Abstracts tagged "anti-TNF therapy and positron emission tomography (PET)"

Abstract Number: 1279 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging of Ankylosing Spondylitis By [18f]Fluoride PET-CT to Assess Bone Formation Activity and to Monitor Anti-TNF Therapy
Stefan Bruijnen¹, Nicki Verweij², Leonie van Duivenvoorde³, Dominique Baeten⁴, Christiaan van Denderen⁵, Joost Bot⁶, Otto Hoekstra⁷, Pieter Raijmakers⁶, Irene van der Horst - Bruinsma⁸ and Conny van der Laken², ¹Dept. of Rheumtaology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵READE, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Nuclear medicine and PET research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Bone formation is an important hallmark of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Recently, we demonstrated that axial bone formation activity in AS patients can be visualized…