Abstracts tagged "Clinical"

Abstract Number: 2805 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Juvenile-Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Has a Lower Rate of Radiographic Progression Than Adult-Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis
Anthony So¹, Ammepa Anton², Florence Tsui³, Ismail Sari⁴, Renise Ayearst⁵, Robert D Inman⁶ and Nigil Haroon⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Spondylitis Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: There are no large radiographic follow up studies assessing progression in juvenile-onset Ankylosing Spondylitis (JoAS) as compared to adult-onset Ankylosing Spondylitis (AoAS). The purpose…
Abstract Number: 247 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Near Infrared Indocyanine Green Imaging Reveals Diminished Flow in Basilic Associated Lymphatic Vessels in the Hands of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients during Flare
Richard Bell¹, Alicia Lieberman², Ronald Wood³, Cristy Bell⁴, Homaira Rahimi⁵, Edward Schwarz⁶ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁷, ¹Orthopedics, University of Rochaester, Rochester, NY, ²Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY, ⁶Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁷Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Near infrared (NIR) imaging studies of subdermal indocyanine green (ICG) in murine models of inflammatory arthritis established the important contribution of lymphatic vessel (LV)…
Abstract Number: 306 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship between Inflammatory Anterior or Posterior Arch MRI Abnormalities and Clinical Data in Low Back Pain Patients
Helene Braun¹, Clement Geniez¹, Yannick Degboe², Arnaud Constantin³, Alain Cantagrel⁴, Delphine Nigon⁵, Marie Faruch-Bilfeld¹ and Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand⁴, ¹Purpan Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France, ³Purpan Hospital, toulouse, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, ⁵CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: To compare demographic characteristics, characteristics of pain and functional status according to the presence of inflammatory anterior or posterior arch MRI abnormalities in low…
Abstract Number: 159 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Agreement Among Measures of Inflammation Detected on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound and Clinical Findings in the Feet of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen A. Beattie¹, George Ioannidis², Sydney Scheffler³, Saara Totterman⁴, Edward Schreyer⁵ and Maggie Larche¹, ¹Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Radiology, VirtualScopics Inc., Rochester, NY, ⁵QMetrics Technologies, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: In metatarsalphalangeal (MTP) joints 2-5 of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we aimed to assess the agreement between i) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 517 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity and Clinical Profile with Chronic Periodontitis
BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ-LOZANO¹, Jorge Luis Garnier Rodríguez², Jerián González Febles³, Shashi Dadlani⁴, Ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹, Esmeralda Delgado Frías¹, Federico Díaz-González¹ and Mariano Sanz Alonso³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, S/C Tenerife, Spain, ²Odontology, Dental Clinic Garnier, S/C Tenerife, Spain, ³Periodontology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Periodontology, Dental Clinic Garnier, S/C Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Recent clinical data show a clear association between periodontitis (P) and RA. However, there is controversy over whether severity of P is associated with…
Abstract Number: 687 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol over 204 Weeks in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis, Including Ankylosing Spondylitis and Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Atul A. Deodhar¹, Maxime Dougados², Robert Landewé³, Joachim Sieper⁴, Walter Maksymowych⁵, Martin Rudwaleit⁶, Filip van Den Bosch⁷, Jürgen Braun⁸, Philip J Mease⁹, Alan Kivitz¹⁰, Jessica Walsh¹¹, Owen Davies¹², Bengt Hoepken¹³, Luke Peterson¹⁴ and Désirée van der Heijde¹⁵, ¹Divison of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Rheumatology B Department, Paris-Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam and Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁹Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹²UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹³UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ¹⁴UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: RAPID-axSpA (NCT01087762) investigated the efficacy and safety of certolizumab pegol (CZP) in patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1357 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Description of Patients with Cytoplasmic Discrete Speckles on Indirect Immunofluorescence on HEp-2 Cells in a Universitary Hospital
Martin Brom¹, Carolina Eva Carrizo², Roberto Arana³ and Cecilia N. Pisoni³, ¹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology and Immunology, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Indirect Immunofluorescence (IIF) shows different nuclear and cytoplasmic fluorescence patterns depending on the antibodies present in the cell. Cytoplasmic patterns are an unusual finding.…
Abstract Number: 1805 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Associated with Complete Remission in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Cohort Study in One Center
Jorge Romo-Tena¹, Diana Gómez-Martín¹, Roberto Reyna², Isaac Bartnicki-Navarrete³ and Jorge Alcocer-Varela¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by disease flares, alternated with periods of clinical remission. In the past years, the “treat-to-target” strategy in SLE…
Abstract Number: 2665 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epratuzumab Treatment of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Secondary Sjogren’s Syndrome: An Exploratory Analysis of Phase 3 Studies
