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2022 May 20


Rheumatol Ther

Association between TNFi anti-drug antibodies, smoking, and disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis: Results from a Norwegian cross-sectional observational study.

Abstract

We aimed to compare demographics and clinical characteristics between patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) with vs. without neutralizing anti-drug antibodies (nADAb) against tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). A secondary aim of the study was to explore if current smokers were more frequently nADAb-positive.