TABLE 2.
Treatment change, n (%) | Primary type of treatment change, a n (%) | Primary reason for treatment change, a n (%) | |||
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First line of treatment | |||||
No | 583 (50.7) | Discontinuation of biologics | 30 (5.3) | Adverse events | 38 (6.7) |
Yes | 566 (49.3) | Dose change | 45 (8.0) | Flare in comorbidity | 9 (1.6) |
Interval change | 250 (44.2) | Lack of efficacy | 380 (67.3) | ||
Other | 35 (6.2) | Other | 53 (9.4) | ||
Switching to another biologic | 193 (34.1) | Patient lost to follow‐up | 2 (0.4) | ||
Unknown | 13 (2.3) | Patient request | 17 (3.0) | ||
Safety concerns | 5 (0.9) | ||||
Unknown | 61 (10.8) | ||||
Second line of treatment | |||||
No | 127 (40.2) | Discontinuation of biologics | 17 (9.0) | Adverse events | 12 (6.3) |
Yes | 189 (59.8) | Dose change | 13 (6.9) | Flare in comorbidity | 2 (1.1) |
Interval change | 79 (41.8) | Lack of efficacy | 128 (67.7) | ||
Other | 8 (4.2) | Other | 16 (8.5) | ||
Switching to another biologic | 71 (37.6) | Patient lost to follow‐up | 0 (0) | ||
Unknown | 1 (0.5) | Patient request | 11 (5.8) | ||
Safety concerns | 1 (0.5) | ||||
Unknown | 19 (10.0) |
Changes included switching, discontinuation, dose escalation, and interval change.
Percentages of “yes”, patients who had treatment change.