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Large study checks cancer risk in arthritis drug abatacept
NCT ID NCT05413044
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at real-world data from over 140,000 people in Sweden with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis. Researchers tracked how many people developed different types of cancer while taking abatacept or other arthritis drugs. The goal was to better understand the safety of these treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- abatacept
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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140,706 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Participants with RA or PsA who began abatacept, a non-targeted DMARD, or a targeted DMARD enrolled in the SRQ Register between January 2007 and January 2021.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of RA or PsA * ≥18 years at index treatment initiation * Participants starting treatment with: * abatacept * non-targeted DMARDs * targeted DMARD Exclusion Criteria: \- Not applicable
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Local Institution
Princeton, New Jersey, 08540, United States
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