Abstract:Background
Treat-to-target therapy (T2T) is recommended in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but appears not yet fully implemented in daily practice.
Objectives
To evaluate adherence to a T2T strategy and to determine the rheumatologist's opinion about the study protocol steps, suppression of RA and performance of disease activity score (DAS).
Methods
During 10 year follow-up rheumatologists in 20 clinics treated 508 early RA patients enrolled in the BeSt study as part of their daily outpatient p… Show more
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