Abstracts tagged "juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and tocilizumab"

Abstract Number: 1414 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pharmacovigilance of Biologics for Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients By the German Biologics Registry
Gerd Horneff¹, Gerd Ganser², Toni Hospach³, Ivan Foeldvari⁴, Michael Borte⁵, Frank Weller-Heinemann⁶, Kirsten Minden⁷ and Ariane Klein⁸, ¹Asklepios Kinderklinik St. Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ²Klinik für Kinder-und Jugendrheumatologie, Nordwestdeutsches Rheumazentrum, Sendenhorst, Germany, ³Pediatrics, Olgahospital, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, ⁴Hamburg Centre for Pediatric Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany, ⁵St Georg Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, ⁶PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁷Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Center of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Long-term surveillance of biologic drugs is particularly important in pediatric patients(pts). Since 2001, the German Biologics JIA Registry (BIKER) is allowing to follow up…
Abstract Number: 2425 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Tocilizumab in Young Adults with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Jens Klotsche¹, Martina Niewerth², Johannes Peter Haas³, Angela Zink⁴, Gerd Horneff⁵ and Kirsten Minden⁶, ¹Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, a Leibniz institute, Berlin, Germany, ²Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ³German Centre for Rheumatology in Children and Young People, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ⁴Epidemiologie, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁶Children’s University Hospital Charite/German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab was recently approved for the treatment of systemic JIA (sJIA) and polyarticular JIA (pJIA). Published data on the tolerability of tocilizumab in patients…
Abstract Number: 795 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Second TNF-Inhibitor Or Alternative Biologic In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Patients Failing a First TNF-Inhibitor
Kirsten Minden¹, Klaus Tenbrock², Gerd Horneff³ and Hans-Iko Huppertz⁴, ¹Children’s University Hospital Charite/German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²University Aachen, Aachen, Germany, ³Department of Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁴Prof. Hess Childrens Hospital, Bremen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with incomplete response to initial anti-TNF treatment often are switched to other biologic treatments. However, little is known about the efficacy of switching…
Abstract Number: 272 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Markers Of Joint Damages Of Children With Systemic-Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis In Long-Term Course Of Treatment With Tocilizumab
Tomo Nozawa, Taichi Kanetaka, Kenichi Nishimura, Masako Kikuchi, Tomomi Sato, Nodoka Sakurai, Ryoki Hara, Kazuko Yamazaki and Shumpei Yokota, Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA) is a subtype of chronic childhood arthritis characterized by spiking fever, rash, and arthritis. Tocilizumab (TCZ), an anti-IL-6 receptor…
Abstract Number: 1143 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab Therapy in Children with Systemic Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Russian Experience
Ekaterina Alekseeva, Rina Denisova, Saniya Valieva, Tatyana Bzarova, Kseniya Isayeva, Alexandra Chomakhidze, Evgeniya Chistyakova, Tatyana Sleptsova and Elena Mitenko, Rheumatology, Scientific Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) is classified as an acquired autoinflammatory disease. The interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 play a pivotal role in pathogenesis of this…
Abstract Number: 1174 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severe Adverse Events Associated with Use of Biologic Therapy in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Single-Center Study
Ricardo A. G. Russo¹ and Marìa M. Katsicas², ¹Immunology & Rheumatology, Hospital de Pediatria Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Immunology & Rheumatology., Hospital de Pediatrìa Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: biologic agents have revolutionized the treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and other conditions due to their high efficacy and safety. However, with the…