Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical and Economic Burden of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrative Claims
David Singer¹, Philippe Thompson-Leduc², Sara Poston¹, Deepshekhar Gupta³, Wendy Cheng⁴, Siyu Ma¹, Francesca Devine⁵, Alexandra Enrique³, Mei Sheng Duh⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, ²Analysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Analysis Group, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, ⁴Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁵Analysis Group, Inc., New York, NY, ⁶Analysis Group, Boston, MA, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is a disease caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in previously infected individuals and is characterized by a painful…
Abstract Number: 1066 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluation of a Non-Face to Face Multidisciplinary Health Care Model in a Population with Rheumatoid ArthritisVulnerable to Covid-19 in a Health Emergency Situation
Pedro Santos-Moreno¹, Rosangela Casanova², Gabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-Vargas², Laura Villareal¹, Jaime-Andrés Rubio², Josefina Chávez-Chávez², Diana Patricia Rivera-Triana², Ruth Alexandra Castiblanco-Montañez², Sandra Milena Hernández-Zambrano² and Adriana Rojas-Villarraga², ¹BIOMAB IPS, Bogotá, Colombia, ²Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud-FUCS, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted everyday practice pattern of health care in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The objective was to evaluate the implementation of a…
Abstract Number: 1197 • ACR Convergence 2021
Periodontal Status Before Diagnosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Predicts Cumulative Disease Activity in Years After Treatment Inititation
Adelina Plachokova¹, Jill Hadisurya¹, Julia van Bergen² and Rogier Thurlings³, ¹Radboudumc, department of Dentistry (Implantology & Periodontology), Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, department of Dentistry (Implantology & Periodontology), Nijmegen, ³Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Transversal cohort studies demonstrated a possible association between periodontal disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However it is unknown how this association evolves during…
Abstract Number: 1213 • ACR Convergence 2021
Persisting Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis – an Essential yet Underrated Challenge
Christoph Baerwald¹, Edgar Stemmler², Sixten Gnuechtel², Katharina Birkner², Carsten Holland³, Bjoern Fritz², Daniela Adolf⁴ and Ralf Baron⁵, ¹University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Wiesbaden, Germany, ³AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, ⁴StatConsult GmbH, Biometry and Data Management, Magdeburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pain is the symptom with the most significant impact on patients’ lives in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas 17% of German RA patients report severe…
Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2021
Does BMI Influence the Efficacy of Subcutaneous or Intravenous Abatacept in Patients with RA in Routine Clinical Practice? A Post Hoc Analysis of Two Real-world Observational Studies
Rieke Alten¹, Xavier Mariette², Melanie Chartier³, Christiane Rauch⁴, Yedid Elbez⁵, Karissa Lozenski⁶ and Vadim Khaychuk⁶, ¹Schlosspark-Klinik University, Berlin, Germany, ²Université Paris-Saclay, AP-HP, Hospital Bicêtre, Paris, France, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison, France, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Munich, Germany, ⁵Deepscover, Puteaux, France, ⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: BMI has been shown to affect treatment response and may influence the development of optimal individualized treatment plans in patients with RA.1 The extent…
Abstract Number: 1245 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characteristics of RA Patients Treated with JAK Inhibitors Before versus After VTE Warnings: Results of a Real-World Multicentric Study
Cecile PHILIPPOTEAUX¹, Valentine DEPREZ², Jean-Guillaume LETAROUILLY¹, Emeline CAILLIAU³, Eric HOUVENAGEL⁴, Xavier DEPREZ⁵, Aurore NOTTEZ⁶, Peggy PHILIPPE¹, Tristan PASCART⁷, Vincent GOEB² and Rene-Marc FLIPO⁸, ¹Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ²Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Amiens, Amiens, France, ³Assessment of Health Technologies and Medical Practices Department, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Lille Catholic Hospitals, Lomme, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital Center of Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Lille Catholic Hospitals, Lomme, France, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: In recent decades, the therapeutic arsenal in RA has dramatically expanded. Baricitinib (BARI) and Tofacitinib (TOFA) were the first JAK inhibitors (JAKi) to be…
Abstract Number: 1442 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effectiveness of Cycling JAKi Compared to Switching to bDMARD in Patients Who Failed a First JAKi in an International Collaboration of Registries of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the JAK-pot Study)
Manuel Pombo-Suarez¹, Carlos Sanchez-Piedra², Juan J Gomez-Reino³, Kim Lauper⁴, Nevsun Inanc⁵, Anja Strangfeld⁶, Doreen Huschek⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸, Eirik Kristianslund⁹, Tore Kvien¹⁰, Ziga Rotar¹¹, Dan Nordström¹², Denis Choquette¹³, Ori Elkayam¹⁴, Burkhard Leeb¹⁵, Maria José Santos¹⁶, Kimme Hyrich¹⁷, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet¹⁸, Catalin Codreanu¹⁹, Denis Monguin²⁰, Delphine Courvoisier²⁰ and Axel Finckh²¹, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago De Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ²Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁴Geneva University Hospitals, Geneve, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Epidemiology and Health Services Research, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹²Division of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹³Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹⁵Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences, Krems/Donau, Karl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical Rheumatology, Hollabrunn, Austria, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁷University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Center of Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ²¹University Hospital of Geneva, Geneve - Vesenaz, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: With the arrival of new Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), with different JAK inhibition profiles, there is the possibility of using a second JAKi in…
