A phase 3 randomized, double-blind, multicenter comparative study evaluating the effect of etanercept versus methotrexate on radiographic outcomes, disease activity, and safety in Japanese subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 623-633

  Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Zang, Chuanbo ^c   Alvarez, Daniel ^c   Fletcher, Tracey ^c   Wajdula, Joseph ^c   Yuasa, Hirotoshi ^c   Vlahos, Bonnie ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Etanercept; Methotrexate; Randomized controlled trial; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INSOMNIA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84880768046     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0742-6     Document Type: Article

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