Disease activity, physical function, and radiographic progression after longterm therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate: 5-Year results of PREMIER

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2237-2246

  Van Der Heijde, Désirée ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Kavanaugh, Arthur ^b   Keystone, Edward C ^c   Landewé, Robert ^d   Patra, Kaushik ^e   Pangan, Aileen L ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Longterm treatment; Physical function; Radiographic progression; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TONGUE TUMOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 78149278597     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100208     Document Type: Article

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