Abstracts tagged "registry and remission"

Abstract Number: 2518 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Level of Agreement Between Disease Activity Indices and Response Criteria Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with TNF Inhibitors?
Edward C. Keystone¹, Philip Baer², J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Anna Jaroszynska⁴, Jude Rodrigues⁵, Regan Arendse⁶, Dalton Sholter⁷, Michael Starr⁸, Ariel Masetto⁹, John S. Sampalis¹⁰, Emmanouil Rampakakis¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹¹, May Shawi¹¹, Allen J Lehman¹² and Susan Otawa¹², ¹Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Private Practice, Burlington, ON, Canada, ⁵Clinical Research and Arthritis Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Rheumatology, CHUS, Fleurimont, QC, Canada, ¹⁰JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Several standardized response criteria and disease activity indices are used to assess treatment efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These measures comprise different types and…
Abstract Number: 956 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Real-World Validation of the Minimal Disease Activity Index in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Analysis from the Prospective, Observational, Biological Treatment Registry Across Canada
Proton Rahman¹, Saeed Shaikh², Michael Starr³, William Bensen⁴, Denis Choquette⁵, Wojciech Olszynski⁶, Maqbool Sheriff⁷, Michel Zummer⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁹, John S. Sampalis⁹, Allen J Lehman¹⁰, Susan Otawa¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹¹, Vincent Letourneau¹¹ and May Shawi¹¹, ¹Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ⁸Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose A definition of minimal disease activity (MDA) in PsA was derived from the opinion of 60 PsA experts including fulfillment of ≥5 of the…