Abstracts tagged "Pharmacoepidemiology"

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: 0136 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinal Toxicity Associated with Long-term Hydroxychloroquine Use
Sophie Do, Jennifer Du, Jaejin An, Jim Wang and Antony Lin, Kaiser SCAL, Fontana, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is commonly used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases. The medication is generally well-tolerated. However, long-term use after 5 years may…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Risk and Fracture Risk Among Women Initiating Treatment with Romosozumab or Denosumab
Ye Liu¹, Tarun Arora², S. Bobo Tanner³ and Jeffrey Curtis¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education, and Research, Birmingham, AL, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Romosozumab (romo) and denosumab (dmab) are recommended for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (OP) at high risk of fracture. The U.S. prescribing information includes a…
Abstract Number: 0147 • ACR Convergence 2023
Leukotriene Inhibitors Effect on Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis: A Real-World Evidence Comparative Effectiveness Study
S. Reza Jafarzadeh¹, Matthew Baker², Christine E. Peloquin³, William H. Robinson⁴ and David Felson³, ¹Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ³Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Joint injuries frequently lead to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA), a disabling condition often affecting young adults, impacting their quality of life and creating substantial economic…
Abstract Number: 1692 • ACR Convergence 2023
Insights on the Use of JAK-inhibitors in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in an International Collaboration of Registers (the “JAK-pot” Study)
Romain Aymon¹, Denis Mongin², Burkhard Leeb³, Monika Mustak-Blagusz⁴, Jakub Závada⁵, Karel Pavelka⁶, Dan Nordstrom⁷, Nina Trokovic⁸, Florenzo Iannone⁹, Catalin Codreanu¹⁰, Ziga Rotar¹¹, Tore Kvien¹², Sella Provan¹³, Manuel Enrique Pombo Suarez¹⁴, Fernando Alonso¹⁵, Fatos Onen¹⁶, Nevsun Inanc¹⁷, Louis Coupal¹⁸, Denis Choquette¹⁹, Galina Lukina²⁰, Ori Elkayam²¹, Victoria Furer²¹, Ana Maria Rodrigues²², Delphine COURVOISIER²³, Axel Finckh²⁴, Michael Nissen² and Kim Lauper²⁵, ¹Geneva University Hospitals, Collonges-sous-Salève, France, ²Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ³BioReg, Stockerau, Austria, ⁴BioReg, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁷Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁸University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹⁰Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹²Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁵Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Medical School, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁸Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁹Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²⁰Federal state budgetary scientific institution "V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology", Moscow, Russia, ²¹Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²²Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia; Nova Medical School; Hospital dos Lusíadas, Lisbon, Portugal, ²³Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²⁴HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, ²⁵Geneva University Hospitals, Genève, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: JAK-inhibitors (JAKi) are increasingly being prescribed to treat various inflammatory conditions, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA). While the understanding of JAKi efficacy and safety in…
Abstract Number: 0171 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Conceptual Framework to Characterize the Indirect Burden of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Findings from Qualitative Patient Interviews
Vibeke Strand¹, Prajakta Masurkar², Jennifer Reckleff³, Taylor Schwartz⁴, Alison Silverstein⁴, Jennifer Osborne⁴, Josie Lloyd⁴, Brian Leinwand⁴, Elaine Karis⁵, Fatima Barbar-Smiley⁶ and Karen Costenbader⁷, ¹Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ²Amgen, Inc., Atlanta, GA, ³Amgen, Inc., Westlake Village, CA, ⁴Inovalon Insights, Bowie, MD, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Colts Neck, NJ, ⁶Amgen, Inc., Dublin, OH, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects multiple organs and leads to a variety of symptoms, including joint pain, fatigue, and skin rashes,…
Abstract Number: 1812 • ACR Convergence 2023
Duloxetine and the Risk for Cardiovascular Events in US Veterans with Non-Cancer Pain
Laura Daniel¹, Alyson Dickson², Puran Nepal¹, Otis Wilson³, Adriana Hung², Dale Plummer³, William Dupont³, Katherine Murray³, C. Michael Stein², Wayne Ray³ and Cecilia Chung⁴, ¹University of Miami, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁴University of Miami, Miami, FL
Background/Purpose: Duloxetine is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of different forms of chronic pain. Because of its adrenergic activity,…

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