Disease index

non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

Rheumatology · 2015–2024

11decisions
7medicines
3carried consumer input
6individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
bimekizumab Treatment of adult patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) who have failed to achieve an adequate response to at least 2 nonsteroidal… Mar 2024 Recommended with restriction input received CreakyJoints Australia
ixekizumab Treatment of adult patients with active non-radiographic ankylosing spondyloarthritis (nr-AxSpA) with objective signs of inflammation as indicated by elevated… Jul 2023 Recommended with restriction none received
upadacitinib Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in adults with active disease who have inadequate response to NSAIDs. Mar 2023 Deferred none received
secukinumab Amendment request to increase maximum quantity from one to two injections and reduce repeats from five to two for continuing treatment of ankylosing… Jul 2021 Not recommended none received
ixekizumab Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in adult patients with objective signs of inflammation as indicated by elevated CRP and/or MRI… Nov 2021 Recommended with restriction none received
secukinumab Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in patients with objective signs of inflammation (elevated C-reactive protein and/or MRI… Nov 2020 Recommended with restriction none received
certolizumab pegol Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in patients with objective signs of inflammation (elevated CRP and MRI evidence) who have had… Nov 2019 Recommended with restriction none received
golimumab Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in patients with objective signs of inflammation (elevated CRP and/or MRI evidence) who have… Jul 2018 Recommended with restriction 4 individuals CreakyJoints Australia
golimumab Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in patients with objective signs of inflammation (elevated CRP and/or MRI evidence) who have… Nov 2017 Not recommended 2 individuals Translational Research Institute
etanercept Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in adults with active disease (BASDAI ≥4) who have had an inadequate response to at least two… Mar 2016 Not recommended none received
etanercept Treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) in adults with active disease, characterized by chronic back pain for ≥3 months and onset… Mar 2015 Not recommended none received

Who spoke

CreakyJoints Australia · Translational Research Institute

What the PBS pays

$772M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 559,094 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
upadacitinib $291.6M
secukinumab $120.2M
golimumab $97.7M
etanercept $79.8M
ixekizumab $70M
certolizumab pegol $57.5M
bimekizumab $54.8M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 5 technologies for this condition, recommending 5 . A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
bimekizumabBimekizumab for treating active ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis TA918 recommended restricted 2023-10
upadacitinibUpadacitinib for treating active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis TA861 recommended restricted 2023-02
ixekizumabIxekizumab for treating active ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis TA718 recommended restricted 2021-07
golimumabGolimumab for treating active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis TA497 recommended 2018-01
tnf alpha inhibitorsTNF-alpha inhibitors for treating active ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis TA383 recommended 2016-02

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 3 of 11 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.