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Abstract Number: 2182 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining Alendronate Drug Holidays and Re-Initiation in US Medicare Data
Ayesha Jaleel¹, Jeffrey R. Curtis², Rui Chen², Huifeng Yun³, Phillip J. Foster⁴, Nicole Wright³, Tarun Arora², Amy S. Mudano², Suzanne Cadarette⁵ and Kenneth Saag², ¹Internal Medicine, Baptist Brookwood Health, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Given alendronate’s (ALN) prolonged skeletal retention and emerging safety concerns, the ASBMR task force recommended consideration of a “drug holiday” after 5 years of…
Abstract Number: 2183 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Access to Prescription Drugs in Canada: Results from an Online Survey
Nick Bansback^1,2,3, Cheryl L. Koehn⁴, Judy Chiu⁵, Melanie Mulder⁶ and Linda Li¹, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³St Paul's Hospital, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Prescription medications are an important treatment option for patients living with arthritis. However, patients may often not have access to certain medications they hear…
Abstract Number: 2184 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Economic Evaluation on the Impact of Earlier Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Diagnosis Using Complement C4d Activation Products in a Multivariate Assay Panel (MAP)
Ann E. Clarke¹, Tom Goss², Andrew Piscitello³, Tarun Chandra³, Tyler O'Malley⁴, Thierry Dervieux⁴ and Tami Powell⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Health Economics Outcomes Research, Boston Healthcare, Boston, MA, ³EmpiriQA LLC, Long Grove, IL, ⁴Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., Vista, CA, ⁵Corporate Payer Strategy & Reimbursement, Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., vista, CA
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis (dx) of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is made via a combination of clinical and laboratory examinations; the sensitivity and specificity (S&S) of standard…
Abstract Number: 2185 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Direct Medical Costs for Medicare Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrew Hresko¹, Zhi Zhang², Joshua Colls², Michael E Weinblatt², Nancy A. Shadick² and Daniel Solomon², ¹Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects over 1 million Medicare enrollees. Despite the size of this population, costs for RA within Medicare remain poorly understood, especially…
Abstract Number: 2186 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Process Evaluation of a Culturally-Sensitive, Community Based Self-Management Program for First Nations People with Arthritis and Their Families
Diane Lacaille¹, June Kaminski², Jade Collison³, Linda Lavender⁴, Monica Brown⁵, Kim Roberts⁶, Deborah Da Costa⁷, Paul Adam⁸, Linda Li² and Allen Lehman⁹, ¹Arthritis Research Canada/University of British Columbia, Medicine/Rheumatology, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ³Haida Health Centre, Old Massett, BC, Canada, ⁴Kwakiutl District Council Health Services, Campbell River, BC, Canada, ⁵Director, Haida Health Centre, Old Massett, BC, Canada, ⁶Director, Kwakiutl District Council Health Services, Campbell River, BC, Canada, ⁷Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Mary Pack Arthritis Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹Senior Medical Scientific Liaison-Rheumatology, Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: First Nation community consultations identified arthritis as a priority health concern and the need for culturally sensitive health services adapted to community needs. In…
Abstract Number: 2187 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Specialist Link Telephone Advice Cost Effectively Enhances Rheumatology Patient Care in Alberta, Canada
Yolanda Martens-Vanhilst¹, Dianne P. Mosher², Linda Slocombe¹ and Paul MacMullan³, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Med, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Calgary zone of Alberta Health Services serves a population of almost 2million Canadians over a wide geographical area and is underserved in terms…
Abstract Number: 2188 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regional Analysis of Impact of Participation in a Patient Support Program on Clinical Outcomes Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Adalimumab (Humira)
Filip van Den Bosch¹, Andrew Ostor², Patrick Zueger³, Meijing Wu³, Ivan Lagunes Galindo³ and Siegfried Wassenberg⁴, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Cabrini Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia, ³AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) receiving adalimumab for RA or other indications are offered participation in the AbbVie pt support program (PSP). This analysis assessed clinical outcomes…
Abstract Number: 2189 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Smartphones in Collecting Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs): Feasibility of a Study Nested in a US National Cohort
Kaleb Michaud^1,2, Sofia Pedro², Madison Grinnell¹ and Rebecca Schumacher², ¹Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS
Background/Purpose: Multiple small studies have demonstrated that patients with rheumatic disease can and are willing to use smartphones to track disease severity. The objective of…
Abstract Number: 2190 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Means of Collaboration between Ophthalmologists, Rheumatologists and Internists in the Management of Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Nationwide Study
Magali Pacanowski Fournier¹, Antoine Brezin², Christophe Chiquet Sr.³, David Saadoun⁴, Jeremie Sellam⁵, Patrice Cacoub⁶, Pascal Sève⁷, Bahram Bodaghi Sr.⁸ and Laurent Kodjikian Sr.^9,10,11, ¹medical department, Magali Pacanowski Fournier is employee of AbbVie and own AbbVie stock, Rungis, France, ²Ophtalmology, Referral Center for Rare Ophthalmological Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, ophtalmology, France, Paris, France, ³ophtalmology, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, La Tronche, France, ⁴Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France, ⁵AP-HP Saint-Antoine hospital, Service de Rhumatologie, Inserm UMRS_938, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital “Pitié-Salpêtrière”, “Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI” University, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷Internal medicine, Internal medicine department, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁸ophtalmology, Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière; Université Sorbonne, paris, France, ⁹ophtalmology, Chu de La Croix-Rousse, hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁰université Claude Bernard lyon 1, villeurbanne, France, ¹¹UMR-CNRS 5510 Matéis, villeurbanne, France
