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  • Abstract Number: 3200 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Immunoscintigraphic Detection Of Tumor Necrosis Factor By Radiolabeled Certolizumab Pegol in Patients with Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis in Relation to Disease Activity: A Proof of Concept Study

    Ruth Wittoek1, Philippe Carron2, Bieke Lambert3, Paulien Meersseman1, Gust Verbruggen1, Filip van Den Bosch1 and Dirk Elewaut4, 1Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 2Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 3Department of Nuclear Medicine Ghent University Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 4Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, VIB, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Background/Purpose:   A recent randomized clinical trial in erosive osteoarthritis (OA) of finger joints with a TNF blocking agent, adalimumab, showed inhibition of radiographic progression…
  • Abstract Number: 3201 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Diagnostic Value of Quantitative Sialoscintigraphy Compared to Labial Salivary Gland Biopsy in Patients with Suspected SjöGren’ Syndrome

    Maria Garcia-Gonzalez1, Maria Jesus Gonzalez-Soto2, Ivan Ferraz-Amaro1, Hiurma Sanchez1, Vanesa Hernandez1, Maria Angeles Gomez2 and Sagrario Bustabad1, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 2Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the most common features of Sjögren' syndrome (SS). Sialoscintigraphy (sSC) is the only technique nowadays available to objectify…
  • Abstract Number: 3202 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Clinical and Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Joint Involvement in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

    María Victoria Martire1, Priscila Marcaida2, Santiago Scarafia3, Gloria Crespo2, Anastasia Secco4, Lida Santiago2 and Marta Mamani2, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, CABA, Argentina, 4Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis is a multisystem disease characterized by the development of microangiopathy and subsequent fibrosis of skin and internal organs. The joint involvement is…
  • Abstract Number: 3203 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Cyclophosphamide in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Using a Large National UK Cohort

    Claire Deakin1, Raquel Campanilho-Marques2, Stefania Simou3, Elena Moraitis4, Eleanor Pullenayegum5,6, Lucy R Wedderburn4,7,8, Clarissa Pilkington9 and Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group (JDRG), 1Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section,, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 2Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, Portugal, 3Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 4Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 5Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 6Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 8Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, 9Paediatric Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose:  Cyclophosphamide (CYC) has been used as a second-line agent in the treatment of severe or refractory JDM. The published literature on the efficacy of…
  • Abstract Number: 3204 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Body Composition and Adipose Tissue Distribution in Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Associations with Cardiac Function

    Birgit Nomeland Witczak1, Kristin Godang2, Thomas Schwartz3, Nicoleta Cristina Olarescu4, Berit Flatø5,6, Jens Bollerslev5,7, Ivar Sjaastad5,8,9 and Helga Sanner5,6, 1Oslo University Hospital, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 2Department of Specialised Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Section of Specialised Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 4Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway., Section of Specialised Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 5Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 6Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 7Section of Specialised Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 8Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, 9Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Lipodystrophy and metabolic abnormalities occur frequently in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and redistribution of adipose tissue has been reported in several rheumatic diseases. Visceral adipose…
  • Abstract Number: 3205 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients with Periodic Fever Syndromes (Colchicine-Resistant FMF, HIDS/MKD AND TRAPS): Results from a Phase 3, Pivotal, Umbrella Trial

    Fabrizio De Benedetti1, Jordi Anton2, Eldad Ben-Chetrit3, Inmaculada Calvo4, Joost Frenkel5, Marco Gattorno6, Hal M. Hoffman7, Ozgur Kasapcopur8, Isabelle Koné-Paut9, Helen Lachmann10, Michel Moutschen11, Seza Ozen12, Pierre Quartier13, Anna Simon14, Andrew Zeft15, Karine Lheritier16, Antonio Speziale16 and Guido Junge16, 1IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesú, Rome, Italy, 2Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, 3Rheumatology Unit, Hadassah—Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 4Hospital Universitario y Piltecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, 5University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 6Pediatric Rheumatology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy, 7University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, 8Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 9Hopital Kremlin Bicetre, University of Paris SUD, Paris, France, 10UK National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom, 11C.H.U. Sart-Tilman, Liege, Belgium, 12Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 13Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, 14General Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 15Pediatrics Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 16Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose:  Periodic fever syndromes (PFS) are rare auto-inflammatory conditions that include, among others, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), hyper-IgD syndrome/mevalonate kinase deficiency…
  • Abstract Number: 3206 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Effectiveness of Childhood Vaccinations in CAPS Patients Treated with Canakinumab: Results from an Open-Label Phase III Extension Study

