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Abstract Number: 2318 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity in Moderate and Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis At Discontinuation in 10-Year Open-Label Extension Studies With Etanercept
Michael E. Weinblatt¹, Joan M. Bathon², Michele Hooper³, Bojena Bitman⁴, Yue Yang⁵, David H. Collier⁶, James Chung⁷ and Mark C. Genovese⁸, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Amgen Global Safety, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Amgen, Inc., San Francisco, CA, ⁵Assent Consulting, South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁷Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Retention rates may be used as a surrogate of long-term effectiveness of drug therapy in open-label studies. Studies have reported that patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 2319 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Safety Of Biological Agents Among Medicare Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Huifeng Yun¹, Fenglong Xie², Elizabeth S. Delzell¹, Lang Chen³, Emily Levitan¹, James Lewis⁴, Kenneth G. Saag⁵, Timothy Beukelman⁶, Kevin L. Winthrop⁷, John Baddley⁸, Paul M. Muntner¹ and Jeffrey R. Curtis³, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Immunology & Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁸Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Several new biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have been approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in United States. However, their comparative risks of…
Abstract Number: 2320 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Monitoring Of Response To Infliximab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xiaomei Leng¹, Weiguo Xiao², Xiaochun Zhu³, Zhonghui Xu¹, Wei Yu¹, Jing Lu², Jiakai Wang², Xiaoru Xia³, Yongji Li³, Yi Liu⁴, Yi Zhao⁴, Honghao Tang⁵, Dongbao Zhao⁶, Yeqing Shi⁶, Huji Xu⁷, Jun Bao⁷, Lin Chen⁷, Ling Lin⁷, Ling Zhou⁷, Guoqiang Chen⁸, Weihong Zhang⁸ and Yan Zhao¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China, ³The First Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁵West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁶Changhai Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ⁷Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁸The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of treatment with infliximab on joint inflammation and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using ultrasonography. Methods: 80 eligible…
Abstract Number: 2321 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Of Certolizumab Pegol In Combination With Methotrexate In The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis: 5-Year Results From a 24-Week Randomized Controlled Trial and Open-Label Extension Study
Josef S. Smolen¹, Ronald van Vollenhoven², Arthur Kavanaugh³, Vibeke Strand⁴, Jiri Vencovsky⁵, Michael H. Schiff⁶, Robert Landewé⁷, Boulos Haraoui⁸, Susan Walker⁹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, ¹Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ²Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division of Rheumatology Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁴Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷Academic Medical Center Amsterdam & Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁸Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the RAPID2 randomized controlled trial (RCT; NCT00160602), certolizumab pegol (CZP) +MTX every 2 weeks (Q2W) improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 2322 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Post–Hoc Analysis Showing Better Clinical Response With The Loading Dose Of Certolizumab Pegol In Japanese Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, Kazuhiko Yamamoto^2,3, Hisashi Yamanaka⁴, Naoki Ishiguro⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, Katsumi Eguchi⁷, Akira Watanabe⁸, Hideki Origasa⁹, Mariko Kobayashi¹⁰, Toshiharu Shoji¹⁰, Nobuyuki Miyasaka¹¹ and Takao Koike¹², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rhaumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ⁶The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁷Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁹Division of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toyama School of Medicine, Toyama, Toyama, Japan, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Rheumatology, NTT Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Certolizumab pegol (CZP) with MTX (J-RAPID; NCT00791999) and without MTX (HIKARI; NCT00791921) has demonstrated rapid and sustained improvements in disease activity in Japanese patients…
Abstract Number: 2323 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comprehensive Disease Remission Achieved By Certolizumab Pegol Treatment, and Factors Associated With Certolizumab Pegol Comprehensive Disease Remission, In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Predominantly High Disease Activity
Yoshiya Tanaka¹, Kazuhiko Yamamoto², Tsutomu Takeuchi³, Hisashi Yamanaka⁴, Naoki Ishiguro⁵, Katsumi Eguchi⁶, Akira Watanabe⁷, Hideki Origasa⁸, Tadao Okamoto⁹, Yumiko Wada⁹, Toshiharu Shoji⁹, Nobuyuki Miyasaka¹⁰ and Takao Koike¹¹, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, ⁶Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁷Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁸Division of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toyama School of Medicine, Toyama, Toyama, Japan, ⁹UCB Pharma, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹NTT Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic goals of treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are clinical, structural and functional remissions.1,2 Simultaneously achieving all three has been referred to as comprehensive…
