Abstracts tagged "methotrexate (MTX)"

Abstract Number: 2925 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum MMP-3 Predicts a Subgroup with No Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low-Dose Methotrexate (MTX) Monotherapy
Kazuko Shiozawa¹, Takashi Yamane², Miki Murata¹, Chihiro Tanaka¹, Noriaki Yo², Ryosuke Yoshihara¹, Yasushi Tanaka¹, Ken Tsumiyama³ and Shunichi Shiozawa⁴, ¹The Rheumatic Diseases Center, Kohnan Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ²Kohnan Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Studies have shown that treating rheumatoid patients with methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy initially and later providing an option to step up to combination therapy produces…
Abstract Number: 512 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect and Safety of Concomitant Methotrexate and Tacrolimus on Clinical Response of Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Prior Use of Biological Dmards
Nobunori Takahashi¹, Toshihisa Kojima¹, Yuji Hirano², Yasuhide Kanayama³, Koji Funahashi⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro¹, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, Toyota, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose Abatacept (ABT) is a new class of biologic agents for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that inhibits T cell activation by binding to…
Abstract Number: 2517 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Clinical, Structural, and Functional Consequences of Not Adopting Treatment in MTX Suboptimal Responders
Josef Smolen¹, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven², Stefan Florentinus³, Yijie Zhou⁴, Benoit Guerette⁴ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁵, ¹Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ²The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³AbbVie, Rungis, France, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is used as first line therapy for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Current recommendations state that therapy should be adjusted if patients…
Abstract Number: 514 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Methotrexate Reduces the Frequency of Prediabetes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Psoriatic Arthritis
Katja Perdan-Pirkmajer¹, Sergej Pirkmajer², Alojzija Hocevar¹, ŽIga Rotar¹, Natasa Gaspersic¹, Sonja Praprotnik¹, Matija Tomsic³ and Ales Ambrozic¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are associated with an increased risk of diabetes mellitus (DM). Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, including methotrexate (MTX), may…
Abstract Number: 2504 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Concomitant Methotrexate on the Enhanced Clinical Efficacy of Abatacept after 24 Weeks in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Nobunori Takahashi¹, Toshihisa Kojima¹, Yuji Hirano², Yasuhide Kanayama³, Koji Funahashi⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro¹, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, Toyota, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose Abatacept (ABT), a selective co-stimulation modulator, is the first in a new class of biologic agents for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that…
Abstract Number: 496 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Induction Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis with Simultaneous Administration of Methotrexate and Low-Dose Tacrolimus: A Retrospective Study
Takashi Nakanishi¹, Hideyuki Horikoshi¹, Reiko Takahashi¹, Kanami Tongu², Junko Nishioka², Fumihiko Kimura³, Yuichi Nishioka² and Kenji Itoh¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ²Nishioka Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases and Allergic Diseases, Kofu, Japan, ³National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
Background/Purpose Additional administration of low-dose tacrolimus (LD-TAC) at 0.5–1.0 mg daily was reported to be quite effective for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with inadequate response…
Abstract Number: 2498 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics of Responding Versus Non-Responding Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Etanercept Plus Methotrexate
Josef Smolen¹, David Collier², Annette Szumski³, Heather Jones⁴ and Lisa Marshall⁵, ¹PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁴Inflammation & Immunology, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Inflammation Immunology Disease Group, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose While synthetic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are often effective, treatment with such agents does not adequately control disease activity in all patients.…
Abstract Number: 487 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Lipid Changes in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Tofacitinib or Methotrexate over 24 Months
C. Charles-Schoeman¹, A. Dikranian², J. Taylor³, B. Wilkinson⁴, T. Jones⁵, K. Kwok⁶ and C. Nduaka⁴, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ²San Diego Arthritis Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA, ³Anderson Arthritis and Rheumatology Center, Meridian, MS, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Post-baseline (BL) increases in mean low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and…
Abstract Number: 2474 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Methotrexate for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
Jessica Gunn, Aikaterina Panopolou and Alan Steuer, Rheumatology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy or MTX in combination with other conventional and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is standard treatment for patients with inflammatory arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 457 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
First Confirmation Data of Long Term Safety for Tocilizumab in Real-World Setting; 3 Year Follow-up Postmarketing Surveillance of 5573 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan
