Abstract：
:After approval of TNF and interleukin-1 inhibiting agents for treatment of refractory rheumathoid arthritis, new agents inhibiting interleukin-6 and costimulatory pathways are entering clinical phase I and II trials. Blockade of costimulation by using a CTLA4 immunoglobulin fusion protein (CTLA4Ig), which inhibits the interaction between CD 28 and CD80/86, has been studied in humans and was demonstrated to be well tolerated and efficacious. A monoclonal antibody to the IL-6 receptor (MRA) blocks bioactivity of IL-6 and also showed favorable effects in first clinical trials. Drug safety data on both substances revealed no severe toxicity or increased incidence of severe infections. For the first time combinations of biological substances like CTLA4Ig and etanercept were demonstrated to be effective and showed no evidence for an increased rate of severe infectious complications. Encouraged by data on these two agents there is substancial hope for a broadened therapeutic armentarium of biological agents in refractory rheumatoid arthritis.
journal_name
Z Rheumatoljournal_title
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologieauthors
Perniok A,Rubbert-Roth Adoi
10.1007/s00393-003-0547-2keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-10-01 00:00:00pages
433-8issue
5eissn
0340-1855issn
1435-1250journal_volume
62pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:When patents expire, usually after 10 years in Germany, generic medicines routinely enter the market in place of conventional medications leading to significant reductions in prices. Currently the first biologicals are approaching patent expiry. Because of the biochemical complexities truly identical imitators are unr...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1140-y
更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the last years some important therapies were introduced in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which represent a significant clinical advance. This concerns the introduction of TNF blockade with etanercept and inflixmab, the combination of DMARDs, leflunomide and the COX-2-specific inhibitors. In the year 2...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930170011
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rheumatic diseases are among the most common chronic inflammatory disorders. Besides severe pain and progressive destruction of the joints, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritides (SpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) impair working ability, reduce quality of life and if treated insufficiently may enhance mortali...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-018-0458-x
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Assessment of disease consequences (outcome) requires reliable, valid, and sensitive instruments. Psychometrically sound generic health-status instruments such as the SF-36 have been validated for many languages and are available in German. Instead, most disease specific instruments have been developed in English and ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s003930050041
更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The author describes the information gained from anamnesis which points to a psychogenetic cause of rheumatic complaints. These symptoms are part of the diagnostically important criteria which must be supplemented still further by means of a personal discussion with the patient. A great deal depends on the skill of th...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Following the EULAR recommendations published in 2010 German guidelines for the medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis were developed based on an update of the systematic literature search and expert consensus. Methotrexate is the standard treatment option at the time of diagnosis, preferably in combination with lo...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,实务指引
doi：10.1007/s00393-012-1038-0
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Twenty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis and relevant anemia (hemoglobin < 11 g/dl) received recombinant erythropoietin (epo) in a therapy study; 90% were responders. A positive correlation of the total epo dose and the amelioration of parameters of red cell line and a negative correlation of the effect of epo ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-010-0629-x
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The present study should elucidate the efficacy, patient acceptability, and side effect profiles of Oxaprozin and Diclofenac retard when given to patients with active primary osteoarthrosis. METHODS:80 outpatients with active primary osteoarthrosis with a radiological grade of II or III in the hip or knee joint (m...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/s003930050068
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriatic onycho-pachydermo-periostitis is a rare manifestation of psoriatic arthritis. It is characterized by the trias of psoriatic onychosis, tender soft tissue thickening, and osteoperiostitis of the distal phalanges in the absence of distal interphalangeal arthritis. Recommendations for the treatment of...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-002-0352-3
更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a shortened life expectancy. Most premature deaths are caused by cardiovascular (CV) events; therefore it is of importance to consider the increased CV risk when treating RA patients. Traditional CV risk factors cannot fully explain the increased risk but the common underst...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1198-6
更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Autoreactivity plays a major role in the pathogenesis of RA. The rheumatoid factor has been and still is for now more than 50 years the only autoreactivity that is clinically applied in the diagnosis of RA. This well reflects the current way of thinking that a single antigen or a single cause drives an individual into...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s003930170093
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Scleromyxedema is a rare connective tissue disease that may affect numerous internal organs in addition to the skin. The disease is almost exclusively associated with monoclonal gammopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This retrospective study summarizes the clinical characteristics of four patients with scleromyxe...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-012-0997-5
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs which are crucial for the fine regulation of gene expression. Recent results suggest that these molecules display multifaceted functions in B-cells and T-cells in rheumatic inflammatory diseases. ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-011-0842-2
