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The Impact of Achieving Low Disease Activity in the First Year of Disease on Future Disability and Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aim: To describe the predictive validity of reaching low disease activity (LDA) at 1 year on future disability and joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA).

Methods: First a systematic literature review of prognostic studies assessing the association between disease activity and functional or radiographic outcomes in ERA was performed. Then data from the Study Of New-Onset RA (SONORA) were used to evaluate the impact of year-one LDA on 3-year disability and 2-year radiographic progression using multivariate regression analyses.

Results: Our review demonstrated evidence for relationship between baseline disease activity and future disability and join damage. However evidence for the impact of early treatment response on long-term outcomes in ERA is sparse. Analysis of 984 patients showed year one LDA predicts lower HAQ (p<.0001) and less damage (p=0.04) in future.

Conclusion: Reaching LDA early is associated with better long-term functional and radiographic outcomes in patients with early RA.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42916
Date27 November 2013
CreatorsSeyed Akhavan, Pooneh
ContributorsBombardier, Claire
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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