Abstracts tagged "outcomes"

Abstract Number: 2519 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Series
Maria Mouyis¹, Clare Thornton¹, David Williams^2,3 and Ian Giles⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rayne Institute, Centre for Rheumatology Research, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: It is recognised that active disease in women with inflammatory arthritis is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Most studies however, have focussed upon patients…
Abstract Number: 1670 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Patients with Lupus Nephritis Included in a Large Cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Registry of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
María Galindo Izquierdo¹, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz¹, Sabina Perez², José M. Pego-Reigosa³, Jaime Calvo-Alen⁴, Francisco Javier López-Longo⁵, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁶, Alejandro Olivé⁷, Víctor Martínez Taboada⁸, Paloma Vela Casasempere⁹, Mercedes Freire¹⁰, Javier Narváez¹¹, Antonio Fernandez Nebro¹², Jose Rosas¹³, Monica Ibanez Barcelo¹⁴, Esther Uriarte¹⁵, Eva Tomero¹⁶, Antonio Zea¹⁷, Maria Loreto Horcada¹⁸, Vicente Torrente¹⁹, Ivan Castellvi²⁰, Joan Calvet²¹, Raúl Menor Almagro²², Mª Angeles Aguirre²³, Enrique Raya²⁴, Elvira Diez Alvarez²⁵, Tomás Vázquez Rodríguez²⁶, Paloma García de la Peña²⁷, Atusa Movasat²⁸, José Luis Andreu²⁹, Patricia Richi³⁰, Carlos Marras Fernandez-Cid³¹, Carlos Alberto Montilla Morales³², Blanca Hernández-Cruz³³, José Luis Marenco de la Fuente³⁴, Marian Gantes³⁵, Eduardo Ucar³⁶, Juan J. Alegre³⁷, Javier Manero³⁸, Jesús Ibañez Ruán³⁹, Manuel Rodríguez-Gómez⁴⁰, Victor Quevedo⁴¹, José Hernández Beiraín⁴² and Lucía Silva Fernández⁴³, ¹Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Research Unit,, Madrid, Spain, ³Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo (IBIV), Vigo, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Sierrallana Hospital, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁹Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Malaga, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa. Villajoyosa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ¹⁴H. Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Unitat de Reumatologia., Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology, Leon Hospital, Leon, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases/Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ³¹C/ Salvia 11, H. Arrixaca, Alicante, Spain, ³²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Virgen de la Vega, Salamanca, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ³⁴Hospital de Valme. Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ³⁶Hospital de Basurto, Rheumatology, Bilbao, Spain, ³⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain, ³⁸Ophthalmology and Rheumatology. Hospital Miguel Servet Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁹POVISA, Rheumatology, Vigo, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁴¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Monforte, Lugo, Spain, ⁴²Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas Gran Canarias, Spain, ⁴³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain
Background/Purpose To describe the profile of patients included in RELESSER with histologically confirmed lupus nephritis (LN). Methods RELESSER is a multicentre cross-sectional study, with information…
Abstract Number: 1524 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab Done! What’s Next in RA?
Ulrich A. Walker¹, Veronika K. Jaeger¹, Katerina Chatzidionysiou², Merete Lund Hetland^3,4, Ellen Margrethe Hauge^3,4, Karel Pavelka⁵, Dan C. Nordström⁶, Helena Canhao⁷, Matija Tomsic⁸, Ronald van Vollenhoven² and Cem Gabay⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ²Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal on behalf of the Rheumatic Diseases Portugal Register, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁹University Hospitals of Geneva/SCQM Registry, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose The optimal strategy to use biologics after rituximab (RTX) in RA is unknown. We therefore aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different biologics after…
Abstract Number: 1452 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Timing of Decisions to Adjust Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients with Active Disease in a Usual Practice Setting
Yomei Shaw¹, Chung-Chou H. Chang², Marc C. Levesque³, Julie M. Donohue⁴, Kaleb Michaud^5,6 and Mark S. Roberts¹, ¹Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Health Policy & Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁶Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines recommend that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with poor response to their current regimen of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have therapy adjusted…
Abstract Number: 1436 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Depression on Clinical and Social Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparative Study in Germany and Brazil
Harriet Morf¹, Olga Malysheva², G da Rocha³, Anna Beatriz Vargas³ and Christoph G. Baerwald², ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, ³Ambulatório de reumatologia da Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) can be associated with psychological disorders and especially depression. About 13 – 20 % of patients have clinical significant depression. It…
