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

Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2020
Going Digital Due to COVID 19 Crisis: A Rapid Reorganisation of Medication Clinics
Rian Penford¹, Angela Reith¹, Elaine Wren¹ and Kirsten Mackay¹, ¹Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Until the COVID 19 crisis we initiated DMARD(s) and Biologic therapies using shared medical clinics. More than 30 patients could seen per week, with…
Abstract Number: 0825 • ACR Convergence 2020
Sex Differences in the Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 3 and Long-Term Extension Trials
Niall Jones¹, Vibeke Strand², Hendrik Schulze-Koops³, Eduardo Mysler⁴, Cassandra D Kinch⁵, David Gruben⁶, Rebecca Germino⁷, Carol A Connell⁶ and Lihi Eder⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁴Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Pfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, QC, Canada, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁸Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Differences in efficacy outcomes favoring male vs female patients (pts) with RA have been reported with csDMARDs1 and TNF inhibitors;2 results with JAK inhibitors…
Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trend of Treatment Plans, and Outcomes of Therapy in Cardiac Sarcoidosis via Analysis of Standardized Uptake Values Score and Ejection Fraction Using a Cardiac PET-CT
Rabia Gill¹, Martin Lavellee¹, Michael Petrides¹, Sarah Ford¹, Gurukripa Kowlgi², Huzaefah Syed³ and Adam Sima³, ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³VCU Health, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Pharmacological management of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) includes immunosuppressive therapy for active lesions, guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure, and antiarrhythmics. Our goal was to observe the various…
Abstract Number: 1453 • ACR Convergence 2020
A First in Class Therapeutic Nanoparticle for Specific Targeting of Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Ameliorates Serum Transfer and Collagen Induced Arthritis
Sangita Khatri¹, Jonas Hansen¹, Mads Clausen¹, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup², Shu-Chen Hung³, Elizabeth Mellins⁴ and Kira Astakhova¹, ¹Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Amgen, Thousand Oaks, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune mediated inflammatory disease with autoimmune features, including antibodies to citrullinated proteins and peptides (ACPAs). Several in vitro studies…
Abstract Number: 1764 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drug and Biologic Therapy in Pregnancy: A Single-center Mixed Methods Study
Lauren Glick¹, Justin Shamis², Taneisha McGhie³ and Dharini Mahendira⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Cornwall University Hospital, Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica, ⁴University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative inflammatory arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus can be associated with significant morbidity in women of child-bearing age. Both…
Abstract Number: 0007 • ACR Convergence 2020
Antimalarial Drug Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey
Emily Sirotich¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Teresa Semalulu¹, Maggie Larche¹, Jean Liew⁴, Zachary Wallace⁵, Philip Robinson⁶, Rebecca Grainger⁷, Jeffrey Sparks⁸, Julia Simard⁹, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁰, Monique Gore-Massy¹¹, Richard Howard¹², Mitchell Levine² and Jonathan Hausmann¹³, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia, ⁷University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA, ¹⁰UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Lupus Foundation of America, Brooklyn, NY, ¹²Spondylitis Association of America, Van Nuys, CA, ¹³Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were empirically promoted and used for treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The repurposing of these…
Abstract Number: 0232 • ACR Convergence 2020
Safety and Effectiveness of Tocilizumab in Patients with Renal Insufficiency in the Non-interventional Study ICHIBAN
Christof Specker¹, Martin Aringer², Gerd Burmester³, Johannes Gerlach⁴, Michael Hofmann⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Frank Moosig⁷, Hans-Peter Tony⁸ and Gerhard Fliedner⁹, ¹Clinic Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ³Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ⁵Chugai, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology and Gastroenterology Specialty Practice, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Center Schleswig-Holstein Middle, Neumünster, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Practice, Onsabrück, Germany
Background/Purpose: RA increases a patient’s systemic inflammatory burden, which has been associated with development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in patients with comorbid hypertension,…
Abstract Number: 0601 • ACR Convergence 2020
The “Why” of Drug Discontinuation; Clinical Review of EMR Notes for 2,545 Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Kent Kwas Huston¹, Simon Helfgott², Scott Milligan³, Jasvinder Singh⁴, Nehad Soloman⁵, Brandon Weil³ and Colin Edgerton⁶, ¹Kansas City Physician Partners, Kansas City, MO, ²BWH- HMS, Boston, MA, ³Trio Health, Louisville, CO, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Peoria, AZ, ⁶Articularis Healthcare, Summerville, SC
Background/Purpose: Persistence on therapy is an important consideration in rheumatic diseases. There are multiple treatment options that influence long term disease management and a better…
Abstract Number: 0829 • ACR Convergence 2020
International Comparison of Japanese and US Cross Country Utilization of RA Medications
Hisashi Yamanaka¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto², Kazuhisa Nakano³, Kenta Misaki⁴, Yuji Yamanishi⁵, Hiroaki Dobashi⁶, Masamitsu Natsumeda⁷, Toshiaki Miyamoto⁸, Koichi Amano⁹, Akira Sagawa¹⁰, Norihiko Koido¹¹, Corrona Japan Consortium¹², Leslie Harrold¹³, Tin-chi Lin¹³, Jeffrey Greenberg¹⁴ and Yoshiya Tanaka³, ¹Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴Kitaharima Medical Center, Ono, Japan, ⁵Hiroshima Rheumatology Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Haematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Mabi Memorial Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan, ⁸Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan, ⁹Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe, Japan, ¹⁰Sagawa Akira Rheumatology Clinic, Sapporo, Japan, ¹¹Kawasaki RA & IM Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan, ¹²Corrona Japan Consortium, Japan, Japan, ¹³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ¹⁴Corrona, LLC and NYU School of Medicine, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding differences in DMARD utilization across countries. A better understanding is needed to contextualize findings from different countries.1 Using the same…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pharmaco-epidemiology of Non-infectious Ocular Inflammatory Disease in a Tertiary Academic Center
Sanjeev Patil¹, Justine Cheng², Lorraine Provencher³ and Scott Vogelgesang⁴, ¹University of Vermont Medical Center, Essex Junction, VT, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, ³Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Non-Infectious Ocular inflammatory disease (OID) is a group of immune-mediated diseases involving the ocular surface, uveal tract, retina, optic nerve, and peri-orbital tissue. Patients…
Abstract Number: 1493 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Patient-level Patterns of Response to Methotrexate in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Stephanie Shoop-Worrall¹, Kimme Hyrich², Lucy Wedderburn³, Wendy Thomson⁴ and Nophar Geifman⁵, ¹Centre for Health Informatics, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³UCL, UCLH, GOS Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Health Informatics, The University of Manchester, Manchester
Background/Purpose: Treatment response in JIA is often viewed as a binary outcome: response or non-response, usually assessed using composite, multidimensional measures, such as the juvenile…
Abstract Number: 1774 • ACR Convergence 2020
Making Decisions About Medication Use, Pregnancy, and Having Children Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study
Nevena Rebic¹, Ria Garg², Sarah Munro², Glen Hazlewood³, Neda Amiri², Nick Bansback², Stephanie Ensworth², Corisande Baldwin⁴, Laurie Proulx⁵ and Mary De Vera¹, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite guidelines for managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in pregnancy, high rates of discontinuation of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) considered safe for women with RA…

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