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Theodore Pincus

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InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentInternal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
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    1. Rodwell N, Hassett G, Bird P, Pincus T, Descallar J, Gibson KA. RheuMetric Quantitative 0 to 10 Physician Estimates of Inflammation, Damage, and Distress in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Validation Against Reference Measures. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023 Oct; 5(10):511-521. PMID: 37608509.
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    2. Pincus T, Schmukler J, Block JA, Goodson N, Yazici Y. Should quantitative assessment of rheumatoid arthritis include measures of joint damage and patient distress, in addition to measures of apparent inflammatory activity? ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Dec 20. PMID: 36540953.
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    3. Schmukler J, Li T, Gibson KA, Morla RM, Luta G, Pincus T. Patient global assessment is elevated by up to 5 of 10 units in patients with inflammatory arthritis who screen positive for fibromyalgia (by FAST4) and/or?depression (by MDS2) on a?single MDHAQ. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022 Dec 09; 58:152151. PMID: 36586208.
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    4. Pincus T. HAQ and DAS28 for clinical trials over months and MDHAQ, RheuMetric and psycho-socio-economic measures for long-term observations over years? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 10 06; 61(10):3884-3886. PMID: 35293978.
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    5. Block JA, Pincus T. Duloxetine may have clinical value: comment on the article by van den Driest et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 11; 74(11):1859-1860. PMID: 35791999.
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    6. Schmukler J, Pincus T. Further Simplified Clinimetry Using a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire. J Rheumatol. 2023 03; 50(3):460. PMID: 36182110.
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    7. Ellrodt J, Pincus T, Shadick NA, Stratton J, Santacroce L, Katz JN, Smolen J, Solomon DH. Satisfaction With a Virtual Learning Collaborative Aimed at Implementing Treat-to-Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Aug 01; 28(5):265-269. PMID: 35612561.
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    8. Solomon DH, Pincus T, Shadick NA, Stratton J, Ellrodt J, Santacroce L, Katz JN, Smolen JS. Implementing a Treat-to-Target Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Virtual Learning Collaborative Program. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 04; 74(4):572-578. PMID: 35119779.
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    9. Pincus T, Bergman MJ, Yazici Y. Should Quantitative Measures and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis Include More Than Control of Inflammatory Activity? J Rheumatol. 2022 Mar; 49(3):336-338. PMID: 34654734.
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    10. Pincus T, Gibson KA, Yazici Y, Bergman M, Schmukler J, Block JA. Comment on: 'It can't be zero!' Difficulties in completing patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed methods study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 01 05; 60(1):e28-e29. PMID: 33020808.
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    11. Morl? RM, Li T, Castrejon I, Luta G, Pincus T. Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire as an Effective Tool to Screen for Depression in Routine Rheumatology Care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 01; 73(1):120-129. PMID: 32986905.
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    12. Boers M, Pincus T. Long-term Glucocorticoid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2021 08; 48(8):1342. PMID: 33060321.
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    13. Schmukler J, Block JA, Pincus T, Yazici Y, Gibson KA. Functional Status Measures and Indices in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comment on the Articles by Barber et al and England et al. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 08; 72(8):1185-1186. PMID: 32339399.
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    14. Pincus T, Castrejon I, Riad M, Obreja E, Lewis C, Krogh NS. Reliability, Feasibility, and Patient Acceptance of an Electronic Version of a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire for Routine Rheumatology Care: Validation and Patient Preference Study. JMIR Form Res. 2020 May 27; 4(5):e15815. PMID: 32459182.
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    15. Pincus T, Schmukler J, Castrejon I. Patient questionnaires in osteoarthritis: what patients teach doctors about their osteoarthritis on a multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ) in clinical trials and clinical care. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Sep-Oct; 37 Suppl 120(5):100-111. PMID: 31621565.
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    16. Pincus T, Castrejon I. Low socioeconomic status and patient questionnaires in osteoarthritis: challenges to a "biomedical model" and value of a complementary "biopsychosocial model". Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Sep-Oct; 37 Suppl 120(5):18-23. PMID: 31621564.
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    17. Pincus T, Castrejon I, Yazici Y, Gibson KA, Bergman MJ, Block JA. Osteoarthritis is as severe as rheumatoid arthritis: evidence over 40 years according to the same measure in each disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Sep-Oct; 37 Suppl 120(5):7-17. PMID: 31621569.
