Abstracts tagged "Hydroxychloroquine"

Abstract Number: 1964 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Hydroxychloroquine Toxic Retinopathy and Its Risk Factors in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review
April Jorge¹, Sharan K. Rai² and Hyon K. Choi², ¹Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is widely used in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and other rheumatic diseases. While generally well-tolerated and…
Abstract Number: 2035 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Audit of Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Toxicity Screening in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
Sahil Koppikar¹ and Henry Averns², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Private Practice, Kingston, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used widely for the treatment of inflammatory arthritides and systemic lupus erythematosus. Recent publications have shown that HCQ toxicity is not…
Abstract Number: 2596 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Use Is Associated with Decreased Dendritic Cell Activation and Thrombolytic Factors in SLE Patients
Samantha Slight-Webb¹, Rufei Lu², Hua Chen¹, Holden T. Maecker³, Paul J. Utz⁴, Joel M. Guthridge⁵ and Judith A. James⁶, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been used for decades to treat various rheumatic diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The efficacy of HCQ…
Abstract Number: 2614 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Initiation Dosing Trends and Predictors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
April Jorge¹, Leo Lu², Yuqing Zhang³, Sharan K. Rai⁴, Lucy H. Young⁵, Ronald B. Melles⁶, Michael F. Marmor⁷, Karen H. Costenbader⁸, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁹, S. Sam Lim¹⁰, John M. Esdaile¹¹, Ann E. Clarke¹², Murray Urowitz¹³, Anca Askanase¹⁴, Cynthia Aranow¹⁵, Michelle Petri¹⁶ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³School Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Ophthalmology,, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of Ophthalmology, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA, ⁷Department of Ophthalmology and Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹FSM, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ¹¹Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹³Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ¹⁵Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁶Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a cornerstone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) care. The major long-term adverse event risk is vision-threatening toxic retinopathy. The 2012 EULAR,…
Abstract Number: 2618 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Why Aren’t All Patients with SLE Taking Hydroxychloroquine? A Retrospective Chart Review
Caroline H. Siegel¹, Jennifer M. Grossman¹, John Fitzgerald¹, Bevra H. Hahn^1,2, Lori Sahakian¹, Eloise Olmos² and Maureen A. McMahon¹, ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Although previous SLE treatment guidelines recommended judicious use of antimalarials, there is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that HCQ prevents flares, protects against…
Abstract Number: 2635 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dosechecker: Solving the Hydroxychloroquine Dosing Dilemma with a Smart Phone App
Elliot Perlman¹, Robert Friday², Paul Greenberg³, David Browning⁴ and Joan Miller⁵, ¹Rhode Island Eye Institute, Providence, RI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, ³Division of Ophthalmology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Charlotte Eye Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates, Charlotte, NC, ⁵Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy (HCR) is a potentially blinding but largely preventable disease. The true prevalence of HCR is unknown among the 350,000 Americans who take…
Abstract Number: 2322 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Significance of Curvilinear Bodies on Ultrastructural Examination of Muscle
Thomas Khoo¹, Sophia Otto², Barbara Koszyka², Caroline Smith², Peter Blumbergs³, Sue Lester⁴ and Vidya Limaye⁵, ¹Medical Student, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ²Anatomical Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, Australia, ³Pathology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴Rheumatology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Rheumatology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: The electronic database of muscle biopsies reported in the Anatomical Pathology Laboratory, SA Pathology was searched from 2006 to the present, to identify biopsies…
Abstract Number: 2433 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trends in Use of Hydroxychloroquine during Pregnancy in SLE Patients from 2001 to 2012
Bonnie L. Bermas¹, Seoyoung Kim^2,3, Krista Huybrechts⁴, Sonia Hernandez-diaz⁵, Brian T. Bateman⁶ and Rishi J. Desai⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷PharmacoEpidemiology & PharmacoEconomics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : Data suggest that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use during systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pregnancies improves outcomes. In the past decade, single-center studies report that a…
