Singh, Arshdeep https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7163-0454
Bhardwaj, Arshia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5820-7758
Sharma, Riya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0524-2696
Singh, Dharmatma https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7056-503X
Jain, Devanshi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-4948
Bansal, Namita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-4565
Sebastian, Shaji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-6545
Peyrin-Biroulet, Laurent https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2536-6618
Midha, Vandana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-3969
Sood, Ajit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-6389
Article History
Received: 28 September 2025
Accepted: 20 April 2026
First Online: 30 April 2026
Declarations
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: Shaji Sebastian has received consulting fees from Celltrion, BMS Takeda, AbbVie, Merck, Ferring, Pharmacocosmos, Warner Chilcott, Janssen, Falk Pharma, Biohit, TriGenix, Celgene, Lilly and Tillots Pharma; has received payment or honoraria for lectures from AbbVie, Takeda, Celltrion, Pfizer, Biogen, AbbVie, Janssen, Merck, Warner Chilcott, Falk Pharma, Janssen and Lilly. Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet consults for Abbvie, Abivax, Adacyte, Alimentiv, Amgen, Applied Molecular Transport, Arena, Banook, Biogen, BMS, Celltrion, Connect Biopharm, Cytoki Pharma, Enthera, Ferring, Fresenius Kabi, Galapagos, Genentech, Gilead, Gossamer Bio, GSK, IAC Image Analysis, Index Pharmaceuticals, Inotrem, Janssen, Lilly, Medac, Mopac, Morphic, MSD, Nordic Pharma, Novartis, Oncodesign Precision Medicine, ONO Pharma, OSE Immunotherapeuthics, Pandion Therapeuthics, Par’ Immune, Pfizer, Prometheus, Protagonist, Roche, Samsung, Sandoz, Sanofi, Satisfay, Takeda, Telavant, Theravance, Thermo Fischer, Tigenix, Tillots, Viatris, Vectivbio, Ventyx, Ysopia and has received payment or honoraria for lectures from Abbvie, Amgen, Arena, Biogen, Celltrion, Ferring, Galapagos, Genentech, Gilead, Janssen, Lilly, Medac, MSD, Nordic Pharma, Pfizer, Sandoz, Takeda, Tillots, Viatris. Ajit Sood received honorarium for speaker events from Pfizer India and Takeda India. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.
: The study was approved by institutional ethics committee (DMCH/R&D/2020/23).