Predictors for remission in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a systematic review

W Katchamart, S Johnson, HJL Lin… - Arthritis care & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To summarize the potential predictors of remission in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). Methods We performed a systematic review of prognostic studies that …

Predictors of treatment response and drug continuation in 842 patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor: results from 8 years' …

B Glintborg, M Østergaard, NS Krogh… - Annals of the …, 2010 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To use prospectively registered data from the Danish nationwide rheumatological
database (DANBIO) to describe disease activity, clinical response, treatment duration and …

Patients with RA in remission on TNF blockers: when and in whom can TNF blocker therapy be stopped?

B Saleem, H Keen, V Goeb, R Parmar… - Annals of the …, 2010 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Combination therapy with methotrexate (MTX) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)
blockade has increased remission rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. However, there …

Updated consensus statement on biological agents for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, 2009

DE Furst, EC Keystone, R Fleischmann… - Annals of the …, 2010 - ard.bmj.com
As in previous years, the consensus group to consider the use of biological agents in the
treatment of rheumatic diseases met during the 11th Annual Workshop on Advances in …

Strategies after the failure of the first anti-tumor necrosis factor α agent in rheumatoid arthritis

C Papagoras, PV Voulgari, AA Drosos - Autoimmunity reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
During the last two decades fundamental changes have taken place in the treatment of
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The effective establishment of methotrexate as the …

Anti-CCP antibody and rheumatoid factor concentrations predict greater disease activity in men with rheumatoid arthritis

BJ Miriovsky, K Michaud, GM Thiele… - Annals of the …, 2010 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To examine associations of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (aCCP) antibody and
rheumatoid factor (RF) concentrations with future disease activity in men with rheumatoid …

Remission in psoriatic arthritis: is it possible and how can it be predicted?

TP Saber, CT Ng, G Renard, BM Lynch… - Arthritis research & …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Since remission is now possible in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) we wished to
examine remission rates in PsA patients following anti tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) …

The effect of alcohol on radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis

MJ Nissen, C Gabay, A Scherer, A Finckh… - Arthritis & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Alcohol consumption reduces the risk of development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
and significantly attenuates the development of erosive arthritis in animal models. It remains …

Disease progression and treatment responses in a prospective DMARD-naive seropositive early rheumatoid arthritis cohort: does gender matter?

D Jawaheer, P Maranian, G Park, M Lahiff… - The Journal of …, 2010 - jrheum.org
Objective. To assess gender differences in disease characteristics and treatment responses
over time in a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-naive seropositive early …

Demographic and clinical characteristics of a cohort of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

LMH Mota, IMM Laurindo… - Revista brasileira de …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Introduction: Very few studies carried out with Latin American populations on the
demographic and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with early rheumatoid …