The sensitivity to change for lower disease activity is greater than for higher disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis trials

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1255-1259

  Zhang, B ^a   Lavalley, M ^a   Felson, D T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENDER JOINT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67651230895     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.092460     Document Type: Article

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