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    18. Gibson KA, Castrejon I, Descallar J, Pincus T. Fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tool: Clues to Fibromyalgia on a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire for Routine Care. J Rheumatol. 2020 05 01; 47(5):761-769. PMID: 31474596.
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    19. Schmukler J, Jamal S, Castrejon I, Block JA, Pincus T. Fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tools (FAST) Based on Only Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) Scores as Clues to Fibromyalgia. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2019 Oct; 1(8):516-525. PMID: 31777833.
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    20. Chua JR, Jamal S, Riad M, Castrejon I, Malfait AM, Block JA, Pincus T. Disease Burden in Osteoarthritis Is Similar to That of Rheumatoid Arthritis at Initial Rheumatology Visit and Significantly Greater Six Months Later. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 08; 71(8):1276-1284. PMID: 30891933.
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    21. Wolfe F, Schmukler J, Jamal S, Castrejon I, Gibson KA, Srinivasan S, H?user W, Pincus T. Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia: Disagreement Between Fibromyalgia Criteria and Clinician-Based Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in a University Clinic. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 03; 71(3):343-351. PMID: 30724039.
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    22. Ward MM, Castrejon I, Bergman MJ, Alba MI, Guthrie LC, Pincus T. Minimal Clinically Important Improvement of Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2019 01; 46(1):27-30. PMID: 30323010.
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    23. Baraliakos X, Braun J, Conaghan PG, ?stergaard M, Pincus T. Update on imaging in rheumatic diseases. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018 Sep-Oct; 36 Suppl 114(5):2. PMID: 30296980.
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    24. Coates LC, Tillett W, Shaddick G, Pincus T, Kavanaugh A, Helliwell PS. Value of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From a Tight-Control Clinical Trial and an Observational Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 08; 70(8):1198-1205. PMID: 29112801.
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    25. Chua JR, Castrejon I, Pincus T. Assessment of pain and other patient symptoms in routine clinical care as quantitative, standardised, "scientific" data. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):13-20. PMID: 28967369.
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    26. Chua JR, Gibson KA, Pincus T. Pain and other self-report scores in patients with osteoarthritis indicate generally similar disease burden to patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):88-93. PMID: 28967371.
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    27. Castrej?n I, Chua JR, Pincus T. A RheuMetric physician checklist to quantitate levels of inflammation, damage and distress on 0-10 visual analogue scales. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):21-25. PMID: 28967372.
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    28. Malfait AM, Pincus T. Pain in rheumatic diseases. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):1. PMID: 28967375.
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    29. El-Haddad C, Castrejon I, Gibson KA, Yazici Y, Bergman MJ, Pincus T. MDHAQ/RAPID3 scores in patients with osteoarthritis are similar to or higher than in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study from current routine rheumatology care at four sites. RMD Open. 2017; 3(1):e000391. PMID: 29225915.
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    30. Solomon DH, Losina E, Lu B, Zak A, Corrigan C, Lee SB, Agosti J, Bitton A, Harrold LR, Pincus T, Radner H, Yu Z, Smolen JS, Fraenkel L, Katz JN. Implementation of Treat-to-Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through a Learning Collaborative: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 07; 69(7):1374-1380. PMID: 28512998.
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    31. Pincus T, Block JA, Yazici Y, Bergman MJ, Sokka T. Limited Value of the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Assay Compared to the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) Score in the Prognosis of Important Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comment on the Article by Fleischmann et al and Accompanying Editorial by Davis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 04; 69(4):866-867. PMID: 27992686.
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    32. Pincus T. Electronic multidimensional health assessment questionnaire (eMDHAQ): past, present and future of a proposed single data management system for clinical care, research, quality improvement, and monitoring of long-term outcomes. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5 Suppl 101):S17-S33. PMID: 27762195.
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    33. Pincus T. Electronic eRAPID3 (Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data): opportunities and complexities. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5 Suppl 101):S49-S53. PMID: 27762206.
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    34. Pincus T, Braun J, Kavanaugh A, Ravelli A, Smolen JS. Information technology in rheumatology. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5 Suppl 101):1. PMID: 27762207.
