Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1230 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Serologic Status on Clinical Responses to Upadacitinib or Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Prior Inadequate Response to Biologic DMARDs: Sub-Group Analysis from the Phase 3 SELECT-CHOICE Study
Andrea Rubbert-Roth¹, Jeffrey Sparks², Arnaud Constantin³, Ricardo Xavier⁴, Yanna Song⁵, Jessica Suboticki⁵ and Roy Fleischmann⁶, ¹Kantonspital St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse Cedex 9, France, ⁴Departamento de Reumatologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: In patients with RA who had a prior inadequate response or intolerance to biologic DMARDs, the oral Janus kinase inhibitor, upadacitinib (UPA), demonstrated superiority…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Effect of Tocilizumab on miR-146a-5p and EMMPRIN/CD147 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Devy Zisman¹, Mirna Safieh¹, Elina Simanovich¹, Joy Feld², Amalia Kinarty¹, Liron Zisman¹, Tal Gazitt³, Amir Haddad⁴, Muna Elias¹, Itzhak Rosner⁵, Lisa Kaly⁶ and Michal A Rahat⁷, ¹Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ³Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Bnei Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Carmel Medical Center/Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: Angiogenesis is an important contributor to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tocilizumab (TCZ), an anti-IL-6 receptor antibody used in the treatment of RA…
Abstract Number: 1443 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-term Effectiveness of Ultra-Low Doses of Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nathan den Broeder¹, Lise Verhoef², Yael De Man³, Marc Kok⁴, Rogier Thurlings⁵, Wilfred van der Weele⁶, Bart van den Bemt⁷, Frank van den Hoogen⁸, Aatke van der Maas⁹ and Alfons den Broeder¹⁰, ¹Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (Hospital Group Twente), Borne, Netherlands, ⁴Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Sint Maartenskliniek; Radboud University Medical Center, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁸Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁹St Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ¹⁰Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The optimal rituximab (RTX) dose for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis remains unclear. RTX treatment of 1000mg per 6 months and 2000mg per 6…
Abstract Number: 1603 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Experience in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated at the Cleveland VA Medical Center
Sarah Abi Doumeth¹, Laura Silversteyn², Donald Anthony² and Maya Mattar³, ¹University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Cleveland, OH, ²Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Mayfield Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Following the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccines, there has been uncertainty as to whether receiving the COVID-19 vaccine would result in overactivation of the…
Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sex-Stratified Patterns of Multimorbidity at RA Onset and Associated Longitudinal Impacts on Disability Over the First Year Follow Up: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH)
Orit Schieir¹, Susan Bartlett², Marie-France Valois², Louis Bessette³, Gilles Boire⁴, Glen Hazlewood⁵, Edward Keystone⁶, Janet Pope⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Diane Tin⁸ and Vivian Bykerk⁹, ¹Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, ⁴Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁸Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Chronic disease multimorbidity (MM) is prevalent in RA. As MM can vary in complexity and different combinations of chronic conditions may have different physical…
Abstract Number: 1677 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effects of Biological-DMARDs on the Serum Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL) / High-density Lipoprotein (HDL) – Cholesterol Ratio in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yusuke Miwa¹ and Yuko Mitamura², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Nursing, Showa University School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences, Shinagawa-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and dyslipidemia are associated with inflammation. Although the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is normal range, the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is…
Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lower Adverse Event and Infection Rates During Tocilizumab Therapy Without Concomitant GC: An Analysis of the ICHIBAN Study
Christof Specker¹, Martin Aringer², Gerd Burmester³, Marvin A. Peters⁴, Michael W. Hofmann⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Frank Moosig⁷, Hans-Peter Tony⁸ and Gerhard Fliedner⁹, ¹Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ³Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ⁵Chugai Pharma Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁶Hospital Neuwittelsbach, Center for Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Center Schleswig-Holstein Middle, Neumünster, Germany, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Practice, Osnabrueck, Germany
