Abstracts tagged "glucocorticoids"

Abstract Number: 1144 • ACR Convergence 2021
Underestimation of the Fracture Risk by the FRAX Formula in Chronic Glucocorticoid Users: A 10-year Longitudinal Validation Study
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Ling Yin Ho², Sau Mei TSE² and Kar Li Chan³, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China, ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: To compare the actual fracture incidence over 10 years in a longitudinal cohort of patients using glucocorticoids (GCs) with the risk prediction from FRAX…
Abstract Number: 1149 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Alendronate for Prevention of New Fractures and Vertebral Deformities in Patients with Rheumatologic Disorders on Chronic Glucocorticoid Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Saffa Iftikhar¹, Waleed Khokher², Ashu Acharya¹, Joan Gekonde³, Nithin Kesireddy², Rawish Fatima¹ and Nezam Altorok², ¹University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³University of Toledo, Sylvania Township, OH
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids are commonly used in patients with rheumatologic conditions including but not limited to Rheumatoid Arthritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Systemic Lupus Erythematous and so on.…
Abstract Number: 1264 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial Differences in Chronic Glucocorticoid Use in Patients with SLE: A Cross Sectional Study
James Sullivan¹ and Emily Littlejohn², ¹Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Black patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) face higher rates of morbidity and mortality compared to White patients. Long-term glucocorticoid use has been associated…
Abstract Number: 1283 • ACR Convergence 2021
Reduction in Glucocorticoid Use in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Belimumab: A Large Pooled Analysis of 5 Placebo-Controlled Studies
Karen Costenbader¹, Yoshiyuki Abe², Laurent Arnaud³, George Bertsias⁴, Norma Lynn Fox⁵, Mathew Gibb⁶, Anne Hammer⁵, Alexa Meara⁷, Holly Quasny⁸, David Roth⁵ and Tania Gonzalez-Rivera⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA, ²Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, French National Reference Center for Autoimmune Diseases (CRMR RESO), Strasbourg, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Veramed Ltd., Twickenham, United Kingdom, ⁷Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) play an important role in rapid systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) symptom relief. However, chronic GC use increases organ damage risk; and treatment…
Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2021
Adrenal Insufficiency After Glucocorticoid Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Alojzija Hocevar¹, Rok Jese¹, Jelka Kramaric², Matija Tomšič³ and Ziga Rotar³, ¹UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, Slovenia, ²UKC Ljubjana, Ljubjana, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Adrenal insufficiency is frequently neglected and underappreciated complication of systemic glucocorticoid therapy. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of glucocorticoid induced adrenal insufficiency in…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis in the ARTESER Multicenter Study of 1675 Patients
Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa¹, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez², Elisa Fernández-Fernández³, María T. Silva-Diaz⁴, Jesús A. Valero-Jaimes⁵, Ismael González-Fernández⁶, Julio Sánchez⁷, Judit Lluch⁸, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa⁹, Javier Mendizábal-Mateos¹⁰, Pia M. Lois Bermejo¹¹, Javier Loricera¹², Alejandro Muñoz¹³, Cristina Valero-Martínez¹⁴, Patricia Moya¹⁵, Carmen Larena-Grijalba¹⁶, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles¹⁷, Joan Calvet-Fontova¹⁸, Ivette Casafont¹⁹, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán²⁰, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²¹, Jaime Calvo-Alén²², Carlota L. Iñiguez-Ubiaga²³, Vanesa Hernández²⁴, Cristina Campos-Fernández²⁵, María Alcalde-Villar²⁶, Antonio Juan-Mas²⁷, Eugenio De Miguel²⁸, Javier Narvaez²⁹, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³⁰, Noemí Garrido-Puñal³¹, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon¹⁷ and Ricardo Blanco³², ¹Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰H. Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevial, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, ²⁰H. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁵Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ³¹Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay therapy in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), initially at high doses (40-60 mg/day) followed by gradual glucocorticoid tapering. This treatment,…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2021
Dysregulated Glucose Metabolism and Dyslipidemia in GCA and PMR Patients at Diagnosis
Idil Esen¹, Philip Therkildsen², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen², Anna van 't Ende¹, Annemieke Boots¹, Peter Heeringa¹, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge², Elisabeth Brouwer¹ and Yannick van Sleen³, ¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the large and medium vasculitis that affects elderly people GCA frequently overlaps with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). PMR is a…
Abstract Number: 1428 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Ongoing Glucocorticoid Use and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², Punyasha Roul³, Shirley Cohen-Mekelberg², Bryant England³, Ted Mikuls³, Daniel Clauw⁴, Wyndy Wiitala², Rodney Hayward⁵, Jeremy Sussman⁶ and Akbar Waljee⁵, ¹Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Michigan; VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: A third of RA patients use long-term glucocorticoids (GCs) despite a known dose-dependent association with major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events (MACE). Prior work suggests…
Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2021
