When and how to stop etanercept after successful treatment of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P40

Pediatric Rheumatology
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ten Cate R
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Armbrust W
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Wulffraat N
ten Cate R
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This article is part of the supplement: 15th Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress .

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When and how to stop etanercept after successful treatment of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

FHM Prince¹, M Twilt¹, SCM Simon¹, MAJ van Rossum³, W Armbrust⁴, EPAH Hoppenreijs⁵, SSM Kamphuis¹, M van Santen-Hoeufft⁶, Y Koopman-Keemink⁷, N Wulffraat⁸, R ten Cate² and LWA van Suijlekom-Smit¹

¹Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands

²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

³AMC Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands

⁴UMCG Beatrix Children's Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands

⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

⁶Academic Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands

⁷Hagaziekenhuis Juliana Children's Hospital, Den Haag, Netherlands

⁸Utrecht MC Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands

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from 15^thPaediatric Rheumatology European Society (PreS) Congress
London, UK. 14–17 September 2008

Pediatric Rheumatology 2008, 6(Suppl 1):P40doi:10.1186/1546-0096-6-S1-P40


Published:	15 September 2008

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The aim of etanercept therapy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is to achieve disease remission. However, little is known about when or how to stop etanercept when this aim is reached. Our objective was to describe characteristics and disease course of JIA patients who discontinued etanercept because of a sustained good clinical response.