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Abstract Number: 741 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Risk of Recurrent Gout Attacks During Hospitalization
Yuqing Zhang¹, Clara Chen², Hyon K. Choi³, Christine E. Chaisson², David J. Hunter⁴ and Tuhina Neogi⁵, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology, Boston Univ Schl of Med, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While anecdotal evidence suggests that risk of recurrent gout attack increases during hospitalization and gout is one of the most common reasons for in-patient…
Abstract Number: 742 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility of HLA-B5801 Genotyping and Renal Dosing of the Starting Dose of Allopurinol in Preventing Allopurinol Hypersensitivity Syndrome: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Yanyan Zhu¹, Ada Man², Tuhina Neogi³ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Section of Rheumatology and the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Allopurinol is the leading choice of urate-lowering therapy (~ 95%) for gout which affects 8.3 million US adults. However, allopurinol is associated with a…
Abstract Number: 743 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anemia and the Onset of Gout in a Population-Based Cohort of Adults: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Mara McAdams DeMarco¹, Janet W. Maynard², Josef Coresh¹ and Alan N. Baer³, ¹Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheum/Mason F Lord Bldg/CtrTow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: There is a growing prevalence of gout in the US and worldwide. Gout is a recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is…
Abstract Number: 744 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial Differences in Reported Knee Pain Severity Persist Even After Adjustment for Knee Examination and Radiographic Findings: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Paige Luneburg¹, Laura Yerges-Armstrong², Braxton D. Mitchell² and Marc C. Hochberg¹, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: African Americans have a higher prevalence of both radiographic and symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) than Caucasians. In addition, African Americans with knee OA…
Abstract Number: 745 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soft Drink Intake and Progression of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Bing Lu¹, Jeffrey Driban², Tim McAlindon³ and Charles Eaton⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
Soft Drink Intake and Progression of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis InitiativeBackground/Purpose : Soft drink consumption has been associated with weight gain and…
Abstract Number: 746 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Risk of Acute and Chronic Renal Comorbidity in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Results From a Population-Based Study
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Shelagh Szabo², Sumati Rao³, Mary A. Cifaldi³ and Adrian R. Levy⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Oxford Outcomes, Oxford Outcomes, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, ⁴Oxford Outcomes Ltd, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Clinical evidence points to an increased risk of renal comorbidity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared to the general population. However, there are no population-based…
Abstract Number: 747 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Familial Mediterranean Fever: Inhibition of IL-6 Signalling As a New Therapeutic Option in a Frequent Autoinflammatory Syndrome.
Nicola Stein¹, Matthias Witt², Michael Baeuerle³, Fabian Proft¹, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁴ and Mathias Gruenke¹, ¹Rheumaeinheit, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuernberg, Germany, ⁴University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the most prevalent episodic fever syndrome with more than 100.000 affected individuals worldwide. Colchicine is the established first-line therapy…
Abstract Number: 748 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients with Cryopyrin Associated Periodic Syndrome: Results From Meta-Analysis of 5 Studies
Helen J. Lachmann¹, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner², Toshio Heike³, Toshiro Hara⁴, Shumpei Yokota⁵, Phil Mckernan⁶, Albert Widmer⁶, Nicole Davis⁷ and Eric Hachulla⁸, ¹UK National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Canakinumab (CAN) is approved in over 60 countries for the treatment of CAPS. This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of CAN and assessed…
Abstract Number: 749 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients with TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome
Marco Gattorno¹, Laura Obici², Antonella Meini³, Vincent Tormey⁴, Ken Abrams⁵, Nicole Davis⁵, Christopher Andrews⁶ and Helen J. Lachmann⁷, ¹Second Division of Paediatrics, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ²Amyloid Centre, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, ³Pediatric Clinic, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili di Brescia, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited, Surrey, United Kingdom, ⁷UK National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: TNF-receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is a rare dominantly inherited periodic fever syndrome due to mutations of the TNFRSF1A gene. It is characterized by…
Abstract Number: 750 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Adults with Colchicine Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever
A. Gul¹, H. Ozdogan², B. Erer³, S. Ugurlu², Nicole Davis⁴, S. Sevgi⁵ and O. Kasapcopur⁶, ¹Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Novartis Pharma Corp, East Hannover, ⁵Novartis Pharma, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is associated with variations in the MEFV gene resulting in proteolytic activation of IL-1β through the inflammasome complex. FMF is…
Abstract Number: 751 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Transcriptome Analysis in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Multicenter Collaborative Study of 58 Patients
Laurent Arnaud¹, Julien Haroche², Lorenzo Dagna³, Augusto Vaglio⁴, Bruno Faivre⁵, Karim Dorgham⁵, Baptiste Hervier⁶, Fleur Cohen-Aubart⁷, Guy Gorochov⁸ and Zahir Amoura¹, ¹Internal Medicine, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP & UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine 2. Referal center for SLE/APS, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP & UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France, ³Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁴Unit of Nephrology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, ⁵Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM UMR-S 945, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine I & II, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP & UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France, ⁷Internal Medicine Dpt 2, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁸Inserm UMRS945, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM UMR-S 945, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To date, gene expression profiling has not been performed in Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), a rare, non-Langerhans form of histiocytosis. The aim of this study…
Abstract Number: 752 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IFNg Production Is Intimately Associated with Clinical and Laboratory Features of CpG-Induced Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)/Macrophage Activating Syndrome (MAS) in Mice
Vanessa Buatois¹, Laurence Chatel¹, Laura Cons¹, Maureen Deehan¹, Cristina de Min², Marie Kosco-Vilbois¹ and Walter Ferlin¹, ¹NovImmune S.A., Geneva, Switzerland, ²Novimmmune S.A., Plan-Les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Repeated TLR9 stimulation with CpG DNA has been found to result in a sHLH/MAS-like disease in mice (1). CpG-administered mice present with cytopenia, anemia,…
Abstract Number: 711 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Myopathy Is a Poor Prognostic Feature in Systemic Sclerosis: Results From the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group
MIchelle Jung¹, Murray Baron², Marie Hudson³, Ashley Bonner⁴, Janet E. Pope⁵ and Canadian Scleroderma Research Group⁶, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Pavillion A, Rm 216, Lady David Institute for Medical Research and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Myopathy / myositis is associated with more severe systemic scleroderma (SSc). The aim of this study was to determine such clinical information from the…
Abstract Number: 712 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies to Survival of Motor Neuron (SMN) Complex Are Common in Patients with Anti-U1RNP/Sm and Are Associated with Features of Scleroderma and Myopathy
Jason YF Chan¹, Yi Li¹, Angela Ceribelli², Eric S. Sobel³, Westley H. Reeves⁴, Edward K.L. Chan² and Minoru Satoh¹, ¹Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ³Medicine/Div of Rheumatology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Imm, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Survival of motor neuron (SMN) complex that plays a key role in small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) assembly and interacts with snRNPs has recently been…
Abstract Number: 713 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rpp25 Is a Major Target of Autoantibodies to the Th/to Complex As Measured by ELISA and a New Chemilumiscence Assay
Michael Mahler¹, Cristina Gascon², Sima Patel², Angela Ceribelli³, Edward K.L. Chan³ and Minoru Satoh⁴, ¹Research, INOVA Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, ²Research, INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA, ³Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁴Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) play an important role in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases including systemic sclerosis (SSc). A significant portion of ANA in…

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