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    35. Castrej?n I, Yazici Y, Celik S, Pincus T. Pragmatic assessment of exercise in routine care using an MDHAQ: associations with changes in RAPID3 and other clinical variables. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 09 06; 18:199. PMID: 27600736.
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    36. Castrej?n I, Pincus T, Wendling D, Dougados M. Responsiveness of a simple RAPID-3-like index compared to disease-specific BASDAI and ASDAS indices in patients with axial spondyloarthritis. RMD Open. 2016; 2(2):e000235. PMID: 27486525.
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    37. Castrejon I, Nikiphorou E, Jain R, Huang A, Block JA, Pincus T. Assessment of fatigue in routine care on a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ): a cross-sectional study of associations with RAPID3 and other variables in different rheumatic diseases. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 34(5):901-909. PMID: 27382923.
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    38. Castrej?n I, Dougados M, Combe B, Fautrel B, Guillemin F, Pincus T. Prediction of Remission in a French Early Arthritis Cohort by RAPID3 and other Core Data Set Measures, but Not by the Absence of Rheumatoid Factor, Anticitrullinated Protein Antibodies, or Radiographic Erosions. J Rheumatol. 2016 07; 43(7):1285-91. PMID: 27084913.
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    39. Pincus T, Bergman MJ, Yazici Y. Limitations of clinical trials in chronic diseases: is the efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) underestimated in polyarticular psoriatic arthritis on the basis of limitations of clinical trials more than on limitations of MTX, as was seen in rheumatoid arthritis? Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Sep-Oct; 33(5 Suppl 93):S82-93. PMID: 26472658.
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    40. Park SH, Choe JY, Kim SK, Lee H, Castrej?n I, Pincus T. Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID3) and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) Scores Yield Similar Information in 85 Korean Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis Seen in Usual Clinical Care. J Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Sep; 21(6):300-4. PMID: 26308349.
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    41. Lindstr?m Egholm C, Krogh NS, Pincus T, Dreyer L, Ellingsen T, Glintborg B, Kowalski MR, Lorenzen T, Madsen OR, Nordin H, Rasmussen C, Hetland ML. Discordance of Global Assessments by Patient and Physician Is Higher in Female than in Male Patients Regardless of the Physician's Sex: Data on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis, and Psoriatic Arthritis from the DANBIO Registry. J Rheumatol. 2015 Oct; 42(10):1781-5. PMID: 26233511.
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    42. Pincus T, Gibson KA, Block JA. Premature Mortality: A Neglected Outcome in Rheumatic Diseases? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Aug; 67(8):1043-6. PMID: 25623182.
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    43. Castrejon I, Gibson KA, Block JA, Everakes SL, Jain R, Pincus T. RheuMetric A Physician Checklist to Record Patient Levels of Inflammation, Damage and Distress as Quantitative Data Rather than as Narrative Impressions. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2015 Jul; 73(3):178-84. PMID: 26535596.
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    44. Pincus T. Rheumatoid arthritis: Predicting mortality in RA: the quest for useful information. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2015 Sep; 11(9):507-9. PMID: 26122950.
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    45. Pincus T, Castrej?n I. Are patient self-report questionnaires as "scientific" as biomarkers in "treat-to-target" and prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis? Curr Pharm Des. 2015; 21(2):241-56. PMID: 25163735.
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    46. Pincus T, Cutolo M. Clinical trials documenting the efficacy of low-dose glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2015; 22(1-2):46-50. PMID: 25227901.
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    47. Cutolo M, Sulli A, Pincus T. Circadian use of glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2015; 22(1-2):33-9. PMID: 25227591.
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    48. Pincus T, Sokka T, Cutolo M. The past versus the present, 1980-2004: reduction of mean initial low-dose, long-term glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis from 10.3 to 3.6 mg/day, concomitant with early methotrexate, with long-term effectiveness and safety of less than 5 mg/day. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2015; 22(1-2):89-103. PMID: 25228430.
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    49. Castrej?n I, Yazici Y, Samuels J, Luta G, Pincus T. Discordance of global estimates by patients and their physicians in usual care of many rheumatic diseases: association with 5 scores on a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ) that are not found on the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Jun; 66(6):934-42. PMID: 24302706.
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    50. Pincus T, Gibson KA, Berthelot JM. Is a patient questionnaire without a joint examination as undesirable as a joint examination without a patient questionnaire? J Rheumatol. 2014 Apr; 41(4):619-21. PMID: 24692600.
