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Abstracts tagged "hyperuricemia and tophaceous gout"

  • Abstract Number: 209 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Clinical Response of Tophus and Flares to Extended Use of Lesinurad in Combination with a Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor in Patients with Gout

    Thomas Bardin1, Nicola Dalbeth2, Robert Terkeltaub3, Chris Storgard4, Maple Fung4, Jia Hu4 and Fernando Perez-Ruiz5, 1Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France, 2University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 3Medicine-Rheumatology, VA Medical Ctr/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 4Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, 5Hospital de Cruces and Biocruces Health Research Institute, Vizcaya, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Three randomized, double-blind, Phase III trials reported that greater proportions of patients treated with lesinurad 200 mg (LESU200) or 400 mg (LESU400), combined with…
  • Abstract Number: 219 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Presence of Monosodium Urate Crystals By Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Gout Patients Treated with Allopurinol

    Nicola Dalbeth1, Savvas Nicolaou2, Scott Baumgartner3, Jia Hu3, Maple Fung3 and Hyon K. Choi4, 1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 2Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, 4Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Chronic hyperuricemia predisposes to deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in musculoskeletal and other tissues, causing chronic inflammation, acute gout flares, joint damage, and…
  • Abstract Number: 226 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Comparing the Burden of Illness of Patients with Tophaceous and Non-Tophaceous Gout in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and USA

    Puja Khanna1, Eskinder Tafesse2, Scott Baumgartner3, Anna Walker4 and Robert Morlock3, 1Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Gaithersburg, MD, 3Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, 4AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Luton, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Less than 30% of gout patients achieve treatment targets and patients with tophi are less likely to achieve these goals than patients without tophi.…
  • Abstract Number: 2354 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    The Safety and Efficacy of Lower Serum Urate Levels: A Pooled Analysis of Gout Subjects Receiving Lesinurad and Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors

    Robert Terkeltaub1, Fernando Perez-Ruiz2,3,4, Jeff Kopicko5, Maple Fung5, Scott Adler6, Chris Storgard7, Scott Baumgartner5 and Nicola Dalbeth8, 1Medicine-Rheumatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, 3BioCruces Health Research Institute, Baracaldo, Spain, 4Servicio de Reumatologia, Hospital De Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain, 5Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, 6AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE, 74939 Directors Place, Ardea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, 8Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that long-term urate-lowering therapy (ULT) is required for improvements in gout flare frequency and tophi reduction, and that lower serum…

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