Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0206 • ACR Convergence 2020
Fifty-Two Week Outcomes of Biologic-Naïve RA Patients Treated with Subcutaneous Abatacept in Japanese Multicenter Investigational Study (ORIGAMI Study)
Naoto Tamura¹, Eiichi Tanaka², Eisuke Inoue³, Yuri Yoshizawa⁴, Shigeru Matsumoto⁵, Hisashi Yamanaka⁶ and Masayoshi Harigai⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine; Showa University Research Administration Center, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb K.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine; Rheumatology, Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Long-term clinical benefit and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) of subcutaneously-injected abatacept (ABA) in patients with RA in a real-world setting are of therapeutic interest. We…
Abstract Number: 0222 • ACR Convergence 2020
tsDMARD Therapy Is Associated with More Initial Therapy Prolongations Compared to bDMARDs Both in Bionaive and Bioexperienced Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diederik De Cock¹, Patrick Durez², Dirk Elewaut³, Bernard Lauwerys⁴, Rene Westhovens⁵ and Patrick Verschueren⁶, ¹KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, ³Ghent University and VIB, Heusden, Belgium, ⁴Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), Genoa, Italy, ⁵University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ⁶University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The Tool for Administrative Reimbursement Drug Information Sharing (TARDIS) is an electronic platform combining the collection of data from all Belgian patients with Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0239 • ACR Convergence 2020
Adjudicated MACE and VTE in the Filgotinib RA Program: Integrated Analysis from Phase 2 and 3 Clinical Trials
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Sang-Cheol Bae², Arvind Chopra³, Stanley Cohen⁴, Jeffrey R Curtis⁵, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg⁶, Edward C Keystone⁷, Kunihiro Yamaoka⁸, Peter Nash⁹, J-Abraham Simon-Campos¹⁰, William Stohl¹¹, Michael Weinblatt¹², Rene Westhovens¹³, Jeff Siegel¹⁴, Iyabode Tiamiyu¹⁴, Lei Ye¹⁴, Deyuan Jiang¹⁴, Franziska Matzkies¹⁴, Angelika Jahreis¹⁴, John S. Sundy¹⁴ and Jon Giles¹⁵, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, India, ⁴University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, and Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ⁷Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁹School of Medicine Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ¹⁰Köhler & Milstein Research, Mérida, Mexico, ¹¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁴Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ¹⁵Columbia University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL)—an oral, selective Janus kinase 1 inhibitor (JAKi)—improved RA signs and symptoms in three phase 3 trials. Despite the efficacy of FIL and…
Abstract Number: 0483 • ACR Convergence 2020
Can a Clinical Disease Activity Index Based on Patient-Reported Joint Counts (PT-CDAI) Be Used to Inform Target-Based Care in Telemedicine? An Analysis of 2 Early RA Cohort Studies
Caroline Benson¹, Marie-France Valois², Orit Schieir³, Gregory Vitone¹, Aidan Tirpack¹, Michelle Jones⁴, Louis Bessette⁵, Gilles Boire⁶, Glen Hazlewood⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Edward C Keystone⁹, Janet Pope¹⁰, Carter Thorne¹¹, Susan Bartlett², Clifton Bingham III¹², Vivian Bykerk¹ and Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Investigators¹³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montreal, Canada, ⁴Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Laval University, Quebec, Canada, ⁶Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort (CATCH) Study, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 mitigation strategies have forced rheumatologists to shift from in-person clinical visits to telemedicine, limiting their ability to carry out complete joint exams needed…
Abstract Number: 0579 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors of Nonadherence in New Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Guy Cozzi¹, Pavlo Kyrychenko², Michele Hamburger³ and Elisea Avalos-Reyes⁴, ¹CVS Health, Northbrook, IL, ²CVS Health, Norhtbrook, IL, ³Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY, ⁴CVS Health, Irving, TX
Background/Purpose: Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) therapies are commonly prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. However, their high out-of-pocket (OOP) cost may limit patient access…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2020
Joint Space Narrowing Precedes Erosive Radiographic Damage in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Gabriela Supp², Farideh Alasti¹, Josef Smolen² and Daniel Aletaha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna,, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized through symmetric polyarthritis leading to joint destruction over time in many patients. Radiographic damage is…
Abstract Number: 0765 • ACR Convergence 2020
High Disease Activity at Baseline and Seropositivity Are Associated with Treatment Response at One Year Post Synovial Biopsy in RA Patients
