Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1549 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Non-Medical Switch from Originator Infliximab to Biosimilar CT-P13 in 36 Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: 6 – Months Clinical Outcomes from the Czech Biologic Registry Attra
Šárka Forejtová¹, Jakub Zavada¹, Lenka Szczukova², Katerina Jarosova¹, Tom Philipp³ and Karel Pavelka⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, ³Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Praha 4, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: A non-medical switch from originator (INX, Remicade) to biosimilar infliximab (CT-P13, Remsima) was conducted in 36 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in one clinical…
Abstract Number: 1847 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The IgG4:IgG RNA Ratio in Peripheral Blood Perfectly Differentiates Active Disease from Remission in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. a New Disease Activity Marker?
Aram Al-Soudi^1,2,3, Marieke E. Doorenspleet⁴, Rebecca Esveldt⁵, Lot Burgemeister⁵, Liesbeth Hak⁵, Sander W. Tas⁶, Ronald F van Vollenhoven⁷, Paul L. Klarenbeek^5,8 and Niek de Vries^5,9, ¹Dept of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Dept of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Dept of Genome Analysis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology and Laboratory for Experimental Immunology, ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Dept. of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) is characterized by vasculitis in lungs, kidneys and the ear, nose and throat region. Regular monitoring and treatment adjustments are…
Abstract Number: 2346 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chemokine Ligand 9 (CXCL9) [Monokine Induced By Gamma Interferon (MIG)] As a Predictor of Active Disease Status in Localized Scleroderma
Kathryn S. Torok¹, Qi Mi², Emily Mirizio³, Kaila Schollaert-Fitch¹, Mark Fritzler⁴ and Marvin J. Fritzler⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Pediatric Rhuematology, University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Eve Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a fibrotic autoimmune disease of the skin and underlying tissues which can lead to disfiguring sequlea, especially in childhood-onset. Untreated…
Abstract Number: 2550 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A New and Simpler Tool for Global Psoriatic Arthritis Assessment: Simplified Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index (sCPDAI)
Maria Laura Acosta Felquer¹, Musaab Elmamoun², Agnes Szentpetery^3,4, Phil Gallagher⁵, Oliver FitzGerald⁶ and Enrique R. Soriano⁷, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ³Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Bone & Joint Unit, Department of Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶St. Vincent's University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology. UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Internal Mecine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The heterogeneity of psoriatic arthritis ( PsA) that includes a possible combination of axial disease, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, dactylitis, skin and nail involvement, makes…
Abstract Number: 2917 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Activation in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Potential Biomarkers of Disease Activity and Severity
Mary Bach¹, Daniel Moon², Marcel Bach², Marcus Bach² and Christian Lood³, ¹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation is associated with inflammation and autoimmunity, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where neutrophil infiltration to joints participates in tissue destruction and development of…
Abstract Number: 163 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Patients Identify More Causes of Disease Flare Ups Than RA Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Lauren Kwan² and Jessica L. Polyak², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: We compared patients with the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients with respect to stresses that the patients believe may have caused…
Abstract Number: 699 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Anti-RBP Antibodies on Disease Activity and Quality-of-Life in Immunosuppressant Naive Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rene Bermea¹, Tammy Utset² and Kichul Ko³, ¹Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: There is a lack of phenotypic data on SLE patients who have never been on immunosuppressive therapy. Anti-RNA binding protein (anti-RBP) antibodies (anti-Smith, anti-RNP,…
Abstract Number: 1241 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Understanding Differences in Patient Definitions of RA Flares Using Omeract Core Domains
Gabriela L. Maica¹, Michelle Frits², Christine Iannaccone³, Taysir G. Mahmoud⁴, Clifton O. Bingham III⁵, Vivian P. Bykerk⁶, Michael Weinblatt⁷ and Nancy A. Shadick⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶2-005, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Flare is an important, distinct feature of RA, often rendering patients immobile and contributing to a poor quality of life. Recently, there has been…
Abstract Number: 1552 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistency of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy in US Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Data from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis (PsA/SpA) Registry
Philip J Mease¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Chitra Karki³, Mei Liu³, Yujin Park⁴ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵, ¹Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: There are limited data regarding persistency of TNF inhibitor (TNFi) therapies in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated in real-world clinical practice. The objective…
