Comparison of tocilizumab monotherapy versus methotrexate monotherapy in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis: The AMBITION study
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...Recent data suggest that monotherapy with tocilizumab is more effective than monotherapy with DMARDs such as MTX...
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...The primary end point was the proportion of patients with an ACR20 response at week 24....
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...Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterised by joint pain, stiffness and swelling due to synovial inflammation, as well as fatigue and limitations in physical function, and increased morbidity and mortality....
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...To date, there is limited evidence that monotherapy with other treatments is better than methotrexate, as neither etanercept nor adalimumab monotherapy were statistically better than methotrexate in standard clinical efficacy parameters at 24 weeks in the ERA, TEMPO, and PREMIER trials....
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