Prevalence of ultrasound-detected residual synovitis and risk of relapse and structural progression in rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission: a systematic …

H Nguyen, A Ruyssen-Witrand, F Gandjbakhch… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of US-detected residual
synovitis in patients with RA in clinical remission (CR) and evaluate its predictive value for …

After treat-to-target: can a targeted ultrasound initiative improve RA outcomes?

RJ Wakefield, MA D'Agostino, E Naredo… - Postgraduate …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), remission can be achieved with tight control of
inflammation and early use of disease modifying agents. The importance of remission as an …

EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis

AN Colebatch, CJ Edwards, M Østergaard… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To develop evidence-based recommendations on the use of imaging of the joints
in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The task force comprised …

Ultrasound in management of rheumatoid arthritis: ARCTIC randomised controlled strategy trial

EA Haavardsholm, AB Aga, IC Olsen, S Lillegraven… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether a treatment strategy based on structured ultrasound
assessment would lead to improved outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis, compared with a …

Targeting ultrasound remission in early rheumatoid arthritis: the results of the TaSER study, a randomised clinical trial

J Dale, A Stirling, R Zhang, D Purves, J Foley… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To investigate whether an intensive early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treat-to-target
(T2T) strategy could be improved through the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) …

Remission and radiographic outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: application of the 2011 ACR/EULAR remission criteria in an observational cohort

S Lillegraven, FHM Prince, NA Shadick… - Annals of the …, 2012 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives One goal of remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to halt joint damage. The
authors assessed the progression of radiographic joint damage among RA patients in …

Prediction of relapse after discontinuation of biologic agents by ultrasonographic assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission: high predictive …

T Iwamoto, K Ikeda, J Hosokawa, M Yamagata… - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This prospective study aimed to determine whether the comprehensive
ultrasonographic assessment of synovial inflammation predicts relapse after discontinuation …

The US7 score is sensitive to change in a large cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis over 12 months of therapy

TM Backhaus, S Ohrndorf, H Kellner, J Strunk… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Purpose To determine the sensitivity to change of the US7 score among RA patients under
various therapies and to analyze the effect of each therapeutic option over 1 year. To …

Subclinical synovitis assessed by ultrasound predicts flare and progressive bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis patients with clinical remission: a systematic review …

J Han, Y Geng, X Deng, Z Zhang - The Journal of rheumatology, 2016 - jrheum.org
Objective. Subclinical synovitis can be detected by ultrasound in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) who are in clinical remission. We aimed to confirm its predictive value for flare …

Role of ultrasonography in diagnosing early rheumatoid arthritis and remission of rheumatoid arthritis-a systematic review of the literature

DF Ten Cate, JJ Luime, N Swen, AH Gerards… - Arthritis research & …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Ultrasonography (US) might have an added value to clinical examination in
diagnosing early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and assessing remission of RA. We aimed to …