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Peter C Taylor, ACR 2020 – Therapy Reduction in RA Patients in Remission: The SEAM-RA Trial (Part 1)

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Published Online: Nov 19th 2020

Following ACR Convergence 2020 we speak with Peter C Taylor (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) about his highlights from the meeting.  

Part 1 in the series covers the SEAM-RA study designed to investigate the effect of therapy reduction in RA patients with persistent submission receiving a combination of methotrexate and etanercept.

The abstract entitled ‘Maintenance of Remission After Withdrawal of Etanercept or Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission on Combination Therapy: Results from a Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial’ was presented at ACR Convergence 2020.

Other highlights in this series include PART 2, PART 3 and PART 4.

Disclosures: Peter C Taylor reports receiving: Research grants from Celgene, Galapagos, Gilead and Lilly; and consultation fees from AbbVie, BMS, Biogen, Fresenius, Galapagos, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Lilly, Nordic Pharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and UCB.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd.

Filmed in coverage of virtual ACR Convergence 2020.

 

 

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