Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

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…
Abstract Number: 1829 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ability of Inflammatory and Regulatory Soluble Mediators to Forecast Impending Clinical Disease Flare and Inform a Refined Lupus Flare Prediction Index in a Confirmatory Cohort of SLE Patients
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Sarah Kleckner ¹, Wade DeJager ¹, Susan R. Macwana ¹, Joel Guthridge ², Eldon Jupe ³, Mohan Purushothaman ³, Sanjiv Sharma ³, Nancy Redinger ¹, Teresa Aberle ¹, Stan Kamp ¹, Cristina Arriens ², Eliza F. Chakravarty ², Joan T. Merrill ⁴ and Judith James ², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Okalahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: SLE is marked by altered immune regulation linked to waxing and waning clinical disease activity. This study seeks to verify the alteration of inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 946 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Improvements in Disease Activity and Quality of Life for up to 64 Weeks in Patients with Behçet’s Syndrome: Results from a Phase III Study
Gulen Hatemi¹, Alfred Mahr ², Mitsuhiro Takeno ³, Doyoung Kim ⁴, Melike Melikoglu ⁵, Sue Cheng ⁶, Shannon McCue ⁷, Maria Paris ⁶, Mindy Chen ⁸ and Yusuf Yazici ⁹, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Hospital Saint-Louis, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France, ³Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Yonsei University College of Medicine and Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Behçet’s Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Celgene Corporation, Summit, ⁷Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ⁸Celgene Corporation, Berkeley Heights, NJ, ⁹New York University School of Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome is a chronic, multi-system inflammatory disorder characterized by painful, recurrent oral ulcers (OU) that can impair quality of life (QoL). Apremilast (APR),…
Abstract Number: 1865 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Improving Lupus Care Index Documentation in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE)
Fatima Barbar-Smiley¹, Stephanie Lemle ¹, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner ¹, Edward Oberle ¹, Darby McDonald ¹, Vidya Sivaraman ² and Stacy Ardoin ¹, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects both adults and children with an estimated prevalence in children of 8/100,000. More than 1000 deaths related to SLE…
Abstract Number: 1085 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Probiotic Use and Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity
Madison Grinnell¹, Kristin Wipfler ², Alexis Ogdie ³ and Kaleb Michaud ⁴, ¹University of Nebraska College of Medicine, OMAHA, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³Department of Medicine and Rheumatology and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Probiotics have been hypothesized to mediate inflammation through gut microbiome modulation, and growing evidence has suggested that our intestinal gut microbiome may play a…
Abstract Number: 1881 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association of Pain Centralization with DMARD Response in Active RA
Andrew Heisler¹, Jing Song ², Dorothy Dunlop ¹, Alyssa Wohlfahrt ³, Marcy Bolster ⁴, Wendy Marder ⁵, Clifton Bingham ⁶, Daniel Clauw ⁷, Tuhina Neogi ⁸ and Yvonne Lee ⁹, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, OH, ³Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Anesthesia, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Background/Purpose: Despite the availability of potent disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), a significant percentage of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not achieve low disease activity…
Abstract Number: 1156 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differences in Clinical Outcomes According to the Healthcare Regime in Colombian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Julian Barahona-Correa¹, Jorge Florez ¹, Mateo Rodriguez ², Karen Ramirez ³, Paul Mendez-Patarroyo ¹, Paola Coral-Alvarado ¹ and Gerardo Quintana-López ¹, ¹Reumavance Group, section of Rheumatology, Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota University Hospital, Bogota DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ³School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) generates high impact on patients and healthcare systems. Adequate control of disease activity depends to a large extent on the access…
Abstract Number: 2325 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
High Intensity Interval Training Improves Rheumatoid Arthritis Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Systemic Inflammation in Association with Alterations in Skeletal Muscle Metabolomic Profiles
Brian Andonian¹, David Bartlett ¹, Deborah Muoio ¹, Timothy Koves ¹, Olga Ilkayeva ¹, Andrew Hoselton ¹, Megan Reaves ¹, William Kraus ¹ and Kim Huffman ¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at greater risk for cardiometabolic disease and early death. It is unclear if current anti-inflammatory pharmacotherapies alone are…
Abstract Number: 1193 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