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    51. Bergman MJ, Castrej?n I, Pincus T. RHEUMDOC: a one-page RHEUMatology DOCtor form with four physician global estimates for overall status, inflammation, damage, and symptoms based on neither inflammation nor damage. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2014; 72(2):142-7. PMID: 25150341.
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    52. Castrej?n I, Pincus T. Assessing remission in rheumatoid arthritis on the basis of patient reported outcomes--advantages of using RAPID3/MDHAQ in routine care. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2014; 72(2):136-41. PMID: 25150340.
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    53. Pincus T, Braun J, Kavanaugh A, Smolen JS. Possible discontinuation of therapies in inflammatory rheumatic diseases - as with initiation of therapies, a shared decision between patient and rheumatologist. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013 Jul-Aug; 31(4 Suppl 78):S1-3. PMID: 24129127.
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    54. Pincus T, Castrej?n I, Yazici Y. Documenting the value of care for rheumatoid arthritis, analogous to hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia: is control of individual patient self-report measures of global estimate and physical function more valuable than laboratory tests, radiographs, indices, or remission criteria? J Rheumatol. 2013 Sep; 40(9):1469-74. PMID: 23996992.
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    55. Castrej?n I, Pincus T, Soubrier M, Lin YC, Rat AC, Combe B, Dougados M. GUEPARD treat-to-target strategy is significantly more efficacious than ESPOIR routine care in early rheumatoid arthritis according to patient-reported outcomes and physician global estimate. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013 Oct; 52(10):1890-7. PMID: 23864169.
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    56. Castrej?n I, Bergman MJ, Pincus T. MDHAQ/RAPID3 to recognize improvement over 2 months in usual care of patients with osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, spondyloarthropathy, and gout, as well as rheumatoid arthritis. J Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Jun; 19(4):169-74. PMID: 23669797.
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    57. Pincus T, Sokka T, Castrej?n I, Cutolo M. Decline of mean initial prednisone dosage from 10.3 to 3.6 mg/day to treat rheumatoid arthritis between 1980 and 2004 in one clinical setting, with long-term effectiveness of dosages less than 5 mg/day. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 May; 65(5):729-36. PMID: 23203903.
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    58. Castrej?n I, Yazici Y, Pincus T. Patient self-report RADAI (Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index) joint counts on an MDHAQ (Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire) in usual care of consecutive patients with rheumatic diseases other than rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Feb; 65(2):288-93. PMID: 22807473.
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    59. Castrej?n I, Dougados M, Combe B, Guillemin F, Fautrel B, Pincus T. Can remission in rheumatoid arthritis be assessed without laboratory tests or a formal joint count? possible remission criteria based on a self-report RAPID3 score and careful joint examination in the ESPOIR cohort. J Rheumatol. 2013 Apr; 40(4):386-93. PMID: 23378463.
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    60. Castrej?n I, Gibson KA, Pincus T. Efficacy and safety of methotrexate in combination with other non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2013; 71 Suppl 1:S20-8. PMID: 24219037.
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    61. Pincus T, Gibson KA, Castrej?n I. Update on methotrexate as the anchor drug for rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2013; 71 Suppl 1:S9-19. PMID: 24219036.
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    62. Pincus T, Castrej?n I. Evidence that the strategy is more important than the agent to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Data from clinical trials of combinations of non-biologic DMARDs, with protocol-driven intensification of therapy for tight control or treat-to-target. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2013; 71 Suppl 1:S33-40. PMID: 24219039.
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    63. Pincus T. RAPID3, an index of only 3 patient self-report core data set measures, but not ESR, recognizes incomplete responses to methotrexate in usual care of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2013; 71(2):117-20. PMID: 24032610.
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    64. Pincus T, Castrej?n I, Bergman MJ, Yazici Y. Treat-to-target: not as simple as it appears. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 Jul-Aug; 30(4 Suppl 73):S10-20. PMID: 23072741.
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    65. Pincus T, Castrejon I, Yazici Y. Low-dose prednisone inclusion in a methotrexate-based, tight control strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Aug 21; 157(4):299; author reply 300. PMID: 22910946.
