Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2801 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Longitudinal Analysis Of Periarticular Bone Structure In Patients Treated With Methotrexate In Combination Of Either TNF Blockers Or Tocilizumab
Sebastian Kraus¹, Matthias Englbrecht¹, Juergen Rech², Roland Kocijan¹, Georg A. Schett¹ and Stephanie Finzel¹, ¹Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFi) and interleukin-6 receptor (IL6Ri, tocilzumab) are among the most potent therapeutic strategies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2330 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Lymphocyte Count and Risk Of Infection In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib
R. F. van Vollenhoven¹, R. Riese², S. Krishnaswami², T. Kawabata², C. Fosser², S. Rottinghaus², M. Lamba² and S. H. Zwillich², ¹Clinical Trials Unit Department of Rheumatology, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cytokines involved in lymphocyte development, function and homeostasis…
Abstract Number: 1391 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transporters As Drug Gateway Into The Cell For Specific Targeting Of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathway In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Saliha Harrach¹, Christian Schmidt-Lauber², Bayram Edemir³, Eberhard Schlatter¹, Thomas Pap⁴, Giuliano Ciarimboli¹ and Jessica Bertrand², ¹Experimental Nephrology, Medical Clinic und Policlinic D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ²Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine (IEMM), University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ³Experimental Nephrology, Medical Clinic und Policlinic D, University Hospital Münster, Muenster, Germany, ⁴Institute of Experimental Muskuloskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are effective in treating malignant disorders and were suggested to also have an impact on non-malignant diseases such as rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 442 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tolerability and Non-Serious Adverse Events In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Tofacitinib As Monotherapy Or In Combination Therapy
A. Dikranian¹, K. Soma², R. Riese², D. Gruben² and T. V. Jones³, ¹San Diego Arthritis Medical Clinic, San Diego, CA, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tolerability remains an ill-defined construct in clinical trials.…
Abstract Number: 2767 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab In Combination Therapy and Monotherapy Versus Methotrexate In Methotrexate-Naive Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Gerd Burmester¹, William Rigby², Ronald F. van Vollenhoven³, Jonathan Kay⁴, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁵, Ariella Kelman⁶, Sophie Dimonaco⁷ and Nina Mitchell⁷, ¹Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴UMass Memorial Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁵University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁶Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁷Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent recommendations support intensive treatment of patients (pts) with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to achieve remission or low disease activity.1-3 Tocilizumab (TCZ) was not…
Abstract Number: 2234 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Targeting Therapy Of Citrullinated Antigen-Specific B Cells Ameliorates Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Kazuya Michishita¹, Kimito Kawahata¹, Takeyuki Kanzaki², Lisa Akahira¹, Toshiki Eri¹ and Kazuhiko Yamamoto³, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan, ³Department of Allergy and Rhaumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The clinical benefit of B-cell depletion therapy in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a well-known fact, but problems such as relapse of tuberculosis and reactivation of…
Abstract Number: 1374 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NR1D1 Is a New Suppressor of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocyte Invasion
Teresina Laragione^1,2 and Percio Gulko^1,2, ¹Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Molecular Medicine, Hosftra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common and chronic autoimmune disease. Arthritis severity and joint damage predict clinical outcome and the risk for disability in…
Abstract Number: 443 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety Analyses Of Tofacitinib From Pooled Phase 2, Phase 3 and Long-Term Extension Rheumatoid Arthritis Studies: US Compared With Non-US Populations
S. B. Cohen¹, Roy Fleischmann¹, J. M. Kremer², A. Koenig³, K. Kwok⁴, L. Wang⁵, C. a. Mebus⁵, R. Riese⁵ and T. Robinson³, ¹Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ²Albany Medical College and The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ³Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor approved in the US for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis at 5 mg BID. Phase (P) 3…
