Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 2935 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Attainment of Minimal Disease Activity Using Methotrexate in Psoriatic Arthritis
Barry J. Sheane¹, Arane Thavaneswaran², Dafna D. Gladman² and Vinod Chandran², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose Methotrexate (MTX) is used as first-line treatment in psoriatic arthritis (PsA); however, the extent of the disease-modifying effect of MTX on PsA, if any,…
Abstract Number: 2828 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Physically Demanding Job May Amplify the Effect of Disease Activity on the Development of Syndesmophytes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Sofia Ramiro^1,2, A.M. van Tubergen³, Robert Landewé^4,5, Annelies Boonen⁶, Carmen Stolwijk⁷, Maxime Dougados⁸, Filip van Den Bosch⁹ and Desiree van der Heijde¹⁰, ¹Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁸Université Paris René Descartes and Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: We have recently shown that disease activity is longitudinally associated with radiographic progression in AS. In animal models, it has recently been shown that…
Abstract Number: 2768 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Reported Outcomes and Acute Phase Reactants in Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Patients Treated with Prednisone Versus Modified-Release Prednisone
Mauro Betelli, Giulia Erba, Massimo Ricci, Carlo Valena, Elisabetta Allevi, Marta Riva, Giorgia Grosso, Simona Barbarossa, Federica Bonomi and Maria Rosa Pozzi, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic - San Gerardo Hospital – Milano-Bicocca University, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the elderly, characterised by morning stiffness, pain and aching in the hip and shoulder girdles…
Abstract Number: 2707 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Sclerosis Related Calcinosis: Patients Provide What Specialists Want to Learn
Angela Christensen¹, Samara Khalique², Sophia Cenac³, Kim Fligelstone⁴, Anne Mawdsley⁵, Tracy Frech⁶, Jessica K. Gordon⁷, Murray Baron⁸, Evan Busman⁹, Virginia D. Steen¹⁰ and Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹¹, ¹Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Royal Free Hospital, Scleroderma Unit and Scleroderma Society, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Raynaud's & Scleroderma - Care and Support UK, Cheshire, United Kingdom, ⁶Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Pavillion A, Rm 216, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Atlanta Scleroderma Support Group, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ¹¹Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a disabling, rarely discussed manifestation of SSc for which the natural history and management is poorly understood. Last year, the Scleroderma Clinical…
Abstract Number: 2632 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Cornerstone to Reasonable Allocation of Health Resource: Valuation of Health Utility in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Suli Wang and Liangjing Lu, Department of Rheumatology, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: In a time of increasing economic constraints, it is crucial that health systems optimize their resource use to ensure that they generate the maximum…
Abstract Number: 2518 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Level of Agreement Between Disease Activity Indices and Response Criteria Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with TNF Inhibitors?
Edward C. Keystone¹, Philip Baer², J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Anna Jaroszynska⁴, Jude Rodrigues⁵, Regan Arendse⁶, Dalton Sholter⁷, Michael Starr⁸, Ariel Masetto⁹, John S. Sampalis¹⁰, Emmanouil Rampakakis¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹¹, May Shawi¹¹, Allen J Lehman¹² and Susan Otawa¹², ¹Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Private Practice, Burlington, ON, Canada, ⁵Clinical Research and Arthritis Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Rheumatology, CHUS, Fleurimont, QC, Canada, ¹⁰JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Several standardized response criteria and disease activity indices are used to assess treatment efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These measures comprise different types and…
Abstract Number: 2335 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability and Validity of the Arthritis Helplessness Index in Systemic Sclerosis
Shadi Gholizadeh¹, Sarah D. Mills², Rina S. Fox², Philip J. Clements³, Suzanne Kafaja⁴, Vanessa L. Malcarne⁵, Daniel E. Furst⁶ and Dinesh Khanna⁷, ¹Psychology, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ³University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Psychology, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, ⁶Medicine/ Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The unpredictable and uncontrollable course of rheumatic diseases has made them an interesting area of study in the learned helplessness and health outcomes literature.…
Abstract Number: 1987 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simulation in Continuing Education: Improving Evidence-Based Decisions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
