Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2784 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Alterations in Inflammatory, TNF-Superfamily, and IFN-Associated Chemokines Precede Clinical Changes in SLEDAI After Methylprednisolone Treatment of SLE Patients
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Carla J. Guthridge ¹, Sarah Kleckner ¹, Ly Tran ², Joel Guthridge ³, Debra J. Zack ⁴, Judith James ³ and Joan T. Merrill ⁵, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Xencor, Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁵Okalahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: SLE is typified by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and immune dysregulation. Corticosteroids are almost universally effective, but marked by unacceptable side effects.…
Abstract Number: 468 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Body Mass Index on the Disease Activity of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Gender Specific Manner and Association of Respective Serum C – Reactive Protein Levels with the Body’s Inflammatory Status
Shumaila Iqbal¹, Linda Burns ², Joseph Grisanti ² and Cassandra Zhi ³, ¹University at Buffalo, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, ²Buffalo Rheumatology and Medicine, Buffalo, ³Dexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Current literature evaluating the effect of high Body Mass Index (BMI) on the disease activity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is mixed as…
Abstract Number: 1533 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Performance Characteristics of Composite Measures Used in a Randomized Trial Examining Etanercept and Methotrexate as Monotherapy or in Combination in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Laura Coates¹, Joseph Merola ², Philip Mease ³, Alexis Ogdie ⁴, Dafna Gladman ⁵, Vibeke Strand ⁶, Leonieke van Mens ⁷, Lyrica Liu ⁸, Priscilla K Yen ⁸, David Collier ⁸, Gregory Kricorian ⁸, James Chung ⁸ and Philip Helliwell ⁹, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St Joseph Health, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Department of Medicine and Rheumatology and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁷University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Composite measures of disease activity are used in psoriatic arthritis (PsA), but their relative performance and contributions of individual components to overall scores are…
Abstract Number: 2796 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Omega-3 Supplementation and Disease Activity in a Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Observational Cohort
Adel Andemeskel¹, Vivi Feathers ¹, Christine Iannaccone ¹, Jing Cui ¹ and Nancy Shadick ¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Omega-3 supplementation is one of a few complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies that has shown promise in improving RA symptoms through small, randomized…
Abstract Number: 469 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Location and Size of Affected Joints Are Useful to Predict Prognosis of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Susumu Nishiyama¹, Tetsuji Sawada ² and Shigeto Tohma ³, ¹Rheumatic Disease Center, Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: To predict prognosis of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the location and the size of affected joints.Methods: Data of 7,776 patients with RA,…
Abstract Number: 1535 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Achievement of Very Low Disease Activity and Remission Treatment Targets Is Associated with Reduced Radiographic Progression in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Certolizumab Pegol
Laura Coates¹, Joseph Merola ², Arthur Kavanaugh ³, Philip Mease ⁴, Owen Davies ⁵, Oscar Irvin-Sellers ⁶, Tommi Nurminen ⁷ and Désirée van der Heijde ⁸, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Swedish Medical Center/Providence St Joseph Health, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, England, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several disease activity measures and thresholds have been recommended as psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treatment targets, although consensus on the most appropriate assessment tool is…
Abstract Number: 473 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
RA Presents in Disease Patterns Impacting Treatment Response
Kathryne Marks¹, Dana Symons ², Cynthia Crowson ³, Pamela Sinicrope ⁴ and Kelly O'Neill ⁵, ¹Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Gurnee, IL, ²Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Inc., Rockford, MI, ³Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Inc., Winter Springs, FL
Background/Purpose: Despite significant research on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disease courses have not been clearly described. Like systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis, RA displays a…
Abstract Number: 1537 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Concomitant Treatment with Methotrexate Does Not Increase the Efficacy of Ustekinumab or TNF Inhibitors in Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from a Real-world, Multicenter Study
