Abstract: This invention includes methods for assessing and treating risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a subject with an inflammatory disease, for example rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Provided are methods for assessing risk, for recommending therapy, for prognosis and monitoring, and for treatment, which are advantageously accurate for CVD in RA. The methods include measuring quantitative data for biomarkers, calculating a CVD risk score for a subject using training data, and validating the CVD risk score with a set of validation clinical data.

Abstract: A method of treating Sjögren's syndrome in a patient eligible for treatment is provided involving administering an effective amount of an antagonist that binds to a B-cell surface marker to the patient to provide significant improvement over baseline in two or more of dryness, fatigue, and joint pain on a Visual Analogue Scale, and an article of manufacture therefor. Methods and articles are also provided involving treating Sjögren's syndrome in a subject eligible for treatment is provided involving administering an effective amount of an antibody that binds to a B-cell surface marker to the subject to provide an initial exposure and a subsequent exposure to the antibody within certain dosing regimens and an article of manufacture therefor.

Abstract: A method of treating Sjögren's syndrome in a patient eligible for treatment is provided involving administering an effective amount of an antagonist that binds to a B-cell surface marker to the patient to provide significant improvement over baseline in two or more of dryness, fatigue, and joint pain on a Visual Analogue Scale, and an article of manufacture therefor. Methods and articles are also provided involving treating Sjögren's syndrome in a subject eligible for treatment is provided involving administering an effective amount of an antibody that binds to a B-cell surface marker to the subject to provide an initial exposure and a subsequent exposure to the antibody within certain dosing regimens and an article of manufacture therefor.