Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 348 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Status Is Associated with Inflammatory Cytokine Profile and Disease Activity: Decreased Inflammation and Disease Improvement with Smoking Cessation?
Jeremy Sokolove¹, Harlan Sayles², Catriona Wagner³, Lauren J. Lahey¹, Geoffrey M. Thiele⁴, William H. Robinson¹, Andreas Reimold⁵, Gail S. Kerr⁶, Grant W. Cannon⁷ and Ted R. Mikuls², ¹VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³VA Palo Alto Heatlh Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Internal Medicine, Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Rheumatology, Dallas VA and Univ of TX Southwestern Med Ct, Dallas, TX, ⁶Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for RA and has been associated with increased disease severity and lower rates of disease remission. We examined…
Abstract Number: 2815 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Better Functional Ability with Less Biologicals 2 years after Induction with Combination DMARD Therapy versus methotrexate Monotherapy
T. Martijn Kuijper¹, J.J. Luime¹, P.H.P. de Jong², A. H. Gerards³, D. van Zeben⁴, I. Tchetverikov⁵, P.B.J. de Sonnaville⁶, M. van Krugten⁷, B. Grillet⁸, J.M.W. Hazes⁹ and A.E.a.M. Weel^10,11, ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Vlietland Hospital, Schiedam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis, Goes, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Admiraal de Ruyter Hospital, Vlissingen, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology, ZorgSaam Hospital, Terneuzen, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Rheumatology, MD, PhD, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To assess differences in frequency of biological therapy use and functional ability in early RA patients two years after starting induction therapy according to…
Abstract Number: 2498 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics of Responding Versus Non-Responding Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Etanercept Plus Methotrexate
Josef Smolen¹, David Collier², Annette Szumski³, Heather Jones⁴ and Lisa Marshall⁵, ¹PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁴Inflammation & Immunology, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Inflammation Immunology Disease Group, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose While synthetic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are often effective, treatment with such agents does not adequately control disease activity in all patients.…
Abstract Number: 2028 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Age at Rheumatoid Arthritis Onset on Clinical, Radiographic, and Functional Outcomes: The Espoir Cohort
Thomas Krams¹, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand², Delphine Nigon¹, Bruno Fautrel^3,4,5, Francis Berenbaum^6,7, Alain G. Cantagrel⁸ and Arnaud Constantin⁹, ¹Rhumatologie, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ³Rheumatology / GRC08-EEMOIS, APHP-Pitie Salpetriere Hospital / UPMC, Paris, France, ⁴Rheumatology, UPMC GRC08, Paris 06 University, Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Service de Rhumatologie, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷INSERM - UMR S 938, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology, CHU Purpan - Hôpital Pierre-Paul Riquet, Toulouse, France, ⁹Rheumatology, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease with peak incidence in the fourth and fifth decades of age. To investigate whether age at disease…
Abstract Number: 1549 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Swedish Early Psoriatic Arhtritis (SWEPSA) Registry 5-Yeear Follow-up: Slow Radiographic Progression with Highest Scores in Male Feet and in Patients with Baseline X-Ray Abnormalities
Elke Theander¹, Tomas Husmark², Ulla Lindqvist³, Per T Larsson⁴, Annika Teleman⁵, Gerd-Marie Alenius⁶ and Mats Geijer⁷, ¹Skane University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Rheumatology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology, Spenshult Rheumatological Hospital, Oskarström, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, ⁷Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe early X-ray findings in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients from the SwePsA registry using the Wassenberg score,…
Abstract Number: 1062 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Obesity on 1 Year Outcomes: Results from the Meteor Foundation International Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Christopher Sparks¹, Robert Moots¹, Eftychia Psarelli², Tom Huizinga³ and Nicola Goodson¹, ¹Musculoskeletal Biology1, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Increased adiposity is associated with increased production of pro-inflammatory adipokines and raised inflammatory markers. As a result, standard disease activity scores (DAS) may be…
Abstract Number: 713 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupuspro Is Responsive to Changes in Disease Activity over Time
David Giangreco¹, Hervé Devilliers², Narender Annapureddy¹, Joel A. Block³ and Meenakshi Jolly¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Dijon University Hospital, Department of internal medicine and systemic diseases, Dijon, France, ³Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcome (PRO) tools are important to understand, educate, manage, and follow patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Disease targeted PRO for SLE…
