Review: treat to target in rheumatoid arthritis: fact, fiction, or hypothesis?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout.Arthritis care & research · 2020
   Guideline
2. Intensive therapy and remissions in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018
   Pooled it
3. Patient goals in rheumatoid arthritis care: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis.Musculoskeletal care · 2017
   Pooled it
4. Biomarkers as potential treatment targets in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2015
   Pooled it
5. Development of prediction models to select older RA patients with comorbidities for treatment with chronic low-dose glucocorticoids.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2023
   Trial
6. Enhancing Patient Understanding of Medication Risks and Benefits.Arthritis care & research · 2022
   Trial
7. Treat-to-Target Strategy for Asian Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Result of a Multicenter Trial in Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2018
   Trial
8. Telepsychiatrists' Medication Treatment Strategies in the Children's Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Telemental Health Treatment Study.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2016
   Trial
9. Changes in Soluble CD18 in Murine Autoimmune Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Reflect Disease Establishment and Treatment Response.PloS one · 2016
   Trial
10. Effect of tight control of inflammation in early psoriatic arthritis (TICOPA): a UK multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2015
    Trial
11. Disease activity guided dose reduction and withdrawal of adalimumab or etanercept compared with usual care in rheumatoid arthritis: open label, randomised controlled, non-inferiority trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2015
    Trial
12. Effectiveness of a telehealth service delivery model for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a community-based randomized controlled trial.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2015
    Trial
13. Real-World Analysis of Initial Clinical Response and Future Outcomes Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating and Remaining on a First-Line Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor in the United States.Rheumatology and therapy · 2026
    Article
14. Text-based messaging to support rheumatoid arthritis care: an analysis of frequency and content of text-messages.BMC rheumatology · 2025
    Article
15. The Feasibility and Impact of Implementing Interventions to Reduce Short-Acting βAdvances in therapy · 2025
    Review
16. Advancing Remission in Severe Asthma With Benralizumab: Latest Findings, Current Perspectives and Future Direction.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
    Review
17. Remote-Customized Telecontrol for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The iARPlus (Innovative Approach in Rheumatology) Initiative.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025
    Article
18. Rituximab use in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study of 52 Patients at a Saudi Arabian Hospital.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024
    Article
19. Patients with High Baseline Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Exhibit Better Response to Filgotinib as Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis.Rheumatology and therapy · 2024
    Article
20. "How are you?" Perspectives From Patients and Health Care Providers of Text Messaging to Support Rheumatoid Arthritis Care: A Thematic Analysis.ACR open rheumatology · 2024
    Article

19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Funding

Abstract

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