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  • Abstract Number: 1045 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    2016 Update of the ASAS-EULAR Management Recommendations for Axial Spondyloarthritis

    Désirée van der Heijde1, Sofia Ramiro2, Robert Landewé3, Xenofon Baraliakos4, Filip van Den Bosch5, Alexandre Sepriano2, Andrea Regel6, John D. Reveille7 and Jürgen Braun6, 1Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, 5Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 6Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, 7Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: In 2010 the latest ASAS-EULAR recommendations for AS and the ASAS recommendations for the use of TNF-inhibitors (TNFi) have been published. Since then new…
  • Abstract Number: 3219 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Altered microRNA Expression Pattern in Synovial and Blood Neutrophils in Rheumatoid Arthritis Reveals the Pathogenic Profile of These Cells. Effect of Biological Therapies

    Nuria Barbarroja1, Ivan Arias de la Rosa1, Carlos Perez-Sanchez1, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez1, Maria Carmen Abalos-Aguilera2, Miguel Angel Caracuel-Ruiz3, Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez1, Rafaela Ortega-Castro1, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez1, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras1, Chary Lopez-Pedrera1 and Patricia Ruiz-Limon2, 1Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 2Rheumatology Service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 3Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain

    Background/Purpose:  MicroRNAs (miRNA) have recently emerged as a new class of modulators of gene expression, regulating inflammation, degradation of extracellular matrix and invasive behavior of the…
  • Abstract Number: 1207 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Design of a Multiplex Serum Proteome Assay to Monitor Biologic Drug Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Niamh Callan1, Aisha Butt1, Stephen R. Pennington2, Cathy McGeough3, Philip Gardiner4, Gary Wright5, Tony Bjourson3 and David S. Gibson6, 1Proteome Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2Proteome Research Centre, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Ulster University, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 4Rheumatology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 5Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, BELFAST, United Kingdom, 6Inflammatory Disease Research Group, Northern ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Ulster University, Londonderry, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Biologic drugs have revolutionised the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), however these therapies are expensive and exhibit a high non–response rate (30%). Currently there…
  • Abstract Number: 3222 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Monotherapy with Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, Compared with Adalimumab Monotherapy in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Global, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Phase 3 Study

    Peter C. Taylor1, Michael Schiff2, Qingmin Wang3, Yusang Jiang3, Regina Kurrasch4, Shruti Daga5, Ravi Rao6, Benjamin Hsu3 and Paul-Peter Tak7, 1Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMs, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 3Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 4GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, 6GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 7GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Sirukumab, a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the cytokine IL-6 with high affinity, is under development for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other…
  • Abstract Number: 1518 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Immunoglobulin Binding Protein (BiP), an Antigen for CCP Sero-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Can Result in a False Positive Quantiferon-Gold Tuberculosis Test

    JoAnn Ball1, Kelsy Greenwald1, Atul A. Deodhar2 and Kevin L. Winthrop3, 1Rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA, 2Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases OP09, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 3Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR

    Background/Purpose: Citrullinated BiP is a newly described target for cyclic citrullinated peptide(CCP).  BiP in both serum and synovial fluid is over-expressed in RA patients and…
  • Abstract Number: 3223 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Anti-TNF Therapy: Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Global, Phase 3 Study

    Daniel Aletaha1, Clifton Bingham III2, Yoshiya Tanaka3, Prasheen Agarwal4, Regina Kurrasch5, Paul-Peter Tak6 and Sharon Popik4, 1Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, 4Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 6GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Sirukumab is a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the IL-6 cytokine with high affinity and is under development for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
  • Abstract Number: 1679 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Predictors of Persistency with TNFi in Biologic-Experienced Versus Biologic-Naive Psa Patients Enrolled in the Corrona Registry

    CJ Etzel1, Bradley S. Stolshek2, Sabrina Rebello3, David Collier4, Alex Mutebi5, Sally W Wade6, Wendi Malley7, JD Greenberg7 and Leslie R Harrold8, 1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, 3Epidemiology, Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, 4Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 5Global Health Economics, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, 6Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, 7Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, 8UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA

    Background/Purpose:  Little is known about factors associated with persistency of TNFi use among biologic-naïve and biologic-experienced Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients in routine clinical practice in…
  • Abstract Number: 97 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Effects of DMARD Tapering on Treatment Costs and Work Productivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- an Analysis from the Prospective Randomized Controlled Retro- Study

    Melanie Hagen1, Camille P Figueiredo2, Jayme Fogagnolo Cobra3, Judith Haschka4, Michaela Reiser5, Matthias Englbrecht6, Axel J. Hueber7, Bernhard Manger6, Arnd Kleyer8, Stephanie Finzel9, Hans-Peter Tony10, Stefan Kleinert11, Joerg Wendler12, Florian Schuch12, Monika Ronneberger12, Martin Feuchtenberger13, Martin Fleck14, Karin Manger15, Wolfgang Ochs16, Matthias Schmitt-Haendle17, H.-M. Lorenz18, HG Nüßlein19, R Alten20, Joerg C. Henes21, Klaus Krüger22, Georg Schett7 and Juergen Rech7, 1Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, 2Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Instituto de Reumatologia de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 4Medical Department II, St. Vincent Hospital, the VINFORCE Study Group, Academic Teaching Hospital of Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, 5Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 6Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, 7Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, 8Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, 9Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 10Rheumatology/Immunology, Medical Clinic II, University Clinic Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 11Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 12Schwerpunktpraxis Rheumatologie, Erlangen, Germany, 13Rheumatologie/Klinische Immunologie, Kreiskliniken Altötting-Burghausen, Burghausen, Germany, 14Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany, 15Rheumatology Practice Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, 16Internistisch-rheumatologische Praxisgemeinschaft Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, 17Rheumatology Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, Bayreuth, Germany, 18Im Neuenheimer Feld 41, UNI-Klinikum Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik,, Heidelberg, Germany, 19University of Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany, 20Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, 21Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, 22Praxiszentrum St. Bonifatius, München, Germany

