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ImportancePosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom reduction is linked with lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), but little is known about the association between PTSD and comorbid T2D outcomes. Whether PTSD is a modifiable risk factor for adverse T2D outcomes is unknown.ObjectiveTo determine whether patients with PTSD who improved and no longer met diagnostic criteria for PTSD had a lower risk of adverse T2D outcomes compared with patients with persistent PTSD.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis retrospective cohort study used deidentified data from US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) historical medical records (from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2022) to create a cohort of patients aged 18 to 80 years with comorbid PTSD and T2D. Data analysis was performed from March 1 to June 1, 2024.ExposuresDiagnoses of PTSD and T2D.Main Outcomes and MeasuresThe main outcomes were insulin initiation, poor glycemic control, any microvascular complication, and all-cause mortality. Improvement of PTSD was defined as no longer meeting PTSD diagnostic criteria, per a PTSD Checklist score of less than 33. Entropy balancing controlled for confounding. Survival and competing risk models estimated the association between meeting PTSD criteria and T2D outcomes. Subgroup analyses examined variation by age, sex, race, PTSD severity, and comorbid depression status.ResultsThe study cohort included 10 002 veterans. More than half of patients (65.3%) were aged older than 50 years and most (87.2%) were men. Patients identified as Black (31.6%), White (62.7%), or other race (5.7%). Before controlling for confounding with entropy balancing, patients who no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria had similar incidence rates for starting insulin (22.4 vs 24.4 per 1000 person-years), poor glycemic control (137.1 vs 133.7 per 1000 person-years), any microvascular complication (108.4 vs 104.8 per 1000 person-years), and all-cause mortality (11.2 vs 11.0 per 1000 person-years) compared with patients with persistent PTSD. After controlling for confounding, no longer meeting PTSD criteria was associated with a lower risk of microvascular complications (hazard ratio [HR], 0.92 [95% CI, 0.85-0.99]). Among veterans aged 18 to 49 years, no longer meeting PTSD criteria was associated with a lower risk of insulin initiation (HR, 0.69 [95% CI, 0.53-0.88]) and all-cause mortality (HR, 0.39 [95% CI, 0.19-0.83]). Among patients without depression, no longer meeting PTSD criteria was associated with a lower risk of insulin initiation (HR, 0.73 [95% CI, 0.55-0.97]).Conclusions and RelevanceThe findings of this cohort study of patients with comorbid PTSD and T2D suggest that PTSD is a modifiable risk factor associated with a modest reduction in microvascular complications. Further research is needed to determine whether findings are similar in non-VHA health care settings.

SummaryBackgroundTofacitinib is an oral, small molecule Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. We present final data from OCTAVE Open, an open‐label, long‐term extension study.AimsThe primary objective of OCTAVE Open was to assess the safety and tolerability of long‐term tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis; evaluating efficacy was a secondary objective.MethodsEligible patients included OCTAVE Induction 1&2 non‐responders and OCTAVE Sustain completers/treatment failures. Patients in remission at OCTAVE Open baseline received tofacitinib 5 mg b.d.; all others received 10 mg b.d. Incidence rates (unique patients with events/100 patient‐years) for adverse events of special interest were calculated; ≤7.0 years of observation. Efficacy endpoints derived from Mayo score were reported ≤36 months (last scheduled endoscopy visit).ResultsIn OCTAVE Open, 769 of 944 patients (81.5%) initially received tofacitinib 10 mg b.d. Among all patients (2440.8 patient‐years of exposure), incidence rates (IRs; 95% confidence intervals) for deaths and adverse events of special interest were: deaths, 0.25 (0.09‐0.54); serious infections, 1.61 (1.14‐2.20); herpes zoster (non‐serious and serious), 3.16 (2.47‐3.97); opportunistic infections, 0.87 (0.54‐1.33); major adverse cardiovascular events, 0.16 (0.04‐0.42); malignancies (excluding non‐melanoma skin cancer), 1.03 (0.67‐1.52); non‐melanoma skin cancer, 0.75 (0.45‐1.19); deep vein thrombosis, 0.04 (0.00‐0.23); pulmonary embolism, 0.21 (0.07‐0.48). At Month 36, 66.9% and 40.3% showed clinical response, 64.6% and 37.1% had endoscopic improvement, and 58.9% and 33.7% maintained or achieved remission, with tofacitinib 5 and 10 mg b.d. respectively.ConclusionTofacitinib demonstrated consistent safety up to 7.0 years. Data collected up to Month 36 support long‐term efficacy beyond the 52‐week maintenance study.

