Drug retention of 7 biologics and tofacitinib in biologics-naïve and biologics-switched patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the ANSWER cohort study

Abstract Background This multi-center, retrospective study aimed to clarify retention rates and reasons for discontinuation of 7 biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and tofacitinib (TOF), one of the janus kinase inhibitors, in bDMARDs-naïve and bDMARDs-switched patients with r...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Ebina, Toru Hirano, Yuichi Maeda, Wataru Yamamoto, Motomu Hashimoto, Koichi Murata, Tohru Takeuchi, Hideyuki Shiba, Yonsu Son, Hideki Amuro, Akira Onishi, Kengo Akashi, Ryota Hara, Masaki Katayama, Keiichi Yamamoto, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Makoto Hirao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-020-02232-w