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Abstract Number: 2469 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiographic Sacroiliitis Progression In An Early Spondyloarthritis Cohort
Concepcion Castillo-Gallego¹, Eugenio de Miguel², Carmen Martin-Hervas³, Diana Peiteado¹, Leticia Lojo⁴ and Emilio Martin-Mola⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz - IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz - IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Radiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The improvement of treatment in axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and the development of the ASAS classification criteria have facilitated the early diagnosis and management of…
Abstract Number: 2470 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined Axial and Peripheral Involvement Is Associated With Miscegenation In A Large and Heterogeneous Brazilian Cohort Of 1505 Patients With Spondyloarthritis
Percival D Sampaio-Barros¹, Mittermayer Santiago², Adriana B. Bortoluzzo², Antonio Carlos Ximenes², José Antonio Braga da Silva², Manoel B Bértolo², Sandra Lúcia Ribeiro², Mauro Keisermann², Rita Menin², Thelma L. Skare², Sueli Carneiro², Valderilio F. Azevedo², Walber P. Vieira², Elisa Albuquerque², Washington A. Bianchi², Rubens Bonfiglioli², Cristiano Campanholo², Hellen M Carvalho², Izaias P. Costa², Angela Luzia B. P. Duarte², Charles Kohem², Nocy Leite², Sonia Lima², Eduardo S. Meirelles², Ivânio A. Pereira², Marcelo M. Pinheiro², Elizandra Polito², Gustavo G. Resende², Francisco AC Rocha³, Maria de Fátima L. C. Sauma², Valéria Valim² and Celio R. Gonçalves², ¹Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritides (SpA) constitute a group of diseases that can present different patterns according to the genetic background. Brazilis a large country with a heterogeneous…
Abstract Number: 2443 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence Of Coronary Heart Disease In Spondyloarthopathies may Be Increased Due To Higher Prevalence Of Risk Factors As Well As The Disease Itself- A Retrospective Analysis At Single VA Medical Center
Trayton Mains¹ and Vikas Majithia², ¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²G.V. "Sonny" Montogomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Background/Purpose: An increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been reported in patients with spondyloarthritides (SpA). This study investigated the…
Abstract Number: 2431 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Of T Follicular Helper / Th17 T Cell and Memory B Cell Populations In Rheumatoid Arthritis With Disease Activity and Therapy With TNF Antagonists
Marc C. Levesque¹, Camilla Macedo², Lisa Boyette², Kevin Hadi³, Erich R Wilkerson⁴, Diana Metes², Larry W. Moreland⁵ and Mandy J. McGeachy⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Autoreactive memory B cells and T cells contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through production of antibodies and cytokines that activate monocytes…
Abstract Number: 2432 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization Of Lung Inflammation and Identification Of Shared Citrullinated Targets In The Lungs and Joints Of Early RA
Vijay Joshua¹, Gudrun Reynisdottir², Jimmy Ytterberg¹, Marianne Engström², Anders Eklund³, Magnus Skold³, Per-Johan Jakobsson⁴, Johan Rönnelid⁵, Vivianne Malmström⁶, Lars Klareskog⁴, Johan Grunewald³ and Anca I Catrina⁴, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Medicine, Rheumatology unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To investigate if lung changes are present in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients early in the disease process and to address the contribution of these…
Abstract Number: 2433 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation Of The Two-Step Referral Strategy For Axial Spondyloarthritis In The Spondyloarthritis Caught Early Cohort
Ozair Abawi¹, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Manouk de Hooge¹, Pauline Bakker¹, Monique Reijnierse³, Tom Huizinga¹, Jürgen Braun⁴ and Floris van Gaalen¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Currently, in primary care no satisfactory referral model exists for referral to the rheumatologist of patients with chronic back pain (CBP) with possible axial…
Abstract Number: 2434 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Syndesmophyte Distribution Along The Vertebral Rim In Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Non-Random
Sovira Tan¹, Abhijit Dasgupta¹, Jianhua Yao², John A. Flynn³, Lawrence Yao² and Michael M. Ward⁴, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Diagnostic Radiology, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Dept of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Syndesmophytes, the hallmark of structural damage in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), are typically visualized 2-dimensionally by radiographs. However, these projections only allow a limited view…
Abstract Number: 2435 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence Of Inflammatory Lesions MRI-Spine In Patients With Chronic Back Pain Of ≤2 Years Duration Included In The SPACE-Cohort
