Remission: Is this an achievable target when treating Rheumatoid Arthritis?

This interview took place in February 2011 during the Excellence in Rheumatology conference in Istanbul.

Watch Professor Kvien (Head of Department of Rheumatology, University of Oslo, Diakonhjemet Hospital) provide his opinions on whether the goals of remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are achievable. Observe as he discusses, that importance needs to be given to individual goals for every patient with initial action surrounding disease modifying therapy, keeping in mindthat achieving remission remains as the target with patients. Professor Kvien also addresses caution from registry data that patients with established RA are not able to achieve complete remission and speculates on the new ACR/EULAR criteria for RA treatment.

Interview script available. Click here to download.