Background/Purpose: When uveitis is believed to be part of an underlying systemic disease or when a systemic treatment is required, a multi-disciplinary approach is usually…
Abstract Number: 2191 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Injections Using Local Puncture Site Sterility
Suzan Jaradat¹, Maheswari Muruganandam², Noelle Rolle², Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.³, William Hayward⁴, N. Suzanne Emil³, Monthida Fangtham³, Roderick Fields³ and Arthur Bankhurst³, ¹Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ²University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ³Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴The Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US)-guided injections in musculoskeletal medicine typically utilize either local puncture site sterility or conventional surgical sterility. We report on the safety and complications…
Abstract Number: 2192 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
User Experience with Methotrexate in Managing Inflammatory Arthritis Under the Support of an Interprofessional Arthritis Care Team (UMTX Study)
Diane Tin¹, Marie Craig¹, Carolyn Dittmar², Carter Thorne², Nooshin Samadi¹, Edward Ng² and Aubrey Michael², ¹The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ²Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the cornerstone for the treatment of RA as monotherapy or in combination. While its cost effectiveness in halting the disease is…
Abstract Number: 2193 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Online Direct-to-Patient Recruitment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Results in Rapid Enrollment
June Fujimoto, Lilian Borisov, Kristen Warren and Robert Terbrueggen, DxTerity, Rancho Dominguez, CA
Background/Purpose: For precision medicine to address the dynamic nature of autoimmune diseases, more frequent measurements of disease activity and therapy response are needed. We report…
Abstract Number: 2194 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Develop a New Platform for Post-Marketing Vigilance Though Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM) Mobiles Tools: A Real World Cohort Study of RA Patients from China
Yongfu Wang¹, Hua Wei², Jing Yang³, Chun Li⁴, Rong Mu⁵, Bin Wu⁶, Hongzhi Wang⁷, Yong Wang⁸, Xiaohan Wang⁹, Huifang Guo¹⁰, Jing Xue¹¹, Jinli Ru¹², Xiafei Xin¹³, Fengxiao Zhang¹⁴, Lirong Kang¹, Hong Liu³, Xiaoling Liu¹⁵, Tong Xie¹⁶, Lingxun Shen¹⁷, Huiqin Yang¹⁸, Shouxin Li¹⁹, Fen Li²⁰, Fen Wang²¹, Rui Wu²², Yuan Liu²³, Hui Xiao²³, Yuhua Jia²³, Fei Xiao²³ and Jianlin Huang²⁴, ¹The First Affiliated Hospital of BaoTou Medical College, Baotou, China, ²Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ³Department of rheumatology, Central Hospital of MianYang, Sichuan, Mian Yang, China, ⁴Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China, ⁷The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China, ⁸The first Hospital Affiliated to AMU (Southernwest Hospital), Chongqing, China, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Anyang district hospital, Anyang, China, ¹⁰The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China, ¹¹88 Jiefang Road, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China, ¹²The Second hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, NingBo First Hospital, Zhejiang, Ningbo, China, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China, ¹⁵The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou, China, ¹⁶Affiliated hospital of Guangdong medical University, Zhanjiang, China, ¹⁷Union Hospital Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, ¹⁸Wuhan No 1 Hospital, wuhan, China, ¹⁹Tongji Hospital，Tongji Medical College，Huazhong University of Science and Technology, wuhan, China, ²⁰The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical University Of Anhui, Hefei, China, ²²The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ²³Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, ²⁴Department of rheumatology, The Sixth Hospital Affiliated to Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background/Purpose: Adverse events (AE) during treatment in RA patients are unavoidable. Monitoring AEs in real time during long-term treatment is critical for AE detection and…
Abstract Number: 2195 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Factors of a Positive PET/CT Scan for Vascular Involvement in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Diana Prieto Peña¹, Monica Calderón Goercke¹, Javier Loricera², Isabel Martínez-Rodríguez³, Ignacio Banzo³, Belén Atienza-Mateo⁴, José Luis Martín-Varillas⁴, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Carmen Gonzalez Vela⁵, Alfonso Corrales⁴, Santos Castañeda⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁴, José Luis Hernández² and Miguel Angel González-Gay⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁵Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria Santander, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is often the presenting manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan often discloses the presence…
Abstract Number: 2196 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Kinetics of Tissue-Specific Distribution of 18f-Fluorodeoxyglucose in Positron Emission Tomography in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Joel S. Rosenblum¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Mark A. Ahlman³ and Peter C. Grayson⁴, ¹NIAMS, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET may be used to quantify vascular inflammation in large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Quantitative analysis of arterial FDG uptake has not been standardized. Delayed…

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