Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)patients who fulfilled the American College R classification criteria. 2)RA patients administered tocilizumab for the first time between April 2009 and March 2011.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who had functional class4 Using Steinbrocker criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence frequency of severe infection in RA patients with tocilizumab under the infectious disease risk management. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hospitalization for infectious disease and its duration.the reduction dose of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Clinical composite activity indices at 24 and 48weeks (DAS28, CDAI, Boolean index). Persistence rate of tocilizumab at 48weeks | — |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed