Abstracts tagged "Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (Dmards)"

Abstract Number: 0306 • ACR Convergence 2022
Maintenance of Disease Activity and Treatment Persistence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Switched from Combination to TNF Inhibitor Monotherapy: Results from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Gabriela Schmajuk¹, Nevin Hammam², Jing Li³, David Collier⁴, Greg Kricorian⁵ and Scott Stryker⁶, ¹UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, PASADENA, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Amgen Inc., Simi Valley, CA, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Amgen Inc., San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Data regarding the maintenance of disease activity (DA) and treatment persistence in patients (pts) who switched from combination therapy to monotherapy for the management…
Abstract Number: 0571 • ACR Convergence 2022
National Rollout of a Medication Safety Dashboard to Improve Testing for Latent Infections Among Biologic/targeted Synthetic DMARD Users Within the Veterans Health Administration: Initial Results
Anna Montgomery¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Mary Whooley², Jennifer Barton³, Karla Miller⁴, Holly Mitchell⁵, Jo Dana², Kimberly Reiter⁶, Elizabeth Wahl⁷, Karine Rozenberg-Ben-Dror⁸, Jing Li⁹ and Gabriela Schmajuk¹⁰, ¹University of California San Francisco, Reno, NV, ²San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁴University of Utah Division of Rheumatology/VA Salt Lake City Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital, Mount Pleasant, SC, ⁶Albuquerque VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ⁸Greater Lakes Region/VISN 12 Dept Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL, ⁹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Guidelines recommend testing for latent hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis (TB) infection prior to initiating biologics or targeted synthetic…
Abstract Number: 0798 • ACR Convergence 2022
Uncovering the Relationship Between COVID-19 Outcome Severity and Rheumatic Disease
Natalie Allcott¹, Neha Gupta¹, Namita Raghavan¹, Huzaefah Syed² and Stamatina Danielides³, ¹VCU, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, ³Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Glen Allen, VA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great concern amongst immunocompromised patients, especially those with rheumatic diagnoses. While much has been learned in the past two…
Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs and Risk of Multiple Myeloma in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Namrata Singh¹, Alexander Peterson², Aaron Baraff², Sarah Chung³, David Coffey⁴, Bryant England⁵, Pankti Reid⁶, Joshua Baker⁷, Jennifer Barton⁸, Nicholas Smith⁹, Ted Mikuls¹⁰ and Noel Weiss³, ¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ²VA Puget Sound, SEATTLE, WA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁹VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Biologic (b) and targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) target inflammatory pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple…
Abstract Number: 1211 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Change in Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy on Disease Activity Measures: Findings from a Large Contemporaneous Real-World Longitudinal Database of RA Patients
Zhaohui Su¹, Lauren Stevens², Tom Brecht¹, Jessica Paulus¹ and Stefan Weiss³, ¹OM1, Inc., Boston, MA, ²OM1, Inc., Lexington, KY, ³OM1, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: While many clinical trials provide direct comparisons between biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD) and nonbiologic DMARDs (nDMARD), there is a need to better…
Abstract Number: 1590 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pain and Treatment Switching Among Patients in the CorEvitasTM Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Joshua Baker¹, J Morel Symons², Jud C Janak³, Oksana Pugach³, Elizabeth Kohl³, Miao Yu³, Dave Webb⁴, Alan A Martin⁴, Didier Saurigny⁵ and Marguerite Bracher⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ³CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: For many patients with RA on targeted therapies, the chronic burden of pain leads to therapies being deemed suboptimally effective and may affect treatment…
Abstract Number: 1981 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rho-GTPase Expression Recruits CD14+ Cells to Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Predicts Good Response to JAK-inhibitor Treatment
Eric Malmhäll-Bah¹, Karin Andersson², Nina Oparina², Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd³, Malin Erlandsson² and Maria Bokarewa³, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: While examining arthritis development in GGTaseI-deficient mice, we found that hyperactive Rho-GTPases regulate the thymic egress of CD4+ T cells to the peripheral lymphoid…
Abstract Number: 2149 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cycling versus Swapping Strategies in Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register
Francisca Guimarães¹, Maria Pontes-Ferreira¹, Catarina Soares¹, Hugo Parente², Carolina Ochôa Matos³, Roberto Costa³, Daniela Oliveira⁴, Catarina Abreu⁵, Rafaela teixeira⁶, Sofia Ferreira Azevedo⁷, João Madruga-Dias⁸, Filipe Araújo⁹, Carla Campinho Ferreira¹⁰, Daniela Santos-Faria² and José Tavares-Costa², ¹Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, ²Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, ⁸Rheumatology Service, Centro Hospitalar Médio Tejo, Tomar, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Unit, Hospital de Sant´Ana, SCML, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of switching to a second tumour necrosis factor alfa inhibitor (TNFi) – "cycling group" -…
Abstract Number: 0136 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sarcoidosis Incidence After mTOR Inhibitor Treatment
Matthew Baker¹, Emese Vágó², Yuhan Liu¹, Rong Lu¹, Suzanne Tamang³, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó² and Henrik Sørensen², ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are effective in animal models of granulomatous disease, but their benefit in patients with sarcoidosis is unknown. We…
Abstract Number: 0307 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduction in Structural Damage Progression and Improvement in Clinical Response with Abatacept Treatment in Patients with ACPA+, Early RA: Results from a Post Hoc Analysis of the AVERT-2 Study by Baseline Erosion Scores
