Treatment in the Rotterdam Early Arthritis CoHort
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis10023213
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1080
To be able te sign informed consent
-Patients must meet the inclusion criteria for the REACH. That is: object arthritis, pain and or limitation of motion in 2 or more joints in combination with 2 of the following criteria: morningstiffness, tangential pain in MTP/MCP, pos fam anamneses, symm presentation, unexplained fatigue.
Complaints> 1 year by trauma or overload, no possibility to communicate, definitive diagn of gout, infectious arthritis or systematic disease, use of antirheumatic preparates before start study, contra indication for medication.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>•Primary endpoints: Disease activity:<br /><br><br /><br>Disease activity:<br /><br>Area under the curve (AUC) DAS<br /><br><br /><br>Functionality:<br /><br>AUC HAQ during 1 year of therapy<br /><br><br /><br>Joint damage:<br /><br>Radiologic progression </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>•Secondary endpoints:<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Absence of arthritis<br /><br>WHO/ILAR Core-set<br /><br>Self-assessed disease activity (RADAI)<br /><br>Cost (medical direct/indirect)<br /><br>Mediation reduction in time </p><br>