Methotrexate treatment in early psoriatic arthritis in comparison to rheumatoid arthritis: an observational nationwide study.
Ulf LindströmDaniela di GiuseppeSofia ExarchouGerd-Marie AleniusTor OlofssonEva KlingbergLennart JacobssonJohan AsklingJohan K WallmanPublished in: RMD open (2023)
In Swedish clinical practice, methotrexate use is similar in PsA and RA, both regarding initiation of other DMARDs and methotrexate retention. On a group level, disease activity improved during methotrexate monotherapy in both diseases, although more so in RA.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- high dose
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- clinical practice
- interstitial lung disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- prostate cancer
- combination therapy
- low dose
- clinical trial
- smoking cessation
- systemic sclerosis
- open label
- study protocol
- replacement therapy