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  • Abstract Number: 1715 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Sensivity and Specificity of Clinical Criteria to Identify Patients in Ultrasound Remission in Psoriatic Arthritis

    Brigitte Michelsen1, Andreas P Diamantopoulos2, Hilde Berner Hammer3, Arthur Kavanaugh4 and Glenn Haugeberg1,5,6, 1Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, 2Haugesund Rheumatism Hospital, Haugesund, Norway, 3Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, LaJolla, CA, 5Rheumatology, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 6Rheumatology, Martina Hansens Hospital, Gjettum, Norway

    Background/Purpose: To date, although several have been proposed, there are no validated remission criteria in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Validated criteria for minimal disease activity (MDA) in…
  • Abstract Number: 1717 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Factors Associated with the Decision of the Rheumatologist to Order Sacro-Iliac Joints Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SI-MRI) or Order HLA-B27 Testing in Patients with Spondyloarthritis in Clinical Practice

    Wilson Bautista-Molano1,2, Robert Landewé3, Cesar Serna4, Rafael R. Valle5 and Désirée van der Heijde6, 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine HMC/UMNG, Bogota, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 3Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4Statistics and Mathematics Department, Universidad Central, Bogotá, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 5Rheumatology/Immunology, Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine HMC/UMNG, Bogota, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 6Dept. of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging of sacroiliac joints (MRI-SI) and HLA-B27 testing are important tools in the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis (SpA). The aim of the study…
  • Abstract Number: 1977 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Long-Term Survival of Methotrexate in Giant Cell Arteritis Patients in Clinical Practice

    Dalifer Freites Núñez1, Zulema Rosales1,2, Lucía Arietti1, Leticia Leon2, Inmaculada Morado1, Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez3, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez2, Juan A Jover1 and Lydia Abasolo2, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain, 3Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: It has is been demonstrated the safety and efficacy of Methotrexate (MTX) in the treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) in clinical trials, but…
  • Abstract Number: 2107 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Initiation of Combination Triple Therapy in Real World Clinical Practice Rarely Replicates the Protocols Used in Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Grant W. Cannon1, Chia-Chen Teng2, Ted R. Mikuls3, Jeffrey R. Curtis4, Derek Tang5, Bradley S. Stolshek5 and Brian Sauer6, 1Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3Veteran Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, 6Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose:   Combination therapy with methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine (SUL), and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) [triple therapy] is an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).   Randomized controlled trials…
  • Abstract Number: 117 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Same Day Rheumatology Access Clinic in an Academic Health Care Center

    Muhammad Ijaz1,2, Alireza Meysami1, Amita Bishnoi1 and Bernard Rubin3, 1Rheumatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2Rheumatology, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 3Rheumatology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

    Background/Purpose: Open access clinics have been studied extensively in the primary care setting 1, but there is limited data regarding rheumatology open access clinics. To…
  • Abstract Number: 2418 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Pediatric Enthesitis-Related Arthritis: Variation in Disease Characteristics and Treatments Among 5 Large Centers

    Sabrina Gmuca1, Timothy Brandon2, Rui Xiao3, Ilaria Pagnini4, Tracey B. Wright5, Timothy Beukelman6, Esi Morgan-DeWitt7 and Pamela F. Weiss8, 1Pediatric Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4Department of Paediatrics, University of Florence and Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, 5Pediatrics/Rheumatology, Univ of TX Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 6Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7Pediatric rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 8Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: We aimed to compare the clinical features and treatments of children with Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) from 5 pediatric rheumatology centers in order to determine…
  • Abstract Number: 132 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Delivering a One-Stop, Integrated, Patient-Centred Service for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases. the Finnish Approach

    Elena Nikiphorou1, Paula Väre1, Kirsi Paalanen1, Jelena Borodina1, Arto Kokko2, Pekka Hannonen1 and Tuulikki Sokka-Isler3, 1Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, 3Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatology is mainly an outpatient specialty. Prompt diagnosis & treatment to prevent long-term disability in an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to care are crucial.  In reality though,…
  • Abstract Number: 2489 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Effects of Two Interventions on Rheumatologists Adherence to Optimal Care Recommendations in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Combined before/after and Randomized Controlled Trial

