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Abstract Number: 2008 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Treat To Target In Gout Patients With and Without Tophi
Leslie R. Harrold¹, Carol Etzel^2,3, Bruce Schechter⁴, Raymond L. Malamet⁵, Vanessa Cox² and Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁶, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²CORRONA, Inc, Southborough, MA, ³Department of Epidemiology, UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX, ⁴Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Global Medical Affairs, Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, ⁶NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding the differences in characteristics between patients with tophaceous gout compared to those without tophi. We examined these differences in a…
Abstract Number: 1969 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ankle Joint Involvement In Rheumatoid Arthritis. An Ultrasound Study Using High Resolution- and Colour Doppler Ultrasound
Mohammed Alsuwaidi¹, Boris P. Ehrenstein¹, Martin Fleck² and Wolfgang Hartung¹, ¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ²Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite a pivotal role for RA patients mobility, the ankle joints are frequently neglected, and omitted in activity scoring systems including DAS 28. In…
Abstract Number: 1970 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Utility Of Fluorescence Optical Imaging For Detecting Clinically Silent Synovitis Of The Hands and Wrists
Yogan Kisten¹, Noémi Györi², Hamed Rezaei³, Anna Karlsson¹, Carolina Romanus², Ronald van Vollenhoven⁴ and Erik af Klint⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute,Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Stockholm, Sweden, ²Unit for Clinical Therapy Research Inflammaroty Diseases (ClinTRID) Department of Medicine, the Karolinska Insitute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The rheumatology clinic of the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The detection of subclinical synovial inflammation (“silent synovitis”) would be of critical importance for the detection of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in its earliest pathophysiological…
Abstract Number: 1971 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Four Finger Examination Technique Is Superior To The Standard Two Finger Technique To Detect Metacarpal Phalangeal Joint Swelling In Rheumatoid Arthritis – A Validation By Power Doppler Ultrasound
Mohammed Omair¹, Pooneh Akhavan², Ali Naraghi³, Deborah Weber⁴, Shikha Mittoo², Melissa Weber⁴, Juan Xiong⁵ and Edward C. Keystone², ¹Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Musculoskeletal Radiology Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Swollen joints (SJs) are a strong clinical predictor of radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The metacarpal phalangeal joints (MCP) SJs are particularly relevant…
Abstract Number: 1972 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Erosion Case Definition and Scoring Reliability Exercise Using a New Outcome Measurement Tool, High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography, In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Dominique Toepfer², Hubert Marotte³, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁴, Andrea Scharmga⁵, Roland Kocijan⁶, Sebastian Kraus⁷, Kresten K. Keller⁴, Joost de Jong⁸, Jeroen Williams⁸ and Stephanie Finzel⁷, ¹Medicine, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, Inserm U1059, Saint-Etienne, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁶Academic Teaching Hospital of Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) is a novel imaging instrument for bony damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Agreement on a case definition for…
Abstract Number: 1973 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Importance Of Hand Positioning In 3D Joint Space Morphology Assessment
Stephanie Boutroy¹, Elodie Hirschenhahn¹, Emile Youssof², Hervé Locrelle², Thierry Thomas², Roland Chapurlat³ and Hubert Marotte², ¹INSERM U1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ²INSERM U1059 and University Hospital, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France, ³INSERM UMR 1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
Background/Purpose: Precise quantification of joint space morphology (JSM) is an important factor for early diagnosis and monitoring of disease activity and therapeutic responses in rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1974 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Validity Of Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Joint Inflammation and Damage In Wrist/Hand Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) – A Systematic Literature Review (SLR)
OM Troum¹, OL Pimienta¹, TG Woodworth², O Morgacheva³, V Ranganath⁴ and Daniel Furst⁵, ¹Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Radiographic scoring of erosions and joint space narrowing (JSN) of the hand/wrist is standard to evaluate RA joint damage for regulatory approval of DMARDs;…
Abstract Number: 1975 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification In Rheumatic Diseases : Carotid Ultrasound Is More Sensitive Than Coronary Artery Calcification Score To Detect Subclinical atherosclerosis In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán¹, Alfonso Corrales², José Antonio Parra³, Carlos González-Juanatey⁴, Montserrat Santos⁵, Javier Rueda⁶, Ricardo Blanco⁷, Vanesa Calvo-Río⁸, Javier Loricera⁸, Javier Llorca⁹ and Miguel A González-Gay¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Radiology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Cardiology Division, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁹Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Santander, Spain, ¹⁰Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease associated to accelerated atherogenesis leading to increased incidence of cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Adequate stratification of the CV risk…
