Abstracts tagged "anti-TNF therapy"

Abstract Number: 1276 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement in Work and Household Productivity for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with Anti-TNFs in Routine Clinical Practice in Turkey
Sebnem Ataman¹, Mehmet Kirnap², Buminhan Seferoglu³, Zuhal Altay⁴, Aylin Rezvani⁵, Omer Kuru^6,7, Erhan Capkin⁸, Nazli Derya Bugdayci⁹, Ilhan Sezer¹⁰, Hasan Fatih CAY¹¹ and Akinci Tan¹², ¹Rheumatology Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ataturk University Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey, ⁴ELAZIG KARAYOLU UZERI, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey, ⁵Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmialem Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey, ⁶Kurupelit Mevkii Kurupelit 552, Ondokuz Mayis Univ.Tip Fak.Has.-Fizik Tedavi, Samsun, Turkey, ⁷Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, ⁸PM&R AND RHEUMATOLOGY, Karadeniz Tecnical University, Faculty of Medicine, TRABZON, Turkey, ⁹Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rheabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹¹Rheumatology, Physical Medicine&Rehabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹²Physical Med & Rehab, Hacettepe Univ, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on paid work is measured on the basis of employed people missing time from…
Abstract Number: 2060 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microscopic Bowel Inflammation in Spondyloarthritis As a Baseline Predictor of Anti-TNF Response
Heleen Cypers, Gaëlle Varkas, Filip van Den Bosch and Dirk Elewaut, Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
· Background/Purpose: Microscopic bowel inflammation without associated gastro-intestinal symptoms is present in up to 50% of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients. Two types of inflammation are distinguished based…
Abstract Number: 2860 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Responses in Joint and Skin Outcomes and Patient-Reported Outcomes Are Associated with Increased Productivity in the Workplace and at Home in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated with Certolizumab Pegol
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Dafna Gladman², Désirée van der Heijde³, Oana Purcaru⁴ and Philip J. Mease⁵, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Compared to the general population, patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) suffer greater amounts of disability and substantially lower employment rates.1 Few studies have…
Abstract Number: 599 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Examination of Dose Escalation Among Remicade (infliximab) Users in a US RA Registry
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Ying Shan², Joel M. Kremer³, Katherine Saunders⁴, Dennis Parenti⁵ and Shelly Kafka⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ³Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁴Corrona LLC, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA
Background/Purpose: Limited data are available about infliximab(IFX) dose escalation. This analysis examines the frequency of dose escalation among IFX patients using data from the US…
Abstract Number: 1313 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment Normalises Hand Bone Loss in a Minority of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated in Clinical Practice. Results from the Copenhagen Osteoarthritis Study and the Danbio Registry
Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg¹, Mikkel Østergaard¹, Trine David Jensen², Pernille Bach Mortensen², Lars Hyldstrup², Pernille Boyesen³, Anja Thormann¹, Ulrik Tarp¹, Wolfgang Bøhme¹, Hanne Lindegaard¹, Uta Engling Poulsen¹, Annette Hansen¹, Annette Schlemmer¹, Niels Graudal¹, Anne Rødgaard Andersen¹, Jakob Espesen¹, Gina Kollerup¹, Bente Glintborg¹, Ole Rintek Madsen¹, Dorte Vendelbo Jensen¹ and Merete Lund Hetland¹, ¹DANBIO, On behalf of Depts of Rheumatology, North, South, Central, Zealand and Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Dept. of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by progressive joint destruction and loss of periarticular bone mass. Thus hand bone loss (HBL) has been proposed as…
Abstract Number: 2105 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drug Survival and Cost Effectiveness in Patients on Reduced Dose Anti-TNF: Results of a 4 Year Prospective Observational Study
John Stack¹, Claire-Louise Murphy², Clara Bannon¹, Eithne Murphy¹, Trevor Duffy¹ and Maurice Barry¹, ¹Rheumatology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstow, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF-α drugs are effective treatments for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA). They are however expensive and their use carries a significant cost burden to…
Abstract Number: 2862 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Anti-TNF Tapering Possible in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis? a Systematic Literature Review
Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodriguez², Eugenio De Miguel¹, Alejandro Balsa¹, Emilio Martín-Mola¹, Daniel Seoane-Mato³ and Juan D. Cañete⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital-Rheumatology Department, Madrid, Spain, ³Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF therapy is successful for achieving low disease activity (LDA) or clinical remission in patients with axial spondyloarhritis (axSpA). Nevertheless, this therapy has not…
Abstract Number: 2558 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Etanercept Increases Bone Mineral Density in Ankylosing Spondylitis, but Does Not Prevent Vertebral Fractures
M.a.C. van der Weijden^1,2, J.C. van Denderen², W.F. Lems¹, M.T. Nurmohamed^1,2, B.a.C Dijkmans^1,2 and I.E. van der Horst-Bruinsma¹, ¹Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is characterized by chronic inflammation often leading to ankylosis of the spine, but also by a decrease of bone mineral density…
