Personalized therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (PETRA): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test the effect of a psychological intervention in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects cartilage and bone. Psychological stress can both trigger disease exacerbation and result from disease activity. As standard pharmacological interventions alone have limited success in treating RA, a more compr...

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Main Authors: Lennart Seizer, Ellis Huber, Miriam Schirmer, Sven Hilbert, Eva-Maria Wiest, Christian Schubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07707-0