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Abstracts tagged "Gout and uric acid"

  • Abstract Number: 1128 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Impact of Urate-Lowering Therapy on the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality Among Individuals with Gout

    In Ah Choi1, Hoyeon Jang2 and Gil-Won Kang2, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South), 2Department of Health Informatics and Management, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of (South)

    Background/Purpose: Gout results from an increased body pool of urate that occurs with hyperuricemia. Although urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is beneficial to prevent gout attack, current…
  • Abstract Number: 1130 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Chronic Risk Factors for Recurrent Gout Flares Among Established Gout Patients: A Prospective Cohort Analysis

    Yuqing Zhang1, Jie Wei2, Chio Yokose2, Sharan K. Rai3,4 and Hyon K. Choi2, 1Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

    Background/Purpose: Understanding the risk factors for recurrent flares among established gout patients is directly relevant to clinical care; however, relevant data are scarce. A previous…
  • Abstract Number: 1284 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Initial Pegloticase Serum Levels Predict Persistent Responsiveness in Patients with Chronic Refractory Gout

    Kenneth Saag1, Mitchell Feinman2, Herbert S. B. Baraf3, Roy Fleischmann4, Arthur Kavanaugh5 and Peter E. Lipsky6, 1Division Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2ACME Research, LLC, Orangeburg, SC, 3Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, MD, 4Metroplex Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 5University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 6AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA

    Background/Purpose: Pegloticase is a pegylated recombinant mammalian uricase approved for treatment of persons with chronic gout refractory to standard urate lowering therapy1. Despite an initial…
  • Abstract Number: 1285 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Comparision of Urate Burden in Well and Poorly Controlled Gout Patients: A Dual-Energy CT Study

    Min Kyung Chung1, Hyeran Hyun2, Ji Young Hwang2 and Jisoo Lee1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), 2Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

    Background/Purpose: Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) allows sensitive and quantative detection of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in patients with gout. Although its usefulness in diagnosing gout…
  • Abstract Number: 1980 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Comprehensive Association Analysis between Rare and Common ABCG2 Variants and Gout Susceptibility

    Hirotaka Matsuo1, Toshihide Higashino1, Tappei Takada2, Hirofumi Nakaoka3, Yu Toyoda4, Blanka Stiburkova5, Hiroshi Nakashima6, Seiko Shimizu1, Makoto Kawaguchi7, Akiyoshi Nakayama8, Yuka Aoki1, Misaki Ishino1, Yusuke Kawamura1, Kenji Wakai9, Rieko Okada10, Tatsuo Hosoya11, Kimiyoshi Ichida12, Hiroshi Ooyama13, Hiroshi Suzuki2, Ituro Inoue3, Tanya J. Major14, Tony R. Merriman14 and Nariyoshi Shinomiya1, 1Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, 2Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 3Division of Human Genetics, Department of Integrated Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, 4Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine,, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 5Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, 6Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, 7National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, 8Dept Integrative Physiol, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, 9Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 10Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, 11Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 12Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, 13Ryougoku East Gate Clinic, Tokyo, Japan, 14University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: We have reported that ABCG2 has an important role in both renal and intestinal urate excretion and these common variants as rs72552713 (Q126X) and…
  • Abstract Number: 2205 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Initial Phase 2 Clinical Data of SEL-212 in Symptomatic Gout Patients: Measurement of Dissolution of Urate Deposits Associated with Monthly Dosing of a Pegylated Uricase (Pegadricase) with Svp-Rapamycin By Dual Energy Computed Tomography

    Rehan Azeem1, Earl Sands1, Lloyd Johnston2, Wesley DeHaan Ph.D.2, Alan J. Kivitz3, Takashi Kei Kishimoto2, Justin Park1 and Savvas Nicolaou4, 1Selecta Biosciences, Inc, Watertown, MA, 2Selecta Biosciences, Watertown, MA, 3Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, 4Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose:  Pegylated uricases are therapies for treatment of severe chronic gout, particularly for rapid resolution of tophi. However, uricases are limited by induction of anti-drug…
  • Abstract Number: 2238 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Non-Coding Urate-Associated Variants Function in a Conserved Lincrna Regulatory Domain That Alters MAF transcription

    Megan Leask1, Tony R. Merriman1, Amy Dowdle1, Hamish Salvesen1, Ruth Topless1, Tayaza Fadason2, Wenhua Wei1, William Schierding2, Justin O'Sullivan2 and Julia Horsfield1, 1University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed that the large majority of disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are located in the non-coding regions of the…
  • Abstract Number: 2253 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Cardiovascular Disease, Other Purported Risk Factors, and Allopurinol-Associated Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions: A General Population-Based Cohort Study

