Abstracts tagged "immunosuppressants"

Abstract Number: 1234 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Conversion of Screening Tests for M. Tuberculosis (PPD, GIF-release assay) in a Metropolitan Cohort of Patients Treated with TNF-α Inhibitors
Hung Trinh and Darren Tabechian, Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors are used to reduce the inflammatory process in many autoimmune diseases. Due to the risk of reactivation of…
Abstract Number: 1249 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Contraception Compliance in Patients with Rheumatological Diseases on Disease Modifying Antirheumatic and Cytotoxic Drugs
Sara Naji Rad¹, Paris Pacheco², Luis Calvo², Htet Htet Maung², Wajiha Illyas² and Prachi Anand³, ¹Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East meadow, NY, ²Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, ³Chief of Rheumatology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY
Background/Purpose: Women of child bearing age with autoimmune diseases are often prescribed teratogenic medications as Methotrexate, Mycophenolate Mofetil, Leflunomide and Cyclophosphamide. Contraceptive compliance in this…
Abstract Number: 1289 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunosuppressant Use and Gout in the Prevalent Solid Organ Transplant Population
Andrew Milgroom¹, Mara Onita Lenco¹, Kevin Francis¹, Jeffrey D. Kent², Brian LaMoreaux³ and Brian F. Mandell⁴, ¹Trinity Partners, Waltham, MA, ²Medical Affairs, Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, Lake Forest, IL, ³Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, Lake Forest, IL, ⁴Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Gout is a frequent co-morbidity of solid organ transplant (SOT). Cyclosporine (CsA) is often cited as the main cause of gout in SOT, as…
Abstract Number: 1099 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hepatitis B Reactivation in Rheumatologic Patients
Yassir Daghistani¹, Fergus To², Patrick Doyle^3,4, Hin Hin Ko⁵, Mel Krajden^3,4, Jason Kur², Alnoor Ramji⁶, Kam Shojania², Edward Tam⁵, John Wade², Eric Yoshida⁵, Graham Reid², Siegfried Erb⁵ and Mollie Carruthers², ¹Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Gatroenterology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The widespread usage of biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in rheumatology has increased the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) re-activation. The prevalence…
Abstract Number: 1767 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect on Health-Related Quality of Life of Treatment for Remission Maintenance in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Beyond 18 Months
Gunnar Tomasson¹, Antoine G. Sreih², David Cuthbertson³, Simon Carette⁴, Nader A. Khalidi⁵, Curry L. Koening⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Larry W. Moreland¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Ulrich Specks¹², Steven R. Ytterberg¹³ and Peter A. Merkel¹⁴, ¹University of Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, Reykjavik, IS, ²Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ¹³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Standard management of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) involves treatment with immunosuppressive agents for at least 18 months. Treatment beyond 18 months reduces the rates of…
Abstract Number: 1776 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adverse Events for Discontinuation of Immunosuppressants and Outcome of Their Re-Administration in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Single Center Study in Japan
Takamasa Murosaki, Takeo Sato, Yoichiro Akiyama, Katsuya Nagatani and Seiji Minota, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
Background/Purpose: The combination of immunosuppressants and glucocorticoid is recommended for the treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). However, adverse events of immunosuppressants sometimes…
Abstract Number: 2028 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Compliance with Pneumococcal Vaccination in Rheumatic Disease Patients on Immunosuppressive Medications
Zainab Shahnawaz¹, Fatme Allam² and Andras Perl³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2012 recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advise that adults aged ≥19 years with immunocompromising conditions including patients on iatrogenic immunosuppression…
Abstract Number: 2139 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Required Dose of Corticosteroid As Maintenance Therapy and Related Factors in Patients with Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis
Eri Watanabe¹, Takahisa gono¹, Shinji Watanabe¹, Hiroki Yabe¹, Masataka Kuwana² and Chihiro Terai¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: PM and DM are inflammatory myopathies, sometimes complicated by interstitial lung disease (ILD), myocarditis, arthritis, and malignancies. The intensity of immunosuppressive therapies depends on…
Abstract Number: 2624 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Renal Biopsy Should Not Delay Treatment Initiation in Suspected Lupus Nephritis
