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Maarten Boers is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and focuses on medical research, primarily within the field of rheumatology. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to research on rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2019 update, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • COSMIN Risk of Bias tool to assess the quality of studies on reliability or measurement error of outcome measurement instruments: a Delphi study, 2020, BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • Recruitment and Retention of Older People in Clinical Research: A Systematic Literature Review, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Antibody development after COVID-19 vaccination in patients with autoimmune diseases in the Netherlands: a substudy of data from two prospective cohort studies, 2021, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • Low dose, add-on prednisolone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis aged 65+: the pragmatic randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled GLORIA trial, 2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Michael T. Nurmohamed
  • Willem F. Lems
  • Robin Christensen
  • Frank Buttgereit
  • Alexandre E. Voskuyl

The scholar has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • RMD Open
  • The Lancet Rheumatology

Boers' research fields and subfields cover a broad spectrum within medicine, with a concentration on rheumatology. Other areas of study include immunology, economics and econometrics, surgery, and hematology.

The primary research topics addressed by Boers span:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Best Publications

  • Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews

    Beverley J Shea;Jeremy M Grimshaw;George A Wells;Maarten Boers

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update

    Josef S Smolen;Robert Landewé;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Maya Buch;Maya Buch

  • American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Maarten Boers;Claire Bombardier;Claire Bombardier

  • The Delphi list: a criteria list for quality assessment of randomized clinical trials for conducting systematic reviews developed by Delphi consensus.

    Arianne P. Verhagen;Henrica C.W. de Vet;Robert A. de Bie;Alphons G.H. Kessels

  • The American College of Rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Committee on Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials.

    Felson Dt;Anderson Jj;Boers M;Bombardier C

  • AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.

    Beverley J. Shea;Candyce Hamel;George A. Wells;Lex M. Bouter

  • American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Provisional Definition of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Clinical Trials

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Josef S. Smolen;George Wells;Bi Zhang

  • Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early rheumatoid arthritis

    Maarten Boers;Arco C Verhoeven;Harry M Markusse;Mart Afj van de Laar

  • Effectiveness of positron emission tomography in the preoperative assessment of patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer: the PLUS multicentre randomised trial.

    Harm Van Tinteren;Otto S. Hoekstra;Egbert F. Smit;Jan H.A.M. Van Den Bergh

  • Recommendations for a core set of outcome measures for future Phase III clinical trials in knee, hip, and hand osteoarthritis. Consensus development at OMERACT III

    Nicholas Bellamy;John Kirwan;Maarten Boers;Peter Brooks

  • The OMERACT filter for Outcome Measures in Rheumatology.

    M Boers;P Brooks;C V Strand;P Tugwell

  • How to select outcome measurement instruments for outcomes included in a “Core Outcome Set” – a practical guideline

    Cecilia A. C. Prinsen;Sunita Vohra;Michael R. Rose;Maarten Boers

  • COBRA Combination therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Long-term structural benefits of a brief intervention

    Robert B. M. Landewé;Maarten Boers;Arco C. Verhoeven;Rene Westhovens

  • Developing Core Outcome Measurement Sets for Clinical Trials: OMERACT Filter 2.0

    Maarten Boers;John R. Kirwan;George Wells;Dorcas Beaton

  • OMERACT: An international initiative to improve outcome measurement in rheumatology

    Peter Tugwell;Maarten Boers;Peter Brooks;Lee Simon

  • Reporting disease activity in clinical trials of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: EULAR/ACR collaborative recommendations.

    D. Aletaha;R.B. Landewe;T. Karonitsch;J. Bathon

  • External Validation of a Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR)

    Beverley J. Shea;Lex M. Bouter;Joan Peterson;Maarten Boers

  • Standardised nomenclature for glucocorticoid dosages and glucocorticoid treatment regimens: current questions and tentative answers in rheumatology

    F. Buttgereit;J.A. da Silva;M. Boers;G.R. Burmester

  • Safety of low dose glucocorticoid treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: published evidence and prospective trial data

    J A P Da Silva;J W G Jacobs;J R Kirwan;M Boers

  • Rheumatoid arthritis versus diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study, the CARRÉ Investigation

    V P van Halm;M J L Peters;A E Voskuyl;M Boers

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Willem F. Lems
Willem F. Lems Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert Landewé
Robert Landewé University of Amsterdam
John R. Kirwan
John R. Kirwan University of Bristol
George A. Wells
George A. Wells University of Ottawa
Vibeke Strand
Vibeke Strand Stanford University
Caroline B. Terwee
Caroline B. Terwee VU University Medical Center
Peter Brooks
Peter Brooks University of Melbourne
Robin Christensen
Robin Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center

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