Abstracts tagged "DMARDs"

Abstract Number: 607 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Response to Biologic and Non-Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) According to Gender in a French-Canadian Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Sonia Lagacé¹, Louis Bessette^2,3, Louis Coupal⁴ and Denis Choquette⁴, ¹Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada, ³Rhumatologie, CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Institut de Recherche en Rhumatologie de Montréal (IRRM), Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Several studies have reported that women with RA had higher level of pain, disease activity and functional impairment compared to men. In addition, women…
Abstract Number: 1999 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Claims-Based Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Switched from a Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor to Another Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug
Machaon Bonafede¹, Wenhui Wei², Chieh-I Chen³, Donna McMorrow¹, Stefano Fiore⁴, Jonathan Fay³, Toshio Kimura³ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, ¹Truven Health Analytics, Cambridge, MA, ²Sanofi US, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, ³Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, ⁴Sanofi Genzyme, Bridgwater, NJ, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an inadequate response to a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) can switch to another targeted disease-modifying antirheumatic…
Abstract Number: 2624 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies Titers Are Independently Modulated By Disease Activity and Synthetic or Biologic Dmards in a Seropositive Early Arthritis Population
Elena García Lorenzo¹, Daniel Useros², Aranzazu Alfranca³, Ana M. Ortiz Garcia¹, Pablo Moreno Fresneda¹, Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro¹ and Rosario García-Vicuña¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumathology, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ³Immunology, Immunology Service, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Early introduction of some biologic (b) DMARDs has been proposed to reduce anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) titers in clinical trials settings. However, less information…
Abstract Number: 611 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of a German Subpopulation with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Golimumab As Add-on Therapy to Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹, Jürgen Wollenhaupt², Marita Winnemöller³, Ines Klaudius³ and Helena Löffler³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ²Schön Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany, ³Medical Affairs, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Haar, Germany
Background/Purpose: In previous clinical studies the human monoclonal TNFα-antibody golimumab (GLM) showed a good clinical response and a favorable benefit:risk profile in the treatment of…
Abstract Number: 2001 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Perioperative Use of Synthetic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs or Tumor Necrosis Factor α Inhibitors Does Not Associate with Increased Rates of Post-Operative Infections
Hsin-Hsuan Juo^1,2, Anders Peck^3,4, Nancy Gove⁵ and Bernard Ng^1,2, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ³Medicine / Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴The Seattle Arthritis Clinic, Seattle, WA, ⁵Biostatistics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The aim of the study is to assess whether the risk of post-operative infectious complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients undergoing surgical procedures is…
Abstract Number: 2643 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (PJP) in Patients with RA and Sulfasalazine As a Possible Protective Agent
Shinji Motojima¹, Tamao Nakashita², Akira Jibatake¹, Akira Yoshida¹ and Yoshiki Yamamoto¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa city, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Allergy, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa-city, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is a serious complication during the treatment in patients with variety of rheumatic disease. Postmarketing surveillance of infliximab and etnercept…
Abstract Number: 701 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with Adalimumab, Combination Therapy with DMARD, Increase the Serum Level of Adalimumab and Decrease Immunogenicity
José Rosas¹, Francisca Llinares-Tello², José Miguel Senabre-Gallego¹, Mariana Marco-Mingot³, Ana Pons¹, Xavier Barber⁴, Gregorio Santos-Soler¹, Esteban Salas-Heredia¹, Catalina Cano¹, Juan Molina³, Marina Sanchís⁴, Mario García-Carrasco⁵ and AIRE-MB Group, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain, ²Laboratory, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ³Laboratory, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain, ⁴CIO, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain, ⁵Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, HGR 36-CIBIOR Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Mexico
Background/Purpose: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, methotrexate (MTX), improves the clinical efficacy of anti-TNF (TNFi), among other reasons, for reducing the immunogenicity. However, there are…
Abstract Number: 2081 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dermal Temperature Is an Excelent Prognostic Indicator to Guide RA Therapy