Abstract Number: 1365 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ARE Erosions a Disappearing Feature in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)?Joint Damage in Patients with EARLY RA at 10 YEARS after Diagnosis
Juha Asikainen¹, Kalevi Kaarela², Heidi Mäkinen³, Hannu Kautiainen⁴, Pekka Hannonen⁵, Tuomas Rannio⁶ and Tuulikki Sokka¹, ¹Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ²Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ³Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁴Medcare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, ⁵Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ⁶Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
Background/Purpose: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has improved during the last decade. Also importance of regular monitoring has been emphasized. Our objective was to study…
Abstract Number: 1256 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Temporal Characterization of Anti-Jo-1 Positive Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Preliminary Results of an International Multicentre Study
Lorenzo Cavagna¹, Miguel A González-Gay², Santos Castañeda-Sanz³, Franco Franceschini⁴, Paolo Airo⁵, Ilaria Cavazzana⁶, Laura Nuno⁷, Trinitario Pina Murcia², Francisco Javier Lopez Longo⁸, Norberto Ortego-Centeno⁹, Rossella Neri¹⁰, Simone Barsotti¹⁰, Enrico Fusaro¹¹, Simone Parisi¹², Giuseppe Paolazzi¹³, Giovanni Barausse¹³, Luca Quartuccio¹⁴, Elena Bartoloni-Bocci¹⁵, Carlo Selmi¹⁶, Carlo Alberto Scirè¹⁷, Elena Bravi¹⁸, Javier Bachiller Corral¹⁹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo²⁰, Gianluigi Bajocchi²¹, Raffaele Pellerito²², Marcello Govoni²³, Andreas Schwarting²⁴, Christof Specker²⁵, Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹ and Roberto Caporali²⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, ²Epidemiology, Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Division, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁴AO Spedali Civili, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Brescia, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón. Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Città Della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology, DSMB, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, ¹⁵Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy, ¹⁷Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ¹⁸Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ²¹Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova. IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²²Rheumatology, Ospedale Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, ²³Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ²⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital Johannes-Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany, ²⁵Rheumazentrum Rhein-Ruhr e.V., St. Josef Krankenhaus (Kliniken Essen Süd), Universitätsklinikum Essen, Esssen, Germany, ²⁶Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: anti Jo-1 antibodies are the main marker of the antisynthetase syndrome (As), a connective tissue disease chiefly characterized by arthritis (A), myositis (M) and…
Abstract Number: 1059 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients with RA from Wealthier Countries Perform Better on Clinical Disease Activity Measures, but Tend to Show Worse Person Reported Outcomes
Polina Putrik¹, Sofia Ramiro², Andras Keszei³, Ihsane Hmamouchi⁴, Maxime Dougados⁵, Monika Hifinger⁶, Laure Gossec⁷ and Annelies Boonen⁸, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, University of Amsterdam & Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Medical Informatics, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, ⁴Biostatistics, Epidemiology LBRCE, Mohamed V Souissi University, Rabat, Morocco, ⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁶Rheumatology, MUMC, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Inequalities in health between low and high income countries are often reported, but it is not known whether clinical disease activity measures (“objective”) and…
Abstract Number: 811 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologics in Takayasu Arteritis: Preliminary Data from the French Registry
Arsene Mekinian¹, Chloe Comarmond², Mathieu Resche Regon³, Tristan Mirault⁴, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn⁵, Marc Lambert⁶, Jean Sibilia⁷, Antoine Neel⁸, Miguel Hié⁹, Emmanuel Messas¹⁰, Pascal Cohen¹¹, Geraldine Muller¹², Sabine Berthier¹³, Zahir Amoura¹⁴, Isabelle Marie¹⁵, Christian Lavigne¹⁶, Marie Anne Vandenhende¹⁷, Hervé Devilliers¹⁸, Sébastien Abad¹⁹, Loic Guillevin²⁰, Mohamed Hamidou²¹, Bertrand Godeau²², Patrice Cacoub²³, Olivier Fain²⁴ and David Saadoun², ¹DHU2iB, Internal Medicine Saint Antoine Hospital, PARIS, France, ²DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ³biostatistics Saint Louis Hospital, paris, France, ⁴HEGP vascular department, paris, France, ⁵Internal Medicine, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France, ⁶Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁸INTERNAL MEDICINE, NANTES, France, ⁹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, UPMC Univ Paris 06 & French National Reference Center For Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Paris, France, ¹⁰HEGP hospital Vascular and cardiology Department, paris, France, ¹¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ¹²INTERNAL MEDICINE, DIJON, France, ¹³DIJON HOSPITAL, DIJON, France, ¹⁴Internal medicine 2, French National Reference Center for Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ¹⁵CHU de Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹⁶CHU d'Angers, Angers, France, ¹⁷Internal Medicine, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁸Dijon University Hospital, Department of internal medicine and systemic diseases, Dijon, France, ¹⁹Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France, ²⁰Internal Medicine, Service de médecine interne, Centre de Références des Vascularites, Université Paris Descartes, APHP, Hôpital Cochin, 75005 Paris, France., Paris, France, ²¹CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, Nantes, France, ²²Service de médecine interne, Université Paris Est Créteil, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, France, Service de médecine interne, Université Paris Est Créteil, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, France, Creteil, France, ²³Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Service de Médecine Interne, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ²⁴Hôpital Saint Antoine, DHU i2B, Service de Médecine Interne, paris, France
Background/Purpose The aim of this registry is to determine: (1) the real-life use of various biological targeted treatments in Takayasu arteritis (TA) in France; (2)…
Abstract Number: 2903 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Outcomes in Pediatric Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis (AAV)
Kimberly Morishita¹, Susanne Benseler², Rae S.M. Yeung³, Thomas Mason II⁴, Dawn Wahezi⁵, Kenneth N. Schikler⁶, Erica F. Lawson⁷, Susan Nielsen⁸, Sirirat Charuvanij⁹, Paul Dancey¹⁰, Susan Shenoi¹¹, Linda Wagner-Weiner¹², Angelyne Sarmiento¹, David A. Cabral¹³ and For the PedVas Initiative¹, ¹BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology - Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, Univ of Louisville Schl of Med, Louisville, KY, ⁷Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Pediatric rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Janeway Children's Hospital, St. John's, NL, Canada, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Seattle Childrens Hospital, seattle, WA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹³Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Childhood AAV is rare and outcome studies are limited. The PedVas Study is an international initiative collecting clinical data (to A Registry of Childhood…
Abstract Number: 813 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Outcomes of Takayasu’s Arteritis Patients with Renal Artery Involvement
Corisande Baldwin¹, Aladdin Mohammad² and David Jayne³, ¹Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Lund, Sweden, ³Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrookes Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Takayasu's Arteritis (TAK) is a chronic inflammatory large vessel vasculitis characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the aorta and its branches. TAK incidence is 2.6/million…
Abstract Number: 2911 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Outcomes of Early RA after 7 Years – Does T2T Approach Overcome Delay of Therapy?
Tuulikki Sokka¹, Hannu Kautiainen², Tuomas Rannio³, Juha Asikainen¹ and Pekka Hannonen¹, ¹Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ²Medcare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, ³Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
Background/Purpose: Early vs. delayed referral/start of therapy within 3-4 months has been shown beneficial for outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (Lard et al. AM J…
Abstract Number: 685 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Successful Withdrawal and Discontinuation of Immunosuppressants in Lupus Patients: Outcomes and Predictors
Zahi Touma¹, Murray B. Urowitz², Dominique Ibanez¹ and Dafna D. Gladman², ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Physicians and patients (Pts) are hesitant to withdraw immunosuppressant (IS) in Pts in clinical remission as the consequences of this approach are unknown.…
Abstract Number: 2812 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Rheumatoid Arthritis the Same Disease in Women and Men?- Joint Damage in Patients with EARLY Rheumatoid Arthritis at 10 YEARS after Diagnosis
Juha Asikainen¹, Kalevi Kaarela², Heidi Mäkinen³, Hannu Kautiainen⁴, Pekka Hannonen⁵, Tuomas Rannio⁶ and Tuulikki Sokka⁷, ¹Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ²Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ³Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁴Medcare Oy, Äänekoski, Finland, ⁵Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland, ⁶Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, ⁷Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is suggested to be a more severe disease in women than in men as disease activity appears higher in women, and…
Abstract Number: 573 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Three-Year Course and Prediction of Physical Functioning in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Treated with TNF-Inhibitors
Salima F.E. van Weely¹, Eva L. Kneepkens¹, Mike T. Nurmohamed¹, Joost Dekker^1,2 and Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma³, 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, ³Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Currently, only limited information is available on the long-term course of limitations in physical functioning and spinal mobility in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients receiving…

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