Abstracts tagged "Anti-TNF therapy and spondylarthropathy"

Abstract Number: 539 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Adalimumab for the Treatment of Peripheral Arthritis in Spondyloarthritis Patients without Ankylosing Spondylitis or Psoriatic Arthritis
Jacqueline E. Paramarta¹, Leen De Rycke², Tanja F. Heijda², Carmen A. Ambarus³, Koen Vos², Huib J. Dinant², Paul P. Tak² and Dominique L. Baeten², ¹Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The treatment of spondyloarthritis (SpA) has improved dramatically since the introduction of TNF-blockade. However, this therapy is only approved and reimbursed for the treatment…
Abstract Number: 2220 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of the Pulsar (Program to Understand the Longterm Outcomes in Spondyloarthritis) Registry
Andreas M. Reimold¹, Liron Caplan², Daniel O. Clegg³, Gail S. Kerr⁴, Elizabeth Chang⁵, Lisa A. Davis⁶, Prashant Kaushik⁷, Vikas Majithia⁸, J. Steuart Richards⁹, Joel D. Taurog¹⁰ and Jessica Walsh¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, Dallas VA and University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²Div of Rheumatology, Denver VA and Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Rheumatology, George E. Wahlen Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁵Phoenix VAHCS, Phoenix, AZ, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO, ⁷Department of Medicine, Sratton VAMC, Albany, NY, ⁸Div of Rheumatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ⁹Rheumatology, Washington DC VA and Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Rheumatic Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Rheumatology, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The spondyloarthritides are a group of conditions characterized by inflammation in the axial skeleton or peripheral joints. The arthritis may present as the primary…
Abstract Number: 2229 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Clinical, CRP- and MRI- Responses to TNF-Blockade in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients with Short Vs Long Symptom Duration
Anja Weiss¹, In-Ho Song², Hildrun Haibel², Joachim Listing³ and Joachim Sieper⁴, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ³German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology, Charité Universitätesmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: To investigate the impact of disease duration on treatment response in patients with axial spondylarthritis (SPA) treated with etanercept (ETA) or adalimumab (ADA). Methods:…