Abstract Number: 046 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Colchicine Adherence Among Children and Young Adults with Familial Mediterranean Fever During Treatment with interleukin-1 Inhibitors
Background/Purpose: IL-1 inhibitor are approved for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients who are resistant to colchicine. However, it is imperative to continue concomitant treatment with…Abstract Number: 053 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Can Children with Colchicine Resistant FMF Be Treated with on Demand Canakinumab Regimen?– a Multicenter Study
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common autoinflammatory disease. Without therapy, it may lead to the development of secondary amyloidosis. Treatment with colchicine…Abstract Number: 328 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Adverse Events During Colchicine Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial Events
Background/Purpose: Colchicine is a widely used drug used to treat rheumatic and inflammatory conditions. Due to its long historical use in medicine, controlled clinical trials…Abstract Number: 360 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Colchicine Prophylaxis of Gout Flares When Commencing Allopurinol Is Very Cost Effective: A Health Economic Analysis
Background/Purpose: Prophylaxis of acute gout flares when commencing urate lowering therapy is recommended by international guidelines. Whether this is a cost-effective intervention is currently unknown.…Abstract Number: 1268 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Different Colchicine Preparations for Familial Mediterranean Fever: Are They the Same?
Background/Purpose: Colchicine is the mainstay of treatment for prevention of attacks and associated amyloidosis in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Two approved colchicine preparations are currently…Abstract Number: 1276 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Colchicine on Diabetes Incidence Among Gout Patients in a Veterans’ Affairs Population
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that patients with gout are at increased risk for developing diabetes.1 One possible explanation for this increased risk is the activation…Abstract Number: 1321 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Genetic Analysis of the Patients Mimicking Familial Mediterranean Fever
Clinical and genetic analysis of the patients mimicking familial Mediterranean feverBackground/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an auto-inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever…Abstract Number: 2968 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role of Choline in Gouty Inflammation
Background/Purpose: Gout is characterized by deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in articular joints, where they activate macrophages inducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and bioactive IL-1β…Abstract Number: 368 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Opocalcium Colchicine, and Anti-IL1 Treatment in Childhood Colchicine-Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever
Background/Purpose: The colchicine-resistant FMF (crFMF) is defined as 6 or more polyserositis attacks in the last year despite the regular usage of colchicine in the…Abstract Number: 1144 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Initiating Colchicine and Urate-Lowering Therapy Reduces Baseline Inflammation, and Improves Vascular Endothelial but Not Smooth Muscle Function in Gout Subjects: Resistance to Endothelial Improvement Among Patients with Cardiovascular Comorbidities
Background/Purpose: We have previously reported that patients with gout have impaired vascular endothelial and smooth muscle responsiveness, but whether initiating appropriate gout therapy ameliorates these…Abstract Number: 1445 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Methotrexate (MTX), and MTX Plus Colchicine (CCH) on the Expression and Activity of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Background/Purpose: NLRP3 inflammasome is an intracellular protein complex involved in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines as IL-1β and IL-18, which has been reported to have…Abstract Number: 79 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Predicting Colchicine Response in Patients with Undefined Autoinflammatory Diseases
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are a rare group of illnesses characterized by unprovoked episodes of fever and systemic inflammation. An understanding of their pathophysiology has…Abstract Number: 230 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Survey of Knowledge of Optimal Gout Management in an Academic Primary Care Setting
Background/Purpose: We reviewed previous treatment approaches for gout in patients referred to a university rheumatology practice for gout management. All patients met the 2015 American…Abstract Number: 1013 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Colchicine Associated Myopathy in Gout: Influence of Concomitant Use of Statin
Background/Purpose: To investigate the risk of concomitant use of statin on the development of myopathy in gout patients who received colchicine. Methods: We included patients…Abstract Number: 2971 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics and Management of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura) in Adults: Data from the 260 Patients Included in the Igavas Survey
Background/Purpose: We analyzed data from 260 patients with IgAV included in a French multicenter retrospective IGAVAS survey. Results: Mean age at diagnosis was 50.1±18 years,…