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Abstracts tagged "DMARDs and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

  • Abstract Number: 848 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Risk of Serious Infection with Long-Term Use of Low-Dose Glucocorticoids in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Michael George1, Joshua Baker 2, Kevin Winthrop 3, Qufei Wu 2, Lang Chen 4, Fenglong Xie 5, Huifeng Yun 4 and Jeffrey Curtis 4, 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham

    Background/Purpose: As many as 30-40% of patients with RA remain on long term glucocorticoids. Infection risk with higher dose glucocorticoids is well known, but evidence…
  • Abstract Number: 2240 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    Mining Social Media Data to Investigate Patient Perceptions Regarding DMARD Pharmacotherapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Chanakya Sharma1, Samuel Whittle 2, Pari Delir Haghighi 3, Frada Burstein 3, Roee Sa'adon 4 and Helen Keen 1, 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, 2The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 3Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 4Treato, Or Yehuda, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Our hypothesis is that patients have a positive opinion regarding the newer, biologic DMARDs and a negative sentiment towards the conventional synthetic agents. We…
  • Abstract Number: 551 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Leflunomide As a Concomitant DMARD Choice for the Biological Treatment Era of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Gezmis Kimyon1, Sedat Kiraz2, Ihsan Ertenli2, Orhan Kucuksahin3, Ediz Dalkiliç4, Cemal Bes5, Nilufer Alpay Kanitez6, Timucin Kasifoglu7, Hakan Emmungil8, Belkıs Nihan Coşkun4, Burcu Yagız4, Suleyman Serdar Koca9, Muhammet Cinar10, Aşkın Ateş11, Servet Akar12, Duygu Ersozlu Bakirli13, Veli Yazisiz14, Nazife Sule Yasar Bilge7, Muge Aydin Tufan15, Ridvan Mercan16, Omer Karadag2, Ayse Bahar Kelesoglu11, Onay Gercik17, Burak Oz9, Zeynel Abidin Akar9, Sedat Yılmaz18, Sezin Turan8, Yavuz Pehlivan4, Ender Terzioglu14, Levent Kilic2, Sukran Erten19, Emre Tekgöz10, Koray Tascilar20 and Umut Kalyoncu2, 1Rheumatology, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey, 2Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 3Rheumatology, Liv Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, 4Rheumatology, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey, 5Department of Rheumatology, Health Sciences University Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 6Rheumatology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey, 7Rheumatology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey, 8Rheumatology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey, 9Rheumatology, Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey, 10Rheumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 11Rheumatology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 12Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology,, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, 13Department of Rheumatology, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey, 14Rheumatology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey, 15Rheumatology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, 16Rheumatology, Namik Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey, 17Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, 18Division of Rheumatology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 19Rheumatology, Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty Of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 20Rheumatology, Okmeydani Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Methotrexate and leflunomide are anchor conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. Although methotrexate is the usual recommended concomitant csDMARD along with…
  • Abstract Number: 556 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treatment Initiation and Duration in DMARD Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Analysis of US Health Plan Claims

    Robin K. Dore1, Jenya Antonova2 and Jerrold Hill3, 1Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, 3Health Economics Outcomes Research, Real World Evidence, IQVIA, Plymouth Meeting, PA

    Background/Purpose: The ACR treat-to-target approach for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommends regular assessments of disease activity and adjustment of medication regimen until efficacy goals are met.…
  • Abstract Number: 1887 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Practice Variation in Prescriptions of Non-TNFi Biologics and Tofacitinib: Data from the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry

    Gabriela Schmajuk1,2, Michael Evans3, Julia Kay2, Megan E. B. Clowse4, Esi Morgan5, Andreas Reimold6, Tracy Johansson7, Lindsay Lewis8 and Jinoos Yazdany9, 1San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 5University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 6Rheumatology, University of TX Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 7Practice, Advocacy & Quality, American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, 8American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, 9University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose:   Biologic DMARDs and tofacitinib account for a large proportion of drug spending in the U.S. Although TNFi drugs have dominated sales, use of…
  • Abstract Number: 2455 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic and Non-Biologic Dmards

    Judith Maro1, Talia Menzin2, Kenneth Hornbuckle3, Jon T. Giles4, Arthur Kavanaugh5, Thomas Dörner6, David Martin7, Jane Huang1 and Claudia A. Salinas3, 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Pilgrim Health Center, Boston, MA, 3Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 4Columbia University, New York, NY, 5University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 6Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 7Food and Drug Administration, Indianapolis, IN

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), compared with…
  • Abstract Number: 542 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Is There Any Difference in RA Patients for Methotrexate Use Vs. Leflunomide Use As a Concomitant Treatment with Biological and Targeted Synthetic Dmards in Turkbio Registry?

