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

Abstract Number: 0911 • ACR Convergence 2021
Drug Retention of Tumor Necrosis Factors and IL-17 Inhibitors in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Multi-Center Comparative Analysis
Thibaut Delépine¹, Peggy PHILIPPE², Emeline CAILLIAU³, Eric HOUVENAGEL⁴, Tristan Pascart⁵, Xavier DEPREZ⁶, Rene-Marc FLIPO⁷ and Jean-Guillaume LETAROUILLY², ¹Lille University Hospital, Lille, France, ²Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ³Assessment of Health Technologies and Medical Practices Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Lille Catholic Hospitals, Lomme, France, ⁵Groupement Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Center of Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) should be considered in patients with active axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) despite treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The objective of…
Abstract Number: 1245 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characteristics of RA Patients Treated with JAK Inhibitors Before versus After VTE Warnings: Results of a Real-World Multicentric Study
Cecile PHILIPPOTEAUX¹, Valentine DEPREZ², Jean-Guillaume LETAROUILLY¹, Emeline CAILLIAU³, Eric HOUVENAGEL⁴, Xavier DEPREZ⁵, Aurore NOTTEZ⁶, Peggy PHILIPPE¹, Tristan PASCART⁷, Vincent GOEB² and Rene-Marc FLIPO⁸, ¹Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ²Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Amiens, Amiens, France, ³Assessment of Health Technologies and Medical Practices Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Lille Catholic Hospitals, Lomme, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Center of Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Lille Catholic Hospitals, Lomme, France, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: In recent decades, the therapeutic arsenal in RA has dramatically expanded. Baricitinib (BARI) and Tofacitinib (TOFA) were the first JAK inhibitors (JAKi) to be…
Abstract Number: 1674 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effectiveness and Safety of Tofacitinib in Canadian Patients with RA: Primary Results from a Multicenter, Observational Study
Boulos Haraoui¹, Majed Khraishi², Denis Choquette¹, Larissa Lisnevskaia³, Michelle Teo⁴, Cassandra Kinch⁵, Corina Galos⁶, Patrice Roy⁵, David Gruben⁷, John C Woolcott⁸, Julie Vaillancourt⁹, John Sampalis¹⁰ and Edward Keystone¹¹, ¹Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada, ³Oshawa Clinic, Oshawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Penticton Regional Hospital, Penticton, BC, Canada, ⁵Pfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, QC, Canada, ⁶Pfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, SK, Canada, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰McGill University and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) for the treatment of RA. CANTORAL is the first large-scale, national, observational study assessing effectiveness and…
Abstract Number: 1896 • ACR Convergence 2021
Initial Results from the Implementation of a National Hydroxychloroquine Safe Prescribing Dashboard Within the Veterans Health Administration
Anna Montgomery¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Iziegbe Ehiorobo³, Mary Whooley², Jennifer Barton⁴, Khushboo Sheth⁵, Kimberly Reiter⁶, Meredith Keller⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Lori Bennett⁹, Jo Dana², Elizabeth Wahl¹⁰ and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹Department of Veterans Affairs, Tiburon, CA, ²San Francisco VA Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Portland VA Healthcare System, Portland, OR, ⁵Stanford University/VA Palo Alto, Atherton, CA, ⁶Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, ⁸Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Charleston VAHCS, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a commonly used medication for patients with lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune conditions. However, HCQ daily doses of ≥…
Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2020
Influenza Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Tofacitinib Clinical Program
Kevin L Winthrop¹, Arne Yndestad², Dan Henrohn³, Hyejin Jo⁴, Sara Marsal⁵, Maria Galindo⁶, Annette Diehl⁷, Andrea B Shapiro⁸ and Stanley B Cohen⁹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Pfizer Inc, Oslo, Norway, ³Pfizer Inc, Sollentuna, Sweden, ⁴Syneos Health, Raleigh, NC, ⁵Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Peapack, NJ, ⁹Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with RA have increased susceptibility to seasonal influenza and its complications.1 The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to understand acute respiratory RNA…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2020
DMARD Changes for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the US During the First Three Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kaleb Michaud¹, Sofia Pedro², Kristin Wipfler³, Ekta Agarwal⁴ and Patricia Katz⁵, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center and Forward, the National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ⁴Pfizer inc, Princeton Jct, NJ, ⁵UCSF, Mill Valley, CA
Background/Purpose: To understand medication and clinical care changes by patients with RA during the first 3 months (March through May 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Abstract Number: 0178 • ACR Convergence 2020
Associations of Multimorbidity with DMARD Initiation and Achieving Target Disease Activity Thresholds in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cohort Study Using the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Bryant England¹, Huifeng Yun², Lang Chen³, Kaleb Michaud¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Although a treat-to-target strategy is endorsed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment guidelines, its routine implementation in real-world settings, particularly in the context of multimorbidity,…
