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Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: 2014 update of the recommendations of an international task force

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2015 · Vol. 75(1) · pp. 3–15

Josef S Smolen✉(Klinik Hietzing)Ferdinand C. Breedveld(Leiden University Medical Center)Gerd R Burmester(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Vivian P. Bykerk(Hospital for Special Surgery)Maxime Dougados(Délégation Paris 5)Paul Emery(University of Leeds)Tore K Kvien(Diakonhjemmet Hospital)M Victoria Navarro-Compán(Leiden University Medical Center)Susan Oliver(Nolan Associates (United Kingdom))Monika Schoels(Klinik Hietzing)Marieke Voshaar(European League Against Rheumatism)Tanja Stamm(Medical University of Vienna)Michaela Stoffer(Medical University of Vienna)Tsutomu Takeuchi(Keio University)Daniel Aletaha(Medical University of Vienna)José Luís Andreu(Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda)Martin Aringer(Technische Universität Dresden)Martin Bergman(Drexel University)Neil Betteridge(European League Against Rheumatism)Hans Bijlsma(University Medical Center Utrecht)Harald Burkhardt(Goethe University Frankfurt)Myrna Cardiel(Universidad de Morelia)Bernard Combe(Université de Montpellier)Patrick Durez(Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc)João Eurico Fonseca(University of Lisbon)A. Gibofsky(Hospital for Special Surgery)Juan J. Gómez‐ReinoW. Graninger(Medical University of Graz)Pekka Hannonen(Central Finland Health Care District)Boulos Haraoui(Montreal Clinical Research Institute)Marios Kouloumas(European League Against Rheumatism)Robert Landewé(Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam)E. Martín‐Mola(Hospital Universitario La Paz)Peter Nash(The University of Queensland)Mikkel Østergaard(University of Copenhagen)Andrew J.K. Östör(University of Cambridge)P. Scott Richards(European League Against Rheumatism)Tuulikki Sokka‐Isler(Central Finland Health Care District)Carter Thorne(Southlake Regional Health Center)Athanasios G. Tzioufas(National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Ronald van Vollenhoven(Karolinska University Hospital)M. De Wit(European League Against Rheumatism)Désirée van der Heijde(Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)

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Abstract

The 4 overarching principles and 10 recommendations are based on stronger evidence than before and are supposed to inform patients, rheumatologists and other stakeholders about strategies to reach optimal outcomes of RA.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicineTask forceRheumatoid arthritisTask (project management)Physical therapyImmunologyManagement

MeSH terms

Arthritis, RheumatoidHumansTerminology as TopicPatient Care PlanningPatient ParticipationRemission InductionSeverity of Illness IndexComorbidityAntirheumatic AgentsEvidence-Based MedicineMaintenance Chemotherapy