What have we learned from BeSt?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2017.09.017
Abstract: BACKGROUND How have the long term outcomes of RA improved in the last decade? METHODS Patients with DMARD naïve RA were randomized to 4 treatment strategies: 1. sequential DMARD monotherapy, 2. step-up combination therapy, 3.… read more here.
Keywords: learned best; treatment; remission; damage progression ... See more keywords
Endothelial progenitor cells predict vascular damage progression in naive hypertensive patients according to sex
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DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00716-z
Abstract: Low levels of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are associated with cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Early indicators of vascular damage represent independent predictors of CV prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the… read more here.
Keywords: progenitor cells; damage progression; endothelial progenitor; damage ... See more keywords
Belimumab slows organ damage progression
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DOI: 10.1038/s41584-019-0176-z
Abstract: To assess the efficacy of long-term treatment with belimumab, a post-hoc longitudinal study has used propensity score matching to compare patients from the BLISS long-term extension study who received belimumab (and standard of care) with… read more here.
Keywords: damage progression; belimumab; organ damage; damage ... See more keywords
OP0149 An mri guided treat-to-target strategy in rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission improved mri inflammation but not damage progression – results from the imagine-ra randomised controlled trial
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DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-eular.3074
Abstract: Background Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) bone marrow oedema (BME)/osteitis and MRI synovitis have been identified as predictors of structural damage progression in rheumatoid arthritis RA.1 2 Targeting MRI remission may reduce inflammation and halt damage… read more here.
Keywords: damage progression; remission; mri; damage ... See more keywords