Abstracts tagged "DMARDs"

Abstract Number: 20 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diabetes and Other Comorbidities in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Starting a Biologic DMARD: A Multi-Database Cohort Study
Seoyoung C. Kim^1,2, Yinzhu Jin³, Gregory Brill⁴, Jennifer Lewey^4,5, Nam-Kyong Choi³, Elisabetta Patorno⁴ and Rishi J. Desai³, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy and Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are known to have an increased comorbidity burden. Presence of diabetes or other comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease (CVD)…
Abstract Number: 1728 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Adherence to Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Psoriatic Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Disease
Mehmet Ali Balci¹, Mustafa Ferhat Oksuz², Salim Donmez¹, Tugce Ozen³, Ediz Dalkilic², Ayse Nur Tufan², Yavuz Pehlivan² and Omer Nuri Pamuk⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Uludag University Medcal Faculty, Bursa, Turkey, ³PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION, Trakya University Faculty of Health Sciences, Edirne, Turkey, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey, Edirne, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are an inflammatory arthritis causing joint damage and disability. Non-adherence to disease modifying anti-rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 2525 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Characteristics Predicting Remission Using Intensive Treatment Strategies in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diederik Decock¹, Rene Westhovens^1,2, Veerle Stouten¹, Kristien Van der Elst^2,3, Johan Joly², Patrick Verschueren^1,2 and CareRA study group, ¹KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium, ²Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³KU Leuven, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Guidelines recommend to treat newly diagnosed Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERA) with intensive treatment strategies using Methotrexate (MTX) or a combination of csDMARDs and a…
Abstract Number: 97 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of DMARD Tapering on Treatment Costs and Work Productivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- an Analysis from the Prospective Randomized Controlled Retro- Study
Melanie Hagen¹, Camille P Figueiredo², Jayme Fogagnolo Cobra³, Judith Haschka⁴, Michaela Reiser⁵, Matthias Englbrecht⁶, Axel J. Hueber⁷, Bernhard Manger⁶, Arnd Kleyer⁸, Stephanie Finzel⁹, Hans-Peter Tony¹⁰, Stefan Kleinert¹¹, Joerg Wendler¹², Florian Schuch¹², Monika Ronneberger¹², Martin Feuchtenberger¹³, Martin Fleck¹⁴, Karin Manger¹⁵, Wolfgang Ochs¹⁶, Matthias Schmitt-Haendle¹⁷, H.-M. Lorenz¹⁸, HG Nüßlein¹⁹, R Alten²⁰, Joerg C. Henes²¹, Klaus Krüger²², Georg Schett⁷ and Juergen Rech⁷, ¹Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ²Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Instituto de Reumatologia de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, ⁴Medical Department II, St. Vincent Hospital, the VINFORCE Study Group, Academic Teaching Hospital of Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology/Immunology, Medical Clinic II, University Clinic Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ¹¹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Schwerpunktpraxis Rheumatologie, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Rheumatologie/Klinische Immunologie, Kreiskliniken Altötting-Burghausen, Burghausen, Germany, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany, ¹⁵Rheumatology Practice Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, ¹⁶Internistisch-rheumatologische Praxisgemeinschaft Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, ¹⁷Rheumatology Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, Bayreuth, Germany, ¹⁸Im Neuenheimer Feld 41, UNI-Klinikum Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik,, Heidelberg, Germany, ¹⁹University of Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany, ²⁰Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²¹Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²²Praxiszentrum St. Bonifatius, München, Germany
Effects of DMARD Tapering on Treatment Costs and Work Productivity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- an Analysis from the Prospective Randomized Controlled RETRO- Study Background/Purpose: Achieving remission…
Abstract Number: 1735 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Canadian Humira Post-Marketing Observational Epidemiological Study Assessing Effectiveness in Psoriatic Arthritis (Complete-PsA): Interim Analysis
Majed Khraishi¹, Boulos Haraoui², Louis Bessette^3,4, Yatish Setty⁵, William G. Bensen⁶ and Valencia P. Remple^7,8, ¹Department of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ²Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁵Grey Bruce Health Services, Owen Sound, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷AbbVie Corporation, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: COMPLETE-PsA is an ongoing observational study planning to enroll 670 psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients (pts) from ~40 sites across Canada. Main objectives are to…
Abstract Number: 2554 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Blood Pressure Following the Initiation of Disease Modifying Therapies in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Brian Sauer², Chia-Chen Teng³, Grant W. Cannon⁴, Said Ibrahim⁵, Michael George⁶, Amy C. Cannella⁷, Bryant R. England⁸, Liron Caplan⁹, Lisa A. Davis¹⁰, Kaleb Michaud¹¹, James R. O'Dell¹² and Ted R Mikuls¹³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²IDEAS Center and Division of Epidemiology, HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Section of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁹Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UC Denver SOM, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Div of Rheumatology, Univ of CO Denver School of Med, Aurora, CO, ¹¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹³Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation is associated with a greater risk of hypertension (HTN) while inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α have been shown to have vasodilator effects.…
Abstract Number: 117 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Dmards Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adegbenga Bankole, Rheumatology, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder affecting millions of Americans with societal costs estimated in the billions. With the expansion in…
