Anti-IL-5 biologics and rheumatoid arthritis: a single-centre 500 patient year exposure analysis.

Although ACPA positive RA has now been reported in a handful of case reports, we noted a very low rate of evolution into RA or inflammatory arthritis, at least in the short-medium term under anti-IL-5 therapy. This challenges the emerging suggestion that anti-IL-5 biologics may be triggering RA.