Abstracts tagged "corticosteroids"

Abstract Number: 2190 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Means of Collaboration between Ophthalmologists, Rheumatologists and Internists in the Management of Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Nationwide Study
Magali Pacanowski Fournier¹, Antoine Brezin², Christophe Chiquet Sr.³, David Saadoun⁴, Jeremie Sellam⁵, Patrice Cacoub⁶, Pascal Sève⁷, Bahram Bodaghi Sr.⁸ and Laurent Kodjikian Sr.^9,10,11, ¹medical department, Magali Pacanowski Fournier is employee of AbbVie and own AbbVie stock, Rungis, France, ²Ophtalmology, Referral Center for Rare Ophthalmological Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, ophtalmology, France, Paris, France, ³ophtalmology, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, La Tronche, France, ⁴Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France, ⁵AP-HP Saint-Antoine hospital, Service de Rhumatologie, Inserm UMRS_938, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital “Pitié-Salpêtrière”, “Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI” University, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷Internal medicine, Internal medicine department, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁸ophtalmology, Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière; Université Sorbonne, paris, France, ⁹ophtalmology, Chu de La Croix-Rousse, hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁰université Claude Bernard lyon 1, villeurbanne, France, ¹¹UMR-CNRS 5510 Matéis, villeurbanne, France
Background/Purpose: When uveitis is believed to be part of an underlying systemic disease or when a systemic treatment is required, a multi-disciplinary approach is usually…
Abstract Number: 2191 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Injections Using Local Puncture Site Sterility
Suzan Jaradat¹, Maheswari Muruganandam², Noelle Rolle², Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.³, William Hayward⁴, N. Suzanne Emil³, Monthida Fangtham³, Roderick Fields³ and Arthur Bankhurst³, ¹Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ²University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, ³Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴The Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US)-guided injections in musculoskeletal medicine typically utilize either local puncture site sterility or conventional surgical sterility. We report on the safety and complications…
Abstract Number: 2198 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Score at Baseline on the Therapeutic Response to Prednisone in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective Study
Nicolas Giraud¹, Maxime Sondag², Aline Charpentier², Hatem Boulahdour³, Clément Prati^4,5, Daniel Wendling^6,7 and Frank Verhoeven⁸, ¹Rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ²rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besancon, France, ³CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁴EA 4267 FDE, FHU INCREASE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besancon, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besancon, France, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France, ⁷EA 4266, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-25000 Besançon, France, F-25000 Besançon, France, ⁸EA 4267 PEPITE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT (FDG-PET/CT) score at baseline, on the therapeutic response to prednisone, in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2390 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Adrenal Suppression Following Ultrasound-Guided Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection with Triamcinolone Acetonide in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Katherine K Ngo¹, Angelina Bernier¹, Melissa E Elder², Renee F Modica² and Akaluck Thatayatikom¹, ¹Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroid injection (IACI) is routinely used in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with oligoarticular disease and as adjunct therapy for other types of JIA.…
Abstract Number: 2773 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Management of a Suspected Case of GCA: An Opinion Survey
Henri Guillet¹, Raphaël Porcher², Alain Saraux³, Loïc Guillevin⁴, Luc Mouthon⁴ and Alexis Régent⁴, ¹Département d'aval des urgences, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ²Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, PARIS, France
Background/Purpose: Giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis. Specialists have formulated recommendations on how to manage a patient with a possible diagnosis of GCA.…
Abstract Number: 462 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Steroid Use in Pediatric Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Nathalie Chalhoub¹, Jianghong Deng², Natasha M. Ruth³, Stacy P. Ardoin⁴, Mileka Gilbert⁵, Theresa Hennard⁶, Linda Hiraki⁷, Paul T. Jensen⁸, Andrea M. Knight⁹, Rebecca Kunder¹⁰, Laura Lewandowski¹¹, Siok Hoon Lily Lim¹², Angela Merritt¹³, Sonia Iqbal Savani¹⁴, Mary Beth Son¹⁵, Emily von Scheven¹⁶, Scott E. Wenderfer¹⁷ and Hermine I. Brunner⁶, ¹Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Beijing Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁹Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Gilead Sciences, Inc, Redwood City, CA, ¹¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Pediatrics-Renal, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) are the mainstay of childhood-onset lupus (cSLE) and proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) therapy. However, there are no widely accepted CS dosing regimens…
Abstract Number: 478 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence Based Recommendations for Corticosteroid Tapering/Discontinuation in New Onset Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients: Results from the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation
Gabriella Giancane¹, Claudio Lavarello², Angela Pistorio², Francesco Zulian², Bo Magnusson³, Tadej Avcin², Fabrizia Corona², Valeria Gerloni², Serena Pastore², Roberto Marini², Silvana Martino², Anne Pagnier⁴, Michel Rodiere², Christine Soler², Valda Stanevicha², Rebecca ten Cate², Yosef Uziel², Jelena Vojinovic², Elena Fueri², Angelo Ravelli⁵, Alberto Martini⁶ and Nicola Ruperto⁷, ¹Clinica Pediatrica - Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ²Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia - PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ³Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia - PRINTO, Genova, Italy, ⁵Clinica Pediatrica - Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁶Universita di Genova Pediatria II, Genova, Italy, ⁷Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: At present no clear evidence based guidelines exist to standardize the tapering and discontinuation of corticosteroids (CS) in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). Aim of our…
