Abstracts tagged "Late-Breaking 2019"

Abstract Number: L01 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparative Risk of Hospitalized Serious Infection in Patients with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Population-Based Multi-Database Study
Yinzhu Jin ¹, Hemin Lee ¹, Moa Lee ², Joan Landon ³, Joseph Merola ⁴, Rishi Desai ⁵ and Seoyoung C. Kim¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, ²University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: The risk of serious infection when using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), including biologic drugs is one of the major concerns for psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis (PsO/PsA)…
Abstract Number: L17 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Anifrolumab in Patients with Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of the Second Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial
Eric Morand¹, Richard Furie ², Yoshiya Tanaka ³, Ian Bruce ⁴, Anca Askanase ⁵, Christophe Richez ⁶, Sang-Cheol Bae ⁷, Philip Brohawn ⁸, Lilia Pineda ⁹, Anna Berglind ¹⁰ and Raj Tummala ⁹, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁵Columbia University, New York, ⁶CHU de Bordeaux-GH Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France, ⁷Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁸Former employee of AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, ⁹AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, ¹⁰AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Anifrolumab, a human monoclonal antibody to the type I IFN receptor subunit 1, had robust efficacy in a phase 2 study in patients with…
Abstract Number: L02 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Multiple Industrial Air Pollutants and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Positivity
Naizhuo Zhao ¹, Audrey Smargiassi ², Marianne Hatzopoulou ³, Ines Colmegna ⁴, Marie Hudson ⁵, Marvin Fritzler ⁶, Philip Awadalla ⁷ and Sasha Bernatsky⁸, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁶Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁷Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada, ⁸Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Studies of associations between industrial air emissions and rheumatic disease, or diseases-related serological biomarkers, are few. Moreover, previous evaluations typically studied individual (not mixed)…
Abstract Number: L18 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Human Recombinant Fusion Protein Targeting B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BlyS) and a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL), Telitacicept (RC18), in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Results of a Phase 2b Study
Di Wu¹, Jing Li ², Dong Xu ², Wenxiang Wang ³, Lin Li ⁴, Jianmin Fang ³ and Fengchun Zhang ⁵, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ³RemeGen, Ltd., Yantai, China (People's Republic), ⁴RemeGen, Ltd., Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Telitacicept, also named RC18, is a novel recombinant fusion protein constructed with the extracellular domain of the human transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and…
Abstract Number: L03 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
NYX-2925 Impacts Functional and Chemical Neuroimaging Biomarkers and Patient-reported Outcomes of Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia
Steven Harte ¹, Leslie Arnold ², Eric Ichesco ¹, Christopher Crumb ¹, Mary Suh ³, Laurel Sindelar ³, Chelsea Kaplan ¹, Tony Larkin ¹, Andrew Schrepf ¹, Daniel Clauw ⁴, Stephen Sainati ³ and Richard Harris¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, ³Aptinyx Inc, Evanston, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Anesthesia, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, debilitating disease typified by widespread musculoskeletal pain and accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbance, memory issues, and mood disorders. FM…
Abstract Number: L19 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ianalumab (VAY736), a Dual Mode of Action Biologic Combining BAFF Receptor Inhibition with B Cell Depletion, for Treatment of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Results of an International Randomized, Placebo Controlled Dose Range Finding Study in 190 Patients
Simon Bowman¹, Robert Fox ², Thomas Dörner ³, Xavier Mariette ⁴, Athena Papas ⁵, Thomas Grader-Beck ⁶, Benjamin A. Fisher ⁷, Filipe Barcelos ⁸, Salvatore De Vita ⁹, Hendrik Schulze-Koops ¹⁰, Robert J. Moots ¹¹, Guido Junge ¹², Janice Woznicki ¹³, Monika Sopala ¹², Wen-Lin Luo ¹³ and Wolfgang Hueber ¹², ¹University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Scripps Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, La Jolla, California, ³Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, ⁵Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Massachusetts, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁷University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Nova Medical School, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Instituto Português de Reumatologia,, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Udine University Hospital, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹¹Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, basel, Switzerland, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, New Jersey
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) is a multi-organ autoimmune disease primarily affecting excretory glands and characterized by B-cell hyperactivity. No approved systemic treatments are available.…
