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Table 4 Relative risks of different safety outcomes and respective 95% CIs calculated using a normal approximation. Data from different studies were pooled when the same outcomes from the same treatments were available and when they referred to doses and/or regimens approved in Brazil

From: The Brazilian Society of Rheumatology guidelines for axial spondyloarthritis – 2019

Outcome

Serious adverse effects

Discontinuation for any cause

Follow-up time (weeks)

12 to 24

Drug

Relative risk

95% CI

Relative risk

95% CI

Infliximab [111]

1.30

0.28–6.12

0.78

0.14–4.15

Etanercept [113, 119, 120, 123]

0.84

0.37–1.91

0.81

0.47–1.42

Adalimumab [126, 130, 131]

1.59

0.49–5.06

1.49

0.65–3.39

Golimumab [133, 137, 138]

0.94

0.35–2.56

1.19

0.52–2.75

Certolizumab pegol [139]

1.18

0.43–3.36

0.74

0.34–1.58

Secukinumab [142]

0.81

0.34–1.92

0.55

0.26–1.16