Highlights From EULAR 2008, The Annual European Congress Of Rheumatology

Half of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with the anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (anti-TNF) infliximab plus methotrexate achieve remission, and up to one in five achieve drug-free remission, according to five-year follow-up results from the BeSt study. Patients treated initially with a combination of infliximab plus methotrexate achieved significantly better functional ability than those given other treatment regimens.

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Filed under: Arthritis on July 4th, 2008