Abstracts tagged "anti-TNF therapy"

Abstract Number: 1347 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNFá Discontinuation in Psoriatic Arthritis: Is It Possible After Achieving Minimal Disease Activity?
Amir Haddad¹, Arane Thavaneswaran¹, Vinod Chandran² and Dafna D. Gladman³, ¹Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Remission in Psoriatic Arthritis, defined as a period of at least 3 consecutive visits with no actively inflamed joints, occurs in about 17 percent…
Abstract Number: 596 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evolution of Atherosclerosis in Psoriatic Arthritis: Is the Former an Independent Inflammatory Process?
Roberta Ramonda¹, Massimo Puato², Valentina Modesti³, Mariagrazia Lorenzin⁴, Paola Frallonardo⁴, Augusta Ortolan⁴, Carla Campana³, Alessandro Lo Nigro³ and Leonardo Punzi⁵, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ³Unit of Rheumatology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit - University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: A non-invasive study focusing on the structural and functional properties of the carotid arteries was carried out in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. Increased cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 378 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Monotherapy and Adherence with Non-Biologic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Combination with Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Real-World Setting
Nicole M. Engel-Nitz¹, Sarika Ogale² and Mahesh Kulakodlu¹, ¹Observational Research, OptumInsight, Eden Prairie, MN, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Studies have shown better response for anti-TNFs (aTNF) when they are used in combination with non-biologic DMARDs (nbDMARD), than when used as monotherapies.1 Therefore,…

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