Abstracts tagged "Biologic drugs"

Abstract Number: 635 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated to Lack of Adherence to Subcutaneous Biological Medications in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from Spain. Arco Study
Jaime Calvo-Alen¹, Indalecio Monteagudo², Georgina Salvador Alarcón³, Enrique Raya Álvarez⁴, Loreto Carmona⁵, Luis Cea-Calvo⁶ and Carlos Marras Fernandez-Cid⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Txagorritxu Hospital, Araba, Vitoria, Vitoria, Spain, ²Rheumatology Unit, HGU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, HU Mutua de Terrassa, Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ⁵Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Medical Affairs Department, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
Background/Purpose: To investigate the variables associated to lack of adherence to subcutaneous (SC) biological drug in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after 1 year of…
Abstract Number: 2540 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Longitudinal Impact of Biologic Use on Disability within a RA Registry
N A Shadick¹, Nicole Gerlanc², M Frits¹, Bradley S. Stolshek³, Brenna Brady², Christine Iannaccone⁴, David Collier⁵, Jing Cui⁶, Alex Mutebi⁷ and Michael Weinblatt⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Health Analytics, LLC, Columbia, MD, ³Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Global Health Economics, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Biologics have become the standard of care for treating moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with an inadequate response to small molecule…
Abstract Number: 636 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prospective, Intervention, Multicenter Study of Utility of Biologic Drug Monitoring with Respect to the Efficacy and Cost of Adalimumab Tapering in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases (34-week descriptive data)
Iñigo Gorostiza¹, Eduardo Úcar Angulo², Catalina Gómez Arango², Clara Eugenia Perez³, Juan Ramon De Dios⁴, Belen Alvarez⁴, Ana Ruibal Escribano^4,5, Claudia Stoye⁴, Margarida Vasques⁴, Joaquin Belzunegui Otano⁶, Antonio Escobar⁷, Ziortza Trancho⁸, Ainhoa Ruiz del Agua⁹, Lorena Del Rio⁹, Antonio Martínez⁹ and Daniel Nagore⁹, ¹Research Department, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vittoria, Spain, ⁶Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁷Unidad de Investigación, Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en enfermedades crónicas (REDISSEC), Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁸Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁹R&D, Progenika-Grifols, Derio, Spain
Background/Purpose: Adalimumab (ADL) dose tapering based on clinical assessment is a usual practice especially in patients who have achieved clinical remission. The primary aim of…
Abstract Number: 2551 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Multmorbidity on Disability and Disease Activity over Time in Patients with RA Taking Biologics: Results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jennifer Humphreys¹, Kath Watson², Mark Lunt^2,3, Deborah P.M. Symmons^2,4,5, Kimme L. Hyrich^2,4,6 and the BSRBR-RA, ¹Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK, Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Multimorbidity is increasingly prevalent in western populations and has the potential to influence disease specific outcomes. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 949 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Treatment Response, Remission Rate and Drug Adherence in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients Treated with Etanercept, Adalimumab or Tocilizumab
Gerd Horneff^1,2, Ariane Klein³, Kirsten Minden^4,5, Hans-Iko Huppertz⁶, Frank Weller-Heinemann⁷, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner⁸, Johannes Peter Haas⁹ and Toni Hospach¹⁰, ¹Asklepios Klinik Zentrum für Allgemeine Paediatrie und Neonatologie, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ²Department of Pediatrics, Centre of Pediatric Rheumatology, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ³Center of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁴Epidemiology, Charite, DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Children’s University Hospital Charite/German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof.-Hess-Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, ⁷Prof.-Hess-Kinderklinik, Bremen,, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Tübingen, Germany, ⁹German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Olgahospital, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgard, Germany
