Drug Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Covid-19 Context : Impact on Therapeutic De-escalation (RHUMACOVID)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04393233

RHUMACOVID ( 29BRC20.0110)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current situation of Sars-Cov-2 pandemic generates fears in the general population. Among patients receiving long-term immunomodulatory drugs, especially in the context of auto-immune diseases, there may be legitimates interrogations about the appropriateness of continuing treatment, without modification, in the current context. Most patients with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis benefit from long-term immunmodulatory therapy (DMARD - disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug), more or less combined with regular use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or corticosteroids.The present study will characterize this issue by defining the proportion of patients whose usual treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis has been modified in relation to the actual sanitary crisis.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Rheumatoid arthritis satisfying ACR/EULAR criteria
• Ongoing DMARD therapy

Exclusion criteria

• Inhability to consent