JoAnn Ball¹ and Maria Greenwald², ¹rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Deseret, CA, ²Rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA
Background/Purpose: Nurses and rheumatology extenders can rapidly identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who flare, with high predictive value for which individual is at high risk…
Abstract Number: 2646 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Hepatitis B Reactivation in Inflammatory Arthritis Patients Receiving Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Tzu-Chieh Lin¹, Mirhelen Mendes De Abreu², Sara K. Tedeschi¹, Kazuki Yoshida³ and Daniel H. Solomon², ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: There is limited information for the rate of hepatitis B reactivation in inflammatory arthritis patients. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, assessing hepatitis…
Abstract Number: 709 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a Novel Medication Adherence Prediction Model for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Based on Results from a Global Clinical Study
Philip J Mease¹, Josef S. Smolen², Dafna D Gladman³, Joachim Sieper⁴, John Weinman⁵, Julia Sommer⁶, Pascal Nurwakagari⁷ and Maja Hojnik⁸, ¹Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵King's College, London, United Kingdom, ⁶GKM Gesellschaft für Therapieforschung mbH, Munich, Germany, ⁷AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany, ⁸AbbVie, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Adherence to systemic therapies, such as tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi’s), is affected by various factors and may be critical for optimal disease outcomes…
Abstract Number: 2227 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Remission and Relapse Rate after Non-Conventional DMARD Withdrawal in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrea Ramirez-Gomez¹, Aldo Barajas-Ochoa¹, Jose Juan Castaneda-Sanchez¹, Jose Dionisio Castillo-Ortiz¹, Jorge M. Sanchez-Gonzalez² and Cesar Ramos-Remus², ¹Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Cronico-Degenerativas, Guadalajara, Mexico, ²Vicerrectoria Academica, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has evolved continuously. The introduction of non-conventional DMARDs, which include biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs), has been…
Abstract Number: 3150 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Initial Dose of Methotrexate per Weight Is Determinant of Disease Activity and Early DAS28 Remission in DMARD-Naive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Usual Care
Tuomas Rannio¹, Juha Asikainen², Pekka Hannonen², Timo Yli-Kerttula³, Päivi Ekman⁴, Laura Kuusalo⁵, Laura Pirilä⁶, Markku Mali⁷, Marja Puurtinen-Vilkki⁷, Satu Kortelainen⁷, Johanna Paltta⁶, Kirsi Taimen⁷, Markku J. Kauppi⁸, Kari Laiho⁹, Satu Nyrhinen⁹, Heidi Mäkinen¹⁰, Pia Isomäki¹⁰, Terhi Uotila¹⁰, Kalle Aaltonen¹¹, Hannu Kautiainen¹² and Tuulikki Sokka-Isler¹, ¹Rheumatology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ²Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ³Sairaalantie 3, Satakunta Central Hospital, Rauma, Finland, ⁴Satakunta Central Hospital, Rauma, Finland, ⁵Rheumatology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁶Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁷Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, ⁹Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland, ¹⁰Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ¹¹Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, ¹²Unit of Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is considered as the anchor disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, there is no advice…
Abstract Number: 1200 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptional Profiling of Early RA Synovial Tissue Reveals the Impact of Triple DMARD Treatment on T Cell Activation Pathways
Alice M Walsh¹, Sunil Nagpal¹, Mihir D Wechalekar², Yanxia Guo¹, Xuefeng Yin¹, Helen Weedon², Susanna Proudman³ and Malcolm D. Smith², ¹Immunology, Janssen Research & Development, Spring House, PA, ²Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, ³University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: While several transcriptional profiling studies of synovial biopsies have been reported from RA patients with advanced disease, there is relatively little data available from…
Abstract Number: 2238 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RA Medication Preferences Among U.S. Patients in an Online Rheumatoid Arthritis Community
Baojin Zhu¹, Lawrence Chang¹, Leilei Qian¹, Cynthia J Larmore¹, Yoko Tanaka² and Andre B. Araujo¹, ¹Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, KS
Background/Purpose: Medications used to manage RA vary in efficacy, safety, and convenience of use. A better understanding of patient preferences of these attributes is key…
Abstract Number: 1350 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Asymptomatic Coccidioidomycosis in Patients with Rheumatic Disease: 8 Years of Experience
Usman Ajaz¹, Jeffrey R. Lisse², Neil M. Ampel³ and Dominick Sudano⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ²Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Department of Infectious Disease, Southern AZ VA Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) is an endemic fungal infection that typically causes a self-limited pulmonary illness in the Southwestern United States,. Immunosuppressed patients are at…

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