DAPSA, DAS28 and MDA predict long-term treatment regime in psoriatic arthritis. The Swedish Early Psoriatic Arthritis Cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: Disease activity in early M/O and P PsA is to be considered in deciding the level of health care assessment and future pharmacological treatment. DAS28 >3.2 and DAPSA>14 early in the disease predict subsequent treatment with DMARD. For prediction of biological treatment, not reaching MDA at onset of disease, would be the composite index of choice. PMID: 28628468 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research