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Abstract Number: 2680 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Optimization of Tocilizumab Therapy in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Multicenter Real Life Study of 134 Patients
Mónica Calderón-Goercke¹, Javier Loricera ², DIANA PRIETO- PENA ³, Santos Castañeda ⁴, Vicente Aldasoro Caceres ⁵, Ignacio Villa ⁶, Alicia Humbría ⁷, Clara Moriano ⁸, Susana Romero-Yuste ⁹, Javier Narváez ¹⁰, Catalina Gómez-Arango ¹¹, Eva Perez Pampín ¹², Rafael Melero ¹³, Elena Becerra-Fernández ¹⁴, Marcelino Revenga ¹⁵, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas ¹⁶, Carles Galisteo ¹⁷, Francisca Sivera ¹⁸, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués ¹⁹, María Álvarez del buergo ²⁰, Luisa Marena-Rojas ²¹, Carlos Fernández-López ²², Francisco Navarro ²³, E. Raya ²⁴, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa ²⁵, Beatriz Arca ²⁶, Roser Solans-Laqué ²⁷, Arantxa Conesa ²⁸, Cristina Hidalgo ²⁹, Carlos Vazquez ³⁰, Jose Andrés Román-Ivorra ³¹, Pau Lluch ³², Sara Manrique ³³, P. Vela ³⁴, Eugenio de Miguel ³⁵, Carmen Torres-Martín ³⁶, Juan Carlos Nieto ³⁷, Carmen Ordas-Calvo ³⁸, Eva salgado-Pérez ³⁹, Cristina Luna-Gómez ⁴⁰, F. Javier Toyos-Sáenz De Miera ⁴¹, Nagore Fernández-Llanio ⁴², Antonio García ⁴³, Carmen Larena ⁴⁴, María Varela-García ⁵, Elena Aurrecoechea ⁶, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán ³¹, Jose Luis Hernández ¹, Miguel Angel González-Gay ⁴⁵ and Ricardo Blanco ⁴⁶, ¹Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragon, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital de Torrevieja, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Río Carrión, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²¹Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ²²Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain, ²³Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁴Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³²Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, ³³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³⁴Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology Department. Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, ³⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴³Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁵Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is the only biological agent approved in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). There is general agreement on the initial and the standard maintenance…
Abstract Number: 2681 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: The Safest and Most Effective Initial Dose of Prednisone
Mónica Calderón-Goercke¹, Javier Loricera ², DIANA PRIETO- PENA ³, Santos Castañeda ⁴, Vicente Aldasoro Caceres ⁵, Ignacio Villa ⁶, Alicia Humbría ⁷, Clara Moriano ⁸, Susana Romero-Yuste ⁹, Javier Narváez ¹⁰, Catalina Gómez-Arango ¹¹, Eva Perez Pampín ¹², Rafael Melero ¹³, Elena Becerra-Fernández ¹⁴, Marcelino Revenga ¹⁵, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas ¹⁶, Carles Galisteo ¹⁷, Francisca Sivera ¹⁸, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués ¹⁹, María Álvarez del buergo ²⁰, Luisa Marena-Rojas ²¹, Carlos Fernández-López ²², Francisco Navarro ²³, E. Raya ²⁴, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa ²⁵, Beatriz Arca ²⁶, Roser Solans-Laqué ²⁷, Arantxa Conesa ²⁸, Cristina Hidalgo ²⁹, Carlos Vazquez ³⁰, Jose Andrés Román-Ivorra ³¹, Pau Lluch ³², Sara Manrique ³³, P. Vela ³⁴, Eugenio de Miguel ³⁵, Carmen Torres-Martín ³⁶, Juan Carlos Nieto ³⁷, Carmen Ordas-Calvo ³⁸, Eva salgado-Pérez ³⁹, Cristina Luna-Gómez ⁴⁰, F. Javier Toyos-Sáenz De Miera ⁴¹, Nagore Fernández-Llanio ⁴², Antonio García ⁴³, Elena Aurrecoechea ⁶, Norberto Ortego ⁴⁴, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán ³¹, Montserrat Corteguera ³⁶, Jose Luis Hernández ¹, Miguel Angel González-Gay ⁴⁵ and Ricardo Blanco ⁴⁶, ¹Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragon, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital de Torrevieja, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Río Carrión, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²¹Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ²²Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain, ²³Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁴Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³²Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, ³³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³⁴Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology Department. Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, ³⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴³Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴⁴Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁴⁵Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has been approved for the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). It showed to be effective to induce remission, prevent relapses and…
Abstract Number: 2682 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis, Independent of the Time of Disease Evolution
