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Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis treated with Abatacept combined with Baricitinib: A case report
Jia-Ping Qi1,2,3, Huan Jiang2,3,4, Teng Wu2,3,4
1Graduate School, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, Anhui Province, China.
Background:
Sporadic cases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to unsatisfactory responses to Abatacept (ABT) have been reported; however, the rescue therapy has not been finalized. Here, we present a case with difficult-to-treat RA (D2T RA) that was resistant to either a single ABT or a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor (Tofacitinib), but improved with a combination of ABT and JAK inhibitor (Baricitinib, BAT).
Case Summary:
A 46-year-old Chinese woman who had RA for ten years that was resistant to Tocilizumab, Etanercept, Adalimumab, and ABT. According to the European League Against Rheumatism definition, the patient was diagnosed with D2T RA. It was then improved with a combination of ABT and a JAK inhibitor BAT.
Conclusion:
ABT combined with BAT may be an acceptable strategy for treating D2T RA.
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