Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 0884 • ACR Convergence 2021
Genetics of Longitudinal Disease Activity in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Linda Hiraki¹, Fangming Liao¹, Dafna Gladman², Ker-Ai Lee³, Zahi Touma⁴, Joan Wither⁵, Richard Cook³ and Murray Urowitz⁶, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Genetics and gene expression has been shown to correlate with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease severity. Our aim was to identify genetic risk loci…
Abstract Number: 1234 • ACR Convergence 2021
Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Long-Term Upadacitinib Therapy
Martin Bergman¹, Maya Buch², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Gustavo Citera⁴, Sami Bahlas⁵, Ernest Wong⁶, Yanna Song⁷, Namita Tundia⁷, Jessica Suboticki⁷ and Vibeke Strand⁸, ¹Martin Jan Bergman, MD, Ridley Park, PA, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Rheumatology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, ⁷AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸Stanford University School of Medicine, Portola Valley, CA
Background/Purpose: Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) is a pooled index of 3 patient-reported measures: patient global assessment, pain, and physical function. RAPID3…
Abstract Number: 1344 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Achieving Minimal Disease Activity on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Disease Activity Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARDs
Alexis Ogdie¹, Robert McLean², Maya Marchese², Taylor Blachley², Laura Anatale-Tardiff³, Christopher Saffore⁴, Kevin Douglas⁵, Danny Quach⁵ and Philip Mease⁶, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ³CorEvitas, Waltham, MA, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Minimal disease activity (MDA) is a common goal for disease control when managing PsA. The aim of this study was to assess the association…
Abstract Number: 1706 • ACR Convergence 2021
Twenty-four-week Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled First-in-Human Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Neurostimulation with a Miniaturized Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device in Patients with Multidrug-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
Norman Gaylis¹, Mark Genovese², David Sikes³, Alan Kivitz⁴, Diane Horowitz⁵, Charles Peterfy⁶, Yaakov Levine⁷ and David Chernoff⁸, ¹Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ²Stanford University, Sunnyvale, CA, ³Florida Medical Clinic, Wesley Chapel, FL, ⁴Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁵Northwell Health, Jericho, NY, ⁶Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ⁷SetPoint Medical, Manhassest, NY, ⁸SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) activates innate neuroimmune reflexes that have been shown to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines and clinical disease activity in subjects with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1910 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes and Stringent Measures of Disease Activity in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Upadacitinib versus Placebo or Adalimumab: Results from a Phase 3 Trial
Laure Gossec¹, Nemanja Damjanov², Shigeyoshi Tsuji³, Apinya Lertratanakul⁴, Ralph Lippe⁵, Jayeshkumar Patel⁴, Patrick Zueger⁶ and Kurt de Vlam⁷, ¹Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ³Department of Orthopaedics/Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Osaka Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan, ⁴AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany, ⁶AbbVie Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The achievement of disease control has been shown to be associated with improved prognosis in PsA, though no single measure of low disease activity…
Abstract Number: 0129 • ACR Convergence 2021
Real-World Flare Rates and Progression by Treatment Settings Among the Commercially-Insured Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Population in the U.S
Sandra Sze-jung Wu¹, Allison Perry², Helen Varker², Richard Bizier², Joseph Tkacz² and Robert Ortmann³, ¹AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ²IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ³AstraZeneca, Greenwood, IN
Background/Purpose: The clinical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is complicated, as patients cycle through periods of active disease (flares) and remission. To establish the…
Abstract Number: 0374 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score with a Quick Quantitative Creactiveprotein Assay (ASDAS-qCRP) in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA): Aprospective, National, Multicenter Study
Fabian Proft¹, Julia Schally², Henning Christian Brandt³, Jan Brandt-Jrgens⁴, Gerd Burmester¹, Hildrun Haibel⁵, Henriette Käding², Kirsten Karberg⁶, Susanne Lüders⁷, Burkhard Muche², Mikhail Protopopov¹, Judith Rademacher¹, Valeria Rios Rodriguez¹, Murat Torgutalp¹, Maryna Verba⁸, Silke Zinke⁹ and Denis Poddubnyy¹⁰, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ³Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumapraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: According to international recommendations, the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) is the preferred score for assessing disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) [1].…
Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2021
Remission Rates of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Tertiary Care
Nils Gildemeister¹, Imke Redeker², Bjoern Buehring¹, Ioana Andreica¹, David Kiefer³, Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Juergen Braun¹ and Uta Kiltz¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Essen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The main goal of treatment for patients (pts.) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to achieve remission, in order to both, preserve physical function and…