更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:From the about 400 virus species known to cause illness in man, only a small but growing list of representatives are able to induce arthritis. Although virus-associated arthritides are mostly of acute and short-living type, some patients develop long-lasting or even chronic joint inflammation. The viral or host factor...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rheumatology training is reorganized with the implementation of the revision of the training regulations for German physicians (MWBO) to become a specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology. This article focusses on novel aspects including far-reaching waiver of reference numbers, the professionally recommended t...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-020-00930-z
更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The evidence-based recommendations on the management of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have enjoyed a high level of acceptance and circulation in Germany, as well as in other European countries. To make patient participation in the decision-making process regarding their disease easier, as well as to strengthen the physi...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-009-0428-4
更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cell-based therapeutical approaches are already in clinical use and are attracting growing interest for the treatment of joint defects. Mesenchymal stem and precursor cells (MSC) cover a wide range of properties that are useful for the regeneration process of bone and cartilage defects. The following article is an ove...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-008-0396-0
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical observation suggests a frequent coincidence of back pain (BP) and fibromyalgia (FMA). Based on data from a population survey on back pain we studied the hypothesis of FMA being a frequent underlying condition of BP. We additionally studied the association of the severity of back pain and both chroni...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-004-0531-5
更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The treatment of rheumatic diseases with bioloics has significantly improved the prognosis of patients. Currently, there are 13 preparations available in Germany for the treatment of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. These original preparations generally have-depending on the individual country-15 years o...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-017-0407-0
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Recent Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRh, German Society of Rheumatology) guidelines emphasized the significance of coordinated multidisciplinary care and rehabilitation of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Nationwide data from the German pension insurance funds showed that inpatient rehabilit...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1259-x
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report on a 60 year old patient with peripheral neuropathy, neurogenic muscular atrophy, skin ulcers, arthritis and weakness. Detection of cryoglobulins in association with typical clinical symptoms, exclusion of hepatitis C and any other disease led to a rare diagnosis: essential cryoglobulinemic vasculitis. The c...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-002-0389-3
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Neuro-endocrine immune mechanisms play an important immunomodulatory role for rheumatic diseases as evidenced by long-recognized effects of glucocorticoids, gender, pregnancy, hemiparalysis, and stress on various clinical and epidemiological aspects. Recently, some regulatory pathways have been identified between the ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type：
doi：10.1007/s003930200032
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Heberden nodes affect mainly middle-aged women. Inheritance is autosomal dominant in female and autosomal recessive in male patients. We report the case of a young man who presented already with 12 years of age with pain in the distal finger joints. There were no other clinical or serological signs for other rheumatoi...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930050158
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This review presents an overview of the range of imaging modalities used in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Conventional radiography is used to detect structural changes of the joints and tendon attachments. These changes occur late in the course of PsA hence conventional radiogra...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-013-1188-8
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:New strategies including the blockade of TNFalpha showed excellent therapeutic effects even in so far refractory rheumatic diseases. Moreover, these approaches provided us with important informations about the pathogenic role of the mediators involved and distinct autoimmune cellular subsets. Here, we discuss recent d...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-003-0539-2
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Arthrosis deformans is a common disease worldwide with a high prevalence among all ethnic groups. All joints may be affected and genetic factors influence the onset of the disease. The main symptoms include pain and increasing immobility over the course of the illness. Treatment in early stages is conservative. In the...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-008-0304-7
更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Rehabilitation activities belong to tertiary prevention. The latter includes all measures that aim at avoiding the progression of a physical disability to a handicap, or those that diminish the extent of the handicap. Complex rehabilitation programs represent a cooperation of medical, occupational, and social reintegr...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:278 patients with ankylosing spondylitis have been studied in order to find a basis for prognosis by setting a mobility function index of the vertebral column. This index does not depend on manifestation age or on the blood sedimentation rate. It increases with progression of x-ray findings. A coincidence of impaired ...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) belong to the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily. Their potential for organ and tissue regeneration and repair has been intensively investigated in recent years. Studies on fetal development have demonstrated the important role of these proteins for the development and diffe...
journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-005-0665-0
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
