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

Abstract Number: 0830 • ACR Convergence 2020
Discontinuation Rate of Tofacitinib Is Similar When Compared to TNF Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Real World Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Mohammad Movahedi¹, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li³, Edward C Keystone⁴ and Claire Bombardier⁵, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOFA) is an oral, small molecule drug used for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment and is prescribed alone or with methotrexate (MTX). TOFA can…
Abstract Number: 1047 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prospective Analysis of a Cohort of Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Connective Tissue Disease and Their Response to Immunosuppression with Mycophenolate Mofetil and Rituximab
Yan Li¹, Hassan Baig², Carlos Rojas², Justin Stowell², Elizabeth Lesser², Shalmali Borkar², Andy Abril¹ and Isabel Mira-Avendano¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are commonly identified causes for interstitial lung disease (ILD). Compared with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, patients with CTD-ILD and interstitial pneumonia…
Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2020
Tofacitinib for the Treatment of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An Interim Analysis of Data up to 5.5 Years from an Open-label, Long-term Extension Study
Hermine I Brunner¹, Jonathan Akikusa², Eslam Al-Abadi², John Bohnsack³, Alina Lucica Boteanu², Gaelle Chedeville⁴, Ruben Cuttica², Wendy De La Pena⁴, Lawrence Jung⁴, Ozgur Kasapcopur², Katarzyna Kobusinska², Grant Schulert¹, Claudia Neiva², Rafael Rivas-Chacon⁴, Juan Cruz Rizo Rodriguez², Monica Vazquez-Del Mercado², Linda Wagner-Weiner⁴, Jennifer E Weiss¹, Carine Wouters², Ricardo M Suehiro⁵, Holly Posner⁶, Ann Wouters⁶, Keith S Kanik⁷, Zhen Luo⁸, Alberto Martini², Daniel J Lovell¹ and Nicolino Ruperto², ¹PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ³University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral JAK inhibitor that is being investigated for JIA. We report the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of tofacitinib in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 1776 • ACR Convergence 2020
Safety and Beneficial Effects of Hydroxychloroquine on Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Isabell Haase¹, Matthias Schneider¹, Ralph Brinks¹ and Rebecca Fischer-Betz¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit Rheumatology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has long been established in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE) and especially as applicable drug during pregnancy. Recently, beneficial effects and…
Abstract Number: 0011 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patients Receiving Cytokine Inhibitors Have Low Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
David Simon¹, Koray Tascilar¹, Gerhard Krönke², Arnd Kleyer¹, Mario Zaiss³, Franz Heppt⁴, Christine Meder⁴, Raja Atreya⁵, Entcho Klenske⁵, Peter Dietrich⁵, Abdullah Abdullah⁵, Thorsten Kliem⁵, Giulia Corte⁶, Harriet Morf³, Moritz Leppkes⁵, Andreas Kremer⁵, Andreas Ramming³, Milena Pachowsky⁷, Florian Schuch⁸, Monika Ronneberger⁹, Stefan Kleinert¹⁰, Clara Maier¹¹, Axel Hueber¹², Karin Manger¹³, Bernhard Manger³, Carola Berking⁴, Matthias Tenbusch¹¹, Klaus Überla¹¹, Michael Sticherling³, Markus Neurath⁵ and Georg Schett¹⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Georgia, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Dermatology, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 1, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Gibraltar, ⁷Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology Clinical Practice Erlangen, Erlangen, Ghana, ⁹Rheumatology Clinical Practice Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology-Nephrology Practice, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Sektion Rheumatologie, Bamberg, Germany, ¹³Rheumatology Practice Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, ¹⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic interventions for Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) target cytokines, such as TNF-a, IL-6, IL-17 and IL-23, which are involved in the physiological and pathological…
Abstract Number: 0359 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Characteristics of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Physician-Identified Spondylitis, According to HLA-B27 Status: An Analysis from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry
Philip Mease¹, Soumya Chakravarty², Robert McLean³, Taylor Blachley³, Toana Kawashima⁴, Iris Lin⁵, Jonathan Uy⁶, Arthur Kavanaugh⁷ and Alexis Ogdie⁸, ¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ²Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴Corrona, LLC, Waltham, ⁵Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Horsham, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, ⁷UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, ⁸Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Axial disease in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been reported to occur in anywhere from 25% to 75% of PsA patients (pts). It can be…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Is Not Associated with Reduced Influenza Admissions in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Bonnia Liu¹, Victor Yang², Christopher McMaster³, Russell Buchanan⁴, Albert Frauman⁵ and David Liew⁶, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Macleod, Victoria, Australia, ²Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia, ³Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pascoe Vale South, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁶Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is commonly used as a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). HCQ has previously been the subject of…
Abstract Number: 0832 • ACR Convergence 2020
PROSARA – A Prospective, Multicenter, Noninterventional Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Sarilumab for the Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis in Regular Care in Germany
