Sho Masui, Atsushi Yonezawa, Miyuki Nakamura, Akira Onishi, Motomu Hashimoto, Hideo Onizawa, Takayuki Fujii, Kosaku Murakami, Koichi Murata, Masao Tanaka, Kotoko Yokoyama, Noriko Iwamoto, Takashi Shimada, Kotaro Itohara, Daiki Hira, Shunsaku Nakagawa, Satoshi Imai, Takayuki Nakagawa, Makoto Hayakari, Shuichi Matsuda, Akio Morinobu, Tomohiro Terada, Kazuo Matsubara
Secondary non-response to infliximab (IFX) occurs in some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a useful tool to optimize IFX therapy, it is unclear whether it can help to identify the risk of secondary non-response. This study aimed to explore the utility of serum levels of IFX or other biomarkers to predict IFX discontinuation owing to secondary non-response. A single-center, retrospective study was conducted using the Kyoto University Rheumatoid Arthritis Management Alliance cohort database between 2011 and 2020...
2023: Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin