Abstract Number: 2059 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Tapering Induced Radiographic Progression Is Driven By Weighted Mean Disease Activity over Time, Not Flaring or Lower TNFi Exposition
Background/Purpose: DRESS, a randomized controlled strategy trial (RCT)1investigating disease activity guided tapering of etanercept and adalimumab compared to usual care in RA patients, indicated that…Abstract Number: 2589 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between 49 Susceptibility SNPs and Disease Activity Including Radiographic Damage in Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
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: 2601 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Score in a TNF Inhibitor Tapering Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Predictive Value for Successful Tapering, Flaring and Radiographic Progression
Background/Purpose: We evaluated the predictive value of the multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) score for clinical outcomes and radiographic progression in a TNFi tapering study in…Abstract Number: 2693 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparing Eight Year Clinical and Radiographic Outcome in Two Cohorts of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: To compare patient and disease characteristics over the first 8 years of disease in a large inception cohort of early RA patients included 1992…Abstract Number: 350 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Atypical Femur Fracture in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Bisphosphonates: A Nested Case-Control Study
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are diagnosed with osteoporosis earlier than and those without RA, and are therefore exposed to Bisphosphonates (BPs) for longer.…Abstract Number: 439 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression of Radiographic Joint Destruction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with a Biologic Agent in Combination with Methotrexate Versus a Biologic Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Background/Purpose : One of the frequently claimed advantages of biologic agents is their potential to arrest radiographic progression. The ability of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs;…Abstract Number: 462 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Radiographic Progression in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Has Not Become Milder over the Past Decades
Background/Purpose: Retrospective studies have promoted the idea that RA has become a milder disease over the past decades[i], [ii]. These findings are questionable because of…Abstract Number: 1310 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessed By MRI Scans of Bilateral Hands
Background/Purpose: Previous radiographic and MRI studies have demonstrated that abatacept (ABT) can inhibit the progression of bone and joint destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…Abstract Number: 1321 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Reader Agreement of a Novel Method of Radiographic Scoring of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Although widely used in research studies, most of the radiographic scoring systems for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are not feasible in routine clinical practice as…Abstract Number: 1324 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Simplified Larsen Erosion Score Is Compatible with the Classic Larsen Score but Less Time Consuming in Practice
Background/Purpose: Untreated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often leads to joint space narrowing (JSN) and erosions in synovial joints. Scoring systems like Sharp van der Heijde and…Abstract Number: 2131 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Impact of Patient-Reported Flares on Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Low-Disease Activity: Secondary Analyses from a Randomized Trial
Background/Purpose Flares, potentially disabling and disease worsening even when a patient is in low disease activity, are common features in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…Abstract Number: 2137 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Linear Extrapolation of Missing Radiographic Progression Scores Does Not Spuriously overestimate overall Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose : Linear Extrapolation (LE) is a frequently applied method to impute missing radiographic data in trials. However, there is frequent critique that LE overestimates…Abstract Number: 1890 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Consistent Inhibition of Bone Destruction By Denosumab in Important Subgroups of Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose Denosumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody (IgG2 subclass) that binds specifically to RANKL, inhibits osteoclast-induced bone resorption by preventing the binding of RANKL…Abstract Number: 1474 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4 Antibodies in African-Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiographic Scores
Background/Purpose: The presence of serum autoantibodies to peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) have been associated with erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in populations that were composed…Abstract Number: 1431 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of Radiographic Joint Damage in Mortality Risk in a Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A 20 Years Survival Study
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy compared with the general population. This mortality gap…