Abstract Number: 457 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RA Patients with Medicare Only Insurance Have Similar Clinical Outcomes As Patients with Private Insurance Despite Having Less Access to Biologics
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that patients with Medicare only coverage without financial assistance from foundations were significantly less likely to receive Biologics than patients…Abstract Number: 458 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
First Year Canadian Experience with Subcutaneous Abatacept in Routine Practice for the Treatment of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the Orencia Response Program (ORP) Network
Background/Purpose: The subcutaneous (SC) formulation of abatacept (ABA) has been available in Canada since January 2014. Here we report first year experience with SC ABA…Abstract Number: 459 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Positivity on Drug Survival of Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Routine Care: The Results from Turkbio Registry
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABA) is a biological anti-rheumatic drug used in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In TURKBIO, Turkish Biologic Registry, data on patient characteristics, diagnosis, previous treatment…Abstract Number: 460 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Body Composition and Metabolic Profile during Treatment with Tocilizumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by increased cardiovascular risk and metabolic changes including cachectic obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia. DMARDs decrease inflammation and could thus…Abstract Number: 461 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Etanercept Has a Better Retention Rate at 10 Years Than Adalimumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results from Rhumadata®: A Real-Life Clinical Database and Registry
Background/Purpose: Very few studies have compare different agents used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the very long term. The majority of them…Abstract Number: 462 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiographic Progression in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Has Not Become Milder over the Past Decades
Background/Purpose: Retrospective studies have promoted the idea that RA has become a milder disease over the past decades[i], [ii]. These findings are questionable because of…Abstract Number: 463 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Biologic Agents for RA in Patients with MTX-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is known as an anchor drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and MTX-associated lymphoproliferative disorders (MTX-LPD) is of current interest.…Abstract Number: 464 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologic Therapy Treatment Complications in the Alberta Aboriginal Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Biologic Therapy Treatment Complications in the Alberta Aboriginal Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis Background/Purpose: Aboriginal people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have more severe disease and an…Abstract Number: 465 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Bone Erosion at Baseline Predicts the Subsequent Radiographic Progression in Early-Stage RA Patients Who Achieved in Sustained Clinical Good Response: Sub-Analysis from Nagasaki University Early Arthritis Cohort
Background/Purpose: Given the improved detection of joint injury by MRI than by clinical examination, EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in…Abstract Number: 466 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Factors, Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and MRI-Detected Subclinical Inflammation in Relation to Progression from Clinically Suspect Arthralgia to Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Patients with Clinically Suspect Arthralgia (CSA) have, according to their rheumatologists, an increased risk on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but their actual outcome is unexplored.…Abstract Number: 467 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis with Normal Acute-Phase Reactant Values
Background/Purpose: Despite high clinical disease activity measured by joint counts and global assessments, some patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have normal acute-phase reactant (APR)…Abstract Number: 468 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Ultrasonographic Inflammation in DMARD-Naïve Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) – Impact of the 2010 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria Versus the 1987 ACR Classification Criteria
Background/Purpose: ACR and EULAR published new classification criteria for RA in 2010, aiming for early identification of patients at risk of developing persistent and erosive…Abstract Number: 469 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Window of Opportunity to Achieve Major Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: How Persistence with Therapy Matters
Background/Purpose: The window of opportunity concept states that there are superior clinical responses and the potential for remission, when patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are…Abstract Number: 470 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Outcome in Patients Fulfilling the 2010 Classification Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Impact of the Different Criteria Components
Background/Purpose: The 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (2010 RA criteria) facilitate early classification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The criteria yield a score ranging…Abstract Number: 471 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Baseline Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide 2 Antibody Titer on Efficacy Outcomes Following Treatment with Subcutaneous Abatacept or Adalimumab
Background/Purpose: In patients (pts) with RA, the predictive value of baseline (BL) titers of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), a known biomarker for RA and disease…