Repair of joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis does not relate to previous suppression of inflammation: a subanalysis after 8 years treat-to-target in the BeSt-trial.
Joy Ardjuna van der PolGülşah AkdemirMarianne van den BroekLinda DirvenPit J S M KerstensWillem F LemsIris M MarkusseThomas Wj HuizingaCornelia F AllaartPublished in: RMD open (2023)
After 8 years of treatment to target DAS≤2.4 in 508 patients with recent onset RA, repair of JSN and erosions was seen in 17/320 patients (5.3%). Probably due to the rarity of repair, we found no associations with suppression of disease activity or other predictors and repair.