National Data Bank for Rheumatic Disease Registry Study of Safety in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Cimzia® or Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)

National Data Bank for Rheumatic Disease (NDB) Registry Study of Safety in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients Treated With Certolizumab Pegol (CZP; Cimzia®) and Non-biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug (DMARD) Therapies

Observational registry to assess the longer-term risk of serious infections and malignancies reported with TNFα-blocker therapy, as well as the longer-term risk of cardiovascular and thromboembolic events in adult Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients treated with Cimzia® as compared to non-biologic DMARD-treated controls.

Inclusion Criteria:

• RA and started treatment with certolizumab pegol (Cimzia®; CZP) or non-biologic DMARD within the last 6 months