Abstracts tagged "gout"

Abstract Number: 1112 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of High Dose Versus Moderate Dose Prednisone in the Treatment of Acute Gout
Rochella A. Ostrowski¹, Elizabeth Araujo², Richard Hariman³ and Elaine Adams⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁴Rheumatology, Edward Hines Jr Hospital, Veterans Administration, Hines, IL
Background/Purpose: Despite the use of corticosteroids in acute gout, there exist wide variations in treatment doses and duration. No studies have evaluated the ideal dose…
Abstract Number: 2059 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Allopurinol Dose-Titration Patterns Relative to Serum Uric Acid Levels in Gout Patients: US Electronic Health Record Data
An-Chen Fu, Douglas C.A. Taylor and David S. Reasner, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis and is caused by elevated serum uric acid (sUA). Allopurinol is a first-line urate-lowering therapy…
Abstract Number: 2250 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Linguistic Differences in Gout-Related Online Content: A Comparison of Professional Health Literature for Consumers Vs Patients’ Online Discussions of Gout
W. Benjamin Nowell¹, Kayla Jordan², Kelly Gavigan¹, Louis Tharp¹, Jeffrey R. Curtis³ and James Pennebaker⁴, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: Non-adherence to gout medication is high. This may be due in part to patients’ belief that gout is primarily caused by overindulgence in certain…
Abstract Number: 1116 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Management of Acute Gout in Hospitalized Patients and Risk Factors for Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor (XOI) Discontinuation or Dose Reduction
Dawen Zhang¹, Kichul Ko², Michael A. Becker² and Reem Jan¹, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with gout frequently have multiple serious co-morbidities, take concomitant medications, and have complex clinical profiles, making treatment of acute flares in hospital settings…
Abstract Number: 2062 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flow-Mediated Dilation As a Marker of Endothelial Dysfunction in Gout
Enrique Calvo Aranda¹, Ofelia Carrion², Afnan Abdelkader², Jorge Juan González Martín³, Francisco Aramburu³, Marta Valero⁴, Silvia Rodriguez⁴, Carolina Marin³, Irene Amil³, Felipe Sainz⁵ and Paloma Garcia De La Peña³, ¹RHEUMATOLOGY, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ²Vascular Surgery Department, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, MADRID, Spain, ⁵Vascular Surgery, Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro, MADRID, Spain
Background/Purpose: Several studies have shown the relationship between gout and increased cardiovascular risk and mortality. Hyperuricemia and crystal-induced synovitis are associated with endothelial dysfunction and…
Abstract Number: 2265 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survey on Gout-Related Knowledge and Perception in Inpatient Setting on Hospitalized Patients with Gout
Roshanak Habibi¹, David T Liss², Sreelakshmi Panginikkod¹, Alvaro Altamirano Ufion³, Ehsan Rajabirostami¹ and Manish Jain⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumatology, Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
Background/Purpose: The increasing global burden of gout disease and its impact on the patient’s quality of life calls for new strategies in management. Even though…
Abstract Number: 1117 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Absolute Risk of Clinically Diagnosed Gout By Serum Uric Acid Levels – Results from 30 Years Follow-up of the Malmö Preventive Project Cohort in Southern Sweden
Meliha C. Kapetanovic¹, Peter M Nilsson², Carl Turesson³, Martin Englund⁴, Nicola Dalbeth⁵, Lieke E.J.M. Scheepers⁶ and Lennart TH Jacobsson⁶, ¹Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Sweden., Lund, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Clinical Sciences Lund, Orthopedics, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia i.e. increased s-uric acid levels (s-UA), is established risk factor for clinical gout. Studies regarding the absolute and relative effect on population level…
Abstract Number: 2063 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relation of Serum Urate and Gout Duration to Tophi, Urate Deposition, and Inflammation
Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos¹, S. Reza Jafarzadeh², Geraldo Castelar-Pinheiro¹, Nicola Dalbeth³, William J. Taylor⁴, Jaap Fransen⁵, Tim L. Jansen⁶, H. Ralph Schumacher⁷ and Tuhina Neogi², ¹Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁵Department of Rheumatolgy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁷Medicine, Rheumatology, U Penn & VA Med Ctr, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Gout duration and serum urate (SU) levels are thought to influence development of tophi and chronic inflammatory gouty arthropathy, but the extent to which…
Abstract Number: 2847 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Sons of Gout Study. Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Asymptomatic Monosodium Urate Crystal Deposition in Sons of People with Gout
Abhishek Abhishek¹, Wendy Jenkins¹, Philip Courtney², Adrian Jones³, Weiya Zhang⁴ and Michael Doherty⁵, ¹Devision of Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, NG5 1PB, England, ²Department of Rheumatology, Notingham, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology Unit, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham Notts, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Great Britain
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia and gout aggregate in families. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of asymptomatic monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition in…
Abstract Number: 1119 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Uncontrolled Gout Patients with Higher Heart Failure Hospitalization Rates in US
Robert Morlock¹, Pierre Chevalier², An-Chen Fu³ and Douglas C.A. Taylor³, ¹YourCareChoice, Ann Arbor, MI, ²IMS Health, Zaventem, Belgium, ³Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis and is caused by elevated serum uric acid (sUA). Elevated sUA is associated with worsened…
Abstract Number: 2064 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Nomenclature of Gout: A Content Analysis of Contemporary Medical Journals
David Bursill^1,2, William J. Taylor³, Robert Terkeltaub⁴ and Nicola Dalbeth⁵, ¹Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁴Rheumatology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, ⁵University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Gout has been recognized and described since antiquity. However, the terms used to describe the disease lack standardization. The aim of this study was…
Abstract Number: 2848 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Gout Outcomes: The Randomized Evaluation of an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist-Led Intervention to Optimize Urate Lowering Pathways (RAmP-Up) Study
Ted R. Mikuls¹, TC Cheetham², Gerald D. Levy³, Nazia Rashid⁴, Kimberly Low⁵, Brian W Coburn⁶, Kenneth Saag⁷, Lang Chen⁸ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁹, ¹Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ³Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Downey, CA, ⁴Pharmacy Analytic Services, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Downey, CA, ⁵Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Panorama City, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Allopurinol is a cornerstone therapy in gout management. Despite this, allopurinol use is suboptimal as providers often fail to follow the treat-to-target paradigm…
Abstract Number: 1120 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Than Half of Patients Treated with High-Dose Allopurinol Reach Serum Uric Acid Target
Robert Morlock¹, Douglas C.A. Taylor² and Scott Baumgartner³, ¹YourCareChoice, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ³drB Consulting, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Although allopurinol is FDA approved for up to 800 mg per day and EMEA authorized for up to 900 mg per day, most patients…
Abstract Number: 2070 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence-Based Development of Criteria for Complete Response in Patients with Chronic Refractory Gout
Naomi Schlesinger¹, Puja Khanna², Anthony Yeo³ and Peter E. Lipsky⁴, ¹Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Horizon Pharma, Lake Forest, IL, ⁴AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: A Delphi exercise reached consensus on a definition for gout remission that included serum uric acid (sUA) <6 mg/dL, no flares, resolution of all…
Abstract Number: 2896 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Human Cartilage Influences the Crystallization of Monosodium Urate; Understanding the Link between Gout and Osteoarthritis
Ashika Chhana¹, Bregina Pool², Ally Choi¹, Ryan Gao¹, Mark Zhu¹, Jillian Cornish², Jacob Munro³ and Nicola Dalbeth⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Orthopaedics, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition and gout flares frequently affect joints that have been damaged or are affected by osteoarthritis. The aim of…

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