Can remission in rheumatoid arthritis be assessed without laboratory tests or a formal joint count? possible remission criteria based on a self-report RAPID3 score and careful joint examination in the ESPOIR cohort.

Date publication

avril 2013

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUILLEMIN Francis

Tous les auteurs :
Castrejon I, Dougados M, Combe B, Guillemin F, Fautrel B, Pincus T

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23378463

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: To explore 5 possible criteria for remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on a patient self-report index, the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID3), with a careful joint examination and possible physician global estimate (DOCGL), but without a formal joint count or laboratory test. METHODS: The ESPOIR early RA cohort of 813 French patients recruited in 2002-2005 was analyzed to identify patients in remission 6 months after enrollment, according to 2 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) criteria: Boolean

Référence

J Rheumatol. 2013 Apr;40(4):386-93