Background/Purpose: Treatment response, remission rates and compliance in polyarticular JIA patients treated with adalimumab(ADA), etanercept(ETA), or tocilizumab(TCZ) were analyzed in clinical practice. Methods: Data from the German BIKER…
Abstract Number: 2617 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Economic Burden of Non-Responders to Biologic DMARD Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vibeke Strand¹, Namita Tundia², Yan Song³, Dendy Macaulay⁴ and Mahesh Fuldeore⁵, ¹School of Medicine, Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁴Analysis Group, Inc., New York, NY, ⁵AbbVie, Inc, North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents are effective in treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, some patients either fail to respond or lose response over time. This…
Abstract Number: 950 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flares after Withdrawal of Biotherapies in JIA: Clinical and Laboratory Correlates of Remission Duration
Gabriele Simonini¹, Erika Scoccimarro¹, Irene Pontikaki², Giovanna Ferrara³, Teresa Giani¹, Andrea Taddio³, Pier Luigi Meroni⁴ and Rolando Cimaz¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital-University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ²Rheumatology Department, Gaetano Pini Institute, University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ³Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Department, University of Milan, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Information regarding the history of patients with JIA after systemic treatment withdrawal would be helpful in driving the choice of duration therapy. While some…
Abstract Number: 2650 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Inhibition of Radiographic Progression By Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Treatment: Results of a Global, Phase 3 Trial
George Karpouzas¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², Carter Thorne³, Shihong Sheng⁴, Xiaoming Li⁴, Ravi Rao⁵, Kaiyin Fei⁴ and Benjamin Hsu⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the SIRROUND-D study, sirukumab, a human anti–IL-6 cytokine monoclonal antibody, significantly reduced radiographic progression after 52 wks of treatment vs placebo in patients…
Abstract Number: 951 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Nationwide Non-Medical Switch from Originator to Biosimilar Infliximab in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis. Eleven Months’ Clinical Outcomes from the Danbio Registry
Bente Glintborg¹, Inge Juul Sørensen², Dorte Vendelbo Jensen², Niels Steen Krogh³, Anne Gitte Loft⁴, Jakob Espesen², Jimmi Olsen², Oliver Hendricks⁵, Jolanta Grydehøj², Inger Marie Jensen Hansen², Michael Veedfald Sørensen², Stavros Chrysidis², Birgitte Lange Andersen², Natalia Manilo², Mette Klarlund², Lis Smedegaard Andersen², Henrik Nordin², Salome Kristensen², Jesper Nørregaard² and Merete Lund Hetland¹, ¹Danish Rheumatologic Biobank and DANBIO registry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Gentofte and Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²The DANBIO registry and the Danish Departments of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³ZiteLab ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Departments of Rheumatology at Vejle and Aarhus Hospitals, Vejle and Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Dep. of Rheumatology, King Christians Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: According to national guidelines issued in May 2015, a non-medical switch from originator infliximab (IFX) (Remicade) to biosimilar Remsima was conducted in all Danish…
Abstract Number: 2655 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Reactivation of Resolved Hepatitis B Virus in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
Toshiyuki Watanabe¹, Shinji Fukaya² and Kazumasa Akikawa², ¹3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido P.W.F.A.C Obihiro-Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Japan, ²3rd Department of Internal medicine, Hokkaido P.W.F.A.C Obihiro-Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
Background/Purpose: Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most serious complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs…
Abstract Number: 1004 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Herpes Zoster Virus Infection in Patients Treated with Biological Therapies (BIOBADASAR)
