Zhang, W., Moskowitz, R.W., Nuki, G., Abramson, S., Altman, R.D., Arden, N., ...
PURPOSE: To develop concise, patient-focussed, up to date, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), which are adaptable and designed to...
Zhang, W., Moskowitz, R.W., Nuki, G., Abramson, S., Altman, R.D., Arden, N., ...
PURPOSE: As a prelude to developing updated, evidence-based, international consensus recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), the Osteoarthritis Research Society...
Determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. (2006)
Vosse, D., Landewé, R., Mielants, H., Dougados, M., ...
Objective: To determine clinical and radiographic determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Methods: Spinal hyperkyphosis was assessed by occiput to wall distance (OWD) in...
Determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. (2006)
Vosse, D., Landewé, R., Mielants, H., Dougados, M., ...
Objective: To determine clinical and radiographic determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Methods: Spinal hyperkyphosis was assessed by occiput to wall distance (OWD) in...
Determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. (2006)
Vosse, D., Landewé, R., GEUSENS, Piet, Mielants, H., Dougados, M., ...
Objective: To determine clinical and radiographic determinants of hyperkyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Methods: Spinal hyperkyphosis was assessed by occiput to wall distance (OWD) in...
Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Arden, N., Bannwarth, B., Bijlsma, J., ...
Objective: To develop evidence based recommendations for the management of hip osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: The multidisciplinary guideline development group comprised 18 rheumatologists, 4...
Spoorenberg, A, Van Tubergen, A, Landewe, R, Dougados, M, Mielants, H, ...
Objective. There is no 'gold standard' to assess disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It is known that patients and physicians have different opinions about disease...
Minimal disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis: A preliminary definition (2005)
Wells, G. A., Boers, M., Shea, B., Brooks, P. M., Simon, L. S., Strand, C. V., ...
Agreement on response criteria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has allowed better standardization and interpretation of clinical trial reports. With recent advances in therapy, the proportion of...
Spoorenberg, A, Van Tubergen, A, Landewe, R, Dougados, M, Mielants, H, ...
Objective. There is no 'gold standard' to assess disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It is known that patients and physicians have different opinions about disease...
Minimal disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis: A preliminary definition (2005)
Wells, G. A., Boers, M., Shea, B., Brooks, P. M., Simon, L. S., Strand, C. V., ...
Agreement on response criteria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has allowed better standardization and interpretation of clinical trial reports. With recent advances in therapy, the proportion of...
Minimal disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis: A preliminary definition (2005)
Wells, G. A., Boers, M., Shea, B., Brooks, P. M., Simon, L. S., Strand, C. V., ...
Agreement on response criteria in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has allowed better standardization and interpretation of clinical trial reports. With recent advances in therapy, the proportion of...
Tubach, F, Baron, G, Falissard, B, Logeart, I, Dougados, M, Bellamy, N, ...
Background: The WOMAC ( Western Ontario and McMaster Universities) function subscale is widely used in clinical trials of hip and knee osteoarthritis. Reducing the number of items of the subscale...
Tubach, F, Ravaud, P, Baron, G, Falissard, B, Logeart, I, Bellamy, N, ...
Background: In clinical trials, at the group level, results are usually reported as mean and standard deviation of the change in score, which is not meaningful for most readers. Objective: To...
Tubach, F, Ravaud, P, Baron, G, Falissard, B, Logeart, I, Bellamy, N, ...
Background: The patient acceptable symptom state ( PASS) is the value beyond which patients can consider themselves well. This concept can help in interpreting results of clinical trials. Objective:...
Furst, Daniel E, Breedveld, F C, Kalden, J R, Smolen, J S, Burmester, G R, Bijlsma, JWJ, ...
As in previous years, the consensus group to consider the use of biological agents was constituted by rheumatologists from the Universities of Erlangen, Leiden, and Vienna in Europe in cooperation...
Clusterin, a potential pathophysiological actor in rheumatoid arthritis (2004)
Devauchelle, V, Breban, M, Dougados, M, Fournier, C, Chiocchia, G
No abstract available.
