RESEARCH - Golimumab useful for RA

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Golimumab Useful for Rheumatoid Arthritis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 17 - Monthly injections of golimumab,

either alone or with methotrexate (MTX), may reduce the signs and

symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in MTX-naive patients, the results of

an ongoing phase III trial suggest.

However, a primary intermediate end point--American College of

Rheumatology 50% improvement response (ACR50) at week 24--was not met,

according to a report in the August issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

" Although the ACR50 response rates were clinically relevant, the size

of the overall sample studied may not have been large enough to reach

robust statistical significance, " the researchers note.

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