Effectiveness of methotrexate and leflunomide as corticoid-sparing drugs in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.

Juan Pablo VinickiAlejandra CusaDaniela DomingoJosé Luis Velasco ZamoraSebastián MagriAlejandro BriganteMaria Marcela SchmidPaola ÁvilaNatalia ZamoraLaura SorrentinoAnabella M RodriguezMiguel LinarezCecilia PisoniCarolina CostiGustavo Rodriguez GilMaría Andrea SpinettoVanesa Ursula ParisNatalia PerrottaMaría Del Rosario MaliandiOscar RilloClaudia PenaJulio GotJavier CavallascaMaximiliano Machado EscobarCarolina IturraldeMaría Victoria MartireRomina TesselN Saravia ChocobarGraciela Alarcon

Published in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2024)

This study demonstrated the clinical effectiveness of LEF and even its superiority in achieving remission when compared with MTX as GCSD in PMR patients. Further research is needed to support these findings.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
end stage renal disease
systematic review
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
high dose
giant cell
robot assisted
minimally invasive
patient reported