Background/Purpose: To limit the risk of serious infections, guidelines recommend short term (< 3 months) or low-dose (≤10 mg/day) adjunct glucocorticoids (GCs) to control rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1710 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Outcomes of MTX-Naïve RA Patients on Filgotinib Long-term Extension Trial Initially on FIL or MTX During Phase 3 Parent Trial
Daniel Aletaha¹, Rene Westhovens², Tatsuya Atsumi³, YingMeei Tan⁴, Alena Pechonkina⁵, Qi Gong⁵, Vijay Rajendran⁶, Sander Strengholt⁷ and Gerd Burmester⁸, ¹Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²University Hospitals KU Leuven, Maaseik, Belgium, ³Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ⁴Gilead Sciences, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁵Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁶Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁷Galapagos, BV, New York, NY, ⁸Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The preferential Janus kinase (JAK)-1 inhibitor filgotinib (FIL) is approved for treatment of moderately to severely active RA in Europe and Japan. In this…
Abstract Number: 1925 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Heart Failure in Patients with Inflammatory Disease: A Population-Based Study
Sahil Koppikar¹, Bindee Kuriya², Jacob Udell³, Bing Yu⁴, Anna Chu⁴, Laura Ferreira-Legere⁵, Douglas Lee³, Jessica Widdifield⁶ and Lihi Eder³, ¹Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵ICES, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Sunnybrook Research Institute; ICES; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Individuals with inflammatory diseases (ID) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, frequently compared to that of diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the magnitude of…
Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2020
Influenza Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Tofacitinib Clinical Program
Kevin L Winthrop¹, Arne Yndestad², Dan Henrohn³, Hyejin Jo⁴, Sara Marsal⁵, Maria Galindo⁶, Annette Diehl⁷, Andrea B Shapiro⁸ and Stanley B Cohen⁹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Pfizer Inc, Oslo, Norway, ³Pfizer Inc, Sollentuna, Sweden, ⁴Syneos Health, Raleigh, NC, ⁵Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Peapack, NJ, ⁹Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with RA have increased susceptibility to seasonal influenza and its complications.1 The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to understand acute respiratory RNA…
Abstract Number: 0066 • ACR Convergence 2020
AMP Deaminase 2 Is Expressed on the Surface of Human Immune Cells as a Novel Regulator of Extracellular Adenosine Metabolism
Lisa Ehlers¹, Aditi Kuppe¹, Marieluise Kirchner², Alexandra Damerau¹, Cindy Strehl¹, Frank Buttgereit³ and Timo Gaber¹, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany, ²Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, BIH Core Facility Proteomics, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Adenosine and its nucleotides represent crucial immunomodulators in the extracellular environment. ATP and ADP are released from stressed cells in states of inflammation, whereas…
Abstract Number: 0137 • ACR Convergence 2020
PROMIS-29 Scores Are Significantly Higher in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Meet Criteria for Co-morbid Fibromyalgia (FM) Than in Those with Rheumatoid Arthritis and No FM
Kathryn Gibson¹, Geraldine Hassett² and Theodore Pincus³, ¹Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Liverpool BC, NSW, New South Wales, Australia, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System short form 29 (PROMIS-29)1 uses computer assisted technology (CAT) to derive patient assessments. High PROMIS-29 scores are seen in…
Abstract Number: 0177 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Hydroxychloroquine Use with Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nicholas Wiemer¹, Rebecca Schorr², Mary Chester Wasko³ and Tarun Sharma¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of liver disease, refers to a spectrum of conditions which includes non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL),…
Abstract Number: 0194 • ACR Convergence 2020
Depression Symptoms but Not Clinically Diagnosed Depression Predict Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jose Felix Restrepo¹, Inmaculada Del Rincon¹ and Agustin Escalante¹, ¹University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio/ Department of Medicine/ Rheumatology, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Depression and depressive symptoms are common but under-recognized in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Few studies have examined depression symptoms in RA patients compared to clinically…
Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Sarilumab over 5 Years in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Refractory to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Roy Fleischmann¹, Karina Maslova², Henry Leher³, Amy Praestgaard² and Gerd Burmester⁴, ¹Southwestern Medical Center, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ²Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ³Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Tarrytown, NY, ⁴Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab is a human IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) inhibitor approved for the treatment of adults with moderate to severely active RA. In the TARGET study…

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