Efficacy and safety of adalimumab in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: results of a randomised placebo-controlled trial (ABILITY-1).

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on July 07, 2012

Authors

Joachim Sieper1, Désirée van der Heijde, Maxime Dougados, Philip J Mease, Walter P Maksymowych, Matthew A Brown, Vipin Arora, Aileen L Pangan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. joachim.sieper@charite.de

Associated clinical trials:

Study of Adalimumab in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis | NCT00939003

Imaging Biomarkers in Crohn's Associated Spondyloarthritis (MaRCH-on) | NCT02709694

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