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Ann Rheum Dis ; 67(6): 815-22, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17878209

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether clinical and radiographic disease control can be achieved and maintained in patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during the second year of aggressive treatment with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and intra-articular corticosteroid. This paper presents the results of the second year of the randomised, controlled double-blind CIMESTRA (Ciclosporine, Methotrexate, Steroid in RA) study. METHODS: 160 patients with early RA (duration <6 months) were randomised to receive intra-articular betamethasone in any swollen joint in combination with step-up treatment with either methotrexate and placebo-ciclosporine (monotherapy) or methotrexate plus ciclosporine (combination therapy) during the first 76 weeks. At week 68 hydroxychlorochine 200 mg daily was added. From week 76-104 ciclosporine/placebo-ciclosporine was tapered to zero. RESULTS: American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement (ACR20), ACR50 and ACR70 levels were achieved in 88%, 79% and 59% of patients in the combination vs 72%, 62% and 54% in the monotherapy group (p = 0.03, 0.02 and 0.6 between groups). The patients globally declined from 50 to 12 vs 52 to 9, with 51% and 50% in Disease Activity Score (DAS) remission, respectively. Mean (SD) progressions in total Sharp-van der Heijde scores were 1.42 (3.52) and 2.03 (5.86) in combination and monotherapy groups, respectively (not significant). Serum creatinine levels increased by 7% in the combination group (4% in monotherapy), but hypertension was not more prevalent. CONCLUSION: Continuous methotrexate and intra-articular corticosteroid treatment resulted in excellent clinical response and disease control at 2 years, and the radiographic erosive progression was minimal. Addition of ciclosporine during the first 76 weeks resulted in significantly better ACR20 and ACR50 responses, but did not have any additional effect on remission rate and radiographic outcome.


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Antirreumáticos/uso terapêutico , Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Glucocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Artrite Reumatoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Artrografia , Betametasona/administração & dosagem , Terapia Combinada , Ciclosporina/uso terapêutico , Progressão da Doença , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Hidroxicloroquina/uso terapêutico , Injeções Intra-Articulares , Masculino , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Resultado do Tratamento
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Scand J Rheumatol ; 33(5): 332-8, 2004.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15513683

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OBJECTIVE: To describe changes in chronic and acute magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities of the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) in early spondylarthropathy (SpA), and to associate these findings with computed tomography (CT), X-ray, and clinical findings during a 1-year follow-up. METHODS: Thirty-four patients, 20 males and 14 females, median age 27 years, with inflammatory low back pain (median 23 months) were included. MRI, CT, and X-ray, as well as clinical and laboratory tests were performed. After a follow-up period of 1 year (median 377 days) the examinations were repeated, and the findings were correlated. RESULTS: MRI and CT changes resulting from SIJ destruction increased significantly during follow-up, and the two modalities were significantly correlated. For the MRI findings of inflammatory activity, only bone marrow oedema decreased significantly. An increase in the Schober test was the only clinical examination that changed significantly. CONCLUSION: In early SpA, MRI can detect significant inflammatory and destructive changes of the SIJs over a 1-year follow-up period, in spite of minimal changes in the clinical parameters. The MRI changes in inflammatory activity are not detectable by CT and X-ray examinations. Thus, MRI may be a sensitive method, without known risks, for early diagnosis and for following disease progression in SpA.


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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Articulação Sacroilíaca/patologia , Espondilartrite/patologia , Adulto , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Articulações/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Dor , Radiografia , Articulação Sacroilíaca/diagnóstico por imagem , Espondilartrite/diagnóstico por imagem , Fatores de Tempo
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Rheumatology (Oxford) ; 43(2): 234-7, 2004 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-13130148

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OBJECTIVE: To compare a new MRI scoring system of the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) in early spondylarthropathy (SpA) with clinical and laboratory parameters. METHODS: Forty-one patients (24 males, 17 females) with a median age of 26 yr and a median duration of inflammatory low back pain of 19 months were included. They all fulfilled the ESSG-criteria for SpA. The patients were examined by MRI of the SIJs using a new scoring system. Clinical examinations, biochemical tests, functional score (BASFI), and pain score (BASDAI) were also performed. RESULTS: 95% of the patients had inflammation and/or destructive bone changes of the SIJs at MRI. No correlation was found between MRI pathology and clinical findings. MRI demonstrated significantly greater severity of both inflammation and destruction of the SIJs in HLA B27 positive patients than in the HLA B27 negative patients. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with early SpA, MRI was able to detect inflammatory and destructive changes of the SIJs, but the changes were not associated to clinical findings. Our results suggest a role of MRI in the detection of early-stage sacroiliitis.


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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Articulação Sacroilíaca/patologia , Espondiloartropatias/diagnóstico , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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