Abstracts tagged "Biologic agents"

Abstract Number: 626 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching Biologic Therapy in a Population of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Branca Souza¹, Juliana Valim², Fernanda Chaer³, Fernanda Guimarães⁴ and Verônica Lima⁵, ¹Reumatologia, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Evaluate the reason of exchange of biologic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and describe the frequency of remission or low activity, according to…
Abstract Number: 1674 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do TNF Inhibitors Change the Progression of Sacroiliitis?
Deeba Minhas¹, MinJae Lee^2,3, Mohammad H. Rahbar³, Lianne S. Gensler⁴, John D. Reveille⁵ and Michael Weisman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting the sacroiliac (SI) joints and spine causing structural changes seen on clinical radiography. Studies have…
Abstract Number: 2343 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Phase 2, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Safety and Dose Effectiveness of Intradermal Injections of Purified Apis Mellifera Toxin to Improve Pain and Physical Function in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Douglas R. Schumacher¹, Anna Jakubowska² and Christopher M.H. Kim³, ¹Radiant Research, Columbus, OH, ²Apimeds, Inc., Jungwongu, Seongnam, Gyeonggido, Korea, The Republic of, ³CHA University, Bundanggu, Seongnam, Gyeongghido, Korea, The Republic of
Background/Purpose: This Phase 2a/b trial evaluated the safety and dose effectiveness of honeybee toxin (purified Apis melliferatoxin) injections to improve pain and physical function in…
Abstract Number: 2669 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biological Treatments in Primary SjöGren Syndrome
Monica Fernandez Castro¹, Jose Luis Andreu², Carlos Sánchez-Piedra³, Víctor Martínez Taboada⁴, Alejandro Olivé⁵, José Rosas⁶, Raúl Menor Almagro⁷, Beatriz Rodriguez Lozano⁸, Angel Garcia-Aparicio⁹, Francisco Javier López Longo¹⁰, Sara Manrique-Arija¹¹, Jesus Alberto Garcia Vadillo¹², Susana Gil Barato¹³, Ruth Lopez Gonzalez¹⁴, Javier Narváez¹⁵, Carlos Galisteo¹⁶ and on behalf of Sjogren-SER project (GEEAS-SER), ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ³Unidad de Investigación de la Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital General de Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital de Canarias, S/C Tenerife, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Parc-Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease involving mainly the exocrine glandular system. Nevertheless, its clinical spectrum includes the development of multiple…
Abstract Number: 3L • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomised Controlled Trial of the Clinical Effectiveness, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Adalimumab in Combination with Methotrexate for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis
Athimalaipet V Ramanan¹, Andrew D. Dick², Andrew McKay³, Ashley Jones⁴, Paula Williamson⁴, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne⁵, Ben Hardwick⁴, Helen Hickey⁴, Dyfrig Hughes⁶, Patricia Woo⁵, Diana Benton¹, Clive Edelsten⁵ and Michael W. Beresford⁷, ¹University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²University of Bristol, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³Biostatistics, Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Clinical Trials Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Uveitis associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a major cause of morbidity with potentially sight-threatening complications. Despite current screening and (pre-biologic) therapeutic options,…
Abstract Number: 4L • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Epratuzumab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from Two Phase 3 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials
Megan E. B. Clowse¹, Daniel J Wallace², Richard Furie³, Michelle Petri⁴, Marilyn Pike⁵, Piotr Leszczynski⁶, C Michael Neuwelt⁷, Kathryn Hobbs⁸, Mauro Keiserman⁹, Liliana Duca¹⁰, Kenneth Kalunian¹¹, Sabine Bongardt¹², Christian Stach¹², Carolyn Beaudot¹³, Brian Kilgallen¹³, Catrinel Galateanu¹⁴ and Caroline Gordon^15,16, ¹Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Med Pharm Consulting Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, J. Strus Poznan Municipal Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA, ⁸Denver Arthritis Clinic, Denver, CO, ⁹School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹⁰Clinica Neomed, Brasov, Romania, ¹¹UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ¹²UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ¹³UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁴UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁵Rheumatology Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁶NIHR/Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In phase 2b trials, epratuzumab, a humanized anti-CD22 mAb that modulates B cell signaling without total B cell depletion, significantly improved disease activity in…
Abstract Number: 145 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Economic Burden of Switching to an Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (anti-TNF) Versus a Non-Tumor Necrosis Factor (non-TNF) Biologic Therapy Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Zheng-Yi Zhou¹, Jenny Griffith², Arijit Ganguli², Ella Xiaoyan Du¹ and Keith Betts¹, ¹Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ²AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Real world studies comparing the healthcare utilization of anti-TNFs vs. non-TNFs as the next alternative after the failure of the first anti-TNF are scarce.…