Abstract Number: 1596 • ACR Convergence 2021
Changes in Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Scores During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from the ArthritisPower Research Registry
Kelly Gavigan¹, Esteban Rivera¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Shilpa Venkatachalam¹, Laura Stradford³, David Curtis¹ and William Nowell¹, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic caused particular concern among patients with autoimmune and rheumatic disease (ARD) due to increased risk of infection, and heightened sense of…
Abstract Number: 1660 • ACR Convergence 2021
Relationship Between Risk of New Onset Diabetes Mellitus and Exposure to Individual Antirheumatic Drugs in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Population Study
So Hye Nam¹, Min-Ju Kim², Ye-Jee kim², Soo Min Ahn², Seokchan Hong³, Chang-Keun Lee², Bin Yoo³, Ji Seon Oh⁴ and Yong-Gil Kim², ¹Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Asan Medical Center, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that affects glucose metabolism, mainly insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes mellitus (DM). Although there…
Abstract Number: 1676 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety of Baricitinib in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): The 2020 Interim Report from All-case Post Marketing Surveillance in Clinical Practice
Takao Fujii¹, Tatsuya Atsumi², Nami Okamoto³, Nobunori Takahashi⁴, Naoto Tamura⁵, Atsuo Nakajima⁶, Ayako Nakajima⁷, Hiroaki Matsuno⁸, Naoto Tsujimoto⁹, Atsushi Nishikawa¹⁰, Taeko Ishii¹⁰, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹¹, Masataka Kuwana¹² and Michiaki Takagi¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, ²Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ³Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki-city, Japan, ⁴Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Ueno Touseki Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁷Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan, ⁸Matsuno Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Toyama, Japan, ⁹Eli Lilly Japan K.K.,, Kobe, Japan, ¹⁰Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Kobe, Japan, ¹¹Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
Background/Purpose: An all-case post marketing surveillance (PMS) of baricitinib, that started in Sep 2017, collects safety and effectiveness for the first 24 weeks of treatment…
Abstract Number: 1692 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 3-year Results from the SELECT-EARLY Study
Ronald F van Vollenhoven¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², Jacob Aelion³, Nilmo Chavez⁴, Pablo Mannucci⁵, Atul Singhal⁶, Jerzy Swierkot⁷, Alan Friedman⁸, Nasser Khan⁸, Yihan Li⁹, Xianwei Bu⁹, Justin Klaff⁸ and Vibeke Strand¹⁰, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Immunology Center ARC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Arthritis Clinic and West Tennessee Research Institute, Jackson, TN, ⁴Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, ⁵Aprillus Asistencia e Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Southwest Rheumatology Research LLC, Dallas, TX, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁸AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁹AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, ¹⁰Stanford University School of Medicine, Portola Valley, CA
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, demonstrated significant improvements in signs, symptoms, and structural inhibition as monotherapy (mono) vs methotrexate (MTX) in MTX-naïve…
Abstract Number: 1709 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-term Safety of a Single Infusion of Human Umbilical Cord Blood-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The 5-year Follow-up of the Phase I Clinical Trial
Min Jung Kim¹, Eun Hye Park² and Kichul Shin³, ¹Seoul Metropolitan Government–Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Seoul Metropolitan Government- Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy represents a promise for the treatment of autoimmune diseases due to its potent immunomodulatory effect. We investigated the long-term…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient Clustering Based on Multimorbidity Patterns Predicts Healthcare Utilization and Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis Within Independent Real-World Datasets
Bryant England¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul¹, Christian Haas², Harlan Sayles¹, Fang Yu¹, Brian Sauer³, Joshua Baker⁴, Kaleb Michaud¹, Jeffrey Curtis⁵ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leads to substantial healthcare utilization and premature mortality. Prior work has demonstrated that the overlapping presence of comorbid chronic conditions, termed…
Abstract Number: 0023 • ACR Convergence 2021
Investigating Temporal Changes in Pregnancy Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Women Using Co-expression Network Analysis
Matthew Wright¹, Dana Goin², Mette Smed³, J Lee Nelson⁴, Nicholas Jewell⁵, Jorn Olsen⁶, Merete Hetland⁷, Vibeke Zoffmann³ and Damini Jawaheer⁸, ¹UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁶Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁷DANBIO and COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland / University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while still an incurable disease, can often improve naturally during pregnancy. The specific mechanism(s) underlying this pregnancy-induced improvement, however, are not…
Abstract Number: 0039 • ACR Convergence 2021
Elevated IgA Subclass Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Indications of a Mucosal Origin?
Veerle Derksen, Cornelia F. Allaart, Annette H.M van der Helm-van Mil, Tom WJ Huizinga, René Toes and Diane van der Woude, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Mucosal surfaces may be involved in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (1). IgA is the most abundant class of immunoglobulin at mucosal sites…

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