Risk of bacterial infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with TNF-alpha inhibitors together as a class, or separately as either monoclonal anti–TNF-α antibodies (adalimumab, infliximab) or a fusion protein (etanercept)
Latest Information Update: 10 Jan 2022
At a glance
- Drugs Adalimumab (Primary) ; Anakinra (Primary) ; Etanercept (Primary) ; Etanercept (Primary) ; Infliximab (Primary) ; Abatacept; Disease-modifying antirheumatics; Glucocorticoids; Interleukin 6 inhibitors; Janus kinase inhibitors; Rituximab; Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors
- Indications Rheumatoid arthritis
- Focus Adverse reactions
- Acronyms RABBIT
Most Recent Events
- 05 Jun 2021 Results (n=2274)assessing the effects of bDMARDs and specifically JAKi on the risk of serious infections SI in elderly patients with RA presented at the 22nd Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism
- 06 Jun 2020 Results of an analysis assessing to which extent patients on DMARDs with different modes of action reach fatigue levels after 6 months of treatment presented at the 21st Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism
- 20 Nov 2019 Results assessing effectiveness of cytokine-targeted but not cell-targeted disease-modifying agents in rheumatoid arthritis published in the Rheumatology