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Table 6 Classification of the therapeutic response in rheumatoid arthritis according to the variation in scores of the composite disease activity indices

From: 2017 recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the pharmacological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Index

Response classification

EULAR-DAS28 response

Good: drop ≥ 1.2 points, reaching DAS28 ≤ 3.2

Moderate: drop > 1.2 points, maintenance of DAS28 > 3.2; or drop > 0.6 and ≤ 1.2 points, reaching DAS28 ≤ 5.1

Unresponsive: drop > 0.6 and ≤ 1.2 points, maintenance of DAS28 > 5.1; or drop ≤0.6 points

SDAI and CDAI response

Good: drop ≥ 85% in the score value

Moderate: decrease ≥70 and < 85% in the score value

Weak: drop ≥ 50% and < 70% in the score value

Unresponsive: drop < 50% in the score value

  1. CDAI, clinical disease activity index; DAS28, disease activity index (28 joints); SDAI, simplified disease activity index [142,143,144].