Abstracts tagged "registries"

Abstract Number: 092 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Initial Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An International Collaboration Among 10 Registries
Mary Beth Son¹, Yukiko Kimura ², Kristiina Aalto ³, Lillemor Berntson ⁴, Johnathan Dallas ¹, Ciaran Duffy ⁵, Mia Glerup ⁶, Jaime Guzman ⁷, Troels Herlin ⁸, Petteri Hovi ⁹, Kimme Hyrich ¹⁰, Jens Klotsche ¹¹, Bo Magnusson ¹², Vanessa McIntyre ¹³, Ellen Nordal ¹⁴, Seza Ozen ¹⁵, Maria Jose Santos ¹⁶, Betul Sozeri ¹⁷ and Timothy Beukelman ¹⁸, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, ²Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, ³Department of Pediatrics, New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland., HUS, Finland, ⁴Department of Womens and Childrens Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden., Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Ottawa, Canada, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁷University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, ⁸Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Aarhus N, Denmark, ⁹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁰Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹¹Berlin, Germany, ¹²Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹³Manchester University, Manchester UK, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of North Norway, and Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway., Tromsø, Norway, ¹⁵Hacettepe University, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, ¹⁶Portugal, ¹⁷Boston, Turkey, ¹⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
Background/Purpose: The introduction of biologic medications has revolutionized the care of children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA). Differences in treatment approaches among different countries…
Abstract Number: 120 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Characteristics of the New Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry of Juvenile Myositis Patients Enrolled in the First Two Years
Jessica Neely¹, Adam Huber ² and Susan Kim ³ for the CARRA investigators, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, ²IWK Health Centre & Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: The New CARRA Registry of Juvenile Myositis (JM) was developed in 2017 to collect 10-year longitudinal data to increase knowledge of the course of…
Abstract Number: 1420 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Heterogeneity in the Pattern of Use of JAK-inhibitors Between Countries Participating in an International Collaboration of Registers of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the JAK-pot Study)
Kim Lauper¹, Denis Mongin ², Sytske Anne Bergstra ³, Denis Choquette ⁴, Catalin Codreanu ⁵, Ori Elkayam ⁶, Kimme Hyrich ⁷, Florenzo Iannone ⁸, Eirik Kristianslund ⁹, Tore Kvien ¹⁰, Burkhard Leeb ¹¹, Galina Lukina ¹², Dan Nordström ¹³, Fatos Onen ¹⁴, Karel Pavelka ¹⁵, Manuel Pombo-Suarez ¹⁶, Ziga Rotar ¹⁷, Maria José Santos ¹⁸, Anja Strangfeld ¹⁹, Delphine Courvoisier ²⁰ and Axel Finckh ²⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland / Versus Arthritis Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Institut de Recherche en Rhumatologie de Montréal, University of Montreal, Québec, Canada., Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Center of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania., Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Tel Aviv Medical Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel., Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Versus Arthritis Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom / NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Emergency and Transplantation , Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, Italy., Bari, Italy, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway., Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology / University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Second Department of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Lower Austria, State Hospital Stockerau, Stockerau, Austria., Stockerau, Austria, ¹²V.A.Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation., Moscow, Russia, ¹³Department of Medicine, ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland., Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁴Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ¹⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Czech Republic, ¹⁶Rheumatology Service , Hospital Clinico Universitario , Santiago de Compostela , Spain., Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁷UMC LJUBLJANA, DPT. OF RHEUMATOLOGY, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ¹⁸Rheumatology department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁹German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: In many countries, JAK-inhibitors (JAKi) have been recently accepted for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, prescription patterns may differ notably…
Abstract Number: 1813 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
