Additional Reading

Additional Reading

  • Arts EE, Popa C, et al. Performance of four current risk algorithms in predicting cardiovascular events in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74:668-74.
  • Aletaha D, Smolen JS. Diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis: a review. JAMA. 2018;320(13):1360-1372.
  • Aletaha D, et al. 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Radiology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative. Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62:2569-2581.
  • Bansback N, et al. The economics of treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis. Best Pract Res ClinRheumatol. 2009;23:83-92.
  • Burmester G, et al. A randomised, double-blind, parallel-group study of the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous tocilizumab versus intravenous tocilizumab in combination with traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (SUMMACTA study). Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73:69–74.
  • Burmester GR, et al. Tocilizumab combination therapy or monotherapy or methotrexate monotherapy in methotrexate-naive patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: 2-year clinical and radiographic results from the randomised, placebo-controlled FUNCTION trial. AnnRheum Dis. 2017; 76: 1279-1284.
  • Curtis JR, et al. Dyslipidemia and changes in lipid profiles associated with rheumatoid arthritis and initiation of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64:1282-91.
  • Dougados M, van der Heijde D, Chen Y-C, et al. Baricitinib in patients with inadequate response or intolerance to conventional synthetic DMARDs: results from the RA-BUILD study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017; 76: 88–95.
  • Felson DT et al. American College of Radiology/European League Against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63:573-586.
  • Finckh A, et al. Which subgroup of patients with rheumatoid arthritis benefits from switching to rituximab versus alternative anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) agents after previous failure of an anti-TNF agent. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010;69:387-93.
  • Fleischmann R, Huizinga T, Kavanaugh AF, et al. Efficacy of tofacitinib monotherapy in methotrexate-naive patients with early or established rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open. 2016; 2: e000262.
  • Fleischmann R, Kremer J, Cush J, et al. Placebo-controlled trial of tofacitinib monotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2012; 367: 495–507.
  • Gabay C, et al; ADACTA Study Investigators. Tocilizumab monotherapy versus adalimumab monotherapy for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (ADACTA): a randomised, double-blind, controlled phase 4 trial. Lancet. 2013;381:1541-1550.
  • Genovese M, Kremer J, Zamani O, et al. Baricitinib in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2016; 374: 1243–1252.
  • Giles TJ, et al. Coronary arterial calcification in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009; 11: R36.
  • Greenberg JD, et al. Tumour necrosis factor antagonist use and associated risk reduction of cardiovascular events among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70:576-82.
  • Grijalva CG, et al. Initiation of tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists and the risk of hospitalization for infection in patients with autoimmune diseases. JAMA. 2011;306:2331-9.
  • Kim HL, et al. Comparative effectiveness of cycling of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors versus switching to non-TNF biologics in rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to TNF-α inhibitor using a Bayesian approach. Arch Pharm Res. 2014;37:662-70.
  • Kremer J, Li Z, Hall S, et al. Tofacitinib in combination with nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2013; 159: 253–261.
  • Lee EB, Fleischmann R, Hall S, et al. Tofacitinib versus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2014; 370: 2377–2386.
  • Leffers HC, et al. Efficacy of abatacept and tocilizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated in clinical practice: results from the nationwide Danish DANBIO registry. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011;70:1216-22.
  • Mäki-Petäjä KM, et al. Anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy reduces aortic inflammation and stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 2012;126:2473-80.
  • Nakashita T, et al. Potential risk of TNF inhibitors on the progression of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BMJ. 2014;4(8):e005615
  • Ramiro S, Sepriano A, Chatzidionysiou K, et al. Safety of synthetic and biological DMARDs: a systematic literature review informing the 2016 update of the EULAR recommendations for management of rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017;76:1101-1136.
  • Rao VU, et al. An evaluation of risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events during tocilizumab therapy. Arthritis Rheum. 2015;67:372-80.
  • Schiff M, et al. Head-to-head comparison of subcutaneous abatacept versus adalimumab for rheumatoid arthritis: two-year efficacy and safety findings from AMPLE trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014;73:86-94.
  • Singh JA et al. 2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Radiology Recommendations for the Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Biologic Agents in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res. 2012;64:625-639
  • Soliman MM, et al. Rituximab or a second anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients who have failed their first anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy? Comparative analysis from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012; 64:1108-1115.
  • Strand V, et al. Impact of tocilizumab administered intravenously or subcutaneously on patient-reported quality-of life outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open. 2018;4:e000602.
  • Smolen J, Breedveld F, Bermester G, et al.Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: 2014 update of the recommendations of an international task force. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015; 75:3-15.
  • Schett G. Physiological effects of modulating the interleukin-6 axis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018;57(suppl 2):ii43-ii50
  • Tanaka Y, Hirata S, Saleem B, Emery P. Discontinuation of biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013; 31:S22–S27.
  • Taylor P, Keystone E, van der Heijde D, et al. Baricitinib versus placebo or adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2017; 376:652–662.
  • van der Heide A, Jacobs J, Bijlsma J, et al. The effectiveness of early treatment with ‘‘second-line’’ antirheumatic drugs. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 1996; 124:699–707.
  • van Vollenhoven RF, et al. Tofacitinib or adalimumab versus placebo in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl JMed. 2012;367:508-519.
  • Westhovens R, et al. Rheumatoid arthritis: Defining remission in patients with RA in clinical practice. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 2012;8:445-447.
  • Yamaoka K. Janus kinase inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2016; 32:29–33.

 

Websites

American College of Rheumatology:  http://www.acr.org/

EULAR – The European League Against Rheumatism: http://www.eular.org/

Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org/

Rheumatology Research Foundation https://www.rheumresearch.org/

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/chp/topics/rheumatic/en/

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society https://www.nras.org.uk/

 

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