How do you approach management in patients with adult-onset Still’s disease presenting with active polyarthritis (without macrophage activation syndrome) who remain symptomatic despite prednisone 15 mg/day and methotrexate 25 mg/week?
What biologic therapy do you consider next?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Biologics, especially IL-1 but also IL-6 blockers, have been shown to be beneficial for patients with Still's disease. In fact, there seems to be a window of opportunity whereby patients that are started early on cytokine blockade are more likely to achieve drug-free remission in the future. An...
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at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Canakinumab is approved for soJIA/AOSD, and tocili...
at University of Chicago It seems this patient's pressing issue is steroid-...
at Northwestern University Agree, I probably would have started with anakinra...
Canakinumab is approved for soJIA/AOSD, and tocili...
It seems this patient's pressing issue is steroid-...
Agree, I probably would have started with anakinra...