Albrecht Katinka, Zink Angela
German Rheumatism Research Centre, Epidemiology Unit, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Mar 23;19(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1266-4.
Prognostic factors are used for treatment decisions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). High disease activity, the early presence of erosions, and autoantibody positivity are the most frequently used poor prognostic factors but other features, such as functional disability, extraarticular disease, or multibiomarkers, are also assessed. Prognostic factors are incorporated in current treatment recommendations for the management of RA and are used as inclusion criteria in randomized controlled trials. They are defined heterogeneously and the relevance of a single or combined presence of poor prognostic factors remains unclear. This review summarizes the current definitions of poor prognostic factors and their use in clinical research. Perspectives on future research are also outlined.
预后因素用于类风湿关节炎(RA)的治疗决策。高疾病活动度、早期出现侵蚀以及自身抗体阳性是最常用的不良预后因素,但其他特征,如功能残疾、关节外疾病或多种生物标志物也会被评估。预后因素已纳入当前RA管理的治疗建议中,并用作随机对照试验的纳入标准。它们的定义并不统一,单一或合并存在不良预后因素的相关性仍不明确。本综述总结了不良预后因素的当前定义及其在临床研究中的应用。还概述了未来研究的展望。