Safety of baricitinib in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical use: 3-year data of all-case post-marketing surveillance study.
Nami OkamotoTatsuya AtsumiMichiaki TakagiNobunori TakahashiTsutomu TakeuchiNaoto TamuraAtsuo NakajimaAyako NakajimaTakao FujiiHiroaki MatsunoTaeko IshiiNaoto TsujimotoAtsushi NishikawaMachiko MinatoyaYoshiya TanakaMasataka KuwanaPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2024)
No new safety concerns were identified during this 3 year post-marketing surveillance study of baricitinib in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Patients and clinicians should be cognizant of herpes zoster and other serious infection risks during baricitinib treatment, especially in the first 6 months.