Abstract Background and Aims Tofacitinib is an oral, small molecule Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Here, we evaluate the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib re-treatment following treatment interruption in patients with ulcerative colitis. Methods Here, patients with clinical response to tofacitinib 10 mg b.d. induction therapy were randomised to receive placebo in OCTAVE Sustain. Those experiencing treatment failure after Week 8 of OCTAVE Sustain entered OCTAVE Open and re-initiated tofacitinib 10 mg b.d. [re-treatment subpopulation]; efficacy and safety data are presented up to Month 36 of OCTAVE Open. Results Median time to treatment failure following interruption was 169 (95% confidence interval [CI], 94.0–179.0) and 123 [95% CI, 91.0–168.0] days for induction remitters, and induction responders but non-remitters, respectively. Following re-treatment with tofacitinib, rates (non-responder imputation after a patient discontinued; latest observation carried forward imputation after a patient advanced to a subsequent study [NRI-LOCF]) of clinical response, remission, and endoscopic improvement were 74.0%, 39.0%, and 55.0% at Month 2, and 48.5%, 37.4%, and 42.4% at Month 36, respectively. Among induction remitters and induction responders but non-remitters, clinical response rates at Month 36 were 60.6% and 42.4% [NRI-LOCF], respectively. Efficacy was recaptured regardless of prior tumour necrosis factor inhibitor failure status. The safety profile of tofacitinib 10 mg b.d. re-treatment was consistent with the overall cohort and demonstrated no new safety risks associated with exposure of ≤36 months. Conclusions Median time to treatment failure was numerically higher in induction remitters versus induction responders but non-remitters. Following treatment interruption, efficacy was safely and successfully recaptured with tofacitinib 10 mg b.d. re-treatment in a substantial proportion of patients [ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01458574;NCT01470612].

INTRODUCTION: Tofacitinib is an oral, small molecule JAK inhibitor for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). Tofacitinib safety and efficacy were demonstrated in patients (pts) with moderate to severe UC in 3 Phase 3 studies, 1 and are being evaluated in an ongoing, open-label, long-term extension (OLE) study. 2 METHODS: We present updated safety and efficacy data from the OCTAVE Open OLE study (NCT01470612; Sep 2018; database not locked) 2 in completers/treatment failures in OCTAVE Sustain (NCT01458574) or non-responders in OCTAVE Induction 1/2 (NCT01465763/NCT01458951). Week (Wk) 8 data (OCTAVE Induction 1/2) and Wk 52 (completers) or early-termination data (OCTAVE Sustain) determined eligibility. Pts in remission (total Mayo score ≤2, no individual subscore >1, rectal bleeding subscore 0) at Wk 52 of OCTAVE Sustain (central read) received tofacitinib 5 mg twice daily (BID) in the OLE study; all others received 10 mg BID. At Month 2, all pts had endoscopy, and induction non-responders with no clinical response were withdrawn. Incidence rates (IRs; unique pts with events per 100 pt-years [PY]) for adverse events (AEs) of special interest were calculated. Efficacy endpoints were derived from Mayo score (local read). RESULTS: Of 944 pts receiving ≥1 tofacitinib dose (for up to 5.5 years), 175 (18.5%) and 769 (81.5%) received 5 and 10 mg BID, respectively (454 and 1550 PY, respectively). 337 (35.7%) pts discontinued due to insufficient clinical response and 78 (8.3%) due to AEs excl. worsening UC. The most frequent AE class was infections and infestations (52.1%). The most frequent AEs were nasopharyngitis (20.3%) and worsening UC (19.5%). IRs (95% CI) for “Tofacitinib All” were: serious infections 1.61 (1.10, 2.27); herpes zoster (all) 3.35 (2.58, 4.27); major adverse cardiovascular events 0.15 (0.03, 0.44); malignancies excl. non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) 0.85 (0.50, 1.36); and NMSC 0.81 (0.46, 1.32), with no clustering of malignancy type. Table 1 shows AEs and IRs by dose. No new safety risks were identified. Table 2 shows efficacy data at Month 36. CONCLUSION: In pts with UC in the OLE study, no new safety risks emerged at 5.5 years vs earlier OLE analyses 2 or with tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis. Efficacy data continue to support long-term efficacy of tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg BID up to 36 months beyond OCTAVE Sustain.