Abstracts tagged "methotrexate (MTX)"

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: 2393 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Similar Improvements in Physical Function, Quality of Life and Work Productivity Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with 2 Different Doses of Methotrexate in Combination with Adalimumab
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Midori Jane Nishio², Daryl MacCarter³, Jenny Griffith⁴, Hartmut Kupper⁵, Vishvas Garg⁶ and Jasmina Kalabic⁵, ¹College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Diablo Clinical Research, Walnut Creek, CA, ³Coeur d'Alene Arthritis Clinic, Coeur d'Alene, ID, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁶AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose Methotrexate (MTX) is used in monotherapy or in combination with other DMARDs in the treatment of patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We evaluated…
Abstract Number: 187 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Revision Arthroplasty in Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis: Does Methotrexate Decrease Radiographic Lucency in RA Patients?
Mike Wei¹, Douglas N. Mintz², Lisa A. Mandl³, Arielle Fein⁴, Jayme C. Burket⁵, Yuo-Yu Lee⁴, Wei-Ti Huang⁶, Vivian P. Bykerk⁴, Mark P. Figgie⁷, Edward F. DiCarlo⁸, Bruce N. Cronstein⁹ and Susan M. Goodman³, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ²Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Healthcare Research Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Orthopedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Pathology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have excellent total hip arthroplasty (THA) survival, and methotrexate (MTX), an anti-inflammatory disease modifying drug which may affect bone reabsorption,…
Abstract Number: 2355 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Apremilast, a Novel Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitor, and Methotrexate Independently Prevent Inflammation in Vivo and in Vitro
Miguel Perez-Aso¹, M. Carmen Montesinos², Aranzazu Mediero³, Peter H. Schafer⁴ and Bruce N. Cronstein⁵, ¹545 1st Ave., New York University, New York City, NY, ²Departament de Farmacologia, Facultat de Farmàcia,, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain, ³Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Celgene Corporation, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose Phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitors have clear immunoregulatory effects in laboratory studies, and the clinical application of this class of drug in the field of…
Abstract Number: 122 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Use of Ultrasound to Detect Residual Joint Inflammation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Disease Remission
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Midori Jane Nishio², Janak Goyal³, Daryl MacCarter⁴, Alvin Wells⁵, Anabela Cardoso⁶, Shufang Liu⁷, Jasmina Kalabic⁸ and Hartmut Kupper⁸, ¹College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Diablo Clinical Research, Walnut Creek, CA, ³Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, NJ, ⁴Coeur d'Alene Arthritis Clinic, Coeur d'Alene, ID, ⁵Rheumatology & Immunotherapy Center, Franklin, WI, ⁶AbbVie, Amadora, Portugal, ⁷AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Background/Purpose Patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), who achieve clinical disease remission by treatment with disease- modifying agents may have residual joint inflammation and vascularization,…
Abstract Number: 2367 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physician Awareness of Suboptimal Patient Adherence to MTX: Results from a Large U.S. Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Aseem Bharat², Lang Chen³, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁴, Joel M. Kremer⁵ and Dimitrios A. Pappas⁴, ¹Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁵Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) registries capture information about medication use using data captured at office visits. The extent to which this information may be…
Abstract Number: 1981 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Qualitative Analysis of Methotrexate Injection Videos on Youtube
Rebekah Rittberg¹, Tharindri Dissanayake² and Steven J. Katz³, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the most commonly prescribed disease modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. While data suggests subcutaneously administered methotrexate is more…
Abstract Number: 1847 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Disease Duration on Clinical Outcomes in Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Etanercept Plus Methotrexate in the Preserve Study
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 Previous studies evaluating various treatment strategies indicate that disease duration is a key determinant of outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While data suggest that…
Abstract Number: 1528 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of MK-8457, a Novel SYK Inhibitor for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Two Randomized, Controlled, Phase 2 Studies
Ronald van Vollenhoven¹, S. B. Cohen², Philip J. Mease³, Charles G. Peterfy⁴, Wolfgang Spieler⁵, Judith Boice⁶, Sean Curtis⁷, Qing Li⁷, Ruji Yao⁸, Richard Baumgartner⁷ and Holly Weng⁸, ¹Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Spire Sciences LLC, Boca Raton, FL, ⁵Osteologie und Rheumatologie, ZeFOR GmbH Zentrum für Forschung, Zerbst, Germany, ⁶Merck Research Laboratories, Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁷Merck & Co., Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁸Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose: Novel, targeted small-molecular medications are needed in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MK-8457 is a novel inhibitor of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK)…
Abstract Number: 1489 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influences of Disease Activity at the Initiation of Iguratimod, a Small Molecule Antirheumatic Drug, on Efficacy of Iguratimod in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis –a Multicenter Registry Study-
Yuji Hirano¹, Toshihisa Kojima², Yasuhide Kanayama³, Shinya Hirabara¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Atsushi Kaneko⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro², ¹Rheumatology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan, ²Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ³Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, Toyota, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Iguratimod (IGU), known as T-614, is a small-molecule antirheumatic drug developed in Japan and used in Japanese clinical practice since June in 2012. IGU…
Abstract Number: 1360 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monitoring Methotrexate and Leflunomide Treatment for Liver Toxicity: the Kaiser Permanente Experience
Robert Goldfien¹ and Lisa Herrinton², ¹Rheumatology, Kaiser Permanente, Richmond, CA, ²Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) and Leflunomide (LEF) are widely prescribed to treat rheumatologic and other diseases. Each has the potential to cause liver injury in some…
Abstract Number: 1463 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dietary Impact On Treatment Results Of Methotrexate In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cecilia Lourdudoss¹, Alicja Wolk², Camilla Bengtsson³, Lena Nise⁴, Lars Alfredsson³ and Ronald van Vollenhoven⁵, ¹Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Some specific diets have been shown to ameliorate rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, there is generally a lack of studies on any possible dietary impact…

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