Abstracts tagged "Adverse events"

Abstract Number: 478 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adverse Events and Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Conventional Drugs or Biologic Agents: A Real World Study
Christos E. Lampropoulos¹, Philippos Orfanos², Vasiliki-Kalliopi Bournia³, Theofilos P. Karatsourakis⁴, Clio P. Mavragani⁵, Dimitrios Pikazis⁴, Menelaos N. Manoussakis⁶, Athanasios G. Tzioufas⁴, Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos⁷ and Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos³, ¹Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³First Department of Propedeutic Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁴Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Experimental Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁶Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁷Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory disease with joint destruction and permanent disability. Biologic agents (BAs) offer a better outcome when disease is…
Abstract Number: 477 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Leflunomide Use Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Richard Conway¹, Candice Low², Robert J. Coughlan¹, Martin O'Donnell³ and John J. Carey¹, ¹Rheumatology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ²Medicine, St. James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Clinical Research Facility, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
Background/Purpose Leflunomide is an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. An association between pulmonary adverse events, in particular interstitial lung disease, and leflunomide use has been…
Abstract Number: 471 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving of Safety in Treatment with Biologics during First Seven-Years Experiences; Long-Term Results from Observational Cohort Study of Clinical Practice Using Multicenter Registry in Japan
Toshihisa Kojima¹, Nobunori Takahashi¹, Koji Funahashi², Shuji Asai², Yutaka Yoshioka², Kenya Terabe², Nobuyuki Asai^2,3, Toki Takemoto², Naoki Ishiguro¹, Atsushi Kaneko⁴, Yuji Hirano⁵, Yuichiro Yabe⁶ and Yasuhide Kanayama⁷, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ³Nagoya Univeristy Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ⁶Rheumatology, JCHO Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, Toyota, Japan
Background/Purpose: Many evidences including clinical trials of biologics lead us earlier and more aggressive treatment strategy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is stated…
Abstract Number: 468 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Baseline Risk Factors for Adverse Events in Certolizumab Pegol Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Boulos Haraoui¹, John Wade², Marc de Longueville³, Pauline Ralston⁴ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³SA Global Medical Affairs, UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Giant Professional Ltd, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose Despite efficacy of anti-tumor necrosis factors (anti-TNFs) in treating chronic immune conditions, some patients (pts) report serious adverse events (SAEs) highlighting a need to…
Abstract Number: 71 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Pain Reporting in Different Ethnic Groups in the UK: Results from a Large Biobank
Marcus Beasley¹, Gareth T. Jones¹, Tatiana Macfarlane² and Gary J. Macfarlane¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²Dental School, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Very large epidemiological studies designed to investigate genetic and environmental influences on disease, known as ‘biobanks' can be used to look at associations between…
Abstract Number: 1838 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
No Increased Risk of Developing a First Invasive Melanoma in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologics: Results of a Collaborative Project of 11 European Biologics Registers
Louise Mercer¹, Johan Askling², Pauline Raaschou³, William Dixon¹, Lene Dreyer⁴, Merete Lund Hetland⁵, Lene Mellemkjær⁶, Anja Strangfeld⁷, Angela Zink⁸, Florenzo Iannone⁹, Axel Finckh¹⁰, Jakub Zavada¹¹, Helena Canhao¹², Fernando Martins¹³, Xavier Mariette¹⁴, Jacques Morel¹⁵, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹⁶, Adele Green¹, Victoria Hernández¹⁷, Florence Tubach¹⁸, Piet van Riel¹⁹, Kimme Hyrich²⁰ and Joachim Listing⁷, ¹The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark, ⁵On behalf of all Depts of Rheumatology in Denmark, DANBIO, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, The Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁸German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Reumatologia Universita e Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Medical Specialities, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹¹Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹³Instituto de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁴rheumatology, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹⁵Universite´ Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁶Department of rheumatology CHU, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁷BIOBADASER Registry, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸INSERM, Universite Paris Diderot, Paris, France, ¹⁹Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²⁰Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Swedish and Danish national biologics registers (*) have reported a possible increase in melanoma risk with TNF inhibitors. Since melanomas are uncommon, the association…
Abstract Number: 2351 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rates Of Malignancy: Results From Long-Term Extension Clinical Trials
Ronald F. van Vollenhoven¹, Andrea Rubbert-Roth², Anthony Sebba³, Benjamin Porter-Brown⁴, Lucy Rowell⁵, Pavel Napalkov⁶ and Devi Smart⁵, ¹Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Med Clinic I, University of Cologne, koln, Germany, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁵Roche, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁶Epidemiology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Malignancy is a potential risk of immunomodulatory treatments and may be increased in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The risk of malignancy was…
Abstract Number: 2362 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence Of Adverse Events In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Exposed To Anti-TNF Therapy. Data From The Brazilian Registry For Monitoring Of Biologic Therapies In Rheumatic Diseases (BiobadaBrasil)
