作者
György Nagy, Nadia MT Roodenrijs, Paco MJ Welsing, Melinda Kedves, Attila Hamar, Marlies C Van Der Goes, Alison Kent, Margot Bakkers, Etienne Blaas, Ladislav Senolt, Zoltan Szekanecz, Ernest Choy, Maxime Dougados, Johannes WG Jacobs, Rinie Geenen, Hans WJ Bijlsma, Angela Zink, Daniel Aletaha, Leonard Schoneveld, Piet Van Riel, Loriane Gutermann, Yeliz Prior, Elena Nikiphorou, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Georg Schett, Kimme L Hyrich, Ulf Mueller-Ladner, Maya H Buch, Iain B McInnes, Désirée Van Der Heijde, Jacob M Van Laar
发表日期
2021/1/1
期刊
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
卷号
80
期号
1
页码范围
31-35
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Background
Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be considered to have ‘difficult-to-treat RA’. However, uniform terminology and an appropriate definition are lacking.
Objective
The Task Force in charge of the “Development of EULAR recommendations for the comprehensive management of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis” aims to create recommendations for this underserved patient group. Herein, we present the definition of difficult-to-treat RA, as the first step.
Methods
The Steering Committee drafted a definition with suggested terminology based on an international survey among rheumatologists. This was discussed and amended by the Task Force, including rheumatologists, nurses, health professionals and patients, at a face-to-face meeting until sufficient agreement …
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