Brief Report: Drug‐Free Long‐Term Remission in Severe Behçet's Disease Following Withdrawal of Successful Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor Treatment

Abstract

Drug-free, long-term remission after withdrawal of successful anti-TNF treatment is feasible in patients with severe BD. Because an anti-TNF agent-induced "cure" cannot be differentiated from spontaneous remission by natural history, prospective studies should examine whether anti-TNF agents should be used as first-line treatment for the induction of remission in every patient with vital organ involvement.