Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and rituximab"

Abstract Number: 2093 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement of Rituximab Response Prediction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Via Correction for Prednisone-Related Suppression of Type I Interferon Response Gene Expression
Tamarah D. de Jong¹, Saskia Vosslamber¹, Marjolein Blits¹, Gertjan Wolbink², Michael T. Nurmohamed^2,3, Connie J. van der Laken⁴, Gerrit Jansen⁵, Alexandre E. Voskuyl⁵ and Cornelis L. Verweij⁶, ¹Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Pathology and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Elevated type I IFN response gene (IRG) expression has been described to be clinically relevant in predicting the non-response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1525 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cumulative Clinical Â Response in Â RheumatoidÂ Arthritis Patients with Â Rituximab Repeated Courses after Failure to TumorÂ Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in RoutineÂ Clinical Practice Â
Catalin Codreanu¹, Ruxandra Ionescu², Ioan Ancuta³, Corina Mogosan⁴, Simona Rednic⁵, Paulina Ciurea⁶, Maria Suta⁷, Magda Parvu⁸, Andra Balanescu², Mihai Bojinca³, Dan Nemes⁹, Codrina Ancuta¹⁰ and Elena Rezus¹¹, ¹5 Thomas Masaryk Street, 'Dr. Ion Stoia' Clinical Center of Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ²Rheumatology, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ³Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴'Dr. Ion Stoia' Clinical Center of Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ⁶Clinical County Hospital,Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ⁷317 Tomis Str. , Bl. 4A, ap. 3, Constanta Municipal Hospital, Constanta, Romania, ⁸Rheumatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucuresti, Romania, ⁹Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, ”Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, ¹⁰G.T.Popa Center for Biomedical Research, Iasi, Romania, ¹¹Rheumatology, Recovering Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania
Background/Purpose The concept of achieving tight control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and treating to target has been well established. It focuses on early diagnosis, aggressive…
Abstract Number: 1539 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relation Between Number of Previous Anti TNF Agents and Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Rituximab
Daniela Opris¹, Diana Mazilu², Violeta Bojinca³, Andreea Borangiu², Andra Balanescu⁴, Denisa Predeteanu⁵ and Ruxandra Ionescu⁴, ¹53 Tineretului Blvd, Bl. 65, s, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ²Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ³Intr. Carol Knappe Nr. 9A, Sec, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴Rheumatology, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Bld.Mircea Voda Nr 36., Bl M6,, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose Debate is still ongoing regarding rituximab (RTX) as a first or second line biologic therapy. The objective of present study is to assess correlations between…
Abstract Number: 1538 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Clinical Benefit with Multiple Courses of Rituximab in Second LineÂ forÂ All Rheumatoid Arthtritis PatientsÂ Irrespective to the Inhibitor of Tumour Necrosis FactorÂ Previously Used
Ioan Ancuta¹, Ruxandra Ionescu², Catalin Codreanu³, Andra Balanescu², Elena Rezus⁴, Maria Suta⁵, Paulina Ciurea⁶, Mihaela Milicescu⁷, Dan Nemes⁸, Codrina Ancuta⁹, Mihai Bojinca¹⁰, Magda Parvu¹¹ and Horatiu Popoviciu¹², ¹“Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²Rheumatology, Sfanta Maria Clinical Hospital, UMF Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ³5 Thomas Masaryk Street, 'Dr. Ion Stoia' Clinical Center of Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴Rheumatology, Recovering Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania, ⁵317 Tomis Str. , Bl. 4A, ap. 3, Constanta Municipal Hospital, Constanta, Romania, ⁶Clinical County Hospital,Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ⁷Rheumatology, "Dr. I. Cantacuzino" Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁸Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, ”Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, ⁹G.T.Popa Center for Biomedical Research, Iasi, Romania, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹Rheumatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucuresti, Romania, ¹²Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu Mures, Tg Mures, Romania
Background/Purpose: In the last decade, biologic therapy changed dramatically treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a significant number of patients failed to maintain the…
Abstract Number: 958 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Cytokine Changes In Rituximab-Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Tamarah D. de Jong¹, Saskia Vosslamber¹, Wilco de Jager², Hennie G. Raterman³, Alexandre E. Voskuyl⁴, Kyra A. Gelderman¹ and Cornelis L. Verweij⁵, ¹Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Pathology and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Although rituximab therapy is successful in the majority of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, 30-40% of patients do not respond. The mechanism behind this is…