Juan Pablo Pirola¹, Soledad Retamozo², Diego Baenas³, Alejandro Alvarellos⁴, Francisco Caeiro⁵, María Celina De La Vega⁶, Gustavo Casado⁷, Gimena Gomez⁸, Javier Roberti⁶, Osvaldo Luis Cerda⁹, Maria de los Angeles Gallardo¹⁰, Ana Quinteros¹¹, Ida Exeni¹², Juan Manuel Bande¹³, Pablo Astesana¹⁴, Analia Alvarez¹⁵, Amelia Granel¹⁶, Alejandra Peluzzon¹⁷, Ana Capuccio¹⁸, Romina Nieto¹⁹, Rossana Quintana²⁰, Eduardo Mussano²¹, Santiago Scarafia²², Carolina Costi²³, Mercedes De La Sota²⁴, Monica Patricia Diaz²⁵, Edson Javier Velozo²⁶, Santiago Aguero²⁷, Cristina Battagliotti²⁸, Sidney Soares de Souza²⁹, Emilia Cavillon³⁰, Analia Bohr³¹, Andrea Smichowski³², Alejandro Benitez³³, Daniela Vidal³⁴, Dora Pereira³⁵, Liliana Martinez³⁶, Luis Somma³⁷, Marta Zalazar³⁸, Pablo Finucci Curi³⁹, Leandro Carlevaris⁴⁰, Guillermo Berbotto⁴¹ and Veronica Saurit¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina, ³Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁵Reumatología, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁶SAR, CABA, Argentina, ⁷Sociedad Argentina de Reumatologia, CABA, Argentina, ⁸Section of Rheumatology an, SAR, CABA, Argentina, ⁹IREP, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, CABA, Argentina, ¹¹Centro Integral Reumatológico, Tucuman, Argentina, ¹²Sanatorio Parque, Córdoba, Argentina, ¹³Hospital Tornú, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁴Sanatorio Allende, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁵Hospital Penna, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, ¹⁶Centro Platense de Reumatología, La Plata, Argentina, ¹⁷Hospital Clínica José de San Martín, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁸Hospital Cesar Milstein, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁹Hospital Provincial, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁰Sanatorio Parque, Rosario, Argentina, ²¹Córdoba, Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba, Argentina, ²²Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, CABA, Argentina, ²³Hospital San Martín, LaPlata, Argentina, ²⁴Consultorios, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, ²⁵Hospital Zonal Bariloche, Bariloche, Argentina, ²⁶Rheumatology, Sanatorio Adventista del Plata, Entre Rios, Argentina, ²⁷Sanatorio Pasteur, Catamarca, Argentina, ²⁸Hospital de Niños Dr Orlando Alasia, Santa Fé, Argentina, ²⁹Ramallo 1851, REUMAR, CABA, Argentina, ³⁰Consultorio, Cordoba, Argentina, ³¹Hospital de Rehabilitación Rocca, CABA, Argentina, ³²Atención Integral de Reumatología, CABA, Argentina, ³³CEIM, CABA, Argentina, ³⁴Hospital de Niños de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ³⁵Centro Raquis, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³⁶Hospital Fernandez, CABA, Argentina, ³⁷SOMMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³⁸Hospital Pirovano, CABA, Argentina, ³⁹Centro Médico Mitre, Entre Rios, Argentina, ⁴⁰IARI, CABA, Argentina, ⁴¹Sanatorio Británico, Rosario, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Biologic therapies (bDMARDs) have improved the treatment of rheumatic diseases; however, the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) virus infection or reactivation in patients treated…
Abstract Number: 3013 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Biological Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission – 1-Year Results of a Guideline-Directed Longitudinal Cohort Study
Cecilie Heegaard Brahe¹, Simon Krabbe², Mikkel Østergaard³, Henrik Rogind⁴, Hanne Slott Jensen³, Annette Hansen⁵, Jesper Nørregaard⁶, Søren Jacobsen⁷, Lene Terslev⁸, Tuan K. Huynh⁹, Dorte Vendelbo Jensen⁵, Natalia Manilo¹⁰, Karsten Heller Asmussen¹¹, Per Brown-Frandsen⁷, Mikael Boesen¹², Zoreh Rastiemadabadi¹³, Daniel Glinatsi¹⁴, Lone Morsel-Carlsen¹⁵, Jakob M. Møller¹⁶, Niels Steen Krogh¹⁷ and Merete Lund Hetland^3,18, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵DANBIO, On behalf of Depts of Rheumatology, North, South, Central, Zealand and Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Nordsjælland, Denmark, Hillerød, Denmark, ¹⁰The DANBIO registry and the Danish Departments of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg-Bispebjerg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹²Frederiksberg Hospital, Parker Institute, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹³Department of Radiology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁴Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁵Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁶Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark, ¹⁷Zitelab, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Dose tapering in patients in remission has previously proven promising in randomized controlled trials. However, systematic implementation in clinical practice is lacking. A new…
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…

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