Abstracts tagged "methotrexate (MTX)"

Abstract Number: 888 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of the Novel Oral Janus Kinase (JAK) Inhibitor, Peficitinib (ASP015K), in a Phase 3, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study of Patients with RA Who Had an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Tsutomu Takeuchi¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Sakae Tanaka³, Atsushi Kawakami⁴, Manabu Iwasaki⁵, Mitsuhiro Rokuda⁶, Hiroyuki Izutsu⁶, Satoshi Ushijima⁶, Yuichiro Kaneko⁶, Teruaki Shiomi⁶ and Emi Yamada⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Astellas Pharma, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Peficitinib (ASP015K), a novel oral JAK inhibitor, demonstrated efficacy as once-daily monotherapy in patients with moderate-to-severe RA in a phase 2b study (NCT01649999)1. We…
Abstract Number: 2613 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patterns of Medication Use in a Validated Cohort of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Patients
Madeline J. Epsten¹, Lisa A. Mandl¹, Jackie Szymonifka² and Sergio Schwartzman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: There is currently a lack of consensus among experts on the optimal therapeutic management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). EULAR and GRAPPA recommendations support initial…
Abstract Number: 959 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of Methotrexate Associated Hepatotoxicity in a Multi-Hospital Health System
Elizabeth Pahomov¹, Yuliya Belopolsky¹, Arshad Ali¹ and Robert Woodrick², ¹Internal Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, ²Rheumatology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
Background/Purpose: MTX has become the cornerstone in treatment of many rheumatologic disorders including rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Although MTX can have a profound impact on…
Abstract Number: 2819 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Isaac Smith¹, Jie Wei², Yuqing Zhang³, Hyon K. Choi² and Marcy Bolster¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of premature cardiovascular events and mortality. Prospective general population studies have shown moderate alcohol consumption…
Abstract Number: 1419 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Outcome of 50 Patients with Linear Scleroderma Treated with Methotrexate
Giorgia Martini¹, Gloria Fadanelli¹, Anna Agazzi¹, Fabio Vittadello¹, Alessandra Meneghel² and Francesco Zulian², ¹Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ²University of Padua, Department of Woman and Child Health, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Linear Scleroderma (LS) is the most common subtype of localized Scleroderma in children and the one most frequently associated with tissue damage and functional…
Abstract Number: 2831 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Need for Anti-TNF Therapy after Withdrawal Strategy in Early Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
Philippe Carron¹, Gaëlle Varkas², Thomas Renson³, Roos Colman⁴, Dirk Elewaut⁵ and Filip van Den Bosch⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital and VIB Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ²Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital and VIB Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, 9000, Belgium, ⁴Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Biostatistics Unit,Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Ghent University Hospital and VIB Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital and VIB Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Treatment with TNFi in early stages of peripheral Spondyloarthritis (pSpA) results in higher rates of clinical remission, compared to treatment in more longstanding disease.…
Abstract Number: 1494 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Persistence to Methotrexate Treatment in RA – Assessment of Different Modelling Approaches
Helga Westerlind¹, Mateusz Maciejewski², Thomas Frisell³, Scott Jelinsky⁴, Daniel Ziemek⁵ and Johan Askling¹, ¹Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Systems Immunology, Inflammation & Immunology,, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Inflammation and Immunology, Pfizer Research and Development, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Systems Immunology, Inflammation & Immunology,, Pfizer, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: As a step towards personalized medicine, we seek to identify patients with new-onset RA who are likely to remain well on MTX monotherapy. Patients…
Abstract Number: 2899 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Drug-Free Remission in Early RA Following Methotrexate-Based Strategy: Role of the JAK-STAT Pathway
Xavier M Teitsma¹, Johannes W. G. Jacobs², Arno N Concepcion³, Attila Pethö-Schramm⁴, Michelle EA Borm⁵, Jacob van Laar¹, Johannes W. J. Bijlsma⁶ and Floris PJG Lafeber¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Rheumatolgy & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Roche Nederland BV, Woerden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: We previously identified several co-expressed genes associated with achieving sustained drug-free remission (sDFR) following a methotrexate (MTX)-based strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 The…
