Clinical trials: Tight control in early RA pays off in the long run

TY - JOUR

T1 - Clinical trials

T2 - Tight control in early RA pays off in the long run

AU - Scott, David L.

AU - Kowalczyk, Anna

PY - 2010/11

Y1 - 2010/11

N2 - Clinical trials demonstrate that intensive treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis with a combination of DMARDs improves short-term outcomes. an extension study from a pivotal trial has now shown that such intensive early therapy can achieve a reduction in the rate of erosive progression over a period of 11 years.

AB - Clinical trials demonstrate that intensive treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis with a combination of DMARDs improves short-term outcomes. an extension study from a pivotal trial has now shown that such intensive early therapy can achieve a reduction in the rate of erosive progression over a period of 11 years.

U2 - 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.174

DO - 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.174

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 21037562

VL - 6

SP - 623

EP - 624

JO - Nature Reviews Rheumatology

JF - Nature Reviews Rheumatology

IS - 11

ER -