Discontinuation of Canakinumab following Clinical Disease Remission Is Feasible in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

From the Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Pediatric Faculty, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; UCL–Great Ormond Street–Institute of Child Health, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, London, UK. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Maritsi, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. E-mail: dmaritsi@gmail.com

From the Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Pediatric Faculty, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; UCL–Great Ormond Street–Institute of Child Health, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, London, UK. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Maritsi, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. E-mail: dmaritsi@gmail.com

From the Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Pediatric Faculty, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; UCL–Great Ormond Street–Institute of Child Health, Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, London, UK. Address correspondence to Dr. D. Maritsi, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Second Department of Paediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. E-mail: dmaritsi@gmail.com