Mónica Calderón-Goercke¹, Javier Loricera ², DIANA PRIETO- PENA ³, Santos Castañeda ⁴, Vicente Aldasoro Caceres ⁵, Ignacio Villa ⁶, Alicia Humbría ⁷, Clara Moriano ⁸, Susana Romero-Yuste ⁹, Javier Narváez ¹⁰, Catalina Gómez-Arango ¹¹, Eva Perez Pampín ¹², Rafael Melero ¹³, Elena Becerra-Fernández ¹⁴, Marcelino Revenga ¹⁵, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas ¹⁶, Carles Galisteo ¹⁷, Francisca Sivera ¹⁸, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués ¹⁹, María Álvarez del buergo ²⁰, Luisa Marena-Rojas ²¹, Carlos Fernández-López ²², Francisco Navarro ²³, E. Raya ²⁴, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa ²⁵, Beatriz Arca ²⁶, Roser Solans-Laqué ²⁷, Arantxa Conesa ²⁸, Cristina Hidalgo ²⁹, Carlos Vazquez ³⁰, Jose Andrés Román-Ivorra ³¹, Pau Lluch ³², Sara Manrique ³³, P. Vela ³⁴, Eugenio de Miguel ³⁵, Carmen Torres-Martín ³⁶, Juan Carlos Nieto ³⁷, Carmen Ordas-Calvo ³⁸, Eva salgado-Pérez ³⁹, Cristina Luna-Gómez ⁴⁰, F. Javier Toyos-Sáenz De Miera ⁴¹, Nagore Fernández-Llanio ⁴², Antonio García ⁴³, Carmen Larena ⁴⁴, Elena Aurrecoechea ⁶, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán ³¹, Montserrat Corteguera ³⁶, Jose Luis Hernández ¹, Miguel Angel González-Gay ⁴⁵ and Ricardo Blanco ⁴⁶, ¹Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragon, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital de Torrevieja, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Río Carrión, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²¹Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ²²Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain, ²³Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁴Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, Spain, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General Universitario de Castellón, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³²Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, ³³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³⁴Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology Department. Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, ³⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Galicia, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴³Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁵Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has proved to be effective in the management of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Based on results of the GiACTA trial, it has…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Visual and Quantitative Assessment of Cranial Arteries on FDG-PET/CT Can Reliably Diagnose Cranial Giant Cell Arteritis
Pieter Nienhuis¹, Riemer Slart ² and Elisabeth Brouwer ³, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Assessing cranial artery inflammation plays an important role in the diagnosis of cranial giant cell arteritis (GCA). Although an established tool for assessing large…
Abstract Number: 2684 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Real-world Comparative Study of Methotrexate vs Tocilizumab in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis with Large Vessel Involvement
DIANA PRIETO- PENA¹, Mónica Calderón-Goercke ², Javier Loricera ³, Javier Narváez ⁴, Elena Aurrecoechea ⁵, Ignacio Villa ⁶, Santos Castañeda ⁷, Catalina Gómez-Arango ⁸, Antonio Mera ⁹, Eva Perez Pampín ⁹, Vicente Aldasoro Caceres ¹⁰, N Alvarez Rivas ¹¹, N Fernandez Llanio ¹², María Álvarez del buergo ¹³, Luisa Marena-Rojas ¹⁴, Francisca Sivera ¹⁵, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa ¹⁶, Roser Solans-Laqué ¹⁷, Susana Romero-Yuste ¹⁸, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao ¹⁹, Iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon ¹, Isabel Martínez Rodríguez ²⁰, Ignacio Banzo ²⁰, Miguel Angel González-Gay ²¹ and Ricardo Blanco ¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department. Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department. Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁶Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragon, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ¹¹H. Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ¹²H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lerida, Spain, ¹³Hospital Río Carrión, Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁸Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²¹Universidad de Cantabria and IDIVAL, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vasculitis in elderly patients. According to previous studies, 50% of patients with GCA in whom…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Factors Contributing to Capturing Positive Findings on Temporal Artery Biopsy: An Australian Experience from Two Rheumatology Referral Centers
Victor Yang ¹, Benjamin Sutu ², Christopher McMaster ³, Claire Owen ¹, Alexander Strathmore ⁴, Gene-Siew Ngian ², Shereen Oon ⁴, Jessica Leung ¹, Ian Wicks ⁵, Russell Buchanan ¹ and David Liew¹, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, ²Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, ³Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia
Background/Purpose: Temporal artery biopsy (TAB) is widely recognised as the diagnostic gold standard for GCA, despite having a poor sensitivity due to the presence of…
Abstract Number: 2686 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Real Life Data over 4 Years from a Fast Track GCA Pathway in Coventry
