Abstracts tagged "clinical trials"

Abstract Number: 2258 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Than 5% Of Ethnic Minority Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Meet Inclusion Criteria For Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
Gail S. Kerr¹, Yusuf Yazici², Christopher Swearingen³, Chunqiao Luo⁴, Yvonne R. S. Sherrer⁵, Edward L. Treadwell⁶, Angelia D. Mosley-Williams⁷, Luis R. Espinoza⁸, Rodolfo Perez Alamino⁹, Sharon Dowell¹⁰, Ignacio Garcia-Vallardes¹¹, Theresa Lawrence-Ford¹², Adrian Godoy¹⁰, Akgun Ince¹³ and Cindy Flower¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ²New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ³Pediatrics and Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁵Rheum/Immunology, Centre Rheum Immunol Arthritis, Fort Lauderdale, FL, ⁶Dept Medicine Div of Rheum, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ⁷John Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI, ⁸Medicine-Section of Rheum, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁹Rheumatology, Lousiana State University and LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Howard University, Washington, DC, ¹¹Rheumatology Clinical Practice, Guadalajara, Gaudalajara, Mexico, ¹²North Georgia Rheumatology Group, PC, Lawrenceville, GA, ¹³Arthitis Consultants Inc, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁴Medicine, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
Background/Purpose: RCT are the gold standard for therapeutic efficacy, yet many studies indicate most patients seen in routine clinical care do not meet inclusion criteria.…
Abstract Number: 1809 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Topline Results Of The Biomarkers Of Lupus Disease (BOLD) Study: Clinical and Mechanistic Perplexities Of Lupus Treatment Trials Can Be Mitigated By Eliminating Background Immune Suppressants
Joan T. Merrill¹, Frederick W. Immermann², Tianhui Zhou³, Margot O'Toole⁴, Maryann Whitley⁵, Andrew A. Hill⁵, Ying Zhang⁵, David von Schack⁵, Padmalatha S. Reddy⁵, Jaime L. Masferrer⁴, Stan Kamp¹, Joel M. Guthridge⁶, Aikaterini Thanou⁷, Paul Wu⁵, Theresa Paradis⁵, William M. Mounts⁵, Judith A. James⁸ and Sudhakar T. Sridharan², ¹Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²BioTherapeutics R&D, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ³BioTherapeutics R&D, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁴independent consultant, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Arthritis and Clinical Immmunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The BOLD study was designed to test the discriminatory capacity and safety of a trial design eliminating background immune suppressants (IS) in SLE patients…
Abstract Number: 1780 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Randomized Placebo Phase Study of Rilonacept in the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Norman T. Ilowite¹, Kristi Prather², Yuliya Lokhnygina³, Laura E. Schanberg⁴, Melissa Elder⁵, Diana Milojevic⁶, James W. Verbsky⁷, Steven J. Spalding⁸, Yukiko Kimura⁹, Lisa F. Imundo¹⁰, Marilynn G. Punaro¹¹, David D. Sherry¹², Stacey E. Tarvin¹³, Lawrence S. Zemel¹⁴, James D. Birmingham¹⁵, Beth S. Gottlieb¹⁶, Michael L. Miller¹⁷, Kathleen M. O'Neil¹⁸, Natasha M. Ruth¹⁹, Carol A. Wallace²⁰, Nora G. Singer²¹ and Christy I. Sandborg²², ¹Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ²Statistics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁴Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, HI, ⁶Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁸Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁰Pediatric and Adult Rheumatology Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁵Medicine & Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁰University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²¹Rheumatology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²²Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The RAndomized Placebo Phase Study Of Rilonacept in the Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (RAPPORT) is a multicenter controlled trial using a…
Abstract Number: 1609 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
AMG 811 (anti-IFN-gamma) Treatment Leads To a Reduction In The Whole Blood IFN-Signature and Serum CXCL10 In Subjects With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results Of Two Phase I Studies
David A. Martin¹, Andrew Welcher², Michael Boedigheimer², Zahir Amoura³, Alan Kivitz⁴, Jill P. Buyon⁵, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero⁶, Juanita Romero-Diaz⁷, Alla Rudinskaya⁸, Kevin M. Latinis⁹, S Cohen¹⁰, Cynthia Aranow¹¹, Mike Damore², Winnie Sohn², Kit Chiu², Christine Wang¹², Naren Chirmule², Barbara Sullivan² and James Chung², ¹Medical Sciences, Amgen, Seattle, WA, ²Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Department of Internal Medicine 2. Referal center for SLE/APS, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ⁴Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶UHN Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, ⁹Latinis Rheumatology, Leawood, KS, ¹⁰Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹The Feinstein Institute, Manhasset, NY, ¹²Biostatistics, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Interferon-gamma (IFN-g) is a major pro-inflammatory cytokine that modulates the function of several important populations of immune cells including B cells, T cells, and…
Abstract Number: 1412 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use Of a Biologic Marker For An Integrated Pharmacodynamic and Clinical Analysis To Inform Further Clinical Development, Including Dose Selection For The Phase 2b Trial – Treat 2b – Of Tregalizumab In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eva Dokoupilova¹, Slawomir Jeka², Jiri Vencovsky³, Janusz Badurski⁴, Klaas Prins⁵, Vibeke Strand⁶, Edward C. Keystone⁷, Ronald F van Vollenhoven⁸, Jurgen Wollenhaupt⁹, Andrea Wartenberg-Demand¹⁰, Gabriele Niemann¹⁰, Ahmed Abufarag¹⁰, Silke Aigner¹⁰, Sibylle Kaiser¹⁰, Faiza Rharbaoui¹⁰, Niklas Czeloth¹¹, Ralf Wolter¹⁰, Benjamin Dälken¹⁰ and Thorsten Holzkämper¹⁰, ¹Medical Plus s.r.o, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic, ²Clinic of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases University Hospital No 2 in Bydgoszcz Collegium Medicum UMK in Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Center of Osteoporosis and Osteo-articular Diseases, Bialystock, Poland, ⁵qPharmetra, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ⁷Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸ClinTRID, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Schoen-Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek Teaching Hospital of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ¹⁰Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany, ¹¹Global Research Immunology, Biotest AG, Dreieich, Germany
Background/Purpose: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reduced numbers and functional impairment of regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been observed. Tregalizumab is a humanized, agonistic…
Abstract Number: 1237 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Denosumab Leads To Significantly Greater Increases In Bone Mineral Density Than Ibandronate and Risedronate In Postmenopausal Women At High Risk For Fracture Who Were Previously Treated With An Oral Bisphosphonate
Jacques P. Brown¹, Michael A. Bolognese², Pei-Ran Ho³, Jesse Hall³, Christian Roux⁴, Henry G. Bone⁵, Sydney Bonnick⁶, Joop van den Bergh⁷, Irene Ferreira⁸, Prayashi Ghelani⁹, Paula Dakin³, Rachel B. Wagman³ and Chris Recknor¹⁰, ¹CHU de Québec Research Centre and Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ²Bethesda Health Research Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Michigan Bone and Mineral Clinic, Detroit, MI, ⁶Clinical Research Center of North Texas, Denton, TX, ⁷VieCuri Medical Centre and Maastricht University, Venlo, Netherlands, ⁸Amgen Inc., Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁹Ovatech Solutions, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰United Osteoporosis Centers, Gainesville, GA
Denosumab Leads to Significantly Greater Increases in Bone Mineral Density Than Ibandronate and Risedronate in Postmenopausal Women at High Risk for Fracture Who Were Previously…
Abstract Number: 884 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Of Lupus Nephritis With Abatacept Plus Low-Dose Pulse Cyclophosphamide Followed By Azathioprine (the Euro-Lupus Regimen): Twenty-Four Week Data From a Double-Blind Controlled Trial
David Wofsy¹, Anca Askanase², Patricia C. Cagnoli³, W. Winn Chatham⁴, Gabriel Contreras⁵, Maria Dall'era⁶, Mary Anne Dooley⁷, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo⁸, David R. Karp⁹, Meenakshi Jolly¹⁰, Kenneth Kalunian¹¹, Diane L. Kamen¹², Iris Lee¹³, Marc C. Levesque¹⁴, S. Sam Lim¹⁵, Meggan Mackay¹⁶, Cesar Ramos-Remus¹⁷, Brad H. Rovin¹⁸, Tammy O. Utset¹⁹, Swamy Venuturupalli²⁰, Robert Winchester²¹, Linna Ding²², Wendy Gao²², Lynette Keyes-Elstein²³ and Patti Tosta²⁴, ¹Rheumatology/Immunology, University of California San Francisco and NIAID Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence, San Francisco, CA, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Int Med/Div of Rheum, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁶Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatic Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹¹UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ¹²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³Nephrology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁵Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁶Autoimmune & Musculoskeletal Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁷Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Cronico-Degenerativas, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹⁸Division of Nephrology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁹Rheumatology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²⁰Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ²¹Dept of Medicine & Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²²NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ²³Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, ²⁴Immune Tolerance Network, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Studies in murine models for SLE have shown that CTLA4Ig can ameliorate murine lupus nephritis. Moreover, the combination of CTLA4Ig plus intravenous cyclophosphamide (IVC)…
Abstract Number: 817 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Response To Brodalumab, An Anti-Interleukin-17 Receptor Antibody, In Subjects With Psoriatic Arthritis
MC Genovese¹, Philip J. Mease², Maria W. Greenwald³, Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, André Beaulieu⁵, Atul A. Deodhar⁶, Richard Newmark⁷, JingYuan Feng⁸, Ngozi Erondu⁸ and Ajay Nirula⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ³Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁶Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ⁷Clinical Development, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁸Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis-associated skin and joint disorders are characterized by ongoing inflammation mediated by similar molecular pathways. IL-17 plays a potential role in the pathogenesis and…
Abstract Number: 702 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction Of Worsening Of Skin Fibrosis In Patients With Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis Using The EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) Registry
Britta Maurer¹, Nicole Graf², Beat A. Michel³, Carola Metzig⁴, Vivian Lanius⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵ and Oliver Distler¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²graf biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany, ⁵University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: To identify predictive parameters for the progression of skin fibrosis in patients with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) to enable 1) risk-stratification in clinical practice…
Abstract Number: 281 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
GO-Kids Imaging Substudy: MRI Treatment Response To 30 Mg/m² 4-Weekly Subcutaneous injections Of Golimumab In Children With Polyarticular JIA – Preliminary Results Of The Open Label Portion
Nikolay Tzaribachev¹, Catrin Tzaribachev¹ and Bernd Koos², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, PRI - Pediatric Rheumatology Research Institute, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ²Clinic of Orthodontics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
GO-KIDS Imaging Substudy: MRI treatment response to 30 mg/m2 4-weekly subcutaneous injections of Golimumab in children with polyarticular JIA– preliminary results of the open label…
Abstract Number: 278 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Results Of a 24 Month Extension Study In Patients Who Participated In The Trial Of Early Aggressive Therapy In Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Carol A. Wallace¹, John Bonsack², Steven J. Spalding³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Kathleen M. O'Neil⁵, Diana Milojevic⁶, Sarah Ringold⁷, Laura E. Schanberg⁸, Gloria C. Higgins⁹, Beth S. Gottlieb¹⁰, Joyce J. Hsu¹¹, Marilynn G. Punaro¹², Yukiko Kimura¹³ and Audrey F. Hendrickson¹⁴, ¹University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital/Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁸Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology Ohio State University, Nationwide Childrens Hosp, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The Trial of Early Aggressive Therapy in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (TREAT-JIA) was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in 85 patients with onset of…
Abstract Number: 2830 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
First Stage Of a Simon’s Two-Stage Optimal Approach Supports Placental Transfer Of Hydroxychloroquine and a Reduced Recurrence Rate Of The Cardiac Manifestations Of Neonatal Lupus
Peter M. Izmirly¹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau², Amit Saxena³, Amanda Zink⁴, Zoey Smith³, Deborah Friedman⁵ and Jill P. Buyon¹, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Division of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: A previous case control study suggested that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) might prevent the development of cardiac Neonatal Lupus (cardiac NL) in anti-SSA/Ro antibody (ab) exposed…
Abstract Number: L6 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Co-Morbid Depression Receiving Concurrent Antidepressant Therapy: A Randomized, 2-Way Crossover, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Lesley M. Arnold¹, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini², Pierre Arsenault³, Tahira Khan⁴, Pritha Bhadra Brown⁵, Andrew Clair⁵, Joseph Driscoll⁴, Jaren Landen⁴ and Lynne Pauer⁴, ¹Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Azienda Ospedaliera Polo Universitario L. Sacco, Milano, Italy, ³Département de Médecine de Famille, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic widespread pain and often associated with mood disorders including depression. Approximately 50–70% of FM patients have a lifetime…
Abstract Number: 2597 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Degree of Initial Intracellular Folate Depletion May Predict Methotrexate Response in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Leon van Haandel¹, Ryan S. Funk¹, Maria F. Ibarra², Mark F. Hoeltzel³, Andrew Lasky⁴, Daisy Dai⁵, Rodger Gaedigk¹, J. Steven Leeder⁶ and Mara L Becker⁵, ¹Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ³Rheumatology Section, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Pediatrics Rheumatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁵Clinical Pharmacology and Rheumatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Individualized medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Despite widespread use, there are no predictors of methotrexate (MTX) response or toxicity. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that…
Abstract Number: 1015 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Integrated Radiographic Data for Two Long-Term, Open-Label Extension Studies of Adalimumab
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Robert Landewé², Edward Keystone³, Ferdinand C. Breedveld⁴, Shufang Liu⁵ and Neelufar Mozaffarian⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Int Med/Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University of Toronto, Professor of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology C1R, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Immunology Development, Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, ⁶Abbott, Abbott Park, IL
Background/Purpose: The assessment of radiographic data from long-term studies in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) poses a significant challenge, given the potential involvement of…

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