Upadacitinib (Rinvoq)

Abstract

CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class. The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec. This review assesses upadacitinib (Rinvoq), 15 mg and 30 mg extended-release tablets, oral. Indication: For the treatment of adults with active ankylosing spondylitis who have had an inadequate response to a biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug or when use of those therapies is inadvisable; may be used as monotherapy or in combination with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.