Eugen Feist¹, Peer-Malte Aries², Silke Zinke³, Harald Burkhardt⁴, Inka Albrecht⁵, Oliver Bley⁵, Michael Obermeier⁶, Patrizia Sternad⁷, Martin Welcker⁷, Cornelia Kühne⁸, Ann-Dörthe Holst⁹, Niklas Thomas Baerlecken¹⁰ and Hans-Peter Tony¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Helios Vogelsang-Gommern, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ²Rheumatologie im Struenseehaus, Hamburg, Germany, ³Outpatient Rheumatology Center Berlin-Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁵Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ⁶GKM Gesellschaft für Therapieforschung, Munich, Germany, ⁷MVZ für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker, Planegg, Germany, ⁸Outpatient practice, Haldensleben, Germany, ⁹Outpatient practice, Ludwigslust, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology Cologne Dr. N. Baerlecken/Dr. T. Karger, Cologne, Germany, ¹¹Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Blockade of IL-6 signaling by sarilumab has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment approach for RA. Due to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria,…
Abstract Number: 1144 • ACR Convergence 2020
Concerns and Behaviors of Patients with Common Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases in the United States Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Michael George¹, Shilpa Venkatachalam², Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Joshua Baker¹, Peter Merkel¹, David Curtis³, Kelly Gavigan⁴, Maria (Maio) Danila⁵, Jeffrey R Curtis⁶ and William Nowell⁷, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ⁶Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases may be particularly concerned about COVID-19. We aimed to assess concerns and associated health behaviors of patients with autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 1569 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immune Related Adverse Events Related to Check Point Inhibitors Among Outpatients in an Academic Center
Bushra Akram¹, Aleena Itani¹, Mohammad Razaq², Samera Vaseer¹, Sara Vesely¹ and Pawan Acharya¹, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Immune check point inhibitors (ICIs) allow the body to recognize tumor cells as non-self, resulting in immune-cell mediated tumor cell destruction. These therapies have the…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Antimalarial-Induced Retinal Toxicity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Rheumatic Diseases
Gemma Cramarossa¹, Hsin-Yen Liu² and Janet Pope³, ¹Western University, Kleinburg, ON, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are antimalarial (AM) medications prescribed for a variety of rheumatic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many patients will…
Abstract Number: 0103 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association of Methotrexate, Sulfasalazine and Hydroxychloroquine Use with Incident Fractures in Postmenopausal Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative
Rachel Elam¹, Sandeepkumar Gupta², Omar Tolaymat², Sowmya Vasan³, Carolyn Crandall⁴, Jean Wactawski-Wende⁵, Karen Johnson⁶ and Laura Carbone², ¹Augusta University, Evans, GA, ²Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ³WHI, Seattle, WA, ⁴UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁶University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which disease modifying antirheumatic medications (DMARDs) used as part of triple therapy for treatment of…
Abstract Number: 0375 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs for Enthesitis in a Prospective Longitudinal Psoriatic Arthritis Cohort
Ashish Mathew¹, Mitchell Sutton², Daniel Pereira², Vinod Chandran³ and Dafna Gladman³, ¹University Health Network, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, ²Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is a common clinical feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). There is limited evidence on the effect of treatment on enthesitis. Our purpose was…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Infection in Rheumatologic Patients on Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Marta González Fernández¹, Orlando Pompei fernández², Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, Paula García Escudero¹, Claudia Stoye², Juan Ramón De Dios², Belén Álvarez Rodríguez², Elena Garmendia Sánchez¹, Susana Gil², Ana Ruibal-Escribano⁴, Margarida Vasques Rocha², Francisco García Llorente⁵, César Antonio Egües⁶, Edurne Guerrero⁷ and Jaime Calvo-Alén², ¹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Galdakao, Galdakao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁷Hospital Alto Deba, Arrasate, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS COV 2 pandemic has been an issue which has challenged the health care systems around the world. Rheumatology has been involved in two…
Abstract Number: 0869 • ACR Convergence 2020
Retinal Toxicity in a Multinational Inception Cohort of Systemic Lupus Patients on Hydroxychloroquine
Celline Almeida-Brasil¹, John Hanly², Murray Urowitz³, Ann Clarke⁴, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁵, Caroline Gordon⁶, Michelle Petri⁷, Ellen M Ginzler⁸, Daniel J Wallace⁹, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁰, Juanita Romero-Díaz¹¹, Mary Ann Dooley¹², Christine A. Peschken¹³, David Isenberg¹⁴, Anisur Rahman¹⁴, Susan Manzi¹⁵, Søren Jacobsen¹⁶, S. Sam Lim¹⁷, Ronald Van Vollenhoven¹⁸, Ola Nived¹⁹, Andreas Jönsen¹⁹, Diane Kamen²⁰, Cynthia Aranow²¹, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²², Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero²³, Dafna Gladman²⁴, Paul Fortin²⁵, Graciela Alarcón²⁶, Joan Merrill²⁷, Kenneth Kalunian²⁸, Manuel Ramos-Casals²⁹, Kristjan Steinsson³⁰, Asad Zoma³¹, Anca Askanase³², Munther Khamashta³³, Ian Bruce³⁴, Murat Inanc³⁵ and Sasha Bernatsky³⁶, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada, ³University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ⁸SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, ⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹²UNC Health, Chapel Hil, ¹³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ¹⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Temple University, Philadelphia, ¹⁶University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁸University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁰Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²²Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²⁴Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁵CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ²⁶Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Alabama, ²⁷New York University, New York, ²⁸University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁹University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³²Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ³³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³⁵Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁶The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite the beneficial effects of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), retinal toxicity is a concern. Factors associated with retinal toxicity have been…

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