Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1026 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact Of Basing Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measurement and Treatment Recommendations On Patient Instead Of Physician Joint Assessments
Yomei Shaw¹, Daisy Bang², Heather Eng³, Stephen R. Wisniewski⁴, Mark S. Roberts¹ and Marc C. Levesque⁵, ¹Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines recommend treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) be informed by a measure of disease activity such as the Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS28-CRP), which…
Abstract Number: 422 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity In Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated With Abnormal Left Ventricular Geometry
Helga Midtbø¹, Eva Gerdts^1,2, Inge C. Olsen³, Tore K. Kvien⁴, Einar Davidsen¹ and Anne Grete Semb³, ¹Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ²Department of Cinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose :Disease activity is related to risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients1,2. Left ventricular (LV) geometry strongly predicts CV mortality and…
Abstract Number: 2663 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Moving Towards Personalized Healthcare: A Patient Reported Outcome Based Algorithm Can Aid Rheumatologists and Patients In Monitoring Rheumatoid Arthritis In Daily Clinical Practice
Jos Hendrikx¹, Jaap Fransen², Alessandro Toniolo³ and Piet L.C.M. van Riel⁴, ¹Rheumatology (470), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Rome, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several Patient Reported Outcome (PRO)-based instruments to measure disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) exist, though an evidence base for their use in monitoring…
Abstract Number: 2280 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stiffness From The Perspective Of People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ana-Maria Orbai¹, Katherine Clegg-Smith², Susan J. Bartlett³, Elaine De Leon⁴, Michelle Jones⁵ and Clifton O. Bingham III¹, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ³Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Stiffness was included in the 1961 and 1987 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) classification criteria and continues to be commonly queried in clinical care. Its relative…
Abstract Number: 1788 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Test (Vectra^® DA) Estimates Risk Of Radiographic Progression For Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis From The Leiden Early Arthritis Clinic
Wanying Li¹, DJ Haney¹, Guy Cavet¹, Thomas W. Huizinga², Eric H. Sasso¹ and A. H. M. van der Helm-van Mil³, ¹Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) blood test assesses disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using a validated algorithm to provide a score…
Abstract Number: 1357 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Coping Style Is An Independent Predictor For Disease Activity At Three Months In Early Arthritis Patients Initiating Therapy With Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
T. Martijn Kuijper¹, Hong Xiong², A.E.a.M. Weel³, A.H. Gerards⁴, Jendé van Zeben⁵, P.H.P. de Jong⁶, Ilja Tchetverikov⁷, P.B.J. de Sonnaville⁸, M.V. Krugten⁹, B.A. Grillet¹⁰, Jolanda J. Luime² and Johanna M.W. Hazes¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Vlietland Hospital, Schiedam, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Dordrecht, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis, Goes, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital, Vlissingen, Netherlands, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Zorgsaam Hospital, Terneuzen, Netherlands, ¹¹Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To explore the effect of psychosocial factors on the Disease Activity Score (DAS) and its components in early arthritis patients three months after initiating…
Abstract Number: 1029 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quality Of Life In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Cross-National Comparison Study Between US and South Korea
Yoon-Kyoung Sung^1,2, Kazuki Yoshida^2,3, Femke H.M. Prince^2,4, Michelle A. Frits², Jung-Yoon Choe⁵, Won Tae Chung⁶, Jisoo Lee⁷, Eun-Mi Koh⁸, Dae-Hyun Yoo⁹, Simon M. Helfgott², Nancy A. Shadick¹⁰, Michael E. Weinblatt¹¹, Sang-Cheol Bae¹ and Daniel H. Solomon², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Rheumatology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, South Korea, ⁷Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁹Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁰Rheumatology/Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Quality of life (QOL) is a well-established outcome for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trials. To perform trials with QOL as an outcome involving many countries,…
Abstract Number: 380 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Is An Independent Risk Factor Of Chronic Kidney Disease
Ryosuke Hanaoka^1,2, Kazuhiro Kurasawa³, Ayae Tanaka⁴ and Harutsugu Okada⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Kamitsuga General Hospital, Kanuma, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Kamitsuga General Hospital, Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan, ³Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi-ken, Japan, ⁴Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, ⁵Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu-machi, Tochigi-ken, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that affects not only joints but also many organs. RA causes vascular damages to contribute to…
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,…

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