Abstracts tagged "Clinical practice"

Abstract Number: 109 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Incidence, Contributing Factors, and Impact of Diagnostic Delay in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry
Mei-Sing Ong¹, Gordon Schiff ² and Marc Natter ³ for the CARRA investigators, ¹Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: While early treatment of patients with newly diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an area of active study, delayed diagnosis of JIA is poorly…
Abstract Number: 191 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Utilization of Telemedicine in Pediatric Rheumatologic Care
Rajdeep Pooni¹ and Tzielan Lee ¹, ¹Stanford Children's, Palo Alto
Background/Purpose: Telemedicine has the potential for improving access to care, particularly for pediatric patients with complex needs in remote or rural locations. Previous studies have…
Abstract Number: 302 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Impact of a Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic at a U.S. Academic Center
Sarah Chung¹, Katherine Wysham ², Elizabeth Jernberg ³, Ingeborg Sacksen ³, Scott Pollock ¹ and Alison Bays ¹, ¹University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA, ²Veterans Health Administration Puget Sound, Seattle WA, Seattle, ³University of Washington Division of Rheumatology, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Routine use of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) to aid in clinical decision-making for rheumatology patients is less common in the United States than in Europe,…
Abstract Number: 654 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Applying Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) and Provisional ACR/EULAR Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Classification Criteria in a Cohort of Patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
Kyle Drehmel¹, Alan Erickson ¹, Bryant England ² and Michelene Hearth-Holmes ¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²VA Nebraska-Western IA Health Care System & University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Background/Purpose: Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD) describes the clinical scenario where a patient demonstrates characteristics of a connective tissue disease but does not meet criteria…
Abstract Number: 1530 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Real World Effectiveness of Secukinumab in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Findings from a Recent Cross Sectional Survey of Rheumatologists and Patients in Europe
Uta Kiltz ¹, Elizabeth Holdsworth², Haijun Tian ³, Nicola Booth ⁴, Papa Anthony ⁵, Lina Helsche ⁶, Dorothy Keininger ⁶ and Philip G Conaghan ⁷, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet/Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany, Herne, Germany, ²Adelphi Real World, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁴Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁵Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, ⁷Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds & NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can lead to reduced physical functioning and quality of life. Secukinumab has demonstrated clinical benefits in AS patients in clinical trials1-2.…
Abstract Number: 2461 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Presentation and Treatment of Oligoarticular Psoriatic Arthritis in Canada: High Frequency of Smaller Joint Involvement
Alfred Cividino¹, Denise Nicholson ², Sherif Guindi ², Jennifer Jelley ², Anne-Julie Gaudreau ² and Dafna Gladman ³, ¹McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Oligoarticular disease in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. The goal of this study is to understand and identify current…
Abstract Number: 2524 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
24-Month Outcomes Associated with Belimumab in Black/African-American Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Clinical Practice Setting in the United States
Christopher Collins ¹, Gail Kerr ², Joan Von Feldt ³, Bernie Rubin ⁴, Arie Katz ³, Vanessa Castellano ⁵, Jake Chung ⁴ and Christopher Bell⁵, ¹MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Department of Rheumatology, Washington, DC, ²Washington DC VA Medical Center, Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington DC, DC, ³GSK, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴GSK, Phildelphia, PA, ⁵GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by diverse clinical manifestations and organ damage accrual. Black/African-American (B/AA) race is associated with…
Abstract Number: 2720 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Implementation of an Evidence-based Transition Clinic in a Pediatric Rheumatology Academic Institution
Rebecca Overbury¹, John Bohnsack ², CJ Inman ³, Sara Stern ³, Karen James ³, Daniel Clegg ³, Tracy Frech ⁴ and Aimee Hersh ³, ¹Assisstant Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Transition from pediatric to adult rheumatology care is more likely to be successful if a transition program is in place. Previously successful interventions to…
Abstract Number: 2796 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Omega-3 Supplementation and Disease Activity in a Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Observational Cohort
Adel Andemeskel¹, Vivi Feathers ¹, Christine Iannaccone ¹, Jing Cui ¹ and Nancy Shadick ¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Omega-3 supplementation is one of a few complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies that has shown promise in improving RA symptoms through small, randomized…
Abstract Number: 2609 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survival of Disease-Modifying Drugs in Patients with Recent Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis in Daily Clinical Practice
