Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2317 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measures Often Provide Discordant Results in Clinical Practice Populations
Gary Crump¹, James Bower², Terrence Foley³, J. Timothy Harrington², Nikita Hegde⁴, Drew Johnson⁵, Rafia Khalil⁶, Edmund LaCour⁷ and Robert Perhala⁸, ¹Rheumatology Associates - Louisville, Louisville, KY, ²Joiner Associates LLC, Madison, WI, ³Terrence Foley MD Inc, Concord Twp, OH, ⁴Akron General Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, ⁵Crescendo Bioscience, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Rafia Khalil Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, PC, Port Huron, MI, ⁷Dothan Medical Associates PC, Dothan, AL, ⁸University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Accurate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity assessment is required for treatment consistent with Treat-to-Target (T2T) recommendations. Rheumatologists currently use a variety of patient-generated, physician-generated,…
Abstract Number: 2604 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Serum Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin in Premenopausal Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients; Its Correlation with Disease Activity and Bone Mineral Density
Heba Esaily¹, Abd El Samad Al Hewala², Samar Soliman³, Eman Galbat⁴ and Dalia Abo Al- Ela⁵, ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menofia, Egypt, ²Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medecine, Zagazigue University, Al Sharquia, Egypt, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia,, Egypt, ⁴Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt, ⁵Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menofia, Egypt
Background/Purpose: The role of vitamin K and undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) on BMD in RA is present. Up to our knowledge no other works have discussed…
Abstract Number: 2683 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Contribution of Subjective Patient Reported Components of Disease Activity Scores Differs in Disease Activity Measures and Their Changes over Time Are Closely Associated with Objective Measures
Yong Gil Hwang¹, Juan (June) Feng², Heather Eng², Jason Lyons², Anthony Fabio³ and Larry W. Moreland⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department Of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Patient reported measures are influenced by many non-rheumatoid arthritis (RA) factors and they are reflected variably among various composite disease activity scores (DAS). We…
Abstract Number: 3147 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Provider Reliability in Scoring the Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity Among Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients Who Met the ACR Provisional Criteria for Clinical Inactive Disease
Janalee Taylor¹, Edward H. Giannini¹, Daniel Lovell² and Esi M. Morgan DeWitt¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: With the advent and implementation of advanced drug therapy clinical inactive disease (CID) has become an attainable target in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 267 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of CXCL10 and CXCL13 Levels with Disease Activity and Cutaneous Manifestation in Active Adult-Onset Still’s Disease
Hyoun-Ah Kim¹, In Je Kim², Jae Ho Han³, Chang-Hee Suh¹ and Juyang Jung¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
Background/Purpose: CXCL10 is produced in response to interferon-γ, and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) triggers the accumulation of activated lymphocytes. CXCL13 is constitutively expressed in secondary…
Abstract Number: 576 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Possibility of Extension of the Administration Interval of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Masao Sato¹ and Masao Takemura², ¹Rheumatology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan, ²Matsunami Reserch Park, Gifu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biologics constitute an important drug category in the pharmacological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Drug-free remission (REM) may also be achievable if the condition…
Abstract Number: 867 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simultaneous Measurement of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Procalcitonin in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA): Differentiation of Activity from Infection?
Mariana O Perez¹, Ricardo M. Oliveira², Valéria Caparbo^3,4, Mauricio Levy-Neto⁵, Eloisa Bonfá⁴ and Rosa M R Pereira³, ¹Rheumatology Divison, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²RDO Diagnósticos Médicos, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology DIvision, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D acts as innate and adaptive immune response immunomodulator. 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) deficiency was reported to be associated with autoimmune diseases flares and…
Abstract Number: 1637 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TNFi Combination Therapy, Switching and Persistence Patterns By Longitudinal Disease Activity Strata in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Leslie Harrold^1,2, George W. Reed^1,2, Natalie Boytsov³, Carol L. Gaich³, Marc Mason⁴, Xiang Zhang³, Cynthia J. Larmore³, Sabrina Deveikis⁴ and Andre B. Araujo³, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the treatment patterns in biologic naïve initiators of TNF-inhibitors (TNFi) based on their disease activity over…
Abstract Number: 2321 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Patient Reported Outcomes in the Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity: The Experience of the Espoir Cohort
Hélène Che¹, Bernard Combe², Jacques Morel³, Alain G. Cantagrel⁴, Laure Gossec⁵ and Cédric Lukas⁶, ¹Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Department of rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital and Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ⁴Rheumatology, INSERM CNRS UMR 1043, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse, Purpan Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Pitié Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be assessed by several outcome measures : joint counts, inflammatory syndrom but also auto-questionnaires such as global patient…
Abstract Number: 2605 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
14-3-3η Positive Status and Higher Titres Are Associated with More Severe RA
Shintaro Hirata¹, Kentaro Hanami², Anthony Marotta³ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational & Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Serum 14-3-3η is an RA diagnostic marker that is associated with radiographic progression risk. In vitro studies describe 14-3-3η's potent, dose-dependent up-regulation of factors…
Abstract Number: 2740 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ACPA Positivity in the Elderly and Concomitant MTX Use in Younger May be Useful Predictive Factors for Superior Clinical Efficacy with Abatacept in Japanese Biological-Naïve RA Patients
Masahiro Sekiguchi¹, Takao Fujii², Masayasu Kitano¹, Kiyoshi Matsui¹, Kenji Miki³, Hideo Hashimoto⁴, Akira Yokota⁵, Aihiro Yamamoto⁶, Takashi Fujimoto⁷, Toshihiko Hidaka⁸, Naoki Shimmyo⁹, Keiji Maeda¹⁰, Takanori Kuroiwa¹¹, Ichiro Yoshii¹², Kosaku Murakami¹³, Koichiro Ohmura¹³, Satoshi Morita¹⁴, Yutaka Kawahito⁶, Norihiro Nishimoto¹⁵, Tsuneyo Mimori¹⁶ and Hajime Sano¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Dept of Rheum/Clinical Immun, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amagasaki Central Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan, ⁴Rheumatology, Rinku Hashimoto Rheumatology Orthopaedics, Izumisano Osaka, Japan, ⁵Yokota Clinic for Rheumatology, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁷Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan, ⁸Zenjinkai Shimin-no-Mori Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Kashiba Asahigaoka Hospital, Kashiba, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Allergy, Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yukioka Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yoshii Hospital, Shimanto, Japan, ¹³Rheumatology & Clin Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁵Osaka Rheumatology Clinic, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁶Dept of Rheum & Clinical Immun, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sustained clinical remission is crucial in the RA. However, baseline predicting factors for sustained clinical remission in RA patients treated with abatacept (ABT) are…
Abstract Number: 3183 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical and Economic Costs of Not Achieving Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Lang Chen^1,2, Meredith Kilgore³, Huifeng Yun⁴ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Bimingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Health Care Organization & Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA
Background/Purpose: Treat to target guidelines recommend achieving a state of remission or low disease activity for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, the benefit of lower…
Abstract Number: 309 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Levels of Heat Shock Protein 90 Are Increased in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and Correlate with Disease Activity, Skeletal Muscle, Heart and Lung Involvement
Hana Storkanova¹, Olga Krystufkova², Martin Klein³, Herman F Mann¹, Lucia Vernerova², Maja Spiritovic⁴, Josef Zámecník⁵, Karel Pavelka⁶, Ladislav Senolt³, Jiri Vencovsky¹ and Michal Tomcík¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd Medical School and University Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are chaperones playing important roles in skeletal muscle physiology, adaptation to exercise or stress, and in activation of inflammatory cells.…
Abstract Number: 596 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term High Remission Rates and Distinct Trajectories of Disease Activity Following the Implementation of Treat-to-Target in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Letty G.A. Versteeg¹, Laura M.M. Steunebrink¹, Ina H. Kuper¹, Peter M. ten Klooster², Arie E. van der Bijl³, Harald E. Vonkeman⁴ and Mart A.F.J. van de Laar¹, ¹Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente - Arthritis Center Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ²Pcgr, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ³Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, Netherlands, ⁴Ariensplein 1, Medisch Spectrum Twente - Arthritis Center Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target (T2T) in early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has been successfully implemented in daily clinical practice. Patients achieve remission very early and during a follow-up…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of an Ultrasound Joint Inflammation Score for Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Data-Driven Approach
Anna-Birgitte Aga¹, Elisabeth Lie², Inge C Olsen², Hilde Berner Hammer³, Till Uhlig⁴, Désirée van der Heijde^5,6, Tore K. Kvien², Espen A. Haavardsholm² and the ARCTIC study group, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Postboks 23 Vinderen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: No consensus exists regarding which joints and tendons should be systematically assessed by ultrasonography (US) to assess inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Validity and…

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