Flare rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in low disease activity or remission when tapering or stopping synthetic or biologic DMARD: A systematic review

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2012-2022

  Kuijper, T Martijn ^a   Lamers Karnebeek, Femke B G ^b   Jacobs, Johannes W G ^c   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a   Luime, Jolanda J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biologic DMARD remission; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synthetic DMARD; Systematic review; Treatment deescalation

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GOLIMUMAB; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TOCILIZUMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LOW DISEASE ACTIVITY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETANERCEPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84946593707     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141520     Document Type: Review

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