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    66. Castrej?n I, McCollum L, Tanriover MD, Pincus T. Importance of patient history and physical examination in rheumatoid arthritis compared to other chronic diseases: results of a physician survey. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Aug; 64(8):1250-5. PMID: 22371298.
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    67. Pincus T, Yazici Y, Castrej?n I. Pragmatic and scientific advantages of MDHAQ/ RAPID3 completion by all patients at all visits in routine clinical care. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2012; 70 Suppl 1:30-6. PMID: 23259656.
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    68. Pincus T, Castrej?n I. An evidence-based medical visit for patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on standard, quantitative scientific data from a patient MDHAQ and physician report. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2012; 70(2):73-94. PMID: 22891997.
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    69. Pincus T, Skummer PT, Grisanti MT, Castrej?n I, Yazici Y. MDHAQ/RAPID3 can provide a roadmap or agenda for all rheumatology visits when the entire MDHAQ is completed at all patient visits and reviewed by the doctor before the encounter. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2012; 70(3):177-86. PMID: 23259625.
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    70. Pincus T, Castrej?n I. Effective initial and long-term prednisone in doses of less than 5 mg/day to treat rheumatoid arthritis--documentation using a patient self-report Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ). Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2012; 70 Suppl 1:14-20. PMID: 23259653.
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    71. Pincus T, Hines P, Bergman MJ, Yazici Y, Rosenblatt LC, MacLean R. Proposed severity and response criteria for Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID3): results for categories of disease activity and response criteria in abatacept clinical trials. J Rheumatol. 2011 Dec; 38(12):2565-71. PMID: 22089467.
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    72. Pincus T, Furer V, Keystone E, Yazici Y, Bergman MJ, Luijtens K. RAPID3 (Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3) severity categories and response criteria: Similar results to DAS28 (Disease Activity Score) and CDAI (Clinical Disease Activity Index) in the RAPID 1 (Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevention of Structural Damage) clinical trial of certolizumab pegol. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Aug; 63(8):1142-9. PMID: 21485024.
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    73. Sokka T, Pincus T. Poor physical function, pain and limited exercise: risk factors for premature mortality in the range of smoking or hypertension, identified on a simple patient self-report questionnaire for usual care. BMJ Open. 2011 Jun 18; 1(1):e000070. PMID: 22021748.
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    74. Askanase AD, Castrej?n I, Pincus T. Quantitative data for care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in usual clinical settings: a patient Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire and physician estimate of noninflammatory symptoms. J Rheumatol. 2011 Jul; 38(7):1309-16. PMID: 21459938.
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    75. Felson DT, Smolen JS, Wells G, Zhang B, van Tuyl LH, Funovits J, Aletaha D, Allaart CF, Bathon J, Bombardieri S, Brooks P, Brown A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Choi H, Combe B, de Wit M, Dougados M, Emery P, Furst D, Gomez-Reino J, Hawker G, Keystone E, Khanna D, Kirwan J, Kvien TK, Landew? R, Listing J, Michaud K, Martin-Mola E, Montie P, Pincus T, Richards P, Siegel JN, Simon LS, Sokka T, Strand V, Tugwell P, Tyndall A, van der Heijde D, Verstappen S, White B, Wolfe F, Zink A, Boers M. American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Mar; 70(3):404-13. PMID: 21292833.
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    76. Felson DT, Smolen JS, Wells G, Zhang B, van Tuyl LH, Funovits J, Aletaha D, Allaart CF, Bathon J, Bombardieri S, Brooks P, Brown A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Choi H, Combe B, de Wit M, Dougados M, Emery P, Furst D, Gomez-Reino J, Hawker G, Keystone E, Khanna D, Kirwan J, Kvien TK, Landew? R, Listing J, Michaud K, Martin-Mola E, Montie P, Pincus T, Richards P, Siegel JN, Simon LS, Sokka T, Strand V, Tugwell P, Tyndall A, van der Heijde D, Verstappen S, White B, Wolfe F, Zink A, Boers M. American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism provisional definition of remission in rheumatoid arthritis for clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Mar; 63(3):573-86. PMID: 21294106.
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    77. Pincus T, Castrej?n I. MDHAQ/RAPID3 scores: quantitative patient history data in a standardized "scientific" format for optimal assessment of patient status and quality of care in rheumatic diseases. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2011; 69(3):201-14. PMID: 22035430.
