Rheumatoid arthritis treatment research.

Login Long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness of infliximab as first-line treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis Zrubka, Zsombor and Gulácsi, László and Brodszky, Valentin and Rencz, Fanni and Alten, Rieke and Szekanecz, Zoltán and Péntek, Márta Long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness of infliximab as first-line treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abstract Introduction: Early biological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis RA may reverse the autoimmune response in some patients resulting in favorable long-term outcomes.

Although the cost-effectiveness of this strategy has been questioned, biosimilar entries warrant the revision of clinical and pharmaco-economic evidence. We performed meta-analyses for efficacy csukló-rándulások kezelése at month 6 and years 1 and 2. Six RCTs were identified, involving patients.

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The differences were not significant at year 2. Four studies rheumatoid arthritis treatment research that first-line use of originator infliximab calculated at — prices was not cost-effective.

Expert opinion: We demonstrated the efficacy benefits of first-line infliximab therapy up to 1 year in methotrexate-naïve RA. We highlighted the need for standardized reporting of outcomes and conducting cost-effectiveness analyses of first-line biosimilar therapy in RA.

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