    Paul Brogan1, Michaël Hofer2, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner3, Bernard Lauwerys4, Antonio Speziale5, Xiaoling Wei6 and Ronald Laxer7, 1Rheumatology Unit , Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom, 2Pediatrie, Unité Romande de Rhumatologie Pédiatrique, Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, 3University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, 4Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc and Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 5Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 6Shanghai Novartis Trading Limited, Shanghai, China, 7Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose:  Canakinumab (CAN) has been shown not to impair antibody production following vaccination in children in an open-label phase 3 study (NCT01302860).1 Here we present…
  • Abstract Number: 3207 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase Type 2 (DADA2)—Results of Anti-TNF Treatment in a Cohort of Patients with a History of Stroke

    Amanda K. Ombrello1, Karyl Barron2, Patrycja Hoffmann1, Camilo Toro3, Deborah L. Stone4, Gineth Pinto-Patarroyo4, Anne Jones4, Tina Romeo5, Ariane Soldatos6, Qing Zhou7, Natalie Deuitch5, Jing Qin2, Ivona Aksentijevich4 and Daniel L. Kastner4, 1Inflammatory Diseases Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 3NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 4Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 5National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 6National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 7Inflammatory Disease Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: The deficiency of adenosine deaminase type 2 (DADA2) is an autosomal recessive disease resulting from biallelic mutations in CECR1. Patients commonly present with vascular…
  • Abstract Number: 3208 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Preliminary Response to JAK1/2 Inhibition with Baricitinib in “Candle”,“Savi” and “Candle-like” Diseases. a New Therapeutic Approach for Type I IFN Mediated Autoinflammatory Diseases

    Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez1, Adam Reinhardt2, Paul Brogan3, Dawn C. Chapelle4, Hanna Kim4, Samantha Judd4, Bahar Kost4, Michelle O'Brien4, Wendy Goodspeed5, Robert A. Colbert4, Meryl Waldman6, Deborah L. Stone7, Ling Gao8, JA Dare8, Susanne Schalm9, Thomas L. Klausmeier10, Sara Murias11, Yackov Berkun12, Diane Brown13, John D. Carter14, Fehime K Eroglu15, A. Zlotogorski16, Philip Hashkes17, Helmut Wittkowski18, Suzanne Ramsey19, Seza Ozen20, Adriana Almeida de Jesus21 and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky22, 1NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 2Rheumatology, Children's Hosp of Omaha/UNMC, Omaha, NE, 3UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 4NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 5Office of the Clinical Director, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 6NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 7NHGRI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 8University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 9LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, 10Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, 11Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 12Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 13Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 14Division of Rheumatology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 15Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey, 16Department of Dermatology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 17Pediatric Rheumatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 18Pediatrics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 19Pediatric Rheumatology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, 20Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 21National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD, 22Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Studies, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: Chronically elevated serum IP-10 (CXCL10) levels, and a prominent “interferon (IFN)-response gene signature” in patients with chronic neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperatures…
  • Abstract Number: 3209 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of 5 Years Remission Steered Treatment in Early Rheumatoid and Undifferentiated Arthritis Patients

    Gülsah Akdemir1, L. Heimans2, R.J. Goekoop3, Maikel van Oosterhout4, J.B. Harbers5, C. Bijkerk6, G.M. Steup-Beekman7, L.R. Lard8, P.B.J. de Sonnaville9, B.A.M. Grillet10, TWJ Huizinga11 and Cornelia F. Allaart2, 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, 4Rheumatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, 5Department of Rheumatology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, Netherlands, 6Rheumatology, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis, Delft, Netherlands, 7Rheumatology, Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, 8Rheumatology, MCH Antoniushove Hospital, Leidschendam, Netherlands, 9Rheumatology, ADRZ, Goes, Netherlands, 10Rheumatology, Zorgsaam, Terneuzen, Netherlands, 11Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: To assess clinical and radiological outcomes of induction therapy followed by 5 years disease activity score (DAS)-remission steered treatment in early arthritis patients. Methods:…
  • Abstract Number: 3210 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    10+ Years’ Follow-up of a Danish 2-Year Treat-to-Target RCT in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Baseline Predictors of Functional and Radiographic Outcomes

