PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Cappelli, Laura C. AU - Fitzpatrick, Rebecca AU - Bingham, Clifton O. AU - Shah, Ami A. TI - Dr. Cappelli et al reply AID - 10.3899/jrheum.2026-0554 DP - 2026 Jul 15 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - jrheum.2026-0554 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2026/07/09/jrheum.2026-0554.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2026/07/09/jrheum.2026-0554.full AB - We thank the authors1 for their interest in our study2 and for their comments. Our study was designed to test the hypothesis that osteoarthritis (OA) at distant joints could predispose patients to develop inflammatory arthritis (IA) from immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICI).