prevention and uric acid Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 152 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Rilonacept for Gout Flare Reduction: Estimation of Number Needed to Treat to Benefit (NNTB)
Robert R. Evans¹, Steven P. Weinstein², George D. Yancopoulos³ and Yuhwen Soo⁴, ¹Clinical Sciences, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, NY, ²Clinical Development, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, NY, ³Research Labs, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, ⁴BioStatistics, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
Background/Purpose: Two similarly designed phase 3 randomized clinical trials (PRESURGE-1 and PRESURGE-2) in gout patients initiating urate-lowering therapy (ULT) showed that subcutaneous treatment with the…

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