D’Agostino, Maria Antonietta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-0060
Conaghan, Philip G
Gaillez, Corine
Boers, Maarten
Naredo, Esperanza
Mandl, Peter
Carron, Philippe
López-Rdz, Alejandra
Burgos-Vargas, Ruben
Rosa, Javier
Bakewell, Catherine
Cazenave, Tomas
Bao, Weibin
Demanse, David
Schett, Georg
Article History
Received: 20 May 2024
Accepted: 16 December 2025
First Online: 30 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the independent ethics committee or institutional review board for each participating center (principal ethics committee: Comité de Protection des Personnes Ile de France VIII, Hôpital Ambroise Paré − 9), and the study was conducted according to the International Council for Harmonisation E6 Guideline for Good Clinical Practice that has its origin in the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all enrolled patients.
: Not applicable.
: Maria Antonietta D’Agostino reports speaker or consultant fees from Sanofi, Novartis, BMS, Janssen, Celgene, Roche, AbbVie, UCB, and Eli Lilly. Philip G Conaghan reports speaker fees or consultant fees from AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Galapagos, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Stryker, and UCB. Corine Gaillez is a stockholder of Novartis and BMS and an employee of Novartis. Maarten Boers is a consultant for Novartis. Esperanza Naredo reports speaker fees from AbbVie, Roche, BMS, Pfizer, UCB, Lilly, Novartis, Janssen, and Celgene GmbH; honoraria for clinical trials from AbbVie, Novartis, and BMS; research grants from Eli Lilly. Peter Mandl reports speaker or consultant fees from AbbVie, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Roche, and UCB. Philippe Carron reports research grants from UCB, MSD, and Pfizer; speaker or consultant fees from Pfizer, MSD, Novartis, Bristol Myers Squibb, AbbVie, UCB, Eli Lilly, Gilead, and Celgene Corporation.Alejandra López-Rdz reports speaker or consultant fees from Eli Lilly, Novartis, Janssen, Roche, GSK, and UCB. Ruben Burgos-Vargas has received honoraria for speaking from Novartis. Javier Rosa reports speaker or consultant fees from Eli Lilly, Novartis, Janssen, AbbVie, and Pfizer. Catherine Bakewell reports speaker and/or consultant fees from AbbVie, Novartis, Janssen, Lilly, UCB, Pfizer, and Sanofi. Tomas Cazenave has nothing to disclose. Weibin Bao is an employee of Novartis. David Demanse is an employee of Novartis. Georg Schett reports speakers’ honoraria from AbbVie, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, Roche, and UCB.