EULAR guidelines--as well as ACR recommendations for RA management--are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?

Name: EULAR guidelines--as well as ACR recommendations for RA management--are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?
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Description: The new EULAR guidelines—as well as ACR recommendations for RA management—are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?

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Roy Fleischmann, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Co-Director, Division of Rheumatology
Texas Health Presbyterian Medical Center and Co-Medical Director
Metroplex Clinical Research Center

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