Abstract Number: 2453 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevention, Screening, and Treatment of Congenital Heart Block from Neonatal Lupus: A Survey of Provider Practices
Megan E. B. Clowse¹, Amanda M. Eudy², Bonnie L. Bermas³, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Lisa R. Sammaritano⁵ and Christina D. Chambers⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Edmond, OK, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: There are presently no official guidelines about the prevention, screening, and treatment of congenital heart block (CHB) due to maternal Ro antibodies. The objective…
Abstract Number: 2456 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Antiphospholipid Antibodies Carriers: Results from a Multicenter Italian Cohort over 20 Years of Experience
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Cecilia B. Chighizola², Teresa Del Ross³, Maria Gerosa⁴, Anna Kuzenko³, Maria Gabriella Raimondo⁴, Andrea Lojacono⁵, Sonia Zatti⁵, Francesca Ramazzotto⁵, Laura Trespidi⁶, Pier Luigi Meroni⁷, Vittorio Pengo³, Amelia Ruffatti³ and Angela Tincani¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy, ³Azienda Ospedaliera of Padova, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁴University of Milan, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy, ⁵Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁶L.Mangiagalli Obstetric Clinic, IRCSS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore of Milano, Milano, Italy, ⁷Hospital G.Pini, University of Milano, IRCSS Instute Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy
Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Antiphospholipid Antibodies Carriers: Results From a Multicenter Italian Cohort Over 20 Years Of Experience Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL)…
Abstract Number: 340 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine: A Potential Treatment for Osteoporosis By Osteoclast Inhibition!
Tim Both¹, Paul L. van Daele² and Bram Van der Eerden¹, ¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: We recently showed that patients with primary Sjögren Syndrome (pSS) have significantly higher bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and femoral neck…
Abstract Number: 3134 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Is Not Effective in Reducing Symptoms of Hand Osteoarthritis: Results from a Placebo-Controlled Randomised Trial
Sarah R. Kingsbury¹, Puvan Tharmanathan², Ada Keding³, Sarah Ronaldson³, Andrew Grainger⁴, Richard J. Wakefield⁵, Catherine Arundel³, Fraser Birrell⁶, Michael Doherty⁷, Tonia Vincent⁸, Fiona E Watt⁹, Krysia Dziedzic¹⁰, Terence W. O'Neill¹¹, Nigel K Arden¹², David L Scott¹³, John Dickson¹⁴, Toby Garrood¹⁵, Michael Green^16,17, Ajit Menon¹⁸, Tom Sheeran¹⁹, David Torgerson³ and Philip G. Conaghan⁴, ¹Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of York, York, United Kingdom, ³Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁷Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Great Britain, ⁸University of Oxford, London, Great Britain, ⁹Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ¹¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Haywood Hospital, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Cannock Chase Hospital, Cannock, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Synovitis is prevalent in OA and associated with pain. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is used routinely for treating synovitis in inflammatory arthritis. The primary aim of…
Abstract Number: 435 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
It Takes Two, an Interdisciplinary Approach to Increasing Hydroxychloroquine Screening Adherence
Christina Downey¹, Tombra Govina¹ and Eric Newman², ¹Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a widely used rheumatologic drug that carries a risk for irreversible retinal toxicity. The incidence of adverse effect increases to greater…
Abstract Number: 436 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Are Providers Recommending Appropriate Screening for Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Retinal Toxicity to Their Patients?
Sarah Haserodt¹, Chris Tonner², Gabriela Schmajuk³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Although well tolerated by most patients, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can cause irreversible retinal damage. The American Association of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2016 Guidelines recommend a baseline…
Abstract Number: 652 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Reasons for Discontinuation of Combination Therapy with Methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Versus Triple Therapy Differ Significantly Because of Higher Adverse Events with Triple Therapy
Daniel Erhardt¹, Brian C Sauer², Chia-Chen Teng², Ted R. Mikuls³, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴ and Grant W. Cannon², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: We recently reported that real-world persistence in Veteran’s Affairs (VA) patients was lower in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients receiving triple therapy [methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine…

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