Abstracts tagged "risk and viruses"

Abstract Number: 222 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Viral Exposures As a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Summarizing the Evidence
Fatima Kudaeva¹, Janet E. Pope² and Mark Speechley³, ¹Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Canada, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease with a complex etiology. Infections are viewed as environmental triggers of RA. Different viral exposures have been…
Abstract Number: 2050 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Herpes Zoster during the Tofacitinib Clinical Development Program for RA: Characterization of Herpes Zoster Incidence and Evaluation of Whether Herpes Zoster Predicts Subsequent Serious Infections or Malignancy
Kevin L. Winthrop¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Kunihiro Yamaoka³, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, Chudy Nduaka⁵, Haiyun Fan⁵, Pinaki Biswas⁶, Tomohiro Hirose⁷, Sriram Krishnaswami⁸, Hernan Valdez⁶, Shigeyuki Toyoizumi⁷, Koshika Soma⁸ and Connie Chen⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁷Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of RA. The risk of herpes zoster (HZ) was elevated within the tofacitinib clinical…

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