Abstract Number: 1603 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Methotrexate on the Immunogenicity of TNF Inhibitors in Spondyloarthritis Patients
Alejandro Villalba¹, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodriguez¹, Diana Peiteado¹, Laura Nuño², Gema Bonilla³, Alejandro Balsa⁴, Emilio Martín-Mola⁵ and Dora Pascual-Salcedo⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz - IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital La Paz-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Reumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Immunology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients treated under TNF inhibitors (TNFi) with detectable antidrug antibodies (ADA) often develop loss of efficacy. Concomitant therapy with methotrexate (MTX)…
Abstract Number: 573 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Three-Year Course and Prediction of Physical Functioning in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Treated with TNF-Inhibitors
Salima F.E. van Weely¹, Eva L. Kneepkens¹, Mike T. Nurmohamed¹, Joost Dekker^1,2 and Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma³, ¹Reade, centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Currently, only limited information is available on the long-term course of limitations in physical functioning and spinal mobility in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients receiving…
Abstract Number: 272 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Choice of First Biologic Among Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Combined Analysis from 2 UK Paediatric Biologic Registers
Rebecca Davies¹, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet¹, Eileen Baildam², Michael W. Beresford³, Helen E. Foster⁴, Taunton R. Southwood⁵, Wendy Thomson⁶, Kimme L. Hyrich⁷, on Behalf Of The BSPAR Etanercept Cohort Study¹ and The Biologics for Children with Rheumatic Diseases (BCRD) study¹, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Foundation NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine (Child Health), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵Institute of Child Health, University of Birmingham and Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has been revolutionised by the introduction of biologics such as etanercept (ETN), approved in the UK in…
Abstract Number: 2565 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of DMARD Co-Therapy on the Clinical Efficacy of Anti-TNF Medications in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Michael J. Nissen¹, Adrian Ciurea², Juerg Bernhard³, Rudiger Muller⁴, Giorgio Tamborrini⁵, Martin Toniolo⁶, Cem Gabay⁷ and Axel Finckh¹, ¹Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Gloriastrasse 25, Rheumaklinik, Universitatsspital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Solothurn Hospital, Solothurn, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Bethesda Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷University Hospitals of Geneva/SCQM Registry, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Randomized clinical trials and current recommendations suggest little role for disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) as co-therapy with anti-TNF (aTNF) agents in patients with axial-spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1596 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Golimumab Treatment Differs Between Bio-naïve and Patients Previously Exposed to Biologicals. Nationwide Results on Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Other Spondylarthritidies (SpA)
Saedis Saevarsdottir¹, Michele Santacatterina², Carl Turesson³, Helena Forsblad⁴, Lennart Jacobsson⁴ and Staffan Lindblad⁵, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Biostatistics Core Facility, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology & Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose Golimumab is a TNF inhibiting biological drug that was approved in Sweden in 2010 for the treatment of RA, PsA and AS. Our previous…
Abstract Number: 572 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Objective Evaluation of Physical Functioning after TNFi Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients; A Selection of Three Feasible Performance-Based Tests
Salima F.E. van Weely¹, Joost Dekker^1,2, Martijn P.M. Steultjens³, Christiaan J. Van Denderen¹, Mike T. Nurmohamed¹, Ben A.C. Dijkmans⁴ and Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma⁴, ¹Reade, centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Institute for Applied Health Research and School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, ⁴Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Physical functioning is considered an important outcome domain for the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapy and the course of the disease. In an effort…
Abstract Number: 248 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is the Basdai Score Driven By Pain in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Treated with Anti-TNF?
Proton Rahman¹, Algis Jovaisas², William Bensen³, Wojciech Olszynski⁴, Anna Jaroszynska⁵, Philip Baer⁶, Maqbool Sheriff⁷, Dalton Sholter⁸, Eliofotisti Psaradellis⁹, John S. Sampalis⁹, Francois Nantel¹⁰, Allen J Lehman¹¹, Susan Otawa¹¹ and May Shawi¹⁰, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ²194 Main Street, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁵Private Practice, Burlington, ON, Canada, ⁶Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁷Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose The present standard for measuring disease activity in AS is the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) which focuses on five major symptoms…

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