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A systematic review of the effectiveness of adalimumab

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List <strong>of</strong> abbreviations continued<br />

MCP metacarpophalangeal joint<br />

MHAQ Modified Health Assessment<br />

Questionnaire<br />

MRI magnetic resonance imaging<br />

MTX methotrexate<br />

NA not applicable<br />

NICE National Institute for Health and<br />

Clinical Excellence<br />

NNH number needed to harm<br />

NNT number needed to treat<br />

NR not reported<br />

NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory<br />

drug<br />

Pall palliation<br />

PCT primary care trust<br />

PREMIER A prospective, randomised trial<br />

(DE013) comparing <strong>adalimumab</strong>,<br />

methotrexate, and <strong>the</strong> combination<br />

<strong>of</strong> both over 2 years in patients<br />

with early rheumatoid arthritis<br />

PSS Personal and Social Services<br />

QoL quality <strong>of</strong> life<br />

QALY quality-adjusted life-year<br />

QSE quasi-standard error<br />

TNF-R tumour necrosis factor receptor<br />

RA rheumatoid arthritis<br />

RCT randomised controlled trial<br />

RD risk difference<br />

RR relative risk<br />

s.c. subcutaneous<br />

Health Technology Assessment 2006; Vol. 10: No. 42<br />

SAE serious adverse event<br />

SD standard deviation<br />

SDD smallest detectable difference<br />

SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and<br />

End Results<br />

SEM standard error <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mean<br />

SF-36 Short Form 36<br />

SJC swollen joint count<br />

SLE systemic lupus ery<strong>the</strong>matosus<br />

SMD standardised mean difference<br />

SSZ sulfasalazine<br />

STAR Safety Trial <strong>of</strong> Adalimumab in<br />

Rheumatoid Arthritis<br />

START Safety Trial for Rheumatoid<br />

Arthritis with Remicade Therapy<br />

sTNFR soluble tumour necrosis factor<br />

receptor<br />

TACE tumour necrosis factor-<br />

converting enzyme<br />

TEMPO Trial <strong>of</strong> Etanercept and<br />

Methotrexate with Radiographic<br />

Patient Outcomes<br />

TJC tender joint count<br />

TNF tumour necrosis factor<br />

TNF- tumour necrosis factor-<br />

VAS visual analogue scale<br />

WMD weighted mean difference<br />

WR weighted response<br />

All abbreviations that have been used in this report are listed here unless <strong>the</strong> abbreviation is well known (e.g. NHS), or<br />

it has been used only once, or it is a non-standard abbreviation used only in figures/tables/appendices in which case<br />

<strong>the</strong> abbreviation is defined in <strong>the</strong> figure legend or at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> table.<br />

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