Treatment strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for whom methotrexate monotherapy has failed: data from the NOR-DMARD register
Treatment strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for whom methotrexate monotherapy has failed: data from the NOR-DMARD register
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.2011.152363
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发表时间:
2011-12-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
Kvien, Tore K.
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作者:
Lie, Elisabeth;van der Heijde, Desiree;Kvien, Tore K.
Objectives To compare the effectiveness of adding synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (sDMARDs) versus tumour necrosis factor a inhibitors (TNFi) to methotrexate (MTX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were MTX inadequate responders (IR). Second, to examine outcomes in patients receiving MTX+TNFi for whom the MTX+sDMARD combination had also failed.Methods Patients with RA (disease duration