Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors versus combination intensive therapy with conventional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in established rheumatoid arthritis: TACIT non-inferiority randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMJ on March 13, 2015

Authors

David L Scott1, Fowzia Ibrahim2, Vern Farewell3, Aidan G O'Keeffe4, David Walker5, Clive Kelly6, Fraser Birrell7, Kuntal Chakravarty8, Peter Maddison9, Margaret Heslin10, Anita Patel10, Gabrielle H Kingsley2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, King's College London School of Medicine, London SE5 9RJ, UK d.scott1@nhs.net.
2: Department of Rheumatology, King's College London School of Medicine, London SE5 9RJ, UK.
3: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK.
4: Department of Statistical Science, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
5: Musculoskeletal Unit, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK.
6: Department Of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead NE9 6SX, UK.
7: Department Of Rheumatology, Northumbria Healthcare, Northumberland NE63 9JJ, UK.
8: Department Of Rheumatology, Queen's Hospital, Romford RM7 0AG, UK.
9: School of Medical Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2DG, UK.
10: Centre for the Economics of Mental and Physical Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, UK.

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