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Table 2 Overview of the literature on the (significant) relation between biomarker and the disease activity

From: The relation between cartilage biomarkers (C2C, C1,2C, CS846, and CPII) and the long-term outcome of rheumatoid arthritis patients within the CAMERA trial

Author

Population

No.

Biomarker

Classification

Results

Mullan et al.9

RA

45

C2C (baseline,1, 3, 6, 9,12-mo serum)

DAS28 responders vs. nonresponders (at 3 mo)

C2C ↓

 

PsA

17

C1,2C

(responder: ≥0.6 improvement and DAS28 ≤5.1, nonresponder: <0.6 improvement OR DAS28 > 5.1)

NS

 

(mean 11 yr, DAS28 > 3.2)

 

CPII

 

NS

   

ΔCOL (ΔC2C + ΔC1, 2C + ΔCPII)

 

ΔCOL ↓

Mullan et al.9

RA

45

C2C (baseline,1, 3, 6, 9, 12-mo serum)

 

C2C ↓ at 1 mo

 

PsA

17

C1,2C

Remission vs. no remission

C1,2C ↓ at 1 mo

 

(mean, 11 yr,

 

CPII

(remission = DAS28 <2.6 at 6 mo)

NS

 

DAS28 > 3.2)

 

ΔCOL (ΔC2C + ΔC1,2C + ΔCPII)

 

ΔCOL ↓ change 1 mo

  1. DAS28, disease activity score based on 28 joints; mo, month; NS, not significant; number, number of patients investigated in the studies; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SF, synovial fluid; yr, year.