Abstracts tagged "biologic response modifiers"

Abstract Number: 649 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Evaluation Usefulness of Standardized Protocol Strategies of Dose Reduction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission Treated with Biologic Therapies. the Optibio Study
Carmen Bejerano¹, Natividad Oreiro¹, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez², Jose A Pinto-Tasende¹, Antonio Atanes¹, Bruno De Aspe¹, Genaro Graña Gil¹, Mercedes Freire¹, Manuel Acasuso³, Sonia Pertega⁴, Francisco J. de Toro¹ and Francisco J Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruna, Spain, ²Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), La Coruña, Spain, ³Centro de Salud San Jose, XAP Coruna, A Coruna, Spain, ⁴Epidemiology Unit, INIBIC - Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: The OPTIBIO study is a clinical trial whose primary endpoint is to evaluate the proportion of patients that after one year are maintained in…
Abstract Number: 1350 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Asymptomatic Coccidioidomycosis in Patients with Rheumatic Disease: 8 Years of Experience
Usman Ajaz¹, Jeffrey R. Lisse², Neil M. Ampel³ and Dominick Sudano⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Department of Infectious Disease, Southern AZ VA Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) is an endemic fungal infection that typically causes a self-limited pulmonary illness in the Southwestern United States,. Immunosuppressed patients are at…
Abstract Number: 548 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Dose Escalation and Co-Therapy Intensification Between Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Biologic Treatment with Etanercept, Adalimumab and Infliximab
J Carter Thorne¹, Gilles Boire², Andrew Chow³, Kirsten Garces⁴, Fang Liu⁵, Melanie Poulin-Costello⁶, Valery Walker⁵ and Boulos Haraoui⁷, ¹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Credit Valley Rheumatology, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁴Amgen Canada Inc, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵Optum, Burlington, ON, Canada, ⁶Amgen Canada Inc., Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁷Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The individual response to anti-TNFs etanercept (ETA), infliximab (INF) and adalimumab (ADA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may vary. Options for managing inadequate response include…
Abstract Number: 601 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Step-Down Strategy of Spacing TNF-Blockers Injections for Established Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission: A within Randomized Control Trial Based Cost-Utility Analysis
Antoine Vanier¹, Florence Tubach², Toni Alfaiate³, Xavier Mariette⁴ and Bruno Fautrel⁵, ¹Biostatistics, Public Health and Medical Informatics, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital / Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 6, Paris, France, ²Epidemiology and Clinical Research, AP-HP Bichat Hospital / University of Paris-Diderot / INSERM CIC-EC 1425, Paris, France, ³Epidemiology and Clinical Research, AP-HP Bichat Hospital / INSERM CIC-EC 1425, Paris, France, ⁴Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital / Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 6 GRC-08 (EEMOIS), Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Once remission is achieved for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treatment down-titration should be attempted, for safety issues or economic reasons. One of the…
Abstract Number: 2205 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Asymptomatic Coccidioidomycosis in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
Dominick Sudano¹, Varun Bhalla², Neil M. Ampel^3,4 and Jeffrey R. Lisse⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Infectious Disease, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Infectious Disease, Southern Arizona Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: In the Southwestern United States, coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) is an endemic fungal infection which typically causes a self-limited pulmonary illness. Immunosuppressed patients, including those…
Abstract Number: 2387 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Change of serum Amyloid a predict The Effect Of Biological Treatment In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Chisa Okura¹, Yukio Yonemoto², Koichi Okamura¹, Tetsuya Kaneko³, Tsutomu Kobayashi¹ and Kenji Takagishi¹, ¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inoue Hospital, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Background/Purpose: The C-reactive protein (CRP) level and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are common markers of inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The serum…
Abstract Number: 382 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect Of Biologic Disease Modifiers On Cardiovascular Risk Of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis – 2 Years Prospective Cohort Study
Majed M. Khraishi¹ and Rana Aslanov², ¹Nexus Clinical Research, St John's, NF, Canada, ²Clinical Epidemiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NF, Canada
Background/Purpose: People with RA have a higher risk for developing cardiovascular diseases than the general population. The pathogenic mechanisms in RA appear to be complex…
Abstract Number: 1839 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Progression of the Rate of Biologic Initiation in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Constant Over the First 5 Years in the Espoir Cohort
Stéphanie Emilie¹, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala², Benjamin Granger³, Anne-Christine Rat⁴, Bernard Combe⁵ and Bruno Fautrel⁶, ¹Paris 6,Pierre and Marie Curie University, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Paris, France, ²Paris 6 – Pierre et Marie Curie University; Rheumatology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Biostatistics - GRC08-EEMOIS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ; AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴CHU Nancy, Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Université de Lorraine, Paris Descartes University, APEMAC, EA 4360, Nancy, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁶Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The European League Against Rheumatism recommends tight control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, tight control of RA may depend on several factors, including patient…
