Abstracts tagged "Biologic agents"

Abstract Number: 2370 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effectiveness Of Biological Agents Concomitant With Tacrolimus In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kenya Terabe¹, Toshihisa Kojima², Nobunori Takahashi¹, Koji Funahashi³, Atsushi Kaneko⁴, Daihei Kida⁵, Yuichiro Yabe⁶, Yuji Hirano⁷, Masatoshi Hayashi⁸ and Naoki Ishiguro¹, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ⁶Rheumatology, JCHO Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ⁸Departments of Orthopedic surgery and Rheumatology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
Background/Purpose:In Japan, oral tacrolimus (TAC) was approved for the treatment of RA in 2005 and the improvement of symptoms thorough the use concomitant with disease…
Abstract Number: 1478 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence Of Biological Monotherapy Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients In Denmark: Results From The Danish Nationwide Danbio Registry
Tanja Schjoedt Joergensen¹, Lars-Erik Kristensen², Tove Lorenzen³, Jørgen Jensen⁴, Lida Zanjani⁵, Toke Laursen⁶, Sheraz Butt⁷, Mette Y. Dam⁸, Hanne M. Lindegaard⁹, Jakob Espesen¹⁰, Oliver Hendricks¹¹, Prabhat Kumar¹², Anita Kincses¹³, Line H. Larsen¹⁴, Marlene Andersen¹⁵, Esben K. Næser¹⁶, Dorte V. Jensen¹⁷, Jolanta Grydehøj¹⁸, Barbara Unger¹⁹, Ninna Dufour²⁰, Vibeke N. Sørensen²¹, Sara Vildhøj²², Inger Marie J. Hansen²³, Johnny Raun²⁴ and Merete Lund Hetland²⁵, ¹The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen F, Denmark, ²Dept of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Region Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Køge, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Vejle, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Gråsten, Denmark, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Esbjerg, Denmark, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg, Denmark, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University, Hjørring, Denmark, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Silkeborg, Denmark, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Rønne, Denmark, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Viborg, Denmark, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Horsens, Denmark, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Helsingør, Denmark, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Randers, Denmark, ²²Department of Rheumatology, Holstebro, Denmark, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Svendborg, Denmark, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Fredericia, Denmark, ²⁵Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: It is estimated that between 10 and 30% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are methotrexate (MTX)-intolerant and discontinuation is common in clinical practice. For…
Abstract Number: 804 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and The Risk Of Acute Coronary Syndrome In Rheumatoid Arthritis – a National Cohort Study
Lotta Ljung^1,2, Johan Askling³, Solbritt M. Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁴, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson⁵ and The ARTIS Study Group⁶, ¹Clinical epidemiology unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The high risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been linked to inflammation and disease severity. Treatment with…
Abstract Number: 2337 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serious Adverse Events Associated With Using Biological Agents To Treat Rheumatic Diseases: Network Meta-Analysis From a National Guideline Panel
Simon Tarp¹, Ulrik Tarp², Lis S. Andersen³, Tove Lorenzen⁴, Hanne M. Lindegaard⁵, Michael Stoltenberg⁶, Hanne S. Jensen⁷, Birgitte Brock⁸, Camilla M. Mikkelsen⁹, Dorte V. Jensen¹⁰, Karsten Asmussen⁷, Troels Herlin¹¹ and Robin Christensen¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Region Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Køge, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁸Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁹The Capital Region of Denmark Hospital Pharmacy, Medicine Information Centre, Copenhagen NV, Denmark, ¹⁰The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Center of Rheumatology and Spine Diseases VRR, Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Clinical guidelines are needed to help clinicians provide optimal medical treatment and advise patients about the potential hazards associated with certain drugs. Our objective…
Abstract Number: 1459 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multiple Cytokine Profiling Predicts The Effectiveness Of Switching Biologics In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kensuke Koyama¹, Katsunori Ikari¹, Atsuo Taniguchi², Shigeki Momohara² and Hisashi Yamanaka¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: There is some rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with poor responses to certain biologics which requires switching to another biologics. However, there is no solid…
Abstract Number: 805 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Good Response On Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Are Associated With a Decreased Risk Of Acute Coronary Syndromes In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lotta Ljung^1,2, Lennart T.H. Jacobsson³, Solbritt M. Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁴, Johan Askling⁵ and The ARTIS Study Group⁶, ¹Clinical epidemiology unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department for Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory activity, as well as traditional cardiovascular risk factors, have been suggested to underlie the increased risk of coronary disease in patients with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2319 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Safety Of Biological Agents Among Medicare Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Huifeng Yun¹, Fenglong Xie², Elizabeth S. Delzell¹, Lang Chen³, Emily Levitan¹, James Lewis⁴, Kenneth G. Saag⁵, Timothy Beukelman⁶, Kevin L. Winthrop⁷, John Baddley⁸, Paul M. Muntner¹ and Jeffrey R. Curtis³, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Immunology & Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁸Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Several new biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have been approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in United States. However, their comparative risks of…