    Merete Lund Hetland1, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen2, Peter Junker1, Hanne Lindegaard1, Torkell Ellingsen1, Jan Pødenphant2, Henrik Skjødt1, Aage Vestergaard2, Bo Jannik Ejbjerg1, Søren Jacobsen1, Niels Steen Krogh1, Mikkel Ostergaard1 and Kim Hørslev-Petersen2, 1Rigshospitalet (Glostrup and Blegdamsvej), Århus University Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Herlev/Gentofte Hospital, Slagelse Sygehus, Chr X hospital (University of South Denmark) and Zitelab Aps, DANBIO Registry and Departments of Rheumatology, Glostrup, Denmark, 2Rigshospitalet (Glostrup and Blegdamsvej), Århus University Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Herlev/Gentofte Hospital, Slagelse Sygehus, Chr X hospital (University of South Denmark) and Zitelab Aps, DANBIO Registry and Departments of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Background/Purpose:  Few RCTs have investigated long-term (10+ years) outcomes of goal-directed synovitis suppression in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The CIMESTRA trial was a 2-year double-blinded…
  • Abstract Number: 3211 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Early Radiological Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Leads to More Long-Term Joint Damage in Daily Clinical Practice; Six Year Radiological Outcomes of a Strict Treat-to-Target Cohort in the Netherlands

    Letty G.A. Versteeg1, Laura M.M. Steunebrink1, Ina H. Kuper1, Harald E. Vonkeman2, Peter M. ten Klooster3, Arie E. van der Bijl4 and Mart A.F.J. van de Laar5, 1Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente - Arthritis Center Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 2koningsplein, Medisch Spectrum Twente - Arthritis Center Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 3Pcgr, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 4Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, Netherlands, 5Rheumatology, Arthritis Centre Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente and University Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Implementation of treat-to-target (T2T) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) leads to limited radiological damage during follow-up of 3 years. Questions are whether these results are…
  • Abstract Number: 3212 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treat-to-Target in RA: Does Early Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) Remission Lead to Better 5-Year Functional Outcomes Than SDAI Low Disease Activity?

    Vibeke Norvang, Elisabeth Lie, Inge C Olsen, Eirik K Kristianslund, Tore K Kvien and Till Uhlig, Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has evolved considerably during the last couple of decades, with current recommended practice being a treat-to-target approach, involving…
  • Abstract Number: 3213 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Assessment of Two Different DAS Treatment Targets in Early Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Gülsah Akdemir1, Iris M. Markusse2, Yvonne P. Goekoop-Ruiterman3, J.B. Harbers4, Maikel van Oosterhout5, Pit J.S.M. Kerstens6, Willem F. Lems7, TWJ Huizinga8 and Cornelia F. Allaart2, 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Rheumatology, HAGA hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, 4Department of Rheumatology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, Netherlands, 5Rheumatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, 6Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: It remains to be determined if setting remission or low disease activity as treatment target affects significant outcomes in early active rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
  • Abstract Number: 3214 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Implementation of Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative

    Daniel H. Solomon1, Bing Lu2, Elena Losina3, Jen Agosti4, Agnes Zak5, Cassandra Corrigan5, Zhi Yu6, Sara Lee5, Asaf Bitton7, LR Harrold8, Theodore Pincus9, Helga Radner10, Josef Smolen11, Liana Fraenkel12 and Jeffrey N. Katz13, 1Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4JRA Consulting, Andover, MA, 5Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 8University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 9Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 10Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 11Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, 12Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 13Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Treat to target (TTT) is a recommended strategy in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but various studies suggest that its uptake in routine…
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