Roberto Ranza¹, David C Titton², Valeria Vallim³, Ines Silveira⁴, Aline Ranzolin⁵, Andre Hayata⁶, Mirhelen M. Abreu⁷, Paulo Louzada-Jr⁸, Angela LBP Duarte⁵, Claiton Brenol⁹, Geraldo C Pinheiro¹⁰, Glaucio R Castro¹¹, Hellen M Carvalho¹², Isaias Costa¹³, Jose C Macieira¹⁴, Jose R Miranda¹⁵, Julio CM Bertacini¹⁶, Luis SG Barbosa¹⁷, Manoel B Bertolo¹⁸, Marcelo M. Pinheiro¹², Maria F Sauma¹⁹, Marilia B Silva²⁰, Marlene Freire²¹, Roberto A Toledo²² and Vander Fernandes²³, ¹Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Uberlandia MG, Brazil, ²Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR, Curitiba PR, Brazil, ³Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitoria ES, Brazil, ⁴PUCRS, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, ⁵Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife PE, Brazil, ⁶CRO Osasco, Osasco SP, Brazil, ⁷Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos SP, Brazil, ⁸USP RP, Ribeirão Preto SP, Brazil, ⁹Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil, ¹⁰UERJ, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil, ¹¹Hospital Governador Celso Ramos, Florianopolis SC, Brazil, ¹²Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³Universidade Federal MS, Campo Grande MS, Brazil, ¹⁴UFS Aracaju, Aracaju SE, Brazil, ¹⁵Artrocenter Clinica Medica, Taubate SP, Brazil, ¹⁶USP SP CDMAC, São Paulo SP, Brazil, ¹⁷Universidade Federal Mato Grosso, Cuiabá MT, Brazil, ¹⁸UNICAMP, Campinas SP, Brazil, ¹⁹UFPA, Belem PA, Brazil, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Evangelico, Curitiba PR, Brazil, ²¹UFTM, Uberaba MG, Brazil, ²²FUNFARP, São José do Rio Preto SP, Brazil, ²³Universidade de Cuiabá, Cuiaba MT, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The safety profile of a-TNF biologic drugs might have substantial regional differences due to geographic and socio economic factors and to epidemiology of infectious…
Abstract Number: 2048 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors For Glucocorticoids-Induced Diabetes In Patients With Rheumatic Diseases
Takayuki Katsuyama¹, Sayaka Aoki², Ken-ei Sada³, Yuriko Yamamura¹, Haruki Watanabe¹, Eri Katsuyama¹, Mariko Narazaki¹, Noriko Tatebe¹, Koichi Sugiyama¹, Katsue S. Watanabe³, Hiroshi Wakabayashi¹, Tomoko Kawabata¹, Jun Wada⁴ and Hirofumi Makino³, ¹Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ²Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Since the efficacy of glucocorticoids for various rheumatic diseases was reported, glucocorticoids are still one of the important therapeutic agents in the current treatment…
Abstract Number: 1865 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Complement Activation and Anaphylatoxin Generation In Response To Staphylococcal Protein A Exposure: Ex Vivo and In Vivo Human Studies
Edward Bernton¹, Antonio Polley², Susan Zondlo², Lynne Mitchell³ and Dennis Hourcade³, ¹Protalex Inc., Summit, NJ, ²QPS Holdings LLC, Newark, DE, ³Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: PRTX-100, a highly-purified GMP staphylococcal protein A (SpA), is currently in clinical trials treating patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has been reported…
Abstract Number: 1812 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adverse Events In Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Compared To Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Rennie L. Rhee¹, Nicole B. Gabler², Amy Praestgaard², Peter A Merkel³ and Steven M. Kawut⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania and VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Whether the risk of treatment-related adverse events (AEs) in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) differs based on diagnosis, either connective tissue disease (CTD-PAH)…
Abstract Number: 1606 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overview Of The Safety Of Epratuzumab In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Daniel J. Wallace¹, Josep Ordi-Ros², C. Michael Neuwelt³, Kenneth Kalunian⁴, Michelle A. Petri⁵, Slawomir Jeka⁶, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁷, Brian Kilgallen⁸, Sabine Bongardt⁹, Caroline Gordon¹⁰ and Vibeke Strand¹¹, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Internal Medicine, Vall De Hebron General Hospt, Barcelona, Spain, ³East Bay Rheumatology Research Institute, San Leandro, CA, ⁴UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶2nd University Hospital in Bydgoszcz Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ⁷Clinical Trials Unit Department of Rheumatology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁹UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Rheumatology Research Group (East Wing), School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹¹Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of epratuzumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting CD22, has been evaluated in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A pooled…
Abstract Number: 1462 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Unmasking The Tolerability Of Methotrexate In Patients With Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Retrospective Review Of Discontinuation From a Large UK Cohort
Andra Negoescu¹, Elena Nikiphorou², Anshuman P. Malaviya³, Andrew Badcock³, John D. Fitzpatrick^3,4, Calum T. Goudie^3,4 and Andrew J. Ostor³, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology Research Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology Research Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Cambridge Medical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Due to its efficacy and perceived safety, methotrexate (MTX) has become the foundation disease-modifying drug for rheumatoid (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) however…
Abstract Number: 1038 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact Of Biological Treatment On Overall Mortality and On Incidence Of Second Cancers In Arthritis Patients – A Follow-Up Study From The Danish Danbio Registry
Lene Dreyer¹, Lene Mellemkjær², Inger Marie Jensen Hansen³ and Merete Lund Hetland⁴, ¹Internal Medicine - Rheumatology Section, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Reumatology, OUH Svendborg Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: It is largely unknown whether it is safe to treat arthritis patients with a previous malignancy with biologics. Only a few studies have address…
Abstract Number: 1041 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Differential Reporting Of Myocardial Infarction To a National Observational Drug Safety Study Using Linked Data: Linkage Of The British Society For Rheumatology Biologics Register For Rheumatoid Arthritis and The Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project
Audrey SL Low¹, Deborah P. Symmons^2,3, Mark Lunt², Louise K. Mercer², Christopher Gale^4,5, Kath Watson⁶, British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Registers (BSRBR) Control Centre Consortium¹, William G. Dixon⁷, Kimme L. Hyrich⁸ and On behalf of the BSRBR⁹, ¹Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Epidemiology, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Cardiology,York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹British Society for Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The BSRBR-RA was established to compare the long term safety of anti tumour necrosis factor (TNFi) drugs with non-biologic drugs (nbDMARD) in subjects with…

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