Internal Medicine

TNF Inhibitors

Questions discussed in this category

Would you use TNF inhibitors in patients with features of SLE, but active peripheral and axial spondylarthritis?

Patient with sacroiliitis on imaging, failure of two NSAIDs.

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How does a history of splenectomy alter how you counsel patients on the infection risk of TNF inhibitors or other biologics?

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Would you re-challenge patients who have had a TNF-associated paradoxical adverse event (such as inflammatory bowel disease) with a different TNF inhibitor?

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What do you try in patients with IBD-related spondyloarthritis with predominantly axial symptoms who are refractory to TNF inhibitors?

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Papers discussed in this category

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2017-08

Tofacitinib in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a phase II, 16-week, randomised, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study.

Lancet (London, England), 2018-12-01

Efficacy and safety of filgotinib, a selective Janus kinase 1 inhibitor, in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (TORTUGA): results from a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2019 Oct

2019 Update of the American College of Rheumatology/Spondylitis Association of America/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network Recommendations for the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Lancet, 2019 Nov 12

Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (SELECT-AXIS 1): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2/3 trial.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2014 Oct 23

Tolerability of selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors used for the treatment of rheumatological manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease.

Journal of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, 2019-04

TNF Inhibitor-Induced Psoriasis: Proposed Algorithm for Treatment and Management.

N Engl J Med,

Clinical practice. Care of the asplenic patient.

Mediterr J Rheumatol, 2020 Jun 11

Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Era of Targeted Synthetic Therapies.

Arthritis Res Ther, 2005 Mar 01

Systemic lupus erythematosus induced by anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy: a French national survey.

Arthritis Rheum, 2004 Oct

Safety and efficacy of tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade in systemic lupus erythematosus: an open-label study.

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