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Funding for this research was provided by:
Genome Canada (grant number OGI-150)
Genome Canada (grant number OGI-150)
Genome Canada (grant number OGI-150)
Genome Alberta
University of Calgary/ Alberta Childrens Hospital Foundation, Canada
ZonMw (grant number 848,006,001)
ZonMw (grant number 848,006,001)
Longstanding Support Program LLP10 of the Dutch Arthritis Foundation
Dutch Arthritis Foundation (ReumaNederland), Netherlands
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant number 381,280)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant number 381,280)
Ontario Genomics
The Arthritis Society, Canada
Article History
Received: 26 May 2026
Accepted: 2 September 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All patients participating in the UCAN CAN-DU study provided informed consent. The study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethical Board of the University Medical Centre Utrecht (no. 18–474) for the Netherlands and by the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board, University of Calgary for Canada (REB17-1563) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: S.J. Vastert reports consulting, funding grants, and speaking fees from Sobi; consulting and speaking fees from Novartis. R.S.M. Yeung reports consulting fees from Sobi. J.F. Swart reports consulting fees, funding grants, and lecture fees from Pfizer; advisory fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb. S.M. Benseler declares lecture fees from Novartis. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.