Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with RA who started new bDMARDs and tsDMARDs after 2014
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients in hospital at baseline 2. Patients with other diseases indicated for the study therapy (behcet's disease, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, kawasaki disease, crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis/adult still's disease, suppurative hidradenitis, castleman's disease, giant cell arteritis, takayasu's arteritis) at least once in the previous year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of infections requiring first hospitalized infection, morbidity (person-years), crude morbidity, crude hazard ratio of each bDMARDs and tsDMARDs to tocilizumab, adjusted hazard ratio, in elderly RA patients aged 75 years and older | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD. MEDICAL SCIENCE DEPT