rmdopen.bmj1h
Lung ultrasound outperforms symptom-based screening to detect interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives Interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) is linked to high mortality. Currently, effective screening tools are lacking. We assessed the role of symptoms and ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
Targeting the IL-17A pathway for therapy in early-stage tendinopathy
Objectives Tendinopathy is a frequent clinical problem and represents an extraordinary health economic and socioeconomic burden with high unmet medical needs. Recent clinical evidence suggests ...
rmdopen.bmj14d
Methotrexate effect on immunogenicity and long-term maintenance of adalimumab in axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentric randomised trial
Objectives Anti-drug antibodies (ADA) are responsible for decreased adalimumab efficacy in axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). We aimed to evaluate the ability of methotrexate (MTX) to decrease adalimumab ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis present a distinct CD8 T cell subset with osteogenic and cytotoxic potential
Correspondence to Dr Mariagrazia Uguccioni; mariagrazia.uguccioni{at}irb.usi.ch; Dr Valentina Cecchinato; valentina.cecchinato{at}irb.usi.ch Conclusions Our results shed light on a new molecular ...
rmdopen.bmj6d
From patients with arthralgia, pre-RA and recently diagnosed RA: what is the current status of understanding RA pathogenesis?
It is believed that therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most effective and beneficial within a short time frame around RA diagnosis. This insight has caused a shift from research in patients ...
rmdopen.bmj7d
Serum inflammatory biomarkers fail to identify early axial spondyloarthritis: results from the SpondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort
Introduction Decreasing the diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains a major challenge. Here, we assessed the value of serum inflammatory biomarkers to distinguish early axSpA from ...
rmdopen.bmj14d
Methotrexate treatment in early psoriatic arthritis in comparison to rheumatoid arthritis: an observational nationwide study
Introduction We aimed to compare the proportions of patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remaining on methotrexate (regardless of other ...
rmdopen.bmj10mon
Obesity is a risk factor for poor response to treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: a NORD-STAR study
Objective This report from the NORD-STAR (Nordic Rheumatic Diseases Strategy Trials and Registries) trial aimed to determine if obesity is associated with response to conventional and biological ...
rmdopen.bmj2mon
Lymphoma complicating rheumatoid arthritis: results from a French case–control study
Objectives To study the characteristics of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) or Hodgkin lymphoma complicating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify RA-related factors associated with their ...
rmdopen.bmj10mon
Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study
Objectives To determine whether antecedent sinusitis is associated with incident rheumatic disease. Methods This population-based case–control study included all individuals meeting classification ...
rmdopen.bmj2mon
Vascular ultrasound for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: a reliability and agreement study based on a standardised training programme
Objective To evaluate the impact of a standardised training programme including equipment adjustment for experienced musculoskeletal ultrasonographers without previous experience in vascular ...