Treatment of Early Aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis (TEAR)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to 1)to determine if it is better to treat all early RA patients with methotrexate in combination with hydroxychloroquine plus sulfasalazine or in combination with etanercept or reserve this treatment for patients who do not appropriately respond to methotrexate alone and 2) to determine which combination of methotrexate therapy is better

Timeline

Start

2004-05

Primary completion

2009-06

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Results Moreland LW, O'Dell JR, Paulus HE, Curtis JR, Bathon JM, St Clair EW, Bridges SL Jr, Zhang J, McVie T, Howard G, van der Heijde D, Cofield SS; TEAR Investigators. A randomized comparative effectiveness study of oral triple therapy versus etanercept plus methotrexate in early aggressive rheumatoid arthritis: the treatment of Early Aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Sep;64(9):2824-35. doi: 10.1002/art.34498.
• Charles-Schoeman C, Yin Lee Y, Shahbazian A, Wang X, Elashoff D, Curtis JR, Navarro-Millan I, Yang S, Chen L, Cofield SS, Moreland LW, Paulus H, O'Dell J, Bathon J, Louis Bridges S Jr, Reddy ST. Improvement of High-Density Lipoprotein Function in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Methotrexate Monotherapy or Combination Therapies in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Jan;69(1):46-57. doi: 10.1002/art.39833.
• Hwang YG, Balasubramani GK, Metes ID, Levesque MC, Bridges SL Jr, Moreland LW. Differential response of serum amyloid A to different therapies in early rheumatoid arthritis and its potential value as a disease activity biomarker. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 May 17;18(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s13075-016-1009-y.
• Charles-Schoeman C, Wang X, Lee YY, Shahbazian A, Navarro-Millan I, Yang S, Chen L, Cofield SS, Moreland LW, O'Dell J, Bathon JM, Paulus H, Bridges SL Jr, Curtis JR. Association of Triple Therapy With Improvement in Cholesterol Profiles Over Two-Year Followup in the Treatment of Early Aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Mar;68(3):577-86. doi: 10.1002/art.39502.
• Maska LB, Sayles HR, O'Dell JR, Curtis JR, Bridges SL Jr, Moreland LW, Cofield SS, Mikuls TR. Serum cotinine as a biomarker of tobacco exposure and the association with treatment response in early rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Dec;64(12):1804-10. doi: 10.1002/acr.21758.

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