Targeting Th2-typified immune responses to prevent immunopathology in rheumatic diseases: belittled therapeutic strategies?

Moret, Frederique M; Roon, Joël A G van

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204285

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“…Lower disease activity at RA diagnosis was found to be a predictor of subsequent disease activity, of SR and of function. Combe et al [ 30 ] also found that patients with RA for whom therapy with one, two or three or more DMARDs had failed and who had higher disease activity at baseline were less likely to achieve remission after 6 months of golimumab. ten Kloster et al [ 31 ] identified baseline predictors of achieving satisfactory improvement in pain in 209 ERAPs after 6 months of T2T therapy; among the predictors was 12 or fewer tender joints at baseline.…”

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Window of opportunity to achieve major outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis patients: how persistence with therapy matters

Contreras-Yáñez¹,

Pascual‐Ramos²

2015

Arthritis Res Ther

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IntroductionBenefits of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) in early rheumatoid arthritis patients (ERAP) will be achieved if patients follow prescribed treatment. Objective was to investigate whether timing of first non-persistence period and/or duration of persistence during the first 4 years of follow-up predicted disease outcomes at the 5th year in a cohort of ERAP, initiated in 2004.Patients and MethodsUp to February 2015, charts of 107 ERAP with at least 5 years of follow-up and prospective 6-month assessments of disease activity, disability and persistence were reviewed. Non-persistence was defined as omission of DMARD and/or corticosteroids for at least 7 consecutive days; regarding methotrexate, one weekly missing dose was considered non-persistence. Persistence was recorded through an interview (up to 2008) and thereafter through a questionnaire; persistence duration was recorded in months of continuous medicationtaking. At the 5th year, disease activity was defined according to Disease Activity Score (DAS)28, and disability according to Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Descriptive statistics and linear and Cox regression analyses were used.ResultsAt study entry, patients were more frequently middle-aged (39.1 ± 13.3 years) and female (88.8 %), as well as more likely to have high disease activity and disability. Over the first 4 years of follow-up, 54.2 % of the patients had indications for oral corticosteroids and all traditional DMARDs. Almost 70 % had at least one period of non-persistence, and their follow-up (median, 25th–75th interquartile range) to first non-persistence period was 13 months (1–31). Persistence duration during the first 4 years predicted subsequent DAS28 (in addition to gender and baseline DAS28) and HAQ (in addition to age). During the 5th year, 68 patients (56 women) achieved sustained remission (DAS28 < 2.6). In female population (n = 95), baseline DAS28 (odds ratio [OR], 0.65; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.50–0.83; p = 0.001) and persistence duration (OR, 1.04; 95 % CI, 1–1.08; p = 0.05) were predictors. Also, 84 patients achieved sustained function (HAQ <0.21), and baseline DAS28 and age were the only predictors. Timing of first non-persistence period did not impact outcomes.ConclusionsPersistence duration with DMARDs within the first 4 years of RA predicted subsequent favorable outcomes in ERAP; additional predictors were younger age, male gender and lower disease activity at diagnosis.

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