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From: Evaluating the efficacy of sequential biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis patients with an inadequate response to tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors

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Percentage of patients achieving a response by biologic type or study type and biologic number. (a) Bar graphs showing the percentage of patients achieving the American College of Rheumatology ACR20, ACR50 or ACR 70 criteria (see description of these criteria in Figure 1 legend), as well as remission (DAS28 <2.6) or low disease activity (DAS28 ≤3.2) according to the number of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to which the patients were exposed and whether the drug switched to was a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor or a different type of biologic agent (Other). ACR20, ACR50 and ACR70 rates are based on 8 mg/kg tocilizumab, and DAS28 <2.6 and DAS28 ≤3.2 are based on abatacept. (b) Bar graphs showing the percentage of patients achieving ACR-based improvement criteria according to the number of biologic DMARDs to which the patients were exposed and type of study design. RCT, randomized controlled trial; Observational, observational study.

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