Table 2.

Baseline biological drug history in cases of anti-TNF failure. All data are n (%).

HistoryPatients, n = 540
Ever had etanercept238 (44.1)
Ever had infliximab138 (25.6)
Ever had adalimumab218 (40.4)
No. previous anti-TNF therapies
  1310 (57.4)
  2182 (33.7)
  321 (3.9)
  Not recorded27 (5.0)
Most recently stopped anti-TNF drug
  Etanercept232 (43.0)
  Infliximab78 (14.4)
  Adalimumab205 (38.0)
  Not recorded25 (4.6)
Reason for stopping last biological therapy
  Inefficacy233 (43.1)
  Adverse events117 (21.7)
  Other42 (7.8)
  Not recorded148 (27.4)
  • TNF: tumor necrosis factor.