0

40.0

 

NNT

13

12

 

Responders : JSN ≥-0.2 mm

 

 

 

Patients who responded, n (%)

161 (36.18)

173 (38.11)

133 (28.18)

p-value

0.009

0.001

 

RRR

28.4

35.2

 

NNT

13

10

 

Responders : JSN ≥– 0.3 mm

 

Patients who responded, n (%)

180 (40.5)

200 (44.05)

155 (32.80)

p-value

0.017

<0.001

 

RRR

23.5

34.3

 

NNT

13

9

 

 

Conclusion: Treatment with SrRan is associated with a significantly greater number of patients without OA radiological progression over 3 years.

 


Disclosure:

J. Y. Reginster,

Servier, Novartis, Negma, Lilly, Wyeth, Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Merckle, Nycomed, NPS, Theramex, UCB,

5,

Merck Sharp and Dohme, Lilly, Rottapharm, IBSA, Genevrier, Novartis, Servier, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Teijin, Teva, Ebewee Pharma, Zodiac, Analis, Theramex, Nycomed, Novo-Nordisk,

9,

Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Rottapham, Teva, Lilly Novartis, Roche, GlaxiSmithKline, Amgen, Servier,

2;

R. Chapurlat,

Servier,

2;

F. Berenbaum,

Servier,

2;

P. Nash,

Servier,

5;

O. Zamani,
None;

M. Cohen-Solal,

Servier,

5;

G. Bianchi,

Servier,

5;

J. Branco,

Servier,

5;

F. Navarro,
None;

C. Cooper,

Amgen, ABBH,Novartis, Pfizer, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Eli Lilly, Servier,

5.

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