Abstracts tagged "glucocorticoids"

Abstract Number: L13 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monthly Ibandronate Reduces Bone Loss in Osteopenic Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Long-Term Glucocorticoids: A 48-Week Double-Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Investigator-Initiated Trial
Kichul Shin¹, Sung-Hwan Park², Won Park³, Han Joo Baek⁴, Yun Jong Lee⁵, Seong-Wook Kang⁶, Jung-Yoon Choe⁷, Wan-Hee Yoo⁸, Yong-Beom Park⁹, Jung-Soo Song¹⁰, Bin Yoo¹¹, Dae-Hyun Yoo¹² and Yeong Wook Song¹³, ¹Rheumatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, South Korea, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Chung-Ang Univ Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ¹³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, BK 21 plus Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Long-term use of glucocorticoids (GC) is problematic for patients with increased risk for vertebral fractures, especially those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Thus, prevention of…
Abstract Number: 2913 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Corticosteroid Therapy at Disease Onset Influence Disease Progression of RA? Results from the Swiss Prospective Observational Cohort
Ruediger Mueller¹, Nazim Reshiti², Toni Kaegi³, Axel Finckh⁴, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁵, Michael H. Schiff⁶ and Johannes von Kempis⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³Division of Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁶School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷Rheumatology, St. Gallen Hospital, CH- 9007 St.Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose Anti-inflammatory and disease-modifying properties of glucocorticoids (GCs) have been demonstrated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Better outcomes in trials by combinations of synthetic…
Abstract Number: 2375 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Should Physician Reduce patients’ Glucocorticoids to Offset the Risk of Serious Infection Event Among RA Patients Who Switched from Non-Biologic Dmards and Glucocorticoid to Biologics?
Huifeng Yun¹, Lang Chen², George W. Reed³, Joel M. Kremer⁴, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁵ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁶, ¹Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁴Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have previously been associated with serious infection events (SIEs) among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. For patients…
Abstract Number: 2225 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Previous Corticosteroid Treatment Affect the Inflammatory Infiltrate Found in Polymyositis Muscle Biopsies?
Mayara Mendes Pinhata¹, Juliana Jesus do Nascimento¹, Suely Kazue Nagahashi Marie² and Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo¹, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: We conducted this study because there have been no studies evaluating the effect of the use of corticosteroids (CE) on the presence of inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2093 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement of Rituximab Response Prediction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Via Correction for Prednisone-Related Suppression of Type I Interferon Response Gene Expression
Tamarah D. de Jong¹, Saskia Vosslamber¹, Marjolein Blits¹, Gertjan Wolbink², Michael T. Nurmohamed^2,3, Connie J. van der Laken⁴, Gerrit Jansen⁵, Alexandre E. Voskuyl⁵ and Cornelis L. Verweij⁶, ¹Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Pathology and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Elevated type I IFN response gene (IRG) expression has been described to be clinically relevant in predicting the non-response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1857 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Determinants of Annual Healthcare Utilization and Overall Cost of Care in Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Large Insurance Claims Database: Glucocorticoid Use
Shih-Yin Chen¹, Chan-Bum Choi^2,3,4, Qian Li⁵, Wei-Shi Yeh¹, Yuan-Chi Lee⁶, Amy H Kao¹ and Matthew H. Liang⁷, ¹Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Section of Rheumatology, VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Evidera, Lexington, MA, ⁶Formerly of Evidera, Lexington, MA, ⁷Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Newer therapeutic agents in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may increase cost of care but their effect on limiting the duration and the dosage of…
Abstract Number: 1420 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Use of Glucocorticoid and Osteoarthritis Absence As Predictors of Clinical Remission in AR
Salvador Loredo-Alanís¹, David Vega-Morales², Mario Garza-Elizondo¹, Mario Garcia-Pompermayer³, Roberto Negrete-López¹, Daniel Treviño-Montes¹ and Diana Flores-Alvarado², ¹Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterey, Mexico
Background/Purpose The clinical evaluation of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is accomplished with compound indexes allowing better clinical decision. Clinical remission nowadays is an attainable target in…
Abstract Number: 1211 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene Expression Profile in Muscle Tissue before and after Immunosuppressive Treatment in Patients with Myositis
Joan Raouf¹, Ingela M. Loell², Yi-Wen Chen³, Rongye Shi⁴, Inger Nennesmo⁵, Helene Alexanderson⁶, Maryam Dastmalchi², Marina Korotkova⁷, Kanneboyina Nagaraju^8,9 and Ingrid E. Lundberg^10,11, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA., Washington DC, DC, ⁴Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Childrens National Medical Center, Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington DC, USA, Washington DC, WA, ⁵Institution for Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Department of medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Genetic Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washinton D C, DC, ⁹Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, DC, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose Autoimmune muscle diseases such as polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) are characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells, production of cytokines and chemokines, as well…
Abstract Number: 1479 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between physicians’ Decision To Use Concomitant Glucocorticoid and Remission During Treatment With Tocilizumab In Patients With Background Of Limited Dose Of MTX
