Rheumatoid arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients at least 20 years old at enrollment 2) Patients diagnosed with RA based on the 1987 classification criteria of ACR or the 2009 classification criteria of ACR/EULAR 3) Patients who are seropositive for anti-CCP antibody 4) Patients who were treated with MTX for more than twelve weeks before enrollment 5) Patients whose DAS28-ESR score is more than 3.2 6) Patients who have expressed their informed consent in writing
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients who correspond to the contraindication for use of infliximab and MTX 2) Patients who are more than 70 years old at enrollment 3) Patients who have contracted RA for more than 10 years 4) Patients who are treated with more than 10mg of predonisolone 5) Other patients whom the investigator considers to be unsuitable for the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The rate of patients who maintain their DAS28-ESR score less than 3.2 one year after discontinuance of infliximb | — |
Countries
Japan