Abstracts tagged "Biologics"

Abstract Number: 2779 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Better Drug Survival of Non-TNFi Compared to TNFi Biologics after Non-TNFi Failure in RA Patients: A Single Center Experience
Konstantinos Thomas, Christos Koutsianas, Argyro Lazarini, Christina Tsalapaki, Chrisoula Hatzara, Anna Kandili, Katerina Antonatou and Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, University of Athens Medical School, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: There are sparse data in the literature regarding the drug survival of TNFi vs. non-TNFi biologics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have already…
Abstract Number: 586 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Titer of Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Affects the Efficacy of First Biological Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yoshikazu Ogawa¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Koji Funahashi², Shuji Asai³, Toki Takemoto³, Tatsuo Watanabe³, Nobuyuki Asai², Naoki Ishiguro⁴ and Toshihisa Kojima², ¹orthopedic surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ³Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopedic Suregery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) has been an important marker in diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its predictive value remains unclear; therefore, here we investigated whether…
Abstract Number: 1678 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does the Level of Disease Control Achieved with Biologics Influence Overall Costs for Health Care and Work Loss in RA?
Jonas K Eriksson¹, Martin Neovius², Johan Askling³ and ARTIS study group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Numerous studies have modeled whether biologic drugs are good value for money in the treatment of RA, in terms of reducing health care use…
Abstract Number: 2783 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Rate of Primary and Secondary Failure of Anti-TNF in RA Patients? Data from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Edward C. Keystone¹, Mohammad Movahedi^2,3, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li², Sandra Couto², Emmanouil Rampakakis³, John S. Sampalis^3,4, Claire Bombardier^2,5,6 and OBRI Investigators, ¹The Rebecca MacDonald Centre For Arthritis, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, 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, Department of Medicine (DOM) and Institute of Health Policy Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although the majority of RA patients respond to treatment with anti-TNF agents, some patients present with refractory disease (1ry failure) while others show some…
Abstract Number: 603 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Seronegative RA Patients Respond to Rituximab? – Preliminary Analysis of a Merged Clinical Trials Dataset
Elizabeth M.A. Hensor^1,2, Edward M. Vital^1,2 and Paul Emery^1,2, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Seronegative RA patients have inferior clinical response to rituximab [1]. However, there is significant heterogeneity in this group of patients for baseline clinical features…
Abstract Number: 1997 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Underuse of Methotrexate (MTX) in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in the United States (US): Results of a Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Claims Analysis
James R. O'Dell¹, Melanie Rohr¹, Stanley B. Cohen², J Carter Thorne³ and Ted R. Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ³Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: MTX is the anchor DMARD for RA treatment, but there is limited information about its appropriate use in clinical practice. This claims analysis was…
Abstract Number: 2841 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Treatment Patterns in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Newly Initiated on Biologic and Non-Biologic Therapy Enrolled in a North American Clinical Registry
Philip J. Mease¹, Tamara Lesperance², Neil Accortt², David Collier², Mei Liu³, Marc Mason⁴ and Sabrina Deveikis⁴, ¹Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³352 Turnpike Rd, Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ⁴Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA
Background/Purpose: Over the past decade, the treatment of PsA has improved significantly. The purpose of this study was to describe real-world treatment patterns among PsA…
Abstract Number: 610 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic Disease-Modifying Therapy Compared with Conventional Therapy
Hyun Mi Kwon, Sang Jin Lee, Ji Ae Yang, Jin Young Moon, Eun Young Ahn, Jin Kyun Park, Eun Young Lee, Yeong Wook Song and Eun Bong Lee, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk for herpes zoster (HZ) infection. RA treatment including immunosuppressant medications could further exacerbate the risk.…
Abstract Number: 2038 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adalimumab in Patients with Active, Noninfectious Uveitis Using High-Dose Corticosteroids
