Rhupus Syndrome and Efficacy of Etanercept Treatment

the First People's Hospital of Chenzhou

between March 2013 and March 2014, Rhupus patients were enrolled to receive a 25-mg etanercept injection subcutaneously twice a week. The follow-up time of the study was 24 weeks.

between March 2013 and March 2014, patients who were unresponsive to therapy with corticosteroid and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), with a Disease Activity Score in 28 Joints (DAS28) >5.1 were enrolled to receive a 25-mg etanercept injection subcutaneously twice a week. The follow-up time of the study was 24 weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Rhupus patients who were unresponsive to therapy with corticosteroid and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), with a Disease Activity Score in 28 Joints (DAS28) >5.1

Exclusion Criteria:

- those who had participated in other studies