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Abstracts tagged "Pharmacoepidemiology"

  • Abstract Number: 1214 • ACR Convergence 2024

    All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Using Pregabalin or Duloxetine: A Retrospective Cohort Study in US Veterans

    Sachalee Campbell1, Laura L. Daniel2, Alyson L. Dickson3, Otis Wilson3, C. Michael Stein3, Puran Nepal4, Adriana M. Hung5 and Cecilia P. Chung2, 1University of Miami/ Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL, 3Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 4Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt, TN, 5Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN

    Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal pain affects more than 10% of the general population. Recent trends in managing chronic musculoskeletal pain have favored non-opioid analgesics, for example, pregabalin,…
  • Abstract Number: 1215 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Mortality in US Veterans with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Cyclobenzaprine or Baclofen

    Maria Intriago1, Puran Nepal2, Laura L. Daniel1, Alyson L. Dickson3, Otis Wilson3, C. Michael Stein3, Adriana M. Hung4 and Cecilia P. Chung1, 1University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt, TN, 3Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 4Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN

    Background/Purpose: Cyclobenzaprine is a commonly-used centrally-acting muscle relaxant; it has been approved for short-term treatment of muscle spasms associated with acute musculoskeletal pain despite limited…
  • Abstract Number: 0152 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Retinopathy in Hispanic Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

    Janett Riega Torres1, Karina Palomo-Arnaud2, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra1, Fernando Morales Wong1, Jesús Hernán González Cortés1, Jesus Mohamed Hamsho1, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio1, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado3 and Karim Mohamed Noriega1, 1Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, 2Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, 3UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: Antimalarial drugs like hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are among the most frequently prescribed medications in Rheumatology.  Retinal toxicity is an unwanted side effect…
  • Abstract Number: 1270 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Association of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Selection with Hospitalized Infection in Youth with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Jordan Roberts1, Anna Faino2, Marshall Brown3, Gabrielle Alonzi4, Mersine Bryan5, Cordelia Burn6, Joyce Chang4, Jonathan Cogen7, Nidhi Naik8, Kareena Patel9, Emily Zhang4, Mary Beth Son10 and Esi Morgan1, 1Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 2Seattle Children's Research Institute, Core for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Analytics in Research, Seattle, 3Core for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Analytics in Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, 4Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Division of Hospital Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 6Seattle Children's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Seattle, 7Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, 8Seattle children's hospital, Bothell, WA, 9Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, 10Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA

    Background/Purpose: Youth with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) have increased risk of serious infection. It is unknown how much of this risk is due to…
  • Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Prevalence and Potential Factors Associated with Polypharmacy in Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Jianing Yang1, Jinoos Yazdany2, S. Sam Lim3, Brad Pearce3 and Laura Plantinga4, 1Highland Hospital, AHS, San Leandro, CA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 3Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 4University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of adverse drug effects and medication nonadherence. However, the prevalence of polypharmacy and the medications and factors…
  • Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Risk of Hip and Spine Fractures in Axial Spondyloarthritis Is Associated with Treatment Class

    Devin Driscoll1, Navya George2, S. Reza Jafarzadeh3, Christine Peloquin3, Jean Liew3 and Maureen Dubreuil4, 1Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Boston University Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program, Boston, MA, 3Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 4Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have a risk of fracture that is nearly double that of the general population, possibly related to chronic inflammation.…
  • Abstract Number: 0268 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Weight Loss Induced by Anti-obesity Medications and Gout Among Overweight and Obesity Individuals: A Population-based Cohort Study

    Jie Wei1, Yilun Wang2, Nicola Dalbeth3, Junqing Xie4, Jing Wu5, Chao Zeng6, Guanghua Lei7 and Yuqing Zhang8, 1Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), 2Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), 3University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 4Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 5Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Changsha, China (People's Republic), 6Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), 7Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Hunan Key Laboratory of Joint Degeneration and Injury, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), 8Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Weight loss is conditionally recommended for gout management; however, the magnitude of the effect of weight loss on incident gout and recurrent gout flares…
  • Abstract Number: 1713 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Comparisons of Non-TNFi Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Propensity Score-Matched Study Using National Veterans Affairs Data

    Halie Frideres1, Christopher Wichman2, Jianghu Dong3, Punyasha Roul4, Yangyuna Yang2, Joshua Baker5, Michael George6, Tate Johnson2, Jorge Rojas7, Sauer brian8, grant Cannon9, Scott Matson10, Jeffrey Curtis11, Ted Mikuls2 and Bryant England2, 1UNMC Department of Rheumatology, Omaha, NE, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 4UNMC, Omaha, NE, 5Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 7Seattle VA, Mexico, Mexico, 8Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 9University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, 10University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO, 11University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL

    Background/Purpose: Recent RA-interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) treatment guidelines noted a paucity of evidence on the comparative effectiveness and safety of DMARDs in RA-ILD. Previously, TNFi…
  • Abstract Number: 0509 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Trends in Initiation of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Commercially-Insured US Adults, 2001-2021

    Lydia Lee1, Jeffrey Sparks2, Priyanka Yalamanchili1, Daniel B. Horton3, Zeba Khan4, Joseph Barone4 and Chintan Dave5, 1Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, 3Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research; Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health; Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 4Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 5Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research; Center for Health Outcomes, Policy & Economics, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ

    Background/Purpose: Despite the increasing availability of newer RA therapies, there is a paucity of data comprehensively evaluating long-term trends for individual DMARDs in the US.…
  • Abstract Number: 1717 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Early Antimalarial Adherence Reduces Future Hospitalization Cost in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Evidence from a Population-based Study

    Md Rashedul Hoque1, Diane Lacaille2, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta2, Mary A. De Vera3, Yi Qian4, John Esdaile5 and Hui Xie6, 1Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 5Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6Arthritis Research Canada, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: To examine the association between antimalarial (AM) adherence and hospitalization costs among newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.Methods: We…
  • Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Discontinuation of Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Agents in Older Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Retrospective Analysis of Medicare Data

    Yinan Huang1, Shadi Bazzazzadehgan2, Sebastian Bruera3 and Sandeep Agarwal3, 1University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, MS, 2University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may discontinue b/tsDMARDs due to treatment failure, adverse events or costs. Little is known about b/tsDMARDs discontinuation among Medicare…
  • Abstract Number: 1756 • ACR Convergence 2024

    What Is the Impact of Prior TNF Inhibitor Treatment on the Time to Achieve Low Disease Activity and the Durability of Low Disease Activity? Real-world Results Based on 17 858 European Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Initiating a TNF Inhibitor or an IL-17A Inhibitor

    Jette Heberg1, Stylianos Georgiadis2, Marion Pons3, Anne Gitte Loft4, Brigitte Michelsen5, Louise Linde3, Daniela DiGuiseppe6, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen3, Mehrdad Kazemi3, Gary Macfarlane7, Gareth Jones7, Karin Laas8, Sigrid Vorobjov9, Isabel Castrejon10, Ziga Rotar11, Katja Perdan-Pikmajer11, Ladislav Šenolt12, Jana Baranová13, Bente Glintborg14, Adrian Ciurea15, Miguel Bernardes16, Paula Valente17, Bjorn Gudbjornsson18, Gerdur Gröndal18, Gunnstein Bakland19, Catalin Codreanu20, Corina Mogosan20, Florenzo Iannone21, Roberto Caporali22, Johan Karlsson Wallman23, Vappu Rantalaiho24, Ritva Peltomaa25, Karel Pavelka26, Pavel Horak27, Diogo Esperança Almeida28, Sara Dias Rodrigues29, Lykke Oernbjerg2, Mikkel Ostergaard30 and Merete Hetland31, 1Rigshospitalet Glostrup, København V, Denmark, 2Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark, 3Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, 4Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, 5Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 7University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 8East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, 9National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, 10Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 11University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 12Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 13Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic, 14DANBIO, Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, 15University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, 16São João Hospital Center and FMUP, Lisboa, Portugal, 17Rheumatology Department, Hospital de São Sebastião, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, 18Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 19Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, 20University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, 21Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, 22Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, 23Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, 24Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University and Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland, 25Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 26Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, 273rd Department of Internal Medicine - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Olomouc & Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Olomouc, Olomoucky kraj, Czech Republic, 28Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal, 29Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital Egas Moniz, Unidade Local de Saúde Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal, 30Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, 31Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) and Interleukin-17Ai inhibitors (IL-17Ai) have shown effectiveness in achieving low disease activity (LDA) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).…
  • Abstract Number: 0806 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Rotavirus Vaccine in Offspring Exposed to Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors During the Third Trimester Does Not Increase Diarrhea-Associated Healthcare Events

    Leah K. Flatman1, Sasha Bernatsky2, Isabelle Malhamé3, Yvan St-Pierre4, Olga Basso1, Anick Bérard5 and Evelyne Vinet3, 1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Until recently, best practice guidelines recommended withholding rotavirus vaccine in offspring exposed in utero to any TNFi until 6 months of age due to fears of…
  • Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Opioid Prescription Rates in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in the US Between 2008-2021: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis

    Berk Degirmenci1, Christine Peloquin2, Sara Lodi1, Pedro M Machado3, S. Reza Jafarzadeh2, Tuhina Neogi2, Lianne S Gensler4, Maureen Dubreuil5 and Jean Liew2, 1Boston University, Boston, MA, 2Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 3Department of Neuromuscular Diseases and Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 4Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5Section of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Current axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) guidelines do not provide recommendations for opioids in pain management. Opioid use is common in axSpA, despite widespread uptake of…
  • Abstract Number: 0907 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Association of Rare and Common Genetic Variants in MOCOS with Inadequate Response to Allopurinol

    Niamh Fanning1, Murray Cadzow2, Ruth Topless3, Chris Frampton4, Nicola Dalbeth5, Tony Merriman6 and Lisa Stamp4, 1University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand, 3University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 4University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 6University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL

    Background/Purpose: The minor allele of the common rs2231142 (Q141K) ABCG2 variant predicts inadequate response to allopurinol urate lowering therapy (ULT). We hypothesize that additional variants in genes…
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