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RA Treatment May Be Beneficial Even After Patients Meet Remission Criteria

  |  Issue: May 2011  |  

“We’re still waiting for the radiographic data, which will allow us to look at the association between the MRI inflammatory joint scores and the X-rays that were obtained,” Dr. Ranganath says.

The investigators also plan to study whether there are any differences between the inflammatory joint scores based on the treatment the patient received during the TEAR trial. Going forward, they will review the data to determine the relationship, if any, between the inflammatory joint scores and the duration of sustained clinical remission before the MRI.

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Reference

  1. Brown AK, Quinn MA, Karim Z, et al. Presence of significant synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-induced clinical remission: Evidence from an imaging study may explain structural progres­sion. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54:3761-3773.

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