Manouk de Hooge¹, Rosaline van den Berg², Monique Reijnierse³, Victoria Navarro-Compán², Floris van Gaalen², Karen Fagerli⁴, Maureen C. Turina⁵, Maikel van Oosterhout⁶, Roberta Ramonda⁷, Tom Huizinga² and Désirée van der Heijde⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, GHZ Hospital, Gouda, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory lesions of the spine are not included in the ASAS definition of a positive MRI for fulfilment of the ASAS axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 2436 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classification Of Axspa Based On Positive Imaging (Radiographs and/or MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints) By Local Rheumatologists Or Radiologists Versus Central Trained Readers In The DESIR-Cohort
Rosaline van den Berg¹, Grégory Lenczner², Fabrice Thévenin³, Pascal Claudepierre⁴, Antoine Feydy³, Monique Reijnierse⁵, Alain Saraux⁶ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Henri Mondor Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France, ³Radiology B, Paris Descartes University, Côchin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Henri Mondor Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France, ⁵Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of rheumatology and unit of immunology (EA 2216), Université Brest Occidentale, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Sacroiliitis on MRI and X-rays play an important role in the ASAS axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) criteria1. Though, recognition of sacroiliitis on X-rays (X-SI) and…
Abstract Number: 2437 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence Of Axial Spondyloarthritis In The United States Among Patients With Chronic Back Pain and Other Spondyloarthritis-Related Features
Atul A. Deodhar¹, Philip J. Mease², Jeffrey R. Curtis³, Piyalal M. Karunaratne⁴, Kailash Malhotra⁴ and Aileen L. Pangan⁴, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²University of Washington and Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The age-adjusted prevalence of spondyloarthritis (SpA) has been estimated to be 0.9-1.4% of the US population using the Amor and ESSG criteria. The objective…
Abstract Number: 2438 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness Of Exercise Program in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials
Virginie Pécourneau¹, Arnaud L. Constantin² and Alain G. Cantagrel³, ¹CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ²Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, ³Dept of Rheumatology, Hopital Purpan, Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
Effectiveness of exercise programs in ankylosing spondylitis: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsVirginie PÃ©courneau1, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand1, Thomas Barnetche2, Alain Cantagrel1, Arnaud Constantin1.1 Centre de Rhumatologie, HÃxpital…
Abstract Number: 2439 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Was Not Associated With Response To Adalimumab Therapy In Patients With Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Joachim Sieper¹, Denis Poddubnyy², Aileen L. Pangan³, Suchitrita S. Rathmann³ and Jaclyn K. Anderson³, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking has been reported as a risk factor for early disease onset, higher disease activity, and poor function in patients (pts) with axial…
Abstract Number: 2440 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is There a Role For Etoricoxib In Patients With Axial Ankylosing spondylitis Refractory To Traditional NSAID?
Maria García Manrique¹, Pilar Font², Joan Calvet³, María Cruz Fernandez⁴, Carlos Montilla⁵, Luis Linares⁶, Elia Brito⁷, Xavier Juanola⁸, Juan Mulero⁹, Rubén Queiro¹⁰, Rosa M. Morla¹¹, Rosario Garcia-Vicuña¹², Alba Erra¹³, Mireia Moreno¹⁴, Marta Larrosa¹⁵, Eduardo Collantes¹⁶ and Jordi Gratacos¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ²Rheumatology Unit, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General de Móstoles, Mostoles, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Sta Tecla, Tarragona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital de Sant Rafael, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF treatment has demonstrated its effectiveness in axial ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with inadecuate response to traditional NSAIDs (tNSAIDs) therapy (>=2 tNSAIDs), but also aspects…
Abstract Number: 2441 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Postural Deformities In Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis Cause Balance Problems?
M. Ece Cinar¹, Yesim Akkoc¹, Hale Karapolat¹ and Gokhan Keser², ¹Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: In this study, we assessed the impact of postural deformities caused by ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on balance. Methods: 29 AS patients and 21 healthy…
Abstract Number: 2442 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
[18F]-Fluoride PET/CT Assessment In Patients Responding To The ASAS Criteria For Spondyloarthritis Despite Negative Sacroiliac Joint MRI
Cecile Caoduro¹, Orland Angoue², Hatem Boulahdour² and Eric Toussirot³, ¹Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Besançon, France, ²Nuclear medicine, University Hospital, Besançon, France, ³Université de Franche Comté , CHRU, CIC Biotherapy 506 and Rheumatology and EA 4266 Pathogens and Inflammation, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: The ASAS group has defined criteria for the diagnosis of axial or peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA). Sacroiliac joint MRI is included in these criteria and…

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