Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid Factor"

Abstract Number: 584 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Positivity for Rheumatoid Factor Is Associated with a Better Short-Term Response and Long-Term Drug Retention of Abatacept: Results from Consecutive 508 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Japanese Multicenter Registry
Nobunori Takahashi¹, Toshihisa Kojima¹, Koji Funahashi² and Naoki Ishiguro³, ¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ³Department of Orthopedic Suregery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABT) is a biologic drug and has been available for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients since 2010 in Japan. There have still been few…
Abstract Number: 623 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Seronegative Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Characterized By a Lower Prevalence of B-Cell Related Clinical Manifestations and a Lower Biologic Systemic Activity
Luca Quartuccio¹, Chiara Baldini^2,3,4, Elena Bartoloni Bocci⁵, Roberta Priori⁶, Francesco Carubbi⁷, Laura Corazza¹, Alessia Alunno⁸, Serena Colafrancesco⁶, Nicoletta Luciano², Roberto Gerli⁹, Roberto Giacomelli¹⁰, Guido Valesini¹¹, Stefano Bombardieri¹² and Salvatore De Vita^13,14, ¹S. Maria della Misericordia, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Pila, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Clinic, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁸Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹⁰University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ¹¹Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties Department, Policlinico Umberto I, La Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ¹³Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology, DSMB, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: The American-European Consensus Group (AECG) Criteria (1) for Sjögren's syndrome (SS) require the presence of at least one of the following two conditions: the…
Abstract Number: 626 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy of Belimumab and Targeting of Rheumatoid Factor Positive B-Cells in Sjögren’s Syndrome: Follow-up of the Open-Label Phase II Study
Luca Quartuccio¹, Sara Salvin², Laura Corazza¹, Saviana Gandolfo², Martina Fabris³ and Salvatore De Vita⁴, ¹S. Maria della Misericordia, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Rheumatology Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ³Clinic of Rheumatology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ⁴Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a monoclonal anti-B lymphocyte Stimulator (BLyS) antibody is preliminary found to be effective in Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) patients with moderate to high systemic…
Abstract Number: 1207 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Utility of Anti- Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Rheumatoid Factor – a Retrospective Dataanalysis
Miriam Gärtner, Mathias Schneeweiss, Josef S. Smolen and Klaus Machold, Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Antibody profiling encompassing rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) supports diagnosis in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, RF and ACPA are…
Abstract Number: 1559 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics and Medication Use Among Arab Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Some Arab States
Karim Bayoumy¹, Soha Roger Dargham¹, Wessam Elhaq¹, Samar Al Emadi², Mohammed Hammoudeh², Basel Masri³, Hussein Halabi⁴, Humeira Badsha⁵, Imad Uthman⁶, Salah Mahdy², Robert Plenge⁷, Richa Saxena⁷, Marianthi Kapiri¹ and Thurayya Arayssi⁸, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar, ²Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, ⁴Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and research center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Al Biraa Arthritis and Bone Clinic, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁶Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁷The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Program of Medical and Population Genetics, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Background/Purpose: Data on the clinical and genetic characteristics of Arab patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is limited. Our aim is to report on the clinical…
Abstract Number: 1578 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Are Associated with Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: A Population-Based Study
Elana J. Bernstein¹, R. Graham Barr², John H.M. Austin³, Steven M. Kawut⁴, Ganesh Raghu⁵, Jessica L. Sell⁶, Eric A. Hoffman⁷, John D. Newell Jr.⁸, Jubal R. Watts Jr.⁹, P. Hrudaya Nath¹⁰, Sushil K. Sonavane⁹, Joan M. Bathon¹, Darcy S. Majka¹¹ and David J. Lederer², ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ³Radiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁹Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Approximately 30% of adults diagnosed with interstitial lung disease (ILD) have an underlying established autoimmune disease. Based on the strong links between autoimmunity and…
Abstract Number: 1607 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Factor Is Associated with the Distribution of Hand Joint Destruction in a Dose-Dependent Manner
Chikashi Terao¹, Noriyuki Yamakawa², Koichiro Yano³, I.M. Markusse⁴, Katsunori Ikari³, Shinji Yoshida³, Moritoshi Furu⁵, Motomu Hashimoto⁵, Hiromu Ito⁵, Takao Fujii⁶, Koichiro Ohmura⁷, Kosaku Murakami⁷, Meiko Takahashi², Masahide Hamaguchi⁸, Yasuharu Tabara², Atsuo Taniguchi³, Shigeki Momohara³, Soumya Raychaudhuri⁹, Cornelia F. Allaart¹⁰, Hisashi Yamanaka¹¹, Tsuneyo Mimori¹² and Fumihiko Matsuda¹³, ¹Departments of Genetics and Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of the Control for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Dept of Rheum/Clinical Immun, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁷Dept of Rheum & Clinical Immun, Kyoto Univ Grad School of Med, Kyoto, Japan, ⁸Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan, ⁹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Dept of Rheum & Clinical Immun, Kyoto Univ Grad Schl of Med, Kyoto, Japan, ¹³Genomic Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease leading to joint destruction. Although many studies have addressed correlates associated with the speed of joint destruction,…
Abstract Number: 1658 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Factor Status Affects the Efficacy of First Biological Treatment in RA
Yoshikazu Ogawa¹, Nobunori Takahashi², Koji Funahashi², Shuji Asai³, Toki Takemoto³, Tatsuo Watanabe³, Nobuyuki Asai², Naoki Ishiguro⁴ and Toshihisa Kojima², ¹orthopedic surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ³Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopedic Suregery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factor (RF) is considered an important factor in diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The association between the treatment efficacy of biological agents and RF…
Abstract Number: 1740 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jaita Mukherjee¹, Maria Mouyis¹, Kavina Shah¹, Mohammad Mahdi Saeidinejad¹, Ayesha Akbar² and Shahir Hamdulay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom, ²Gastroenterology, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enteropathic arthropathy refers to the pattern of inflammatory arthritis seen in association with gastrointestinal pathology. Arthritis in the presence of inflammatory bowel disease can…
Abstract Number: 362 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
14-3-3η Early RA Biomarkers: Does Seronegative RA Exist?