Kieran Murray¹, Candice Low², Francis Young³, Monika Biniecka⁴, Eimear Mylod⁴, Ursula Fearon⁵ and Douglas Veale⁶, ¹Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland, ²EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ³Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, ⁴Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁵Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Despite recent therapeutic advances, our ability to predict prognosis and therapeutic response in RA remains imprecise. This study examines for biomarkers predictive of outcome…
Abstract Number: 0782 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epigenetic Regulation of Metabolic Transporters in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Brian Pedersen¹, Rizi Ai¹, Alyssa Torres¹, Wei Wang¹, Gary Firestein² and Monica Guma³, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Diego, Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Epigenetic changes contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a comprehensive epigenomic characterization of RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) has recently been described.…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Electronic Drug Monitoring Feedback in Order to Increase Adherence in RA Patients Starting with a Biological DMARD
Renske Hebing¹, Wouter Bos¹, Mike Nurmohamed² and Bart van den Bemt³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Medication non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with disease flares, increased disability and increased costs. Electronic Monitoring Feedback (EMF) to improve adherence has…
Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2020
Initial Pharmaceutical Management in a National Cohort of Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Deepan Dalal¹, Tingting Zhang², Hiren Varma² and Theresa Shireman², ¹Brown University, East Providence, RI, ²Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate is the preferred initial drug for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) per American College of Rheumatology guidelines (2015). People with elderly-onset RA, classified as onset…
Abstract Number: 0833 • ACR Convergence 2020
Optimized Treatment of Biological Disease Modifying Drugs in Routine Clinical Practice: Survival Study and Analysis of Patient Characteristics
Andrea De Diego Sola¹, César Antonio Egües Dubuc², Nerea Alcorta Lorenzo¹, Jesús Alejandro Valero Jaimes², Olga Maíz Alonso³, Luis Maria Lopez Dominguez¹, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁴, Jorge Cancio Fanlo⁵, María Asunción Aranguren Redondo⁶, María Belén Irastorza Larburu⁷ and Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Pharmacology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁷Pharmacology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastián, Spain
Background/Purpose: The emergence of biological disease modifying drugs (bDMARD) has allowed a targeted approach to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ("treat-to-treat" strategy). Once sustained remission is achieved,…
Abstract Number: 0994 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does Tofacitinib Impact B Cell Functions?
Guillaume Decarriere¹, Julie Mielle², Bernard Combe³, Jacques Morel¹, Rachel Audo² and Claire Daien¹, ¹Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²Institut de génétique moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Montpellier, France, ³University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (tofa) inhibits cytokine signaling mediated by JAK1 JAK3 pathways leading therefore to a decrease in Th17 and an increase of Treg cells. The…
Abstract Number: 1014 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs, Biologics and Corticosteroid Use in Older Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis over 20 Years
John Hanly¹ and Lynn Lethbridge², ¹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Background/Purpose: The objective of the current study was to examine the change in prescribing patterns for older adults with RA over a 20 year period…
Abstract Number: 1185 • ACR Convergence 2020
Performance of the MBDA-based CVD Risk Score in RA Patient Groups of Clinical Interest
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Cynthia Crowson³, Eric Sasso⁴, Elena Hitraya⁴, Cheryl Chin⁵, Richard Bamford⁵, Rotem Ben-Shachar⁵, Alexander Gutin⁵, Darl Flake⁵, Brent Mabey⁵ and Jerry Lanchbury⁵, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ⁴Myriad Autoimmune, South San Francisco, CA, ⁵Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: A novel risk prediction score combines serum biomarkers from the multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) test with clinical information to predict 3-year risk for a…
Abstract Number: 1201 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effect of Filgotinib on Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from Phase 3 Clinical Trials
Peter Taylor¹, Arthur Kavanaugh², Peter Nash³, Janet Pope⁴, Beatrix Bartok⁵, Ken Hasegawa⁵, Shangbang Rao⁵, Sander Strengholt⁶ and Rene Westhovens⁷, ¹Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, University of California San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA, ³School of Medicine Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁶Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: RA patients (pts) often suffer substantial pain despite ongoing treatment (tx) and regard pain control as a top tx goal. Filgotinib (FIL)—a potent, oral…

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