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Abstract Number: 473 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Addition of Another Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug to Methotrexate in Place of Infliximab Reduces the Flare Rate During 2 Years After Infliximab Discontinuation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hideto Kameda¹, Takahiko Kurasawa¹, Hayato Nagasawa², Koichi Amano³ and Tsutomu Takeuchi⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Ctr, Kawagoe, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ⁴Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The treatment strategy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should be divided into remission-induction phase and its maintenance phase. To date, the usefulness of the combination…
Abstract Number: 474 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Reduction in Rituximab Retreatment May Delay Achievement of Optimal Responses
Mohammed I. Sharif¹, Sudipto Das², Paul Emery³, Helen MacIver¹, Wendy Shingler¹, Philip S. Helliwell⁴, Katharina Sokoll¹ and Edward M. Vital⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Medicine, Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The best long-term treatment strategy for rituximab has not been established. Retreatment at a fixed interval of 6 months maintains stable disease activity1 and…
Abstract Number: 475 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunologic Responsiveness in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis On Methotrexate and Etanercept: 23 Valent Pneumococcal Vaccination
Ankur A. Kamdar¹, Patricia C. Giclas² and Barry L. Myones³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ³Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of data regarding response to vaccinations in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treated with methotrexate (MTX). It is also…
Abstract Number: 476 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Vitamin D Repletion and Maintenance Therapy On Clinical Indicators of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Uzma J. Haque¹, Clifton O. Bingham III² and Susan J. Bartlett³, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Low Vitamin D levels are prevalent in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). We have previously reported that low vitamin D levels are associated with higher…
Abstract Number: 477 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Etanercept On Incident Cancer in Taiwanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiunn Horng Chen¹ and Wen-Miin Liang², ¹Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ²Biostatistics Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: The recent Taiwanese report has indicated an elevated risk of malignancy in RA patients1. Etanercept, one of the tumor necrotic factor inhibitors (TNF-I) to…
Abstract Number: 478 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Body Mass Index Negatively Influences the Response to Infliximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sébastien Ottaviani¹, Anais Gardette², Emilie Quintin², Karen Dawidowicz², Ghislaine Gill², Elisabeth Palazzo³, Olivier Meyer⁴ and Philippe Dieude⁵, ¹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, APHP, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology, APHP, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France, ³Hopital Bichat, Paris, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Rheumatology departement & INSERM U699, Paris Diderot university, APHP, Bichat hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The excess of adipose tissue in obese individuals may have immunomodulating properties and pharmacokinetics consequences. Adipose tissue is potentially involved in the regulation of…
Abstract Number: 479 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Active Immunization with TNF-Kinoid in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Secondary Resistance to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonists Is Safe and Immunogenic
Patrick Durez¹, Pedro Miranda², Antoaneta Toncheva³, Alberto Berman Sr.⁴, Oscar L. Rillo⁵, Yves Boutsen⁶, Tatjana Kehler⁷, Eugenia Mociran⁸, LiAn Soto Saez⁹, Bruno Fautrel¹⁰, Xavier Mariette¹¹, Panayot Solakov¹², Eleonora Lucero¹³, Tonko Vlak¹⁴, Simeon Grazio¹⁵, Ksenija Mastrovic¹⁶, Rodica Chiriac¹⁷, Géraldine Grouard-Vogel¹⁸, Olivier Dhellin¹⁸, Stéphane Ouary¹⁸, Pierre Vandepapeliere¹⁸ and Marie-Christophe Boissier¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ²Universidad de Chile and Centro de Estudios Reumatologicos, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ³National Multiprofile Transport Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hospital Padilla, Tucuman, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital General de Agudos "Dr. E. Tornú", Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶UCL Mont-Godinne, Godinne, Belgium, ⁷Thalassotherapia Opatija, Opatija, Croatia, ⁸Emergency County Hospital Dr Constantin Opis, Maramures, Romania, ⁹Sociedad Medica del Aparato Locomotor SA, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ¹⁰Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France, ¹¹Rheumatology, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹²Plovdiv, Diagnostic and Consulting Center, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Padilla Hospital, Tucumán, Argentina, ¹⁴University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia, ¹⁵Clinical Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia, ¹⁶Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia, ¹⁷Rehabilitation clinical Hospital Iasi, Iasi, Romania, ¹⁸NEOVACS SA, Paris, France, ¹⁹Dept of Rheumatology, Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: Blocking TNF alpha (TNFα) with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has been successful in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. However secondary resistances are frequent and impose…
