Abstracts tagged "registry"

Abstract Number: 2625 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Multiple Retreatments with Rituximab in Real Life: Long Term Registry Data from 1984 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Philippe Ravaud², Thomas Bardin³, Alain Cantagrel⁴, Bernard Combe⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶, RENE MARC FLIPO⁷, Olivier Vittecoq⁸, Thierry Schaeverbeke⁹, Isabelle Pane¹⁰, Jean Sibilia¹¹, Xavier Mariette¹² and on behaf of all of the investigators of the AIR registry and of the French Society of Rheumatology , ¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Epidemiology, Hotel Dieu, PARIS, France, ³Clinique de Rhumatologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris Cedex 10, France, ⁴Rheumatology, INSERM CNRS UMR 1043, Paul Sabatier University Toulouse, Purpan Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France, ⁵Département Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁶Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Teaching Hospital Lille, France., Lille, France, ⁸INSERM U905 & Normandy University, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine, Rouen, France, ⁹Rheumatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁰Epidemiology, Hotel Dieu, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Data are very limited concerning the safety of multiple retreatments with rituximab (RTX) in rheumatoid arthritis in common practice. Methods: This is a multicenter…
Abstract Number: 443 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drug Survival and Reasons for Discontinuation of Biological Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug in Thai Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis from the Thai Rheumatic Disease Prior Authorization (RDPA) Register
Pongthorn Narongroeknawin¹, Wanruchada Katchamart², Parawee Suwannalai³, Nuntana Kasitanon⁴, Tasanee Kitumnuaypong⁵, Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh⁶ and Boonjing Siripaitoon⁷, ¹Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁶Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand
Background/Purpose: To evaluate long-term efficacy and safety of biological disease modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) in real-life practice and identify risk factors related to remission and drug discontinuation…
Abstract Number: 2744 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Treatment Durability and Safety Profile of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Infliximab Plus Methotrexate and/or Leflunomide? an Analysis from a Real-World Registry
Rafat Faraawi¹, Raman Joshi², William G Bensen³, Denis Choquette⁴, Wojciech Olsynzynski⁵, Regan Arendse⁵, Maqbool Sheriff⁶, Proton Rahman⁷, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁸, Eliofotisti Psaradellis⁹, Francois Nantel¹⁰, Allen J Lehman¹¹, Susan Otawa¹¹, Cathy Tkaczyk¹¹ and Brendan Osborne¹¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²William Osler Health Centre-Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, ON, Canada, ⁶Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ⁷Medicine, Memorial University, St John's, NF, Canada, ⁸JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Clinical trials of anti-TNF therapies have shown that concurrent methotrexate (MTX) therapy enhances the efficacy of TNF inhibitors. A scarcity of data exists on…
Abstract Number: 2938 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline Predictors of Remission and Low Disease Activity Using Recently Defined International Criteria in a Multi-Center Lupus Registry Cohort
Kichul Ko¹, Alana B. Levine², Russell Griffin³, Olga Dvorkina⁴, Saira Sheikh⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶, Richard Furie⁷ and Cynthia Aranow⁸, ¹Section of Rheumatology and Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, North Shore - LIJ Health System, New York, NY, ⁸Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Mahasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Treating to a target of remission or low disease activity state (LDAS) is an attractive potential therapeutic approach in SLE. Recently, LDAS and remission…
Abstract Number: 811 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologics in Takayasu Arteritis: Preliminary Data from the French Registry
Arsene Mekinian¹, Chloe Comarmond², Mathieu Resche Regon³, Tristan Mirault⁴, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn⁵, Marc Lambert⁶, Jean Sibilia⁷, Antoine Neel⁸, Miguel Hié⁹, Emmanuel Messas¹⁰, Pascal Cohen¹¹, Geraldine Muller¹², Sabine Berthier¹³, Zahir Amoura¹⁴, Isabelle Marie¹⁵, Christian Lavigne¹⁶, Marie Anne Vandenhende¹⁷, Hervé Devilliers¹⁸, Sébastien Abad¹⁹, Loic Guillevin²⁰, Mohamed Hamidou²¹, Bertrand Godeau²², Patrice Cacoub²³, Olivier Fain²⁴ and David Saadoun², ¹DHU2iB, Internal Medicine Saint Antoine Hospital, PARIS, France, ²DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ³biostatistics Saint Louis Hospital, paris, France, ⁴HEGP vascular department, paris, France, ⁵Internal Medicine, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France, ⁶Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁸INTERNAL MEDICINE, NANTES, France, ⁹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, UPMC Univ Paris 06 & French National Reference Center For Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Paris, France, ¹⁰HEGP