Abstract Number: 621 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Practical Optimization of Methotrexate Dose Improves Disease Control of Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Reduction or Discontinuation of Oral Glucocorticoids
Shintaro Hirata¹, Kei Araki¹, Hiroki Kohno¹, Kazutoshi Yukawa¹, Tadahiro Tokunaga¹, Tatsuomi Kuranobu¹, Katsuhiro Oi¹, Yusuke Yoshida¹, Tomohiro Sugimoto¹, Keisuke Oda^1,2, Takaki Nojima^1,3 and Eiji Sugiyama¹, ¹Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ²Hiroshima Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ³Nojima Internal Medicine Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Short-term glucocorticoids (GCs) along with methotrexate (MTX) has been recommended for newly onset patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in EULAR recommendation 2016. However, it…
Abstract Number: 712 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Prednisolone Dose during Treatment of Tuberculosis Correlates with Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Chiao-Feng Cheng, Cheng-Hsun Lu, Song-Chou Hsieh and Ko-Jen Li, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) has complex interplay with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In addition, SLE, corticosteroid, and immunosuppressants are associated with TB infection. However, the prognostic…
Abstract Number: 1371 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Exposure of Triamcinolone Acetonide Following Bilateral Injection of Extended-Release Triamcinolone Acetonide and Standard Triamcinolone in Patients with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis
Alan J. Kivitz¹, Louis Kwong², Tammi Shlotzhauer³, Joelle Lufkin⁴, Teresa Curto⁵ and Scott Kelley⁴, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ³Rochester Clinical Research, Inc., Rochester, NY, ⁴Flexion Therapeutics, Inc., Burlington, MA, ⁵Cytel Inc., Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Current ACR guidelines recommend the use of IACS for short-term acute pain relief in patients (pts) with knee OA.1 Bilateral knee OA can occur…
Abstract Number: 1913 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiomyopathy in the Rheumatologist World: A Retrospective Review of Diagnostic Tools and Treatment Decisions for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Saba Ziaee¹, Siri Kunchakarra², Cara Joyce³, Mark Rabbat⁴ and Rochella A. Ostrowski⁵, ¹Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ³Clinical Research Office, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ⁴Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis has been noted in 2-7% of patients with sarcoidosis. However, the incidence is >20% based on necropsy data. Given the poor yield…
Abstract Number: 1200 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Updating the Knee Osteoarthritis Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Meta-Analysis with Two Large Trials of Extended-Release Triamcinolone Acetonide (FX006) Versus Placebo
Philip G. Conaghan¹, Francis Berenbaum², Virginia B. Kraus³, James Johnson⁴ and Scott Kelley⁵, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Pierre & Marie Curie University, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France, ³Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁴Summit Analytical, Denver, CO, ⁵Flexion Therapeutics, Inc., Burlington, MA
Background/Purpose: A recent meta-analysis concluded that intra-articular corticosteroids (IACS) for knee osteoarthritis (OA) may be associated with moderate improvement in pain compared with control treatment.1,2…
Abstract Number: 1313 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oral Corticosteroid Use during Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Birth in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kristin Palmsten¹, Gretchen Bandoli², Diana L Johnson¹, Ronghui Xu^3,4 and Christina D Chambers¹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: There are limited data regarding gestational timing of oral corticosteroid (OCS) use during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth. The objective was to compare…
Abstract Number: 1442 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Corticosteroid Sparing Effect of Non-TNF Targeted Biologics, Rituximab, Abatacept and Tocilizumab in Common Practice: Data from 3183 Patients Enrolled in the French Society of Rheumatology Registries
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Jacques Morel², Arnaud Constantin³, Thomas Bardin⁴, Alain Cantagrel⁵, Bernard Combe², Maxime Dougados⁶, René-Marc Flipo⁷, Alain Saraux⁸, Thierry Schaeverbeke⁹, Jean Sibilia¹⁰, Martin Soubrier¹¹, Olivier Vittecoq^12,13, Gabriel Baron¹⁴, Elodie Perrodeau¹⁵, Philippe Ravaud¹⁴ and Xavier Mariette¹⁶, ¹CNRS, Immunopathologie et Chimie Thérapeutique/Laboratory of Excellence Medalis, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France, ²Rheumatology, CHU Lapeyronie and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hopital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁴Clinique de Rhumatologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris Cedex 10, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Teaching Hospital Lille, France., Lille, France, ⁸Rheumatology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Bordeaux University Hospital, BORDEAUX, France, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹²INSERM U905 & Normandy University, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France, ¹³Rheumatology Department and INSERM U 905, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹⁴Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, ¹⁵Epidemiology, Hopital Hotel Dieu, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁶Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding the corticosteroid sparing effect of non-TNF biologics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Objectives : To compare the corticosteroid sparing effect of…
Abstract Number: 1460 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Factors Associated with Successful Down-Titration of Biologics for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Practice
Takaaki Komiya¹, Kaoru Minegishi-Takase², Natsuki Sakurai¹, Yuichiro Sato¹, Hideto Nagai³, Naoki Hamada³, Yumiko Sugiyama³, Naomi Tsuchida¹, Yutaro Soejima³, Yosuke Kunishita³, Hiroto Nakano³, Daiga Kishimoto³, Koji Kobayashi², Reikou Kamiyama³, Ryusuke Yoshimi³, Yukiko Asami³, Yohei Kirino³, Shigeru Ohno⁴ and Hideaki Nakajima³, ¹Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ³Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴Center for Rheumatic Disease, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Randomized clinical trials have shown that if a patient is in sustained remission, biological disease-modifying anti rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) therapy can be tapered in…

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