Abstract Number: 480 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Etanercept Induces A Significant Decrease of Oxidative Stress and Osteoprotegerin Compared with Sdmard in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Claire I. Daien¹, Anne-Marie Dupuy Gorce², Edith Pinot², Thibault Mura³, Jean-Paul Cristol², Bernard Combe⁴ and Jacques Morel⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ²Biochemistry, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³CIC, Hopital Gui De Chauliac, Montpellier, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁵Dpartment of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: TNF-inhibitors are known to decrease cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as compared with synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (sDMARD). However, mechanisms involved remain…
Abstract Number: 481 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Duration of Sustained Remission and Differences in Responce Between Medications, in Tumor Necrosis factor inhibitor Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Jon T. Einarsson¹, Pierre Geborek², Tore Saxne³ and Meliha C. Kapetanovic⁴, ¹Dept of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Section of Rheumatology, Deparment of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Section of Rheumatology, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Remission is increasingly becoming a treatment goal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and DAS28 remission criteria are widely used, despite their limitations. The purpose…
Abstract Number: 482 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B-Lymphocyte Count Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Infection in Patients Treated with Rituximab for Auto-Immune Diseases
Ilias Lazarou¹, Axel Finckh², Lara Fischer³, Camillo Ribi³, Joerg Seebach³ and Pierre A. Guerne², ¹University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ³Immunology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: B-Lymphocyte (B-Ly) depletion therapy with the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab (RTX) is widely used in a variety of autoimmune (AI) diseases. The risk of…
Abstract Number: 483 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Evaluation of Literature On Discontinuation Rates of Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Setareh A. Williams¹, Victoria Porter², Victoria Zarotsky³, Sujatha Sundaram⁴, Elisabeth Nyman⁵, Cassie K. Gregson⁶ and Paul S. J. Miller⁶, ¹AstraZeneca LP, Wilmington, DE, ²OptumInsight, Mastic Beach, NY, ³OptumInsight, Calabasas, CA, ⁴OptumInsight, Hanover, NH, ⁵AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden, ⁶AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To assess reasons for biologic discontinuation or switching in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: A text mining strategy was developed to identify, from the biomedical…
Abstract Number: 484 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Health Care Resource Use and Comorbidities Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Adalimumab Vs. Etanercept
Jipan Xie¹, Arijit Ganguli², Hongbo Yang¹, Kejal Parikh¹, Eric Q. Wu¹ and Mary Cifaldi³, ¹Analysis Group Inc., Boston, MA, ²AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ³Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL
Background/Purpose: Adalimumab (ADA) and etanercept (ETN) are two commonly used tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The study is…
Abstract Number: 485 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunogenicity of Infliximab Is Related to Reduction of Frequency of Infliximab Administration in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Patients
Mathieu Verdet¹, Clément Guillou², Marie-Laure Potier², Martine Hiron², Fabienne Jouen³, Olivier Boyer⁴, Thierry Lequerré⁵ and Olivier Vittecoq⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital, Bois Guillaume, France, ²Inserm 905 & Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France, ³Immunology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen Cedex, France, ⁴Immunology, INSERM U905, University of Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department & Inserm 905, Department of Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital & Inserm 905, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Rouen University Hospital & Inserm905, University of Rouen, Rouen Cedex, France
Background/Purpose: To analyze the clinical and biological characteristics associated with presence of antibodies to Infliximab, in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis patients (SpA). Methods: Sera…
Abstract Number: 486 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Adalimumab Therapy On Laboratory Parameters of Interest in Patients with Early or Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daniel Furst¹, Ana P. Lacerda², Nupun Andhivarothai³, Jasmina Kalabic⁴ and Neelufar Mozaffarian³, ¹David Geffen School of Medicine, Div of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Abbott Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, ⁴Abbott GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The systemic inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can have detrimental effects on the hematopoietic and cardiovascular systems. Additionally, effective DMARD treatments for RA can…
Abstract Number: 487 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functional Disability in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis – Contributions of Disease Activity and Structural Damage, and the Impact of Different Treatment Strategies
Josef S. Smolen¹, Roy Fleischmann², Paul Emery³, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁴, Stefan Florentinus⁵, Freddy Faccin⁶, Suchitrita S. Rathmann⁷, Hartmut Kupper⁸ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁹, ¹Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ²Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas, Dallas, TX, ³Medicine, Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Unit for Clinical Trial Therapy research, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵AbbVie, Rungis, France, ⁶Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, ⁷Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, ⁸Immunology Development, Abbott GmbH and Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁹UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Functional impairment among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be conceptualized as consisting of a reversible component that relates to disease activity (ACT-HAQ) and…

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