Abstract Number: 0378 • ACR Convergence 2020
Itch as the Major Mediator of the Effect of Tofacitinib on Health-Related Quality of Life in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Mediation Analysis
Joseph Merola¹, Peter Taylor², Andrew Bushmakin³, Joseph Cappelleri³, Pamela Young⁴, Rebecca Germino⁵ and Gil Yosipovitch⁶, ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶University of Miami, Miami, FL
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease with signs and symptoms across multiple domains, including cutaneous manifestations, which can impact health-related quality…
Abstract Number: 0754 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association Between Continuous Decreases in Serum RF Titers and Radiographic Remission of Joint Damage in RA Patients Treated with Biological or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs
Takayoshi Owada¹, Ayae Tanaka², Hirokuni Hirata¹, Masafumi Arima³, Yasutsugu Fukushima¹ and Kazuhiro Kurasawa³, ¹Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, ²Dokkyo Medical University, Shimotsuga-Gun, Japan, ³Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Shimotsugagun, Tochigi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factors (RFs) are RA-related autoantibodies like anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, and are used for classifying and diagnosing RA. In addition, positivity and high…
Abstract Number: 0880 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ixekizumab Improves Signs and Symptoms of Patients with Radiographic and Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Extra-articular Manifestation of Enthesitis Through 16 Weeks
Georg Schett¹, Filip Van den Bosch², Xenofon Baraliakos³, David Sandoval⁴, Vladimir Geneus⁴, Rebecca Bolce⁴, Soyi Liu-Leage⁵, Andris Kronbergs⁴ and Philip Mease⁶, ¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Axial SpA (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints and has two subtypes that represent the spectrum of…
Abstract Number: 1211 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Changes in Lipid Levels and Improvement in Disease Activity Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Upadacitinib Treatment: Pooled Analysis of Data from Two Phase 3 Studies
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Jon Giles², Nancy Lane³, Ernest Choy⁴, Heidi Camp⁵, Yanna Song⁶, Samuel Anyanwu⁵ and Iain McInnes⁷, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁴CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶AbbVie Inc., North Chicago,, IL, ⁷Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA) is an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor engineered to have greater selectivity for JAK1 vs JAK2, JAK3, and tyrosine kinase 2, and…
Abstract Number: 1610 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cutaneous Side Effects of Hydroxychloroquine in Rheumatic Diseases –Combination of “Traditional” Multivariate Analysis for Risk Factors AndClassification Model Development Using Supervised Machine Learning –Single Centre Retrospective Cohort Study in India
Sandeep Surendran¹, Mithun CB¹, Arun Tiwari², Vishal Marwaha¹ and Sekhar Easwar¹, ¹Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India., Kochi, Kerala, India, ²Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India., Kochi, India
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is associated with varied cutaneous side effects but only few studies in literature characterizing the risk factors for this. Recently machine learning…
Abstract Number: 1918 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy and Safety of Methotrexate in Giant Cell Arteritis: Results from a Bicentric Portuguese Cohort Study
Sofia Barreira¹, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado², Eduardo Dourado³, Joana Martinho², Diana Raimundo⁴, Luísa Brites⁵, Helena Assunção⁵, Vítor Teixeira⁶, Nikita Khmelinskii², Carla Macieira², José A. P. da Silva⁷, João Eurico Fonseca⁸ and Cristina Ponte², ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ⁷9.Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Coimbra (Rheumatology Department), Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁸Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisboa, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a large- and medium-sized vessel vasculitis affecting patients >50 years-old. High-doses of glucocorticoids (GCs) should be initiated promptly to…
Abstract Number: 0183 • ACR Convergence 2020
Incidence of Malignancies in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from a Large Japanese National Registry
Toshihiro Matsui¹, Naonobu Sugiyama², Tsutomu Kawaguchi², Aosa Kamezaki², Shigeyuki Toyoizumi³, Fujio Matsuyama⁴, Tatsunori Murata⁴, Yukitomo Urata⁵, Kimito Kawahata⁶ and Shigeto Tohma⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan, ²Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ³Pfizer R&D Japan G.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁴CRECON Medical Assessment Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Tsugaru General Hospital, Aomori, Japan, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁷National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with RA have an increased risk of some malignancies compared with the general population, and this can vary by region/race.1,2 Epidemiologic data…
Abstract Number: 0404 • ACR Convergence 2020
Isolated Aortitis: Single Centre Experience of Clinical Spectrum and Management
Nadia Ahmad¹, Ayna Verdiyeva², Raashid Luqmani² and Shirish Dubey², ¹Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, United Kingdom, ²Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Aortitis was previously regarded as a rare form of large vessel vasculitis (LVV), but is now increasingly being recognised. It may occur in the…

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