Abstract Number: 218 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Serious Infection Associated with TNF Inhibitor Versus Triple Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Yinzhu Jin¹, Eun Ha Kang², Rishi J. Desai³, Angela Tong¹ and Seoyoung C. Kim^4,5, ¹Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconimics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) with methotrexate or triple therapy (MTX, sulfasalazine, and sulfasalazine) is considered in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 1502 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predicting Response to Methotrexate Therapy in New-Onset RA: No Value of Adding Protein Biomarkers to Clinical Predictors
Xavier M Teitsma¹, Johannes W. G. Jacobs², Pascal HP de Jong³, JMW Hazes³, Angelique EAM Weel^3,4, Paco MJ Welsing¹, Attila Pethö-Schramm⁵, Michelle EA Borm⁶, Jacob van Laar¹, Johannes W. J. Bijlsma⁷ and Floris PJG Lafeber⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Rheumatolgy & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Maastad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Roche Nederland BV, Woerden, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁸Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: We previously identified higher disease activity score assessing 28 joints (DAS28) at baseline, current smoking and no alcohol consumption as clinical predictors for inadequate…
Abstract Number: 2954 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Related to Initiation of TNF Inhibitor Versus Triple Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Yinzhu Jin¹, Eun Ha Kang², Angela Tong¹, Rishi J. Desai³ and Seoyoung C. Kim^4,5, ¹Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconimics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmocoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While efficacy of triple therapy [methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine (HCQ), and sulfasalazine (SSZ)] and TNF inhibitor (TNFi) plus MTX was similar in a previous clinical…
Abstract Number: 428 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Significant Pain Reduction with Oral Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis; Results from a Randomised Controlled Phase III Trial of Treatment Effectiveness
Sarah R. Kingsbury¹, Puvan Tharmanathan², Ada Keding², Belen Corbacho², Fiona E Watt³, David L Scott⁴, Edward Roddy⁵, Fraser Birrell⁶, Nigel K Arden⁷, Catherine Arundel², Sarah Ronaldson², Lema Vernon⁸, Catherine Hewitt², Michael Doherty⁹, David Torgerson² and Philip G. Conaghan¹, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²York Trials Unit, University of York, York, United Kingdom, ³Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Under Lyme, United Kingdom, ⁶Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom, ⁷Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁹The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Current treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) are severely limited. Synovitis is prevalent in OA and is associated with pain. The slow-acting anti-rheumatic drug methotrexate (MTX)…
Abstract Number: 1531 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib Show Similar Retention When Used with and without Methotrexate. Analysis from the Rhumadata® Clinical Database and Registry
Denis Choquette¹, Louis Bessette², Jacques Brown², Boulos Haraoui¹, Frédéric Massicotte¹, Jean-Pierre Pelletier¹, Jean-Pierre Raynauld¹, Marie-Anaïs Rémillard¹, Diane Sauvageau¹, Angèle Turcotte², Édith Villeneuve¹ and Louis Coupal¹, ¹Rheumatology, Institut de Recherche en Rhumatologie de Montréal (IRRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec (CORQ), Québec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOFA), a targeted synthetic DMARD has recently appeared on the Canadian market. It is an oral agent, targeting the JAK 1 and JAK…
Abstract Number: 2984 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lifestyle and MTX Use Are the Strongest Predictors of Not Achieving Remission in the First Year of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Susan J. Bartlett^1,2, Orit Schieir³, Marie-France Valois⁴, Carol Hitchon⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Janet E. Pope⁹, Vivian P. Bykerk¹⁰, Edward C. Keystone¹¹, Diane Tin¹² and Glen Hazlewood¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³McGill University, Montreal, ON, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹³Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Implementation of RA guidelines have improved remission outcomes in RA; nevertheless 45% of early RA participants do not achieve remission in the first year.…
Abstract Number: 477 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Treatment with Intravenous Pulse Methylprednisolone or Methotrexate Is Associated with Decreased Medication Requirements at 12 and 24 Months in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Propensity Score Analysis
Takayuki Kishi^1,2, Jesse Wilkerson³, Marjo Smith³, Nastaran Bayat¹, Michael Henrickson⁴, Bianca Lang⁵, Murray Passo⁶, Frederick W. Miller¹, Michael Ward⁷ and Lisa G. Rider¹, ¹Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology PTD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Daily oral prednisone has been the main therapy in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), and combination therapy with methotrexate (MTX) introduced soon after diagnosis has been…

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