Ultrasound versus clinical remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: concordance and relationship with therapy discontinuation
Authors' conclusion
While clinical remission seems more frequent in drug-free patients, USR is more often observed on-treatment.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in SDAI remission ≥6 months, 06/2022 to 02/2023
- Participants
- 80 patients
- Exposure
- Drug-free vs on-treatment remission
- Drug-freen = 12
- Outcome
- Prevalence of ultrasonographic remission (USR) and concordance with clinical remission
Methodological detailsconsecutive patients
- Consecutive patients
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Rate of USR (4 definitions)
USR1
USR2
USR3
USR4
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Clinical remission in drug-free patients, all indices
- 100%
Overall clinical remission rates
- SDAI
- 100.0%
- CDAI
- 83.7%
- DAS28
- 91.2%
- DAS44
- 96.2%
- ACR/EULAR Boolean
- 80.0%
Original publication
Ultrasound versus clinical remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: concordance and relationship with therapy discontinuation. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 12 November 2023. doi:10.
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