Abstract Number: 0909 • ACR Convergence 2021
How Does Gender Affect Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes and Retention Rates in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis? – Real World Data from a German Observational Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Jan Brandt-Jrgens², Peter Kästner³, Elke Riechers⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ³Ambulantes Rheumazentrum Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany, ⁴Department for Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Current studies suggest that the phenotype of spondyloarthritis differs between genders and that this may influence the subsequent diagnostic approach and therapeutic decisions1. The…
Abstract Number: 1237 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictors of Response: Baseline Characteristics and Early Treatment Responses Associated with Achievement of Remission and Low Disease Activity Among Upadacitinib-Treated Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Zoltan Szekanecz², Edward Keystone³, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁴, Stephen Hall⁵, Ricardo Xavier⁶, Joaquim Pereira⁷, In-Ho Song⁸, Naomi Martin⁹, Yanna Song⁸, Samuel Anyanwu⁸ and Peter Nash¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ³Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Kantonspital St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Emeritus Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Departamento de Reumatologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ⁷Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁹AbbVie Inc., Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: Early prediction of response to treatment with upadacitinib (UPA) 15 mg once daily (QD) could help optimize therapy in patients (pts) with RA.1-4 The…
Abstract Number: 1350 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sustained Improvement in Physical Function, Disease Impact and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Bimekizumab: 3-Year Results from a Phase 2b Open-Label Extension Study
Laure Gossec¹, Akihiko Asahina², Alice Gottlieb³, Laura Coates⁴, Barbara Ink⁵, Deepak Assudani⁶, Jason Coarse⁷, Scarlett Hellot⁸, Jason Eells⁶ and Philip Mease⁹, ¹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ²Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵UCB Celltech, Slough, UK, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁸UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ⁹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits both interleukin (IL)-17F and IL-17A, and has demonstrated clinical improvements in joint and skin…
Abstract Number: 1722 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Pre-eclampsia and Impact of Disease Activity and Anti-rheumatic Treatment in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondylarthritis, and Psoriatic Arthritis – A Collaborative Matched Cohort Study from Sweden and Denmark
Anne Emilie Secher¹, Karin Hellgren², Bente Glintborg³, Ane Rom⁴, Merete Hetland⁵ and Fredrik Granath², ¹COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵DANBIO and COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-related syndrome with potentially fatal outcomes. In RA, high disease activity has been associated to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm…
Abstract Number: 1912 • ACR Convergence 2021
Meteorological Variables Have Different Effect on Core Measures of Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Peter Mandl¹, Paul Studenic², Farideh Alasti¹, Rainer Kaltenberger³, Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Thomas Krennert³, Josef Smolen¹ and Daniel Aletaha⁴, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Karolinska Institute; & Medical University of Vienna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: The notion that weather conditions may influence the symptoms and course of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases goes back to ancient times. We aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0130 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical and Economic Characterization of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Real World Observation Across Disease Severity and Payer Channels in the U.S
Joseph Tkacz¹, Allison Perry¹, Helen Varker¹, Richard Bizier¹, Robert Ortmann² and Sandra Sze-jung Wu³, ¹IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ²AstraZeneca, Greenwood, IN, ³AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Current literature characterizing the economic and clinical burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is outdated and often does not consider SLE disease severity, which…
Abstract Number: 0376 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Patient and Disease Characteristics on Global Functioning and Health in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Bayesian Network Analysis of Data from an Early axSpA Cohort
Imke Redeker¹, Robert Landewé², Désirée van der Heijde³, Sofia Ramiro⁴, Annelies Boonen⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶, Juergen Braun⁷ and Uta Kiltz⁷, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, ⁶Université de Paris . Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris . INSERM (U1153): Clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité. Paris, France., Paris, France, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Current knowledge on the health status of patients (pts.) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) mainly focusses on physical function and disease activity. Using a generic…

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