ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Niamh Callan1, Aisha Butt1, Stephen R. Pennington2, Cathy McGeough3, Philip Gardiner4, Gary Wright5, Tony Bjourson3 and David S. Gibson6, 1Proteome Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2Proteome Research Centre, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Ulster University, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 4Rheumatology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 5Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, BELFAST, United Kingdom, 6Inflammatory Disease Research Group, Northern ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Ulster University, Londonderry, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biologic drugs have revolutionised the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), however these therapies are expensive and exhibit a high non–response rate (30%). Currently there…