Abstracts tagged "rituximab and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)"

Abstract Number: 429 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Sustained Clinical Efficacy After Multiple Courses of Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Inadequate Response to Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors: 2-Year Data From the Repeat (Repeated Courses in Routine Clinical Practice) Study
Catalin Codreanu¹, Ioan Ancuta² and Ruxandra Ionescu³, ¹Rheumatology, “Dr. I. Stoia” Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ²“Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ³Internal Medicine, Clinic Hospital Sf. Maria, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose: In the last decade, biologic therapy changed dramatically treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a significant number of patients failed to maintain the…