Abstract Number: 418 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Morning Stiffness in a US Registry Population of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Vibeke Strand¹, Robert J. Holt², Katherine C. Saunders³, Jeffery D. Kent⁴, Ping Xu⁵, Amy Y. Grahn⁴, Marc Mason³ and Carol J. Etzel^6,7, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁴Horizon Pharma, Inc., Deerfield, IL, ⁵Axio Research LLC, Seattle, WA, ⁶PO Box 786, Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁷Department of Epidemiology, UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose : Morning stiffness is a symptom of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is frequently reported and thought to reflect disease activity, but its etiology is…
Abstract Number: 258 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pain Characteristics Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Context of Patient-Physician Discordance in Disease Activity Assessments
John M. Davis III¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Tim Bongartz¹, Clement J. Michet¹, Eric L. Matteson¹ and Sherine E. Gabriel³, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Health Sciences Research & Div of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose Healthcare must be patient-centered to achieve optimal outcomes and quality of life. From this perspective, it is significant that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 2822 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of Baricitinib through 128 Weeks in an Open-Label, Long-Term Extension Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Edward C. Keystone¹, Peter C. Taylor², Mark C Genovese³, Douglas E. Schlichting⁴, Inmaculada De La Torre⁵, Scott D. Beattie⁴ and Terence Rooney⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵AVDA. DE LA INDUSTRIA 30, Eli Lilly and Company, Alcobendas, Spain
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib is an oral inhibitor of JAK1/JAK2 being investigated as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In a phase 2b study, baricitinib treatment resulted…
Abstract Number: 2488 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Different Clinical Measurements and Patient-Reported Outcomes
Roy Fleischmann¹, V Strand², B Wilkinson³, K Kwok⁴ and E Bananis³, ¹Metroplex Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Dallas, TX, ²Biopharmaceutical Consultant, Portola Valley, CA, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we compare the relationship between clinical measures and patient-reported…
Abstract Number: 1937 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Model Examining Factors Related to Physicians’ Ratings of Disease Activity in Patients with RA
Julia R. Ayeroff¹, Sarah R. Ormseth², David Hardy³, Michael R. Irwin², Michael H. Weisman⁴ and Perry M. Nicassio², ¹Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cousins Center for PNI, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine a multidimensional, integrated model describing the interrelations among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) objective disease activity, patient-rated disease…
Abstract Number: 1489 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influences of Disease Activity at the Initiation of Iguratimod, a Small Molecule Antirheumatic Drug, on Efficacy of Iguratimod in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis –a Multicenter Registry Study-
Yuji Hirano¹, Toshihisa Kojima², Yasuhide Kanayama³, Shinya Hirabara¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Atsushi Kaneko⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro², ¹Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ²Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, Toyota, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Iguratimod (IGU), known as T-614, is a small-molecule antirheumatic drug developed in Japan and used in Japanese clinical practice since June in 2012. IGU…
Abstract Number: 1054 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Factor, Not ACPA, Is Associated with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daniel Aletaha¹, Farideh Alasti² and Josef Smolen³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose To investigate the associations of rheumatoid factor (RF) and autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPA) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity.Methods We analyzed the association…
Abstract Number: 711 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is the Disease-Specific Lupusqol Sensitive to Changes of Disease Activity in SLE Patients after Treatment of a Flare?
Kathleen McElhone¹, Jane Burnell², Chris Sutton², Janice Abbott³, Peter Lanyon⁴, Anisur Rahman⁵, Chee-Seng Yee⁶, Mohammed Akil⁷, Yasmeen Ahmad⁸, Ian Bruce⁹, Caroline Gordon¹⁰ and Lee-Suan Teh¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom, ²School of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, ³University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom, ⁴Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster, United Kingdom, ⁷Sheffield Center Rheumatic Dis, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Peter Maddison Research Centre, Bangor, United Kingdom, ⁹Kellgren Centre for Rheum, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Institution of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose With improving survival in SLE patients, patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important outcome. The LupusQoL is a disease-specific patient-derived HRQoL measure…

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