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Achieving minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis predicts meaningful improvements in patients’ health-related quality of life and productivity

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Background: Although psoriatic arthritis is complex and involves multiple domains, recent advances in treatments have made remission or near-remission of most symptoms a potentially achievable goal for many patients. We sought to evaluate whether achieving minimal disease activity (MDA) criteria represented meaningful improvement from the patient perspective.

Methods: Data were combined from two randomized, multinational, 24 week clinical studies of ixekizumab, a high-affinity mono...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s41927-018-0030-y

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
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Publisher:
BioMed Central
Journal:
BMC Rheumatology More from this journal
Volume:
2
Article number:
24
Publication date:
2018-08-13
Acceptance date:
2018-07-09
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2520-1026
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uuid:3cd74aae-c069-48c4-aa74-4ee01a2b052d
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pubs:856143
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856143
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2018-06-06

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