Abstract Number: 2324 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistence On Biologics Is Associated With Concomitant Methotrexate Use Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Jie Zhang¹, Fenglong Xie², Elizabeth S. Delzell³, Huifeng Yun³, James Lewis⁴, Kevin Haynes⁵, Lang Chen⁶ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁷, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Persistence on Biologics is Associated with Concomitant Methotrexate Use among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Background/Purpose: Concomitant methotrexate (MTX) is associated with improved treatment efficacy in randomized controlled…
Abstract Number: 2325 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Final 5-Year Safety and Efficacy Results Of a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Golimumab In Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Previous Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy
Josef S. Smolen¹, Jonathan Kay², Robert Landewé³, Eric L. Matteson⁴, Norman B. Gaylis⁵, Jürgen Wollenhaupt⁶, Frederick T. Murphy⁷, Chenglong Han⁸, Timothy A. Gathany⁸, Stephen Xu⁹, Yiying Zhou¹⁰, Elizabeth C. Hsia⁹ and Mittie K. Doyle⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ⁶Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany, ⁷Altoona Ctr for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁸Janssen Global Services, LLC., Malvern, PA, ⁹Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Biostatistics, Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: GO-AFTER was the first multicenter, randomized, placebo (PBO)-controlled trial of the safety/efficacy of an anti-TNFα agent, GLM, in pts with active RA despite prior…
Abstract Number: 2326 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Head-To-Head Comparison Of Subcutaneous Abatacept Versus Adalimumab On Background Methotrexate In RA: Blinded Two Year Results From The Ample (Abatacept Versus Adalimumab Comparison in Biologic-Naive RA Subjectswith Background Methotrexate) study
Michael E. Weinblatt¹, Michael H Schiff², Robert Valente³, Désirée M. van der Heijde⁴, Gustavo Citera⁵, Ayanbola Elegbe⁶, Michael A Maldonado⁶ and Roy Fleischmann⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: AMPLE (Abatacept Versus Adalimumab Comparison in Biologic-Naive RA Subjects with Background Methotrexate) is the first 2 year, active comparator study in RA patients utilizing…
Abstract Number: 2327 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Reduction Of Tocilizumab In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Low Disease Activity Is Feasible
Noortje van Herwaarden¹, Susan Herfkens-Hol¹, Aatke van der Maas¹, Bart J.F. van Den Bemt², Ronald F. van Vollenhoven³, Johannes W.J. Bijlsma⁴ and Alfons A. den Broeder¹, ¹Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab, at a registered dose of 8mg/kg, has proven to be effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical trial data show that a…
Abstract Number: 2328 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib, An Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor, In The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Open-Label, Long-Term Extension Safety and Efficacy Up To 5 Years
Jürgen Wollenhaupt¹, Joel Silverfield², Eun Bong Lee³, Susan P. Wood⁴, Ketti K. Terry⁴, Hiroyuki Nakamura⁵, Yukako Ohno⁵, David Gruben⁴, Birgitta Benda⁶, Lisy Wang⁴ and Richard Riese⁴, ¹Schoen-Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek Teaching Hospital of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ²Healthpoint Medical Group, Tampa, FL, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral JAK inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we report tofacitinib safety, tolerability, and durability of response…
Abstract Number: 2329 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvements In Physical Function Correlate With Improvements In Health Related Quality Of Life: Reported Outcomes In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib: Results From 3 Randomized Phase 3 Trials
V. Strand¹, R. E. Alten², C. I. Nduaka³, R. Riese³, D. Gruben³, S. H. Zwillich³, J. Andrews³ and G. Wallenstein³, ¹Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Department of Internal Medicine II, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA affects all domains of health-related quality of…
Abstract Number: 2330 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Lymphocyte Count and Risk Of Infection In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib
R. F. van Vollenhoven¹, R. Riese², S. Krishnaswami², T. Kawabata², C. Fosser², S. Rottinghaus², M. Lamba² and S. H. Zwillich², ¹Clinical Trials Unit Department of Rheumatology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cytokines involved in lymphocyte development, function and homeostasis…
Abstract Number: 2290 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Global Metabolite Profiling Of Synovial Fluids From Different Forms Of Inflammatory Arthritis For The Identification Of Putative Biomarker In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiwon Hwang¹, Joong Kyong Ahn², Jaejoon Lee¹, Inyoung Kim¹, Seulkee Lee¹, Chan Hong Jeon³, Eun-Mi Koh¹ and Hoon-Suk Cha¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ²Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Metabolomics is the study of unique chemical fingerprints of specific cellular processes. Metabolite profiling is recently applied in identifying biomarkers in medical research including…
Abstract Number: 2291 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Only Rheumatoid Factor-Positive Subset Of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide/Protein Antibody-Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis Seroconverts To Anti-Citrullinated Peptide/Protein Antibody-Positive
Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Koichiro Ohmura¹, Shuichiro Nakabo¹, Chikashi Terao², Ran Nakashima¹, Yoshitaka Imura³, Naoichiro Yukawa⁴, Hajime Yoshifuji¹, Motomu Hashimoto⁵, Moritoshi Furu⁶, Hiromu Ito⁶, Takao Fujii⁶ and Tsuneyo Mimori^1,6, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Center for Genomic Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵The Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: 216 (17.3%) out of 1,246 RA patients were negative for ACPA. In 149 cases of the ACPA-negative RA whose ACPA were measured more than…

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