Abstract Number: 2644 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Phase IB/Iia Study On Intravenous Administration Of Expanded Allogeneic Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
JM Alvaro-Gracia¹, Juan A. Jover², Rosario Garcia-Vicuña³, Luis Carreño⁴, Alberto Alonso⁵, Sara Marsal⁶, Francisco J. Blanco⁷, Víctor M. Martínez-Taboada⁸, Peter C. Taylor⁹, Federico Díaz-González¹⁰ and Lydia Dorrego¹¹, ¹Unidad de Terapias Biológicas. Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña. Rheumatology Division. Genomic Group, A Coruña, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IFIMAV., Santander, Spain, ⁹NDORMS, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain, ¹¹TiGenix, Tres Cantos, Spain
Background/Purpose: Expanded adipose-derived stem cells (eASCs) are shown to have immune-modulatory effects both in vitro and in animal models of arthritis. eASCs are currently under…
Abstract Number: 2213 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-IL-6 Receptor Antibody Normalizes Both DKK-1 and Sclerostin As Wnt Inhibitors In a Mouse Model Of Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Hiroto Yoshida¹, Mika Yagoto¹, Miho Suzuki¹, Keisuke Tanaka¹, Isao Matsumoto², Takayuki Sumida³ and Yoshihiro Matsumoto¹, ¹Product Research Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Gotemba, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: The Wnt pathway plays an important role in bone formation and regeneration. This pathway is regulated by several soluble inhibitors such as Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1)…
Abstract Number: 1373 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Connective Tissue Growth Factor Promotes Angiogenesis Through Increased Notch-1 Signaling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kazuhisa Nozawa¹, Maki Fujishiro², Ayako Yamaguchi¹, Mikiko Kawasaki², Kazuhisa Iwabuchi², Mitsuaki Yanagida², Keigo Ikeda³, Shinji Morimoto⁴, Yoshinari Takasaki⁵ and Iwao Sekigawa³, ¹Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute for Environment and Gender Specific Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan, ³Internal Medicine 2, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Tomioka, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, ⁴Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Increased angiogenesis has been associated with various inflammatory disease states including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and it has been considered as one of main factors…
Abstract Number: 444 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reversibility Of Pharmacodynamic Effects After Short- and Long-Term Treatment With Tofacitinib In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
M. C. Genovese¹, T. Kawabata², K. Soma², S. Menon², J.D. Clark³, J. Hodge⁴, L. Takiya⁴, R. Riese² and S. Krishnaswami⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It has a short pharmacokinetic (PK) half-life of…
Abstract Number: 2418 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Transmembrane Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Kappa Promotes Aggressiveness Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Stephanie M. Stanford¹, William B. Kiosses², Amanda M. Campbell³, Michael F. Maestre³, David L. Boyle⁴, Gary S. Firestein⁴ and Nunzio Bottini³, ¹Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, ²The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, ³La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in the synovial intimal lining are key mediators of inflammation and joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In RA these cells…
Abstract Number: 2219 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Active Immunization Against VEGF-Derived Oligopeptides Improves Joint Inflammation and Destruction In Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Emilie Duvallet¹, Laure Foulboeuf¹, Luca Semerano², Nadia Belmellat¹, Marc Lecouvey³, Eric Assier¹, Sylviane Muller⁴ and Marie-Christophe Boissier⁵, ¹EA4222, Li2P, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, EA4222, Li2P, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ²INSERM UMR U1125, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, ³CSPBAT Paris 13 University, Bobigny, France, ⁴Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Strasbourg, France, ⁵INSERM UMR 1125, Li2P, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: We have demonstrated in experimental models the efficacy of vaccination against cytokines, using a heterocomplex of keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and human TNF, called…
Abstract Number: 1302 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Application of Cytostatic Agent Kinesin Eg5 Inhibitor Litronesib (KF89617) On Rat Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis and Mouse Type II Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Ichiro Miki¹ and Masako Uchii², ¹Fuji Research Park, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan, ²Fuji Research Park, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Kinesins are family of motor proteins that are involved in mitosis and intracellular transport of vesicles and organelles. The mitotic kinesin, Eg5, acts…

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