Integrating different perspectives to define a concept of comprehensive remission in rheumatoid arthritis: The SUMAR project.

Introduction And Objectives: The SUMAR project aimed to establish a consensus on the concept of remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that takes into account the different perspectives of patients, health care professionals and health care managers.

Materials And Methods: The scientific committee comprised a rheumatologist who acted as a national coordinator, 4 rheumatologists, 1 primary care physician, 1 nurse, 2 hospital pharmacists, 2 health care managers and 1 member of a patient advocacy group. The study was undertaken from 2020 to 2021 in three phases: (1) analysis of several perspectives on remission in RA with the participation of 275 patients, 160 rheumatologists and 31 health care managers; (2) an integrative definition of remission, which included two multidisciplinary workshops with 11 and 12 participants; and (3) extension and dissemination with up to 200 participants in 7 regional multidisciplinary meetings.

[Efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication in non-ulcer dyspepsia].

Background And Objective: The relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and functional dyspepsia (FD) is disputed. Although there is a greater prevalence of infection by H. pylori in subjects with non-ulcer dyspepsia than in healthy subjects, results regarding the eradication of infection have been inconclusive so far in terms of disease improvement.