Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1819 • ACR Convergence 2020
Altered Brain Functional Connectivity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Michelle Barraclough¹, Shane McKie², Benjamin Parker¹, Alan Jackson³, Rebecca Elliott⁴ and Ian Bruce⁵, ¹Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester; NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS FT, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²FBMH Platform Sciences, Enabling Technologies & Infrastructure, The University of Manchester, Manchester, ³Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, Institute of imaging and bioinformatics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, ⁴Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester; NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS FT, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is very prevalent in SLE and significantly affects quality of life. Altered functional brain mechanisms are associated with CD in SLE.…
Abstract Number: 2049 • ACR Convergence 2020
Nasal Bacteria Associated with Disease Activity and ANCA Levels in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Rennie Rhee¹, Jiarui Lu¹, Kyle Bittinger², Antoine Sreih¹, Jung-Jin Lee³, Lisa Mattei³, Brendan Kelly⁴, Peter C. Grayson⁵, Hongzhe Lee⁴, Ronald Collman⁴ and Peter Merkel¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Nasal bacteria have been linked to disease activity in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with most studies focused on Staphylococcus aureus. Our previous study identified…
Abstract Number: 0200 • ACR Convergence 2020
Predictors of Durable Clinical Response to Tofacitinib 11 Mg Once Daily with or Without Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Post Hoc Analysis of Data from a Phase 3b/4 Methotrexate Withdrawal Study
Kunihiro Yamaoka¹, Stanley B Cohen², Naonobu Sugiyama³, Harry Shi⁴, Jose L Rivas⁵, Annette Diehl⁴ and Josef Smolen⁶, ¹Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ³Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: ORAL Shift, a global Phase 3b/4 non-inferiority study, demonstrated sustained efficacy/safety of tofacitinib modified-release (MR) 11 mg QD following MTX withdrawal in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2020
Neuropathic Pain Relationship with Comorbidity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients and Its Influence on Disease Activity
Maria Elisa Acosta¹, Olga Compán², Sonia Pastor¹, Guadalupe Manzano Canabal¹, Luis Gomez-Lechon Quiros³, Cristina Hidalgo Calleja⁴, Olga Martinez Gonzalez⁵, Ana Isabel Turrión¹, Javier Del Pino-Montes¹ and Carlos Montilla Morales¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, ´Salamanca, Spain, ³Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Zamora, Spain
Background/Purpose: In psoriatic arthritis (PsA) peripheral nociceptive pain is characteristic, and is trigger by the activation of the afferent sensory fibers in the inflamed synovial…
Abstract Number: 0728 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Outcomes of Juvenile Arthritis in Adulthood: A Systematic Review
Lily Siok Hoon Lim¹, Woo Jin Kim², Yushi Wang² and Kaien Gu³, ¹University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²University of Manitoba Max Rady College of Medicine, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile arthritis (JA) is the most common pediatric rheumatic disease, with potentially permanent functional impacts on patients long after initial diagnosis. Little is known…
Abstract Number: 0832 • ACR Convergence 2020
PROSARA – A Prospective, Multicenter, Noninterventional Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Sarilumab for the Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis in Regular Care in Germany
Eugen Feist¹, Peer-Malte Aries², Silke Zinke³, Harald Burkhardt⁴, Inka Albrecht⁵, Oliver Bley⁵, Michael Obermeier⁶, Patrizia Sternad⁷, Martin Welcker⁷, Cornelia Kühne⁸, Ann-Dörthe Holst⁹, Niklas Thomas Baerlecken¹⁰ and Hans-Peter Tony¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Helios Vogelsang-Gommern, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ²Rheumatologie im Struenseehaus, Hamburg, Germany, ³Outpatient Rheumatology Center Berlin-Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁵Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ⁶GKM Gesellschaft für Therapieforschung, Munich, Germany, ⁷MVZ für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker, Planegg, Germany, ⁸Outpatient practice, Haldensleben, Germany, ⁹Outpatient practice, Ludwigslust, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology Cologne Dr. N. Baerlecken/Dr. T. Karger, Cologne, Germany, ¹¹Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Blockade of IL-6 signaling by sarilumab has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment approach for RA. Due to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria,…
Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2020
Outdoor Air Pollution and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
George Stojan¹, Anton Kvit², Frank Curriero² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Johns Hopkins University, BALTIMORE, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: Understanding the role of environmental exposures in the development of SLE and their association with SLE activity may help identify modifiable risk factors and…
Abstract Number: 1238 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity and Patient-reported Outcomes in Sarilumab Clinical Trials
