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Face Validity. Prevalence of remission (%) in recent trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.*
| Remission definition | DMARD monotherapy (n=380) |
Biological monotherapy (n=520) |
Combination Therapy (n=330) |
Total (n=1230) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJC,SJC,CRP,PtGA | 9 | 7 | 22 | 12 |
| TJC,SJC,CRP,PtGA,pain | 8 | 6 | 20 | 12 |
| TJC,SJC,CRP,PhGA,PtGA | 8 | 7 | 20 | 10 |
| TJC,SJC,CRP,PhGA,pain | 8 | 6 | 20 | 10 |
| TJC,SJC,CRP,PhGA,PtGA,pain | 7 | 6 | 18 | 9 |
| DAS28 <2.6 | 19 | 17 | 35 | 21 |
| DAS28<2.0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 10 |
| SDAI ≤ 3.3 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 14 |