Stefan Siebert¹, Elisa Gremese ², Paul Bergmans ³, Kurt De Vlam ⁴, Beatriz Joven-Ibáñez ⁵, Gkikas Katsifis ⁶, Tatiana Korotaeva ⁷, Wim Noël ⁸, Carlo Selmi ⁹, Petros Sfikakis ¹⁰, Pavel Smirnov ¹¹, Elke Theander ¹², Michael Nurmohamed ¹³, Laure Gossec ¹⁴ and Josef Smolen ¹⁵, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ³Biostatistics and Medical Affairs, Janssen, Tilburg, Netherlands, ⁴University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Naval Hospital of Athens, Rheumatology Clinic, Athens, Greece, ⁷Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁸Biostatistics and Medical Affairs, Janssen, Brussels, Belgium, ⁹Humanitas Research Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Joint Rheumatology Programme, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ¹¹Biostatistics and Medical Affairs, Janssen, Moscow, Russia, ¹²Biostatistics and Medical Affairs, Janssen, Solna, Sweden, ¹³Reade and VU Rheumatology Research Department, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ¹⁵Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: The additional benefit of methotrexate as a concomitant treatment in PsA has not been fully elucidated. Observational data exist for concomitant methotrexate (MTX) use…
Abstract Number: 502 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity Measures at Baseline and 3 Months as Predictors of Rapid Radiographic Progression in Methotrexate Naïve Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mohammad Movahedi ¹, Deborah Weber ¹, Pooneh Akhavan ² and Edward Keystone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ³Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Progressive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is responsible for disabilities in this patient population, characterized by radiographic joint damage. Achieving low disease activity (LDA) in RA…
Abstract Number: 1559 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Routine Clinical Pathology Measurements Are Predictive of the Risk of Organ Damage Accrual in SLE
Eric Morand¹, Kevin Zhang ¹, Sarah Boyd ¹, Francois Petitjean ¹, Alberta Hoi ², Rachel Koelmeyer ¹ and Hieu Nim ¹, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Meloburne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Prevention of permanent organ damage, a major predictor of morbidity and mortality, is a key goal in the treatment of SLE. Physician-measured disease activity…
Abstract Number: 564 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
ASDAS Is More Important Than BASDAI in Advanced Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jae-Bum Jun¹, Bon San Koo ², Seunghun Lee ³, Jinju Kim ⁴, Juyeon Kang ¹ and Tae-Hwan Kim ¹, ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Dertment of Radiology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Novartis Korea Ltd., Seoul
Background/Purpose: In patients with ankylosing spondylitis, the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is used to measure disease activity to initiate or maintain TNF…
Abstract Number: 1615 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Effects of Anti-glutamate Receptor Subunit Antiantibodies on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Without Neuropsychiatric Involvement
Yoshiyuki Arinuma ¹, Yasuhiro Hasegawa ¹, Takumi Muramatsu¹, Yu Matsueda ¹ and Kunihiro Yamaoka ¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseaes, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies against N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit GluN2 (anti-GluN2) in the cerebrospinal fluid are known to be related with the development of diffuse psychiatric/neuropsychological manifestations in…
Abstract Number: 679 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Changes in Manifestations of SLE
Amanda Eudy¹, Jennifer Rogers ¹, Raeann Whitney ¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber ¹, Jayanth Doss ¹, David Pisetsky ², Rebecca Sadun ¹, Kai Sun ¹ and Megan Clowse ¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, ²Duke University, Durham VAMC, Durham
Background/Purpose: Our group has developed a conceptual model to categorize SLE manifestations into two dimensions termed Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 SLE consists…
Abstract Number: 1725 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Initial Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Emily Smitherman¹, Mary Beth Son ², Andrea Knight ³, Timothy Beukelman ⁴, Jeffrey Curtis ¹ and Aimee Hersh ⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Substantial risk of early morbidity and mortality exists for patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) despite widespread use of immunosuppressive therapy. There are…
Abstract Number: 743 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association Between Acute-phase Reactants, interleukin-6(IL6), Tumor Necrosis Factor-a(TNFa) and Disease Activity in Takayasu’s Arteritis During Follow-up with Repeated Evaluation of Vascular Imaging Manifestations
JIng LI¹, Yunjiao Yang ¹, Yanhong WANG ², Jiuliang Zhao ¹, Mengtao Li ³, Xinping Tian ¹ and Xiaofeng Zeng ¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (West Campus), Beijing, China, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To investigate the laboratory indicators of disease activity during follow-up of Takayasu’s arteritis(TAK).Methods: Electronic data of 588 patients with TAK enrolled in the Chinese…

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