Toshihisa Kojima¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Koji Funahashi³, Shuji Asai¹, Masahiro Hanabayashi¹, Shinya Hirabara⁴, Nobuyuki Asai⁵ and Naoki Ishiguro², ¹Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ⁵Nagoya Univeristy Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Now, predictive factors at baseline for the good outcome of treatment with biologics are very important not to waste time to treatment goal “remission”.…
Abstract Number: 1420 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Induction Therapy With Adalimumab On Top Of An Aggressive Treat-To-Target Strategy With Methotrexate and Intraarticular Corticosteroid Reduces Radiographic Erosive Progression In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis, Even After Withdrawal Of Adalimumab. Results Of a 2-Year Trial (OPERA)
Kim Hørslev-Petersen¹, Lykke Midtbøll Ørnbjerg², Merete Lund Hetland³, Peter Junker⁴, Jan Pødenphant⁵, Torkell Ellingsen⁶, Palle Ahlqvist⁷, Hanne M. Lindegaard⁸, Asta Linauskas⁹, Annette Schlemmer¹⁰, Mette Y. Dam¹¹, Ib Hansen¹², Tine Lottenburger⁷, Anette Jørgensen¹³, Sophine B. Krintel¹⁴, Johnny Raun¹⁵, Christian G. Ammitzbøll¹¹, Julia Johansen¹⁴, Mikkel Østergaard¹⁶ and Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen¹¹, ¹Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Reasearch, Center for Rheumatology and Spine diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Univ Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁵Copenhagen University at Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁶Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark, ⁷University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁹Vendsyssel Hospital, Hjørring, Denmark, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ¹¹Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹³Rheumatology, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁴Copenhagen University and Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁵University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ¹⁶Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled 2-year investigator-initiated trial of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis¹ (RA) we aimed to investigate if additional adalimumab (ADA) for…
Abstract Number: 1218 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence Of and Risk Factors For Clinical Fractures In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Matched Controls: A Population-Based Study In The United Kingdom
Irene Bultink¹, Nicholas Harvey², Arief Lalmohamed^3,4, Cyrus Cooper⁵, Willem Lems⁶, Tjeerd Van Staa^2,3,7 and Frank de Vries^3,4,8,9, ¹Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²University of Southampton, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton, United Kingdom, ³Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵NDORMS; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford; Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Medicine and Helathcare Products Regulatory Agency, Clinical Practice Research Datalink, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁹Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with an increased risk of low bone mineral density and fractures. However, data on absolute fracture risk…
Abstract Number: 1045 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Under Reporting Of Cataracts In Randomised Controlled Trials Investigating The Use Of Systemic Glucocorticoids In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rachel J. Black^1,2 and William G. Dixon³, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Department of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Oral glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is used in more than half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cataracts are a recognised treatment-related side effect of…
Abstract Number: 746 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Glucocorticoid Treatment and Damage In The Antineutrophil- Cytoplasm Antibody Associated Vasculitides
Joanna Robson¹, Helen Doll², Ravi Suppiah³, Oliver Flossmann⁴, Lorraine Harper⁵, Peter Hoglund⁶, David Jayne⁷, Alfred Mahr⁸, Kerstin Westman⁹ and Raashid A. Luqmani¹⁰, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Department of Population Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Nephrology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, United Kingdom, ⁵Nephrology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Competence Centre fo Clinical Research, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrookes Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ⁹Nephrology and Transplantation, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ¹⁰Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis [Wegener's] (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) are antineutrophil-cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitides (AAVs). Damage is quantified by the Vasculitis Damage Index (VDI).…
Abstract Number: 747 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy Of Glucocorticoids To Treat Limited Flares In ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Eli Miloslavsky¹, Ulrich Specks², Peter A. Merkel³, Philip Seo⁴, Robert F. Spiera⁵, Carol A. Langford⁶, Gary S. Hoffman⁷, Cees G.M. Kallenberg⁸, E. William St. Clair⁹, Nadia Tchao¹⁰, Linna Ding¹¹, David Ikle¹², Brett Jepson¹², Paul Brunetta¹³ and John H. Stone¹⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hopsital, Boston, MA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁹Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁰Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ¹²Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³Biotherapeutics, Genentech, So San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The great majority of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) achieve disease remission initially, but relapses occur in up to…
Abstract Number: 492 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Distinction Between Glucocorticoid-Responders and Non-Responders In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A New Role For Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 2
Ruth Fritsch-Stork¹, Sandra Cardoso¹, Jasper Broen¹, Marian Groot-Koerkamp², Arno Concepcion¹, Floris Lafeber¹ and Johannes W.J. Bijlsma¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) have been a cornerstone of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-therapy for the last decades. However, about a third of RA-patients do not respond adequately.…

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