Abstract Number: 1848 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NMR-Based Serum Metabolomics of Patients with Takayasu Arteritis (TA) and Relationship with Disease Activity
Ramnath Misra¹, Avinash Jain², Dinesh Kumar³, Durga Prasanna Misra⁴, Anupam Guleria⁵, Sandeep Kumar⁴, Atul Rawat³, Smriti Chaurasia⁴, Umesh Kumar⁶, Abhishek Zanwar⁴, Durgesh Dubey⁷, Ruchika Goel⁸, Debashish Danda⁹ and Paul Bacon¹⁰, ¹Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Clinical Immunology, Senior Resident, Lucknow, India, ³Centre for Biomedical Research, Lucknow, India, ⁴Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ⁵Centre for Biomedical Research, DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Lucknow, India, ⁶Centre for Biomedical Research, Research Scholar, Lucknow, India, ⁷Centre for Biomedical Research, PhD Student, Lucknow, India, ⁸Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore Tamilnadu, India, ⁹Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Vellore, India, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Emeritus Professor, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large vessel vasculitis of unknown pathogenesis. The current serological and radiological parameters used to assess disease activity are not…
Abstract Number: 2353 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship between Disease Activity, VEGF and E-Selectin Levels with Arterial Stiffness in Rheumatic Patients Treated with Biological Agents
Taskin Senturk¹, Huseyin Baygin¹, Gokhan Sargin¹, Hakan Akdam² and Mustafa Yilmaz³, ¹Rheumatology, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey, ²Nephrology, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey, ³Biochemistry, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases are chronic-inflammatory disease associated with endothelial damage, changes in vascular permeability and plaque formation. VEGF and E-selectin play an important role in…
Abstract Number: 2582 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Compliance and Persistence with Hydroxychloroquine in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Seong-Min Kweon¹, Seung-Geun Lee², Ji-Heh Park², Eun-Kyoung Park³, Yun-Kyung Kim⁴, Geun-Tae Kim⁵ and Dong Hyun Sohn⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Microbiology and Immunology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea, Republic of (South)
Compliance and persistence with hydroxychloroquine in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusBackground/Purpose: Lifelong treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is now recommended for all patients with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 2958 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation of Flare Criteria for Children and Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hermine I. Brunner¹, Michael J. Holland², Michael W. Beresford³, Nicolino Ruperto⁴, Stacy P. Ardoin⁵, Simone Appenzeller⁶, Clovis A Silva⁷, Glaucia V. Novak⁷, Daniela M. Lourenço⁸, Francisco Flores⁹, Beatrice Goilav¹⁰, Scott E. Wenderfer¹¹, Deborah M. Levy¹², Angelo Ravelli¹³, Raju Khubchandani¹⁴, Tadej Avcin¹⁵, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman¹⁶, Brian M. Feldman¹⁷ and Jun Ying¹⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³On Behalf of the UK JSLE Study Group, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁹Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁰Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Pediatrics-Renal, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³University of Genova, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Paediatrics, Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India, ¹⁵Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Pediatria II, Reumatologia - PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology/PDD PTD, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁷Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Center for Biostatistical Services, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is characterized by changing disease activity: episodes of improvement are often followed by episodes of worsening, i.e. flares. Considering…
Abstract Number: 63 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Performance of Disease Activity Measures in Pediatric Patients With Enthesitis-related Arthritis
Rubén Burgos-Vargas¹, Gerd Horneff², Shirley M.L. Tse³, Pierre Quartier⁴, Kristina Unnebrink⁵ and Jaclyn K. Anderson⁶, ¹Hospital General de Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ⁵AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁶AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) is a category of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), with clinical features similar to those of adult spondyloarthritis (SpA). An unmet ERA…
Abstract Number: 101 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Defining Active Features of Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Xiaohu Li², Elena Pope³, Katie G. Stewart⁴, Gloria Higgins⁵, C. Egla Rabinovich⁶, Kathleen O'Neil⁷, Kathleen Haines⁸, Ronald Laxer⁹, Marilynn Punaro¹⁰, Heidi Jacobe¹¹, Knut Wittkowski¹², Themba Nyirenda¹³, Ivan Foeldvari¹⁴ and Kathryn S. Torok¹⁵, ¹Pediatrics, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ²Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, ³Dermatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ⁵Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁷Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ⁹Div of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹²Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ¹³Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁴Kinder- und Jugenrheumatologie, Hamburger Zentrum Kinder-und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ¹⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is the most common form of childhood scleroderma. Because of its chronicity and association with extracutaneous involvement, children are at…

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