Clinically relevant benefits of abatacept over placebo are discussed regarding improving QoL. Importantly, the larger rate of change for abatacept over placebo provides clinicians with a medication that can lead to meaningful changes in a patient's life within a few weeks, even when the patient previously failed anti-TNF therapy.
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