Abstracts tagged "Early Rheumatoid Arthritis"

Abstract Number: 588 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Acr Hybrid Analysis: Blinded Data from the Ongoing Phase IIb Trial with the EP4 Receptor Antagonist CR6086 in DMARD-Naïve Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cristina Vitalini, Beatrice Barbetta, Giampaolo Giacovelli, Nadia Brambilla, Massimo D'Amato, Federica Girolami and Lucio C. Rovati, Clinical Research Department, Rottapharm Biotech, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: The ACR Hybrid, officially recommended by the ACR as a revision to the ACR20/50/70 response criteria, combines the ACR20/50/70 scores with the mean percent…
Abstract Number: 2898 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Frequency of Circulating CD4+CXCR5-PD1hi Peripheral Helper T (cTph) Cells in Patients with Seropositive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Paula Fortea-Gordo¹, Laura Nuño², Alejandro Villalba², Diana Peiteado³, Irene Monjo⁴, Paloma Sanchez-Mateos⁵, Amaya Puig-Kröger⁶, Alejandro Balsa¹ and Maria Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Immunology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Immuno-oncology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: A novel population of CD4+ T cells with B cell helping capacity has been described in the synovial tissues and peripheral blood of seropositive…
Abstract Number: 589 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DAS28-CRP Versus DAS28-ESR and Thresholds for Disease Activity Category: Blinded Data from the Ongoing Phase IIb Trial with the EP4 Receptor Antagonist CR6086 in DMARD-Naïve Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cristina Vitalini, Beatrice Barbetta, Giampaolo Giacovelli, Nadia Brambilla, Massimo D'Amato, Federica Girolami and Lucio C. Rovati, Clinical Research Department, Rottapharm Biotech, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: In most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) the 28-Joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) values calculated using C-reactive protein (CRP) are lower than those calculated…
Abstract Number: 2984 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lifestyle and MTX Use Are the Strongest Predictors of Not Achieving Remission in the First Year of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Susan J. Bartlett^1,2, Orit Schieir³, Marie-France Valois⁴, Carol Hitchon⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Janet E. Pope⁹, Vivian P. Bykerk¹⁰, Edward C. Keystone¹¹, Diane Tin¹² and Glen Hazlewood¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³McGill University, Montreal, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹³Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Implementation of RA guidelines have improved remission outcomes in RA; nevertheless 45% of early RA participants do not achieve remission in the first year.…
Abstract Number: 623 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Step-Down-Bridge Versus Tight-Step-up Therapy in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Lacking Poor Prognostic Factors: An Economic Point of View
Sofia Pazmino¹, René Westhovens², Veerle Stouten¹, Johan Joly³, Kristien Van der Elst³, Diederik De Cock⁴ and Patrick Verschueren³, ¹KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³University Hospitals Leuven on behalf of the CareRA Study Group, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the Care in early RA (CareRA) trial, COBRA Slim, a combination of methotrexate (MTX) with a moderate-dose prednisone step-down-bridge scheme, showed a positive…
Abstract Number: 2987 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RAPID Remission during the First Year in EARLY ACTIVE Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Better 5 YEARS Structural Damage Outcomes
Julie Legrand¹, Thomas Kirchgesner¹, Tatiana Sokolova², Bruno Vande Berg¹ and Patrick Durez², ¹Musculoskeletal Imaging Unit, Musculoskeletal Imaging Unit - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ²Rheumatology, Rheumatology - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Remission is arguably the best and ultimate therapeutic goal in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA). ERA patients (pts) who reach rapid and sustained remission are…
Abstract Number: 891 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Upadacitinib Monotherapy to MTX Monotherapy in MTX-Naïve Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ronald van Vollenhoven¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², Aileen L. Pangan³, Alan Friedman³, Mohamed-Eslam Mohamed⁴, Su Chen⁴, Maureen Rischmueller⁵, Ricardo Blanco⁶, Ricardo M. Xavier⁷ and Vibeke Strand⁸, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center ARC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North chicago, IL, ⁵The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁷Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ⁸Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: To compare the clinical efficacy, including inhibition of structural damage, and safety of upadacitinib (UPA), a JAK1-selective inhibitor, as monotherapy, vs methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy,…
