Comparative effectiveness and safety of rituximab versus subsequent anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with prior exposure to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapies in the United States Corrona registry

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Harrold, Leslie R ^a   Reed, George W ^b   Magner, Robert ^a   Shewade, Ashwini ^c   John, Ani ^c   Greenberg, Jeffrey D ^b,d   Kremer, Joel M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; ETANERCEPT; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; RITUXIMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RITUXIMAB; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941885105     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0776-1     Document Type: Article

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