Dalifer Freites Núñez¹, Zulema Rosales Rosado^1,2, Judit Font Urgelles², Isabel Hernández-Rodríguez², Leticia Leon¹, Gloria Candelas Rodriguez², Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez¹, Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez^1,2, Juan A Jover Jover² and Lydia A Alcazar¹, ¹Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that benefits from DMARDs, in this regard knowing more about these therapies is a great step…
Abstract Number: 2633 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity, Organ Damage and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Swedish Patients with Recent-Onset SLE
Rebecca Heijke¹, Mathilda Björk¹, Martina Frodlund¹, Laura McDonald², Evo Alemao³ and Christopher Sjöwall¹, ¹Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Patient (pt)-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important to inform shared decision-making between pts with SLE and physicians.1 Established measures of disease activity and organ…
Abstract Number: 2752 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis. National Multicenter Study of 134 Patients of Clinical Practice
Monica Calderón Goercke¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto Peña¹, Vicente Aldasoro³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Ignacio Villa-Blanco⁵, Alicia Humbría⁶, Clara Moriano Morales⁷, Susana Romero-Yuste⁸, Francisco Javier Narváez⁹, Catalina Gómez-Arango¹⁰, Eva Perez Pampín¹¹, Rafael Melero¹², Elena Becerra-Fernández¹³, Marcelino Revenga Martínez¹⁴, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas¹⁵, Carlos Galisteo¹⁶, Francisca Sivera¹⁷, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués¹⁸, Maria Concepcion Alvarez de Buergo¹⁹, Luisa Marena Rojas Vargas²⁰, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez²¹, Francisco Navarro²², Enrique Raya Álvarez²³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa²⁴, Beatriz Arca²⁵, Roser Solans²⁶, Arantxa Conesa²⁷, Cristina Hidalgo-Calleja²⁸, Carlos Vázquez²⁹, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán³⁰, Pau Lluch³¹, Sara Manrique-Arija³², Paloma Vela³³, Eugenio De Miguel³⁴, Carmen Torres-Martín³⁵, Juan Carlos Nieto³⁶, Carmen Ordas-Calvo³⁷, Eva Salgado-Pérez³⁸, María Varela-García³⁹, Cristina Luna Gómez⁴⁰, Francisco J. Toyos Sáenz de Miera⁴¹, Nagore Fernandez-Llanio Cornella⁴², Jose Andrés Román Ivorra⁴³, Antonio García⁴⁴, Natalia Palmou-Fontana⁴⁵, Vanesa Calvo-Río⁴⁵, José Luis Martín-Varillas⁴⁵, Belén Atienza-Mateo⁴⁵, Carmen González-Vela⁴⁶, Alfonso Corrales⁴⁵, Elena Aurrecoechea⁴⁷, Raquel Dos Santos⁴⁸, Angel García-Manzanares¹³, Norberto Ortego Centeno⁴⁹, Sabela Fernández⁵⁰, Montserrat Corteguera³⁵, Miguel Angel González-Gay², José Luis Hernández² and Ricardo Blanco⁴⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Alto Deba. Mondragón. Spain, Mondragon, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Sierrallana. Torrelavega. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León. León. Spain, León, Spain, ⁸Hospital de Pontevedra. Spain, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragón. Spain, Mondragón, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Division. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo. Spain, Vigo, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja, Alicante. Spain, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo. Spain, Lugo, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Parc-Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Elda. Comunidad Valenciana. Spain, Elda, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Río Carrión. Palencia. Spain, Palencia, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital General La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Spain, ²¹Servicio de Reumatología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña. España, A Coruña, Spain, ²²Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante. Spain, Alicante, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés. Spain, Avilés, Spain, ²⁶Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ²⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca. Spain, Salamanca, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza. Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁰Rheumatology, Hospital La Fe. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital Mateu Orfila. Menorca. Spain, Menorca, Spain, ³²Medicine, University of Málaga, MÁLAGA, Spain, ³³Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila. Spain, Ávila, Spain, ³⁶Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón. Spain, Gijón, Spain, ³⁸Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense. Spain, Ourense, Spain, ³⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology, University Hospital Ntra. Sra. de La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Virgen de La Macarena. Sevilla. Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴²Rheumatology Section. Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain, ⁴³Hospital La Fe. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ⁴⁴Hospital Unviersitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁴⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁷Rheumatology, Hospital de Sierrallana. Torrelavega. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁴⁸Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago. Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁴⁹Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁵⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés. Spain, Avilés, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has showed efficacy in randomized clinical trials in Giant cell arteritis (GCA). Data were of selected patients including many GCA of recent…
Abstract Number: 2756 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multicenter Series of Giant Cell Arteritis Patients from Clinical Practice in Treatmet with Tocilizumab Compared with Giacta Trial
