Objective: To evaluate the effect of adalimumab treatment on clinical remission and/or minimal disease activity (MDA) in 6,610 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were enrolled in the Research in Active RA trial, a multinational, open-label, 12-week study with an optional extension period.
Methods: Clinical remission was defined as a Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (DAS28)<2.6, Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) score
Results: A total of 38%, 24%, and 27% of patients achieved remission defined as DAS28<2.6, SDAI
Conclusion: During adalimumab treatment, 25% of patients experienced clinical remission and nearly half achieved MDA. To our knowledge, this analysis represents the largest prospective clinical trial data set to be assessed using Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials MDA criteria.
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BMC Cancer
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
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January 2025
Department of Hematology, Seoul St. Mary's Hematology Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Banpo-daero 222, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Center of Pediatric Nephrology of Henan Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.
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Rheumatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Rheumatology (Oxford)
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Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.
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