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It Is the time to think about a treat-to-target strategy for knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a rheumatic disease that affects the well-being of the
patient, compromises physical and mental function, and affects other quality of life aspects.
In the literature, several evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for the management
of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) are available. These recommendations list the different
therapeutic options rather than addressing a hierarchy between the treatments and defining
the real target. Therefore, a question arises: are patients and physicians satisfied with the
current management of KOA? Actually, the answer may be negative, thus suggesting
a change in our therapeutic strategies. In this article, we address this challenge by suggesting that it is time to develop a “treat to target strategy” for KO
Treat-to-target strategy for knee osteoarthritis. International technical expert panel consensus and good clinical practice statements
In this work, we aimed to establish a clinical target in the management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and to propose good clinical practice (GCP) statements for carrying out a treat-to-target strategy