Asdas responses in patients with axial spondyloarthritis starting bdmards: results from a multicentre prospective cohort

• Author(s): Santos, M. E. ; Ramiro, S. ; Van der Heijde, D. ; Landewé, R. ; Santos, F. Pimentel ; Machado, A. R. Cruz ; Ferreira, C. ; Gomes, C. ; Soares, C. Dantas ; Miguel, C. ; Albuquerque, F. ; Martins, F. ; Silva, L. ; Santos, H. ; Almeida, I. ; Bernardes, M. ; Khmelinskii, N. ; Valente, P. ; Teixeira, P. M. ; Matias, S. Emídio ; Fraga, V. ; Branco, J. C. ; Sepriano, A.
• Date: 2024
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/26536
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Sapientia

Description

ASAS and EULAR recommend the use of an improvement ≥1.1 in ASDAS at 12 weeks to determine the continuation of a bDMARD. However, it is debated whether improvements can occur and whether patients’ characteristics influence (time to) response.