Baseline tumour necrosis factor alpha levels predict the necessity for dose escalation of infliximab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1208-1215

  Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Tatsuki, Yoshihiko ^c   Yano, Toshiro ^c   Yoshinari, Toru ^c   Abe, Tohru ^d   Koike, Takao ^e  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFUSION REACTION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79957636974     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.153023     Document Type: Article

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