New Medications Are Needed for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Hermine Brunner¹, Laura Schanberg ², Yukiko Kimura ³, Anne Dennos ⁴, Guy Eakin ⁵, Dominic Co ⁶, Robert Colbert ⁷, Robert Fuhlbrigge ⁸, Ellen Goldmuntz ⁹, Daniel Kingsbury ¹⁰, Sandra Mintz ¹¹, Karen Onel ¹², Cathy Patty-Resk ¹³, Lisa G. Rider ¹⁴, Rayfel Schneider ¹⁵, Allen Watts ¹⁶, Emily von-Scheven ¹⁷, Daniel J. Lovell ¹⁸, Timothy Beukelman ¹⁹ and for PRCSG Advisory Council and CARRA Registry Investigators ²⁰, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Joseph M Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁵Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, ⁶of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁷Pediatric Clinical Trials Unit, Pediatric Translational Research Branch, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹NIAID, Washingto, DC, ¹⁰LHS Pediatrics, Prtland, OR, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Hospital for Special Surgery, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, New York, NY, ¹³Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, ¹⁴Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁵Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital MEdical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁷University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, ¹⁸Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ¹⁹University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Existing legislation in the United States (US) promotes the study of new medications in children. Biologic disease-modifying-drugs (bDMARDs) and small molecules proven effective and…
Abstract Number: 2512 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Continuation on the Etanercept Original in Comparison with a Biosimilar
Lisa Baganz¹, Yvette Meißner¹, Perter Herzer², Jürgen Braun³, Anett Gräßler⁴, Anja Strangfeld⁵ and Angela Zink⁶, ¹Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Scientific Advisory Board, Munich, Germany, ³Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist, Pirna, Germany, ⁵Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Epidemiology Unit / Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) / Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The number of biosimilars approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is constantly increasing. Until now, there are just a few analyses investigating…
Abstract Number: 1089 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Large Variations in Tuberculosis Testing for New Biologic Users with Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Providers in the RISE Registry
Gabriela Schmajuk¹, Michael Evans², Julia Kay³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) testing prior to biologic DMARD use helps prevent potentially fatal, medication-related adverse events and is a National Quality Forum-endorsed quality measure. We…
Abstract Number: 991 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Familial Aggregation of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sarcoidosis: A Register-Based Case-Control Study in Sweden
Elizabeth V. Arkema, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology that primarily affects the lungs and lymph glands. Sarcoidosis shares some features with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 1614 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monotherapy with Abatacept, Rituximab or Tocilizumab Is Not Associated with a Significantly Lower Long Term Retention Than Combination with Synthetic DMARD: Long-Term Registry Data in 4498 Real-Life Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Jacques Morel², Arnaud Constantin³, Thomas Bardin⁴, Alain G. Cantagrel⁵, Bernard Combe⁶, Maxime Dougados⁷, Rene-Marc Flipo⁸, Alain Saraux⁹, Thierry Schaeverbeke¹⁰, Jean Sibilia¹¹, Martin Soubrier¹², Olivier Vittecoq¹³, Elodie Perrodeau¹⁴, Philippe Ravaud¹⁵, Xavier Mariette¹⁶ and on behalf of the French Society of Rheumatology and of all the investigators participating to the AIR, ORA and REGATE registries, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hopital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁴Clinique de Rhumatologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris Cedex 10, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France, ⁶Département Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital, Lille, France, ⁹Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹³Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital &INSERM U905, Rouen, France, ¹⁴Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁵Epidemiologist, PARIS, France, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Rheumatology department, Bicetre Hospital, Paris-Sud University, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Background/Purpose: Data are very limited concerning the association between cotreatment with a conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) and long term retention of abatacept (ABA), rituximab (RTX) and tocilizumab…
Abstract Number: 1998 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Registry Data in 4498 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Indicate a Similar Safety but a Different Drug Retention Between Abatacept, Rituximab and Tocilizumab
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Jacques Morel², Arnaud Constantin³, Thomas Bardin⁴, Alain G. Cantagrel⁵, Bernard Combe⁶, Maxime Dougados⁷, Rene-Marc Flipo⁸, Alain Saraux⁹, Thierry Schaeverbeke¹⁰, Jean Sibilia¹¹, Martin Soubrier¹², Olivier Vittecoq^13,14, Elodie Perrodeau¹⁵, Philippe Ravaud¹⁶, Xavier Mariette¹⁷ and on behalf of the French Society of Rheumatology and of all the investigators participating to the AIR, ORA and REGATE registries, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hopital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁴Clinique de Rhumatologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris Cedex 10, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France, ⁶Département Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital, Lille, France, ⁹Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹³Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital &INSERM U905, Rouen, France, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France, ¹⁵Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁶Epidemiologist, PARIS, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Rheumatology department, Bicetre Hospital, Paris-Sud University, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Three non-TNF targeted biologics – rituximab, abatacept, and tocilizumab – are widely used, notably in TNF-IR patients. We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety…