    Nevsun Inanc1, Gulsen Ozen2, Yasemin Yalçınkaya1, Ediz Dalkilic3, Suleyman Serdar Koca4, Gerçek Can5, Ahmet Karatas6, Yavuz Pehlivan7, Ayten Yazici8, Ayse Cefle9, Abdurrahman Tufan10, Servet Akar11, Soner Senel12, Burak Oz13, Nurullah Akkoc14 and Fatos Onen15, 1Departement of İnternal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Bursa, Turkey, 4Department of Rheumatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey, 5Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey, 6Department of Rheumatology, Firat University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Elazig, Turkey, 7Department of Rheumatology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, 8Rheumatology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, 9Rheumatology, Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Kocaeli, Turkey, 10Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Gazi University Medical School, Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, 11Rheumatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Izmir, Turkey, 12Rheumatology, Kayseri Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Kayseri, Turkey, 13Rheumatology, Firat University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Elazig, Turkey, 14Rheumatology, Private Practice, Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, 15Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: TURKBIO registry is the Turkish version of Danish DANBIO rheumatologic database which has been established in 2011. Demographic and clinical data including age, sex,…
  • Abstract Number: 1058 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Variation in DMARD Therapy Following Methotrexate Failure for Newly-Identified Rheumatoid Arthritis in a National Veterans Health Administration Cohort

    John McDougall Jr.1,2, Cynthia Brandt3,4, Melissa Skanderson3, Joseph Goulet3 and Liana Fraenkel5, 1National Clinican Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2Dep't. of Rheumatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 3Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 4Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 5Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, New Haven, CT

    Background/Purpose: Absent contraindications to conventional DMARD (cDMARD) use, the Veterans Administration (VA) requires a 3-month trial of 2 cDMARDs prior to the use of biologic…
  • Abstract Number: 2489 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Survival of Biologic DMARD Therapies As Monotherapy: Real World Data

    Jose A Gómez-Puerta1,2, Natalia Duque Zapata1, Luis Alonso Gonzalez1,3, Carmen Cerón1, Monica Vásquez1 and Oscar Jair Felipe Diaz1,4, 1Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, 2Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 3Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 4Clinica Las Vegas, Medellín, Colombia

    Background/Purpose: According different international registries, around one third of patients under biologic DMARD (bDMARD) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are receiving bDMARD as monotherapy (1-4). In…
  • Abstract Number: 3194 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Factors Related to Physicians’ Prescriptions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Never Filled or Subsequently Discontinued By Patients

    Hong J. Kan1, Kirill Dyagilev1, Peter Schulam2, Suchi Saria1, Charles Molta3 and Jeffrey Curtis4, 1John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 3Sun Pharmaceutical, Cranbury, NJ, 4Division Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose:  Rheumatologists have many choices of medications to use for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but patients may not fill a prescription (primary non-adherence or…
  • Abstract Number: 1626 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    In Real Life Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Leflunomide Has Limited Impact As a Second Line DMARD after Methotrexate

    Gundula Weigt, Anne Erler and Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine at the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Background/Purpose:  In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in whom methotrexate (MTX) is not inducing remission or at least low disease activity, or is not tolerated,…
  • Abstract Number: 2237 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Biologic DMARD Use Among U.S. Patients in an Online Rheumatoid Arthritis Community

    Lawrence Chang1, Yoko Tanaka2, Cynthia J Larmore1, Leilei Qian1, Baojin Zhu1 and Andre B. Araujo1, 1Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, KS

     Background/Purpose: Multiple biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) are approved in the US for the treatment of RA. Previous studies have indicated significant clinical inertia in moving patients…
  • Abstract Number: 2631 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Trends and Factors Associated with Use of Biologic Agents As Monotherapy Among US Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Chieh-I Chen1, Wenhui Wei2, Stuart Blackburn3, Emma Sullivan3 and James Piercy3, 1Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, 2Sanofi US, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, 3Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving a biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD), the current standard of care is to use the bDMARD concurrently…
  • Abstract Number: 2649 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Test-Retest Reliability of the 5-Item Compliance Questionnaire Rheumatology and Factors Influencing Its Assessment of Adherence in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Raquel Sweezie1, Mary J. Bell2, Charles Goldsmith3, Imy Chiu1, Anna Gutlin1 and Sharron Sandhu1, 1Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Rheum Div/Univ of Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Adherence to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy is suboptimal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  Efficient, low-cost measures are required for optimal monitoring…
  • Abstract Number: 2399 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Non-Adherence to Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Italian Survey

    Gerolamo Bianchi1, Antonio Carletto2, Oscar Massimiliano Epis3, Crescenzio Scioscia4, Angelo Semeraro5, Laura Bianchino6, Laura Bazzichi7, Giovanni Lapadula8, Luigi Sinigaglia9 and Andrea Lo Monaco10, 1Div Reumatologia, ASL3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy, 2Dipartimento di Medicina,U.O. Complessa di Reumatologia ,Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Verona, Verona, Italy, 3Rheumatology Unit, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy, 4University of Bari, Bari, Italy, 5P.O. “Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca, Italy, 6Roche Spa., Monza, Italy, 7University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, 8DIM, Rheumatology Unit, Bari, Italy, 9Department of Rheumatology, Gaetano Pini Institute, Milan, Italy, 10Department of Medical Sciences-Rheumatology Unit, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy

    Background/Purpose Approximately 50% of patients (pts) with chronic diseases are non-adherent to the therapeutic regimen assigned. In pts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the non-adherence to…
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