Two-year results of disease activity score (DAS)-remission-steered treatment strategies aiming at drug-free remission in early arthritis patients (the IMPROVED-study)

[1] Grigor C(2004)Effect of a treatment strategy of tight control for rheumatoid arthritis (the TICORA study): a single-blind randomised controlled trial Lancet 364 263-9

[2] Capell H(2005)Early suppression of disease activity is essential for maintenance of work capacity in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: five-year experience from the FIN-RACo trial Arthritis Rheum 52 36-41

[3] Stirling A(2008)Tight control and intensified COBRA combination treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: 90 % remission in a pilot trial Ann Rheum Dis 67 1574-7

[4] McMahon AD(2010)2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Ann Rheum Dis 69 1580-8

[5] Lock P(2013)Induction therapy with a combination of DMARDs is better than methotrexate monotherapy: first results of the tREACH trial Ann Rheum Dis 72 72-8

[6] Vallance R(2010)Impact of T-cell costimulation modulation in patients with undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis or very early rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and imaging study of abatacept (the ADJUST trial) Ann Rheum Dis 69 510-6

[7] Puolakka K(2010)The Stop Arthritis Very Early (SAVE) trial, an international multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on glucocorticoids in very early arthritis Ann Rheum Dis 69 495-502

[8] Kautiainen H(2007)A randomized controlled trial of early intervention with intraarticular corticosteroids followed by sulfasalazine versus conservative treatment in early oligoarthritis Arthritis Rheum 57 154-60

[9] Mottonen T(2008)Does the use of tumour necrosis factor antagonist therapy in poor prognosis, undifferentiated arthritis prevent progression to rheumatoid arthritis? Ann Rheum Dis 67 1178-80

[10] Hannonen P(2007)Efficacy of methotrexate treatment in patients with probable rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial Arthritis Rheum 56 1424-32

[1] Grigor C(2004)Effect of a treatment strategy of tight control for rheumatoid arthritis (the TICORA study): a single-blind randomised controlled trial Lancet 364 263-9

[2] Capell H(2005)Early suppression of disease activity is essential for maintenance of work capacity in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: five-year experience from the FIN-RACo trial Arthritis Rheum 52 36-41

[3] Stirling A(2008)Tight control and intensified COBRA combination treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: 90 % remission in a pilot trial Ann Rheum Dis 67 1574-7

[4] McMahon AD(2010)2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Ann Rheum Dis 69 1580-8

[5] Lock P(2013)Induction therapy with a combination of DMARDs is better than methotrexate monotherapy: first results of the tREACH trial Ann Rheum Dis 72 72-8

[6] Vallance R(2010)Impact of T-cell costimulation modulation in patients with undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis or very early rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and imaging study of abatacept (the ADJUST trial) Ann Rheum Dis 69 510-6

[7] Puolakka K(2010)The Stop Arthritis Very Early (SAVE) trial, an international multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on glucocorticoids in very early arthritis Ann Rheum Dis 69 495-502

[8] Kautiainen H(2007)A randomized controlled trial of early intervention with intraarticular corticosteroids followed by sulfasalazine versus conservative treatment in early oligoarthritis Arthritis Rheum 57 154-60

[9] Mottonen T(2008)Does the use of tumour necrosis factor antagonist therapy in poor prognosis, undifferentiated arthritis prevent progression to rheumatoid arthritis? Ann Rheum Dis 67 1178-80

[10] Hannonen P(2007)Efficacy of methotrexate treatment in patients with probable rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial Arthritis Rheum 56 1424-32