The BSRBR-RA study tracks the progress of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have been prescribed biologic (including biosimilar) and other targeted therapies in the UK to monitor the long-term safety of these drugs.
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Review of 2025
BSRBR-RA – Review of 2025! 2025 was another good year for BSRBR-RA. As always, we are very grateful to the NHS professionals who provide data, and to the participants, especially those who have completed follow up questionnaires. BSRBR-RA are proud to have had a wide...
Register Champions from Northumbria
Register Champions – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust The team at Northumbria have shown considerable dedication to the BSRBR-RA study. Having first recruited in 2002, a new team started working on the register in 2021 and since then, have recruited more...
Wellbeing at The Firs
Three Biologic Studies Group (BSG) registers recently spent a day outdoors, building vital connections with each other and with nature. At the University of Manchester, we are very fortunate to have The Firs, which is an Environmental Research Station. This is home...
Participant Data Journey -what happens to the data?
Have you ever wondered what happens to the data that is collected as part of the BSRBR-RA Study? We have recently published a new data journey to help our participants to understand the impact that their data has had on the real world of rheumatology.Joining the...
Another Success Story – BSRBR-RA Associate PI: Meet Ayesha
Name and role My name is Ayesha Musa and I am a Foundation Year 2 doctor. Why did you apply for the NIHR API Scheme with BSRBR-RA? I first heard of the BSRBR-RA study from my educational supervisor. It seemed like an excellent study to be involved in especially as I...
Celebrating our BSRBR-RA sites
2024 contributorsWith 600+ registrations and over 9000 follow ups completed last year, we wanted to thank our sites and acknowledge the hard work of our NHS healthcare professional colleagues. We are grateful to them for their diligence in providing the data that...
Working together in research: perspectives from researchers and patient partners
Authors: Lianne Kearsley-Fleet (researcher) and Natasha Shaw (patient partner).BackgroundResearchers are often criticised for working in isolation, looking at outcomes in people they have never even spoken to in real life. A University of Manchester researcher,...
Celebrate your registers! Development: Encouraging researchers
Research Opportunities The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis (BSRBR-RA) is an observational cohort study, which has collected data on over 30,000 participants in the UK over more than two decades. This extensive dataset...
Celebrate your registers! Collaboration: Successful collaboration with patient groups
The BSRBR-RA regularly collaborates with patient support groups to guide the direction of their research. This involvement can take place through the ‘Registers and Research Committee’ at the British Society for Rheumatology, where lay members and patient groups are...
Celebrate your registers! Collaboration: Collaboration with other biologics registers
The BSRBR-RA is one of four biologics registers run by the British Society for Rheumatology:Â Â Â BSRBR-RA (University of Manchester)Â UK JIA Biologics Register (University of Manchester)Â Â Psoriatic Arthritis Register (University of Aberdeen)Â Â Ankylosing spondylitis...
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