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Thomas Dörner², Hendrika Bootsma³, Valerie Devauchelle-Pensec⁴, Simon Bowman⁵, Gordana Kosutic⁶, Holger Bartz⁷, Marga Oortgiesen⁶, Anthony Shock⁸, Willem Koetse⁶, Catrinel Galateanu⁹, Sabine Bongardt⁷, Xavier Mariette¹⁰ and Caroline Gordon^11,12, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Department of Medicine/Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Unit of Immunology, Brest University Medical School, Brest, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁷UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁸UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁹UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰INSERM U1184, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹¹NIHR/Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹²Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The EMBODY 1 (SL0009; NCT01262365) and EMBODY 2 (SL0010; NCT01261793) phase 3 studies investigated the efficacy and safety of epratuzumab (Emab; Immunomedics Inc), a…
Abstract Number: 2801 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Incident Episodes of Proteinuria Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Laurence S Magder¹, Ali Duarte-Garcia², Erik Barr³ and Michelle Petri⁴, ¹Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Epidemiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis remains one of the most devastating SLE complications, occurring in over 50% of the patients. It is important to identify clinical conditions…
Abstract Number: 2902 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Reflex Disease Outcome Measures in Scleroderma– Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Gastrointestinal Working Group
Zsuzsanna McMahan¹, Tracy M. Frech², Guya Piemonte³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁴, Susanna Proudman^5,6, Veronica J. Berrocal⁷, Ron Hays⁸ and Dinesh Khanna⁹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁶Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement occurs in approximately 95% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). There is consensus in the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium (SCTC)…
Abstract Number: 943 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of an Internationally Agreed Minimal Dataset for Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) for Clinical and Research Use
Liza J. McCann¹, Lucy R Wedderburn², Clarissa Pilkington³, Adam M. Huber⁴, Angelo Ravelli⁵, Jamie Kirkham⁶, Paula Williamson⁶ and Michael W. Beresford⁷, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute for Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Pediatric rheumatology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵Pediatria-II, IRCCS G. Gaslini and University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁶Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁷Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine (Child Health), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare disease. International collaboration is essential for scrutiny of sufficient patient numbers. We aim to develop a core set…
Abstract Number: 950 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In a Two-Year Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Multicenter Study, Chondroitin Sulfate Was Significantly Superior to Celecoxib at Reducing Cartilage Loss with Similar Efficacy at Reducing Disease Symptoms in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
Jean-Pierre Pelletier¹, Jean Pierre Raynauld², André Beaulieu³, Louis Bessette⁴, Frédéric Morin⁵, Artur J Fernandes⁶, François Abram⁷, Marc Dorais⁸ and Johanne Martel-Pelletier⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Institut de recherche en rhumatologie de Montréal (IRRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Osteoarthritis Research Unit, CRCHUM, Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Centre de rhumatologie St-Louis, St. Louis, QC, Canada, ⁴Groupe de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Maladies Osseuses, Quebec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁵Centre de Recherche Musculo-squelettique, Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, ⁶Centre de Recherche Musculo-squelettique, Trois-Rivières, 6Rheumatology Division, Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷Medical Imaging Research & Development, ArthroLab Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸StatSciences Inc., Montreal, Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM),, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In osteoarthritis (OA) treatment, although chondroitin sulfate (CS) was found in a number of studies using radiography to have a structure modifying effect, to…
Abstract Number: 1642 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Methotrexate Combination Therapy Versus Triple Therapy in Methotrexate Inadequate Responders with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roy Fleischmann¹, Janet E. Pope², Vanita Tongbram³, Derek Tang⁴, James Chung⁵, David Collier⁵, Shilpa Urs³, Kerigo Ndirangu³, George A. Wells⁶ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³ICON Plc., Morristown, NJ, ⁴Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Previously published rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trials in which TNFi-MTX and triple therapy (MTX + hydroxychloroquine + sulfasalazine) were included as treatment arms in MTX…
Abstract Number: 1654 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Methotrexate Combination Therapy Versus Triple Therapy in Methotrexate-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roy Fleischmann¹, Janet E. Pope², Vanita Tongbram³, Derek Tang⁴, James Chung⁵, David Collier⁵, Shilpa Urs³, Kerigo Ndirangu³, George A. Wells⁶ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁷, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³ICON Plc., Morristown, NJ, ⁴Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Several published randomized head-to-head trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have compared TNFi-MTX with triple therapy (MTX + hydroxychloroquine + sulfasalazine) in MTX-naive patients (MTX-Ns)…

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