Title |
Improved health outcomes with Etanercept versus usual DMARD therapy in an Asian population with established rheumatoid arthritis
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Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-14-13 |
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Authors |
Sang-Cheol Bae, Suk Chyn Gun, Chi Chiu Mok, Rezaul Khandker, Henk W Nab, Andrew S Koenig, Bonnie Vlahos, Ron Pedersen, Amitabh Singh |
Abstract |
Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are especially useful in assessing treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since they measure dimensions of health-related quality of life that cannot be captured using strictly objective physiological measures. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of combination etanercept and methotrexate (ETN + MTX) versus combination synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and methotrexate (DMARD + MTX) on PRO measures among RA patients from the Asia-Pacific region, a population not widely studied to date. Patients with established moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis who had an inadequate response to methotrexate were studied. |
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