Value of ultrasonography as a marker of early response to abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: results from the APPRAISE study

D’Agostino, M.; Wakefield, R.; Berner-Hammer, Hilde; Vittecoq, O.; Filippou, G.; Bálint, P.; Möller, I.; Iagnocco, A.; Naredo, E.; Østergaard, M.; Boers, M.; Gaillez, C.; Van Holder, K.; le Bars, M.

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207709

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Value of ultrasonography as a marker of early response to abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: results from the APPRAISE study

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M. D’Agostino

R. Wakefield

Hilde Berner-Hammer

Abstract

Objectives To study the responsiveness of a combined power Doppler and greyscale ultrasound (PDUS) score for assessing synovitis in biologic-naïve patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starting abatacept plus methotrexate (MTX). Methods In this open-label, multicentre, single-arm study, patients w...

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Medicine

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