Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology for the management of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who cannot be treated with methotrexate

UDC.coleccionInvestigación
UDC.departamentoFisioterapia, Medicina e Ciencias Biomédicas
UDC.endPage138
UDC.grupoInvReumatoloxía (INIBIC)
UDC.institutoCentroINIBIC - Instituto de Investigacións Biomédicas de A Coruña
UDC.issue3
UDC.journalTitleReumatologia Clinica
UDC.startPage127
UDC.volume13
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Vicuña, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorMartín-Martínez, María Auxiliadora
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Crespo, María Auxiliadora
dc.contributor.authorTornero-Molina, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Nebro, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorBlanco García, Francisco J
dc.contributor.authorBlanco Alonso, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorMarsal, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T09:43:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-01T09:43:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-20
dc.descriptionPractice guideline
dc.description.abstract[Abstract] To establish a set of recommendations for the management of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who cannot be treated with methotrexate (MTX) due to contraindications, drug toxicity or lack of adherence, and to establish therapeutic strategies more effective and safer in these RA patients. A qualitative analysis of the scientific evidence available to June 2015. The 2-round Delphi technique of consensus was used to collect and establish expert opinion based on the participants' clinical experience when only low quality evidence was available. A total of eighteen recommendations were developed for the management of this patient profile. Fourteen of these recommendations were related to drug safety aspects. Recommendations on contraindication and toxicity of MTX have been updated. The experts recommend the use of biological monotherapy, a preferred treatment option, in patients whose profiles reveal a contraindication, intolerance or circumstances that prevent us against the use of MTX. There is some high-quality scientific evidence that supports contraindication and establishes certain conditions of MTX use in RA patients with specific clinical profiles.
dc.description.abstract[Resumen] El objetivo es establecer recomendaciones para el manejo del paciente con artritis reumatoide (AR) que no puede utilizar metotrexato (MTX) por contraindicación, toxicidad o falta de adherencia farmacológica, y establecer las estrategias terapéuticas más eficaces y seguras. Se realizó un análisis cualitativo de la evidencia científica disponible hasta junio de 2015. Se utilizó un Delphi con un panel de 17 reumatólogos para consolidar la opinión de expertos en aquellas recomendaciones con ausencia o baja calidad científica. Se elaboraron 18 recomendaciones, y 14 de ellas abordan aspectos de seguridad. Se han actualizado las recomendaciones sobre la contraindicación del MTX y su toxicidad, y se recomienda como una opción terapéutica preferente la utilización de monoterapia biológica en pacientes con contraindicación, intolerancia o circunstancias que desaconsejan el uso de MTX. Existe evidencia científica de buena calidad que contraindica y extrema la utilización de MTX en pacientes con AR con determinados perfiles clínicos.
dc.identifier.citationGarcía-Vicuña R, Martín-Martínez MA, Gonzalez-Crespo MR, Tornero-Molina J, Fernández-Nebro A, Blanco-García FJ, Blanco-Alonso R, Marsal-Barril S. Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology for the management of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who cannot be treated with methotrexate. Reumatol Clin. 2017 May-Jun;13(3):127-138. English, Spanish.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/J.REUMA.2016.10.002
dc.identifier.issn1885-1398
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2183/48715
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/J.REUMA.2016.10.002
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectRheumatoid arthritis
dc.subjectMethotrexate
dc.subjectContraindications
dc.subjectToxicity
dc.subjectMedication adherence
dc.subjectAnti-rheumatic agents
dc.subjectArtritis reumatoide
dc.subjectMetrotrexato
dc.subjectContraindicación
dc.subjectToxicidad
dc.subjectAdherencia farmacológica
dc.subjectFármacos antirreumáticos
dc.titleRecommendations by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology for the management of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who cannot be treated with methotrexate
dc.title.alternativeDocumento de Recomendaciones de la Sociedad Española de Reumatología para el manejo clínico del paciente con artritis reumatoide que no puede utilizar metotrexato
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