De Vlam, K, Dougados, M, Mielants, H, De Tempel, HV, VAN DER HEIJDE, Desiree, ...
Objective. To compare reliability and change over time of radiological scoring methods in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods. Two trained observers scored 217 sets of radiographs from baseline and...
Spoorenberg, B, De Vlam, K, Dougados, M, Mielants, H, De Tempel, HV, ...
Objective. To compare reliability and change over time of radiological scoring methods in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods. Two trained observers scored 217 sets of radiographs from baseline and...
Pham, T, Altman, RD, Anderson, JJ, Bellamy, N, Hochberg, M, ...
Background: The OARSI Standing Committee for Clinical Trials Response Criteria Initiative had developed two sets of responder criteria to present the results of changes after treatment in three...
Jordan, K.M., Arden, N.K., Doherty, M., Bannwarth, B., Bijlsma, J.W., Dieppe, P., ...
Objectives: To update the EULAR recommendations for management of knee osteoarthritis (OA) by an evidence based medicine and expert opinion approach. Methods: The literature search and guidelines...
Van Tubergen, A, Anderson, J, Landewe, R, Dougados, M, Braun, J, Bellamy, N, ...
Objective: To investigate whether the recently developed (statistically derived) "ASsessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis Working Group" improvement criteria (ASAS-IC) for ankylosing spondylitis (AS)...
Van Tubergen, A, Anderson, J, Landewe, R, Dougados, M, Braun, J, Bellamy, N, ...
Objective: To investigate whether the recently developed (statistically derived) "ASsessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis Working Group" improvement criteria (ASAS-IC) for ankylosing spondylitis (AS)...
Pham, T, Calin, A, Khan, MA, Bellamy, N, ...
Background: There is ample evidence of important symptomatic efficacy of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) inhibition in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Moreover, studies suggest that anti-TNF...
Van Tubergen, A., Anderson, J., Landewe, R., Dougados, M., Braun, J., ...
Objective: To investigate whether the recently developed (statistically derived) "ASsessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis Working Group" improvement criteria (ASAS-IC) for ankylosing spondylitis (AS)...
Pham, T, Lassere, M, Altman, RD, Anderson, JJ, Bellamy, N, ...
Improvement in analysis and reporting results of osteoarthritis (OA) clinical trials has been recently obtained because of harmonization and standardization of the selection of outcome variables...
Reliability of self assessed joint counts in ankylosing spondylitis (2002)
Spoorenberg, A, Dougados, M, De Vlam, K, Mielants, H, ...
Objective: To determine the reliability of self reported joint counts to assess pain or swelling in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: 2 17 outpatients fulfilling the modified New York criteria...
Reliability of self assessed joint counts in ankylosing spondylitis (2002)
Spoorenberg, A, Dougados, M, De Vlam, K, Mielants, H, ...
Objective: To determine the reliability of self reported joint counts to assess pain or swelling in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: 2 17 outpatients fulfilling the modified New York criteria...
Van Tubergen, A., Andersen, J., Landewe, R., Dougados, M., Bellamy, N., ...
Objective: To investigate whether the recently developed (statistically derived) "ASsessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis Working Group" improvement criteria (ASAS-IC) for ankylosing spondylitis (AS)...
Pham, T., Altman, R., Bellamy, N., Hochberg, M., Simon, L., ...
Towards a definition of "difference" in osteoarthritis (2001)
Bellamy, N, Carr, A, Dougados, M, Shea, B, Wells, G
To assess existing information regarding detectable differences in osteoarthritis (OA), a systematic literature search was conducted up to December 1999. Thirty-three articles were considered...
Dougados, M, LeClaire, P, Bloch, DA, Bellamy, N, Altman, RD, VAN DER HEIJDE, Desiree
Background: The domains of pain, function and patient's global assessment are identified as core variables and frequently measured in clinical trials of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip...
Dougados, M, LeClaire, P, Bloch, DA, Bellamy, N, Altman, RD, VAN DER HEIJDE, Desiree
Background: The domains of pain, function and patient's global assessment are identified as core variables and frequently measured in clinical trials of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip...
