Abstracts tagged "outcomes"

Abstract Number: 2786 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aortitis: Outcomes from a Cohort of 196 Patients
Alison Clifford¹, Amr Arafat², Jahanzaib Idrees², Eric Roselli², Carmela D. Tan³, E. Rene Rodriguez³, Lars Svensson², Eugene Blackstone² and Gary S. Hoffman¹, ¹Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic aortitis is a rare diagnosis that may occur in the context of a primary systemic vasculitis, as part of a systemic autoimmune disease,…
Abstract Number: 546 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Characteristics and Radiographic Progression
Deepak R. Jadon¹, Gavin Shaddick², William Tillett¹, Graham Robinson³, Charlotte Cavill¹, Nicola Waldron¹, Eleanor Korendowych¹ and Neil J McHugh⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Department of Mathematics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (PAM) is a rare extreme subtype of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Our objectives were to: (1) compare clinical characteristics of PsA patients…
Abstract Number: 2626 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship of Socio-Demographic and Disease Factors with Loss-to-Follow-up and Appointment Noncompliance in Indigent Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Angela Pham¹, Gaobin Bao², S. Sam Lim³ and Cristina Drenkard⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Div Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose . The relationship of medical noncompliance with poor health outcomes has been described in chronic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These outcomes are…
Abstract Number: 382 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is More Predictive of Achieving Remission at 12 Months: The Percentage of Baseline Improvement or the Actual Disease State Achieved at 6 Months?
Edward C. Keystone¹, Carter Thorne², Michael Starr³, Jude Rodrigues⁴, Philip Baer⁵, Regan Arendse⁶, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁷, Denis Choquette⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁹, John S. Sampalis⁹, May Shawi¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹⁰, Allen J Lehman¹¹ and Susan Otawa¹¹, ¹Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Clinical Research and Arthritis Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁵Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The aim of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is to optimize symptom control and, when possible, achieve sustained remission. Therefore, identification of clinical signs predicting…
Abstract Number: 2403 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
From Early Arthritis Clinic to Remission Clinic: Short-Term Outcome and Ultrasonographic-Synovitis Dynamics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in DMARD-Induced SDAI-Remission during Drug-Free Follow-up
Antonio Manzo¹, Francesca Benaglio¹, Garifallia Sakellariou¹, Martina Scarabelli¹, Elisa Binda¹, Barbara Vitolo¹, Serena Bugatti¹, Roberto Caporali² and Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹, ¹Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rheumatology and Translational Immunology Research Laboratories (LaRIT), Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo Foundation/University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose The introduction of DAS-driven intensive treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has considerably improved outcome and patients’ quality of life. Previous studies have…
Abstract Number: 375 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of RAPID3 with Minimal Joint Count and ACR/EULAR Provisional Remission Definitions As Predictors of Future Good Radiographic + Functional Outcome in a Double-Blind, Phase 3, Randomized Controlled Trial of Tocilizumab
Martin J. Bergman¹, Jeffrey Yourish², Jinglan Pei², Jenny Devenport², William Reiss² and Edward Keystone³, ¹Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, PA, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ³University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Based on treat-to-target guidelines, the goal of treatment should be remission. Definitions for remission recommended by the ACR/EULAR task force include joint counts and…
Abstract Number: 2153 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Synovial Fluid Culture ̵ Negative Septic Arthritis
Sarah B. Lieber, Ziv Paz and Robert H. Shmerling, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Delays in diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis may be associated with significant morbidity. While many patients with suspected or proven septic arthritis are…
Abstract Number: 2037 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence and Prevalence of Myasthenia Gravis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with and without Treatment Compared with the General Population
Neil Accortt¹, Mary Anthony¹, Jennifer Schenfeld², Travis Wheeling², Anna Hassebroek², Cynthia O'Malley¹ and Michael Sprafka¹, ¹Center for Observational Research, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²Docs Global, Inc, North Wales, PA
Background/Purpose: There is a dearth of information on the incidence rate of myasthenia gravis (MG) in the US and specifically among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. …

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