Shirish Dubey¹, Jonathan Pinnell ², Carl Tiivas ¹, Kaushik Chaudhuri ¹ and Purnima Mehta ¹, ¹University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom, ²University Hospital North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) established its one stop Fast Track Pathway (FTP) for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in 2013. It…
Abstract Number: 2687 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinicopathologic Associations in a Large International Cohort of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Michael Putman¹, K Bates Gribbons ², Anthea Craven ³, Cristina Ponte ⁴, Joanna Robson ⁵, Ravi Suppiah ⁶, Richard Watts ⁷, Raashid Luqmani ³, Peter Merkel ⁸, Amy Archer ⁹ and Peter C. Grayson ¹⁰, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁷Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, ⁹Northwestern, Chicago, ¹⁰National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: In addition to aiding in diagnosis, histopathologic findings from temporal artery biopsy (TAB) specimens in giant cell arteritis (GCA) may be valuable for their…
Abstract Number: 2688 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparisons of Strategies for Diagnostic Assessment in Giant Cell Arteritis: Results from an International Observational Cohort
K Bates Gribbons¹, Cristina Ponte ², Anthea Craven ³, Joanna Robson ⁴, Ravi Suppiah ⁵, Raashid Luqmani ³, Richard Watts ⁶, Peter Merkel ⁷ and Peter C. Grayson ⁸, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁶Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic assessment in giant cell arteritis (GCA) is rapidly changing as large-vessel (LV) involvement becomes increasingly recognized and non-invasive vascular imaging techniques become more…
Abstract Number: 2689 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
GM-CSF Pathway Signature Identified in Temporal Artery Biopsies of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Maria C. Cid¹, Rohan Gandhi ², Marc Corbera-Bellalta ³, Nekane Terrades-Garcia ³, Sujatha Muralidharan ⁴ and John F Paolini ⁵, ¹Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain, ²Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp., san diego, CA, ³Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp., lexington, MA, ⁵Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp, lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a type of large vessel vasculitis that can cause blindness and aortic aneurysms. A significant unmet medical need remains…
Abstract Number: 2690 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Fast Track Clinic (FTC) for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) – the United States Experience
Ingeborg Sacksen ¹, Elizabeth Jernberg ¹, Scott Pollock ², Jean Liew ³, Sarah Chung ², R Eugene Zierler ³ and Alison Bays², ¹University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, ²University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in adults and if untreated, may result in visual impairment. Although the gold…
Abstract Number: 2691 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Treatment Patterns, Disease Burden and Outcomes in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Gary Craig¹, Keith Knapp ², Bob Salim ³, Shalini Mohan ⁴ and Margaret Michalska ⁴, ¹Arthritis Northwest; Discus Analytics, Spokane, WA, ²Discus Analytics, Spokane, WA, ³Axio Research, Seattle, WA, ⁴Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: For patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and/or polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), glucocorticoids are the mainstay of treatment. However, due to the chronic nature of…
Abstract Number: 2692 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Coronary Artery Disease in a Population-Based Cohort of Biopsy-Proven Giant Cell Arteritis in Southern Sweden
Pavlos Stamatis¹, Moman Mohammad ¹, Peter Merkel ², Martin Englund ³, Carl Turesson ⁴, David Erlinge ¹ and Aladdin Mohammad ¹, ¹Lund University, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence rate and prevalence of coronary artery diseases (CAD) in patients with temporal artery positive…
Abstract Number: 2693 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Increasing Use of Biologics over Time in the First Year After Diagnosis of Systemic JIA Among Patients Enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry
Ginger Janow¹, Timothy Beukelman ², Yukiko Kimura ³, Rayfel Schneider ⁴, Shalini Mohan ⁵, Gail Rodich ⁶ and Mary Beth Son ⁷, ¹Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, ²University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Joseph M Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Genentech, San Francisco, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior to the development of anti-cytokine therapies, treatment for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) included high dose glucocorticoids and non-biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs…
Abstract Number: 2694 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Inpatient Treatment Variation in New-Onset Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Rosemary Peterson¹, Rui Xiao ², Hannah Katcoff ¹, Brian Fisher ¹ and Pamela F. Weiss ¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: The effectiveness of IL-1 and IL-6 inhibitors as first-line therapy in patients with new-onset systemic JIA has led to the concept of a “window…

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