Abstracts tagged "anti-TNF therapy"

Abstract Number: 2811 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvements in Rheumatoid Arthritis Related Fatigue Are Driven By Reductions in Pain, Not Disease Activity – Results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katie L Druce¹, Gareth T Jones², Gary J. Macfarlane¹ and Neil Basu¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²Musculoskeletal Research Collaboration (Epidemiology Group),, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients commonly report reductions in fatigue after commencing Anti-TNF therapy. The mechanisms behind such reductions have not been determined, although it…
Abstract Number: 2086 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Replication of PTPRC As Genetic Biomarker of Response to TNF Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Antonio Gonzalez¹, Aida Ferreiro-Iglesias², Juan Gomez-Reino³ and on Behalf of Their Collaborators⁴, ¹Laboratorio Investigacion 10 and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto Investigacion Sanitaria- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ²Insitituto Investigacion Sanitaria- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ³Instituto Investigacion Sanitaria- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁴multiple, multiple, Spain
Background/Purpose The use of biomarkers to predict response to the different drugs available for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a very desirable goal. However, success…
Abstract Number: 823 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Arthritis Receiving TNF-α Inhibitors: A Look Beyond the Baseline Tuberculosis Screening Protocol
Alina Soare¹, Carina Mihai², Ana Maria Gherghe², Rucsandra Dobrota², Raida Oneata², Simona Pintilie², Mihaela Milicescu², Ioan Ancuta², Andrei Martin², Mariana Sasu², Claudia Ciofu², Liviu Macovei², Victor Stoica² and Mihai Bojinca², ¹internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose Tuberculosis (TB) is a major concern in patients receiving TNF inhibitors (TNFi), especially in countries with a high TB burden. Careful TB screening is…
Abstract Number: 367 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Non-Response to Methotrexate Monotherapy the Change in Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score Is Differentially Associated with Subsequent Response to Non-Biological Versus Biological Therapy
Karen Hambardzumyan¹, R.J. Bolce², Saedis Saevarsdottir³, Kristina Forslind⁴, Ingemar F. Petersson⁵, Pierre Geborek⁶, Eric H. Sasso², David Chernoff², Scott Cruickshank⁷ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁸, ¹ClinTRID, the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Scott Cruickshank and Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, ⁸Unit for clinical therapy research (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose For patients with early RA (eRA), methotrexate (MTX) is recommended as first-line treatment and in non-responders both the addition of conventional non-biological disease modifying…
Abstract Number: 2587 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Treatment Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Blockers in Spondyloarthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Pauline Manicki¹, Jacques Morel², Bernard Combe³ and Cédric Lukas⁴, ¹immuno-rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁴Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Predictors of Treatment Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Blockers in Spondyloarthritis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Background/Purpose: TNF blockers have demonstrated substantial clinical efficacy in spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1741 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNFα Treatment Increases IL-17A+ and IL-22+ T Cells in Spondyloarthritis Regardless of Concomittant Gut Inflammation
Thomas Andersen¹, René Østgård^1,2, Bent Deleuran^1,2, Malene Hvid³ and Henning Glerup⁴, ¹Dept. of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Dept. of Gastroenterology, Regional Hospital of Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose The pro-inflammatory Th17 associated cytokines IL-17A and IL-22 have been proposed as important mediators of the inflammation seen in spondyloarthritis (SpA) and inflammatory bowel…
Abstract Number: 576 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dikkopf-1 (Dkk-1) Serum Levels in Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) Are Related to Disease Duration
Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Enrique Melguizo-Madrid², Concepción González-Rodríguez³, Federico Navarro-Sarabia⁴ and Rafael Ariza-Ariza⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz and Leiden University Medical Center, Madrid, Spain, ²Biochemistry, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ³University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain

Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha is responsible for induction of dkk-1 which down-regulates bone formation. Therefore, it was expected that TNF-blocker therapy would inhibit…
Abstract Number: 294 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Pharmacokinetics of Body Surface Area-Adjusted Doses of Golimumab Following Repeated Subcutaneous Administrations in Pediatric Patients with Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Jocelyn H. Leu¹, Alan M. Mendelsohn², Joyce Ford¹, Hugh M. Davis¹, Honghui Zhou¹ and Zhenhua Xu¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ²Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: To assess the pharmacokinetics (PK) and PK-efficacy correlations of body surface area (BSA)-adjusted dosing of 30 mg/m2 golimumab administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks…
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…

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