    Na Lu1, Chio Yokose2, Hui Xie1,3, Gloria Li1, Sharan K. Rai4,5, Seoyoung C. Kim6 and Hyon K. Choi2, 1Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, 2Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, 4Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 6Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: A recent US Medicaid study found that in addition to certain races (Asians and Blacks), older age, female sex, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and…
  • Abstract Number: 2085 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Relationship between Gout and Asthma: A National Database Analysis

    Yiming Luo1, Jiehui Xu2, Yumeng Wen1, Alvaro Ramos-Rodriguez3, Changchuan Jiang1, Shuyang Fang1, Mustafa Kagalwalla1 and Neha Ohri4, 1Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai St Luke's and Mount Sinai West Hospitals, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 3Mount Sinai St Luke's and Mount Sinai West Hospitals, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai St Luke's and Mount Sinai West Hospitals, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Gout is an inflammatory disorder related to hyperuricemia and abnormal deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints or other tissues. The relationship between serum…
  • Abstract Number: 2843 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    The Relationship between Serum Urate Concentration and Incident Gout: An Individual Participant Data Analysis

    Nicola Dalbeth1, Amanda Phipps-Green2, Christopher Frampton3, Tuhina Neogi4, William J. Taylor5 and Tony R. Merriman6, 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 2University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 3University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, 4Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 5University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, 6Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Elevated serum urate concentration (hyperuricemia) is considered to be a key risk factor for developing gout.  However, the relationship between serum urate and incident…
  • Abstract Number: 2845 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Association between Serum Urate As a Surrogate Endpoint and Flares in People with Gout: An Ecological Study Based on a Systematic Review of Trials and Open Label Extensions

    Lisa K. Stamp1, Melanie Morillon2, William Taylor3, Nicola Dalbeth4, Marissa Lassere5, Jasvinder A. Singh6 and Robin Christensen7, 1University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2Department of Medicine, Vejle Hospital, Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 3University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, 4University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 5University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 6Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: The primary efficacy measure in urate lowering therapy (ULT) trials is usually serum urate (SU). However, it is unknown whether the strength of the…
  • Abstract Number: 2897 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    A Non-Coding Genetic Variant Maximally Associated with Serum Urate Levels Is Functionally Linked to HNF4A-Dependent PDZK1 Expression

    Tony R. Merriman1, Sarada Ketharnathan2, James Boocock3, Amanda Phipps-Green2, Jisha Antony2, Megan Leaask2, Justin O'Sullivan4 and Julia Horsfield2, 1Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 3University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 4University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    A non-coding genetic variant maximally associated with serum urate levels is functionally linked to HNF4A-dependent PDZK1 expressionBackground/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies have revealed several dozen genetic…
  • Abstract Number: 2898 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    New Mouse Model of Gout Risk Variant, ABCG2 Q141K, Reveals Unexpectedly Severe Molecular and Functional Defect in ABCG2 Mediated Intestinal Uric Acid Secretion

    Kazi M. Hoque and Owen M. Woodward, Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Gout is a common arthritic disease resulting from deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints and is a consequence of having elevated circulating uric…
  • Abstract Number: 1106 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Association between ABCG2 rs2231142 and Poor Response to Allopurinol: Replication and Meta-Analysis

    Mary Wallace1, Rebecca Roberts2, Payal Nanavati3, Jeffrey N Miner3, Nicola Dalbeth4, Ruth Topless5, Tony R. Merriman6 and Lisa K. Stamp7, 1Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 3Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, 4University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 5Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 6Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 7University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Allopurinol is the most widely used urate-lowering drug. However, some patients treated with allopurinol do not achieve serum urate (SU) treatment target of <6mg/dl,…
  • Abstract Number: 1110 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Clinical Features and Risk of Recurrent Attack in Gout Patients According to Serum Urate Levels during an Acute Gout Attack

    Jung Sun Lee1, Seokchan Hong2, Oh Chan Kwon2, Byeongzu Ghang2, Wook Jang Seo3, Doo-Ho Lim4, Yong-Gil Kim2, Chang Keun Lee2 and Bin Yoo2, 1Internal medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), 3Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of (South)

    Background/Purpose: To investigate the clinical features and risk of gout recurrence in patients with normouricemia during an acute attack Methods: This study was conducted in…
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