hospital Vascular and cardiology Department, paris, France, ¹¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ¹²INTERNAL MEDICINE, DIJON, France, ¹³DIJON HOSPITAL, DIJON, France, ¹⁴Internal medicine 2, French National Reference Center for Systemic Lupus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France, ¹⁵CHU de Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹⁶CHU d'Angers, Angers, France, ¹⁷Internal Medicine, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁸Dijon University Hospital, Department of internal medicine and systemic diseases, Dijon, France, ¹⁹Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France, ²⁰Internal Medicine, Service de médecine interne, Centre de Références des Vascularites, Université Paris Descartes, APHP, Hôpital Cochin, 75005 Paris, France., Paris, France, ²¹CHU Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, Nantes, France, ²²Service de médecine interne, Université Paris Est Créteil, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, France, Service de médecine interne, Université Paris Est Créteil, AP-HP, Hôpital Mondor Créteil, France, Creteil, France, ²³Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Service de Médecine Interne, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ²⁴Hôpital Saint Antoine, DHU i2B, Service de Médecine Interne, paris, France
Background/Purpose The aim of this registry is to determine: (1) the real-life use of various biological targeted treatments in Takayasu arteritis (TA) in France; (2)…
Abstract Number: 676 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Response to Rituximab in Patients with Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Results from a National Multicentre Register
Emily Sutton¹, Kath D. Watson², David A. Isenberg³, Anisur Rahman⁴, David Jayne⁵, Caroline Gordon⁶, Ben Parker⁷, David P. D'Cruz⁸, Munther A. Khamashta⁹, Pamela Lutalo¹⁰, Peter Lanyon¹¹, Benjamin Rhodes¹², Bridget Griffiths¹³, Edward M. Vital¹⁴, Chee-Seng Yee¹⁵, Christopher Edwards¹⁶, Mohammed Akil¹⁷, Nicola Erb¹⁸, Athiveer Prabu¹⁹, Asad A. Zoma²⁰, Neil McHugh²¹, Hazem Youssef²², Lee-Suan Teh²³, Michael W. Beresford²⁴ and Ian N. Bruce²⁵, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, Rayne Building, 4th Floor, Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrookes Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology Research Group, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Institute of Inflammation and Repair School of Translation Medicine The University of Manchester, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Lupus Research Unit, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas Hospital, Kings College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ¹²Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹³Rheumatology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁴NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds., United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Tremona Road, NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, United Kingdom, ²⁰Rheumatology, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, United Kingdom, ²¹Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom, ²²Department of Rheumatology, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²³Department of Rhuematology, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn, United Kingdom, ²⁴Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine (Child Health), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²⁵Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Published efficacy data for rituximab in SLE are complex with positive single-centre case series and negative randomised controlled trials. This may be due to…
Abstract Number: 518 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Infection Associated with Subsequent Biologic Use Following Rituximab—Results from a National RA Patient Registry
Leslie R. Harrold¹, George W. Reed^1,2, Chitra Karki³, Robert Magner¹, Ashwini Shewade⁴, Ani John⁴, Joel M. Kremer⁵ and Jeffrey D. Greenberg^3,6, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ³Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ⁴Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ⁵Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Prolonged B-cell depletion from repeated doses of rituximab may be associated…
Abstract Number: 515 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dosing of Intravenous Tocilizumab in a Real-World Setting—Analyses from a US RA Registry
Dimitrios A. Pappas¹, Ani John², Jeffrey R. Curtis³, George W. Reed^4,5, Chitra Karki⁶, Robert Magner⁵, Joel M. Kremer⁷, Ashwini Shewade² and Jeffrey D. Greenberg^6,8, ¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Corrona, LLC., Southborough, MA, ⁵University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁶Corrona, LLC, Southborough, MA, ⁷Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁸NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: In the US, the recommended starting dose of intravenous tocilizumab (TCZ) in combination with DMARDs or as monotherapy is 4 mg/kg every 4 weeks…
Abstract Number: 382 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is More Predictive of Achieving Remission at 12 Months: The Percentage of Baseline Improvement or the Actual Disease State Achieved at 6 Months?
