Prevalence of remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in daily clinical practice: long-term data from a tertiary care centre
Authors' conclusion
Most patients achieved remission at least once within the observation period and almost 50% of patients also achieved SR.
Study context
- Population
- Adult RA patients in a tertiary care centre
- Participants
- 136 patients
- Outcome
- Remission (DAS28 <2.6) at least once over the observation period
Methodological detailsmonocentric, prospective and retrospective parts, tertiary care centre, logistic regression
- Monocentric
- Prospective and retrospective parts
- Tertiary care centre
- Logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Remission (DAS28 <2.6) achieved at least once · over a period of 47.9 (18.9) months
Patients achieving remission at least once
109
80.1%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Remission at the clinical visit
- Patients in remission at clinical visit
- 40 (29.4%)
Time to remission after index visit
- Time to remission, months
- 14.9 (13.8)
- Remission within first year
- 54.1%
- Remission within second year
- 23.9%
- Remission within third year
- 13.8%
- Remission within fourth year
- 8.3%
Sustained remission (remission lasting >6 months) · within the observation period
- Patients achieving sustained remission (SR)
- 65 (47.8%)
Baseline disease state
- One third already had erosions and severe limitations in physical function
Original publication
Prevalence of remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in daily clinical practice: long-term data from a tertiary care centre. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 23 July 2023. doi:10.
Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →