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Abstract Number: 1421 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Responses and Their Predictors Of Abatacept In Biologic naïve Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis; Data Form Abroad Study
Yutaka Kawahito¹, Takao Fujii², Akira Yokota³, Hideo Hashimoto⁴, Kiyoshi Matsui⁵, Kenji Miki⁶, Masayasu Kitano⁵, Naoki Shinmyo⁷, Aihiro Yamamoto¹, Koichiro Ohmura⁸, Takanori Kuroiwa⁹, Toshihiko Hidaka¹⁰, Ichiro Yoshii¹¹, Hideko Nakahara¹², Takashi Fujimoto¹³, Kosaku Murakami¹⁴, Satoshi Morita¹⁵, Masahiro Sekiguchi⁵, Norihiro Nishimoto^16,17, Tsuneyo Mimori⁸ and Hajime Sano⁵, ¹Department of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ³Yokota Clinic for Rheumatology, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Dept of Orthopedic Surgery, Rinku Hashimoto Rheumatology Orthopaedics, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya-city, Japan, ⁶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amagasaki Central Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan, ⁷Kashiba Asahigaoka Hospital, Kashiba, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Zenjinkai Shimin-No-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan, ¹¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yoshii Hospital, Shimanto, Japan, ¹²Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹³Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan, ¹⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁵Graduate School of Medicine & Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan, ¹⁶Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Osaka Rheumatology Clinic, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The identification of predictors of good response to biologic therapy is needed in the perspective of personalized medicine.　To determine the predicting factors of efficacy…
Abstract Number: 1422 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety Of a Novel Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug, Iguratimod, As Add-On Therapy For Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daisuke Kobayashi¹, Satoshi Ito², Akira Murasawa¹, Ichiei Narita³ and Kiyoshi Nakazono¹, ¹Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ²Niigata Rheumatic Center, Niigata, Japan, ³Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Background/Purpose: Iguratimod is a newly-developed disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) that was approved in Japan in September 2012. It has been reported to suppress tumor necrosis…
Abstract Number: 1423 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Influence Of Body Mass Index On The Efficacy Of Tumor Necrosis Factor Blocking Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ingrid M. Visman¹, Inge A.M. van den Oever¹, Charlotte L. M. Krieckaert¹, Gertjan Wolbink¹ and Michael T. Nurmohamed², ¹Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²VU University Medical Center & Jan van Breemen Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose : The impact of Body mass Index (BMI) on efficacy of TNF blocking therapy is an important question, as adipose tissue appears to have…
Abstract Number: 1424 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistence On Single Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Therapy In US Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Extremely Rare
Jonathan Kruger¹, Ted R. Mikuls² and Grant W. Cannon³, ¹Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: A limited number of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are managed with a single disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD). Previous studies have suggested that DMARD naïve…
Abstract Number: 1425 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discontinuation Of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients In Low Disease Activity: Persistent Benefits
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Susan J. Lee^2,3, Daniel H. Solomon⁴, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵, Joel M. Kremer⁶, Lilian Soto⁷, Carol J. Etzel^8,9 and George W. Reed¹⁰, ¹University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Boston, MA, ⁵NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁶Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁷University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁸Department of Epidemiology, UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX, ⁹PO Box 786, Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ¹⁰Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA
Background/Purpose: A key question is whether biologic agents can be stopped but clinical benefit maintained for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (pts) in remission or low…
Abstract Number: 1426 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition Of Spermidine/Spermine N1-Acetyltransferase Activity – a New Therapeutical Concept In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emmanuel Karouzakis¹, Astrid Jungel¹, Beat A. Michel², Renate E. Gay³, Steffen Gay¹ and Michel Neidhart⁴, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Spermine/spermidine N1-acetyltransferase (SSAT1) and polyamine modulating factor 1 (PMF1) are increased in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASF). Since PMF1 regulates the expression of SSAT1,…
Abstract Number: 1427 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discovery and Characterization Of ABT-122, An Anti-TNF/IL-17 DVD-Ig™ Molecule As a Potential Therapeutic Candidate For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chung-Ming Hsieh¹, Carolyn Cuff², Edit Tarcsa³ and Margaret Hugunin⁴, ¹Biologics, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals, Worcester, MA, ²Immunology, AbbVie, Inc, Worcester, MA, ³Immunology, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, ⁴Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a serious autoimmune disease that significantly impacts patients’ quality of life. Several approved biologic drugs targeting tumor necrosis factor (TNF)…
Abstract Number: 1428 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Safety and Efficacy Of Tocilizumab Subcutaneous In Combination With Traditional Dmards In Patients With Moderate To Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Up To 48 Weeks (BREVACTA)
Alan Kivitz¹, Ewa Olech², Michael A. Borofsky³, Beatriz M. Zazueta⁴, Federico Navarro-Sarabia⁵, Sebastião C. Radominski⁶, Joan T. Merrill⁷, Chris Wells⁸, Sunethra Wimalasundera⁸, Wendy Douglass⁸ and Janet E. Pope⁹, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, ³Clinical Research Center of Reading, Reading, PA, ⁴Reumatologia, Centro de Investigacion en Enfermedades Reumaticas, Mexicali, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Serv. de Reumatología, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁷Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Roche, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁹Rheumatology, St Joseph Health Centre, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The BREVACTA study assessed the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous tocilizumab (TCZ-SC) in pts with moderate to severe RA who had an inadequate response…
Abstract Number: 1429 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adiponectin Levels Are Increased After Tocilizumab Therapy Among Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From The Measure Study
Hoda Mirjafari¹, Micki Klearman², Jianmei Wang³, Naveed Sattar⁴ and Jon T. Giles⁵, ¹Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre; The University of Manchester; and Roche;, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Roche, South San Francisco, CA, ³Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Adiponectin has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and…
Abstract Number: 1431 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Algorithms Using Genome-Wide SNP Analysis For Prediction Of Efficacy and Adverse Events Of Abatacept Using Two Population Samples From Multiple Medical Cohorts
Tsukasa Matsubara¹, Satoru Koyano², Keiko Funahashi², Takako Miura¹, Kosuke Okuda¹, Takeshi Nakamura¹, Mitsuyoshi Iwahashi³, Tomomi Tsuru⁴, Shoichi Uchimura⁵, Shigeru Honjo⁶, Akira Sagawa⁷, Takeo Sakurai⁸, Hiroaki Matsuno⁹, Tomomaro Izumihara¹⁰, Eisuke Shono¹¹, Kou Katayama¹², Toyomitsu Tsuchida¹³ and Motohiro Oribe¹⁴, ¹Matsubara Mayflower Hospital, Kato, Japan, ²Research Institute of Joint Diseases, Kobe, Japan, ³Higashi-Hiroshima Memorial Hospital, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan, ⁴PS Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Kanzaki Municipal General Hospital, Kanzaki, Japan, ⁶Honjo Rheumatism Clinic, Takaoka, Japan, ⁷Sagawa Akira Rheumatology Clinic, Sapporo, Japan, ⁸Inoue Hospital, Takasaki, Japan, ⁹Matsuno Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Toyama, Japan, ¹⁰Izumihara Rheumatic and Medical Clinic, Kagoshima, Japan, ¹¹Shono Rheumatology Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan, ¹²Katayama Orthopedic Rheumatology Clinic, Asahikawa, Japan, ¹³Tsuchida Clinic, Chiba, Japan, ¹⁴Oribe Rheumatism and Internal Medicine Clinic, Oita, Japan
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABT), a CTLA4-Ig fusion protein agent targeted to T-cells, is a relatively new biological agent for RA treatment in Japan. However, there is…
Abstract Number: 1432 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Rate Of Serious Infections Remains Stable In Patients With Multiple Retreatments In Real life : Data From The “Auto Immunity and Rituximab” (AIR) Registry
