Metotreksat-Naif Erken Romatoid Artritli Hastalarda Metotreksat Monoterapisi veya Tocilizumab Kombinasyonu veya Monoterapisi: Randomize, Plasebo Kontrollü FUNCTION Çalışmasından 2 Yıllık Klinik ve Radyografik Sonuçlar
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 7 April 2017. Doi 10.1136/annrheumdis-20160210561
Burmester et al. present data showing that 52-week efficacy and safety of intravenous tocilizumab plus methotrexate, or tocilizumab monotherapy are maintained through to Week 104 in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Patients were assigned to four treatment groups: 4 mg/kg TCZ + MTX, 8 mg/kg TCZ + MTX, 8 mg/kg TCZ + placebo or placebo + MTX. Patients not achieving DAS28 ≤3.2 at Week 52 and who were not receiving 8 mg/kg TCZ were rescued to 8 mg/kg TCZ + MTX. Of the 1162 randomly assigned ...