Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 849 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Computational Tool for Individualized Prognosis of Percent of Predicted Forced Vital Capacity Trajectories in Systemic Sclerosis
Peter Schulam¹, Colin Ligon², Robert Wise³, Laura K. Hummers⁴, Fredrick M. Wigley⁵ and Suchi Saria^1,6, ¹Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Departments of Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (Ssc). Decreased forced vital capacity (FVC) in Ssc-ILD is associated with…
Abstract Number: 2589 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between 49 Susceptibility SNPs and Disease Activity Including Radiographic Damage in Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
Christian G. Ammitzbøll¹, Rudi Steffensen², Martin Bøgsted^3,4, Kaspar Rene Nielsen², Torkell Ellingsen⁵, Merete Lund Hetland⁶, Peter Junker⁵, Jan Pødenphant⁷, Mikkel Østergaard⁸, Julia Johansen⁹, Kim Hørslev-Petersen¹⁰ and Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ³Department of Haematology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁶DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Gentofte, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Research Unit at King Christian X Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Graasten, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and meta-GWAS studies have identified >50 single nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is,…
Abstract Number: 2964 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influences of Various Factors on Survival of Patients Treated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Specific Drugs Combination Therapy in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
Sumiaki Tanaka¹, Yu Matsueda², Eisuke Ogawa¹, Jun Okada³ and Shunsei Hirohata¹, ¹Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Infectious diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
Background/Purpose: In patients with connective tissue disease (CTD), especially systemic sclerosis (SSc), several mechanisms have been implicated for the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH), including…
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: 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: 2896 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Damage In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is a Potentially Modifiable Outcome: Results From The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Inception Cohort
Ian N. Bruce¹, Aidan O'Keefe², Li Su³, Vernon Farewell⁴, John G. Hanly⁵, Susan Manzi⁶, Murray B. Urowitz⁷ and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)⁸, ¹Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit and NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Dalhousie University and Capital Health, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC), ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Irreversible damage is an important outcome in patients with SLE. We aimed to study damage accrual in early SLE. We examined the rate of…
Abstract Number: 2803 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Ultrasonographic Findings Predict Response To Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitor Treatment In Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Nevsun Inanc^1,2, Gülsen Ozen² and Haner Direskeneli³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFi) are highly effective in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while not effective in all, with predictors of response being…
Abstract Number: 2781 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Disease Characteristics and Predictors Of Minimal Disease Activity On TNF Blockers- Results From A Longitudainal Observational Cohort
Amir Haddad¹, Arane Thavaneswaran¹, Ioana Ruiz Arruza², Vinod Chandran², Richard J. Cook³ and Dafna D. Gladman², ¹Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: A state of Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) has been defined and validated as a target for treatment in PsA. The purpose of the study…

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