Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD)

Clinical Epidemiology - Cabrini

A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, A/Prof Lyn March, A/Prof Marissa Lassere

'The Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD) is a national registry whose main purpose is to collect long term information about the safety and effectiveness of new biological therapies for the treatment of inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. It is currently jointly funded by an NHMRC Enabling Grant and industry through donations to the Australian Rheumatology Association. A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder is one of the chief investigators - Rachelle is Chairperson of the ARAD Advisory Committee and sits on the ARAD Management Committee together with her colleagues A/Prof Lyn March and A/PRof Marissa Lassere, and A/Prof Chris Reid from the CCRE in Therapeutics based in this Department. The CCRE in Therapeutics provides the data management for this teleform based project which involves 6 monthly follow up of patients and regular reports to rheumatologists.'