Antoine P. Brezin¹, Phillippe Kestelyn², Joachim Van Calster³, Glenn J. Jaffe⁴, Jennifer E. Thorne⁵, David Scales⁶, Pablo Franco⁷, Andrew D. Dick^8,9,10, Quan Dong Nguyen¹¹, Eric B. Suhler^12,13, Anne Camez¹⁴, Alexandra P. Song¹⁵, Martina Kron¹⁴, Samir Tari¹⁵, James T. Rosenbaum^16,17 and Arnd Heiligenhaus¹⁸, ¹Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, ⁶University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, ⁷Organización Médica de Investigación (OMI), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁹University of Bristol, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹²VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ¹³Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR, ¹⁴Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ¹⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹⁶Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Hospital system, Portland, OR, ¹⁷Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹⁸Department of Ophthalmology at St. Franziskus Hospital Muenster, University of Duisberg-Essen, Muenster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids, currently the mainstay of uveitis treatment, are associated with adverse events and are not always fully effective. Multiple reports describe the use of…
Abstract Number: 2853 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Secukinumab Improves Skin Symptoms and Physical Functioning Compared with Ustekinumab in Patients with Moderate to Severe Psoriasis with Concomitant Psoriatic Arthritis: Subanalysis of a Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel-Group, Active Comparator-Controlled Phase 3b Trial
Alice B. Gottlieb¹, Diamant Thaci², Andrew Blauvelt³, Marina Milutinovic⁴ and Shephard Mpofu⁴, ¹Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany, ³Research Excellence & Personalized Patient Care, Oregon Medical Research Center, Portland, OR, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a common comorbidity in patients (pts) with psoriasis. In the ongoing Phase 3b CLEAR study (NCT02074982), secukinumab, a fully human…
Abstract Number: 617 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biological Down-Titration in RA: Patient Profile and Response to Retreatment in Flaring Patients
Juan P. Vinicki¹, Miguel Arredondo¹, Esther Ramirez², Ana M. Ortiz Garcia³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Alberto Morell¹, Rosario Garcia-Vicuña³ and Jose María Alvaro-Gracia⁴, ¹Unidad de Terapias Biológicas, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Farmacia, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Down-titration of biological therapy (BT) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a good clinical response is frequently applied in daily clinical practice. An important…
Abstract Number: 2052 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lymphoma in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic Drugs: Long-Term Follow-up of Risks and Lymphoma Subtypes
Karin Hellgren¹, Christer Sundström², Johan Askling³, Eva Baecklund⁴ and on behalf of the ARTIS study group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The long-term lymphoma risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) remains a concern. The aim of…
Abstract Number: 2903 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Late-Onset Neutropenia Following Rituximab Treatment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ioannis Parodis, Frida Söder, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven, Elisabet Svenungsson and Iva Gunnarsson, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The incidence and clinical consequences of rituximab-mediated late-onset neutropenia (LON) have been studied in various diseases, but data from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are…
Abstract Number: 50 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics and Outcomes Associated with Early Corticosteroid Use in a Large Multicenter Canadian RA Cohort
Kathleen Andersen¹, Daming Lin², Susan J. Bartlett^3,4, Gilles Boire⁵, Boulos Haraoui⁶, Carol Hitchon⁷, Shahin Jamal⁸, Edward C. Keystone⁹, Janet E. Pope¹⁰, Diane Tin¹¹, J Carter Thorne¹², VP Bykerk^13,14 and CATCH Investigators, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine , Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶Institut de Rhumatologie, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁸Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Synthetic glucocorticoids (steroids) are commonly used in RA to rapidly inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokines. They are frequently used as "bridge therapy", quickly dampening down the…
Abstract Number: 705 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex Differences in Psoriatic Arthritis: Evaluation of a Real-Life Cohort of 2,118 Italian Patients Treated with Methotrexate
Carlo Selmi^1,2, Elena Generali³, Greta Carrara⁴, Carlo Alberto Scirè⁴ and RECORD Study Group of the Italian Society for Rheumatology, ¹BIOMETRA Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Internal Medicine- Unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy, ³Internal Medicine- Unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano (MI), Italy, ⁴Epidemiology Unit – Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR), Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The influence of sex in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) features and treatment outcomes has not been fully elucidated. We investigated the differences between sexes in…

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