Pts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have been enrolled for at least 6 months (mo) ago are included in this analysis. Remission rates at 6 mo are based on a modified ITT analysis, including all pts with sufficient information reported. Results A total of 775 established RA patients were ...
For your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with an inadequate response to 1 or more TNFi therapies, Rituxan has been shown to deliver results when a TNFi has not In the REFLEX Trial, the proportion of ACR20 responders was significantly higher for Rituxan + MTX–treated patients than for place...
For your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with an inadequate response to 1 or more TNFi therapies, Rituxan has been shown to deliver results when a TNFi has not In the REFLEX Trial, the proportion of ACR20 responders was significantly higher for Rituxan + MTX–treated patients than for place...
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B cells are postulated to be central in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we use exploratory mass cytometry (n = 23) and next-generation sequencing (n = 19) to study B-cell repertoire shifts in RA patients. Expression of several B-cell markers were significantly differen...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, erosive arthritis that requires early and aggressive treatment. Diagnosed clinically. Laboratory and radiographic testing provide prognostic information more often than diagnostic information. Early and aggressive treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD...
Patient and methods We report a case of aortitis associated with RA and reviewed 24 cases among 13 publications on RA aortitis. To identify published cases of RA aortitis, we performed a PubMed search using the following terms: “rheumatoid arthritis”, “autoimmune disorder”, “aortitis”, “...
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 11:S14–36. : 10.1002/acr.20621Anderson JK, Zimmerman L, Caplan L, Michaud K. Measures of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: patient (PtGA) and provider (PrGA) global assessment of disease activity, Disease Activity Score (DAS) and Disease ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects about 0.1% to 2% of the population worldwide. Despite the development of several novel therapies, there is only limited benefit for many patients. Thus, there is room for new approaches to improve response to ther...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Nondrug Treatments Treating RA with medications is crucial, but some nondrug remedies might help to relieve pain and stiffness from RA. Illustration by Julie Bang for Verywell Health Physical Therapy According to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), physical therapy is vit...