Abstract Number: L04 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Maaman Bashir¹, Katherine Sherman ², Sara K. Tedeschi ³ and Ann Rosenthal ¹, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ²Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease results from precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals in joints. Prior studies demonstrated that vascular calcification is more common…
Abstract Number: L20 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Head-to-Head Comparison of Ixekizumab and Adalimumab in Biologic-Naïve Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Efficacy and Safety Outcomes from a Randomized, Open-Label, Blinded Assessor Study Through 52 Weeks
Josef Smolen¹, Peter Nash ², Hasan Tahir ³, Hendrik Schulze-Koops ⁴, Lingnan Li ⁵, Maja Hojnik ⁶, Amanda Gellett ⁵, Soyi Liu-Leage ⁷, Sreekumar Pillai ⁷ and Philip J. Mease ⁸, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ³Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ⁸Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Background/Purpose: Multiple biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) are available for treatment of PsA, but there are few direct comparisons of their efficacy and safety. Furthermore, efficacy of…
Abstract Number: L05 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Clinical Outcomes Following Single-Dose IA Administration of UBX0101, a Senolytic MDM2/p53 Interaction Inhibitor, in Patients with Knee OA
Benjamin Hsu¹, Jennifer Visich ², Mark Genovese ³, Kimberly Walter ², Mahru An ⁴, Remi-Martin Laberge ⁴ and Jamie Dananberg ⁴, ¹Unity Biotechnology, Brisbane, ²Unity Biotechnology, Brisbane, California, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Unity Biotechnology, Brisbane, CA
Background/Purpose: A non-drug biomarker study showed senescent cell (SnC) burden in OA synovial tissue to correlate with disease severity, inflammation, and knee pain (C. Yohn,…
Abstract Number: L21 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Secukinumab 150 mg Significantly Improved Signs and Symptoms of Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Phase 3 Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study
Atul Deodhar¹, Ricardo Blanco ², Eva Dokoupilova ³, Marleen van de Sande ⁴, Stephen Hall ⁵, Anna Wiksten ⁶, Brian Porter ⁷, Hanno Richards ⁶, Sibylle Haemmerle ⁶ and Jürgen Braun ⁸, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³MEDICAL PLUS s.r.o., Uherske Hradiste; University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam UMC /University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet/Ruhr University, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are considered part of the spectrum of axSpA. Patients (pts) are classified as nr-axSpA due to…
Abstract Number: L06 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) Neutralization with Emapalumab and Time to Response in Patients with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Complicating Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (s-JIA) who failed High-Dose Glucocorticoids
Fabrizio De Benedetti¹, Paul Brogan ², Alexei A. Grom ³, Pierre Quartier ⁴, Rayfel Schneider ⁵, Jordi Antón ⁶, Claudia Bracaglia ⁷, Manuela Pardeo ⁸, Giulia Marucci ⁸, Emanuela Sacco ⁹, Despina Eleftheriou ¹⁰, Charalampia Papadopoulou ¹¹, Philippe Jacqmin ¹², maria ballabio ¹³ and Cristina de Min ¹³, ¹Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy, ²Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Necker Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, ¹⁰UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Infection, Immunology, and Rheumatology section,, london, United Kingdom, ¹¹UCL Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Infection, Immunology, and Rheumatology section, london, United Kingdom, ¹²MnS, Dinant, Belgium, ¹³Sobi AG, basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: MAS is a severe complication of rheumatic diseases, most frequently sJIA and adult-onset Still’s disease. It is characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, liver dysfunction, cytopenias,…
Abstract Number: L22 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib for the Treatment of Polyarticular Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results of a Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Withdrawal Study
Hermine Brunner¹, Olga Synoverska ², Tracy Ting ³, Carlos Abud Mendoza ², Alberto Spindler ², Yulia Vyzhga ², Katherine Marzan ³, Vladimir Keltsev ², Irit Tirosh ², Lisa Imundo ³, Rita Jerath ³, Daniel Kingsbury ³, Betul Sozeri ², Sheetal Vora ³, Sampath Prahalad ³, Elena Zholobova ², Yonatan Butbul Aviel ², Vyacheslav Chasnyk ², Melissa Lerman ³, Kabita Nanda ³, Heinrike Schmeling ³, Heather Tory ³, Yosef Uziel ², Diego Oscar Viola ², Holly Posner ⁴, Keith Kanik ⁵, Ann Wouters ⁴, Cheng Chang ⁵, Richard Zhang ⁴, Irina Lazariciu ⁶, Ming-Ann Hsu ⁵, Ricardo Suehiro ⁷, Alberto Martini ², Daniel J. Lovell ³ and Nicolino Ruperto ⁸, ¹PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, ²PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ³PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, New York, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Groton, Connecticut, ⁶IQVIA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, ⁸PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral JAK inhibitor that is being investigated for JIA. Here we assess the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: L07 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Serum Proteomic Signature Defines Transition from the Preclinical State to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Liam O'Neil¹, Victor Spicer ¹, Irene Smolik ¹, Xiaobo Meng ¹, John Wilkins ¹ and Hani El-Gabalawy ², ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are currently the primary biomarker for identifying individuals at increased risk for future RA development. However, we have recently shown…
