Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1314 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of the Utility and Validity of Three Scoring Tools to Detect Skin Disease in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Raquel Campanilho-Marques¹, Beverley Almeida², Katie Arnold¹, Kiran Nistala³, Clarissa A Pilkington⁴ and Lucy R Wedderburn¹, ¹Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute for Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare condition affecting 3 children/million/year. Muscle and skin involvement are key features. The muscle symptoms are frequently the main…
Abstract Number: 838 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity on Cardiovascular Disease Risk: What Is the Role of the Flare?
Elena Myasoedova¹, Arun K. Chandran², Birkan İlhan³, Brittny T. Major⁴, C. John Michet III², Eric L. Matteson² and Cynthia S. Crowson⁴, ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Longitudinal studies assessing the effect of changes of RA activity on…
Abstract Number: 488 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increases in Serum Cholesterol with Baricitinib Treatment Are Associated with Favorable Changes in Apolipoprotein Content and with Improvement in DAS28-CRP in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joel M. Kremer¹, Mark C Genovese², Edward C. Keystone³, Peter C. Taylor⁴, Steven H. Zuckerman⁵, Douglas E. Schlichting⁵, Eric P. Nantz⁵, Scott D. Beattie⁵ and William L. Macias⁶, ¹Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Lilly Corporate Center, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Treatment with baricitinib (bari), an oral inhibitor of JAK1/JAK2, demonstrated improvements in signs and symptoms of RA through 52 wks in a Phase 2b…
Abstract Number: 356 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease Score Is Associated with Disease Activity By Clinical, Laboratory and Ultrasonographic Measures: Validation in an inception Cohort of DMARD naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lena Bugge Nordberg¹, Elisabeth Lie², Anna-Birgitte Aga¹, Marthe Thoresen Maehlen³, Inge Olsen C⁴, Till Uhlig⁴, Tore K. Kvien⁴, Espen A. Haavardsholm⁵ and the Arctic study Group⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: The Rheumatoid arthritis impact of disease (RAID) score is a relatively new patient-derived composite score assessing the seven most important domains of the impact…
Abstract Number: 2569 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum S100A4 Levels Correlate With Skin Fibrosis and Lung Involvement In Systemic Sclerosis
Michal Tomcik¹, Lucie Andres Cerezo¹, Simona Skacelova², Martin Komarc³, Radim Becvar¹, Mariam Grigorian⁴, Joerg HW Distler⁵ and Ladislav Senolt¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Biophysics and Informatics of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Our previous study demonstrated that S100A4 is overexpressed in scleroderma (SSc) skin, fibroblasts and preclinical models of SSc in a TGF-β dependent manner. Furthermore,…
Abstract Number: 2251 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Variability in the Classification of Remission Among Disease Activity Indices and Their Correlation: An Analysis From a Prospective, Observational Registry
William G. Bensen¹, Algis V Jovaisas², J. Carter Thorne³, Philip Baer⁴, Majed M. Khraishi⁵, Sanjay Dixit⁶, Denis Choquette⁷, Michael Starr⁸, Isabelle Fortin⁹, Dalton E. Sholter¹⁰, Emmanouil Rampakakis^11,12, John S. Sampalis^11,12, Francois Nantel¹³, Allen J. Lehman¹⁴, May Shawi¹⁵ and Susan M. Otawa¹⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁴Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁵Nexus Clinical Research, St John's, NF, Canada, ⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁸Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Centre de rhumatologie de l'est du Québec (CREQ), Rimouski, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Rheumatology Associates, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹¹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Medical Affairs, Janssen Canada Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In recent years, disease remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been assessed using various disease activity indices such as the DAS28-CRP, SDAI, CDAI, ACR/EULAR-recommended…
Abstract Number: 1779 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized Controlled, Clinical, Histological and mRNA Profiling Pilot Study Of Endurance Exercise In Myositis
Li Alemo Munters^1,2, Ingela M. Loell³, Joan Raouf⁴, Maryam Dastmalchi³, Eva Lindroos⁵, Christina Ottosson⁶, Yi-Wen Chen⁷, Annemarie F van Delden⁸, Mona Esbjörnsson⁹, Marina Korotkova¹⁰, Helene Alexanderson¹¹, Kanneboyina Nagaraju¹² and Ingrid E. Lundberg¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, , Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Physiotherapy, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA., Washington DC, DC, ⁸Department of Medicine,, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹²Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, DC, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: This pilot study is a hypothesis-driven exploratory part of a larger randomized controlled trial evaluating effects of a supervised 12-week endurance exercise program (EG)…
Abstract Number: 1359 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Correlate With Weather Conditions?