Nimish Mehta¹, Martin Warters² and Douglas Blevins², ¹Medscape, LLC, New York, NY, ²Therasim, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose In many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease is not adequately controlled, and only a minority of patients attain the goal of consistent…
Abstract Number: 1779 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasmapheresis Therapy in ANCA-Associated Vasculitides: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of Renal Outcome and Mortality
David Solar-Cafaggi¹, Yemil Atisha-Fregoso¹ and Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola², ¹Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare, potentially fatal diseases with multiorgan involvement. Evidence for the use of plasmapheresis (PLEX) in patients with severe forms of…
Abstract Number: 1284 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity to Change of Patient Preference Outcome Measures for Pain in Trials of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Matthew J. Parkes¹, Michael J. Callaghan¹, Terence W. O'Neill¹ and David T. Felson^1,2, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose A variety of pain and function instruments are often measured in osteoarthritis (OA) clinical trials. Instruments with maximal sensitivity to change are preferred as the…
Abstract Number: 821 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy Outcome in Women Treated with Adalimumab for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Update
Christina D Chambers^1,2, Diana L Johnson¹, Yunjun Luo¹, Ronghui Xu^2,3 and Kenneth L Jones¹, ¹University of California San Diego Department of Pediatrics, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ³University of California San Diego Department of Mathematics, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose Adalimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody to tumor necrosis factor alpha and is approved for several indications including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The…
Abstract Number: 572 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Objective Evaluation of Physical Functioning after TNFi Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients; A Selection of Three Feasible Performance-Based Tests
Salima F.E. van Weely¹, Joost Dekker^1,2, Martijn P.M. Steultjens³, Christiaan J. Van Denderen¹, Mike T. Nurmohamed¹, Ben A.C. Dijkmans⁴ and Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma⁴, ¹Reade, centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Institute for Applied Health Research and School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, ⁴Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Physical functioning is considered an important outcome domain for the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapy and the course of the disease. In an effort…
Abstract Number: 416 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Using Patient Reported Outcome Measures to Classify Disease Activity States in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comparison of Patient-Derived Versions of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI), Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28)
Erin Carruthers¹, Noura AL Osaimi², Charles H Goldsmith³, Paul Adam⁴ and Diane Lacaille⁵, ¹Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ⁴Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/PurposeIn RA the target for treatment is clinical remission or minimal disease activity. Patient self- monitoring of disease activity may enhance treatment by providing early…
Abstract Number: 2136 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Functional Gain and Pain Relief After TKR and THR Differ By Patient Obese Status?
Wenjun Li¹, Leslie R. Harrold², Jeroan Allison³, Courtland Lewis⁴, Thomas Bowen⁵, Patricia D. Franklin¹ and David Ayers¹, ¹Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ⁵Geisinger, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Obesity is an important predictor of functional status and pain after total knee (TKR) and total hip (THR) replacement. However, variations in pre-post TKR…
Abstract Number: 314 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact Of Low Infliximab Dose Regimen On Treatment Response and Drug Survival In 462 Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. Results From The Nationwide Registries Danbio and Icebio
Bente Glintborg^1,2, Bjorn Gudbjornsson^3,4, Niels Steen Krogh⁵, Emina Omerovic², Natalia Manilo⁶, Mette Holland-Fischer⁷, Hanne M. Lindegaard⁸, Anne Gitte Loft⁹, Henrik Nordin¹⁰, Laura Johnsen¹¹, Sussi Flejsborg Oeftiger¹², Annette Hansen¹³, Claus Rasmussen¹⁴, Gerdur Grondal¹⁵, Árni Jón Geirsson¹⁶ and Merete Lund Hetland^1,2,17, ¹The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Center for Rheumatology Research (ICEBIO), Landspitali – The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵ZiteLab ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Sygehus Lillebaelt, Vejle, Denmark, ¹⁰Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Helsingør and Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Køge Hospital, Køge, East Timor, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁴Vendsyssel Teaching Hospital/Aalborg University, Hjoerring, Denmark, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁷Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: International guidelines recommend that in psoriatic arthritis infliximab should be dosed with 5 mg/kg bodyweight every 8th week. Data on the use of lower…

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