Abstracts tagged "off-label prescribing"

Abstract Number: 2444 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pharmacist-Developed Letters May Enhance Success in Obtaining Insurer Approval for Off-Label Use of Biologics
Jessica F. Farrell^1,2,3, Lee S. Shapiro^1,2,4, Joel M. Kremer⁵ and Aixa Toledo-Garcia⁶, ¹Steffens Scleroderma Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, ²The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ³Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Albany, NY, ⁴Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ⁵Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose A growing number of publications suggest that biological DMARDs, predominantly approved for RA, can be efficacious treatment options for several rare rheumatic diseases. These potentially…
Abstract Number: 2031 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
GRAID – Interim Analysis Of The Retrospective German Register In Autoimmune Diseases
Thomas Dörner¹, Enno Schmidt², Christoph Fiehn³, Frank Behrens⁴, Rebecca Fischer-Betz⁵, Martin Fleck⁶, Julia Holle⁷, Joerg C. Henes⁸, Annett M. Jacobi⁹, Christian Kneitz¹⁰, Esther Wittenborn¹¹, Fabian Proft¹², Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹³ and Christof Iking-Konert¹⁴, ¹CC12, Dept. Medicine/Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ³ACURA Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Baden-Baden, Germany, ⁴CIRI/Div. Rheumatology, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁶Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁷Vasculitis Clinic, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt & University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology Division, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ¹⁰Internal Medicine II, Hospital Südstadt, Rostock, Germany, ¹¹Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ¹²Rheumaeinheit, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Munich, Germany, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases are characterized by high morbidity and lead frequently to physical disability and loss of income. They are the third most important disease…

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