Abstract Number: L08 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tapering of Conventional Synthetic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Sustained Remission: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Siri Lillegraven¹, Nina Sundlisater ², Anna-Birgitte Aga ³, Joe Sexton ¹, Inge Christoffer Olsen ⁴, Hallvard Fremstad ⁵, Cristina Spada ⁶, Tor Magne Madland ⁷, Christian Høili ⁸, Gunnstein Bakland ⁹, Åse Lexberg ¹⁰, Inger Johanne Widding Hansen ¹¹, Inger Myrnes Hansen ¹², Hilde Haukeland ¹³, Maud-Kristine Aga Ljoså ¹⁴, Ellen Moholt ¹⁵, Till Uhlig ¹⁶, Daniel Solomon ¹⁷, Désirée van der Heijde ¹⁸, Tore Kvien ¹⁶ and Espen A Haavardsholm ¹⁵, ¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ²Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Ålesund Hospital, Helse Møre og Romsdal, Ålesund, Norway, ⁶Lillehammer Hosptial for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁷Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ⁸Hospital Østfold HF, Moss, Norway, ⁹University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ¹⁰Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken HF, Drammen, Norway, ¹¹Sørlandet Hospital HF, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹²Helgelandssykehuset Mo i Rana, Mo i Rana, Norway, ¹³Martina Hansens Hospital, Bærum, Norway, ¹⁴Ålesund Hospital Helse Møre og Romsdal HF, Ålesund, Norway, ¹⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology / University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sustained remission is the goal of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care, and more patients reach and maintain this state on conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic…
Abstract Number: L09 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Multicenter Randomized Study in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis to Compare Active Conventional Therapy versus Three Biological Treatments: 24 Week Efficacy and Safety Results of the NORD-STAR Trial
Merete Lund Hetland¹, Espen A Haavardsholm ², Anna Rudin ³, Dan Nordström ⁴, Mike Nurmohamed ⁵, Bjorn Gudbjornsson ⁶, Jon Lampa ⁷, Kim Hørslev-Petersen ⁸, Till Uhlig ⁹, Gerdur Grondal ¹⁰, Mikkel Østergaard ¹¹, Marte Heiberg ², Jos Twisk ¹², Kristina Lend ⁷, Simon Krabbe ¹³, Joakim Lindqvist ⁷, Anna-Karin Ekwall ¹⁴, Kathrine Lederballe Grøn ¹⁵, Meliha Kapetanovic ¹⁶, Francesca Faustini ⁷, Riitta Tuompo ¹⁷, Tove Lorenzen ¹⁸, Giovanni Cagnotto ¹⁹, Eva Baecklund ²⁰, Oliver Hendricks ²¹, Daisy Vedder ²², Tuulikki Sokka-isler ²³, Tomas Husmark ²⁴, Maud-Kristine Aga Ljoså ²⁵, Eli Brodin ²⁶, Torkell Ellingsen ²⁷, Annika Söderbergh ²⁸, Milad Rizk ²⁹, Åsa Reckner ³⁰, Line Uhrenholt ³¹, Per Larsson ³², Soeren Just ³³, David Stevens ³⁴, Trine Laurberg ³⁵, Gunnstein Bakland ³⁶, Inge Christoffer Olsen ³⁷, Ronald van Vollenhoven ³⁸ and The NORD-STAR Study Group ³⁹, ¹DANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland., Helsinki, Finland, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade and Amsterdam UMC location VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali and Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Graasten, Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ⁹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology / University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Landspitali and Centre for Rheumatology Research, Landspitali, Reykjavík, Iceland, ¹¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹³Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ¹⁴University of Gothenburg, Kullavik, Sweden, ¹⁵Rigshospitalt Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁶Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund and Malmö, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁷Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁸Reumatologi, Regionshospitalet Silkeborg, Kolding, Denmark, ¹⁹Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²⁰Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ²¹Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ²²Amsterdam Rheumatology & immunology Center / Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²³Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ²⁴Rheumatology Clinic, Falun, Sweden, ²⁵Ålesund Hospital Helse Møre og Romsdal HF, Ålesund, Norway, ²⁶Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark, ²⁸Örebro University Hospital, Ôrebro, Sweden, ²⁹Västmanlands Hospital, Västerås, Sweden, ³⁰Rheumatology Department, Linkoping, Sweden, ³¹Aalborg Universitetshospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ³²Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm Health Services, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ³³Odense University Hospital, Odense, ³⁴St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, ³⁵Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³⁶University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ³⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³⁸Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Netherlands., Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³⁹Site investigators in all participating countries, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The optimal first-line treatment of patients (pts) with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is yet to be established. The primary aim was to assess and…

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