Two-Year Clinical and Radiographic Results With Combination Etanercept-Methotrexate Therapy Versus Monotherapy in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Two-Year Clinical and Radiographic Results With Combination Etanercept-Methotrexate Therapy Versus Monotherapy in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
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10.1002/art.27268
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发表时间:
2010-03-01
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Freundlich, Bruce
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作者:
Emery, Paul;Breedveld, Ferdinand;Freundlich, Bruce
Objective. To evaluate how continuation of and alterations to initial year 1 combination etanercept-methotrexate (MTX) therapy and MTX monotherapy regimens affect long-term remission and radiographic progression in early, active rheumatoid arthritis.Methods. Subjects were randomized at baseline for the entire 2-year period; those who completed 1 year of treatment with combination or MTX monotherapy entered year 2. The original combination group either continued combination therapy (the EM/EM group; n = 111) or received etanercept monotherapy (the EM/E group; n = 111) in year 2; the original MTX monotherapy group either received combination therapy (the M/EM group; n = 90) or continued monotherapy (the M/M group; n = 99) in year 2. Efficacy end points included remission (a Disease Activity Score in 28 joints [DAS28] < 2.6) and radiographic nonprogression (change in the modified Sharp/van der Heijde score