Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 1393 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Characteristics, Treatment Strategy or Investigator Effect: An Analysis of Factors Driving Variation in Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Orit Schieir², Glen Hazlewood¹, Susan J. Bartlett³, Carol A Hitchon⁴, Janet E. Pope⁵, Gilles Boire⁶, Edward C. Keystone⁷, Diane Tin⁸, B Haraoui⁹, Vivian P. Bykerk¹⁰ and Carter Thorne¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, Division of ClinEpi, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke and Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Institut de Recherche en Rhumatologie de Montréal (IRRM), Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰2-005, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Outcomes in ERA are largely thought to reflect individual prognostic factors and treatment strategy employed. We hypothesize that an additional factor may be the…
Abstract Number: 2022 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic and Prognostic VALUE of Salivary GLAND Ultrasonography in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: a Preliminary Study
Maria Pascual¹, Mercè López¹, Joan Miquel Nolla², Javier Narváez³, helena borrell¹ and Carmen Moragues⁴, ¹DEPARMENT OF RHEUMATOLOGY, HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE, BARCELONA, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁴DEPARMENT OF RHEUMATOLOGY, HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE, barc+, Spain
Background/Purpose: In recent years, salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has emerged as a promising tool for the diagnosis and prognostic stratification of patiens with primary Sjögren’s…
Abstract Number: 2289 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Individualized Prediction of Early Remission on Medication in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Jaime Guzman¹, Andrew Henrey², Thomas Loughin², Kiem Oen³, Natalie J. Shiff⁴, Roberta Berard⁵, Roman Jurencak⁶, Adam Huber⁷, Kerstin Gerhold⁸, Susanne Benseler⁹, Ciarán M. Duffy¹⁰ and Lori Tucker¹, ¹BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ³Department of Pediatrics and Child Health University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁵Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁸Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Research in Arthritis in Canadian Children emphasizing Outcomes cohort (ReACCh-Out) showed a 45% chance of attaining inactive disease within a year of…
Abstract Number: 2909 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Only Very High Radiographic Progression Affects HAQ-DI, Results from the Swiss Scqm Cohort
Ruediger Mueller¹, Reto Thalmann², Hendrik Schulze-Koops³, Nicole Graf⁴ and Johannes von Kempis², ¹Rheumatology, MD, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁴Graf Biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The aim of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is to control disease activity and to inhibit joint damage. Progression of damage is analysed by conventional…
Abstract Number: 2487 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission Undergoing Treatment Tapering Tenosynovitis and Synovitis Detected By Ultrasonography Predict Disease Flare
Antonella Adinolfi¹, Giovanni Cagnotto², Filippo Luccioli³, Claudio Mastaglio⁴, Giulia Mirabelli³, Daniela Rossi⁵, Silvia Rossi², Emanuela Bellis⁶, Greta Carrara⁷, Carlo Alberto Scirè⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹ and Garifallia Sakellariou², ¹Policlinico le Scotte, Siena, Italy, ²University of Pavia, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, ³University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁴Moriggia-Pelascini, Gravedona, Italy, ⁵Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, CMID - Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases, Turin, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, Ospedale Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁸Epidemiology Unit -Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁹Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) detected synovitis predicts flare in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while the role of tenosynovitis has yet to be established. The aim…
Abstract Number: 3218 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Mast Cells Associate with High Disease Activity and Predict Radiographic Progression at 12 Months in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Felice Rivellese¹, Frances Humby¹, Stephen Kelly¹, Amato de Paulis², Gianni Marone² and Costantino Pitzalis¹, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: Mast cells (MCs) are immune cells present in the synovial membrane and implicated in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, although their exact contribution…
Abstract Number: 1884 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Esophageal Dilation and Interstitial Lung Disease Incidence and Progression in Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Showalter¹, Aileen Hoffmann², Carrie Richardson^3,4, Julia (Jungwha) Lee⁵, David Aaby⁶, Rishi Agrawal⁷, Jane Dematte⁸, Rowland W. Chang⁹ and Monique Hinchcliff¹⁰, ¹Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Preventive Medicine/Biostatistics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁷Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸Pulmonology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁹Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Esophageal dysfunction and aspiration may play a role in SSc-ILD.…
