An open-label pilot study of the effectiveness of adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and previous infliximab treatment: Relationship to reasons for failure and anti-infliximab antibody status

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1021-1028

  van der Bijl, Arie E ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Antoni, Christian E ^b   Kalden, Joachim R ^b   Kary, Sonja ^c   Burmester, Gerd R ^c   Beckmann, Christina ^d   Unnebrink, Kristina ^d   Kupper, Hartmut ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Infliximab; Rheumatoid arthritis; Treatment failure; Tumor necrosis factor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CHIMERIC ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; INFLIXIMAB; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF MEDICATION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 47349125355     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0866-4     Document Type: Article

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