B cell depletion may be more effective than switching to an alternative anti–tumor necrosis factor agent in rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to …

A Finckh, A Ciurea, L Brulhart, D Kyburz… - Arthritis & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in whom the response to anti–tumor
necrosis factor (anti‐TNF) therapy is inadequate have several therapeutic options, such as …

Persistence of ultrasound synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis fulfilling the DAS28 and/or the new ACR/EULAR RA remission definitions: results of an …

P Zufferey, B Möller, L Brulhart, G Tamborrini… - Joint Bone Spine, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The primary aim of the study was to evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
patients considered to be in remission according to clinical criteria sets still had persisting …

Ultrasound evaluation of synovitis in RA: correlation with clinical disease activity and sensitivity to change in an observational cohort study

P Zufferey, L Brulhart, G Tamborrini, A Finckh… - Joint Bone Spine, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the correlation between clinical measures of disease activity and a
ultrasound (US) scoring system for synovitis applied by many different ultrasonographers in a …

The prevalence of anticitrullinated protein antibodies increases with age in healthy individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis

D Alpizar-Rodriguez, L Brulhart, RB Mueller… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
Transition from genetic risk to the development of systemic autoimmunity associated with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a key step for the development of RA and often referred …

Glucocorticoid injections for greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled (GLUTEAL) trial

MJ Nissen, L Brulhart, A Faundez, A Finckh… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Small observational studies suggest that local glucocorticoid (GC) injection may be effective
in the management of the greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). The objective was to …

The importance of sonographer experience and machine quality with regards to the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in routine care of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

L Brulhart, HR Ziswiler, G Tamborrini… - Clinical and …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Objectives Regarding recent progress, musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) will probably soon
be integrated in standard care of patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, in daily care…

Incidence of COVID-19 in patients treated with infliximab compared with patients treated with rituximab

…, B Gilbert, T Cunningham, R Guemara, L Brulhart… - RMD open, 2021 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases treated with
rituximab (RTX) have more severe forms of COVID-19 compared with patients treated with …

Can ultrasound be used to predict loss of remission in patients with RA in a real-life setting? A multicenter cohort study

…, MJ Nissen, A Ciurea, G Tamborrini, L Brulhart… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jrheum.org
Objective. Several studies have suggested that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presenting
with ultrasound (US) synovitis despite clinical remission have more subsequent flares …

Ultrasound is not associated with the presence of systemic autoimmunity or symptoms in individuals at risk for rheumatoid arthritis

L Brulhart, D Alpízar-Rodríguez, MS Nissen… - RMD open, 2019 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective To identify whether musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) abnormalities are associated
with specific phases of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development in individuals at risk of RA. …

Synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis detected by grey scale ultrasound predicts the development of erosions over the next three years

…, M Andor, A Atkinson, B Aubry-Rozier, L Brulhart… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To evaluate grey scale US (GSUS) and power Doppler US synovitis (PDUS),
separately or in combination (CombUS), to predict joint damage progression in RA. Methods In …