Abstracts tagged "RCT"

Abstract Number: L10 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Efficacy of Leflunomide/Hydroxychloroquine Combination Therapy in Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome: Results of a Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial
Timothy R.D.J. Radstake¹, Eefje H.M. van der Heijden², Frederique M. Moret³, Maarten R. Hillen⁴, Ana P. Lopes⁵, Toine Rosenberg⁶, Nard Janssen⁶, Aike A. Kruize⁷ and Joel A.G. van Roon³, ¹Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/ Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic, progressive autoimmune disease characterized by secretory gland dysfunction which lacks effective therapy. Clinical trials in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1926 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Social Networking on Chronic Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹, Jessica Foreman², Heather Lin³, Cheuk Hong Leung⁴, Tiffany Westrich-Robertson⁵, Catherine Hofstetter⁶, Susan K. Peterson⁷, Anne Lyddiatt⁸, Amye L. Leong⁹, Irmgard U. Willcockson¹⁰ and Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, ¹Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ³Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, ⁵International Foundation for Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, St Louis, MO, ⁶OMERACT patient research partner group, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁸Musculoskeletal Group, Cochrane Collaboration, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Spokesperson; Strategic Relations, Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, CA, ¹⁰School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: We evaluated a social networking intervention to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis become active partners in their own care. We developed a closed independent…
Abstract Number: 14L • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Miv-711, a Novel Cathepsin K Inhibitor Demonstrates Evidence of Osteoarthritis Structure Modification: Results from a 6 Month Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase IIA Trial
Philip G. Conaghan¹, Michael A Bowes², Sarah R. Kingsbury¹, Alan Brett², Gwenael Guillard², Åsa Jansson³, Cecilia Wadell³, Richard Bethell³ and John Öhd³, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Imorphics Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Medivir AB, Huddinge, Sweden

Background/Purpose: The need for drugs that achieve structure modification in OA is imminent but their development has been burdened by the need for large, long…
Abstract Number: 2183 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Two-Year Changes in Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms: Comparing Clinical Relevance of Patient-Reported Outcomes By Anchoring to Knee Replacement
C. Kent Kwoh¹, Hans Guehring², Erin Ashbeck³, Michael J Hannon⁴ and Aida Aydemir⁵, ¹University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tuscan, AZ, ²Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ³The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ⁴Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, MA
Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions for knee OA (KOA) may include a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure as a primary endpoint. Several measures of…
Abstract Number: 2968 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Less Fatigue in Psoriatic Arthritis after High Intensity Interval Training. a Randomized Controlled Trial
Ruth Stoklund Thomsen¹, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen², Glenn Haugeberg³, Anja Bye³, Arthur Kavanaugh⁴ and Mari Hoff⁵, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ²Faculty of medicine, Department of public health and nursing, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ³NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, ⁴Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Rheumatolgy, University Hospital, St. Olavs Hospital, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a high disease burden with increased pain and more fatigue than the general population. Physical exercise is recommended…
Abstract Number: 2054 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Temporary Methotrexate Discontinuation on Efficacy of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Jin Kyun Park¹, Min Ah Lee Lee², Kyung Hee Lee², Eun Young Lee¹, Yeong Wook Song³, Yunhee Choi⁴, Kevin L. Winthrop⁵ and Eun Bong Lee⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Division of Medical Statistics, Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ⁵Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, ⁶Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at a higher risk of infection due to the underlying immune dysfunction and immune suppression associated with treatment.…
Abstract Number: 2371 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Etanercept on Several Soluble Biomarkers in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Patients with Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis
Féline Kroon¹, Ruth Wittoek², Wing-Yee Kwok¹, Klaus Bobacz³, Dirk Elewaut², Marta Favero⁴, Tom Huizinga⁵, Josef Smolen³, Bert Vander Cruyssen², Ron Wolterbeek⁶, Leonardo Punzi⁷, Gust Verbruggen², Margreet Kloppenburg⁸ and Roberta Ramonda⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Internal Medicine III, Div. of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology Unit,Department of Medicine–DIMED, University of Padova, Rheumatology Unit,University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Medical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a hand OA subset with high disease burden, although effective therapies are still lacking and clinical trials are scarce.…
Abstract Number: 3183 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis – MR-Angiography Results from the First Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Stephan Reichenbach^1,2, Sabine Adler³, Jennifer Cullmann⁴, Harald Bonel⁴, Stefan Kuchen⁵, Felix Wermelinger¹, Diana Dan¹, Michael Seitz¹ and Peter M. Villiger¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology, Immunology, Allergology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergology, University of Bern, Bern, MD, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: As published in The Lancet online, March 4, 2016, the first randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) of tocilizumab (TCZ) in giant cell arteritis (GCA) showed…