Astrid Baumann¹, Angela Pakozdi², Andrea Cove-Smith², Debasish Pyne², Michael Sheaff¹ and Ravindra Rajakariar², ¹Barts Lupus Centre, London, United Kingdom, ²Barts Lupus Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Renal biopsies are considered the gold standard in diagnosing lupus nephritis (LN). ALMS (1), the largest randomized trial in LN, reported the non-inferiority of…
Abstract Number: 2738 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Infectious Complications in Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides: Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trials
Lafarge Antoine¹, Christian Pagnoux², Xavier Puéchal³, Maxime Samson⁴, Mohamed Hamidou⁵, Alexandre Karras⁶, Thomas Quémeneur⁷, Matthieu Groh⁸, Luc Mouthon⁹, Loïc Guillevin for the French Vasculitis Study Group³ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁰, ¹Medecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁵Medecine Interne, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France, ⁶nephrology, HEGP, Paris, France, ⁷Service de néphrologie, médecine interne et vasculaire, Hôpital de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁸National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁹Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Prognosis of patients with systemic necrotizing vasculitides has been markedly improved during the last 2 decades. However, infectious complications remain a major cause of…
Abstract Number: 2739 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Onco-Hematological Malignancies in Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides: Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trials
Lafarge Antoine¹, Christian Pagnoux², Xavier Puéchal³, Maxime Samson⁴, Mohamed Hamidou⁵, Alexandre Karras⁶, Thomas Quémeneur⁷, Matthieu Groh⁸, Luc Mouthon⁹, Loïc Guillevin for the French Vasculitis Study Group³ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁰, ¹Medecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ⁵Medecine Interne, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France, ⁶nephrology, HEGP, Paris, France, ⁷Service de néphrologie, médecine interne et vasculaire, Hôpital de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁸National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁹Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The use of long-term immunosuppressive agents in patients with systemic necrotizing vasculitides has dramatically improved the overall prognosis, but expose patients to potential severe…
Abstract Number: 845 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current Use of Off-Label Therapies in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Elise Siegert¹, Dörte Huscher², Ulf Müller-Ladner³, Veronika K. Jaeger⁴, Ulrich A. Walker⁴, Marc Frerix⁵, László Czirják⁶, Francesco Del Galdo⁷, Gabriele Valentini⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁹, Yannick Allanore¹⁰, Oliver Distler¹¹, Christopher Denton¹², Gabriela Riemekasten¹³ and EUSTAR co-authors, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary, ⁷Musculoskeletal Diseases, Scleroderma Research Program, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁸Internal and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, ⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Rheumatology A department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck, Germany
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease that is often complicated by secondary interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Due to its high morbidity and…
Abstract Number: 1802 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of CMV in the Ohio State University Lupus Population
Brian LaMoreaux¹, Alexa Meara², Holly Steigelman³, Juliette Yedimenko⁴, Wael N. Jarjour⁵ and Stacy P. Ardoin⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Fellow, Columbus, OH, ²Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴S2056, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁵Department of Rheumatology/Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a clinically variable autoimmune disease occurring predominantly in women of childbearing age. SLE treatment can range from close clinical…
Abstract Number: 2805 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes of Lupus Nephritis Patients Following Discontinuation of Treatment
Chee Ken Cheah¹, Shirish Sangle (Joint First Author)¹, Alina Casian², Oier Barrutia¹, Munther Khamashta¹ and David D'Cruz¹, ¹Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) complicates 60% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients within 5 years of diagnosis. Glucocorticoids and disease modifying immunosuppressive drugs (IS) are…
Abstract Number: 425 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates for Immunosuppressed Patients in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Alison Bays¹, Renuka R. Nayak², Sara Murray³, Darlene Young⁴, Gabriela Schmajuk⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Andrew Gross⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune conditions have higher rates of pneumococcal disease and they are often immunosuppressed. In 2014, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued…

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