Abstracts tagged "Clinical practice"

Abstract Number: 580 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Biologic Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Mortality Risk in Clinical Practice
Leticia Leon¹, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez¹, Alejandro Gomez-Gomez², Pilar Macarrón², Margarita Blanco², Juan A Jover² and Lydia Abasolo¹, ¹Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: It is a well-known fact the decline of life expectancy in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) being the increased mortality in these patients a constant concern…
Abstract Number: 682 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Misalignment Between Physician and Patient Satisfaction with Current Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment
Daniel E. Furst¹, Emma Sullivan², James Pike³, James Piercy⁴, Jacqueline Palmer⁵ and Vivian Herrera⁵, ¹Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Statistics, Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁴Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a chronic immune related condition affecting the joints and commonly occurs alongside psoriasis. Well-established physician patient relationships are instrumental to…
Abstract Number: 1276 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement in Work and Household Productivity for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with Anti-TNFs in Routine Clinical Practice in Turkey
Sebnem Ataman¹, Mehmet Kirnap², Buminhan Seferoglu³, Zuhal Altay⁴, Aylin Rezvani⁵, Omer Kuru^6,7, Erhan Capkin⁸, Nazli Derya Bugdayci⁹, Ilhan Sezer¹⁰, Hasan Fatih CAY¹¹ and Akinci Tan¹², ¹Rheumatology Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ataturk University Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey, ⁴ELAZIG KARAYOLU UZERI, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey, ⁵Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmialem Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey, ⁶Kurupelit Mevkii Kurupelit 552, Ondokuz Mayis Univ.Tip Fak.Has.-Fizik Tedavi, Samsun, Turkey, ⁷Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, ⁸PM&R AND RHEUMATOLOGY, Karadeniz Tecnical University, Faculty of Medicine, TRABZON, Turkey, ⁹Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rheabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹¹Rheumatology, Physical Medicine&Rehabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹²Physical Med & Rehab, Hacettepe Univ, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on paid work is measured on the basis of employed people missing time from…
Abstract Number: 1655 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of Monotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients Initiating a Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor (TNFi) Vs a Non-TNFi in a Large US Commercial and Medicare Advantage Plan
Benjamin Chastek¹, Jeffrey R. Curtis², Laura K. Becker³, George J. Joseph⁴ and Chieh-I Chen⁵, ¹Optum Insight, Eden Prairie, MN, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Optum, Eden Prairie, MN, ⁴Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
Background/Purpose: Monotherapy accounts for approximately 30% of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) use in RA (Emery P et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2013;72:1897-904). A validated…
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 Haugeberg^1,5,6, 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-Molano^1,2, 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 Rosales^1,2, 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 Ijaz^1,2, 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…

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