Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes"
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Comparative Effectiveness and Persistence of SB4 and Reference Etanercept in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis in Norway
Łosińska, Katarzyna Weronika; Pripp, Are Hugo; Bakland, Gunnstein; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Brekke, Lene Kristin; Wierød, Ada; Korkosz, Mariusz; Haugeberg, Glenn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective We aim to compare drug effectiveness and persistence between the reference etanercept (ETN) and ETN biosimilar SB4 in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) naive to ETN and to investigate drug effectiveness ... -
Differential sensitivity of the 2020 revised comprehensive diagnostic criteria and the 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria across IgG4-related disease phenotypes: results from a Norwegian cohort
Vikse, Jens; Midtvedt, Øyvind; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Garen, Torhild Oddveig; Palm, Øyvind; Wallenius, Marianne; Bakland, Gunnstein; Norheim, Katrine Brække; Molberg, Øyvind; Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background We investigated sensitivity of the 2020 Revised Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria (RCD) and the 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria across the four identified IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) phenotypes: ... -
Exploring drug cost and disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs in Norway in 2010–2019 – a country with a national tender system for prescription of costly drugs
Brkic, Alen; Diamantopoulos, Andreas P; Haavardsholm, Espen A.; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Brekke, Lene Kristin; Loli, Liz Paucar; Zettel, Camilla; Rødevand, Erik; Bakland, Gunnstein; Pawel, Mielnik; Haugeberg, Glenn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In Norway, an annual tender system for the prescription of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) has been used since 2007. This study aimed to explore annual ... -
Exploring the impact of the national tender system on the use of costly drugs treating rheumatoid arthritis patients in ten rheumatology centers in Norway (2010–2019)
Brkic, Alen; Diamantopoulos, Andreas P; Hoff, Mari; Haavardsholm, Espen A.; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Brekke, Lene Kristin; Loli, Liz Paucar; Zettel, Camilla; Bakland, Gunnstein; Pawel, Mielnik; Haugeberg, Glenn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) are highly effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), albeit high drug cost has restricted their use in many countries. ... -
Male patients with inflammatory joint diseases are less likely than controls to be childless: Results from a Norwegian population-based cohort study of 10 865 patients
Sigmo, Gudrun David; Hauge, Solveig; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Wallenius, Marianne; Salvesen, Kjell Åsmund Blix; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti Nesje; Bakland, Gunnstein; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives To investigate the number of children per man and the proportion of childless men as a proxy of fertility in a national cohort of men with inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs), compared with matched controls from ...