1. Switching of biological agents (BAs), and achievement of inactive disease and clinical remission (CR).
Switching of biological agents (BAs), and achievement of inactive disease and clinical remission (CR). ETA, etanercept; TCZ, tocilizumab. §The only patient on adalimumab (ADA) as first-line treatment was switched after 9.5 months to anakinra (ANA) and steroids, then canakinumab (CAN) and steroids, but arthritis persisted. ¶The only patient on abatacept (ABA) as first-line treatment initially achieved partial response and was in CR at last follow-up. *Six patients with ANA as a first BA and two patients with ANA as a second BA experienced secondary introduction of methotrexate (median delay of introduction 10.5 months after start of ANA, range 6–25 months). Four patients with ANA as a first BA achieved inactive disease that persisted at last follow-up.
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