Methotrexate dosage reduction upon adalimumab initiation: Clinical and ultrasonographic outcomes from the randomized noninferiority MUSICA trial

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1480-1489

  Kaeley, Gurjit S ^a   Evangelisto, Amy M ^b   Nishio, Midori J ^c   Goss, Sandra L ^d   Liu, Shufang ^d   Kalabic, Jasmina ^d   Kupper, Hartmut ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rheumatic and Back Disease Associates   (United States)

^c Diablo Clinical Research   (United States)

^d ABBVIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination drug therapy; Methotrexate adalimumab; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HAND JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADALIMUMAB; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84982844589     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.151009     Document Type: Article

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