Abstract Number: 3210 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
10+ Years’ Follow-up of a Danish 2-Year Treat-to-Target RCT in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Baseline Predictors of Functional and Radiographic Outcomes
Merete Lund Hetland¹, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen², Peter Junker¹, Hanne Lindegaard¹, Torkell Ellingsen¹, Jan Pødenphant², Henrik Skjødt¹, Aage Vestergaard², Bo Jannik Ejbjerg¹, Søren Jacobsen¹, Niels Steen Krogh¹, Mikkel Ostergaard¹ and Kim Hørslev-Petersen², ¹Rigshospitalet (Glostrup and Blegdamsvej), Århus University Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Herlev/Gentofte Hospital, Slagelse Sygehus, Chr X hospital (University of South Denmark) and Zitelab Aps, DANBIO Registry and Departments of Rheumatology, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet (Glostrup and Blegdamsvej), Århus University Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Herlev/Gentofte Hospital, Slagelse Sygehus, Chr X hospital (University of South Denmark) and Zitelab Aps, DANBIO Registry and Departments of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Few RCTs have investigated long-term (10+ years) outcomes of goal-directed synovitis suppression in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The CIMESTRA trial was a 2-year double-blinded…
Abstract Number: 214 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anakinra Compared to Prednisone on the Treatment of Acute CPPD Crystal Arthritis, a Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Study
Alexandre Dumusc¹, Borbala Pazar Maldonado¹, Charles Benaim², Isabelle Fabreguet¹, Pascal Zufferey¹, Bérengère Aubry-Rozier¹ and Alexander So¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate crystal-induced arthritis (CPPD) is an acute crystal arthritis, frequently involving the wrist or the knee. Monosodium urate in gout or CPPD…
Abstract Number: 311 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Effectiveness of Ayurveda and Conventional Care in Knee Osteoarthritis – a Randomized Controlled Trial
Christian Kessler^1,2, Kartar Dhiman³, Abhimanyu Kumar⁴, Thomas Ostermann⁵, Shivenarain Gupta^6,7, Antonio Morandi⁸, Martin Mittwede^7,9, Elmar Stapelfeldt², Michaela Spoo², Katja Icke¹, Andreas Michalsen^1,2 and Claudia Witt^1,10, ¹Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Department for Complementary Medicine, Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi, India, New Delhi, India, ⁴All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India, ⁵Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Witten Herdeckey, Witten, Germany, ⁶Department of Kaya Cikitsa, J.S. Ayurveda College & P.D. Patel Ayurveda Hospital, Nadiad, India, ⁷European Academy of Ayurveda, Birstein, Germany, ⁸Ayurvedic Point, School of Ayurvedic Medicine, Milan, Italy, ⁹Department of Theology and Religious Sciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ¹⁰Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ayurveda is used to treat knee osteoarthritis (OA) despite limited evidence. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of complex multimodality Ayurvedic treatment in comparison…
Abstract Number: 1144 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Decision-Making Role Preferences in the Efficacy of a Multimedia Patient Education Tool for Patients with Common Rheumatologic Conditions
Andrea Barbo¹, Maria Suarez-Almazor² and Maria A. Lopez-Olivo³, ¹Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA., Houston, TX, ³Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA,, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: A preference for shared decision-making among patients with chronic conditions has been associated with better health outcomes. We compared the impact of a multimedia…
Abstract Number: 2315 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Six-Month Effects of a Multimedia Patient Education Tool in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. a Randomized Controlled Trial
Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹, Andrea Barbo², Tara Rizvi³, Robert Volk⁴, Heather Lin⁵ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor⁶, ¹Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Health Services Research, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵Biostatistics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁶General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: We conducted a multi-centered, open-label, parallel, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a multimedia-patient education tool (MM-PtET) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2313 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Responder Rates and Numbers Needed to Treat Based on Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) Including Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) after Sarilumab Treatment during a Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Vibeke Strand¹, Regina Rendas-Baum², George J. Joseph³, Chieh-I Chen⁴, Hubert van Hoogstraten⁵, T. W. J. Huizinga⁶ and Mark C. Genovese⁷, ¹Biopharmaceutical Consultant, Portola Valley, CA, ²QualityMetric Inc, Lincoln, RI, ³Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁴Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, ⁵Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁶Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab is a human monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against the soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R), administered subcutaneously (SC) every 2 weeks (q2w). In the phase…
Abstract Number: 2219 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Outcomes with a Multimedia Patient Education Tool in Patients with Osteoporosis after 6 Months. a Randomized Controlled Trial
Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹, Andrea Barbo², Tara Rizvi³, Robert Volk⁴, Heather Lin⁵ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor¹, ¹General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴General Internal Medicine, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵Biostatistics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: We conducted a 6-month multi-centered, open-label, parallel, randomized control trial to compare a multimedia-patient education tool (MM-PtET) including storylines and narratives with a written…