Monica Calderón Goercke¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto Peña¹, Vicente Aldasoro³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Ignacio Villa-Blanco⁵, Alicia Humbría⁶, Clara Moriano Morales⁷, Susana Romero-Yuste⁸, Francisco Javier Narváez⁹, Catalina Gómez-Arango¹⁰, Eva Perez Pampín¹¹, Rafael Melero¹², Elena Becerra-Fernández¹³, Marcelino Revenga Martínez¹⁴, Noelia Álvarez-Rivas¹⁵, Carlos Galisteo¹⁶, Francisca Sivera¹⁷, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués¹⁸, Maria Concepcion Alvarez de Buergo¹⁹, Luisa Marena Rojas Vargas²⁰, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez²¹, Francisco Navarro²², Enrique Raya Álvarez²³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa²⁴, Beatriz Arca²⁵, Roser Solans²⁶, Arantxa Conesa²⁷, Cristina Hidalgo-Calleja²⁸, Carlos Vázquez²⁹, Jose Andrés Román Ivorra³⁰, Pau Lluch³¹, Sara Manrique-Arija³², Paloma Vela³³, Eugenio De Miguel³⁴, Carmen Torres-Martín³⁵, Juan Carlos Nieto³⁶, Carmen Ordas-Calvo³⁷, Eva Salgado-Pérez³⁸, Cristina Luna Gómez³⁹, Francisco J. Toyos Sáenz de Miera⁴⁰, Nagore Fernandez-Llanio Cornella⁴¹, Antonio García⁴², Carmen Larena⁴³, Belén Atienza-Mateo⁴⁴, José Luis Martín-Varillas⁴⁴, Natalia Palmou-Fontana², Vanesa Calvo-Río⁴⁴, Carmen González-Vela⁴⁵, Alfonso Corrales⁴⁴, María Varela-García⁴⁶, Elena Aurrecoechea⁴⁷, Raquel Dos Santos⁴⁸, Angel García-Manzanares¹³, Norberto Ortego Centeno⁴⁹, Sabela Fernández⁵⁰, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán⁵¹, Montserrat Corteguera³⁵, Miguel Angel González-Gay², José Luis Hernández² and Ricardo Blanco⁴⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Alto Deba. Mondragón. Spain, Mondragon, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Sierrallana. Torrelavega. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León. León. Spain, León, Spain, ⁸Hospital Pontevedra. Pontevedra. Spain., Pontevedra, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Idibell, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Alto Deba, Mondragón. Spain, Mondragón, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Division. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo. Spain, Vigo, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja, Alicante. Spain, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo. Spain, Lugo, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Parc-Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Elda. Comunidad Valenciana. Spain, Elda, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Trías i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Río Carrión. Palencia. Spain, Palencia, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital General La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Spain, ²¹Servicio de Reumatología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña. España, A Coruña, Spain, ²²Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante. Spain, Alicante, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital of Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés. Spain, Avilés, Spain, ²⁶Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ²⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca. Spain, Salamanca, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza. Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁰Hospital La Fe. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital Mateu Orfila. Menorca. Spain, Menorca, Spain, ³²UGC de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain., Málaga, Spain, ³³Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila. Spain, Ávila, Spain, ³⁶Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Cabueñes, Gijón. Spain, Gijón, Spain, ³⁸Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense. Spain, Ourense, Spain, ³⁹Rheumatology, University Hospital Ntra. Sra. de La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Virgen de La Macarena. Sevilla. Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴¹Rheumatology Section. Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Unviersitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁴³Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁵Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ⁴⁷Rheumatology, Hospital de Sierrallana. Torrelavega. Spain, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁴⁸Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago. Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁴⁹Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio. Granada. Spain, Granada, Spain, ⁵⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés. Spain, Avilés, Spain, ⁵¹Rheumatology, Hospital La Fe. Valencia. Spain, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: GiACTA study is a randomized, phase III controlled clinical trial of tocilizumab (TCZ) in giant cell arteritis (GCA) (1,2). Our aim was to compare…
Abstract Number: 2760 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Treated with Tocilizumab in Real-World Clinical Practice
Sebastian H. Unizony¹, Jinglan Pei², Páris N. Sidiropoulos², Jennie H. Best², Christine Birchwood² and John H. Stone³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology (Medicine), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Previously, the GiACTA study demonstrated the superiority of subcutaneous (SC) tocilizumab (TCZ) plus prednisone vs prednisone alone in achieving sustained glucocorticoid (GC)-free remission in…
Abstract Number: 2774 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Methotrexate and Risk of Ischemic Relapses in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis in Clinical Practice
Judit Font Urgelles¹, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez², Zulema Rosales Rosado^1,2, Dalifer Freites Núñez², Leticia Leon², Inmaculada Morado¹, Esperanza Pato Cour¹, Juan A Jover Jover¹, Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez¹ and Lydia A Alcazar², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Clinical trials have shown the efficacy of Methotrexate (MTX) in giant cell arteritis (GCA) but it is necessary to corroborate these results in real…

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