Abstract Number: 1896 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Specific Drugs Combination Therapy in Survival of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
Sumiaki Tanaka¹, Yu Matsueda¹, Gakuro Abe², Jun Okada³ and Shunsei Hirohata¹, ¹Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Nutritional management, Kitasato Junior Collage of health and Hygienic Sciences, Minami-Uonuma, Japan
Background/Purpose: Survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue disease (CTD), especially systemic sclerosis (SSc), is poorer than that of patients…
Abstract Number: 2019 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Faces in Motion: Clinical Subtyping in Scleroderma Using Changes in Forced Vital Capacity
Colin Ligon¹, Peter Schulam², Suchi Saria³, Fredrick M. Wigley⁴, Robert Wise⁵ and Laura K. Hummers⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Prognostication in scleroderma has historically depended on using static measures such as antibody status and extent of skin involvement to stratify risk of mortality…
Abstract Number: 2081 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dermal Temperature Is an Excelent Prognostic Indicator to Guide RA Therapy
JoAnn Ball¹ and Maria Greenwald², ¹rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Deseret, CA, ²Rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA
Background/Purpose: Nurses and rheumatology extenders can rapidly identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who flare, with high predictive value for which individual is at high risk…
Abstract Number: 2478 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Poor Prognostic Factors on Treatment Decisions in Clinical Practice in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from a US Observational Cohort
LR Harrold¹, E Alemao², HJ Litman³, SE Connolly⁴, S Kelly², W Hua³, L Rosenblatt², S Rebello⁵ and JM Kremer⁶, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Corrona, Southborough, MA, ⁴Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁵Epidemiology, Corrona, Southborough, MA, ⁶Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: Poor prognostic factors can determine the extent of disease progression, disability and treatment outcomes in patients (pts) with RA. It is currently unknown whether…
Abstract Number: 153 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility of Ultrasound Synovitis Assessment As a Predictor of Flares in Clinically Inactive Joints
Tomas Cazenave¹, Christian A. Waimann², Natalia Zamora¹, Gustavo Citera¹ and Marcos G. Rosemffet¹, ¹Rheumatology, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Dr. Hector Cura, Olavarria, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Several ultrasound (US) studies have shown a high frequency of inflammation in clinically inactive joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)patients. There is controversy in the…
Abstract Number: 434 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Duration of Remission By Currently Available Criteria Can Predict Physical Functioning, but Not Radiological Progression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Nicole P.C. Konijn¹, Lilian H.D. van Tuyl¹, Maarten Boers^1,2, D den Uyl¹, M.M. ter Wee¹, P.J.S.M. Kerstens^3,4, Alexandre E. Voskuyl⁵, Michael T. Nurmohamed^1,3, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg^3,6 and Willem F. Lems^1,3, ¹Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Westfriesgasthuis, Hoorn, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location VU University medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several sets of remission criteria have been developed. The ACR/EULAR criteria were validated against their potential to predict prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [1].…
Abstract Number: 465 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI Bone Erosion at Baseline Predicts the Subsequent Radiographic Progression in Early-Stage RA Patients Who Achieved in Sustained Clinical Good Response: Sub-Analysis from Nagasaki University Early Arthritis Cohort
Mami Tamai¹, Yoshikazu Nakashima¹, Kazuhiko Arima², Junko Kita¹, Masataka Umeda¹, Shoichi Fukui¹, Ayako Nishino¹, Takahisa Suzuki¹, Yoshiro Horai¹, Akitomo Okada³, Tomohiro Koga¹, Shin-ya Kawashiri^1,2, Naoki Iwamoto¹, Kunihiro Ichinose¹, Satoshi Yamasaki⁴, Hideki Nakamura¹, Tomoki Origuchi⁵, Kiyoshi Aoyagi², Masataka Uetani⁶, Katsumi Eguchi⁷ and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁵Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Given the improved detection of joint injury by MRI than by clinical examination, EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in…
Abstract Number: 603 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Which Seronegative RA Patients Respond to Rituximab? – Preliminary Analysis of a Merged Clinical Trials Dataset
Elizabeth M.A. Hensor^1,2, Edward M. Vital^1,2 and Paul Emery^1,2, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Seronegative RA patients have inferior clinical response to rituximab [1]. However, there is significant heterogeneity in this group of patients for baseline clinical features…

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