Abstract Number: 803 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk Of Serious Infections In Patients Receiving Rituximab For Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From The British Society For Rheumatology Biologics Register-Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lucía Silva-Fernández^1,2, Mark Lunt³, Audrey S. Low², Kath D. Watson³, BSRBR Control Centre Consortium², Deborah P. Symmons², Kimme L. Hyrich⁴ and On behalf of the BSRBR⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain, ²Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵British Society for Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the United Kingdom (UK), rituximab (RTX), an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, is currently used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have failed…
Abstract Number: 498 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Low- Versus High-Dose Rituximab For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Markus Bredemeier, Fernando K. de Oliveira and Claúdia M. Rocha, Rheumatology, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição - Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The approved dose of rituximab (RTX) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is 2x1000 mg infusions given 2 weeks apart. There is contradictory evidence regarding the…
Abstract Number: 496 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness Of Repeated Courses Of Rituximab In RA – Results From The Cererra Collaboration
Katerina Chatzidionysiou¹, Elisabeth Lie², Evgeny Nasonov³, Galina Lukina³, Merete Lund Hetland⁴, Ulrik Tarp⁵, Karel Pavelka⁶, Cem Gabay⁷, Dan Nordström⁸, Helena Canhao⁹, Matija Tomsic¹⁰, Piet van Riel¹¹, Juan Gomez-Reino¹², Ioan Ancuta¹³, Tore Kvien² and Ronald van Vollenhoven¹⁴, ¹Dept of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³ARBITER, Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁴DANBIO, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷SCQM registry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁸ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁹Rheumatology Research Unit, Rheumatology Research Unit, on behalf of the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Rheumatology Research Unit, Rheumatology Research Unit, on behalf of the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, BioRx.si, University Medical Centre Ljubjana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹¹Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹²Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Internal Medicine, Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁴Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Retreatment with rituximab (RTX) is common clinical practice, although several aspects regarding retreatment, such as frequency, need to be further elucidated. The aim of…
Abstract Number: 500 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fixed Versus On-Flare Retreatment With Rituximab In RA – Results From The Cererra Collaboration
Katerina Chatzidionysiou¹, Elisabeth Lie², Evgeny Nasonov³, Galina Lukina³, Merete Lund Hetland⁴, Ulrik Tarp⁵, Karel Pavelka⁶, Cem Gabay⁷, Dan Nordström⁸, Helena Canhao⁹, Matija Tomsic¹⁰, Piet van Riel¹¹, Juan Gomez-Reino¹², Ioan Ancuta¹³, Tore Kvien¹⁴ and Ronald van Vollenhoven¹⁵, ¹Dept of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³ARBITER, Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁴DANBIO, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷SCQM registry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁸ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁹Rheumatology Research Unit, Rheumatology Research Unit, on behalf of the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Rheumatology Research Unit, Rheumatology Research Unit, on behalf of the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, BioRx.si, University Medical Centre Ljubjana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹¹Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹²Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹³Internal Medicine, Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵Unit for Clinical Research Therapy. Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTrid), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The data on how to optimally retreat patients with RA with rituximab (RTX) have been limited so far. The aim of this analysis was…
Abstract Number: 432 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use Of Rituximab As Second Line Biologic Agent Compared With Adalimumab, Etanercept and Infliximab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. a Report From The Rhumadata® Clinical Database and Registry
Louis Bessette¹, Denis Choquette², Diane Sauvageau³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Jean Pierre Pelletier², Jean-Pierre Raynauld³, Edith Villeneuve³ and Louis Coupal², ¹Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, pavillon CHUL, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Institut de rhumatologie de Montréal (IRM), Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rhumatology, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The order of use of biologic agents after failing a TNF inhibitor is still a question for debate. Phase III trial data in TNF-IR…
