Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 0810 • ACR Convergence 2021
Persistent Disease Activity Impairs Work Productivity and Non-work Activity in Recent Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carol Hitchon¹, Marie-France Valois², Orit Schieir³, Susan Bartlett², Louis Bessette⁴, Gilles Boire⁵, Glen Hazlewood⁶, Edward Keystone⁷, Janet Pope⁸, Carter Thorne⁹, Diane Tin¹⁰, Vivian Bykerk¹¹ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators¹², ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, ⁵Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Arthritis Program Research Group, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Reduced work and activity productivity are significant contributors to the personal and societal costs associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We sought to describe work…
Abstract Number: 1389 • ACR Convergence 2021
Subclinical ILD Is Frequent and Progresses Across Different Connective Tissue Diseases
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Helena Andersson², Silje Reiseter², Håvard Fretheim², Imon Barua¹, Torhild Garen³, Øyvind Midtvedt¹, Ragnar Gunnarsson², Michael Durheim², Trond Mogens AAløkken² and Øyvind Molberg¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal
Background/Purpose: Based on the argument that symptoms-define-disease, physicians commonly apply the terms pre-clinical or sub-clinical disease to describe patients with disease-related findings, but no accompanying…
Abstract Number: 1848 • ACR Convergence 2021
Untangling the Gut: A Phenome-Wide Association Study of Drugs and Diseases with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis
Rory Maclean¹, Fiza Ahmed², Voon Ong³, Charles Murray⁴ and Christopher Denton⁵, ¹Royal Free Hospital & University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Free Hospital, Ilford, United Kingdom, ³University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal dysfunction (SSc-GI) is a significant burden to patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), particularly in those with longstanding disease. The management of SSc-GI is…
Abstract Number: L01 • ACR Convergence 2020
Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in a Multicenter Healthcare System: A Comparative Cohort Study
Naomi Serling-Boyd¹, Kristin D'Silva¹, Tiffany Hsu², Xiaoqing Fu³, Rachel Wallwork⁴, April Jorge¹, Yuqing Zhang¹, Ellen Gravallese⁵, Hyon K. Choi⁶, Jeffrey Sparks⁷ and Zachary Wallace⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ³Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: The risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19 among rheumatic disease patients compared to the general population remains poorly understood. Filling this knowledge gap is…
Abstract Number: 0022 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association Between Changes in Pain Sensitization and Changes in Disease Activity After 12 Weeks of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrew Heisler¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Alyssa Wohlfahrt⁴, Wendy Marder⁵, Marcy Bolster⁶, Clifton Bingham III⁷, Daniel Clauw⁸, Dorothy Dunlop⁹, Tuhina Neogi¹⁰ and Yvonne Lee³, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Oak Park, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Brigham and Womans Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Northwestern University, New Haven, CT, ¹⁰Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have abnormalities in central nervous system regulation of pain, leading to enhanced pain sensitivity at joint sites (peripheral sensitization)…
Abstract Number: 0576 • ACR Convergence 2020
Medical Savings of Timely Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnoses
Kathryn Johnson¹, Christine Sawicki¹, Cristina Sotelo², Tanvi Kalevar³, Sylvie Lardeux⁴, Fabio Casadio³, David Baghdadi⁵, Michele Hamburger⁶, Elisea Avalos-Reyes⁷ and Kjel Johnson¹, ¹CVS Health, Lincoln, RI, ²CVS Health, Austin, TX, ³CVS Health, New York, NY, ⁴CVS Health, Wellesley, MA, ⁵CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI, ⁶Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY, ⁷CVS Health, Irving, TX
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recognition and treatment provides greater clinical benefits than treatment started later in the disease course. However,…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Liver Fibrosis Among Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients on Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)
Chou Luan Tan¹, Boon Han Ng², Noor Shahrazat Ahmad², Shahrul Aiman Soelar², Muhammad Zulhilmi Asyraf Jazlan², Mohd Ammar Dzakirin Md Mansor², Mohd Azri Mohd Suan², Kuang Kiat Kiew², Zalwani Zainuddin², Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan² and Chong Hong Lim², ¹Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, ²Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Background/Purpose: Majority of DMARDs, including methotrexate (MTX), leflunomide (LEF) and sulfasalazine (SSZ) arebelieved to be hepatotoxic, causing liver fibrosis. However, the clinical findings were inconsistent.…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Real-World Experience of Tofacitinib for Psoriatic Arthritis: Data from a United States Healthcare Claims Database
