Abstracts tagged "Clinical Response"

Abstract Number: 300 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mindfulness Predicts Treatment Response from Non-Pharmacological Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis
Augustine Lee¹, Lori Lyn Price², Xingyi Han³, Mei Chung⁴, William F. Harvey¹, Jeffrey Driban⁵, Timothy E. McAlindon⁶ and Chenchen Wang¹, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Care Research, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Mindfulness is the ability to maintain a heightened awareness of one's moment-to-moment experiences without judging or reacting. Recent evidence suggests that mindfulness may improve…
Abstract Number: 3153 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Automated Cell Phone Monitoring of Disease Activity and Medication Adherence in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Laura Kuusalo^1,2, Hannu Kautiainen³, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler⁴, Toini Uutela⁵, Laura Pirilä², Timo Yli-Kerttula⁶, Markku J Kauppi^7,8, Tuomas Rannio⁹, Kirsi Paalanen¹⁰, Arto Kokko⁹, Juha Asikainen⁹, Jelena Borodina¹⁰, Johanna Paltta², Kari Laiho¹¹, Andrus Mullanmaa¹², Kari Puolakka¹² and SandRA Study Group, ¹University of Turku, Turku, Finland, ²Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ³Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁴Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ⁵Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland, ⁶Sairaalantie 3, Satakunta Central Hospital, Rauma, Finland, ⁷School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, ⁹Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ¹⁰Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ¹¹Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, ¹²South Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland
Background/Purpose: Remission targeted treatment of early RA requires frequent monitoring. However, in clinical practice monitoring frequency is not always optimal due to factors like limited…
Abstract Number: 607 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Response to Biologic and Non-Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) According to Gender in a French-Canadian Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Sonia Lagacé¹, Louis Bessette^2,3, Louis Coupal⁴ and Denis Choquette⁴, ¹Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada, ³Rhumatologie, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Institut de Recherche en Rhumatologie de Montréal (IRRM), Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Several studies have reported that women with RA had higher level of pain, disease activity and functional impairment compared to men. In addition, women…
Abstract Number: 745 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Laboratory Correlates of Response in a Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Belimumab or Placebo Administered Subcutaneously Plus Standard Care to Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Ronald F. van Vollenhoven¹, William Stohl², Richard Furie³, Norma Lynn Fox⁴, James Groark⁵, Damon Bass⁵, Milena Kurtinecz⁵, Bonnie Pobiner⁶, William Eastman⁶, Tania Gonzalez-Rivera⁵ and David Gordon⁵, ¹Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center ARC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁴GSK, Potomac, MD, ⁵GSK, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶GSK, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: The SRI (SLE responder index) is a composite measure established as a primary endpoint in SLE clinical trials. However, it has been questioned whether…
Abstract Number: 1044 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment with Tofacitinib Is Associated with Clinically Meaningful Reductions in Axial MRI Inflammation in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Walter Maksymowych¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Xenofon Baraliakos³, Atul A. Deodhar⁴, Matt Brown⁵, Sarah Sherlock⁶, David Li⁷, Dona Fleishaker⁸ and Thijs Hendrikx⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ⁵Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor. Minimum clinically important differences (MCID) for SPondyloArthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) MRI SI joint and spine…
Abstract Number: 1051 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Determining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Improvement for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 Responder Index-50 (S2K RI-50)
Zahi Touma¹, Dafna D Gladman², Dorcas Beaton³, Jiandong Su⁴ and Murray Urowitz¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 Responder Index-50 (S2K RI-50) is a reliable and valid index able to measure ≥ 50% improvement in disease…
Abstract Number: 1258 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Female Gender Is Associated with a Poorer Response to TNF-Inhibitors in Ankylosing Spondylitis
T. Rusman¹, M. Nurmohamed², J.C. van Denderen³, I. Visman⁴ and I.E. Van der Horst - Bruinsma², ¹Rheumatology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology immunology Center |Departments of Rheumatology VU University Medical Center & Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Center for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VUmc and Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Limited data is available on the influence of smoking, Body Mass Index (BMI) and gender on disease activity and response to TNF inhibitors in…
Abstract Number: 1583 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Body Mass Index Does Not Affect Response to Subcutaneous or Intravenous Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
MA D'Agostino¹, R Alten², E Mysler³, M Le Bars⁴, J Ye⁵, B Murthy⁵, J Heitzmann⁶, R Vadanici⁴ and G Ferraccioli⁷, ¹Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ²Schlosspark-Klinik University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ³Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison, France, ⁵Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁶Excelya, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁷Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: High BMI is associated with reduced remission rates with anti-TNF agents in RA.1,2 In ACQUIRE (NCT00559585), SC and IV abatacept (ABA) achieved similar ACR20…
Abstract Number: 1647 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib, an Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor, in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Safety and Efficacy in Open-Label, Long-Term Extension Studies over 8 Years
Jürgen Wollenhaupt¹, Joel Silverfield², Eun Bong Lee³, Ketti Terry⁴, Kenneth Kwok⁵, Staci Abramsky⁵, Min Wang⁵, Chudy Nduaka⁶, Ryan DeMasi⁵ and Lisy Wang⁴, ¹Schoen-Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek Teaching Hospital of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ²Healthpoint Medical Group, Tampa, FL, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of RA. The objective of this analysis was to report tofacitinib safety and tolerability…
Abstract Number: 1730 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Progression Among Non-Achievers of Minimal Disease Activity in Psa Patients Treated with Infliximab or Golimumab
Dalton Sholter¹, Proton Rahman², Maqbool Sheriff³, Michel Zummer⁴, Suneil Kapur⁵, Philip Baer⁶, Michael Starr⁷, John Kelsall⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁹, Eliofotisti Psaradellis¹⁰, Brendan Osborne¹¹, Karina Maslova¹², Cathy Tkaczyk¹¹, Francois Nantel¹³ and Allen J Lehman¹², ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ³Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Ch Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa, 139 Greenbank Rd, Suite 203, ON, Canada, ⁶Independent Rheumatology Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Mcgill University, Pointe-Claire,, QC, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ¹⁰JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³19 Green belt Dr, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose : Early achievement of minimal disease activity (MDA) is recommended as a valid treat-to-target approach in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The purpose of the current…
Abstract Number: 2354 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pharmaceutical Grade Chondroitin Sulfate Improves Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms More Than Placebo and As Much As Celecoxib: Results of the Chondroitin Vs Celecoxib Vs Placebo Trial (CONCEPT)
J-Y Reginster and CONCEPT Authors' Group, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Background/Purpose: For the assessment of Symptomatic Slow Acting Drugs in Osteoarthritis (SYSADOAs), regulatory Agencies request the assessment of two co-primary endpoints: pain and function. They…
Abstract Number: 2385 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Diary Score for the Assessment of Disease Activity in Candle (Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature) and SAVI (STING associated vasculopathy with onset in Infancy) Patients
Megha Sawhney¹, Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez², Robert Wesley³, Kost Bahar¹ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky⁴, ¹NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Studies, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: CANDLE and SAVI are two rare autoinflammatory interferonopathies without validated outcome measures to assess disease activity; however, daily diaries of prominent disease symptoms have…
Abstract Number: 1632 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do RA Susceptibility Loci Predict Response to Methotrexate As First DMARD in Early RA?
Thomas Frisell¹, Saedis Saevarsdottir^2,3 and Johan Askling^1,4, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Improved means to predict which RA patients will respond to methotrexate monotherapy, the preferred first line therapy in early RA, would allow patients to…
Abstract Number: 1664 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switch from Tocilizumab + Methotrexate to Tocilizumab Monotherapy. Maintenance of Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis at Low Disease Activity.
Jose L. Pablos¹, Navarro Sarabia F², Francisco J. Blanco³, Jose Andres Roman Ivorra⁴, Alberto Alonso⁵, Emilio Martin-Mola⁶ and Miguel Cantalejo-Moreira⁷, ¹Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatologist Service, Hospital. Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ³Cartilage Biology Group. Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, H.U. P. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁵H Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain, ⁶H La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) represents an efficacious alternative for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with an inadequate clinical response to biological or non-biological disease-modifying anrirheumatic drugs…
Abstract Number: 2671 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Male Gender and Higher Hemoglobin Predict Response to Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abhijeet Danve¹, Harlan Sayles², Ted R. Mikuls³ and James R. O'Dell², ¹Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is routinely used as the first-line drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). About 1 in 3 RA patients achieve excellent RA control with…

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