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Philippe Ravaud², Patrice Cacoub Sr.³, Thomas Bardin⁴, Alain G. Cantagrel⁵, Bernard Combe⁶, Maxime Dougados⁷, Rene-Marc Flipo⁸, Bertrand Godeau⁹, Loic Guillevin¹⁰, Xavier Le Loet¹¹, Eric Hachulla¹², Thierry Schaeverbeke¹³, Jean Sibilia¹⁴, Isabelle Pane¹⁵, Gabriel Baron¹⁶ and Xavier Mariette¹⁷, ¹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine 2., CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁴Rhumatology Departement, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ⁷Rheumatology B Department, Paris-Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology, Hopital R Salengro CHRU, Lille, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, University of Paris, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, Creteil, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine,, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, CHU of ROUEN, Rouen, France, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France, ¹³Rhumatology departement, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁴Rhumatologie, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁵Hotel Dieu University Hospital Paris, Hotel Dieu University Hospital Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁶Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology Departement, Bicêtre University Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with rituximab (RTX) are slightly more frequent in common practice than in clinical trials. Morevover,…
Abstract Number: 1433 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lack Of Early Clinical Response To Treatment With Baricitinib Predicts Low Probability Of Achieving Long Term DAS28-ESR Low Disease Activity Or Remission In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Edward Keystone¹, MC Genovese², Peter Taylor³, Baojin Zhu⁴, Scott D. Beattie⁴, Stephanie de Bono⁴, Terence Rooney⁴, Douglas E. Schlichting⁴ and William Macias⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ³NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib, an oral inhibitor of JAK1 and JAK2 activity, was investigated as treatment for patients with moderately to severely active RA despite use…
Abstract Number: 1434 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Janus Kinase inhibitor’s Place In Therapy In Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – From a Simplified Indirect Comparison Versus Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors To a Bayesian Probability Of Response – The Value Of Transparency
Michael P. Ingham¹, Paul Song², Shannon Cartier³, Karin Lawson-Remer² and Erin Murray², ¹Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ²Doctor Evidence LLC, Santa Monica, CA, ³Optum, Eden Prairie, MN
Background/Purpose: Bayesian style network meta-analyses and mixed treatment comparisons help address potential bias from effect modifying trial covariates within indirect comparisons and are theoretically easier…
Abstract Number: 1435 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness Of TNF-á Inhibitor Therapy Does Not Differ Between Elderly and Younger Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From The Corrona Registry
Aviva C. Hopkins¹, Melisa Martinez-Marti¹, George W. Reed², Ping He³, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁴, Carlos J. Lozada⁵, Ozlem Pala⁶, Joel M. Kremer⁷ and Dimitrios A. Pappas⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²CORRONA, Inc., Southborough, MA, ³UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴New York Hospital for Joint Disease, New York, NY, ⁵Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁶Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁷Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁸Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Biologics have revolutionized the therapy and prognosis of patients (pts) with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Studies evaluating whether the effectiveness of TNF-α inhibitor (TNFi) therapy…
Abstract Number: 1436 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Changes In a Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score After Starting Adalimumab Treatment Predict Change In MRI Inflammation At 6 Months
Simon Krabbe¹, R.J. Bolce², Cecilie Heegaard Brahe³, Uffe Møller Døhn³, Scott Cruickshank⁴, Bo J. Ejbjerg⁵, Merete L. Hetland³, E.H. Sasso², D. Chernoff⁶, Michael Sejer Hansen⁷, Lene Surland Knudsen⁸, Annette Hansen⁹, Ole Rintek Madsen⁹, Maria Hasselquist¹⁰, Jakob M. Møller¹¹ and Mikkel Østergaard³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Scott Cruickshank and Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, ⁵Slagelse Sygehus, Slagelse, Denmark, ⁶Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁷Gildhøj Privathospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: A multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score has been validated as a measure of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. This study aimed to see if…

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