Abstract Number: 1201 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Finger Extensor Tendon Involvement Is Frequent in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mihaela Maruseac¹, Patrick Durez^2,3, Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap⁴ and Maria Stoenoiu⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ²Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ³Pôle de Recherche en Rhumatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Rheumatology - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Université Catholique de Louvain - Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Finger extensor involvement (FET) at ultrasound examination (US) was previously described in patients suffering from early psoriatic arthritis. Contradictory results were published in patients…
Abstract Number: 1457 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association between Disease Activity and Radiographic Progression in the Current Treat-to-Target Paradigm of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Real World Data from the Dutch Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitoring (DREAM) Registry
Peter M. ten Klooster^1,2, Laura M.M. Steunebrink³, Letty Versteeg⁴, Inmaculada de la Torre⁵, Francesco de Leonardis⁶, Walid Fakhouri⁶, Liliana Zaremba-Pechmann⁶ and Mart van de Laar^1,3, ¹Transparency in Healthcare B.V., Hengelo, Netherlands, ²Arthritis Centre Twente, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ³Arthritis Centre Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Arthritis Centre Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁵Eli Lilly and Company, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Recent studies suggested a disconnect between disease activity and radiographic damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with more aggressive treatment (1). Therefore, the…
Abstract Number: 1483 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical Features of Seronegative and Seropositive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Blinded Data from the Ongoing Phase IIb Trial with the EP4 Receptor Antagonist CR6086 in DMARD-Naïve Patients
Giampaolo Giacovelli, Beatrice Barbetta, Cristina Vitalini, Nadia Brambilla, Massimo D'Amato, Federica Girolami and Lucio C. Rovati, Clinical Research Department, Rottapharm Biotech, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis patients positive for rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA) are considered to manifest an aggressive disease course compared with…
Abstract Number: 1485 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survivin Measurements Improve Prediction of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Patients with Unexplained Arthralgia
Malin C Erlandsson^1,2, Minna Turkkila³, Rille Pullerits^2,3,4 and Maria I Bokarewa^2,3, ¹Department of rheumatology and inflammation research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Clinical immunology and transfusion medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Early recognition of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is believed to be the key to successful treatment of this disease. Symptoms of arthralgia often predate development…
Abstract Number: 1486 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Subclinical Signs of Inflammation in Patients with New Onset of Non-Specific Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Positivity: First Interims Analysis of the Panora Trial
Michaela Koehm^1,2, Ulf Henkemeier^2,3, Tanja Rossmanith², Stephanie Dauth², Timm Oberwahrenbrock², Ann Christina Foldenauer², Karola Mergenthal⁴, Harald Burkhardt^2,3,5 and Frank Behrens^2,3,5, ¹Division of Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ²Fraunhofer IME Branch for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Centre of Innovative Diagnostics and Therapeutics Rheumatology / Immunology at University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Institute for General Practice Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁵Division of Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease affecting approx. 1% of the adult population of Northern Europe and North America. Strategies for…
Abstract Number: 1488 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Joint Locations That Are Poor Prognostic in an Early Seropositive Erosive RA Cohort
Patrick Durez¹, Sofie Robert², Alexandra Thiry³ and Harris A Ahmad³, ¹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with early RA often present with multiple and different areas of joint involvement. While the ACR and EULAR guidelines specify high disease…
Abstract Number: 72 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Serologic Responses to Epstein Barr Virus Precede Clinical Disease Development in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Heather M. Berens¹, Elizabeth A. Bemis², M. Kristen Demoruelle¹, John B. Harley³, Judith A. James⁴, Jess Edison⁵, Kevin D. Deane¹, Jill M. Norris⁶ and V. Michael Holers¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ³Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: EBV infects B cells and is associated with several autoimmune diseases, including RA. Prior studies have shown that patients with active classified RA…
Abstract Number: 1492 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Methotrexate Response in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Predicted Using a Somamer Proteomic Assay
Carol Hitchon¹, Victor Spicer¹, Nathalie Carrier², Ang Gao¹, Hani El-Gabalawy¹, John Wilkins¹ and Gilles Boire³, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie -Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Available clinical tools do not adequately identify treatment non-responders in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leading to delayed disease control. Tools informed by molecular phenotype…

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