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: 2132 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is Associated with X- Ray Progression at 5 Years in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients in Low Disease Activity?
Violaine Foltz¹, Lisa Biale², Frederique Gandjbakhch¹, Laure Gossec¹, Pierre Bourgeois¹, Benjamin Granger³ and Bruno Fautrel¹, ¹Rheumatology, UPMC Paris 06 University, GRC 08, Paris France and Pitié Salpétrière Hospital Paris France, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology, Instruction des Armées Begin hospital, Saint-mande, France, ³Departement de santé publique, information medicale et biostatistiques, unite biotstatistiques, UPMC Paris 06 University, GRC 08, Paris France and Pitié Salpétrière Hospital Paris France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose Persistent inflammation on Power Doppler (PD) by ultrasound (US) was associated with relapse and structural progression after one year of follow up in a…
Abstract Number: 1446 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility of Ultrasound in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Emergency Rheumatology Clinic: Survey of Clinical Effectiveness
Kuljeet Bhamra¹, Catherine Swales¹, Matthew Seymour¹, Catherine McClinton¹ and Peter C. Taylor², ¹Nuffield Department of orthopaedics,rheumatology and musculosketal sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose The aim of the survey was to evaluate the impact of clinic-based musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) on diagnosis and management of cases seen in the…
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: 124 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Power Doppler Findings in the Wrists and Hands Joints of Anti-CCP Antibody Positive Individuals with Non-Specific Musculoskeletal Symptoms and the Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
Jackie L. Nam, Laura Hunt, Elizabeth M.A. Hensor, Philip G. Conaghan, Richard J. Wakefield and Paul Emery, NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose The use of musculoskeletal ultrasound is increasing in rheumatology practice. Recently we have shown that use of power Doppler signal (PD) on ultrasound in…
Abstract Number: 2030 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predicting Failure of Conventional Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Treatment Naive Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Single Centre Inception Prognostic Factor Cohort Study
Mette Axelsen¹, Trine Bay Laurberg¹, Robin Christensen², Ulrich Fredberg³ and Torkell Ellingsen^4,5,6, ¹Silkeborg Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark, ²Rheumatology, MSU, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Centre Region Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁵The Danish National Registry DANBIO, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Diagnostic Centre Region, Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Background/Purpose Finding prognostic factors for treatment failure on synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) in early treatment naive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a challenge. The…
Abstract Number: 1430 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IMPACT of Initiative to Control Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Collaboration with LOCAL Doctors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrea Zacarias Crovato¹, Javier Narváez², Joan Miquel Nolla³, Jesús Rodríguez-Moreno⁴, Montserrat Jordana¹ and Carmen Gomez Vaquero³, ¹Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with cardiovascular risk (CVR) with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality than the general population. Good…
Abstract Number: 505 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Structured Approach for Comparative Benefit-Risk Assessment of Rituximab for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ani John¹, George Quartey¹, Patricia B. Lehane², Nicole Mairon³, Michael Schulte³, Ashwini Shewade¹, Carol Chung¹ and Dominic Borie¹, ¹Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ²Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ³F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Rituximab in combination with methotrexate (MTX) is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have…
Abstract Number: 2936 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Ankylosing Spondylitis a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Diseases, and How Does These Risks Compare to Those in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Johan Askling¹, Lennart Jacobsson² and Jonas Eriksson¹, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²sahlrenska academy, gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose Patients with RA are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) diseases, including acute coronary syndromes (ACS), deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE),…
Abstract Number: 2024 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis in French West Indies, an African Ancestry Population. the Eppra Study
Michel De Bandt¹, Rishika Banydeen², Lauren Brunier³, Katleen Polomat⁴, Veronique Dehlinger⁵, Serge Arfi⁴, Christophe Deligny⁴, Benedicte Garnery⁶, Helene Cormier⁷, Fabienne Dubreuil⁸, Patrick Numeric⁹, Danielle Dufrenot¹⁰, Sabine Molcard⁷, Loic Brithmer⁷, Olivier Fuhrer⁷, Lucien Louis-Joseph¹¹, Sylvie Merle² and Georges Jean-Baptiste⁵, ¹CHUM de Martinique, Unit of rheumatology, Fort de France, France, ²Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique,, Unit of epidemiology and biostatistics, Fort de FRance, France, ³CHUM de Martinique,, Unit of rheumatology, CHUM, 97200 Fort de France, France, ⁴CHUM de Martinique,, unit of internal medicine, Fort de France, France, ⁵CHUM de Martinique,, Unit of rheumatology, CHUM, Fort de France, France, ⁶Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Unit of internal medicine, Fort de France, France, ⁷Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Unit of rheumatology, Fort de France, France, ⁸Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique,, Unit of rheumatology, Fort de FRance, France, ⁹route de Chateauboeuf, 97200; French West Indies, Unit of rheumatology, CHUM, Fort de France, France, ¹⁰Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Unit of rheumatology, Fot de France, France, ¹¹Hôpital universitaire P Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Unit of rheumatology, Fort de FRance, France
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling chronic disease, regarded as the most frequent inflammatory rheumatism in adults, with a prevalence estimated between 0.3 and…

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