“…Noteworthy, 96% of their multirefractory patients met the EULAR definition of D2T RA (box 1), 2 which supports the clinical usefulness of our definition. 1 As some members of our Task Force also conducted a study in D2T RA patients, 11 we feel it would be interesting to compare our results with those of Novella-Navarro et al, applying their slightly different criteria. 10 In our cross-sectional study, consecutive patients with RA, treated for at least 1 year, were prospectively enrolled and classified as having D2T RA if they fulfilled the EULAR definition (box 1).…”