Efficacy and safety of ascending methotrexate dose in combination with adalimumab: the randomised CONCERTO trial.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on February 18, 2014

Authors

Gerd-Rűdiger Burmester1, Alan J Kivitz2, Hartmut Kupper3, Udayasankar Arulmani4, Stefan Florentinus5, Sandra L Goss4, Suchitrita S Rathmann4, Roy M Fleischmann6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
2: Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pennsylvania, USA.
3: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
4: AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
5: AbbVie, Rungis, France.
6: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Study to Determine the Effects of Different Doses of Methotrexate (MTX) When Taken With Adalimumab in Subjects With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (CONCERTO) | NCT01185301

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