Philip Mease¹, Pamela Young², David Gruben³, Lara Fallon⁴, Rebecca Germino⁵ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁶, ¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ²Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It was approved in the US in December 2017 for…
Abstract Number: 1874 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differences Between Men and Women in the Patient Pathways to Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Hwang¹, Martin Rozycki², Theresa Arndt², Esther Yi³ and Michael Weisman⁴, ¹McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²HVH Precision Analytics, LLC, Wayne, PA, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Healthcare claims databases can be used to identify patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) prior to diagnosis. This study explores differences in pathways to AS…
Abstract Number: 0089 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Risk Factors of Recurrence in Relapsing Polychondritis; A Study of 41 Cases
Tsuneyasu Yoshida¹, Hajime Yoshifuji², Mirei Shirakashi¹, Koji Kitagori¹, Shuji Akizuki², Ran Nakashima¹, Kosaku Murakami¹, Motomu Hashimoto³, Masao Tanaka³ and Koichiro Ohmura¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare disease which causes inflammation in systemic cartilages. Although glucocorticoids (GC) and immunosuppressive drugs (IS) have been used, the…
Abstract Number: 0584 • ACR Convergence 2020
Total Cost of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kjel Johnson¹, Rebecca Karos², Elisea Avalos-Reyes³, Fabio Casadio⁴, Michele Hamburger⁵ and Chiara Leprai⁴, ¹CVS Health, Lincoln, RI, ²CVS Health, Wellesley, MA, ³CVS Health, Irving, TX, ⁴CVS Health, New York, NY, ⁵Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY
Background/Purpose: The range of medical costs associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is, in part, related to the various treatment options. Treatment for RA focuses on…
Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Air Quality and Sarcoidosis Inflammatory Activity
Aaron Case¹, Dustin Fraidenburg², Israel Rubinstein² and Christian Ascoli², ¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Pulmonary,Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: African Americans [AA] and minorities in the lower socioeconomic strata of Chicago are disproportionately affected by pulmonary sarcoidosis, and regularly exposed to poorer air…
Abstract Number: 1464 • ACR Convergence 2020
Multi-Variate Approach Including Serology and Genetics for an Improved Identification of Patients at Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Céline Lamacchia¹, Maresa Grundhuber², Isabel Gehring², Pascale Roux Lombard³, Michael John Nissen¹, Andrea Rubbert Roth⁴, Ruediger Mueller⁵, Ulrich Walker⁶, Burkhard Moeller⁷, Diego Kyburz⁸, Adrian Ciurea⁹, Sascha Swiniarski¹⁰ and Axel Finckh¹¹, ¹Geneva University Hospital, Geneva - 14, Switzerland, ²Thermo Fisher Scientific Phadia GmbH, Freiburg, Germany, ³Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Klinik für Rheumatologie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵KSA: Aarau Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland, ⁶Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁸University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Phadia GmbH / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Freiburg, Germany, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: First-degree relatives of RA patients (FDR-RA) have an increased prevalence for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [1] and joint symptoms [2]. Identification of individuals with imminent RA…
Abstract Number: 1892 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pattern and Influential Factors in Promoting Treat-to-Target (T2T) for F Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Patients with the App of Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM): A Cohort Study from China
Jing Xue¹, Hongzhi Wang², Hongbin Li³, Hui Song⁴, Yasong Li⁵, Xiaofei Shi⁶, Hongjun Zhao⁷, Feng Wei⁸, Bing Wu⁹, Hui Xiao¹⁰, Yuhua Jia⁹, Fei Xiao⁹ and Huaxiang Wu¹, ¹The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University school of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China (People's Republic), ³The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China (People's Republic), ⁴Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of science and technology, Luoyang, China (People's Republic), ⁷Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ⁸Jiangmen Central Hospital Affiliated Jiangmen Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Jiangmen, China (People's Republic), ⁹Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) is adopted to evaluate the degree of disease activity and the inflammatory response in AS patients. ASDAS score…
Abstract Number: 0178 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations of Multimorbidity with DMARD Initiation and Achieving Target Disease Activity Thresholds in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cohort Study Using the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Bryant England¹, Huifeng Yun², Lang Chen³, Kaleb Michaud¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Although a treat-to-target strategy is endorsed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment guidelines, its routine implementation in real-world settings, particularly in the context of multimorbidity,…

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