PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vinall, Phil ED - Owczarczyk, Kasia TI - Monotherapy in Comparison to Patients with Concomitant DMARD Therapy DP - 2007 Sep 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 31--32 VI - 7 IP - 4 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/31.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/31.full AB - This article discusses the results of a double-blind phase 2 trial which suggest that in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), despite methotrexate (MTX) treatment, a single course of two infusions of rituximab (alone or in combination with either cyclophosphamide or continued methotrexate) provided significant improvement in disease symptoms [Edwards JCW et al. N Engl J Med 2006].