Abstract:
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory condition with articular and extra-articular manifestations. Remission, a state of absence of clinical and imaging signs of disease activity over time, is the goal of management. This review addresses the concept of minimal disease activity (MDA) in axSpA, which is less stringent than remission, and is closer to patient and provider acceptable low disease state. RECENT FINDINGS:Existing axSpA treatments improve physical function and quality of life, and lead to remission in a minority of patients. A consistent MDA state decreases disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. We argue a need to develop MDA in axSpA for clinical practice and clinical trials and propose methodology. Considering that MDA will be used in clinical practice, its elements must be easy to collect and cover both musculoskeletal and extra-articular domains. MDA will complement current disease activity measures in axSpA. SUMMARY:Defining an MDA target in axSpA would provide an outcome measure that is less stringent than remission, and will likely predict function and quality of life. We propose methods to develop MDA in axSpA and that further research be performed to determine if treating to an MDA target in axSpA improves patient outcomes.
journal_name
Curr Opin Rheumatoljournal_title
Current opinion in rheumatologyauthors
Deodhar AA,Kumthekar A,Dubreuil Mdoi
10.1097/BOR.0000000000000387subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-01 00:00:00pages
293-297issue
4eissn
1040-8711issn
1531-6963journal_volume
29pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283588dbb
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000190
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199305040-00006
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e328341137d
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000486
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199801000-00008
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000441
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000541
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283432dd3
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000114
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.bor.0000130537.76808.26
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.bor.0000160780.13012.be
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To help clinicians to distinguish between myositis (and other immune-mediated and immunosuppressant-responsive disorders) and its many clinical mimics. RECENT FINDINGS:Increasing experience has shown that findings from conventional investigations, such as muscle biopsy, can be misleading. More specia...
journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000101
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199305050-00011
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-200307000-00009
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000776
更新日期:2021-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3282f33f87
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.bor.0000231908.57913.2f
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283470ecd
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000124
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000087
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-200311000-00006
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0000000000000506
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002281-199509000-00015
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current opinion in rheumatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/BOR.0b013e32805e87d0
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00