Eimear Savage¹, David McCormick¹, Stephen McDonald¹, Michael Stevenson², Owen Moore³ and Andrew Cairns⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Belfast Hospitals Trust, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast BT9 7JB, Northern Ireland, ²Medical Statistics, Centre for Public Health., Queens University, Belfast. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences., Belfast BT12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, ³Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Rheumatology, Belfast Hospitals Trust, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis is a common inflammatory joint condition affecting up to 1% of the Northern Ireland population. Patients often report increasing joint pain with…
Abstract Number: 942 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CXCL13 Is a Marker Of Joint Involvement In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stinne Greisen¹, Tue Rasmussen¹, Karen Schelde¹, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen², Merete Lund Hetland³, Kim Hørslev-Petersen⁴, Bent Deleuran⁵ and Malene Hvid⁶, ¹Dept of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: CXCL13 is central in the formation of lymphoid follicles in secondary and tertiary lymphoid tissue. It attracts CXCR5-expressing B cells and follicular helper T…
Abstract Number: 392 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence Of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Across International Regions: A Comparison Of The Corrona International and Corrona United States Registries
Dimitrios A. Pappas¹, Kathy Lampl², Joel M. Kremer³, Sebastião C. Radominski⁴, Janos Gal⁵, Fredrik Nyberg⁶, Anand N. Malaviya⁷, Aimée Whitworth⁸, Oscar Luis Rillo⁹, Allan Gibofsky¹⁰, Tatiana Popkova¹¹, Meilien Ho¹², Ieda Laurindo¹³, George W. Reed⁸, Eduardo Mario Kerzberg¹⁴, Laura Horne¹⁵, Roman Záhora¹⁶, Katherine C. Saunders¹⁷, Bernado Pons-Estel¹⁸, Alina U. Onofrei¹⁹ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg²⁰, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²AstraZeneca R&D Wilmington, Wilmington, DE, ³Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁴Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, County Hospital, Kecskemet, Hungary, ⁶AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology, Consultant Rheumatologist, ISIC Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi-11007-, India, ⁸CORRONA, Inc., Southborough, MA, ⁹Hospital Tornú, Capital Federal, Argentina, ¹⁰Medicine and Public Health, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Research Institute of Rheumatology -Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, Russia, ¹²AstraZeneca R&D Alderley Park, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ¹³Rheumatology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹⁴Rheumatology, J. M. Ramos Mejía Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁵AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ¹⁶Revmatologická ambulance, Terezin, Czech Republic, ¹⁷Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ¹⁸Hospital Provincial de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, ¹⁹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²⁰Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major comorbidity in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We explored variations in the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk…
Abstract Number: 2545 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Cytokines and Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors Response To Moderate/Intense Exercise
Luiz A. Perandini¹, Diego Sales-de-Oliveira¹, Suzana B.V. Mello², Niels O Camara³, Fernanda R. Lima¹, Eduardo F. Borba², Eloisa Bonfa², Ana Lucia Sá-Pinto¹, Hamilton Roschel⁴ and Bruno Gualano⁵, ¹University of Sao Paulo, Rheumatology Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²University of Sao Paulo, Rheumatology Division, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Educação Física e Esporte, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵University of Sao Paulo, School of Physical Education and Sport, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rheumatic autoimmune condition characterized by altered lipoprotein profile, physical dysfunction and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Exercise is,…
Abstract Number: 2256 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of the Factors That Contribute to the Differences Between DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP
Toshihiro Matsui¹, Hirotaka Tsuno², Jinju Nishino³, Yoshiaki Kuga⁴, Atsushi Hashimoto⁵ and Shigeto Tohma⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Nishino Clinic, Orthopedics and Rheumatology, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Wakaba Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁶Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan
Background/Purpose: It is widely accepted that the remission rate of DAS28-CRP is larger than that of DAS28-ESR, SDAI, and CDAI in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 1787 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Age At Disease Onset Influence Disease Activity and Function In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients? Results From The Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative (OBRI) Registry
Thanu Nadarajah¹, Binu Jacob², Pooneh Akhavan³, Bindee Kuriya⁴, Edward C. Keystone⁵ and Claire Bombardier⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The population of elderly individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is increasing. The aim of this study was to assess whether age at disease onset…
Abstract Number: 1361 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stringent Therapies Improve Clinical, Radiographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Outcome In Early-Stage Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients From Japanese Population: Longitudinal Study From Nagasaki Early Arthritis Cohort
Mami Tamai^1,2, Yoshikazu Nakashima³, Junko Kita⁴, Ayuko Takatani⁴, Ayako Nishino³, Takahisa Suzuki³, Yoshiro Horai³, Akitomo Okada⁵, Shin-ya Kawashiri^3,6, Naoki Iwamoto³, Kunihiro Ichinose³, Kazuhiko Arima⁶, Hideki Nakamura³, Tomoki Origuchi⁷, Masataka Uetani⁸, Katsumi Eguchi⁹ and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Center for Health & Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁹Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Prognosis of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) nowadays is supposed to become better by treat-to-target (T2T) strategy. Osteitis determined by magnetic resonance imaging…
Abstract Number: 882 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Of a Neutrophil Gene Signature Comprised Of Low Density Granulocyte (LDG)-Enriched Genes With Both Future Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity and Poor Longterm Outcomes
Michelle Petri¹, Laurence S. Magder², Hong Fang¹, Jadwiga Bienkowska³, Andrea Dearth⁴, Norm Allaire⁵ and Ann Ranger⁴, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ³Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁴Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils and neutrophil death (NETosis) have a role in the pathogenesis of SLE. A neutrophil gene signature (NGS) exists in SLE, although its association…

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