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Long-term follow-up of adalimumab monotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese patients: a report of six cases.
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PMID:  21243493     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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We present six cases of patients with Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha blocking agent, adalimumab as monotherapy for 220 weeks. All six patients were women, and the median age was 54.0 ± 7.07 years old. The median duration of the disease was 7.43 ± 11.1 years, and the median disease activity score (DAS28-CRP) was 5.35 ± 0.69. Three of six patients were able to continue to receive this treatment for 220 weeks successfully, and the DAS28-CRP decreased to 1.89 ± 0.75. Two patients withdrew because of lack of efficacy, and one patient withdrew because of adverse events (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). Adalimumab resulted in a sustained clinical response in RA patients during 220-week follow-up.
Authors:
Kunihiro Ichinose; Tomoki Origuchi; Shin-Ya Kawashiri; Naoki Iwamoto; Keita Fujikawa; Toshiyuki Aramaki; Makoto Kamachi; Kazuhiko Arima; Mami Tamai; Hideki Nakamura; Hiroaki Ida; Atsushi Kawakami; Katsumi Eguchi
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Rheumatology international     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1437-160X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8206885     Medline TA:  Rheumatol Int     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan, kunizo1234abcd@yahoo.co.jp.
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