Chahin Pachai¹, Sean E Connolly², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Vivian Bykerk⁴, Tom Huizinga⁵, Gustavo Citera⁶, Clifton O. Bingham III⁷, Shuyan Du¹, Godehard Hoexter⁸, Roy Fleischmann⁹, Subhashis Banerjee¹ and Paul Emery¹⁰, ¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Morrisville, PA, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica (IREP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Bristol Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA, Munich, Germany, ⁹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Presence of structural damage is an important risk factor for further damage progression over time in RA. Inhibition of damage progression is a key…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2022
Peripheral Blood and Synovial Fluid Natural Killer (NK) and Natural Killer T (NKT) Cell Immunophenotypes in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Role as Biomarkers of Methotrexate Response
Siddharth Jain¹, Bidya Laishangtham¹, Aastha Khullar¹, Biman Saikia¹ and Varun Dhir², ¹Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: It is still unclear whether Natural Killer (NK) and Natural Killer T (NKT) cells play a pathogenic or protective role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0801 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Diagnosis and Treatment of Tropheryma Whipplei Infection in Patients with Pre-existing Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Data from the National Tw-IRD Registry
Damien CAILLET PORTILLLO¹, Xavier Puéchal², Yannick Degboe¹, Marie Kostine³, Alexia Michaut⁴, Andre Ramon⁵, Daniel Wendling⁶, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁷, Pascal Richette⁸, Hubert Marotte⁹, Justine VIX¹⁰, Jean Jacques Dubost¹¹, Sebastien Ottaviani¹², Gaël Mouterde¹³, Anne Grasland¹⁴, Aline Frazier-Mironer¹⁵, Vincent GERMAIN¹⁶, Fabienne COURY¹⁷, Anne Tournadre¹¹, Martin Soubrier¹⁸, Pauline Brevet¹⁹, Laurent Cavalie²⁰, Laurent Arnaud²¹, Christophe Richez²², Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand²³ and Arnaud Constantin²⁴, ¹Pierre-Paul Riquet University Hospital, Toulouse & Toulouse III University - Paul Sabatier, Rheumatology, Toulouse, France, ²National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³Pellegrin Hospital, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Rheumatology, Bordeaux, France, ⁴Hospital center, Loire Vendée Ocean, Rheumatology, La Roche-sur-Yon, France, La Roche-sur-Yon, France, ⁵University Hospital of DIJON, Rheumatology, Dijon, France, ⁶CHU, University Teaching Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁷Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ⁹INSERM 1059, Saint-Etienne, France, ¹⁰University Hospital of poitiers, Rheumatology, Poitiers, France, Poitiers, France, ¹¹University Hospital of Clermont Ferrand, Rheumatology, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹²Hopital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ¹³Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ¹⁴Louis-Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, Rheumatology, Colombes, France, ¹⁵APHP Hôpital Lariboisire, Paris, France, ¹⁶Pau Hospital, Rheumatology, Pau, France, Pau, France, ¹⁷Pierre-Bénite Hospital, University Hospital Lyon, Rheumatology, Lyon, France, ¹⁸Gabriel-Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁹University Hospital of Rouen, Rheumatology, Rouen, France., Le Havre, France, ²⁰Purpan Hospital, Federal Institute of Biology (IFB), University Hospital, Toulouse, Biology, Toulouse, France, ²¹Hautepierre Hospital, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Rheumatology, Strasbourg, France, ²²Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ²³CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ²⁴Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: Tropheryma whipplei (Tw) infection is a rare condition, characterized by inflammatory joint symptoms in more than 75% of the cases, which can lead the…
Abstract Number: 0929 • ACR Convergence 2022
Severe Low-Dose Methotrexate Toxicity in Elderly Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Cara Kumar¹, Kristine Herrmann¹ and Martin Aringer², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ²University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Background/Purpose: While mostly remarkably safe, low dose methotrexate (MTX) occasionally causes life-threatening events. We analyzed all patients with rheumatic diseases and severe MTX toxicity between…
Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2022
Erosion Score and Erosive Joint Number Using Radiography: Clinical Implications in Patients with ACPA+ Early RA Treated with Abatacept
Chahin Pachai¹, Sean E Connolly², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Vivian Bykerk⁴, Tom Huizinga⁵, Gustavo Citera⁶, Clifton O. Bingham III⁷, Shuyan Du¹, Godehard Hoexter⁸, Paul Emery⁹, Subhashis Banerjee¹ and Roy Fleischmann¹⁰, ¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Morrisville, PA, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica (IREP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Bristol Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA, Munich, Germany, ⁹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Inhibition of structural joint damage progression is a key outcome measure in RA clinical trials. This can be assessed by progression of joint erosion…
Abstract Number: 1607 • ACR Convergence 2022
Machine Learning Identifies Biomarker of Non-Response to Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vincent Bouget¹, Julien Duquesne¹, Paul-Henry Cournède², Bruno Fautrel³, Francis Guillemin⁴, Pascal de Jong⁵, Judith Heutz⁶, Marloes Verstappen⁷, Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁸, Xavier Mariette⁹ and Samuel Bitoun¹⁰, ¹Scienta Lab, Paris, France, ²Paris-Saclay University - CentraleSupelec, Paris, France, ³Sorbonne University Paris, France and Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Université de Lorraine, APEMAC, Vandoeuvre-les-nancy, France, ⁵ErasmusMC, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands, ⁶Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁰Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the first line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Unfortunately, 30% to 40% of RA patients do not respond to MTX with…

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