    Effects of DMARD Tapering on Treatment Costs and Work Productivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- an Analysis from the Prospective Randomized Controlled RETRO- Study Background/Purpose: Achieving remission…
  • Abstract Number: 2118 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Rituximab Treated Non Responder Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Are Generating a New Autoantibody  Repertoire

    Zoltan Konthur1, Melvin Michael Wiemkes2, Thomas Häupl3, Gerd R. Burmester4 and Karl Skriner5, 1Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany, 2Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Germany, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 4Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 5Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose:  Rituximab (RTX) has shown clinical efficacy but up to 40 % of RTX treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are poor responders (Ann Rheum Dis.…
  • Abstract Number: 403 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    High Rate of Serious Infection in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Under Biologic Therapy in a Real Life Setting

    Juliana Brunelli1, Ana Renata Schmidt1, Adriana M E Sallum2, Cláudia Goldenstein-Schainberg3, Eloisa Bonfa4, Clovis A Silva5 and Nadia E Aikawa6, 1Pediatric Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Rheumatology Division, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 4Rheumatology Divison, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 5Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 6Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Most data about infections associated to biologic therapy in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) derive from registries designed to identify general adverse events that have…
  • Abstract Number: 2253 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treatment Persistence with Subcutaneous TNF-Alpha Inhibitors in France

    Manon Belhassen1, Christophe Hudry2, Marie-Christine Woronoff3, Liliane Lamezec4, Najat Gouyette4, Marine Ginoux1, Eric Van Ganse1, Florence Tubach5 and Bruno Fautrel6, 1PELyon, Pharmacoepidemiologie Lyon, France, Lyon, France, 2AP-HP Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, 3INSERM-U-1098, DRCI-CHRU Besançon, Franche-Comté University, UBFC, Besançon France, Besançon, France, 4MSD France, Courbevoie, France, 5Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)-Paris 6; APHP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Département Biostatistics and Public health, Pharmacoepidémiology center (Cephepi), 7501875013, Paris, France ;, Paris, France, 6Rheumatology, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose:  Immune-mediated rheumatic disease (IMRD) including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), are severe and disabling chronic diseases in rheumatology. Biotherapies…
  • Abstract Number: 404 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Disease Activity and Damage in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Comparison Between “Methotrexate” and “Biologic” Era

    Gabriella Giancane1, Valentina Muratore2, Valentina Marzetti3, Neus Quilis4, Belen Serrano5, Alessandra Alongi5, Adele Civino6, Lorenzo Quartulli7, Alessandro Consolaro2, Alberto Martini2 and Angelo Ravelli2, 1Pediatria II, Reumatologia, PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 2Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 3IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 4Pediatria II Reumatologia, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 5Pediatria II, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 6Azienda Ospedaliera Card G Panico, Tricase, Italy, 7UOC Pediatria - AO "Card.G.Panico", Tricase, Italy

    Background/Purpose:  The introduction of biologic agents at the beginning of the 2000s has represented a major advance in the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).…
  • Abstract Number: 2440 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    First Results from the Prospective German Pregnancy Register

    Rebecca Fischer-Betz1, Christina Bungartz2, Jutta Richter1, Angela Zink3, Matthias Schneider1, Anja Weiss2, Joachim Listing4 and Anja Strangfeld5, 1Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany, 2German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, 3Epidemiology Unit, German Rheumatism Research Center and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, 4German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 5Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: There is limited evidence on the safety of treatment during pregnancy and lactation. With the increasing number of new therapeutic options for inflammatory rheumatic…
  • Abstract Number: 526 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Changes in the Functional Status of the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Population over the Biologic Era

    Brenna Brady1, Nicole Gerlanc1, David Collier2 and Bradley S. Stolshek3, 1Health Analytics, LLC, Columbia, MD, 2Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 3Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA

    Background/Purpose: In 1998, the first biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drug was approved in the United States for the treatment of RA. Since that time, biologics…
  • Abstract Number: 2516 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Concomitant Use of Oral Vs. Subcutaneous Methotrexate at Biologic Initiation: A Comparison of Biologic Treatment Survival in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort

    Carter Thorne1, Mohammad Movahedi2, Angela Cesta2, Xiuying Li2, Emmanouil Rampakakis3, John S. Sampalis4 and Claire Bombardier5, 1University of Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 2Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, 4McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown differences in the effectiveness and survival of subcutaneous vs. oral methotrexate. Furthermore, concurrent methotrexate therapy has been shown to enhance…
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