
WORK PACKAGE 2
WP2: Phenotyping for personalized medicine

The goal of WORK PACKAGE 2 is to identify biomarkers and genetic/epigenetic markers for treatment effect and disease severity, as well as characterize and stratify early disease.
The work package will have professional responsibility for biobanking in the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU).
More about the projects that are part of or associated with WORK PACKAGE 2:
ARCTIC
Remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial investigating the use of ultrasound in clinical follow-up
Project manager:
Espen A. HaavardsholmARCTIC REWIND
Study on tapering treatment in rheumatoid arthritis without loss of disease control.
Project manager:
Espen A. HaavardsholmBIKE
Biopsies of synovitis in the knee joint from patients with RA and OA
Project manager:
Hilde Berner HammerProject manager:
Guro Løvik GollBOOGIE
Dynamics in BOne turnover markers in relation to Glucocorticoid treatment in patients with an Inflammatory joint disEase
Project manager:
Birgitte NellemannMDR-RA
The Norwegian study for therapeutic pharmacovigilance

Project manager:
Espen A. HaavardsholmMERINO
Methotrexate in the treatment of erosive hand osteoarthritis
Project manager:
Ida Bos-HaugenProject manager:
Guro Løvik GollProject manager:
Tore K. KvienNOR DRUM
The Norwegian study for therapeutic pharmacovigilance
Project manager:
Espen A. HaavardsholmNOR-SWITCH
Switching from originator to biosimilar in patients with inflammatory joint, intestinal or skin disease
Project manager:
Tore K. KvienNor-vaC
Immunological response to COVID-19 vaccine in patients on immunosuppressive therapy
Project manager:
Guro Løvik GollRIMRA
Rheumatic immune-related adverse events in patients treated with immunotherapy
Project manager:
Marte Schrumpf HeibergProject manager:
Karen Minde FagerliProject manager:
Silje Watterdal SyversenULTRARABIT
Longitudinal ultrasound study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting treatment with biological DMARDs
















