How common is clinically inactive disease in a prospective cohort of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? The importance of definition.
Stephanie J W Shoop-WorrallSuzanne M M VerstappenEileen BaildamAlice ChiengJoyce DavidsonHelen FosterYiannis IoannouFlora McErlaneLucy R WedderburnWendy ThomsonKimmie L HyrichPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2017)
In a large JIA prospective inception cohort, a majority of patients have evidence of persistent disease activity after 1 year. Published criteria to capture MDA and CID do not always identify the same groups of patients. This has significant implications when defining and applying treat-to-target strategies.