What drives you to initiate a csDMARD early rather than relying on prolonged corticosteroids alone in a patient with ICI-induced inflammatory arthritis who has moderate disease activity with polyarticular involvement and tenosynovitis at the time of rheumatology referral?

My approach differs somewhat from the traditional paradigm of early csDMARD initiation. In patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthritis (ICI-IA), particularly those with moderate disease activity, polyarticular involvement, and tenosynovitis, my primary goal is to avoid p...