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Tofacitinib versus Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s) -
Eun Bong Lee,
Roy Fleischmann,
Stephen Hall,
Bethanie Wilkinson,
John Bradley,
David Gruben,
Tamás Koncz,
Sriram Krishnaswami,
Gene V. Wallenstein,
Chuanbo Zang,
Samuel H. Zwillich,
Ronald van Vollenhoven
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1310476
Subject(s) - tofacitinib , medicine , methotrexate , rheumatoid arthritis , janus kinase inhibitor , rheumatology , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , arthritis , gastroenterology , surgery
Methotrexate is the most frequently used first-line antirheumatic drug. We report the findings of a phase 3 study of monotherapy with tofacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, as compared with methotrexate monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had not previously received methotrexate or therapeutic doses of methotrexate.

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