Abstract Number: 419 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Long Term Observation Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Developed Methotrexate Related Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Yukiko Kamogawa¹, Kyohei Nakamura², Ryu Watanabe², Tsuyoshi Shirai¹, Yoko Fujita³, Yuko Shirota⁴, Noriko Fukuhara¹, Hiroshi Fujii², Shinichiro Saito⁵, Tomonori Ishii² and Hideo Harigae², ¹Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ²Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ³Department of Hematolgy and rheumatolgy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁴Department of Hematology and Rheumatolgy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁵Department of hematology and rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) has been increasingly administered by patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In rare cases, we experience development of malignant lymphoma in patients treated…
Abstract Number: 2376 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel and Effective Prediction Model Of Response To Rituximab In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alper M. van Sijl¹, Michel W.P. Tsang-A-Sjoe¹, Hennie G. Raterman¹, Michael T. Nurmohamed² and Alexandre E. Voskuyl³, ¹Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are refractory to tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-inhibitors, it is still not clear which determinants are associated with…
Abstract Number: 1736 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter, 2‑Arm, Parallel‑Group, Double-Blind Study To Demonstrate The Equivalence Of CT-P10 To Innovator Rituximab With Respect To Pharmacokinetic Profile In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dae-Hyun Yoo¹, Won Park², Slawomir Jeka³, Fidencio Cons Molina⁴, Pawel Hrycaj⁵, Piotr Wiland⁶, Wolfgang Spieler⁷, Jan Brzezicki⁸, Eun Young Lee⁹, Francisco G. Medina-Rodriguez¹⁰, Pavel Shesternya¹¹, Sebastiao Radominski¹², Marina Stanislav¹³, Volodymyr Kovalenko¹⁴, Dong Hyuk Sheen¹⁵, Mie Jin Lim¹⁶, Jung-Yoon Choe¹⁷, Sung Young Lee¹⁸, Seung-Cheol Shim¹⁹ and Chang-Hee Suh²⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, ³Clinic of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases University Hospital No 2 in Bydgoszcz Collegium Medicum UMK in Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ⁴Centro de Investigacion en Artritis y Osteoporosis, Mexicali, Mexico, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁷Osteologie und Rheumatologie, ZeFOR GmbH Zentrum für Forschung, Zerbst, Germany, ⁸Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony Oddzial Reumatologiczny, Elblag, Poland, ⁹Internal medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁰Centro de Investigación Farmacológica y Biotecnológica, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, ¹²CETI Centro de Estudos em Terapias Inovadoras Ltda, Curitiba, Brazil, ¹³Central Russian National Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, Russia, ¹⁴Section of Non-coronarogenic Myocardial Diseases and Clinical Rheumatology, National Scientific Center, Kiev, Ukraine, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Eulji University Hospital, DaeJeon, South Korea, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine,, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea, ¹⁸Clinical Planning and Medical Affairs Department, CELLTRION, Inc., Incheon, South Korea, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea
Background/Purpose: CT-P10 was developed as a biosimilar candidate to innovator rituximab (RTX), an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. This trial is a phase I study to demonstrate…
Abstract Number: 1438 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Effectiveness Of Rituximab Vs. Subsequent Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With Prior Exposure To TNFi
Leslie R. Harrold¹, George W. Reed², Robert P. Magner¹, Ashwini Shewade³, Ani John³, Jeffrey D. Greenberg⁴ and Joel M. Kremer⁵, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²CORRONA, Inc., Southborough, MA, ³Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ⁵Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In patients (pts) who have failed 1 or more TNF-α inhibitors (TNFi), there is little data to guide clinical decision making in terms of…
Abstract Number: 1004 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Two Rituximab Based Therapeutic Regimens For Longstanding Rheumatoid Arthritis
Luca Quartuccio¹, Rossella Di Bidino², Matteo Ruggeri³, Domenico Biasi⁴, Franco Schiavon⁵, Leonardo Punzi⁶, Silvano Adami⁷, Americo Cicchetti³ and Salvatore De Vita⁸, ¹Rheumatology Clinic, DSMB, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ²HTA Unit, “A.Gemelli” Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy, ³Faculty of Economics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Clinic, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Clinic, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶University of Padova, Rheumatology Unit, Padova, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, DSMB, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: socioeconomic costs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are very high. Biologic therapies with different biologic targets are now available for moderate to severe RA, and…

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