Using a DAS28-CRP-steered treat-to-target strategy does not eliminate subclinical inflammation as assessed by ultrasonography in rheumatoid arthritis patients in longstanding clinical remission.
Lene TerslevCecilie Heegaard BraheMikkel ØstergaardViktoria FanaMads Ammitzbøll-DanielsenTorsten MøllerSimon KrabbeMerete Lund HetlandUffe Møller DøhnPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2021)
Ultrasound frequently detected subclinical synovitis in RA patients in longstanding DAS28-remission obtained through a DAS28-CRP-steered strategy. This was independent of treatment and applied ultrasound remission criteria. Strict ultrasound remission was rare.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- molecular dynamics
- end stage renal disease
- molecular dynamics simulations
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- ultrasound guided
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- interstitial lung disease
- combination therapy
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- smoking cessation