Sulphasalazine in ankylosing spondylitis: a double blind controlled study in 60 patients.
Dougados, M, Boumier, P, Amor, B
Sulphasalazine has been reported to be effective in ankylosing spondylitis with peripheral arthritis, but its efficacy in spondylitis is unknown. Thus 60 patients with active ankylosing spondylitis...
Sulphasalazine in ankylosing spondylitis: a double blind controlled study in 60 patients.
Dougados, M, Boumier, P, Amor, B
Sulphasalazine has been reported to be effective in ankylosing spondylitis with peripheral arthritis, but its efficacy in spondylitis is unknown. Thus 60 patients with active ankylosing spondylitis...
Nonathymulin in rheumatoid arthritis: two double blind, placebo controlled trials.
Amor, B, Dougados, M, Mery, C, Dardenne, M, Bach, J F
Two randomised double blind, placebo controlled trials have been carried out to assess the effectiveness of nonathymulin, a synthetic thymic peptide hormone, in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis...
Cyclosporin in rheumatoid arthritis: a double blind, placebo controlled study in 52 patients.
Dougados, M, Awada, H, Amor, B
The efficacy and safety of cyclosporin A (CyA) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis were assessed in a four month double blind, placebo controlled study using an initial dosage of 5 mg/kg daily....
Dougados, M, Duchesne, L, Awada, H, Amor, B
The efficacy of cyclosporin in a double blind, placebo controlled trial of four months' duration has previously been reported by us. To assess the benefit-to-risk of cyclosporin this study was...
Evaluation of sulphasalazine in the treatment of spondyloarthropathies.
Dougados, M, Maetzel, A, Mijiyawa, M, Amor, B
Sulphasalazine has been shown to have an effect in patients with spondyloarthropathies, but the clinical indication for its use is controversial and its long term effect has not yet been evaluated....
Crilly, A, Kolta, S, Dougados, M, Sturrock, R D, Amor, B, Capell, H A, ...
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the effect of cyclosporin A (CyA) therapy on circulating concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) in patients with rheumatoid...
Dougados, M, Gueguen, A, Nguyen, M, Berdah, L, Lequesne, M, Mazieres, B, ...
OBJECTIVES: To determine a cut off value for changes in radiological joint space width that allowed definition of radiological progression of hip osteoarthritis not related to measurement method...
Ravaud, P., Giraudeau, B., Auleley, G., Drape, J., Rousselin, B., Paolozzi, L., ...
OBJECTIVES—(1) To assess reproducibility of medial knee joint space width (JSW) measurement in healthy subjects and osteoarthritic (OA) patients. (2) To define minimal relevant radiological change...
Auleley, G., Rousselin, B., Ayral, X., Edouard-Noel, R., Dougados, M., Ravaud, P.
OBJECTIVE—To assess the effect of standing position on joint space width (JSW) measurements of the hips with and without osteoarthritis (OA) on pelvic radiographs. METHODS—Adult patients aged...
Are radiological joint space widths of normal hips asymmetrical?
Reis, P., Nahal-Said, R., Ravaud, P., Dougados, M., Amor, B.
BACKGROUND—To be certain that the joint space width is abnormal in the case of hip joint pain when compared with the contralateral hip requires knowledge of physiological dissymmetry. AIM OF THE...
Dougados, M., Combe, B., Cantagrel, A., Goupille, P., Olive, P., Schattenkirchner, M., ...
OBJECTIVES—To investigate the potential clinical benefit of a combination therapy. METHODS—205 patients fulfilling the ACR criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), not treated with disease...
Pendleton, A, Arden, N, Dougados, M, Doherty, M, Bannwarth, B, Bijlsma, J, ...
BACKGROUND—Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease encountered throughout Europe. A task force for the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinical Trials met in 1998 to determine the...
Auleley, G., Giraudeau, B., Dougados, M., Ravaud, P.
OBJECTIVE—To compare radiographic reading procedures and evaluate their impact on sample size in hip osteoarthritis (OA) longitudinal studies. METHODS—Pelvic radiographs performed twice, three...