EMR-integrated Disease Activity Calculators Improve Treatment to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gabrielle Barbera¹, Jasleen Kahlon ², Manank Patel ³, Scott Pompa ⁴ and Arundathi Jayatilleke ¹, ¹Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ²Hahnemann, Philadelphia, PA, ³Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Undertreatment of RA can lead to cumulative joint damage as well as negatively impact emotional health. Recent evidence favors a treat-to-target strategy to achieve…
Abstract Number: 2443 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Gender-based Analysis of Disease Activity and Its Relationship with Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, and Fibromyalgia in Psoriatic Arthritis
Mehmet Tuncay Duruoz¹, Halise Hande Gezer ², Kemal Nas ³, Erkan Kilic ⁴, Betul Sargin ⁵, Sevtap Acer Kasman ¹, Hakan Alkan ⁶, Nilay Sahin ⁷, Gizem Cengiz ⁸, Nihan Cuzdan ⁹, Ilknur Albayrak Gezer ¹⁰, Dilek Keskin ¹¹, Cevriye Mulkoglu ¹², Hatice Resorlu ¹³, Şebnem Ataman ¹⁴, Ajda Bal ¹⁵, Okan Kucukakkas ¹⁶, Ozan Volkan Yurdakul ¹⁶, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu ¹⁷, Yildiray Aydin ³, Fikriye Figen Ayhan ¹⁸, Hatice Bodur ¹⁹, Mustafa Calis ⁸, Erhan Capkin ²⁰, Gul Devrimsel ²¹, Kevser Gök ²², Sami Hizmetli ²³, Ayhan Kamanli ³, Yasar Keskin ¹⁶, Hilal Kocabas ²⁴, Oznur Kutluk ²⁵, Nesrin Sen ²⁶, Omer Faruk Sendur ²⁷, Ibrahim Tekeoglu ³, Sena Tolu ²⁸, Murat Toprak ²⁹ and Tiraje Tuncer ²⁵, ¹Marmara University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, İstanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, İstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Sakarya University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology and Immunology Division, Sakarya, Turkey, ⁴Afyonkarahisar State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, ⁵Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Aydın, Turkey, ⁶Pamukkale University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Denizli, Turkey, ⁷Balıkesir University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Balıkesir, Turkey, ⁸Erciyes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Kayseri, Turkey, ⁹Şanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, ¹⁰Selçuk University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Konya, Turkey, ¹¹Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Kırıkkale, Turkey, ¹²Ankara Training and Research Hospital, PMR Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ¹³Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Çanakkale, Turkey, ¹⁴Ankara University School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology Department, Ankara, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁵Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, PMR Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁶Bezmialem Vakıf University School of Medicine, PMR Department, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹⁷Atatürk University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Erzurum, Turkey, ¹⁸Uşak University School of Health Sciences, PMR Department, Uşak, Turkey, ¹⁹Yıldırım Beyazıt University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Ankara, Turkey, ²⁰Karadeniz Teknik University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Trabzon, Turkey, ²¹Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Riza, Turkey, ²²Numune Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey, ²³Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Sivas, Turkey, ²⁴Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Konya, Turkey, ²⁵Akdeniz University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Antalya, Turkey, ²⁶Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁷Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Aydın, Turkey, ²⁸Medipol University School of Medicine, PMR Department, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁹Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine, PMR Department, Van, Turkey
Background/Purpose: This study sought to compare the disease activity and its relationship with anxiety, depression, fatigue, and fibromyalgia of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) between…
Abstract Number: 36 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Discovery, Verification and Validation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity Monitoring Biomarkers
Lucía González-Rodríguez¹, Valentina Calamia ¹, Rocío Paz-González ¹, Patricia Fernández-Puente ¹, Cristina Ruiz-Romero ¹, Antonio Julià ², Antonio Fernández-Nebro ³, Jesús Tornero ⁴, Sara Marsal ⁵ and Francisco J. Blanco ⁶, ¹Proteomics Group, Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña,15006 A Coruña-Spain, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, ²Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³UGC Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain., Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain., Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ⁵Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-lasting inflammatory autoimmune disorder that ultimately leads to the destruction of joint architecture. The activity of this disease is…
Abstract Number: 1355 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Comparison of Clinical Improvement Following a Major Therapeutic Change Utilizing Updated Treatment Thresholds Defined by Three Different Disease Activity Measures
Grant Cannon¹, Wei Chen ¹, JIncheng Shen ², Neil Accortt ³, David Collier ⁴ and Brian Sauer ¹, ¹Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite ACR recommendations to initiate a major therapeutic change (MTC) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with moderate/severe disease activity, our recent work has shown…

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