Abstract Number: 393 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of Body Mass Index on Disease Activity and Radiographic Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background/Purpose: Overweight and obesity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are rising conditions. Adipose tissue has pro inflammatory properties by producing adipokines which could play…Abstract Number: 392 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neuroendocrine Hormone and Metabolic Peptide Levels in the Earliest Phases of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Do Free Fatty Acids Play a Role?
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with several neuroendocrine hormones and metabolic peptides. The crosstalk between the hormones and the immune…Abstract Number: 391 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Self-Assessment Tool of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity: Handgrip Strength Measured By a Smartphone Connected to a Dynamometer
Background/Purpose Patient self-management should become a key component of rheumatology care. Development of modalities using personal technologies resources represents an attractive way to assess periodic…Abstract Number: 390 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Correlates of Patient-Physician Discordance in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sometimes rate their global disease activity differently than their rheumatologists. Previous studies describing this ‘discordance’ have primarily included patients…Abstract Number: 389 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High 11B-HSD1 Activity Is Associated with Progression to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients with a New Onset of Inflammatory Arthritis
Background/Purpose Inadequate endogenous glucocorticoid (GC) synthesis during inflammation has been proposed as an aetiological factor in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been…Abstract Number: 388 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble TREM-1 Is a Biomarker of Anti-CCP-Positive, DMARD-Naive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose : Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) is a cell-surface receptor, expressed mainly on monocytes and neutrophils and involved in amplification of the inflammatory…Abstract Number: 387 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Levels of IgG Autoantibodies to Oxidation-Associated MDA Neo-Determinants Are a Biomarker for Systemic Inflammation and Disease Activity in SLE and RA
Background/Purpose Monitoring disease activity in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease is an essential part of clinical care. Highly reactive malondialdehyde (MDA) arise from reactive oxygen…Abstract Number: 386 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Pharmacogenetic Markers with Treatment Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose : In the CAnadian Methotrexate and Etanercept Outcome Study (CAMEO) continued therapy with etanercept (ETN) and methotrexate (MTX) led to better outcomes at month…Abstract Number: 385 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of a Prognostic Model to Predict Structural Damage Assessed By X-Ray in Patients with RA Using MRI Data from a Clinical Trial
Background/Purpose: We developed and validated a prognostic model for rapid radiographic progression (RRP) using X-ray data to identify RA patients (pts) at risk of structural…Abstract Number: 380 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Palindromic Rheumatism, Older Age, Shorter Interval Between Attacks and Positive Anti-CCP Antibodies May Predict Progression to RA
Background/Purpose Palindromic rheumatism (PR) is a clinical syndrome characterised by episodes of joint swelling that settle spontaneously. A proportion of patients with PR progress and…Abstract Number: 370 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Double Positivity of RA Serologies More Prevalent Yet Associated with Clinical Response in Ethnic Minority Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Double Positivity of RA Serologies More Prevalent But Associated with Clinical Response in a Diverse Ethnic Cohort with Rheumatoid ArthritisBackground/Purpose: The presence of both the…Abstract Number: 369 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Snapshot, a Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment Tool, Against CDAI, DAS28 (ESR), and DAS28 (CRP) in Canadian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Measuring disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) remains an elusive goal. Both DAS and CDAI have an inherent weakness because similar numbers can result…Abstract Number: 368 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum C1M Level Predicts Disease Progression and Early Treatment Efficacy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partly characterized by joint destruction. Personalized health care is needed in RA to enable i) prediction of those patients that…Abstract Number: 367 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Non-Response to Methotrexate Monotherapy the Change in Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Is Differentially Associated with Subsequent Response to Non-Biological Versus Biological Therapy
Background/Purpose For patients with early RA (eRA), methotrexate (MTX) is recommended as first-line treatment and in non-responders both the addition of conventional non-biological disease modifying…Abstract Number: 366 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble 4-1BB Is a Marker of Joint Involvement and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose 4-1BB is induced on T cells after antigen encounter and promotes clonal expansion and accumulation of high numbers of antigen-specific effector-type T cells primarily…