TABLE 1

“Traffic light” classification to guide latent tuberculosis infection screening prior to starting biologics

GroupBiologics and targeted therapies
RedAbatacept, adalimumab, alemtuzumab, anakinra, baricitinib, canakinumab, certolizumab pegol, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab, ruxolitinib, tofacitinib
AmberBrodalumab, fingolimod, ixekizumab, sarilumab, secukinumab, tocilizumab, ustekinumab, vedolizumab
GreenAfatinib, aflibercept, atezolizumab, axitinib, bevacizumab, blinatumomab, bortezomib, bosutinib, brentuximab vedotin, cabozantinib, carfilzomib, cetuximab, cobimetinib, dabrafenib, daratumumab, dasatinib, eculizumab, elotuzumab, epratuzumab, erlotinib, everolimus, gefitinib, gemtuzumab ozogamicin, ibrutinib, idelalisib, imatinib, inotuzumab, ipilimumab, ixazomib, lapatinib, mepolizumab, natalizumab, nilotinib, nivolumab, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, omalizumab, panitumumab, pazopanib, pertuzumab, reslizumab, rituximab, sirolimus, temsirolimus, trametinib, trastuzumab, venetoclax