Siddiqui M Asif A
Wolters Kluwer Health /Adis, Auckland, New Zealand.
Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2007 May;19(3):308-13. doi: 10.1097/01.bor.0000265447.48722.04.
(1) Biologics have had a tremendous impact on the management of rheumatoid arthritis.(2) Three new biologics have been approved or filed for approval for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the last 2 years: abatacept, rituximab, and tocilizumab.(3) The utility of the newer biologics against the background of existing, well established biologics (infliximab, etanercept, adalimumab, and anakinra) has not been evaluated systematically.
(1)生物制剂对类风湿关节炎的治疗产生了巨大影响。(2)在过去两年中,已有三种新型生物制剂被批准或申请批准用于治疗类风湿关节炎:阿巴西普、利妥昔单抗和托珠单抗。(3)在已有的成熟生物制剂(英夫利昔单抗、依那西普、阿达木单抗和阿那白滞素)背景下,新型生物制剂的效用尚未得到系统评估。