Research Topics
| P GeborekSummaryAffiliation: Lund University Hospital Country: Sweden Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Etanercept, infliximab, and leflunomide in established rheumatoid arthritis: clinical experience using a structured follow up programme in southern SwedenP Geborek
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, S 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 61:793-8. 2002....
Tumour necrosis factor blockers do not increase overall tumour risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but may be associated with an increased risk of lymphomasP Geborek
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 64:699-703. 2005..To determine whether TNF blockers increase tumour risk in patients with RA...
Predictors of response to anti-TNF therapy according to ACR and EULAR criteria in patients with established RA: results from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group RegisterL E Kristensen
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:495-9. 2008..To identify factors predicting response to first TNF blocking treatment course in patients with established RA with a special focus on gender differences...
Rapid and sustained health utility gain in anti-tumour necrosis factor-treated inflammatory arthritis: observational data during 7 years in southern SwedenA Gulfe
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 69:352-7. 2010..Industry-independent health economic studies should complement studies sponsored by industry...
Treatment response to a second or third TNF-inhibitor in RA: results from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group RegisterJ A Karlsson
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:507-13. 2008..To study treatment response rates of RA patients undergoing second- and third-line anti-TNF therapy and to identify baseline predictors of response to second-line treatment...
Presence of peripheral arthritis and male sex predicting continuation of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in ankylosing spondylitis: an observational prospective cohort study from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group RegisterL E Kristensen
South Sweden Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:1362-9. 2010..To examine clinical characteristics as possible predictors of long-term treatment continuation with adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients who had never taken biologics treated in clinical practice...
Influenza vaccination as model for testing immune modulation induced by anti-TNF and methotrexate therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patientsM C Kapetanovic
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Kioskgatan 3, S 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:608-11. 2007..To compare serological response to influenza vaccine in patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blockers and/or methotrexate (MTX) and controls...
Hand function tests are important and sensitive tools for assessment of treatment response in patients with rheumatoid arthritisK Eberhardt
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Scand J Rheumatol 37:109-12. 2008....
The number needed to treat for adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab based on ACR50 response in three randomized controlled trials on established rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature reviewL E Kristensen
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Scand J Rheumatol 36:411-7. 2007..To compare the efficacy of adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking concomitant methotrexate (MTX) by calculating the number needed to treat (NNT) using three different methods...
Dose escalation of infliximab therapy in arthritis patients is related to diagnosis and concomitant methotrexate treatment: observational results from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group registerL E Kristensen
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Rheumatology (Oxford) 48:243-5. 2009..To study frequency of dose escalation in infliximab-treated patients and to identify possible predictors thereof...
Efficacy and tolerability of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in psoriatic arthritis patients: results from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group registerL E Kristensen
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 67:364-9. 2008....
Long-term mortality rate in rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease onset in the 1980sMc Kapetanovic
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Scand J Rheumatol 40:433-8. 2011..No RA disease-related factor predicted mortality...
Prevalence and predictive factors of comorbidity in rheumatoid arthritis patients monitored prospectively from disease onset up to 20 years: lack of association between inflammation and cardiovascular diseaseM C Kapetanovic
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Scand J Rheumatol 39:353-9. 2010....
Influence of methotrexate, TNF blockers and prednisolone on antibody responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritisM C Kapetanovic
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Kioskgatan 3, S 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Rheumatology (Oxford) 45:106-11. 2006..To compare antibody responses to 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (Pneumovax) in controls and patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with TNF blockers, methotrexate (MTX) or a combination of both...
Release of cartilage and bone macromolecules into synovial fluid: differences between psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritisB Mansson
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 60:27-31. 2001....
Response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: how useful are they?A Gulfe
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1186-9. 2005....
Extra-articular manifestations in a community-based sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: incidence and relationship to treatment with TNF inhibitorsB M Nyhäll-Wåhlin
Department of Rheumatology, Falun Hospital, Sweden
Scand J Rheumatol 41:434-7. 2012..42 (95% CI 0.10-1.73). Conclusion: Our data show a lower incidence of ExRA in patients treated with TNF inhibitors but further studies with a larger sample size are needed for a more accurate estimate of the size of the effect...
Ten year outcome in a cohort of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: health status, disease process, and damageE Lindqvist
Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, S 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 61:1055-9. 2002..To investigate outcome as measured by health status, disease process, and damage in an unselected group of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) monitored prospectively for 10 years and to search for prognostic factors...
Von Willebrand factor propeptide as a marker of disease activity in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)A Scheja
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Arthritis Res 3:178-82. 2001..Our results suggest that the propeptide, despite a shorter circulating half-time and lower plasma concentrations than vWf, is more useful in the assessment of disease activity in SSc...
TNF inhibitors in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: costs and outcomes in a follow up study of patients with RA treated with etanercept or infliximab in southern SwedenG Kobelt
Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 63:4-10. 2004..To evaluate costs, benefits, and cost effectiveness of tumour necrosis factor inhibitor treatment over one year in routine clinical practice...
Results from a nationwide postmarketing cohort study of patients in Sweden treated with etanerceptN Feltelius
Swedish Medical Products Agency, PO Box 26, SE 751 03 Uppsala, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 64:246-52. 2005..To describe a nationwide system for postmarketing follow up of new antirheumatic drugs in Sweden, and to analyse safety and effectiveness in an etanercept treated patient cohort...
Monitoring patients treated with anti-TNF-alpha biopharmaceuticals: assessing serum infliximab and anti-infliximab antibodiesM Svenson
Institute for Inflammation Research, Rigshospitalet National University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:1828-34. 2007..In this study, we have compared different methods of assessing drug levels and anti-infliximab antibodies (Abs) and analysed the character of these Abs in sera of RA patients treated with infliximab for 1.5-18 months...
Risks of solid cancers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and after treatment with tumour necrosis factor antagonistsJ Askling
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1421-6. 2005..Existing studies of solid cancers in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reflect cancer morbidity up until the early 1990s in prevalent cohorts admitted to hospital during the 1980s...
Haematopoietic malignancies in rheumatoid arthritis: lymphoma risk and characteristics after exposure to tumour necrosis factor antagonistsJ Askling
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1414-20. 2005..Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of malignant lymphomas, and maybe also of leukaemia and multiple myeloma. The effect of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists on lymphoma risk and characteristics is unclear...
Swedish registers to examine drug safety and clinical issues in RAJ Askling
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 65:707-12. 2006..The approach described is a possible prototype for long term surveillance systems needed for the safe introduction of new treatments...
Population based studies of biological antirheumatic drug use in southern Sweden: comparison with pharmaceutical salesP Geborek
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1805-7. 2005