Gerd Burmester¹, Laure Gossec², Hubert van Hoogstraten³, Amy Praestgaard⁴, Gregory St John⁵, Thomas Huizinga⁶, Daniel Aletaha⁷ and Roy Fleischmann⁸, ¹Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ³Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Tarrytown, NY, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna,, Vienna, Austria, ⁸Southwestern Medical Center, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab is a human IL-6 receptor inhibitor approved for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active RA. The relationship between disease activity,…
Abstract Number: 1479 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-Term Effectiveness of Canakinumab in Autoinflammatory Diseases – Interim Analysis of the CAPS Subgroup from the RELIANCE Registry
Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner¹, Birgit Kortus-Goetze², Michael Borte³, Ivan Foeldvari⁴, Gerd Horneff⁵, Ales Janda⁶, Tilmann Kallinich⁷, Prasad T. Oommen⁸, Catharina Schuetz⁹, Frank Weller-Heinemann¹⁰, Julia Weber-Arden¹¹ and Norbert Blank¹², ¹University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Germany, Marburg, Germany, ³ImmunoDeficiencyCenter Leipzig (IDCL), Hospital St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Germany, ⁴Head of the Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Budapest, Hungary, ⁵Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ulm, Germany, Ulm, Germany, ⁷Charite, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁹Department of Pediatric Immunology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ¹⁰Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, Bremen, Germany, ¹¹Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, ¹²Department of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Internal Medicine V, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Eppelheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the treatment of monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID), a heterogeneous group of diseases with excessive interleukin (IL)-1β release and severe systemic and organ inflammation,…
Abstract Number: 1726 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessment of the Components of RAPID3 Patient Reported Outcomes in an Community Rheumatology Practice
Elston He¹, Pratyusha Yalamanchi², William Arnold³ and Erin Arnold⁴, ¹Synovium, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, ²Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Retired, Wilmette, IL, ⁴Private Practice, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology of the North Shore, Wilmette, IL
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes are integral to measuring patient response to treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RAPID3 is a patient reported outcome metric that consists…
Abstract Number: 1820 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum α-Klotho Is Decreased in Older Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients and Correlate with Markers of Disease Activity
Margaret Markiewicz¹, Dayvia Russell² and Jim Oates¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ².Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC,, Charleston
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, debilitating autoimmune disease characterized by heterogeneous, multiorgan involvement with female predominance. Lupus nephritis is one of the…
Abstract Number: 0206 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fifty-Two Week Outcomes of Biologic-Naïve RA Patients Treated with Subcutaneous Abatacept in Japanese Multicenter Investigational Study (ORIGAMI Study)
Naoto Tamura¹, Eiichi Tanaka², Eisuke Inoue³, Yuri Yoshizawa⁴, Shigeru Matsumoto⁵, Hisashi Yamanaka⁶ and Masayoshi Harigai⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine; Showa University Research Administration Center, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb K.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine; Rheumatology, Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Long-term clinical benefit and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) of subcutaneously-injected abatacept (ABA) in patients with RA in a real-world setting are of therapeutic interest. We…
Abstract Number: 0354 • ACR Convergence 2020
How Do TNF-alpha-Inhibitors in Medical History Affect Patient Reported Outcomes and Retention in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Treated with Secukinumab in Real World? – German Observational Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Jan Brandt-Jürgens², Peter Kästner³, Elke Riechers⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁴Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab (SEC), a fully human monoclonal antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin 17A, is approved for treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, there…
Abstract Number: 0730 • ACR Convergence 2020
To Taper or Not to Taper in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Is There a Risk of Development of Uveitis Flares?
Maria Teran¹, Alina Lucica Boteanu², Carlos Guillen¹, Cristina Pijoan¹, Jose Quinones¹, Veronica Garcia³, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero³, Laura Calvo-Sanz⁴ and Mónica Vázquez⁴, ¹Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To determine the association between the occurrence of uveitis flares in patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and the de-intensification of immunosuppressive treatment.Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 0834 • ACR Convergence 2020
Is Disease Severity Greater Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Receive a Newly Approved Biologic? Real-world US Experience with Sarilumab from the ACR RISE Registry
Stefano Fiore¹, Lang Chen², Cassie Clinton², Huifeng Yun², Amy Praestgaard³, Kerri Ford³ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA who have received multiple biologics or targeted therapies over time tend to have more refractory and more severe disease, which may…

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