Abstracts tagged "sonography and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 2963 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Sirukumab Improves Synovial Vascularity As Measured By Power Doppler Sonography in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from As Early As Week 4 in a Phase 3 Trial
Bidisha Dasgupta¹, Kristen Sweet¹, Dick DeVries², Benjamin Hsu¹, Ian Gourley¹, Matthew Loza¹ and Peter C. Taylor³, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Biologics Europe, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is an established non-invasive tool for sensitively assessing disease activity at the individual‐joint level in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Synovial thickness is detectable…