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А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Osipyants</surname><given-names>Rita Aleksandrovna</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Каратеев</surname><given-names>Дмитрий Евгеньевич</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Karateev</surname><given-names>D E</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Панасюк</surname><given-names>Е. Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Panasyuk</surname><given-names>E Yu</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лукина</surname><given-names>Г. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lukina</surname><given-names>G V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смирнов</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Smirnov</surname><given-names>A V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Глухова</surname><given-names>С. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Glukhova</surname><given-names>S I</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Александрова</surname><given-names>Елена Николаевна</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Aleksandrova</surname><given-names>E N</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волков</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Volkov</surname><given-names>A V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Насонов</surname><given-names>Евгений Львович</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nasonov</surname><given-names>E L</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">pchelka_maya.07@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБУ «Научно-исследовательский&#13;
институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»&#13;
РАМН, Москва</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical&#13;
Sciences, Moscow</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2013</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>11</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>51</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>500</fpage><lpage>506</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Осипянц Р.А., Каратеев Д.Е., Панасюк Е.Ю., Лукина Г.В., Смирнов А.В., Глухова С.И., Александрова Е.Н., Волков А.В., Насонов Е.Л., 2013</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2013</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Осипянц Р.А., Каратеев Д.Е., Панасюк Е.Ю., Лукина Г.В., Смирнов А.В., Глухова С.И., Александрова Е.Н., Волков А.В., Насонов Е.Л.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Osipyants R.A., Karateev D.E., Panasyuk E.Y., Lukina G.V., Smirnov A.V., Glukhova S.I., Aleksandrova E.N., Volkov A.V., Nasonov E.L.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/1335">https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/1335</self-uri><abstract><p>Цель – изучить связь ультразвуковых (УЗ) критериев ремиссии с клинико-лабораторными показателями воспалительной активности, функциональным статусом и динамикой рентгенологических изменений у пациентов с ревматоидным артритом (РА) на фоне лечения тоцилизумабом (ТЦЗ).</p><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. Включено 36 больных РА (соответствующих критериям ACR 1987 г.), получавших ТЦЗ в течение 6 мес. Клинико-лабораторную оценку активности РА (индексы DAS28-СРБ, SDAI), функциональные нарушения (индекс HAQ) и УЗ-верификацию синовита суставов запястий (аппарат Voluson-i, GE, линейный датчик 4–13 MГц) осуществляли исходно и после 6 мес терапии. В качестве критериев УЗ-ремиссии условно были приняты отсутствие признаков синовита при исследовании в «серой» шкале (В-режим) и по данным энергетического допплера (ЭД) (В=0; ЭД=0) или минимальный синовит в В-режиме и не более одного гиперваскулярного сигнала по ЭД (В≤1; ЭД≤1). Динамику деструкции оценивали при рентгенографии кистей и стоп по методу Sharp в модификации van der Heijde (SHS).</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. После 6 мес терапии около 80% пациентов в состоянии клинической ремиссии сохраняли умеренный или выраженный синовит по данным УЗ-исследования (УЗИ). Не выявлено значимых различий по клиническим индексам активности и функциональным нарушениям между больными с наличием или отсутствием УЗ-ремиссии (p&gt;0,05). Счет SHS к 12 мес наблюдения был достоверно выше при сохранении к 6 мес терапии признаков синовита по данным исследования в В-режиме или гиперваскуляризации по ЭД (более одного сигнала), чем при УЗ-ремиссии (p&lt;0,05). Взаимосвязи рентгенологического прогрессирования с клиническим и функциональным статусом отмечено не было (р&gt;0,05). Заключение. Субклинический синовит наблюдается даже при клинической ремиссии РА. Прогрессирование деструкции достоверно связано с персистированием синовита по данным сонографии.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Objective</title><p>Objective: to study the association of ultrasound (US) remission criteria with the clinical and laboratory indicators of inflammatory activity, functional status, and X-ray changes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy.</p></sec><sec><title>Subjects and methods</title><p>Subjects and methods. The trial included 36 patients with RA (meeting the 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria) who had received TCZ for 6 months. The authors made a clinical and laboratory assessment of RA activity (DAS28-CRP, and SDAI), functional impairments (HAQ index) and US verification of wrist joint synovitis (a Voluson-i device, GE, 4-13-MHz linear transducer) at baseline and 6 months after therapy. No signs of grey-scale (B-mode) and power Doppler (PD) synovitis (B = 0; PD = 0) or minimal B-mode synovitis, and not more one PD hypervascular signal (В ≤1; PD ≤1) were arbitrarily taken as US remission criteria. Destruction changes were evaluated by hand and foot X-ray using the Sharp method modified by van der Heijde (SHS).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. After 6 months of therapy, about 80% of the patients in clinical remission retained moderate or significant synovitis, as evidenced by US studies. There were no clinical differences in clinical activity indices and functional impairments between the patients who were and were not in US remission (p &gt; 0.05). The 12-month follow-up SHS score was significantly higher with the preservation of 6-month therapy signs of B-mode synovitis and PD hypervascularization (of not more than one signal) than that in US remission (p &lt; 0.05). There was no relationship of X-ray progression to the clinical and functional statuses (p &gt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. Subclinical synovitis is observed even in clinical remission of RA. Destruction progression is significantlyrelated to synovitis persistence, as shown by ultrasonography.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ремиссия ревматоидного артрита</kwd><kwd>ультразвуковое исследование суставов</kwd><kwd>субклинический синовит</kwd><kwd>рентгенологическое прогрессирование деструкции</kwd><kwd>тоцилизумаб</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>rheumatoid arthritis remission</kwd><kwd>joint ultrasonography</kwd><kwd>subclinical synovitis</kwd><kwd>X-ray destruction progression</kwd><kwd>tocilizumab</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ревматология: Национальное руководство. Насонова ЕЛ, Насонова ВА. Москва: ГЭОТАР-Медиа; 2008. 296. [Revmatologiya: Natsional'noe rukovodstvo. Nasonova EL, Nasonova VA. Moscow: GEOTAR-Media; 2008. 296.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pap T, Distler O. 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