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DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272510
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Rheumatoide Arthritis – Meilensteine für Klassifikation und Therapie
Rheumatoid arthritis: milestones in classification and treatmentPublication History
Publication Date:
26 January 2011 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Neue Klassifikationskriterien der rheumatoiden Arthritis (RA) des „American College of Rheumatology” (ACR) sowie der „European League Against Rheumatism” (EULAR) ermöglichen die frühere Einordnung von Arthritiden als RA und damit den früheren Beginn einer Therapie. Diese sind ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung der frühen Diagnose und Behandlung. Darüber hinaus legen die EULAR Therapieempfehlungen der RA den Stellenwert der Biologika im Therapiealgorithmus erstmals mit umfangreicher wissenschaftlicher Evidenz und unter Berücksichtigung der Kosteneffizienz fest. Möglich ist nun den Einsatz von Biologika nach dem ersten Versagen von Basistherapeutika (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs [DMARDs]), wenn ungünstige prognostische Faktoren bestehen. Methotrexat steht als DMARD im Mittelpunkt der Therapie.
Abstract
New classification criteria of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) allow the early assignment of arthritides as RA and thus early start of therapy. This is an important step towards early diagnosis and treatment. The EULAR recommendations for the treatment of RA for the first time define the value of biologicals by means of therapeutic algorithms based on extensive scientific evidence and taking into account cost-effectiveness. As a result biologicals can be used after the first failure of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), if there are unfavourable prognostic factors. Methotrexate is, as a DMARD, at the centre of treatment.
Schlüsselwörter
rheumatoide Arthritis - Klassifikation - Basistherapeutika - DMARDS - Biologika
Keywords
rheumatoid arthritis - classification - disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs - DMARDS - biologicals
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