Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1417 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patients with RF+/ACPA+ RA and First-Line TNF Inhibitor versus Abatacept Treatment Choice in Real-World Clinical Practice
Gordon Lam¹, Hanke Zheng², Emily Bland³, Vardhaman Patel⁴, Laetitia N’Dri⁵, Parisa Asgarisabet³, Keith Wittstock⁴, Cherrishe Brown-Bickerstaff³, Mark Chaballa², Bruce Feinberg³, Vadim Khaychuk⁶ and Andrew J Klink³, ¹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrence Township, NJ, ⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, ⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Pennington, MA
Background/Purpose: Early intensive treatment (tx) is an accepted paradigm in the tx of patients (pts) with RA with poor prognostic factors (eg, RF/ACPA seropositivity); however,…
Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2022
Achievement of Different Treatment Targets with Izokibep Demonstrates Efficacy Benefits in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from a 16-Week Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Clinical Trial
Frank Behrens¹, Peter Taylor², Philip J Mease³, Paul Peloso⁴, Dieter Wetzel⁵, Nicolai Brun⁵, Brian Wiens⁶, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁷, Edit Drescher⁸, Eva Dokoupilova⁹, Anna Rowińska-Osuch¹⁰, Nadia Abdel- Kader Martin¹¹ and Kurt de Vlam¹², ¹Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ²University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ⁴ACELYRIN, Naples, FL, ⁵Affibody AB, Solna, Sweden, ⁶ACELYRIN, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Veszprem Megyei Csolnoky Ferenc Korhaz, Budapest, Hungary, ⁹Medical Plus, s.r.o. & Masaryk University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Brno, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁰ETG Network - Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland, ¹¹Hospital Infanta Luisa Quiron, Rheumatology, Sevilla, Spain, ¹²University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, inflammatory disease with multiple clinical manifestations (arthritis, spondylitis, enthesitis, dactylitis, skin, nails). IL-17 inhibitors have shown efficacy across…
Abstract Number: 2012 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologics: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yasmin Khader, Azizullah Beran, Sami Ghazaleh, Rawish Fatima, Ashu Acharya and Nezam Altorok, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have emerged as an effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), improving patients’ quality of life throughout the disease course.…
Abstract Number: 2126 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Risankizumab on Enthesitis and Dactylitis: Integrated Analysis of the Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 Trials
Shawn Kwatra¹, Saakshi Khattri², Ahmad Amin³, Huzefa Photowala⁴, Ran Liu⁴, Byron Padilla⁵, Blair Kaplan⁴ and Dennis McGonagle⁶, ¹John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Northwestern Medicine Dermatology, Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Waukegan, IL, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive condition with chronic inflammation and joint destruction impacting quality of life.1 Dactylitis and enthesitis are clinically relevant domains…
Abstract Number: 0265 • ACR Convergence 2022
In Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Clinical Examination of the Feet Is Important for Understanding Individual Disease Burden, but Does Not Provoke a Change in Therapy in Most Cases
Nicolai Leuchten, Christoph Weinert and Martin Aringer, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Background/Purpose: Disease activity scores like CDAI, SDAI, or DAS28, are essential for measuring rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. These scores do not contain foot joints.…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Prospective Study Evaluating the Utility of Ultrasound in Monitoring Newly-Diagnosed GCA
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy² and David Kane¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Background/Purpose: In recent years, Temporal Artery US (TAUS) has become a reliable alternative to biopsy for diagnosing GCA. However, normalisation of pathologic findings have been…
Abstract Number: 0894 • ACR Convergence 2022
DAS28-gGT for the Prediction of Major Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the ESPOIR Cohort
Anne Dupont¹, Arnaud Constantin², Martin Soubrier³ and Jérôme Avouac⁴, ¹Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP. Centre Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, ²Toulouse University Hospital and University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, ³Gabriel-Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience premature mortality that is largely due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Ample evidence suggests that elevated γGT activity is…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network Demonstrates Outcome Improvement for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Catherine Bingham¹, Julia Harris², Sheetal Vora³, Mileka Gilbert⁴, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁵, Kerry Ferraro⁶, Tingting Qiu⁷, Jon Burnham⁸, Michelle Batthish⁹, Beth Gottlieb¹⁰, Daniel Lovell⁷, Ronald Laxer¹¹, Tzielan Lee¹², Danielle Bullock¹³, Charles H Spencer¹⁴, Jennifer Weiss¹⁵, Melissa Hazen¹⁶, Edward Oberle¹⁷, Melissa Mannion¹⁸, Nancy Pan¹⁹, Michael Shishov²⁰, Danielle Fair²¹, Mary Toth²², Kendra Wiegand⁷ and Esi Morgan²³, ¹Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ³Atrium Health Levine Children's, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Texas Children's Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Philadelphia, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, MS, ¹⁵Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁶Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁰Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²¹Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²²Nemours Foundation, Orlando, FL, ²³Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) is a Learning Health Network designed to improve outcomes of care for children with juvenile idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1418 • ACR Convergence 2022
