Infliximab improves productivity and reduces workday loss in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: Results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-574

  Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a   Han, Chenglong ^c   DeVlam, Kirt ^d   Burmester, Gerd ^e   Van Den Bosch, Filip ^f   Williamson, Paul ^b,c   Bala, Mohan ^c   Han, John ^c   Braun, Jürgen ^g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Therakos Inc   (United States)

^c CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Infliximab; Productivity

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EFFICIENCY; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33747893599     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22097     Document Type: Article

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