Abstract Number: 1976 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assessment Of Early Response To Certolizumab Pegol In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase IIIb Study Applying Magnetic Resonance Imaging At Week 0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16
Mikkel Ostergaard¹, Lennart Jacobsson², Christopher Schaufelberger³, Michael Sejer-Hansen⁴, Johannes Bijlsma⁵, Anna Dudek⁶, Maria Rell-Bakalarska⁷, Fabienne Staelens⁸, Robert Haake⁹, Britt Sundman-Engberg¹⁰ and Henning Bliddal¹¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology & Inflammation Research, Sahlgrens' Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Clinic, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Deptartment of Rheumatology & Immunity, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Medica Pro Familia, Warsaw, Poland, ⁷Rheuma Medicus, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis (RA) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system (RAMRIS) is a validated scoring system for assessment of synovitis, bone edema and…
Abstract Number: 1977 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Remission At 3 Or 6 Months and Radiographic Non-Progression At 12 Months In Methotrexate-Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib Or Methotrexate: A Post-Hoc Analysis Of The ORAL Start Trial
V. Strand¹, D. van der Heijde², R. Landewe³, E. B. Lee⁴, B. Wilkinson⁵, S. H. Zwillich⁵, J. Bradley⁵, C. Mebus⁵, B. Benda⁶ and D. Gruben⁵, ¹Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of RA. The importance of “treat to target” in RA to attain…
Abstract Number: 1978 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect Of Certolizumab On Lymphatic Volume and Flow In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Acute Flare
Homaira Rahimi¹, Vaseem Chengazi², Gregory Dieudonne², Edward M. Schwarz³ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, ¹Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Radiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Episodic flare occurs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but the mechanisms of this process are not well understood. Our prior reports on MRI analysis of…
Abstract Number: 1979 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Occupational Balance Questionnaire: From People’s Perspectives To A Patient Reported Outcome
Mona Dür¹, Gunter Steiner², Michaela Stoffer³, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer⁴, Veronika Fialka-Moser⁵, Clemens Dejaco⁶, Birgit Prodinger⁷, Alexa Binder⁸, Josef S. Smolen^9,10 and Tanja A. Stamm¹¹, ¹Internal Medicine III Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Internal Medicine III, division of rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Internal Medicine III, Division of Diabetology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷ICF Research Branch, Swiss Paraplegic Group, Nottwil, Switzerland, Notwill, Switzerland, ⁸Occupational therapy, Hospital Goettlicher Heiland, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Occupational balance is one of the foundations on which occupational therapy is based. Occupational balance is defined diversely and mainly derived from the perspective…
Abstract Number: 1980 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation Of The Fox-Walk Test In People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Birgitta Nordgren¹, Cecilia Fridén², Eva Jansson³, Ted Österlund⁴, Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Grooten², Christina H. Opava¹ and Anette Rickenlund^4,5, ¹Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physical Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ²Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physical Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, SE 14183 Huddinge, Sweden, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, ⁵Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Aerobic capacity tests are important to evaluate exercise programs and to encourage individuals to a physically active lifestyle. Maximum aerobic tests in a laboratory…
Abstract Number: 1981 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Developing International Consensus Definitions Of Improvement For Adult and Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Saad Feroz¹, Nicolino. Ruperto², Jiri Vencovsky³, Peter A. Lachenbruch¹, Brian Erman⁴, Adam Huber⁵, Brian M. Feldman⁶, Ingrid E. Lundberg⁷, Angela Pistorio⁸, Howard Rockette⁹, Frederick W. Miller¹, Rohit Aggarwal¹⁰, Lisa G. Rider¹, for The ACR-EULAR Myositis Response Criteria Project Group¹¹, Angelo Ravelli¹², Clarissa Pilkington¹³ and Sheila K. Oliveira¹⁴, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²PRINTO, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴SRA International, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁵IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁰Medicine / Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Instituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Background/Purpose: IMACS and PRINTO have developed preliminary core set activity measures and definitions of improvement (DOIs). However, these were developed from small and partially retrospective…
Abstract Number: 1982 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development and Validation Of Medication Assessment Tools Specific For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Louise Grech^1,2, Bernard Coleiro^1,3, Anthony Serracino Inglott¹, Lilian M. Azzopardi¹, Victor Ferrito¹ and Andrew A. Borg^3,4, ¹Pharmacy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, ²Clinical Pharmacy, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta, ³Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta, ⁴Medicine, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
Background/Purpose: Medication assessment tools can be defined as evidence-based instruments intended for the evaluation of prescribing trends and monitoring of adherence to established guidelines. Medication…

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