Abstracts tagged "meta-analysis and radiography"

Abstract Number: 1654 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Methotrexate Combination Therapy Versus Triple Therapy in Methotrexate-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roy Fleischmann¹, Janet E. Pope², Vanita Tongbram³, Derek Tang⁴, James Chung⁵, David Collier⁵, Shilpa Urs³, Kerigo Ndirangu³, George A. Wells⁶ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁷, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³ICON Plc., Morristown, NJ, ⁴Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Several published randomized head-to-head trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have compared TNFi-MTX with triple therapy (MTX + hydroxychloroquine + sulfasalazine) in MTX-naive patients (MTX-Ns)…
Abstract Number: 1642 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Methotrexate Combination Therapy Versus Triple Therapy in Methotrexate Inadequate Responders with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Roy Fleischmann¹, Janet E. Pope², Vanita Tongbram³, Derek Tang⁴, James Chung⁵, David Collier⁵, Shilpa Urs³, Kerigo Ndirangu³, George A. Wells⁶ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³ICON Plc., Morristown, NJ, ⁴Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Previously published rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trials in which TNFi-MTX and triple therapy (MTX + hydroxychloroquine + sulfasalazine) were included as treatment arms in MTX…
Abstract Number: 186 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Low Back Pain and Radiographic Features: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
Joachim Raastad¹, Michael Reiman², Remy Coeytaux², Leila Ledbetter³ and Adam P. Goode², ¹Physical Therapy, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway, ²Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durahm, NC
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent condition. Plain film radiography is a commonly used imaging technique for this condition. Radiographic features (RF) such…