The occurrence of multiple treatment switches in axial spondyloarthritis. Results from five Nordic rheumatology registries.
Daniela di GiuseppeUlf LindströmKalle AaltonenHeikki RelasSella Aarrestad ProvanBjorn GudbjornssonMerete Lund HetlandJohan AsklingMarkku KauppiArni Jon GeirssonKaterina ChatzidionysiouTanja Schjødt JørgensenLene DreyerBrigitte MichelsenLennart T H JacobssonBente GlintborgPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)
In this large Nordic observational cohort of axSpA patients, multiple switching was frequent with no apparent time-trend. Clinical associated factors included gender, but also previous comorbidities and extra-articular manifestations illustrating the ongoing challenge of treating this patient group.