The impact of smoking on response to tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Handan Yarkan TuğsalGökçe Kenar ArtinGerçek CanSedat ÇaparBerrin ZenginServet AkarHüseyin Ediz DalkiliçAbdurrahman Soner ŞenelSüleyman Serdar KocaBerna GökerAyten YaziciGüzide Nevsun İnançHülya EllidokuzNurullah AkkoçFatoş ÖnenPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2023)
This study suggested that smoking was associated with poorer patient-reported outcomes in biologic naïve AS patients initiating their first TNFi treatment, but it had no impact on the TNFi treatment response and retention rate.