Abstract Number: 1956 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Dose Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Use Results in Less Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis – a Longitudinal Analysis
Lianne S. Gensler¹, John D. Reveille², MinJae Lee³, Thomas Learch⁴, Matthew Brown⁵, Mohammad H. Rahbar³, Michael Weisman⁶ and Michael Ward⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Radiology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, ⁶Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Over the last decade, the disease modifying effects of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi) have resulted in conflicting studies. …
Abstract Number: 2555 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Conventional and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs As Well As Glucocorticoids: A Systematic Literature Review Informing the 2016 Update of the Eular Recommendations for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katerina Chatzidionysiou¹, Sharzad Emamikia², Jackie L. Nam³, Sofia Ramiro⁴, Josef Smolen⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶, Maxime Dougados⁷, Johannes WJ Bijlsma⁸, Gerd Burmester⁹, Marieke Scholte-Voshaar¹⁰, Ronald van Vollenhoven^11,12 and Robert Landewé¹³, ¹Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁹Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰EULAR Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹³Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To inform the task force for the 2016 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of RA on the evidence regarding the efficacy…
Abstract Number: 137 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Remission By Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Leads to a Better Functional Outcome – Results of the US Impera Study – US 7-Score Implementation Study in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anne-Marie Glimm¹, Sarah Ohrndorf², Imma Fischer³, Johannes Strunk⁴, Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁵, Wolfgang Hartung⁶, Herbert Kellner⁷, Horst Sattler⁸, Gabriela Schmittat¹, GR Burmester⁹ and Marina Backhaus¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Biostatistik Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital 'Porz am Rhein', Academic Hospital of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁵Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Klinik Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine – Rheumatologic Day Clinic, Krankenhaus Neuwittelsbach, Academic Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁸Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Practice, Bad Duerkheim, Bad Duerkheim, Germany, ⁹Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, University Medicine Charit, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Novel treat-to-target strategies present new challenges to treatment monitoring in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To compare functional outcomes in early RA patients monitored by standard…
Abstract Number: 1981 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Pilot Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling Study of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Response to Pain in RA, before and after DMARD Treatment
Yvonne C. Lee¹, Alexander Fine², Ekaterina Protsenko³, Elena Massarotti⁴, Robert R. Edwards⁵, Vitaly Napadow⁶ and Marco Loggia³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Anesthesiology, Brigham & Womens Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA, ⁶Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA
Background/Purpose: Although significant advances have been made in treating inflammation in RA, little is known about central nervous system (CNS) pain pathways in inflammatory arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 2578 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Levels of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Subgroups and Their Inhibitors (noggin, sclerostin) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Correlation with Disease Activity, Clinical and Radiographic Progression
Ozge Kockara¹, Merve Sibel Gungoren², Erdem Karabulut³, Sebnem Ataman⁴ and Filiz Akbiyik², ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Medical Biochemistry, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ³Biostatistics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Progressive bone destruction occurs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to imbalance of osteoblast/osteoclast activity. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) regenerate bone damage by stimulating the…
Abstract Number: 566 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients’ Ability to Accurately Recall DMARD Information Immediately Following an Office Visit with Their Rheumatologist
Delesha Carpenter¹, Lorie Geryk², Courtney Roberts², Beth L. Jonas³ and Susan J. Blalock⁴, ¹Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville, NC, ²Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Ct, University of North Carolina Thruston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Patient misunderstandings about DMARDs may contribute to nonadherence. We present longitudinal observational data regarding whether patients can accurately recall medication information about a newly-prescribed…
Abstract Number: 1991 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Statins in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gulsen Ozen^1,2, Sofia Pedro³, Marie Holmqvist⁴, Frederick Wolfe³ and Kaleb Michaud^2,3, ¹Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁴Dept of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important cardiovascular risk factor in RA. Although a few prior studies reported DM risk reduction with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and…
Abstract Number: 2607 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Favorable Changes in Lipid Profile with Additive DMARD Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Failing Methotrexate Monotherapy
Tate Johnson¹, Ted R Mikuls², Harlan Sayles¹, Michael J. Duryee³, Geoffrey M. Thiele¹, Mary Brophy^4,5 and James R. O'Dell⁶, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴VA Boston Heathcare System, Boston, MA, ⁵MAVERIC CSPCC (151MAV), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is a significant comorbidity among RA patients. As such, dyslipidemia and the effect of DMARD therapy on lipid profiles is an important…

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