Fibromyalgianess and Glucocorticoid Persistence Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beth Wallace¹, Meriah Moore², Andrew Heisler³, Lutfiyya Muhammad⁴, Jing Song⁵, Daniel Clauw², Clifton Bingham⁶, Marcy Bolster⁷, Wendy Marder², Tuhina Neogi⁸, Alyssa Wohlfahrt⁹, Dorothy Dunlop¹⁰ and Yvonne Lee¹⁰, ¹Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Bronson Rheumatology Specialists, Kalamazoo, MI, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern University, Worthington, IL, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁹Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Over one-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exhibit evidence of fibromyalgianess, a cluster of somatic symptoms associated with increased sensitivity to painful stimuli.…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2021
Baseline Body-mass-index and Risk for Obesity in Children with Rheumatic Disease on Moderate to High-dose Prednisone Therapy
Roberta Berard¹, Michael Rieder², Erkan Demirkaya², Michael Miller³ and Renee Pang², ¹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, Children's Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Prednisone is a glucocorticoid (GC) medication commonly used in moderate ( >7.5 mg per day) to high doses (≥ 1 mg/kg/day) for children with…
Abstract Number: 0445 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety and Efficacy of Denosumab vs Risedronate in Patients with Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jonathan Adachi¹, Arkadi Chines², Shuang Huang², Kenneth Saag³, Willem Lems⁴ and Piet Geusens⁵, ¹McMaster University/St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Maastricht University, Genk, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Denosumab (DMAb) is approved for the treatment of glucocorticoid (GC)–induced osteoporosis (GiOP). In a phase 3, international, active-controlled, double-blind, double-dummy study, treatment with DMAb…
Abstract Number: 1678 • ACR Convergence 2021
Favorable Balance of Benefit and Harm of Long-Term, Low Dose Prednisolone Added to Standard Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Aged 65+: The Pragmatic, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled GLORIA Trial
Maarten Boers¹, Linda Hartman¹, Daniela Opris-Belinski², Reinhard Bos³, Marc Kok⁴, Jose Pereira da Silva⁵, Ed Griep⁶, Ruth Klaasen⁷, Cornelia F. Allaart⁸, Paul Baudoin⁹, Hennie Raterman¹⁰, Zoltan Szekanecz¹¹, Frank Buttgereit¹², Pavol Masaryk¹³, L. Thomas Klausch¹, Sabrina Paolino¹⁴, Annemarie Schilder³, Willem Lems¹⁵ and Maurizio Cutolo¹⁴, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania, ³Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵University of Coimbra | UC · Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia. Faculty of Medicine, Columbia, Portugal, ⁶Antonius Hospital, Sneek, Netherlands, ⁷Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Reumazorg Flevoland, Emmeloord, Netherlands, ¹⁰Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹³National Institute for the Rheumatic Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia, ¹⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁵VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Low-dose glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is widely used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but the balance of benefit and harm is still unclear. We studied the…
Abstract Number: 0507 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tocilizumab in Patients with New Onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR-SPARE) – a Phase 2/3 Randomized Controlled Trial
Michael Bonelli¹, Helga Radner¹, Josef Smolen¹, Martina Durechova¹, Jutta Stieger², Rusmir Husic³, Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Christian Dejaco⁴ and Daniel Aletaha⁵, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²2nd Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ³Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, Brunico, Italy, ⁵Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: PMR is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disease of people aged 50 years or older. Glucocorticoid therapy is highly effective, but many patients…
Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lower Adverse Event and Infection Rates During Tocilizumab Therapy Without Concomitant GC: An Analysis of the ICHIBAN Study
Christof Specker¹, Martin Aringer², Gerd Burmester³, Marvin A. Peters⁴, Michael W. Hofmann⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Frank Moosig⁷, Hans-Peter Tony⁸ and Gerhard Fliedner⁹, ¹Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ³Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ⁵Chugai Pharma Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁶Hospital Neuwittelsbach, Center for Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Center Schleswig-Holstein Middle, Neumünster, Germany, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Practice, Osnabrueck, Germany
Background/Purpose: To limit the risk of serious infections, guidelines recommend short term (< 3 months) or low-dose (≤10 mg/day) adjunct glucocorticoids (GCs) to control rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0584 • ACR Convergence 2021
High Number of Comorbidities and Concomitant Medications at Baseline in the Glucocorticoid Low-dose Outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis (GLORIA) Study: An Older Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maarten Boers¹, Linda Hartman¹, Daniela Opris-Belinski², Reinhard Bos³, Marc Kok⁴, Jose Pereira da Silva⁵, Eduard N Griep⁶, Ruth Klaasen⁷, Cornelia F. Allaart⁸, Paul Baudoin⁹, Hennie Raterman¹⁰, Zoltan Szekanecz¹¹, Frank Buttgereit¹², Pavol Masaryk¹³, L. Thomas Klausch¹, Sabrina Paolino¹⁴, Annemarie Schilder¹⁵, Willem Lems¹⁶ and Maurizio Cutolo¹⁴, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania, ³Department of Rheumatology, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵University of Coimbra | UC · Clínica Universitária de Reumatologia. Faculty of Medicine, Columbia, Portugal, ⁶Antonius Hospital, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁷Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Reumazorg ZWN, Almere, Netherlands, ¹⁰Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹³National Institute for the Rheumatic Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia, ¹⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Polyclinic San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁵Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ¹⁶VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Older people are often underrepresented in trials because the generally high number of comorbid conditions (1). The objective of this abstract is to document…

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