Edward C. Keystone¹, Carter Thorne², Michael Starr³, Jude Rodrigues⁴, Philip Baer⁵, Regan Arendse⁶, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁷, Denis Choquette⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁹, John S. Sampalis⁹, May Shawi¹⁰, Francois Nantel¹⁰, Allen J Lehman¹¹ and Susan Otawa¹¹, ¹Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Clinical Research and Arthritis Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁵Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The aim of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is to optimize symptom control and, when possible, achieve sustained remission. Therefore, identification of clinical signs predicting…
Abstract Number: 365 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differential Relative Contribution of Individual Components on DAS28 over Time: An Analysis from the Prospective, Observational, Biological Treatment Registry Across Canada
Denis Choquette¹, Dalton Sholter², Isabelle Fortin³, Michael Starr⁴, Carter Thorne⁵, Milton Baker⁶, Regan Arendse⁷, Philip Baer⁸, Michel Zummer⁹, Jude Rodrigues¹⁰, Maqbool Sheriff¹¹, Emmanouil Rampakakis¹², John S. Sampalis¹², Francois Nantel¹³, Allen J Lehman¹⁴, Susan Otawa¹⁴ and May Shawi¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Centre de Rhumatologie de l'Est du Québec, Rimouski, QC, Canada, ⁴Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁷University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁸Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ⁹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Clinical Research and Arthritis Centre, Windsor, ON, Canada, ¹¹Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ¹²JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose DAS28 is an important outcome for clinical research and practice assisting with therapeutic decisions. The main contributors to DAS28 are joint tenderness and acute-phase…
Abstract Number: 2496 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of ACR/EULAR Boolean and SDAI Remission in Patients with Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Anti-TNF: An Analysis from the Prospective, Observational, Biological Treatment Registry Across Canada
Boulos Haraoui¹, Maqbool Sheriff², Majed Khraishi³, Michael Starr⁴, John Kelsall⁵, Milton Baker⁶, Regan Arendse⁷, Sanjay Dixit⁸, William Bensen⁹, Philip Baer¹⁰, Rafat Faraawi⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis¹¹, John S. Sampalis¹¹, Susan Otawa¹², Allen J Lehman¹², Francois Nantel¹³ and May Shawi¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ³Nexus Clinical Research, St John's, NF, Canada, ⁴Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵The Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁷University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁸McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Private Practice, Scarborough, ON, Canada, ¹¹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹²Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose Early achievement of remission is associated with improved clinical, functional and radiographic outcomes1. Recent recommendations of the Canadian Rheumatology Association dictate that treatment target…
Abstract Number: 2511 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Discontinuation of Biologic DMARD Therapy Due to Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a National Registry
Jose A Gomez-Puerta^1,2, M. Victoria Hernández¹, Fernando Sanchez-Alonso³, Kazuki Yoshida^2,4, Raimon Sanmarti¹, Daniel H Solomon², Juan J Gomez-Reino⁵ and On behalf of BIOBADASER 2.0 study group³, ¹Arthritis Unit, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Boston, MA, ³Unidad de Investigación, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan, Kamogawa, Japan, ⁵Hospital Clinico Universitario at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain
Background/Purpose: Remission is considered an achievable goal for many patients under biologic therapies. However, currently there is limited information about predictors of discontinuation of biologic…
Abstract Number: 2411 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Treatment Durability of Infliximab in the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Canadian Setting
John Kelsall¹, Algis Jovaisas², Proton Rahman³, Dalton Sholter⁴, Michael Starr⁵, William Bensen⁶, Maqbool Sheriff⁷, Wojciech Olszynski⁸, Michel Zummer⁹, Rafat Faraawi¹⁰, Andrew Chow¹¹, Suneil Kapur¹², Emmanouil Rampakakis¹³, John S. Sampalis¹³, Francois Nantel¹⁴, Susan Otawa¹⁵, May Shawi¹⁴ and Allen J Lehman¹⁵, ¹The Mary Pack Arthritis Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²194 Main Street, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶St Josephs Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, ⁸University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ⁹Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹McMaster University, Hamilton and Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ¹²Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹³JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Medical Affairs, Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of anti-TNF in the management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been demonstrated in numerous controlled clinical trials. The…
Abstract Number: 2371 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of First Line Biological Monotherapy in RA: Data from the Czech Registry Attra
Herman F. Mann^1,2, Sarka Forejtova³, Katerina Jarosova⁴, Ladislav Senolt⁵, Jakub Zavada⁶, Michal Uher⁷, Karel Hejduk⁷ and Karel Pavelka⁸, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Na Slupi 4, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Na Slupi 4, Revmatologicky ustav, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: The biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) should be used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in combination with conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs). However…
Abstract Number: 1931 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Use in Scleroderma Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: Observations from the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma Cohort
Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹, Matthew R. Lammi², Aryeh Fischer³, Jerry A. Molitor⁴ and Virginia D. Steen⁵, ¹Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³Rheumatology / ILD Program, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) related pulmonary hypertension (PH) carries a high mortality and patients with SSc-PH related to restrictive lung disease having an even worse…

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