Abstracts tagged "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)"

Abstract Number: 653 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Responses and Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes Are Associated with Increased Productivity in the Workplace and at Home in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Treated with Certolizumab Pegol
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Juergen Braun², Martin Rudwaleit³, Oana Purcaru⁴ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁵, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ⁴UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) includes ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA).1 AS significantly affects patient (pt) workplace productivity in both performance and disease-related absenteeism.2…
Abstract Number: 1691 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Presence of Fibromialgia May Influence the Clinimetric Evaluation of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis, but Has No Impact on Disease Activity Assessment
Emilio Buschiazzo¹, Natalia Zamora², Fernando Andres Sommerfleck³, Romina Rojas Tessel⁴, Mariana Benegas⁵, Pablo Arturi^6,7, Maria Elena Crespo⁴, Emilce Schneeberger⁸ and Gustavo Citera², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Sr Del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatologia, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Sr Del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ⁵Sanatorio Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitacion Psicofisica and Fundacion Reumatologica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁸Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) can be present concomitantly in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). It may overestimate the evaluation of disease activity, resulting in more intensive…
Abstract Number: 2062 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Reliable Is Self-Evaluation of Symptoms of Inflammatory Back Pain By Patients?
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Inge Spiller¹, Joachim Sieper¹ and Martin Rudwaleit^1,2, ¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory back pain (IBP) is regarded as an important clinical parameter of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and is often used in a diagnostic approach. Usually…
Abstract Number: 2892 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Statin Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Grunde Wibetoe¹, Eirik Ikdahl¹, Tore K. Kvien², Silvia Rollefstad¹ and Anne Grete Semb³, ¹Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the general population, CVD risk reduction can be achieved by lipid…
Abstract Number: 671 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discrepancy Between Patients and Physicians Acceptable Symptomatic States in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Findings from the RAPID-AxSpA Study
Maxime Dougados¹, Owen Davies², Tommi Nurminen³, Geoffroy Coteur⁴ and Laure Gossec⁵, ¹Medicine Faculty, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, UPRES-EA 4058, Cochin Hospital, Rheumatology B, Paris, France, ²UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ³UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁴UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 GRC-UPMC 08 (EEMOIS); AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière Rheumatology Department, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Discordance between patient (pt) and physician (phy) assessment of disease activity (DA) in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is recognized, with phys tending to score DA less…
Abstract Number: 1700 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Does It Really Exist and Which Are the Effects of Treatments? a Systematic Review
Clément Prati¹, Céline Demougeot², Xavier Guillot² and Daniel Wendling³, ¹Service de Rhumatologie, CHRU J Minjoz, Besançon, France, ²EA 4267 FDE, FHU INCREASE, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, ³Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: Accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Noninvasive angiological methods have been developped to evaluate endothelial…
Abstract Number: 2336 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Literature Review of Patient Reported Outcome and Health Related Quality of Life Measures for Biologic Therapies in the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Steffen Jugl¹, Sultana Syeda² and Gunda Praveen², ¹BF I&D GPA, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ²Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are chronic progressive conditions with substantial humanistic burden on patients and care givers. A variety of instruments,…