Change in Disease Activity and Occurrence of Adverse Events After Initiation of Etanercept in Pediatric Patients with Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis in the CARRA Registry
Colleen Correll¹, Scott Stryker², David Collier³, Anne Dennos⁴, Stephen Balevic⁵, Thomas Phillips⁵ and Tim Beukelman⁶, ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Amgen Inc., San Francisco, CA, ³Amgen Inc., Simi Valley, CA, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁶Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) constitutes ~5% of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Several therapeutics are available for JPsA; however, given the low JPsA incidence, important…
Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Effect of Treat to Target in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – A 5-year Prospective Study
Huan Meng¹, Isaac Cheng², Byran P Yan¹, Alex PW Lee¹, Ho So¹ and Lai-shan Tam², ¹The Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis driven by chronic inflammation. We have previously reported that achieving sustained disease activity score 28 (DAS28)…
Abstract Number: 2018 • ACR Convergence 2022
Five Year Follow-up of Systemic Disease Activity Measured with the ESSDAI in a Standard of Care Cohort of Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Liseth de Wolff¹, Suzanne Arends², Alja Stel³, Greetje van Zuiden³, Jolien van Nimwegen², Arjan Vissink⁴, Frans Kroese², Gwenny Verstappen² and Hendrika Bootsma², ¹UMCG, Zwolle, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) is often used as primary endpoint in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) in patients with primary Sjögren's…
Abstract Number: 2130 • ACR Convergence 2022
Apremilast in Bio-Naïve Patients with Early Psoriatic Arthritis: A National, Real-Life, Multicenter, Non-Interventional, Prospective, 52-week Cohort Study
Petros P. Sfikakis¹, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos², Gkikas Katsifis³, Georgios Vosvotekas⁴, Theodoros Dimitroulas⁵, Argyro Repa⁶, Grigorios Sakellariou⁷, THEODORA SIMOPOULOU⁸, Athanasios Georgountzos⁹, Andreas Bounas¹⁰, Panagiotis Georgiou¹¹, Evangelia Mole¹², Evangelia Kataxaki¹³, Stamatis Nick Liossis¹⁴, Evangelos Theodorou¹⁵, Christina Antoniadou¹⁶, EVANGELOS THEOTIKOS¹⁷, PANAYIOTIS VLACHOYIANNOPOULOS¹⁸, THEODORA MARKATSELI¹⁹, Angeliki Kekki²⁰, NIKOLAOS ANTONAKOPOULOS²¹ and Dimitrios Boumpas²², ¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, ²Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ³Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁴Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁵4th Department of Internal medicine, Hippokration Hospital, School of medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁶Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, 424 General Army Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁸Clinic of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece, Larissa, Larisa, Greece, ⁹General Hospital of Athens G. Gennimatas, Athens, Greece, ¹⁰Olympion private General Clinic of Patras, Patras, Greece;, Patra, Akhaia, Greece, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Agios Andreas Hospital, Patras, Greece, PATRA, Akhaia, Greece, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina, Magoula, Greece, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece, Patras, Akhaia, Greece, ¹⁵Rheumatology Clinic 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹⁶First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹⁸Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ²⁰Genesis Pharma SA, Halandri, Greece, ²¹Genesis Pharma SA, Chalandri, Greece, ²²4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Apremilast is a targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (tsDMARD) approved for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Few clinical studies assessing treatment regimens in PsA have focused…
Abstract Number: 0317 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient and Physician Perspectives on EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI) and EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI): A Qualitative Interview Study
Samantha Wratten¹, Carl Cooper², Jessica Flynn², Natasha Griffiths², Rebecca Hall³, Linda Abetz-Webb², Simon J Bowman⁴, Wolfgang Hueber⁵, Briana Ndife⁶ and Pushpendra Goswami⁵, ¹Adelphi Values, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ²Adelphi Values, Bollington, United Kingdom, ³Adelphi Values Ltd, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Novartis, East Hanover, NJ
Background/Purpose: The aim of this research was to gain qualitative patient and physician feedback on the EULAR Sjögren’s syndrome patient reported index (ESSPRI) and the…
Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2021
Value of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) as a Disease Activity Measure in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Johny Fares¹, Andrea Healy¹ and Martin Bergman², ¹Main Line Health, Wynnewood, PA, ²Martin Jan Bergman, MD, Ridley Park, PA
Background/Purpose: The RAPID3 is a patient-reported pooled index of three measures: function, pain, and patient global estimate of status, that is used to classify disease…
Abstract Number: 0858 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of COVID Infection and COVID Vaccination on SLE Activity, Including Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Michelle Petri¹, Jessica Li² and Daniel Goldman¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: SLE patients may have a particular propensity to some viral infections including zoster and CMV. International studies have suggested that prednisone and rituximab may…

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