Late-onset rheumatoid arthritis registry study, LORIS study: study protocol and design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although drug treatment strategies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are relatively well established, there is a paucity of evidence on the treatment in older patients. The purpose of this study is to build a registry for late-onset RA (LORA), which is expected to increase rapidly worldwide. In addition, we aim to propose optimal treatment strategies according to the patient background including frailty, thereby contributing to improving the quality of treatment and daily living in patients with RA.

Methods/design

The LORIS (Late-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry) Study is a prospective nation-wide multicenter observational study of patients with LORA. The inclusion criteria were patients aged ≥ 65 years at onset, meeting 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for R

SUBMITTER: Kojima M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791765 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature