Abstracts tagged "Pharmacoepidemiology"

Abstract Number: 0435 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in Characteristics of Patients Initiating and Discontinuing Advanced Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Following Release of Safety Data
Stephanie Song¹, Bryant England², Brian Sauer³, Michael George⁴, Beth Wallace⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Ted R Mikuls⁷ and Joshua Baker⁴, ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The ORAL Surveillance study highlighted risks of cardiac events, thromboembolism (VTE), and cancer associated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi). The aim of this study…
Abstract Number: 2137 • ACR Convergence 2023
Line of Therapy of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors in RA, PsA and AxSpA: Implications for Design and Uptake of New Drugs and Diagnostics
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie¹, Yuji Su², Patrick Stewart³ and Amy S. Mudano¹, ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham and Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ³Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) have an increasing array of treatment options available, and new blood-based diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 0469 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hydroxychloroquine and Preeclampsia Risk in Lupus Pregnancy: Results from a Large Regional Integrated Health Network
Julia Simard¹, Emily Liu², Amadeia Rector³, Miranda Cantu⁴, Daniel Kuo⁵, Eliza Chakravarty⁶, Maurice Druzin⁷, Gary Shaw⁷, Michael Weisman⁸ and Monique Hedderson², ¹Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, ³Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Global Lupus Support Group, Portage, MI, ⁵Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Stanford, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Pregnancies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at greater risk of preeclampsia. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is recommended during SLE pregnancy to control disease…
Abstract Number: 2154 • ACR Convergence 2023
Two-Year Persistence of First-Line Biological or JAK Inhibitor Treatment in Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Failure of Triple Therapy with Synthetic DMARDs
Sebastian Ibanez Vodnizza¹, María Paz Poblete², María Francisca Valenzuela³, María Magdalena Canals², Dominga García² and Carla Jaque³, ¹Clinica Alemana de Santiago / Facultad de Medicina Universidad del Desarrollo-CAS, Santiago, Chile, ²Hospital Padre Hurtado / Facultad de Medicina Universidad del Desarrollo-CAS, Santiago, Chile, ³Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: In Chile, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can apply to receive state-funded biological or JAK inhibitor treatment if they have failed (defined as a…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Safety and Efficacy of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors versus Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Jui-En Lo¹, Pin-Chia Huang², George Tsokos³, Vasileios Kyttaris⁴, Karen Costenbader⁵ and Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma², ¹Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), originally approved as oral hypoglycemic agents for type 2 diabetes (T2D), have been shown to reduce progression to end-stage…
Abstract Number: 2452 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment of Association Between Hydroxychloroquine Use and Toxic Retinopathy, Overall and by Indication, in a Large Cohort of Rheumatology Patients Within the US Department of Defense Military Healthcare System
Rachel Robbins¹, Toni Rush² and Jess Edison³, ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Germantown, MD, ²Health Research Tx, Pace, FL, ³Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences / National Capital Consortium- Walter Reed Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: While generally believed to be a safe, well-established treatment, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use is associated with irreversible retinal toxicity requiring regular monitoring. The objective of…
Abstract Number: 0742 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk of Incident Gout Associated with Initiation of Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 Inhibitors versus Other Second-line Agents Among Metformin Users with Type 2 Diabetes
Natalie McCormick¹, Chio Yokose², Na Lu³ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a revolutionary second-line treatment for type 2 diabetes associated with lower risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, heart failure,…
Abstract Number: 2529 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparative Effectiveness of Denosumab versus Zoledronic Acid Among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis in the U.S. Medicare Program
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Tarun Arora², Ye Liu³, Vanessa C. Brunetti⁴, Tzu-Chieh Lin⁴, Leslie Spangler⁴, Robert K. Stad⁴, Michele McDermott⁴, Brian D. Bradbury⁴ and Min Kim⁴, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education, and Research, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Although clinical trials have shown that denosumab (Dmab) significantly increases bone mineral density at key skeletal sites more than zoledronic acid (ZA), evidence from…
Abstract Number: 0811 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparative Effectiveness of Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Recurrent Gout Flares and Gout-primary Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: A General Population Cohort Study
Natalie McCormick¹, Chio Yokose², Jie Wei³, Na Lu⁴, Deborah Wexler¹, Mary De Vera⁵, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, Yuqing Zhang⁶ and Hyon K. Choi⁷, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ³Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) lower serum urate (primary prevention); however, whether this translates into preventing recurrent flares among gout patients (secondary prevention) and gout-primary…
Abstract Number: 2538 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety and Efficacy of Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors in Patients with Psoriasis and Concomitant Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-based Cohort Study
Pin-Chia Huang¹, Debby Cheng², Megan H Noe³, Jui-En Lo⁴, Steven T Chen³ and Kevin Sheng-Kai Ma⁵, ¹Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) may share common underlying pathophysiology, in which the pathogenesis of psoriasis is mediated by NOD-like receptor family…
Abstract Number: 0853 • ACR Convergence 2023
Early Experience with Avacopan for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in a Large Integrated Healthcare System
Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Zachary Williams¹, Claire Cook¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Naomi Patel¹ and Zachary Wallace², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a small-to-medium vessel vasculitis associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, in part due to glucocorticoid exposure. Avacopan, an oral C5a…
Abstract Number: 1103 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of Outcomes Following Discontinuation of Pegloticase Therapy
Emily Holladay¹, Amy S. Mudano², Fenglong Xie², Jingyi Zhang¹, Ted R Mikuls³, Brian LaMoreaux⁴, Lissa Padnick-Silver⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Horizon Therapeutics, Deerfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the long-term effects of pegloticase therapy or what urate-lowering therapy (ULT) patients subsequently receive when they discontinue pegloticase. This analysis…
Abstract Number: 1340 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recent Trends in Treatment Patterns for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Response to Emerging Data
Stephanie Song¹, Michael George², Ted R Mikuls³, Bryant England⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Grant Cannon⁶ and Joshua Baker², ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have demonstrated substantial efficacy in decreasing symptoms and in reducing progressive joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In…
Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2023
Opioid Prescription Rates in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the UK Between 2001-2020: An Electronic Health Records (EHR) Analysis
Huseyin Berk Degirmenci¹, Christine E. Peloquin², Sara Lodi², Pedro Machado³, S. Reza Jafarzadeh⁴, Tuhina Neogi⁵, Lianne Gensler⁶, Maureen Dubreuil⁷ and Jean Liew², ¹St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK. Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK., London, United Kingdom, ⁴Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Milton, MA
Background/Purpose: Although current axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) management guidelines do not address opioid use for chronic pain, available data show that opioid use is common among…
Abstract Number: 1515 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance of the Revised CRISS in a Phase 3 Trial of Early Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, Christopher Denton², Masataka Kuwana³, Daniel Furst⁴, Suiyuan Huang¹, Barbara White⁵ and Robert Spiera⁶, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Towson, MD, ⁶Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Revised CRISS has been proposed an approvable outcome measure in early diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc)1. The index is undergoing the FDA review as part…

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