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  • Abstract Number: 2460 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Predictive Factors of Good Response to Conventional Dmards in Patients with Early Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the Espoir Cohort

    JULIA MARY1, B Combe2, Cédric Lukas3 and Michel De Bandt4, 1RHEUMATOLOGY, CHU Fort de France, 97261, Martinique, 2Immuno-Rhumatologie, CHU Lapeyronie, University of Montpellier, France, 3Rheumatology, CHU Lapeyronie and EA2415, Montpellier University, University of Montpellier, France, 4Rheumatology department, CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, France

    Background/Purpose:  Early seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a separate entity. Less is known about its initial clinical presentation and outcome due to the difficulty in…
  • Abstract Number: 1439 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The EP4 Receptor Antagonist CR6086 Is More Effective Than Classical NSAID and DMARD Treatment in a Murine Model of Arthritis and in Human RA Synovial Explants

    Marije I. Koenders1, Monique M. Helsen1, Birgitte Walgreen1, Wim B. van den Berg1, Gianfranco Caselli2, Ornella Letari2 and Peter M. van der Kraan1, 1Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2Rottapharm Biotech, Monza, Italy

    Background/Purpose: CR6086 is a novel small molecule acting as a potent and selective antagonist of the prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) receptor EP4 subtype (EP4 receptor). Recent…
  • Abstract Number: 2469 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    How Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Rheumatologists Communicate during Clinic Visits When a New DMARD Is Prescribed

    Lorie L. Geryk1, Susan J. Blalock2, Courtney A. Roberts2, Beth L. Jonas3 and Delesha M. Carpenter4, 1Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 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, 4Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC

    Background/Purpose:  This observational study includes data from clinic visits of 38 RA patients (3 rheumatologists) that occurred in a southeastern state from May 2014 to…
  • Abstract Number: 707 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Change of Enthesial Involvement Under Treatment Was Independent from the Therapeutic Strategy in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis within the Scqm Cohort

    Ruediger Mueller1, Toni Kaegi2, Nicole Graf3, Johannes von Kempis4 and J.J. Luime5, 1Rheumatology, MD, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 3graf biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, 4Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 5Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is one of the potential extra-axial manifestations found in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Enthesitis can be quantified using the MASES (Maastrich Ankylosing Spondylitis…
  • Abstract Number: 1932 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    IL-17A-Low CCR6+ Th Cell Populations of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Pathogenic, Multidrug Resistant and Associated with DMARD and Glucocorticoid Treatment Response

    Jan Piet van Hamburg1, Sandra M.J. Paulissen2, Nadine Davelaar1, Mieke Hazes3 and Erik Lubberts1, 1Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2Room Nb-84, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: CCR6+ T-helper (Th) cells and their pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-17A are implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, within the CCR6+ Th…
  • Abstract Number: 2837 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Sulfasalazine Comedication: A Predictor of Reduced Long-Term Anti-TNF Switch in Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Andrea Y. Shimabuco, Celio R. Gonçalves, Julio C. B. Moraes, Mariana G Waisberg, Percival D Sampaio-Barros, Cláudia Goldenstein-Schainberg, Eloisa Bonfá and Carla G.S. Saad, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF agents are efficacious in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The switch to another TNF blockage can be an alternative in cases of…
  • Abstract Number: 942 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Update in the Management of Biologic Response Modifiers and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Following Coccidioidomycosis

    Usman Ajaz1, Neil M. Ampel2, Varun Bhalla3, Jeffrey R. Lisse4 and Dominick Sudano5, 1Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2Department of Infectious Disease, Southern AZ VA Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, 3University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 4Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 5Rheumatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

    Background/Purpose: In the Southwestern United States, Coccidioidomycosis (cocci) or Valley fever is an endemic fungal infection. It typically presents as a self-limited pulmonary illness.  Patients…
  • Abstract Number: 2051 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Risk for Lower Intestinal Perforations in RA Patients Treated with Tocilizumab in Comparison to Treatment with TNF Inhibitors, Rituximab, Abatacept or Conventional Synthetic Dmards

    Anja Strangfeld1, Adrian Richter2, Peter Herzer3, Karin Rockwitz4, Winfried Demary5, Martin Aringer6, Angela Zink7 and Joachim Listing8, 1Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 2German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 3Rheumatologist, Scientific Advisory Board, München, Germany, 4Rheumatologic Practice, Goslar, Germany, 5Rheumatologist, Hildesheim, Germany, 6Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Clinical Center, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 7Epidemiologie, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, 8Epidemiology, DRFZ, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Interleukin-6 has a direct protective effect on intestinal cells. Although several cases of lower intestinal perforations (LIP) were reported in clinical trials of tocilizumab…
  • Abstract Number: 3102 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Increasing Circulating Adiponectin after DMARD Initiation Is Associated with Radiographic Progression in Early Aggressive RA, Regardless of Treatment Strategy

