Abstracts tagged "corticosteroids and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 2485 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Correlates of Successful Flare Management: The Role of Clinician-Driven Treatment, Home-Based Strategies, and Medication Change
Taysir G. Mahmoud¹, M Frits², Christine Iannaccone³, Vivian P. Bykerk⁴, Clifton Bingham III⁵, Michael Weinblatt³ and N A Shadick², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Divison of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Flares are a common experience in RA, often associated with worse clinical outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, lower functional status, and radiographic progression. …
Abstract Number: 2766 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effects of Abatacept in Real Life Practice: Data from a Paneuropean Analysis of RA Registries
Jacques Gottenberg¹, Xavier Mariette², Maria Victoria Hernandez³, Florenzo Iannone⁴, Elisabeth Lie⁵, Helena Canhão⁶, Karel Pavelka⁷, Carl Turesson⁸, Merete Lund Hetland⁹ and Axel Finckh¹⁰, ¹Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France, ²Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ³Biobadaser, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Bari University, Rheumatology, Bari, Italy, ⁵Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Rheumatology, Lisbonne, Portugal, ⁷Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Lund University, Rheumatology, Dept. of Clinical Sciences,, Malmö, Sweden, ⁹DANBIO, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Despite disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), glucocorticoids (GCs) are still widely prescribed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). GCs are associated with numerous potential side effects,…
Abstract Number: 2375 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Tocilizumab Glucocorticoids Sparing Effect: The Spare-1 Study
Alain Saraux¹, Stephanie Rouanet², Rene-Marc Flipo³, Jean-Cyril Poncet⁴, Patrice Fardellone⁵, Pascal Hilliquin⁶, Isabelle Idier⁷ and Alain G. Cantagrel⁸, ¹Department of rheumatology and unit of immunology (EA 2216), CHU Brest et Université Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, ²Medical Department, Roche, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ³Rheumatology, University Hospital Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Rheumatology, General Hospital Gap, Gap, France, ⁵Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Nord, C.H.U. d'Amiens, Amiens, France, ⁶Rheumatology, General Hospital Corbeil, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, ⁷Chugai Pharma, La Defense, France, ⁸Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: Although glucocorticoids (GCs) may be appropriate in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there is general agreement that GCs sparing is desirable. The safety of GCs is…