Additional Reading

Additional Reading

  • Abhishek A, Nakafero G, Kuo C, et al. Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out. A primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology. 2018;57:977-81.
  • Arts EE, Popa C, et al. Performance of four current risk algorithms in predicting cardiovascular events in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74:668-74.
  • Aletaha D et al. 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Radiology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative. Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62:2569-2581.
  • Burgers L, Raza K, van der Helm-van Mil A. Window of opportunity in rheumatoid arthritis – definitions and supporting evidence: from old to new perspectives. RMD Open. 2019;5:e000870.
  • Burmester G, et al. A randomised, double-blind, parallel-group study of the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous tocilizumab versus intravenous tocilizumab in combination with traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (SUMMACTA study). Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73:69–74.
  • Burmester GR, et al. Tocilizumab combination therapy or monotherapy or methotrexate monotherapy in methotrexate-naive patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: 2-year clinical and radiographic results from the randomised, placebo-controlled FUNCTION trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017; 76: 1279-1284.
  • Burmester GR, et al. Efficacy and safety of sarilumab monotherapy versus adalimumab monotherapy for the treatment of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (MONARCH): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group phase III trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017;76: 840-847.
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  • Genovese MC, et al. Two years of sarilumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to MTX: safety, efficacy and radiographic outcomes. Rheumatology. 2018;57: 1423-1431.
  • Genovese MC, et al. Sarilumab plus methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to methotrexate. Arth Rheum. 2015; 67: 1424-1437.
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  • Nakashita T, et al. Potential risk of TNF inhibitors on the progression of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BMJ 2014;4(8):e005615
  • Rao VU, et al. An evaluation of risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events during tocilizumab therapy. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015;67:372-80.
  • Schiff M, et al. Head-to-head comparison of subcutaneous abatacept versus adalimumab for rheumatoid arthritis: two-year efficacy and safety findings from AMPLE trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73:86-94.
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  • Soliman MM, et al. Rituximab or a second anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients who have failed their first anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy? Comparative analysis from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64:1108-15.
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Websites

American College of Rheumatology:  http://www.acr.org/

EULAR – The European League Against Rheumatism: http://www.eular.org/

Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org/

Rheumatology Research Foundation https://www.rheumresearch.org/

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/chp/topics/rheumatic/en/

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society https://www.nras.org.uk/

 

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