    Jon T. Giles1, S. Louis Bridges Jr.2, James R. O'Dell3, Stacey Cofield4, George Howard5, Jeffrey R. Curtis6 and Larry W. Moreland7, 1Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, 2Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 5Biostatistics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 6University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL, 7Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Higher levels of circulating adiponectin have been linked to radiographic progression in RA in observational studies, but never studied in the context of early…
  • Abstract Number: 959 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Results from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic JIA Consensus Treatment Plans Pilot Study

    Yukiko Kimura1, Timothy Beukelman2, Esi Morgan-DeWitt3, Kelly L. Mieszkalski4, Thomas Brent Graham5, Maria F. Ibarra6, Norman Ilowite7, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman8, Karen Onel9, Sampath Prahalad10, Marilynn G. Punaro11, Sarah Ringold12, Dana Toib13, Heather Van Mater14, Pamela F. Weiss15, Laura Schanberg16 and the CARRA Registry Investigators, 1Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, 2Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3Pediatric rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 4Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 5Pediatric Rheumatology, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, 6Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 7Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 8Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 9Pediatric Rheumatology, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 10Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 11Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, 12Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 13Pediatric Rheumnatology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, 14Duke Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 15Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 16Duke University, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Systemic JIA (sJIA) in usual practice is commonly treated with several agents, including glucocorticoids (GC), methotrexate (MTX) and biologic agents, most commonly IL1 or…
  • Abstract Number: 2143 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    A Safety Analysis of Tofacitinib 5mg Twice Daily Administered As Monotherapy or in Combination with Background Conventional Synthetic Dmards in a Phase 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Population

    Alan J Kivitz1, Boulos Haraoui2, Jeffrey Kaine3, Vanessa Castellano4, Eustratios Bananis4, Carol A Connell5, Elaine Hoffman5 and Liza Takiya6, 1Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, 2Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3Sarasota Arthritis Research Center, Sarasota, FL, 4Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, 5Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, 6Pfizer Inc, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In Phase 3 (P3) studies, tofacitinib demonstrated safety and efficacy…
  • Abstract Number: 3196 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Predictive Biomarkers for Response or Non-Response to MTX Monotherapy in Early RA

    Karen Hambardzumyan1, Rebecca J. Bolce2, Saedis Saevarsdottir3, Kristina Forslind4,5, Johan A Karlsson6 and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven1, 1Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, 3Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, The Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Departments of Rheumatology, Helsingborgs Hospital and University of Lund, Helsingborg and Lund, Sweden, 5Department of Medicine, Helsingborgs Lasarett, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg, Sweden, 6Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: In early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA), a clinically significant proportion of patients may respond to first-line treatment with methotrexate (MTX). A priori identification of patients…
  • Abstract Number: 970 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Sarilumab in Combination with Csdmards in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Were Inadequate Responders or Intolerant of Anti–TNF-α Therapy: Results from a Phase 3 Study

    Roy Fleischmann1, Geraldo Castelar-Pinheiro2, Jan Brzezicki3, Pawel Hrycaj4, Yong Lin5, Janet van Adelsberg6, Neil Graham7, Hubert van Hoogstraten5, Deborah Bauer5 and Gerd Burmester8, 1University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Discipline of Rheumatology, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3Centrum Kliniczno-Badawcze, Elblag, Poland, 4Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, 5Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, 6Clinical Science, Regeneron Pharmaceutials, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, 7Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, 8Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: The investigational agent sarilumab is a human mAb directed against the IL-6 receptor. The phase 3 MOBILITY study (NCT01061736) evaluated the efficacy and safety…
  • Abstract Number: 2147 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Effect of Sulfasalazine and Methotrexate on the Immunogenicity of Infliximab and Adalimumab in Patients with Spondyloarthritis

    Ana Martínez1, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodriguez2, Dora Pascual-Salcedo3, Eva L. Kneepkens4, Gertjan Wolbink5, Alejandro Villalba6, Teresa Jurado1, Diana Peiteado6, Laura Nuño6, Andrea Jochems1 and Alejandro Balsa6, 1Immunology Unit, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPaz, MADRID, Spain, 2Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital-Rheumatology Department, Madrid, Spain, 3Immunology Unit, La Paz University Hospital-Immunology, Madrid, Spain, 4Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-Rheumatology Department, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Classic DMARDs are not routinely prescribed for axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Recent studies have found that concomitant therapy with methotrexate (MTX) reduced immunogenicity of TNF…
  • Abstract Number: 3197 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Clinical Practice Experience in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Triple Therapy and Methotrexate-Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition Differs from That of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Daniel Erhardt1, Brian Sauer2, Chia-Chen Teng3, Ted R. Mikuls4, Jeffrey R. Curtis5, Derek Tang6, Bradley S. Stolshek6 and Grant W. Cannon1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 3HSR&D SLC VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 4University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 5University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 6Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA

    Background/Purpose: Recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated similar outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with triple therapy [methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine (SUL) and…
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