scholarly journals Efficacy of tocilizumab in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis and a previous inadequate response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: the ROSE study

2011 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Yazici ◽  
Jeffrey R Curtis ◽  
Akgun Ince ◽  
Herbert Baraf ◽  
Raymond L Malamet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Active Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Inadequate Response ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
The Rose

scholarly journals Tofacitinib 5 mg Twice Daily in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response to Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Bird ◽  
William Bensen ◽  
Bassel El-Zorkany ◽  
Jeffrey Kaine ◽  
Bernadette Heizel Manapat-Reyes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Inadequate Response ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Disease Modifying

scholarly journals Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With an Inadequate Response to Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs at a Higher Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung‐Yuan Hsu ◽  
Yu‐Jih Su ◽  
Jia‐Feng Chen ◽  
Chi‐Chin Sun ◽  
Tien‐Tsai Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Inadequate Response ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Disease Modifying

Background Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. It is believed that using disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to control inflammation can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. In this study, we investigated whether patients who responded differently to DMARDs might sustain different cardiovascular events. Methods and Results We designed a cohort study using the Chang Gung Research Database. We identified 7114 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. After strict exclusion criteria, we collected 663 individuals as an inadequate response to DMARDs group. Then, 2034 individuals were included as the control group. The end point was composite vascular outcomes, including acute coronary syndrome or ischemic stroke. We used the inverse probability of treatment weighting to keep the covariates between these 2 groups well balanced. We compared the risk of these outcomes using the Cox proportional hazards model. The mean follow‐up time was 4.7 years. During follow‐up, there were 7.5% and 6.4% of patients with composite vascular outcomes in the DMARD‐inadequate response and control groups, respectively. There was no significant difference in the risk of composite vascular outcomes (95% CI, 0.94–1.41) and ischemic stroke (95% CI, 0.84–1.36). The risk of acute coronary syndrome was significantly higher in the DMARD‐inadequate response group (hazard ratio, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.02–2.05). Conclusions Patients with DMARD‐inadequate response rheumatoid arthritis have a higher risk of developing acute coronary syndrome than those whose disease can be controlled by DMARDs.

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