Abstract Number: 1468 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reasons For Discontinuation Of Biologic Agents In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Eric Elkin¹, Martin J. Bergman², Tripthi Kamath³, Sarika Ogale³, Adam Turpcu³, Kristin King⁴, Jae Oh⁴, Monarch Shah¹ and Max I. Hamburger⁵, ¹ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA, ²Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA, ³Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴ICON Late Phase and Outcomes Research, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Rheumatology Associates, Melville, NY
Background/Purpose: Results from randomized controlled trials indicate that about one-third of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients initially treated with anti-TNF agents do not respond, show a…
Abstract Number: 807 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Perioperative Use Of Anti-Rheumatic Agents Does Not Increase Early Postoperative Infection Risks: A Veteran Affairs’ Administrative Database Study
Zaki AbouZahr¹, Andrew Spiegelman², Maria Cantu³ and Bernard Ng⁴, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Michael E DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College Of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Evidences for perioperative management of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic agents (BA) are sparse, and limited mainly to methotrexate & specific surgeries…
Abstract Number: 2326 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Head-To-Head Comparison Of Subcutaneous Abatacept Versus Adalimumab On Background Methotrexate In RA: Blinded Two Year Results From The Ample (Abatacept Versus Adalimumab Comparison in Biologic-Naive RA Subjectswith Background Methotrexate) study
Michael E. Weinblatt¹, Michael H Schiff², Robert Valente³, Désirée M. van der Heijde⁴, Gustavo Citera⁵, Ayanbola Elegbe⁶, Michael A Maldonado⁶ and Roy Fleischmann⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: AMPLE (Abatacept Versus Adalimumab Comparison in Biologic-Naive RA Subjects with Background Methotrexate) is the first 2 year, active comparator study in RA patients utilizing…
Abstract Number: 1476 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness Of Etanercept In Elderly Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Single Center Retrospective Study
Arthur N. Lau¹, Alpesh Shah², Melissa Deamude³, Cynthia Mech⁴, Robert Bensen⁵ and William G. Bensen⁶, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, MSc in Clinical Epidemiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Dr. William G. Bensen, Rheumatology Health Team, St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Dr. William G. Bensen, Rheumatology Health Team, Dr. Bensen's Rheumatology Clinic, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology Health Team, Dr. Bensen's Rheumatology Clinic, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Biological drugs have dramatically improved the prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially in those with early disease. These patientsare often in younger age with fewer…
Abstract Number: 481 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Down-Titration of Biological Therapies In Rheumatoid Arthritis In Daily Clinical Practice
Miguel Arredondo¹, Iciar Cañamares², Esther Ramírez-Herráiz², Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro³, Alberto Garcia-Vadillo³, Alberto Morell¹, Rosario Garcia-Vicuña⁴ and Jose María Alvaro-Gracia⁵, ¹Unidad de Terapias Biológicas, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Unidad de Terapias Biológicas. Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: One of the limiting factors for the use of biological therapies (BT) is cost. For this reason, the development of cost optimization strategies without…
Abstract Number: 2208 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychological Condition Of JIA Patients Treated With Biologic Agents. – A Nation-Wide Survey In Japan
Yuki Osako¹, Yukiko Nonaka², Harumi Akaike², Tomohiro Kubota³, Tsuyoshi Yamatou², Tomokazu Nagakura⁴, Junko Yasumura⁵, Hiroyuki Imanaka² and Syuji Takei⁶, ¹School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,Department of Maternal & Child Nursing and Midwifery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima city, Japan, ²Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan, ³Dept of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, House of Meguminoseibo, Usuki, Japan, ⁵Dept of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Japan, ⁶School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents, newly developed medications targeting for inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha or IL-6, have been drastically improving the disease course of JIA who…
Abstract Number: 1439 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics Of SAN-300, a Novel Monoclonal Antibody Against Very Late Antigen-1: Results Of a Phase 1 Study In Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Charles Inderjeeth¹, Andrew Redfern¹, Michael Huang², Yun Hardiman², Theresa Grant², Lawrence C. Fritz², David Fuller³, David Haughey⁴ and Mark C. Totoritis², ¹Linear Clinical Research Ltd, Perth, Australia, ²Santarus, Inc., San Diego, CA, ³INC Research, Inc., New South Wales, Australia, ⁴ICON Development Solutions, Whitesboro, NY
Background/Purpose: Very late antigen-1 (VLA-1; α1β1 integrin), a cell adhesion molecule expressed on activated lymphocytes and monocytes/macrophages, binds extracellular matrix molecules and facilitates migration, proliferation,…
Abstract Number: 484 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Response To Biologic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs After Discontinuation Of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Agents In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Eric Elkin¹, Max I. Hamburger², Tripthi Kamath³, Sarika Ogale³, Adam Turpcu³, Jae Oh⁴, Kristin King⁴, Monarch Shah¹ and Martin J. Bergman⁵, ¹ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology Associates, Melville, NY, ³Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴ICON Late Phase and Outcomes Research, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have failed an anti-TNF agent as their first biologic agent have the option of switching to a second aTNF…

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