2013 Perspectives In Rheumatic Diseases Conference Highlights CME Post Test
8 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
- More than ___% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis have radiographic abnormalities within 2 years of diagnosis.
- A.
60%
- B.
70%
- C.
80%
- D.
90%
- 2.According to the ACR/EULAR classification criteria published in 2010, a diagnosis of “definite RA” is indicated by a score of ___ or more out of a possible 10.
- A.
2
- B.
4
- C.
6
- D.
8
- 3.The concept of treating to target began to emerge as an accepted clinical strategy following publication of:
- A.
A. The ACR EULAR classification criteria
- B.
B. The ADACTA (ADalamumab ACTemrA) study
- C.
C. The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI)
- D.
D. The Tight Control for Rheumatoid Arthritis (TICORA) trial
- 4.Which one of the following assessment tools relies entirely on patient-reported data?
- A.
A. Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI)
- B.
B. Disease Activity Score
- C.
C. Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID)-3
- D.
D. Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI)
- 5._____ is the first trial to compare two biologic agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had not responded adequately to methotrexate.
- A.
A. The ADACTA study
- B.
B. The AMPLE study
- C.
C. The MDA study
- D.
D. The TICORA trial
- 6.The GRAPPA approach has demonstrated that ________ is the class of drugs that has been shown to affect the status of all five domains of psoriatic arthritis.
- A.
A. Anti-tumor necrosis factor agents
- B.
B. Biologics
- C.
C. Interleukins
- D.
D. JAK inhibitors
- 7.In patients with psoriasis, numerous studies have demonstrated that tumor necrosis factor inhibitors have demonstrated therapeutic synergy with ________.
- A.
A. Interleukin-12/23 inhibitors
- B.
B. Methotrexate
- C.
C. Systemic corticosteroids
- D.
D. Vitamin D analogs
- 8.The use of TNF inhibitors in ______ is complicated by a lack of supporting data in controlled clinical trials.
- A.
A. Elderly patients
- B.
B. Patients with comorbid conditions
- C.
C. Pediatric patients
- D.
D. Psoriasis
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