    Nienke Lesuis1, Ronald van Vollenhoven2, Marlies Hulscher3 and Alfons den Broeder1, 1Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2ClinTRID, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 3IQ Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Current treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend using tight control strategies.1 Despite evidence for the benefits of this strategy,  physician adherence is suboptimal.2,3…
  • Abstract Number: 185 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Success Rate and Utility of Ultrasound Guided Synovial Biopsies in Clinical Practice

    Aurélie Najm, Benoît Le Goff and Yves Maugars, Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Nantes, France

    Background/Purpose: Histological and bacteriological analysis of synovial tissue (ST) can be useful in the diagnosis of arthritis of undetermined origin. Ultrasound can assist this biopsy…
  • Abstract Number: 2612 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Impact of a Multibiomarker Disease Activity Score in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated in a Real World Setting

    Sergio Schwartzman1, Keith Knapp2, Gary Craig3, Karen Ferguson4 and Howard Kenney5, 1Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Arthritis Northwest, Spokane, WA, 3Discus Analytics, Inc., Spokane, WA, 4Arthritis Northwest PLLC., Spokane, WA, 5Rheumatology, Arthritis Northwest, Spokane, WA

    Background/Purpose:   A number of composite outcome measures have been validated to quantify disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).  Few studies have been published on the…
  • Abstract Number: 256 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Predominant Attack Type and Associated Clinical-Laboratory Conditions in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Mustafa Cakar1, Muharrem Akhan2, Muhammet Cinar1 and Sedat Yılmaz1, 1Rheumatology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, 2Internal Medicine, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. Abdominal pain is the most frequent symptom of…
  • Abstract Number: 2666 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Trajectories of EQ-5D in RA Patients Treated with Biologics Using the IORRA Cohort

    Daisuke Hoshi, Eiichi Tanaka, Eisuke Inoue, Yoko Shimizu, Naoki Sugimoto, Kumi Shidara, Ayako Nakajima, Shigeki Momohara, Atsuo Taniguchi and Hisashi Yamanaka, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcomes are recognized as important for evaluating the disease status of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The EuroQol 5-dimensional descriptive system (EQ-5D) has been used…
  • Abstract Number: 433 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Biologic Switching and Cycling in a Large US Managed Care Population

    Machaon Bonafede1, Jeffrey R. Curtis2, Donna McMorrow1, Chieh-I Chen3 and George J. Joseph4, 1Truven Health Analytics, Cambridge, MA, 2Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, 4Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ

    Background/Purpose: A majority of RA patients who switch from a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) to another biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) are TNFi cyclers…
  • Abstract Number: 2729 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Clinical and Radiographic Outcome of Iguratimod for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Tsuneo Kondo, Akiko Shibata, Ryota Sakai, Jun Kikuchi, Kentaro Chino, Ayumi Okuyama, Hirofumi Takei and Koichi Amano, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Iguratimod is a new small-molecular drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which was approved on June, 2012 in Japan. The agent inhibits the production of…
  • Abstract Number: 448 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    A Majority of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERA) Patients Reach Remission By 6 Months in Usual Rheumatology Care

    Tuomas Rannio1, Juha Asikainen2, Pekka Hannonen3, Timo Yli-Kerttula4, Päivi Ekman5, Laura Pirilä6, Markku Mali7, Laura Kuusela7, Maija Puurtinen-Vilkki7, Saara Kortelainen8, Johanna Paltta7, Kirsi Taimen7, Heidi Mäkinen9, Pia Isomäki9, Terhi Uotila9, Markku J. Kauppi10, Kari Laiho11, Satu Nyrhinen11, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler1 and FIN-ERA study group, 1Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, 3Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 4Sairaalantie 3, Central Hospital of Satakunta, Pori, Finland, 5Central Hospital of Satakunta, Pori, Finland, 6Tyks, P.O. Box 52, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, 7Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, 8Alvar Aallontie 275, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, 9Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, 10Department of Rheumatology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, 11Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland

    Background/Purpose: Finnish national combination treatment trials have demonstrated excellent outcomes in patients with ERA including 90% of patients reaching DAS28 remission at 6 months. Whether…
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