Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 437 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Mode of Action Important When Switching Biologic Monotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis? Drug Adherence Results from the Swedish Ssatg Registry
Tanja Schjødt Jørgensen¹, Carl Turesson², Meliha C. Kapetanovic³, Martin Englund^4,5, Aleksandra Turkiewicz⁴, Robin Christensen¹, Henning Bliddal¹, Pierre Geborek³ and Lars Erik Kristensen¹, ¹The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Lund University, Rheumatology, Dept. of Clinical Sciences,, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: About 30% of patients receiving biologic therapy do not have concomitant conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs). Little is known about the role of different mode…
Abstract Number: 1552 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Illness Perceptions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Comparison of Canadian and Nigerian Patients
Susan J. Bartlett¹, Olufemi Adelowo², Maria Celia Bazan Bardales³ and Ines Colmegna⁴, ¹Medicine , Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, Respirology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Arthrimed Specialist Clinic, Lagos, Nigeria, ³Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Illness perceptions (IP) are the beliefs and expectations that an individual has about medical conditions. IP cluster around five coherent themes and provide a…
Abstract Number: 2610 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Real-World Use of Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Cardiovascular Risk, Concomitant Treatment, and Outcomes over 6 Months of Follow-up
Boulos Haraoui¹, Shahin Jamal², Vandana Ahluwalia³, Tarang Manchanda⁴ and Majed M. Khraishi⁵, ¹Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal and University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Brampton Civic Hospital, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁴Hoffmann-La Roche Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵Nexus Clinical Research, St Johns, NF, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is approved for the treatment of adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) either as monotherapy or in combination with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).…
Abstract Number: 567 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab Associated Late Onset Neutropenia – a Rheumatology Case Series and Review of the Literature
William Monaco¹, William F.C. Rigby² and Jonathan Jones³, ¹Internal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has been associated with late onset neutropenia (LON), defined as an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.5 x 109/L at least 4 weeks…
Abstract Number: 1555 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Geography and the Influence of Comorbidity on the Prevalence of Depression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis,a Study Across Seventeen Countries
Raluca Dumitru¹, Elizabeth M.A. Hensor², Ihsane Hmamouchi³, Paul Emery², Maxime Dougados⁴ and Maya H. Buch⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and LMBRU, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³El Ayachi Hospital, Rabat, Morocco, ⁴Service de Rhumatologie B, GHU Cochin, F-75014 France, PARIS, France, ⁵Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine and LMBRU, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Comorbidities represent a major challenge for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Depression is one of the most common comorbidities with prevalence up to 38%. Disease…
Abstract Number: 2626 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity Predicts ABCB1 and ABCG2 Drug-Efflux Transporters Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
Yemil Atisha-Fregoso¹, Guadualupe Lima², Virginia Pascual-Ramos³, Juan Jakez-Ocampo⁴, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo⁵, Miguel Baños⁶, Luis Llorente⁷ and Irazú Contreras-Yáñez⁸, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Mexican Accreditation Council of Rheumatology, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, Mexico, ⁵Vasco de Quiroga 15 Col Seccio, INNCMSZ-Departamento de Inmunología y Reumato, Mexico, Mexico, ⁶Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, Mexico, ⁷Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Inmunología y Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: ABCB1 (P-gp) and ABCG2 (BCRP1) are part of the adenine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter proteins. These proteins can modulate inflammatory responses and mediate efflux…
Abstract Number: 605 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monitoring of Epstein Barr Virus, Cytomegalovirus and Varicella Zooster Virus Load in Patients Receiving Tocilizumab for Rheumatoid Arthritis
cindy mourgues¹, cecile henquell², Zuzana Tatar³, Bruno Pereira⁴, cynthia nourisson⁵, Anne Tournadre⁶, Martin Soubrier⁷ and Marion Couderc⁷, ¹puy de dome, CHU gabriel montpied clermont ferrand, clermont ferrand, France, ²virology, CHU gabriel montpied virology, clermont ferrand, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU G.-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴Biostatistics unit (DRCI), CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁵rheumatology, chu gabriel montpied, clermont ferrand, France, ⁶Rheumatology, UNH-UMR 1019 INRA University of Auvergne and Rheumatology department CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁷Rheumatology department CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is an interleukin 6 (IL-6) inhibitor that is used in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) treatment (1). Due to the role played by IL-6…
Abstract Number: 1614 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of High Risk Susceptible Gene LILRA3 on Joint Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mengru Liu¹, Yan Du², Jing Zhang¹, Fanlei Hu¹, Li Zheng³, Yingni Li³, Jianping Guo¹ and Z. Li¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China, ³Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 (LILRA3) is a putatively secreted protein belongs to the leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor (LILR) family. Based on our research that LILRA3…
