Golimumab in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who have previous experience with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: results of a long-term extension of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled GO-AFTER study through week 160

Autor: Norman Gaylis, Jürgen Wollenhaupt, Yiying Zhou, Elizabeth C. Hsia, Josef S Smolen, Robert Landewé, Jonathan Kay, Mittie K. Doyle, Eric L. Matteson, Frederick T. Murphy
Přispěvatelé: Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 71(10), 1671-1679. BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 1468-2060
0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200956
Popis: Objective The aim of this study was to assess long-term golimumab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who discontinued previous tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitor(s) for any reason. Methods Results through week 24 of this multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of active RA (≥4 tender, ≥4 swollen joints) were previously reported. Patients received placebo (Group 1), 50 mg golimumab (Group 2) or 100 mg golimumab (Group 3) subcutaneous injections every 4 weeks. Patients from Groups 1 and 2 with
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