Abstract Number: 2540 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Longitudinal Impact of Biologic Use on Disability within a RA Registry
N A Shadick¹, Nicole Gerlanc², M Frits¹, Bradley S. Stolshek³, Brenna Brady², Christine Iannaccone⁴, David Collier⁵, Jing Cui⁶, Alex Mutebi⁷ and Michael Weinblatt⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Health Analytics, LLC, Columbia, MD, ³Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Global Health Economics, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Biologics have become the standard of care for treating moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with an inadequate response to small molecule…
Abstract Number: 2614 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Similar Rates of Death, Serious Infections, Cancers, Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients Treated with Abatacept, Rituximab and Tocilizumab: Long-Term Registry Data in 4498 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Jacques Morel^2,3, Arnaud Constantin⁴, Thomas Bardin⁵, Alain Cantagrel^6,7, Bernard Combe⁸, Maxime Dougados^9,10, Rene-Marc Flipo¹¹, Alain Saraux¹², Thierry Schaeverbeke¹³, Jean Sibilia¹⁴, Martin Soubrier¹⁵, Olivier Vittecoq¹⁶, Elodie Perrodeau¹⁷, Philippe Ravaud¹⁸, Xavier Mariette¹⁹ and on behalf of the French Society of Rheumatology and of all the investigators participating to the AIR, ORA and REGATE registries, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France, ³Immuno-Rheumatology, University Hospital of Lapeyronie, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France, ⁴Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hopital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁵Service de Rhumatologie. Centre Viggo Petersen. Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France, ⁶Rheumatology, INSERM CNRS UMR 1043, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse, Purpan Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, ⁸Département Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁹Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁰René Descartes University and Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hopital R Salengro CHRU, Lille, France, ¹²Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ¹³Rheumatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital &INSERM U905, Rouen, France, ¹⁷Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁸Epidemiology, Hotel Dieu, PARIS, France, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Rheumatology department, Bicetre Hospital, Paris-Sud University, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
Background/Purpose: Assessment of safety in randomized controlled trials is limited by trial durations, and selection of patients with few or now comorbidities. Such limitations can…
Abstract Number: 565 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Sustained Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Received Rituximab within the US Corrona Registry
Leslie Harrold^1,2, Ani John³, George W. Reed¹, Chitra Karki², Robert Magner¹, Joel M. Kremer⁴, Ashwini Shewede³ and Jeffrey Greenberg^2,5, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The goal of treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to achieve and maintain low disease activity (LDA) or remission. Little information is…
Abstract Number: 2731 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistency of Tocilizumab As Monotherapy or Combination Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis–Real-World Analyses from the US Corrona Registry
Dimitrios A. Pappas^1,2, Ani John³, Carol J. Etzel^2,4, Chitra Karki², YouFu Li⁵, Joel M. Kremer⁶, Tmirah Haselkorn³ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg^2,7, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ³Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁶Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there are limited real-world data on factors that predict persistency on biologic therapy or whether use of biologics…
Abstract Number: 2756 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Tocilizumab Monotherapy on Patient-Reported Quality of Life Outcomes in the US Corrona Registry
Leslie Harrold^1,2, Ani John³, George W. Reed^2,4, Chitra Karki², YouFu Li⁴, Joel M. Kremer⁵, Tmirah Haselkorn⁶ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg^2,7, ¹Department of Orthopedics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁵Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁶Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The objective of this real-world analysis was to examine the impact of the interleukin-6 receptor α inhibitor tocilizumab (TCZ) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in…
Abstract Number: 2771 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Tocilizumab Monotherapy in Patients with Moderate to High Disease Activity: Real-World Analyses from the US Corrona Registry
Leslie Harrold^1,2, Ani John³, George W. Reed^1,4, Chitra Karki¹, YouFu Li⁴, Joel Kremer⁵, Tmirah Haselkorn⁶ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg^1,7, ¹Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ²Department of Orthopedics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁵Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁶Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding the real-world use and effectiveness of the interleukin-6 receptor α inhibitor tocilizumab (TCZ) as monotherapy. The effectiveness of TCZ monotherapy…

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