Reasons for canakinumab initiation among patients with periodic fever syndromes: a retrospective medical chart review from the United States

• Main Authors: Peter Hur (Author), Kathleen G. Lomax (Author), Raluca Ionescu-Ittu (Author), Ameur M. Manceur (Author), Jipan Xie (Author), Jordan Cammarota (Author), Raju Gautam (Author), Navneet Sanghera (Author), Nina Kim (Author), Alexei A. Grom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although canakinumab has demonstrated efficacy in multiple trials in patients with periodic fever syndromes (PFS), the evidence on initiation of canakinumab among PFS patients in real world setting is not well understood. We aimed to characterize the reasons for canakinumab initi...