Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients in the safety cohort

CharacteristicSafety cohort N=191
Age at etanercept start, median (Q1, Q3), years10.0 (6.0, 14.0)
Age at start of follow-up, median (Q1, Q3), years12.0 (8.0, 15.0)
Sex, n (%)
 Female126 (66.0)
 Male65 (34.0)
Race, white, n (%)154 (80.6)
Disease duration at start of follow-up, median (Q1, Q3), years2.4 (0.5, 5.3)
Concomitant use of non-biologic therapy at start of follow-up, n (%)113 (59.2)
 Methotrexate107 (56.0)
 Leflunomide4 (2.1)
 Sulfasalazine5 (2.6)
Any etanercept use before CARRA Registry enrolment, n (%)119 (62.3)
Number of patients with biologic use prior to etanercept, n (%)17 (8.9)
 Adalimumab, n (%)16 (8.4)
 Tocilizumab, n (%)1 (0.5)
Ongoing etanercept use at time of CARRA Registry enrolment, n (%)107 (56.0)
Among patients with ongoing etanercept use at time of CARRA Registry enrolment
 Cumulative duration of etanercept use before CARRA Registry enrolment
  Mean (SD), months (number of patients with available data)29.5 (32.4) (107)
  Median (Q1, Q3), months (number of patients with available data)14.9 (5.8, 38.8) (107)
 Elapsed time since etanercept initiation
  Mean (SD), months (number of patients with available data)31.0 (33.7) (107)
  Median (Q1, Q3), months (number of patients with available data)15.9 (5.8, 42.9) (107)
  • N=number of patients who met the criteria for the safety cohort, that is, had a rheumatologist-diagnosed JIA category of PsA, did not have ongoing concurrent biologic use at etanercept initiation and had observed time on etanercept during CARRA Registry enrolment; n=number of patients with the characteristic.

  • CARRA, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; Q1, quartile 1; Q3, quartile 3.