What is the best biological treatment for rheumatoid arthritis? A systematic review of effectiveness

Table 1 Search strategies

PubMed

(((Arthritis, Rheumatoid[Text Word] or "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"[Mesh]) and (((((((((((rituximab[Text Word] or Mabthera[Text Word]) or Rituxan[Text Word]) or IDEC-C2B8 antibody[Text Word]) or "rituximab"[Supplementary Concept]) or (((((((TNFR-Fc fusion protein[Text Word] or TNR 001[Text Word]) or TNR-001[Text Word]) or TNF receptor type II-IgG fusion protein[Text Word]) or recombinant human dimeric TNF receptor type II-IgG fusion protein[Text Word]) or Enbrel[Text Word]) or etanercept[Text Word]) or "TNFR-Fc fusion protein"[Supplementary Concept])) or ((((infliximab[Text Word] or monoclonal antibody cA2[Text Word]) or MAb cA2[Text Word]) or Remicade[Text Word]) or "infliximab"[Sup plementary Concept])) or ((adalimumab[Text Word] or Humira[Text Word]) or "adalimumab"[Supplementary Concept])) or (((((certolizumab[Text Word] or CDP870[Text Word]) or CDP 870[Text Word]) or Cimzia[Text Word]) or certolizumab pegol[Text Word]) or "certolizumab pegol"[Supplementary Concept])) or ((((((((((((abatacept[Text Word] or BMS 188667[Text Word]) or BMS-188667[Text Word]) or nulojix[Text Word]) or CTLA-4-Ig[Text Word]) or cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4-immunoglobulin[Text Word]) or CTLA4-Fc[Text Word]) or CTLA4-Ig[Text Word]) or LEA29Y[Text Word]) or Orencia[Text Word]) or BELATACEPT[Text Word]) or BMS-224818[Text Word]) or "abatacept" [Supplementary Concept])) or (((tocilizumab[Text Word] or atlizumab[Text Word]) or Actemra[Text Word]) or "tocilizumab"[Supplementary Concept])) or ("golimumab"[Supplementary Concept] or (Simponi[Text Word] or golimumab[Text Word]))))) and (("Cohort Studies"[Mesh]) or (((cohort*[Text Word]) or controlled clinical trial[Publication Type]) or epidemiologic methods))

EMBASE

"golimumab"/exp and [embase]/lim or ("cnto$148" and [embase]/lim) or ("simponi" and [embase]/lim) or ("tocilizumab"/exp and [embase]/ lim) or ("actemra" and [embase]/lim) or ("actemra 200" and [embase]/lim) or ("atlizumab" and [embase]/lim) or ("r$1569" and [embase]/lim) or ("roactemra" and [embase]/lim) or ("abatacept"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("bms$188667" and [embase]/lim) or ("ctla4$ig" and [embase]/ lim) or ("ctla4 immunoglobulin" and [embase]/lim) or ("ctla4 immunoglobulin g" and [embase]/lim) or ("orencia" and [embase]/lim) or ("certolizumab pegol"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("cdp$870" and [embase]/lim) or ("cimzia" and [embase]/lim) or ("pha$738144" and [embase]/ lim) or ("adalimumab"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("humira"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("monoclonal antibody d2e7" and [embase]/lim) or ("trudexa" and [embase]/lim) or ("infliximab"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("avakine" and [embase]/lim) or ("inflectra" and [embase]/lim) or ("remicade" and [embase]/lim) or ("remsima" and [embase]/lim) or ("revellex" and [embase]/lim) or ("etanercept"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("embrel" and [embase]/lim) or ("enbrel" and [embase]/lim) or ("recombinant tumor necrosis factor receptor fc fusion protein" and [embase]/lim) or ("tnr$001" and [embase]/lim) or ("tumor necrosis factor receptor fc fusion protein" and [embase]/lim) or ("rituximab"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("idec c2b8" and [embase]/lim) or ("mabthera" and [embase]/lim) or ("monoclonal antibody idec c2b8" and [embase]/lim) or ("reditux" and [embase]/lim) or ("rituxan" and [embase]/lim) or ("rituxin" and [embase]/lim) and ("rheumatoid arthritis"/exp and [embase]/lim or ("arthritis, rheumatoid" and [embase]/lim)) and ("cohort analysis"/exp and [embase]/lim or ("longitudinal study"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("prospective study"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("follow up"/exp and [embase]/lim) or ("cohort$" and [embase]/lim))

Cochrane Controlled Trials Register

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Arthritis, Rheumatoid] explode all trees

#2 Rheumatoid Arthritis in Trials

#3 golimumab in Trials

#4 tocilizumab in Trials

#5 abatacept in Trials

#6 certolizumab pegol in Trials

#7 adalimumab in Trials

#8 infliximab in Trials

#9 etanercept in Trials

#10 rituximab in Trials

#11 #1 or #2 in Trials

#12 #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 in Trials

#13 #11 and #12

LILACS

(tw:((mh:(arthritis, rheumatoid)) or (tw:(artrite reumatoide)) or (tw:(artritis reumatoide)) )) and (tw:((tw:(adalimumab)) or (tw:(etanercept)) or (tw:(infliximab)) or (tw:(rituximab)) or (tw:(golimumab)) or (tw:(tocilizumab)) or (tw:(abatacept)) or (tw:(certolizumab pegol))))