Method and Apparatus for Predicting Pharmaceutical Efficacy of Anti-TNFa Antibody Drug Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

摘要

A method for predicting a pharmaceutical efficacy of an anti-TNFα antibody drug against rheumatoid arthritis, the method including measuring an amount of ADAMTS5 contained in a sample derived from a subject, and determining whether or not the anti-TNFα antibody drug is efficient against rheumatoid arthritis by employing the amount of ADAMTS5 as an index.