Drug tolerability and reasons for discontinuation of seven biologics in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis -The ANSWER cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>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 elderly patients (65 years of age or older) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).<h4>...

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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: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216624