Abstract Number: 2661 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing Information Needs for Chronic Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas¹, Elsa Gonzalez², Maithili Shethia¹, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo³, Pratibha Nayak⁴ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor³, ¹Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Higher Education Administration, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, ³General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic disease are increasingly using social networking to share experiences about their disease, and receive peer support. As part of an educational…
Abstract Number: 7 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Influence of TNF on Anti-Inflammatory Tyrosine-Hydroxylase-Positive Synovial Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Zsuzsa Jenei-Lanzl, Markus Herrmann and Rainer Straub, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In recent studies we demonstrated that catecholamines produced by tyrosine-hydroxylase-positive (TH+) synovial cells are able to mediate anti-inflammatory effects in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).a TNF…
Abstract Number: 608 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Surgery in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated By Abatacept: Data from the French Orencia in Rheumatoid Arthritis (ORA) Registry
Augustin Latourte¹, Jacques Gottenberg², Cécile Luxembourger³, Isabelle Pane⁴, Pascal Claudepierre⁵, Pascal Richette¹, Pierre Lafforgue⁶, Philippe Ravaud⁴, BG Combe⁷, Alain G. Cantagrel³, Jean Sibilia⁸, Rene-Marc Flipo⁹, Philippe Gaudin¹⁰, Olivier Vittecoq¹¹, Thierry Schaeverbeke¹², Maxime Dougados¹³, Francis Berenbaum¹⁴, Jérémie Sellam¹⁵, Xavier Mariette¹⁶ and Raphaèle Seror¹⁷, ¹Fédération de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ³Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France, ⁴Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques, INSERM U1153, Centre d'Épidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France, ⁶Rheumatology, APHM, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, ⁷Rhumatologie, Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ⁹Rheumatology, Hopital R Salengro CHRU, Lille, France, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Grenoble, Grenoble, France, ¹¹University Hospital, Rouen, France, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Bordeaux Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹³Medicine Faculty, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, UPRES-EA 4058, Cochin Hospital, Rheumatology B, Paris, France, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Inserm UMRS_938, AP-HP, St Antoine Hospital, Univ Paris 06, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ¹⁵Rheumatology and Inserm UMRS_938, AP-HP, St Antoine Hospital, Univ Paris 06, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ¹⁶Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology, AP-HP Bicêtre Hospital / Paris-Sud University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and risk factors of postoperative complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with abatacept…
Abstract Number: 1635 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of New Bioassay System Measuring Inhibitory Strength of IL-6/STAT3 Signal Under Tocilizumab Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Shuntaro Saito¹, Katsuya Suzuki¹, Kunihiro Yamaoka¹ and Tsutomu Takeuchi², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is a IL-6 receptor blockade, administered intravenously every 4 weeks and efficiently inhibits IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway. We have previously reported the usefulness…
Abstract Number: 2664 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flares Occur Frequently in RA Patients Undergoing Arthroplasty
Susan M. Goodman¹, Rivka Friedlander², Caroline Figgie², Anh Hoang¹, Kathleen Andersen³, Alessandra B. Pernis⁴, Cristina T. Rozo⁵, Edward F. DiCarlo⁶, Mark P. Figgie⁷, Laura T. Donlin⁸ and VP Bykerk³, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Autoimmunity & Inflammation, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵535 East 70th Street, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and the David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: RA patients are at risk for disease worsening (flare) after joint surgery, as medication is withdrawn to mitigate infection risk. We aimed to describe…
Abstract Number: 48 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polypharmacy Is a Predictor of Hospitalisation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria Filkova¹, Joao Carvalho¹, Sam Norton², David L. Scott¹, Tim Mant³, Andrew P. Cope¹, Mariam Molokhia⁴ and James Galloway¹, ¹Academic Department of Rheumatology, King´s College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Psychological Medicine, King´s College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Quintiles Drug Research Unit at Guy's Hospital, London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Health and Social Care Research, King´s College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Multimorbidity is a major problem in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but is difficult to measure. Polypharmacy (PP) - co-prescribing an individual multiple medications – is…
Abstract Number: 615 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rituximab Non Responders Fail to Down Regulated CD19 on Naive B Cells
Hans-Peter Brezinschek¹, Florentine Fürst-Moazedi¹, Sonja Kielhauser², Martin Stradner³ and Winfried Graninger⁴, ¹Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: CD19 is a membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily and part of the hetero-oligomeric complex comprising the complement receptor type 2, which positively regulates…

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