Remission and Joint Damage Progression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Summary

This is a world wide study to evaluate the remission and joint damage in subjects treated with abatacept in addition to methotrexate versus subjects who receive methotrexate along with a placebo.

Timeline

Start

2005-07

Primary completion

2008-02

Completion

2009-02

Publications

• Durez P, Westhovens R, Baeke F, Elbez Y, Robert S, Ahmad HA. Identification of poor prognostic joint locations in an early rheumatoid arthritis cohort at risk of rapidly progressing disease: a post-hoc analysis of the Phase III AGREE study. BMC Rheumatol. 2022 Apr 14;6(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s41927-022-00252-4.
• Jansen DTSL, Emery P, Smolen JS, Westhovens R, Le Bars M, Connolly SE, Ye J, Toes REM, Huizinga TWJ. Conversion to seronegative status after abatacept treatment in patients with early and poor prognostic rheumatoid arthritis is associated with better radiographic outcomes and sustained remission: post hoc analysis of the AGREE study. RMD Open. 2018 Mar 30;4(1):e000564. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000564. eCollection 2018.
• Smolen JS, Wollenhaupt J, Gomez-Reino JJ, Grassi W, Gaillez C, Poncet C, Le Bars M, Westhovens R. Attainment and characteristics of clinical remission according to the new ACR-EULAR criteria in abatacept-treated patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: new analyses from the Abatacept study to Gauge Remission and joint damage progression in methotrexate (MTX)-naive patients with Early Erosive rheumatoid arthritis (AGREE). Arthritis Res Ther. 2015 Jun 11;17(1):157. doi: 10.1186/s13075-015-0671-9.
• Bathon J, Robles M, Ximenes AC, Nayiager S, Wollenhaupt J, Durez P, Gomez-Reino J, Grassi W, Haraoui B, Shergy W, Park SH, Genant H, Peterfy C, Becker JC, Covucci A, Moniz Reed D, Helfrick R, Westhovens R. Sustained disease remission and inhibition of radiographic progression in methotrexate-naive patients with rheumatoid arthritis and poor prognostic factors treated with abatacept: 2-year outcomes. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Nov;70(11):1949-56. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.145268. Epub 2011 Aug 6.

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