PREDICTION OF DRUG-FREE REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

摘要

Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and products for use in the determination of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Particularly, although not exclusively, embodiments of the present invention relate to predicting the likelihood of a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis maintaining remission following cessation of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Certain embodiments of the present invention are based on the determination of certain biomarkers of drug-free remission in RA following cessation of DMARD therapy.