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    78. Castrej?n I, Pincus T. Differences in treat-to-target in patients with rheumatoid arthritis versus hypertension and diabetes--consequences for clinical care. Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis. 2011; 69(2):104-10. PMID: 22035388.
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    79. Swearingen CJ, McCollum L, Daltroy LH, Pincus T, Dewalt DA, Davis TC. Screening for low literacy in a rheumatology setting: more than 10% of patients cannot read "cartilage," "diagnosis," "rheumatologist," or "symptom". J Clin Rheumatol. 2010 Dec; 16(8):359-64. PMID: 21085021.
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    80. Aletaha D, Neogi T, Silman AJ, Funovits J, Felson DT, Bingham CO, Birnbaum NS, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Cohen MD, Combe B, Costenbader KH, Dougados M, Emery P, Ferraccioli G, Hazes JM, Hobbs K, Huizinga TW, Kavanaugh A, Kay J, Kvien TK, Laing T, Mease P, M?nard HA, Moreland LW, Naden RL, Pincus T, Smolen JS, Stanislawska-Biernat E, Symmons D, Tak PP, Upchurch KS, Vencovsk? J, Wolfe F, Hawker G. 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Sep; 62(9):2569-81. PMID: 20872595.
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    170. Pincus T, Sokka T. Clinical trials in rheumatic diseases: designs and limitations. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2004 Nov; 30(4):701-24, v-vi. PMID: 15488689.
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    171. Wolfe F, Michaud K, Pincus T. Development and validation of the health assessment questionnaire II: a revised version of the health assessment questionnaire. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Oct; 50(10):3296-305. PMID: 15476213.
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    172. Yazici Y, Pincus T, Kautiainen H, Sokka T. Morning stiffness in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis is associated more strongly with functional disability than with joint swelling and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. J Rheumatol. 2004 Sep; 31(9):1723-6. PMID: 15338490.
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    173. Boers M, Dijkmans B, Gabriel S, Maradit-Kremers H, O'Dell J, Pincus T. Making an impact on mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: targeting cardiovascular comorbidity. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Jun; 50(6):1734-9. PMID: 15188348.
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    174. Pincus T. Add-on or step-up trials in rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by Boers. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Apr; 50(4):1351; author reply 1351-2. PMID: 15077322.
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    175. Pincus T, Keysor J, Sokka T, Krishnan E, Callahan LF. Patient questionnaires and formal education level as prospective predictors of mortality over 10 years in 97% of 1416 patients with rheumatoid arthritis from 15 United States private practices. J Rheumatol. 2004 Feb; 31(2):229-34. PMID: 14760789.
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    176. Pincus T. Guidelines for monitoring of methotrexate therapy: "evidence-based medicine" outside of clinical trials. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Oct; 48(10):2706-9. PMID: 14558072.
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    177. Pincus T, Sokka T. Quantitative measures for assessing rheumatoid arthritis in clinical trials and clinical care. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2003 Oct; 17(5):753-81. PMID: 12915156.
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    178. Sokka T, Pincus T. Most patients receiving routine care for rheumatoid arthritis in 2001 did not meet inclusion criteria for most recent clinical trials or american college of rheumatology criteria for remission. J Rheumatol. 2003 Jun; 30(6):1138-46. PMID: 12784382.
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    180. Sokka T, Pincus T. Eligibility of patients in routine care for major clinical trials of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Feb; 48(2):313-8. PMID: 12571838.
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    181. Sokka T, Pincus T. Contemporary disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis in a US private practice: methotrexate as the anchor drug in 90% and new DMARD in 30% of patients. J Rheumatol. 2002 Dec; 29(12):2521-4. PMID: 12465145.
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    182. Pincus T. Limitations of randomized clinical trials in chronic diseases: explanations and recommendations. Adv Mind Body Med. 2002; 18(2):14-21. PMID: 12629874.
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    183. Pincus T, Sokka T, Stein CM. Are long-term very low doses of prednisone for patients with rheumatoid arthritis as helpful as high doses are harmful?. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jan 01; 136(1):76-8. PMID: 11777366.
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    184. Hannan MT, Felson DT, Pincus T. Analysis of the discordance between radiographic changes and knee pain in osteoarthritis of the knee. J Rheumatol. 2000 Jun; 27(6):1513-7. PMID: 10852280.
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