Therapeutic Strategy in Patients Treated With Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Therapeutic Strategy in Rheumatology When Faced With a Patient Treated With Methotrexate (MTX) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

This is a longitudinal, observational, prospective, multicentre study conducted in metropolitan France, among a representative sample of office-based or mixed practice rheumatology doctors.

The aim of this study is to describe in real life, the therapy strategy when faced with a patient treated with methotrexate as a monotherapy consulting for rheumatoid arthritis and the impact on the progression of the disease at 6 months.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patient, ambulatory, seen in a rheumatology consultation.
• With a confirmed diagnosis of RA (ACR 1987 or ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria) receiving a disease-modifying treatment with methotrexate as a monotherapy.
• With clinical, functional, structural and/or therapeutic disease progression, for whom the rheumatologist intends to change the therapeutic treatment of the RA .
• Informed about the computer processing of their medical data and their right of access and correction.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient not treated with methotrexate for their RA.
• Already treated with a biotherapy or receiving other synthetic DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs) in combination with methotrexate .
• Participating in a clinical trial in rheumatology.