Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for prognostic classification of autoimmune disease patients into subtypes, which subtypes are informative of the patient's need for therapy and responsiveness to a therapy of interest. The patterns of circulating blood levels of serum autoantibodies and/or cytokines provides for a signature pattern that can identify patients likely to benefit from therapeutic intervention as well as discriminate patients that have a high probability of responsiveness to a therapy from those that have a low probability of responsiveness. Additionally, serum autoantibody and/or cytokine signature patterns can be utilized to monitor responses to therapy. Assessment of this signature pattern of autoantibodies and/or cytokines in a patient thus allows improved methods of care. In one embodiment of the invention, the autoimmune disease is rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for preventing or treating the pre-clinical early-stages of inflammatory diseases, including autoimmune diseases, degenerative inflammatory diseases, metabolic inflammatory diseases, chronic infection associated with inflammation, cancer associated with inflammation, and other inflammatory diseases by administration to an individual of an effective dose of a synergistic combination of active agents comprising or consisting essentially of an aminoquinoline, e.g. hydroxychloroquine, and a statin, e.g. atorvastatin. Each or both of the active agents can be formulated in various ways, including without limitation a solid oral dosage form.