Arthritis care & research
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Arthritis care & research · Jul 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyDo Short and Sustained Periods of American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Remission Predict Functional and Radiographic Outcome in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Low Overall Damage Progression?
To investigate whether remission at single and consecutive visits predicts good outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ Early RA patients who reached remission according to ACR/EULAR and other criteria during short or sustained periods were likely to retain good physical function in the subsequent months. Sustained remission periods were a stronger predictor than remission at single visits. However, in the setting of low overall damage progression, (sustained) remission was not predictive of good radiographic outcome.