Abstract Number: 782 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNF Therapy Slows Radiographic Progression of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Nigil Haroon¹, Robert D. Inman², Thomas J. Learch³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, Michael M. Ward⁵, John D. Reveille⁶ and Lianne S. Gensler⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The influence of anti-TNF therapy on radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not well established. We studied this effect on radiographic progression in…
Abstract Number: 1827 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors That Impact Work Productivity in the Preserve Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Combination Etanercept-Methotrexate Therapy in Patients with Moderately Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vibeke Strand¹, Thomas V. Jones², Wenzhi Li³, Andrew S. Koenig⁴ and Sameer Kotak⁵, ¹Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ²Inflammation Specialty Care, Pfizer, Inc, Collegeville, PA, ³Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁴Specialty Care Business Unit, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Active joint inflammation and structural damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often result in impaired physical function and ultimately work disability.1,2 Lost productivity…
Abstract Number: 762 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Potentially Fatal Pulmonary Complications in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Yukiko Kimura¹, Jennifer E. Weiss², Kathryn L. Haroldson¹, Tzielan C. Lee³, Marilynn G. Punaro⁴, Sheila K. Feitosa de Oliveira⁵, C. Egla Rabinovich⁶, Meredith P. Riebschleger⁷, Jordi Anton⁸, Peter R. Blier⁹, Valeria Gerloni¹⁰, Melissa M. Hazen¹¹, Elizabeth Kessler¹², Karen Onel¹³, Murray H. Passo¹⁴, Robert M. Rennebohm¹⁵, Carol A. Wallace¹⁶, Patricia Woo¹⁷, Nico M. Wulffraat¹⁸ and CARRAnet Investigators¹⁹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, JM Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology & Health Services Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Pediatrics, Baystate Children's Hospital, Springfield, MA, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Gaetano Pini Chair of Rheum, Milan, Italy, ¹¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, ¹⁴Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁶Pediatrics, Seattle Childrens Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹⁷Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁹Durham
Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) is characterized by fevers, rash and arthritis, for which IL1 and IL6 inhibitors appear to be effective. Pulmonary artery…
Abstract Number: 1830 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drugs Are the Major Cost Driver of Rheumatoid Arthritis As Soon As the First Year of the Disease: An Economic Analysis Based On the Espoir Cohort Data
Bruno Fautrel¹, Sandy Lucier², Georges Haour², Hassani Maoulida², Stephanie Harvard¹, Alain Saraux³, Xavier Mariette⁴, Francis Guillemin⁵, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski² and Karine Chevreul², ¹Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France, ²APHP - URC Eco, Paris, France, ³Department of rheumatology and unit of immunology (EA 2216), Université Brest Occidentale, Brest, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ⁵Hopitaux de Brabois, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: Many studies have explored the economic burden of established RA but few data are available about the determinants of costs in early rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 692 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Phase 1 Multicenter, Open-Label Study of MEDI-546, a Human Anti-Type I Interferon Receptor Monoclonal Antibody, in Adults with Scleroderma
Avram Z. Goldberg¹, Thomas D. Geppert², Elena Schiopu³, Tracy M. Frech⁴, Vivien M. Hsu⁵, Robert W. Simms⁶, Stanford L. Peng⁷, Yihong Yao⁸, Nairouz Elgeioushi⁹, Bing Wang¹⁰, Linda Chang¹¹ and Stephen Yoo¹², ¹Div of Rheumatology, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, LLC, Dallas, TX, ³Rheumatology/Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT, ⁵Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁶Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁸Translational Sciences, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁹Medical Biostatistics, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ¹⁰Clinical Pharmacology and DMPK, Medimmune, Mountain View, CA, ¹¹Translational Sciences, MedImmune, Hayward, CA, ¹²Clinical Development, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Type I interferons (IFNs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of scleroderma. This phase 1 study evaluated safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, and immunogenicity of…
Abstract Number: 1817 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role of Repeating Tuberculin Skin Tests During Biologic Therapy
Joseph R. Lutt¹ and Kevin L. Winthrop², ¹Colorado Center for Arthritis & Osteoporosis, Boulder, CO, ²Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
The Role of Repeating Tuberculin Skin Tests during Biologic TherapyBackground/Purpose: Prior to starting biologic therapy, it is recommended that all patients be screened for tuberculosis…
Abstract Number: 495 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Discontinuation Rates by Biologic Since 1998 in US Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sofia Ramiro¹, Frederick Wolfe², David J. Harrison³, George Joseph³, David H. Collier³, Désirée van der Heijde⁴, Robert Landewé⁵ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ²National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Since discontinuation may be a surrogate for ineffectiveness, we measured rates and reasons for biologic discontinuation in a real-world setting. Methods: From 1998 to…

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