Kazuhiko Yamamoto¹, Hajime Goto², Kenzo Hirao³, Atsuo Nakajima⁴, Hideki Origasa⁵, Nobuhiro Takagi⁶, Minako Tomobe⁷ and Kyoichi Totsuka⁸, ¹Allergy & Rheumatology, Univ Tokyo Gr School of Med, Tokyo, Japan, ²Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³Heart Rhythm Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Division of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toyama School of Medicine, Toyama, Toyama, Japan, ⁶Medical Science, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Pharmacovigilance, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Kitatama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the long-term safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a real-world clinical setting in Japan. Methods: In…
Abstract Number: 2467 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness and Safety of Tocilizumab in Biologics NaÃ¯ve RA Patients – Interim Analysis of PMS for Investigating Success in Achieving Clinical and Functional Remission and Sustaining Efficacy with Tocilizumab in Biologics-NaÃ¯ve RA Patients Study
Naoki Ishiguro¹, Tatsuya Atsumi², Masayoshi Harigai³, Tsuneyo Mimori⁴, Norihiro Nishimoto⁵, Takayuki Sumida⁶, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka⁸, Nobuhiro Takagi⁹, Kunihiko Tanaka¹⁰ and Hisashi Yamanaka¹¹, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ²Medicine II School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ³Department of Pharmacovigilance, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Dept of Rheum & Clinical Immunology, Kyoto Univ Grad Schl of Med, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Molecular Regulation for Intractable Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Dept Internal Medicine, Univ of Tsukuba/Inst Clin Med, Tsukuba City, Japan, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸First Dept of Internal Med, U Occupa & Environ Hlth, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁹Medical Science, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Pharmacovigilance, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The all-patient PMS study of tocilizumab (TCZ) followed 7901 RA patients for 28 wks. That study (hereafter, PMS7901) showed patients with a high probability…
Abstract Number: 289 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Children with Moderately to Severely Active Polyarticular or Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Who Are Prescribed and Treated with Adalimumab
Gerd Horneff¹, Carol A. Wallace², Pierre Quartier³, Daniel J. Kingsbury⁴, Kirsten Minden⁵, Mareike Bereswill⁶, Vishvas Garg⁷, Hartmut Kupper⁶ and Jasmina Kalabic⁶, ¹Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ²University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, IMAGINE Institute, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France, ⁴Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ⁵Kinderklinik der Charite, Otto-Heubner Centrum, Berlin, Germany, ⁶AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁷AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases of childhood and adolescents, and improvement in health-related quality of life and…
Abstract Number: 2438 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multi-Centre Survey of Tolerability Problems for Patients on Regular Methotrexate
David Walker¹, Emmanuel George², Sarah Gibson³, Una Martin⁴, Hilary Wrightson⁵, Peta S. Heslop⁶, Peter Prowse⁷, Matthew Kalinowski⁷, Adewale O. Adebajo⁸, David Marshall⁹, Michael Reed¹⁰ and Sandra M. Robinson⁶, ¹Dept of Rheumatology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Wirral, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, The Wirral, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, United Kingdom, ⁶R&D, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, ⁸Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Methotrexate has become the core DMARD for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. It has also found utility in treating other forms of inflammatory arthritis…
Abstract Number: 273 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Adalimumab in Children with Moderately to Severely Active Polyarticular or Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Hermine Brunner¹, Nicola Ruperto², Carol A. Wallace³, Mary Toth⁴, Ivan Foeldvari⁵, John Bohnsack⁶, Diana Milojevic⁷, C. Egla Rabinovich⁸, Pavla Vavrincova⁹, Daniel J. Kingsbury¹⁰, Katherine Marzan¹¹, Pierre Quartier¹², Kirsten Minden¹³, Elizabeth Chalom¹, Gerd Horneff¹⁴, Rolf M. Kuester¹⁵, Jason Dare¹⁶, Mareike Bereswill¹⁷, Hartmut Kupper¹⁷, Jasmina Kalabic¹⁷, Daniel Lovell¹⁸ and Alberto Martini¹⁹, ¹PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁴Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ⁵Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ⁶University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁸Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁹Fakultni nemocnice v Motole, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁰Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ¹¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, IMAGINE Institute, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France, ¹³Kinderklinik der Charite, Otto-Heubner Centrum, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁴Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ¹⁵Asklepios Rheumazentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ¹⁶Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR, ¹⁷AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁹PRINTO-IRCCS, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases of childhood. Adalimumab (ADA) is approved for moderate to severe polyarticular JIA…
Abstract Number: 2321 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Of Certolizumab Pegol In Combination With Methotrexate In The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis: 5-Year Results From a 24-Week Randomized Controlled Trial and Open-Label Extension Study
Josef S. Smolen¹, Ronald van Vollenhoven², Arthur Kavanaugh³, Vibeke Strand⁴, Jiri Vencovsky⁵, Michael H. Schiff⁶, Robert Landewé⁷, Boulos Haraoui⁸, Susan Walker⁹ and Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, ¹Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ²Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Division of Rheumatology Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁴Adjunct, Division of Immunology / Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷Academic Medical Center Amsterdam & Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁸Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the RAPID2 randomized controlled trial (RCT; NCT00160602), certolizumab pegol (CZP) +MTX every 2 weeks (Q2W) improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…

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