Abstract Number: 3207 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Axial Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Clinical and Radiographic Comparison with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Deepak R. Jadon¹, Raj Sengupta¹, Alison L Nightingale², Mark Lindsay³, Eleanor Korendowych¹, Graham Robinson⁴, Amelia Jobling⁵, Gavin Shaddick⁶, Anne Barton⁷ and Neil J. McHugh⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Mathematics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁷Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Little is known of the characteristics of psoriatic spondyloarthritis (PsSpA). A study was conducted to determine the: (i) prevalence of PsSpA in a psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 696 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current and Past Smoking Are Associated with Functional Impairement and Increased Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Kristina SCHREIBER¹, Thomas Barnetche², BG Combe³, Jacques Morel¹ and Claire I. Daien¹, ¹Department of rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Pellegrin University Hospital, BORDEAUX, France, ³Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: The influence of smoking on the development of rheumatoid arthritis, the severity of the disease and the response to treatment is well established. The…
Abstract Number: 1701 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Term Outcome of Total Hip Replacement in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ana Lizarraga¹, Natalia Zamora¹, Graciela Betancur¹, Luis Alejandro Cayetti², Emilce Schneeberger², Maria Celeste Orozco³, Fernando Andres Sommerfleck⁴ and Gustavo Citera³, ¹Reumatologia, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatologia, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Total hip replacement (THR) surgery is a reliable therapeutic intervention for patients with severe hip involvement. The aim of our study was to determine…
Abstract Number: 2647 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlations Between Personality Types, Disease Activity and Quality of Life in As and RA Patients
Teodora Donisan¹, Madalina Dobrin², Denisa Predeteanu^3,4, Violeta Claudia Bojinca^4,5, Mihai Bojinca^6,7, Dinu Valentin Balanescu¹, Laura Grosanu^3,5, Florian Berghea^4,5, Cosmin Constantinescu^4,5, Daniela Opris^3,4, Andreea Borangiu^3,8, Ruxandra Ionescu^3,4 and Andra Rodica Balanescu^4,5, ¹University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ³University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁸University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology “Sf. Maria” Hospital, Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose: It is well established that health related quality of life (HRQoL) is low in patients (pts) with RA and AS. Type C and D…
Abstract Number: 3211 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current Smoking, Its Intensity and Duration, Is Associated with Fat Metaplasia on MRI in Patients with Spondyloarthritis
Walter Maksymowych¹, Stephanie Wichuk¹, Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit², Zheng Zhao³, Donald Spady¹, Barbara Conner-Spady¹, Robert G Lambert⁴ and Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁵, ¹Medicine, Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Rheumatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Smoking has been associated with radiographic severity and progression in SpA although there is little understanding of the mechanism. Prospective MRI data indicates…
Abstract Number: 699 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Ankylosing Spondylitis Specific Outcomes at 6 Months Utilising a Novel Self-Management Education Program
Charles Inderjeeth^1,2,3,4, Jean McQuade⁵, Warren Raymond⁶, Clara Connor⁷, Jack Edelman⁸, Nicola Cook⁹ and Kathy Briffa¹⁰, ¹Rehabiltation and Aged care and Rheumatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, ²North Metropolitan Health Service, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, ³Subiaco Rheumatology Clinic, Subiaco, Australia, ⁴Linear Clinical Research Ltd, Perth, Australia, ⁵Arthritis WA, Wembley, Australia, ⁶Rheumatology and Geriatric Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, ⁷Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA, Perth, Australia, ⁸Rheumatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia, ⁹Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, ¹⁰School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Background/Purpose : Disease specific self-management interventions are rare. After a needs assessment, focus group discussions, and Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) model we developed and…
Abstract Number: 1708 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Depression Severity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Hwang¹, MinJae Lee², Michael M. Ward³, Lianne S. Gensler⁴, Matthew A. Brown⁵, Shervin Assassi⁶, Laura A. Diekman⁷, Mohammad H. Rahbar⁸, Michael H. Weisman⁹ and John D. Reveille¹⁰, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁸The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Depression is a known comorbidity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with over one-third of AS patients affected and increased depression-rate ratio compared to the general…
Abstract Number: 2780 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Immunogenicity, Hypersensitivity Reactions and Skin Tests Against Infliximab, Etanercept and Adalimumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Firas Doghanji¹, Sebnem Ataman², Ali Erhan Ozdemirel², Recep Bülent Seckin¹, Ayse Peyman Yalcin¹ and Sevim Bavbek³, ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Rheumatology Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ³Immunology and Allergy, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Relationship between immunogenicity, hypersensitivity reactions and skin tests against Infliximab, Etanercept and Adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF drugs can…

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