Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and treatment options"

Abstract Number: 2512 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Continuation on the Etanercept Original in Comparison with a Biosimilar
Lisa Baganz¹, Yvette Meißner¹, Perter Herzer², Jürgen Braun³, Anett Gräßler⁴, Anja Strangfeld⁵ and Angela Zink⁶, ¹Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Scientific Advisory Board, Munich, Germany, ³Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist, Pirna, Germany, ⁵Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Epidemiology Unit / Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) / Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The number of biosimilars approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is constantly increasing. Until now, there are just a few analyses investigating…
Abstract Number: 972 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
JAK/STAT Mediated Inhibition of Mir-23a~24-2~27a Cluster Potentiates Activation of CD14+ Monocytes in Treatment-Resistant RA
Marina Frleta-Gilchrist, Donna McIntyre, Aziza Elmesmari, Lynn Stewart, Derek Baxter, Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska, Derek Gilchrist and Iain B. McInnes, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: While emerging and existing treatments of RA allow better options and clinical outcomes for patients, studies informing drug resistant states and further clinical therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 1430 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching from Synthetic to Biologic Dmards – Is There an Insufficient Use of Methotrexate?
Lisa Baganz¹, Adrian Richter¹, Yvette Meißner², Matthias Schneider³, Anke Liebhaber⁴, Ilka Schwarze⁵, Anja Strangfeld⁶ and Angela Zink⁷, ¹German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Programme Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist, Halle, Germany, Halle, Germany, ⁵Rheumatologist, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Germany, ⁶Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁷German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: A recent US-study suggests considerable underuse of MTX and too early switches to biologic (b)DMARDs1 before using a high MTX dose or changing the…
Abstract Number: 597 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Effectiveness of Different Anti-TNF Drugs As First Biological DMARD in RA: Results from the Nationwide Swedish Register 2010-2015
Thomas Frisell¹, Mats Dehlin², Daniela Di Giuseppe³, Nils Feltelius⁴, Alf Kastbom⁵, Carl Turesson⁶, Johan Askling⁷ and the ARTIS Study Group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept. of Medicine, K2, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Swedish Medical Products Agency, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping, Sweden, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ⁷Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Although evidence from randomized trials suggest similar efficacy and safety on a group level for the different anti-TNF drugs available for the treatment of…
Abstract Number: 626 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching Biologic Therapy in a Population of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Branca Souza¹, Juliana Valim², Fernanda Chaer³, Fernanda Guimarães⁴ and Verônica Lima⁵, ¹Reumatologia, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Evaluate the reason of exchange of biologic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and describe the frequency of remission or low activity, according to…
Abstract Number: 2238 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RA Medication Preferences Among U.S. Patients in an Online Rheumatoid Arthritis Community
Baojin Zhu¹, Lawrence Chang¹, Leilei Qian¹, Cynthia J Larmore¹, Yoko Tanaka² and Andre B. Araujo¹, ¹Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, KS
Background/Purpose: Medications used to manage RA vary in efficacy, safety, and convenience of use. A better understanding of patient preferences of these attributes is key…
Abstract Number: 2528 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Long Term Survival of Low-Dose Etanercept: An Observational Study
Francesca Ometto¹, Bernd Raffeiner^2,3, Costantino Botsios², Davide Astorri⁴, Lara Friso², Livio Bernardi⁵, Leonardo Punzi⁶ and Andrea Doria², ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, PADOVA, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, padova, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine -DIMED, University of Padova, PADOVA, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: The objective of the study was to investigate long-term survival of low-dose etanercept (ETN) (25 mg weekly) and possible predictors of survival. Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 144 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
One-Year Costs Following Switching Versus Dose-Escalation Among Prevalent Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Used for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tao Gu¹, Derek Tang², Gaurav Deshpande¹, Debra F Eisenberg¹ and David J. Harrison³, ¹HealthCore, Wilmington, DE, ²Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Switching a biologic treatment or escalating biologic doses are common approaches used upon biologic treatment failure. The objective of this study was to estimate…
Abstract Number: 601 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Step-Down Strategy of Spacing TNF-Blockers Injections for Established Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission: A within Randomized Control Trial Based Cost-Utility Analysis
Antoine Vanier¹, Florence Tubach², Toni Alfaiate³, Xavier Mariette⁴ and Bruno Fautrel⁵, ¹Biostatistics, Public Health and Medical Informatics, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital / Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 6, Paris, France, ²Epidemiology and Clinical Research, AP-HP Bichat Hospital / University of Paris-Diderot / INSERM CIC-EC 1425, Paris, France, ³Epidemiology and Clinical Research, AP-HP Bichat Hospital / INSERM CIC-EC 1425, Paris, France, ⁴Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital / Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 6 GRC-08 (EEMOIS), Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Once remission is achieved for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treatment down-titration should be attempted, for safety issues or economic reasons. One of the…
Abstract Number: 2541 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improving Adherence with Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative: Rationale and Design of the Traction Trial
Daniel H. Solomon¹, Sara Lee², Agnes Zak², Jen Agosti³, Asaf Bitton⁴, Liana Fraenkel⁵, Leslie Harrold⁶, Elena Losina⁷, Bing Lu⁸, Theodore Pincus⁹, Josef S. Smolen¹⁰ and Jeffrey N. Katz¹¹, ¹Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³JRA Consulting, Andover, MA, ⁴Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁶Dept of Medicine, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, BU School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Rheumatology Immunology & Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Medicine-Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ¹⁰Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Treat to target (TTT) is a recommended paradigm in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, various data sources suggest that TTT is…
Abstract Number: 138 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification and Documentation of Secondary Osteoarthritis in Patients with Primary Inflammatory Arthritides Using a Patient MDHAQ/RAPID3 and a Physician Estimate of Joint Damage to Recognize Patient Complexity and Inform Management Decisions
Kathryn A. Gibson¹, Annie Huang², Katherine J. Bryant³ and Theodore Pincus², ¹Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia, ²Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory arthritides may have secondary osteoarthritis (OA), which affects decisions concerning clinical management. For example, in one study, about 20% of patients…
Abstract Number: 2502 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ten Year Follow-up Results of Four Dynamic Treat to Target Strategies in Patients with ACPA Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis
I.M. Markusse¹, G. Akdemir², L. Dirven², M. van den Broek², K.H. Han³, H.K Ronday⁴, P.J.S.M. Kerstens⁵, W.F. Lems^6,7, T.W.J. Huizinga² and C.F. Allaart², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, MCRZ hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To determine the optimal treatment strategy in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) negative (‒) rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as it has been suggested that…
Abstract Number: 2474 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Methotrexate for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
Jessica Gunn, Aikaterina Panopolou and Alan Steuer, Rheumatology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy or MTX in combination with other conventional and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is standard treatment for patients with inflammatory arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 2484 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adding an Initial Six-Month Course of Infliximab to an Active Combination Treatment Is Cost Saving in Working-Aged Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Vappu Rantalaiho¹, Kari Puolakka², Janne Martikainen³, Hannu Kautiainen^4,5,6 and Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo^7,8, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ²Department of Medicine, South Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta, Finland, ³Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, ⁴Department of General Practice, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁵Unit of Primary Health Care, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁶Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Background/Purpose To study the cost-effectiveness of adding initial infliximab to a remission-targeted combination treatment with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 1497 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tsuneo Kondo¹, Akiko Shibata¹, Ryota Sakai¹, Kentaro Chino¹, Ayumi Okuyama¹, Hirofumi Takei¹ and Koichi Amano², ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan, ²Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Iguratimod is a new small-molecular drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which was approved on June, 2012 in Japan. The agent inhibits the production of…

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