Abstract Number: 2131 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Impact of Patient-Reported Flares on Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low-Disease Activity: Secondary Analyses from a Randomized Trial
Background/Purpose Flares, potentially disabling and disease worsening even when a patient is in low disease activity, are common features in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…Abstract Number: 2132 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is Associated with X- Ray Progression at 5 Years in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients in Low Disease Activity?
Background/Purpose Persistent inflammation on Power Doppler (PD) by ultrasound (US) was associated with relapse and structural progression after one year of follow up in a…Abstract Number: 2133 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Tocilizumab Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on FDG-PET/CT
Background/Purpose: A humanized anti-interleukin-6 receptor (anti-IL-6R) antibody, tocilizumab (TCZ), is one of the biologics and the C-reactive protein (CRP) level and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)…Abstract Number: 2134 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Scintigraphic Detection of TNFá As a Predictor of Therapy Response after Treatment with Certolizumab Pegol in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: A major challenge in the biologic era is to predict clinical response. A large variability in the level of TNFα expression has been recognized…Abstract Number: 2135 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients with Moderate Disease Activity in the First 5 Years of Rheumatoid Arthritis Still Progress Radiographically Despite Conventional Disease Modifying Therapy
Background/Purpose: Patients with moderate disease are an important, and often poorly studied, patient subgroup. The extent to which traditional DMARD therapies adequately control the disease…Abstract Number: 2136 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Erosion Detection and Measurement in Longitudinal Datasets Using High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography
Background/Purpose An operational case definition for identification of erosions imaged by HR-pQCT was achieved and tested in a first reliability exercise (RELEX-1) using cross-sectional data.…Abstract Number: 2137 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Linear Extrapolation of Missing Radiographic Progression Scores Does Not Spuriously overestimate overall Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose : Linear Extrapolation (LE) is a frequently applied method to impute missing radiographic data in trials. However, there is frequent critique that LE overestimates…Abstract Number: 2138 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiological Outcomes after Two Years of Remission Steered Treatment in Early Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: We investigated whether early, remission steered treatment can prevent damage progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or undifferentiated arthritis (UA), and aimed…Abstract Number: 2139 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Radiologic Disease Progression during the Rheumatoid Arthritis Comparison of Active Therapies Trial
Background/Purpose Halting joint damage is a central goal in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Much research has been conducted to identify factors associated with progressive…Abstract Number: 2140 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Agreement Among FDG-PET/CT, Ultrasound and Physical Examination in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The lack of tools to accurately measure and quantify joint inflammation is a challenging problem in the study of inflammatory arthritis. No gold standard…Abstract Number: 2141 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity to Change of Joint Space Width Measurements in Hand Osteoarthritis in a Two Year Follow-up Study
Background/Purpose: Cartilage loss, represented by joint space width (JSW) on radiographs, is an important outcome measure in hand OA disease course. JSW can be assessed…Abstract Number: 2142 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity and Precision of Automated Osteophyte Volumetric Measurement in Knee Osteoarthritis over Four Years
Background/Purpose: Osteophyte formation and evolution is a hallmark of knee OA, and their radiographic identification and progression is fundamental in clinical practice, observational research and…Abstract Number: 2143 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cortical Breaks and Bone Erosions in the Hand Joints: A Cadaver Study Comparing Conventional Radiography with High-Resolution and Micro-Computed Tomography
Background/Purpose . Conventional radiography (CR) is considered the gold standard for diagnosing bone erosions in rheumatic diseases. However, High-Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT) and…Abstract Number: 2144 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cuantification of Hand Bone Mineral Density By Radiogrammetry and Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry in Early Arthritis Patients
Background/Purpose: The evaluation of cortical bone mineral density (BMD) on metacarpal bones by digital radiogrammetry (DXR) has been proven to be a simple, reliable and…Abstract Number: 2145 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Performance and Disease Activity Assessment By FDG-PET in Large-Vessel Vasculitis: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Background/Purpose: FDG-PET is increasingly used in the work up of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review and…
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