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Table 1 Data sets used in this study

From: Blood-based identification of non-responders to anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

Data set

Use in this study

Microarray platform

Blood sample

Treatment

Co- Therapies

Previous Treatment with Biologics

Response Criteria (Time after Treatment)

Patient breakdown

GSE12051 [10]

Classifier training

Sentrix Human-6 Expression BeadChip

Whole blood

Infliximab

All pts: MTX, prednisone and NSAID

No anti-TNFs

EULAR DAS28 poor: NR

7 NR, 37 R

EULAR DAS28 moderate/good: R (14 weeks)

GSE19821 [36]

Classifier training

Stanford Custom Array

Whole blood

Infliximab

All pts: MTX

No anti-TNFs

EULAR DAS28 poor: NR

5 NR, 10 R

Some pts: prednisone and/or NSAID

EULAR DAS28 moderate/good: R (16 weeks)

GSE58795 [37, 38]

Classifier training

Human RSTA Custom Affymetrix 2.0

Whole blood

Infliximab

All pts: MTX

No biologics in prev. 3 months

EULAR DAS28 poor: NR

7 NR, 23 R

Some pts: prednisone, DMARDs and/or NSAIDs

EULAR DAS28 moderate/good: R (14 weeks)

GSE33377 [16]

Classifier training (infliximab) and evaluation (adalimumab)

Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST Array

Whole blood

Infliximab or Adalimumab

All pts: MTX

No anti-TNFs

EULAR DAS28 poor: NR

Infliximab: 13 NR, 14 R

EULAR DAS28 good: R (14 weeks)

Adalimumab: 11 NR, 4 R

GSE42296 [39]

Classifier evaluation

Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array

PBMCs

Infliximab

All pts: MTX

No anti-TNFs in prev. 3 months

ACR0/20: NR

13 NR, 6 R

Some pts: prednisone and/or NSAID

ACR50/70: R (14 weeks)

GSE3592 [8]

Classifier evaluation

INSERM Homo sapiens 14 K array_Liverpool2

PBMCs

Infliximab

All pts: MTX and prednisone

Unknown

ΔDAS28 < 1.2: NR

7 NR, 6 R

Some pts: NSAIDs

ΔDAS28 ≥ 1.2: R (3 months)

GSE25160 [40]

Classifier evaluation

Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array

PBMCs

Tocilizumab

All pts: MTX

No anti-TNFs

ACR0/20: NR

4 NR, 9 R

Some pts: prednisone

ACR50/70: R (14 weeks)

GSE37107 [41]

Classifier evaluation

Illumina HumanHT-12 V3.0 Expression BeadChip

Whole blood

Rituximab

Some pts: prednisone, DMARDs and/or NSAIDs

Discontinued anti-TNF, at least 1 month wash out period

ΔDAS28 ≤ 1.2: NR

6 NR, 8 R

ΔDAS28 > 1.2: R (6 months)

GSE11827 [42]

Classifier evaluation

INSERM Homo sapiens 14 K array_Liverpool3

PBMCs

Anakinra

All pts: MTX

None

ΔDAS28 < 1.2: NR

7 NR, 7 R

Some pts: prednisone or NSAID

ΔDAS28 ≥ 1.2: R (3 months)

  1. ACR, American College of Rheumatology; DAS28, disease activity score using 28 joint counts; DMARD, Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; EULAR, European League Against Rheumatism; MTX, methotrexate; NR, non-responder; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; PBMCs, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; pts, patients; R, responder