How would you approach treatment of active axial spondyloarthritis refractory to NSAID in a patient with concurrent autoinflammatory disease on long-term anti-IL-1 therapy?
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This is a difficult situation indeed. I would certainly maximize the use of NSAIDs, physical therapy, sulfasalazine for peripheral arthritis/enthesitis, etc. Then I would discuss with the patient the pros and cons of the combination therapy of JAK inhibitor with IL-1 inhibitor. With shared decision ...
I would treat them as a patient with AxSpA based on our expert developed and well established treatment guidelines. IL-1 biologics have very little impact on pathways that fight infectious agents, proven by their use in studies in patients with sepsis.
I'd start on TNFi, IL-17, IL...