Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors"

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…
Abstract Number: 2925 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum MMP-3 Predicts a Subgroup with No Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low-Dose Methotrexate (MTX) Monotherapy
Kazuko Shiozawa¹, Takashi Yamane², Miki Murata¹, Chihiro Tanaka¹, Noriaki Yo², Ryosuke Yoshihara¹, Yasushi Tanaka¹, Ken Tsumiyama³ and Shunichi Shiozawa⁴, ¹The Rheumatic Diseases Center, Kohnan Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ²Kohnan Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Studies have shown that treating rheumatoid patients with methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy initially and later providing an option to step up to combination therapy produces…
Abstract Number: 2914 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Clinical and Radiographic Course of Early Undifferentiated Arthritis Under Treatment Is Not Dependent on the Amount of Erosions at Diagnosis. Results from the Swiss Prospective Observational Cohort
Ruediger Mueller¹, Toni Kaegi², Sarah Haile³ and Johannes von Kempis⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine,, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, St. Gallen Hospital, CH- 9007 St.Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose To analyse whether early arthritis patients who do not fulfil the ACR/EULAR 2010 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a different course of…
Abstract Number: 1693 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progressive Disease in Systemic Sclerosis after One Year of Follow-up; Results of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Health Care Program
Jessica Meijs¹, Anne Schouffoer², Nina Ajmone Marsan³, Lucia Kroft⁴, Maarten K. Ninaber⁵, T.W.J. Huizinga¹ and Jeska K. De Vries-Bouwstra¹, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Deparment of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate disease course of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients participating in a single centre multidisciplinary health-care program over…
Abstract Number: 1666 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relevance of Urinary Podocyte Number and Urinary Podocalyxin Level with Response to Treatment and 1 Year Renal Prognosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hiroshi Kajiyama¹, Keiju Hiromura², Daisuke Ikuma¹, Hidekazu Ikeuchi², Hiroyuki Kurosawa³, Yoshiaki Hirayama³, Fumio Gondaira³, Masanori Hara⁴, Yoshihisa Nojima² and Toshihide Mimura⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, ³Department of reagent research and development, Denka Seiken Co. Ltd., Niigata, Japan, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Yoshida Hospital, Niigata, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose Podocytes are glomerular visceral epithelial cells, whose number decrease due to death and/or detachment from capillary wall leads to severe proteinuria and end stage…
Abstract Number: 1549 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Swedish Early Psoriatic Arhtritis (SWEPSA) Registry 5-Yeear Follow-up: Slow Radiographic Progression with Highest Scores in Male Feet and in Patients with Baseline X-Ray Abnormalities
Elke Theander¹, Tomas Husmark², Ulla Lindqvist³, Per T Larsson⁴, Annika Teleman⁵, Gerd-Marie Alenius⁶ and Mats Geijer⁷, ¹Skane University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Rheumatology, Falu Hospital, Falun, Sweden, ³Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, University Hospital, Uppsala university, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology, Spenshult Rheumatological Hospital, Oskarström, Sweden, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden, ⁷Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe early X-ray findings in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients from the SwePsA registry using the Wassenberg score,…
Abstract Number: 944 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predict the Chance of Remission for Your RA Patient in Real Life
Till Uhlig¹, Vibeke Norvang², Elisabeth Lie¹, Erik Rødevand³, Knut Mikkelsen⁴, Åse S. Lexberg⁵, Synøve Kalstad⁶ and Tore K. Kvien¹, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, ⁴Revmatismesykehuset, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁵Dept. of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken Hospital, Drammen, Norway, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Background/Purpose: Clinical remission (REM) is the treatment target in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and there are several composite REM criteria available. Knowledge on how disease duration affects REM…
Abstract Number: 722 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Improvement in Skin Fibrosis in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Rucsandra Dobrota^1,2, Britta Maurer¹, Nicole Graf³, Carina Mihai², Otylia Kowal-Bielecka⁴, Yannick Allanore⁵ and Oliver Distler on behalf of the EUSTAR investigators and co-authors¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Dr.I.Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ³graf biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Paris Descartes and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose Improvement of skin fibrosis over time is part of the “natural history” of patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). However, in the individual…
Abstract Number: 546 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Characteristics and Radiographic Progression
Deepak R. Jadon¹, Gavin Shaddick², William Tillett¹, Graham Robinson³, Charlotte Cavill¹, Nicola Waldron¹, Eleanor Korendowych¹ and Neil J McHugh⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²Department of Mathematics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (PAM) is a rare extreme subtype of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Our objectives were to: (1) compare clinical characteristics of PsA patients…
Abstract Number: 395 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Could Osteoprotegerin and TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Assessments Help Us to Manage Early Rheumatoid Arthritis? Results from the Espoir Cohort
Rachel Audo¹, Claire I. Daien², Laura Papon¹, Cédric Lukas³, O Vittecoq⁴, B Combe⁵ and Jacques Morel⁶, ¹IGMM, CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France, ³Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁴Rouen University Hospital & Inserm U905, Rouen, France, ⁵Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose : TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) is a member of the TNF familly. Its soluble receptor Osteoprotegerin (OPG) also inhibits Receptor activator of nuclear…
Abstract Number: 878 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Responders To Tocilizumab Identified By Serological Measurement Of Connective Tissue Type I Collagen In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anne Sofie Siebuhr¹, Anne C. Bay-Jensen¹, Diana J. Leeming², Adam Platt³, Inger Byrjalsen⁴, Claus Christiansen⁵, Désirée van de Heijde⁶ and Morten Asser Karsdal², ¹Cartilage Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Biomarkers and Research, Herlev, Denmark, ³Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁴Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Center for Clinical and Basic Research and C4Pain, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Leiden Univerisity, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As biological treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are only effective in a subpopulation of patients and the treatment can have serious side effects, there…
Abstract Number: 695 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema (CPFE) In Systemic Sclerosis
Nicolas Champtiaux¹, Vincent Cottin², Eric Hachulla³, Dominique Valeyre⁴, Hilario Nunes⁵, David Launay⁶, Alice Berezne⁷, Bruno Crestani⁸, Loic Guillevin⁹, Jean-Francois Cordier² and Luc Mouthon¹⁰, ¹Service de Médecine Interne, hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ²Division of Pneumology, Hôpital Louis-Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon 1, Lyon, France, ³Internal Medicine, Lille CEDEX, France, ⁴Department of Pneumology, Avicenne hospital (APHP), Bobigny, France, ⁵Department of Pneumology, Avicenne Hospital (AP-HP), Bobigny, France, ⁶Internal Medicine, Claude Huriez University Hospital, Lille, France, ⁷Paris Descartes University, Internal Medicine department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁸Pneumology A, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France
Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) in systemic sclerosis Background/Purpose: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a recently defined syndrome, in which centrilobular and/or…
Abstract Number: 619 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Survival and Prognostic Factors In Patients With Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Results From Korean Nationwide Registry
Kwi Young Kang¹, Chan Hong Jeon², Sung Jae Choi³, Seung-Ki Kwok⁴, Seong-Kyu Kim⁵, Hyoun-Ah Kim⁶, Eon Jeong Nam⁷, Yong-Beom Park⁸, Kichul Shin⁹, Jaejoon Lee¹⁰, Chang-Hoon Lee¹¹, Chan-Bum Choi¹², Shin-Seok Lee¹³ and Dae-Hyun Yoo¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, South Korea, ³Rheumatology, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ⁷Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁹Rheumatology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk, South Korea, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, ¹³Dept of Int Med/Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of mortality in connective tissue disease (CTD). We sought to quantify survival and determine factors predictive…

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