Profiling Response to TNF ‐Inhibitor Treatment in Axial Spondyloarthritis

ConclusionsPrimary lack of response accounted nearly 40% of the TNFi failures in AxSpA patients. Older age, negative HLA‐B27, higher baseline disease activity and treatment with sTNFR were the independent predictors of the primary non‐response to TNFi.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Arthritis Care and Research - November 10, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Mansour Alazmi, Ismail Sari, Bharath Krishnan, Robert D. Inman, Nigil Haroon Tags: Original Article Source Type: research