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: 1537 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of TNF-Alpha Blockade on Body Composition in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
sarah marouen¹, Thomas Barnetche², Bernard Combe³, Jacques Morel⁴ and Claire I. Daien⁴, ¹Rhumatology Department, Lapeyronie Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Pellegrin University Hospital, BORDEAUX, France, ³Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁴Department of rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease have elevated circulating concentrations of TNF-alpha and other pro-inflammatory cytokines that can modify body composition. Metabolic changes are…
Abstract Number: 2326 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Preferences Regarding Route of Biologic Administration in an Inflammatory Arthritis Cohort
Alysia Kwiatkowski¹, Lucas Grisanti², Joseph Grisanti³ and James Hatem⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ²Department of Biology, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, ³Buffalo Rheumatology and Medicine, Orchard Park, NY, ⁴BioStatistics, Buffalo Rheumatology and Medicine, Orchard Park, NY
Background/Purpose: Multiple biologic treatment modalities are available for managing systemic inflammatory disease states. Patient preference regarding routes of administration is frequently unclear and has not…
Abstract Number: 2875 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNF Therapy Is Not Associated with an Increase in Neoplasias in Patients with Spondyloarthritis (SpA): Results from the GISEA Registry
Fabiola Atzeni¹, Antonio Carletto², Marco Sebastiani³, Valentina Panetta⁴, Fausto Salaffi⁵, Florenzo Iannone⁶, Elisa Gremese⁷, Marcello Govoni⁸, Antonio Marchesoni⁹, Roberto Gorla¹⁰, Roberta Ramonda¹¹, Pier Carlo Sarzi-Puttini¹², Gianfranco Ferraccioli⁷, Giovanni Lapadula¹³ and on behalf of GISEA group, ¹Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital of Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ³SC Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicine, Medicina d’Urgenza e Specialità Mediche, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy, ⁴L'altrastatistica -Consultancy & Training- Biostatistics office., Rome, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Polytechnic University of Marche, C. Urbani Hospital, Jesi,, Ancona, Italy, ⁶Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ⁸Department of Medical Sciences, UOC of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna-Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Cona Ferrara, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Orthopedic Institute G. Pini, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹¹Cattedra, Voc Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy, ¹³Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy
Background/Purpose: The use of TNF inhibitors (TNFIs) has led to efficient control of the signs and symptoms of SpA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and significantly…
Abstract Number: 168 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Efficacy of Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Dmards Toward Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Kyushu Multicenter Rheumatoid Arthritis Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort in Japan
Ayako Nishino^1,2, Shin-ya Kawashiri^1,2, Atsushi Kawakami^1,2, Tamami Yoshitama², Nobutaka Eiraku², Noki Matsuoka², Yukitaka Ueki², Akitomo Okada², Hiroaki Hamada², Toshihiko Hidaka², Shuji Nagano², Tomomi Tsuru², Keita Fujikawa² and Yojiro Arinobu², ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Few prospective ultrasound (US) cohort studies of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated by biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) are reported. We have been…
Abstract Number: 616 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for the Exacerbation of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) after Administration of Biologic Dmards in RA Patients with Pre-Existing ILD
Tamao Nakashita¹, Akira Dibatake², Kotaro Matsumoto³, Yoto Hamada⁴ and Shinji Motojima⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa-city, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, kamogawa, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogwa, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa city, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with RA is a big concern particularly in Japanese patients evidenced by the reports that the cause of death…
Abstract Number: 1561 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of TNF Blockers on Bone Mineral Density in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Bisphosphonate
Doo-Ho Lim¹, Seokchan Hong², Soo Min Ahn², Byeongzu Ghang³, Wook Jang Seo⁴, Yong-Gil Kim¹, Chang-Keun Lee¹ and Bin Yoo¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Univerisy of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Internal Medicine, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is more frequently observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in general population. Bisphosphonate (BP), which suppresses bone resorption by inhibiting osteoclast…
Abstract Number: 2435 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy Outcomes in Adult Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic Agents
Katerina Jarosova¹, Katerina Andelova², Karel Hejduk³, Michal Uher³ and Jiri Vencovsky⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²clinical, Institute for the Care for Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Biologic drugs are effective therapeutic option in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, data regarding the use during pregnancy and breastfeeding in adult…

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