Dirkjan van Schaardenburg¹, Walter P. Maksymowych², Maarten Boers³, Samina Turk⁴, Mairead Murphy⁵ and Anthony Marotta⁶, ¹Dr Jan van Breemenstraat 2, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Deapartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶1423 Dempsey Road, Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose RF and ACPA are used for early diagnosis and in prediction models for the risk of RA development in arthralgia patients. There remains a…
Abstract Number: 360 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
88% of Recent Onset Polyarthritis Patients Are Positive for 14-3-3η Markers and 14-3-3η Auto-Antibodies Inform a Favourable Prognosis
Gilles Boire¹, Nathalie Carrier², Artur Jose de Brum-Fernandes³, Patrick Liang⁴, Ariel Masetto⁵, Yuan Gui⁶, Mairead Murphy⁶, Walter P. Maksymowych⁷ and Anthony Marotta⁸, ¹Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, CHUS, Fleurimont, QC, Canada, ⁶Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸1423 Dempsey Road, Augurex Life Sciences Corp., North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose The 14-3-3η protein has been described as a mechanistic marker that is detectable in serum during the very early stages of RA development. A…
Abstract Number: 372 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Accuracy and Associated Costs of Rheumatoid Factor Testing in Primary Care: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Spain
Raashid Luqmani¹, Klara Morsley², Anne Miller³, Christopher J. Edwards⁴, M. Kassim Javaid⁵, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra⁶, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva^7,8, Manuel Medina Peralta⁹, Sebastian Calero Munoz⁹, Nigel Arden^10,11, Francesc Fina-Aviles⁹ and Cyrus Cooper¹², ¹Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷NDORMS, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁹Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹¹University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, ¹²MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To assess the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of rheumatoid factor (RF) as a test for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in primary care, and to…
Abstract Number: 2021 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association Between Rheumatoid Factor and Cardiovascular Disease in Healthy Adults
Chisun Min¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto¹, Gautam A. Deshpande², Shunya Kaneshita¹, Masei Suda¹, Yuri Ohara¹, Yoichiro Haji¹, Ryo Rokutanda¹, Yasuhiro Suyama¹, Hisanori Shimizu¹, Tokutaro Tsuda¹, Ken-ichi Yamaguchi¹, Akira Takeda³, Yukio Matsui¹ and Masato Okada¹, ¹Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Center for Clinical Epidemiology, St. Luke's Life Science Instutute, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Nasu-shiobara, Japan
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been shown to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both elevated rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies…
Abstract Number: 1560 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Factor Status Is a Predictor of Osteoporosis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Frank Behrens^1,2, Michaela Koehm^2,3, Eva C. Scharbatke⁴, Bianca Wittig⁵, Marc Schmalzing⁴, Holger Gnann⁶, H M Lorenz⁷, Diamant Thaci⁸ and Harald Burkhardt^1,9, ¹Rheumatology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ²Clinical Research, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine & Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology/Immunology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁵Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany, ⁶Abteilung Biostatistik, GKM Gesellschaft für Therapieforschung mbH, München, Germany, ⁷University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁸Comprehensive Center of Inflammation Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein Campus Luebeck, Lübeck, Germany, ⁹Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine & Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Background/Purpose Osteoporosis is an important comorbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases, but risk factors for osteoporosis in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients have not been explored. …
Abstract Number: 1404 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Presence and Significance of Anti-CCP Antibody in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease with and without Clinically Apparent Rheumatoid Arthritis
Muhammad Imran¹, Shanley O'brien², Mark Hamblin³ and Mehrdad Maz⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²Internal Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas city, MO, ³Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, ILD Clinic, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas city, MO, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be idiopathic or associated with underlying etiologies including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this study is to determine…

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