Drug tolerability and reasons for discontinuation of seven biologics in 4466 treatment courses of rheumatoid arthritis—the ANSWER cohort study

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the retention rates and reasons for discontinuation for seven biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in a real-world setting of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This multi-center, retrospective study assesse...

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Main Authors: Kosuke Ebina, Motomu Hashimoto, Wataru Yamamoto, Toru Hirano, Ryota Hara, Masaki Katayama, Akira Onishi, Koji Nagai, Yonsu Son, Hideki Amuro, Keiichi Yamamoto, Yuichi Maeda, Koichi Murata, Sadao Jinno, Tohru Takeuchi, Makoto Hirao, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Hideki Yoshikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-019-1880-4