Comparison of retention of biologics in Japanese patients with elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis—the ANSWER cohort study

Jinno, Sadao
Onishi, Akira
Hattori, Shuhei
Dubreuil, Maureen
Ueda, Yo
Nishimura, Keisuke
Okano, Takaichi
Yamada, Hirotaka
Yamamoto, Wataru
Murata, Koichi
Onizawa, Hideo
Ebina, Kosuke
Maeda, Yuichi
Son, Yonsu
Amuro, Hideki
Hara, Ryota
Hata, Kenichiro
Shiba, Hideyuki
Katayama, Masaki
Watanabe, Ryu
Hashimoto, Motomu
Saegusa, Jun

Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, HI, USA
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Department of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Rheumatology Clinic and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Correspondence to: Sadao Jinno, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 550 S. Beretania St. Suite 202, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. E-mail: [email protected]

S.J. and A.O. contributed equally.

Received December 18, 2023

Accepted January 22, 2024

Revised February 22, 2024

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Rheumatology 64(2):p 509-516, February 2025. | DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae081