Abstracts tagged "Pharmacoepidemiology"

Abstract Number: 2091 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Analgesic Prescriptions for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Derek Ochi¹, Dagoberto Pina², Manmeet Kaur³, Jeffery Fine⁴, Daniel Black⁵ and Barton Wise⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ²School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁴Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁵Innovation Technology - Data Center of Excellence, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California Davis and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramneto, CA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability. The 2019 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Arthritis Foundation (AF) Guideline for the Management of OA recommends…
Abstract Number: 0989 • ACR Convergence 2024
Malignancy Risk Between JAK Inhibitors and Anti-TNF Therapy Across Disease Indications: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis
Mark Gibson¹, Benjamin Zuckerman², Maryam Adas¹, Mark Russell³, Katie Bechman¹ and James Galloway⁴, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To estimate the relative risk of malignancy between Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFi) and placebo in individuals with immune-mediated inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2479 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mepolizumab Treatment Decreased Oral Corticosteroid Use and Improved Clinical Response, Control Status, and Remission in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Results up to 24 Months from a Large Network of US Allergy Practices
Michael E Wechsler¹, Anna Kovalszki², Jared Silver³, Brian Stone⁴, Lior Seluk⁵, Lynn Huynh⁶, Wilson da Costa Junior⁶, Mingchen Ye⁶, Jeremiah Hwee⁷, Mei Sheng Duh⁶, William McCann⁴ and Amy G. Edgecomb⁸, ¹Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ²Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³US Medical Affairs - Respiratory, GSK, Durham, ⁴Allergy Partners, Asheville, NC, ⁵Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, ⁶Analysis Group, Boston, MA, ⁷Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Mississauga, Canada, ⁸US Value, Evidence, & Outcomes, Anti-Infectives and Respiratory, GSK, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a severe rare systemic inflammatory disease characterized by elevated blood eosinophil counts ≥1000 cells/µL and vasculitis of small-…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pharmacosurvellience Study of FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Events of Tofacitinib and Upadacitinib
Nur Barlas, Sait Barlas, Stefan Milutinovic and Shristi Basnyat, Florida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health, Cape Coral
Background/Purpose: Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors are the agents of choice for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis when other DMARDs are…
Abstract Number: 2566 • ACR Convergence 2024
Detrimental Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density Are Not Mediated by Changes in Serum Calcium or Parathyroid Hormone in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Cross-sectional Study
andriko Palmowski¹, Zhivana Boydzhieva², Paula Hoff³, Sandra Hermann³, burkhard Muche³, David Simon⁴, Gerhard Krönke³, Edgar Wiebe⁵ and FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT⁵, ¹Charité - Universittsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité Universittsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany/ Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany/Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In a previous study, we found daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) intake to be associated with decreased bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1049 • ACR Convergence 2024
Very Low Uptake of Biosimilar Adalimumab in the First 9 Months of Availability in Rheumatology
Eric Roberts¹, Gabriela Schmajuk² and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In 2021, over 300,000 patients in the United States used adalimumab, making it one of the highest-grossing drugs globally. In 2023, patent exclusivity for…
Abstract Number: 2609 • ACR Convergence 2024
Drivers of Infliximab Biosimilar Uptake: A Comparative Analysis of New Biosimilar Initiations versus Switching in a National Rheumatology Registry
Eric Roberts¹, Nick Bansback², Chien-Wen Tseng³, Steve Shiboski⁴, Jing Li⁵, Gabriela Schmajuk⁶ and Jinoos Yazdany⁷, ¹University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Biosimilars hold promise for reducing pharmaceutical expenditures, however uptake has lagged. We analyzed the variability in new biosimilar starts and switching from bio-originator infliximab…
Abstract Number: 1073 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dashboard Utilization and Order Menu Revision Improve HLA-B*5801 Testing Prior to Allopurinol Initiation in High-Risk Patients in a Veteran-based Primary Care Setting
Catherine Vo, Chialin Nguyen, Scott Hagan, Sheida Aalami and Elizabeth Wahl, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The 2020 ACR Guideline for the Management of Gout conditionally recommends testing for the HLA-B*5801 risk allele prior to starting allopurinol for patients of…
Abstract Number: 1189 • ACR Convergence 2024
Certain Dosages of Fasinumab Provides Superior Benefits over Placebo in Mitigating Osteoarthritis Symptoms Albeit at Increased Health Detriments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Muhammad Sohaib Khan¹, Wania Moeen², Umm E Salma Shabbar Banatwala², Muhammad Usman², Umar Mahmood², Syed Ashad Ahmed Fatmi², Syed Muhammad Muneeb Akhtar², Hania Shahzad³, Muhammad Talal Ibrahim⁴, Nisar Ahmed⁵, Badaruddin Sahito² and Muhammad Sohaib Asghar⁶, ¹Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, ²Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, ³UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, ⁴The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Rapido’s Clinica Familiar, Chicago, ⁶AdventHealth, Sebring, FL
Background/Purpose: Fasinumab, a newly developed anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody, is currently under investigation for its potential to alleviate symptoms in osteoarthritis patients. This meta-analysis…
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…

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