Abstracts tagged "Adverse events"

Abstract Number: 848 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Malignant Progression of Precancerous Lesions of the Uterine Cervix Following DMARD Therapy in Female Arthritis Patients
René Cordtz¹, Lene Mellemkjær², Bente Glintborg¹, Merete Lund Hetland³ and Lene Dreyer¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ²Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, The Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³DANBIO Registry and Department of Rheumatology., Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup. On behalf of all departments of Rheumatology in Denmark., Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose Recent studies have found that a high proportion of female rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are chronic carriers of high-risk HPV-strains and that these patients…
Abstract Number: 503 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does a Higher Dose of Folic Acid Reduce Adverse Effects of Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis? a Randomized Controlled Trial
Varun Dhir¹, Amit Sandhu¹, Jasbinder Kaur², Nidhi Gupta¹, Prabhdeep Kaur¹, Ankita Sood¹, Aman Sharma³ and Shefali Sharma¹, ¹Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²Government Medical College and hospital Sector 32, Chandigarh, India, ³Internal Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose There is good evidence that folic acid 5-10mg per week leads to reduction in methotrexate (MTX) toxicity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, this data…
Abstract Number: 462 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infections and Gastrointestinal Side Effects in a Comparison of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapies
Bei-Hung Chang^1,2, Lien Quach¹, Mary Brophy³, Keri Hannagan⁴, Edward C. Keystone⁵, Ted R. Mikuls⁶ and James R. O'Dell⁷, ¹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ²Qualitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³VA Boston Heathcare System, Boston, MA, ⁴MAVERIC, VA Boston Heathcare System, Boston, MA, ⁵Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Veteran Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose TNF inhibitors and combinations of conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are commonly added to treat methotrexate non-responsive rheumatoid arthritis patients. In the 48-week double blind,…
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: 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…
Abstract Number: 1007 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Of Corticosteroid, Risk Of Adverse Events and Healthcare Resource Utilization In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Wei-Shi Yeh¹, Shih-Yin Chen², Kathleen McCarty³, Qian Li², Yuan-Chi Lee² and Nathalie Franchimont³, ¹Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ²United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, ³Biogen Idec Inc., Weston, MA
Background/Purpose: Gluco-corticosteroids (GCs) are frequently used to treat autoimmune disease and their chronic use has long been known to cause adverse events (AEs). The purpose…
Abstract Number: 742 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety Of Remission Induction With Rituximab Versus Cyclosphosphamide In Patients 65 and Older With Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Eli Miloslavsky¹, Ulrich Specks², Peter A Merkel³, Philip Seo⁴, Robert F. Spiera⁵, Carol A. Langford⁶, Gary S. Hoffman⁷, Cees G.M. Kallenberg⁸, E. William St. Clair⁹, Nadia Tchao¹⁰, Linna Ding¹¹, David Ikle¹², Brett Jepson¹², Paul Brunetta¹³ and John H. Stone¹⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hopsital, Boston, MA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania and VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁹Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁰Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³Biotherapeutics, Genentech, So San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Retrospective studies have demonstrated that patients of advanced age with systemic vasculitis experience a higher mortality and adverse events than their younger counterparts. However,…
Abstract Number: 461 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher TNFi Dosing Is Not Associated With More Serious Infectious Events (SIE), Elevated AST/ALT Or WBC<1.5 In The US Corrona Database
Daniel Furst¹, Mei Liu², Jeffrey D. Greenberg³ and Joel M. Kremer⁴, ¹Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²CORRONA, Inc, Southborough, MA, ³NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁴Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Higher TNFi Dosing Is Not Associated with More Serious Infectious Events (SIE), elevated AST/ALT or WBC 50 mg golim. q4wk for at least 3 months.Adverse…
Abstract Number: 440 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiovascular Safety Findings In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib, A Novel, Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor
C. Charles-Schoeman¹, P Wicker², M. A. Gonzalez-Gay³, S. P. Wood⁴, M.G. Boy⁴, J. Geier⁵, D. Gruben⁴, K. Soma⁴ and R. Riese⁴, ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²PW Consulting LLC, Mystic, CT, ³Reumatologia, Hospital Marques De Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we evaluated the cardiovascular (CV) event rates and…
Abstract Number: 173 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-DRB1*08:02 Is Associated With Bucillamine-Induced Proteinuria In Japanese Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Case-Control Study
Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Shomi Oka¹, Kota Shimada², Shoji Sugii², Atsushi Hashimoto³, Akiko Komiya¹, Naoshi Fukui¹, Taiichiro Miyashita⁴, Kiyoshi Migita⁴, Akiko Suda⁵, Shouhei Nagaoka⁶, Naoyuki Tsuchiya⁷ and Shigeto Tohma¹, ¹Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁴Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Omura, Japan, ⁵Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁷Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Bucillamine (Buc) is one of the commonly used disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Japan. Drug-induced proteinuria can occur in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated…
Abstract Number: 442 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tolerability and Non-Serious Adverse Events In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib As Monotherapy Or In Combination Therapy
A. Dikranian¹, K. Soma², R. Riese², D. Gruben² and T. V. Jones³, ¹San Diego Arthritis Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tolerability remains an ill-defined construct in clinical trials.…
Abstract Number: 2626 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infliximab For Sight-Threatening and Refractory Uveitis Of Behcet’s Syndrome
Vedat Hamuryudan¹, Gulen Hatemi², Yilmaz Ozyazgan², Didar Ucar², Sebahattin Yurdakul², Emire Seyahi², Koray Tascilar², Serdal Ugurlu² and Hasan Yazici³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty University of Istanbul, Behcet's Syndrome Research Center, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty University of Istanbul, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled studies suggest a beneficial effect of infliximab in the treatment of severe uveitis of BS. The majority of these studies had short observation…
Abstract Number: 459 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transaminase Levels and Hepatic Events Observed During Tocilizumab Treatment: Pooled Analysis Of Long-Term Clinical Trial Safety Data In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
MC Genovese¹, Joel M. Kremer², Ronald F. van Vollenhoven³, Rieke Alten⁴, Juan José Scali⁵, Ariella Kelman⁶, Lucy Rowell⁷ and Laura Pitts⁷, ¹Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ²Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Teaching Hospital of the Charité, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Durand University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁷Roche, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor tocilizumab (TCZ) has demonstrated efficacy in improving signs/symptoms, reducing joint damage, and improving function and is well tolerated in patients…

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