Intravenous abatacept in Japanese patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from a phase III open-label study

• Main Authors: Ryoki Hara (Author), Hiroaki Umebayashi (Author), Syuji Takei (Author), Nami Okamoto (Author), Naomi Iwata (Author), Yuichi Yamasaki (Author), Yasuo Nakagishi (Author), Toshitaka Kizawa (Author), Ichiro Kobayashi (Author), Tomoyuki Imagawa (Author), Noriko Kinjo (Author), Norihito Amano (Author), Yoko Takahashi (Author), Masaaki Mori (Author), Yasuhiko Itoh (Author), Shumpei Yokota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To investigate efficacy and safety of intravenous abatacept in Japanese patients with active polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA). Methods In this phase III, open-label, multicenter, single-arm study, patients with pJIA aged 4-17 years who failed ≥1 biologic...