This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of add-on iguratimod (IGU) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA patients) who inadequately respond to either tocilizumab (TCZ) or tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNFi).
Twenty-three RA patients treated with TCZ (the TCZ group) and 23 RA patients treated with TNFi (the TNFi group) were enrolled in this 24-week retrospective study from our multicenter registry. All inadequate responders to either TCZ or TNFi received add-on IGU. Baseline demographics and disease activity at 24 weeks after initiating add-on IGU were compared between the two groups.
Baseline clinical disease activity index (CDAI) values in the TCZ group and TNFi group were 14.1 and 11.8 (
Add-on IGU was more effective in inadequate responders to TCZ than in inadequate responders to TNFi.