Induction of sustained remission in early inflammatory arthritis with the combination of infliximab plus methotrexate: the DINORA trial

Abstract Background In the present study, we explored the effects of immediate induction therapy with the anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)α antibody infliximab (IFX) plus methotrexate (MTX) compared with MTX alone and with placebo (PL) in patients with very early inflammatory arthritis. Methods In...

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Main Authors: Tanja Alexandra Stamm, Klaus Peter Machold, Daniel Aletaha, Farideh Alasti, Peter Lipsky, David Pisetsky, Robert Landewe, Desiree van der Heijde, Alexandre Sepriano, Martin Aringer, Dimitri Boumpas, Gerd Burmester, Maurizio Cutolo, Wolfgang Ebner, Winfried Graninger, Tom Huizinga, Georg Schett, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Paul-Peter Tak, Emilio Martin-Mola, Ferdinand Breedveld, Josef Smolen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1667-z