Abstracts tagged "Spondylarthritis"

Abstract Number: 1002 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Beneficial Effect of Angiotensin Receptor Blocker in a Spondyloarthritis Animal Model
Seung-Cheol Shim¹, Jin-Sun Choi ², Ji-Young Kim ² and Chan-Geol Park ², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, ²Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of the signs and symptoms of spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, NSAIDs have…
Abstract Number: 1005 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tendon T-cell Interactions as Drivers of Chronicity in Spondyloarthritis
Emma Garcia-Melchor ¹, Giacomo Cafaro ¹, Hanna Johnsson¹, Lindsay Crowe ², Michael McLean ², James Reilly ², Iain McInnes ³, Moeed Akbar ² and Neal Millar ³, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, ³Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Emerging evidence supports the concept that stromal cell functions extend beyond maintenance of tissue architecture, exerting a key role in choreographing immune responses and…
Abstract Number: 1007 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Memory ex-Th17 Cells Contribute to Synovial Inflammation in Spondyloarthritis
SO-HEE JIN ¹, Pu-Reum PARK ¹, Ji Hyun KANG ¹, DONG-JIN PARK ¹ and TAE-JONG KIM¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is characterized by inflammation of the synovium. An increase in the number of Th17cells in SpA has been reported. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 1167 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
To Evaluate Spine Ankylosis, Vertebral Fractures and Bone Fragility on a Single Imaging Exam in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Myth or Reality?
caroline Morizot¹, Marine Fauny ², Edem Allado ³, Frank Verhoeven ⁴, Eliane Albuisson ⁵, Astrid Pinzano-Watrin ⁶, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere ⁵ and Damien Loeuille ⁷, ¹Department Of rheumatology, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Lorraine, France, ²CHU Nancy, Vandoeuvre, France, ³CHRU Nancy, VANDOEUVRE, France, ⁴Univeristy of Franche comté, Besancon, France, ⁵Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, VANDOEUVRE, France, ⁶IMoPA. UMR 7365 CNRS, Vandoeuvre, France, ⁷Rheumatology, Nancy University Hospital and and UMR 7365 CNRS-UL IMoPA, Université de Lorraine, VANDOEUVRE, France
Background/Purpose: Spine ankylosis is a risk factor of osteoporosis and mortality in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Recently, thoracic-abdomino-pelvic CT (TAP-CT) has demonstrated its ability to screen…
Abstract Number: 1179 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Pain Processing Brain Region Associated with Therapeutic Response to Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis
Nobuya Abe¹, Yuichiro Fujieda ¹, Kuniyuki Asou ¹, Kohei Karino ², Michihito Kono ³, Hisashi Narita ⁴, Masaru Kato ¹, Khin Tha ⁵, Kenji Oku ¹, Olga Amengual ¹, Shinsuke Yasuda ¹ and Tatsuya Atsumi ⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, ⁴Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ⁵Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ⁶Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Background/Purpose: Discriminating inflammatory pain from non-inflammatory pain is critical to determine therapeutic strategy in inflammatory arthritis (IA) such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 687 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics of Spondyloarthritis Patients in Japan in Comparison to Other Regions of the World
Haruki Sawada¹, Kazuki Yoshida², Naomi Ichikawa³, Hisashi Inoue⁴, Yuko Kaneko⁵, Taku Kawasaki⁶, Kazuo Matsui⁷, Mitsuhiro Morita⁸, Kurisu Tada⁹, Naoho Takizawa¹⁰, Naoto Tamura⁹, Atsuo Taniguchi³, Yoshinori Taniguchi¹¹, Shigeyoshi Tsujii¹², Yoichiro Haji¹³, Masei Suda¹⁴, Haruyuki Yanaoka¹⁵, Ryo Rokutanda¹⁴, Masato Okada¹⁴, Clementina López Medina¹⁶, Anna Molto¹⁷, Maxime Dougados¹⁶, Désirée van der Heijde¹⁸, Shigeto Kobayashi¹⁹, Tetsuya Tomita²⁰ and Mitsumasa Kishimoto¹⁴, ¹Immuno-rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Tonan Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan, ⁸Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Aichi, Japan, ¹¹Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan, ¹²Department of Orthopedics, Osaka Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Daido Hospital, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁴Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁵St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan, ²⁰Department of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osala, Japan
Background/Purpose: To delineateclinical characteristicsof patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) in Japan in comparison to other areas of the world. Methods: Utilizingthe COMOSPA data, an international cross-sectional…
Abstract Number: 1613 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dactylitis in Early Spondyloarthritis. Baseline Data from a Prospective French National Cohort
Daniel Wendling¹, Clément Prati², Alain Saraux³, Anna Molto⁴, Thao Pham⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶ and Xavier Guillot⁷, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besancon, France, ³Rheumatology, CHU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Aix-Marseille University, APHM, Marseille, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷PEPITE EA 4267, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté university, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: Dactylitis is a particular feature shared across the several phenotypical forms of spondyloarthritis (SpA), part of the classification criteria. There are only few data…
Abstract Number: 1622 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ASAS Consensus on Spanish Nomenclature for Spondyloarthritis
Victoria Navarro-Compán¹, Teresa Oton-Sanchez², Estibaliz Loza³, Raquel Almodóvar González⁴, Rafael Ariza⁵, Wilson Bautista-Molano⁶, Rubén Burgos-Vargas⁷, Eduardo Collantes Estevez⁸, Eugenio De Miguel⁹, Carlos M Gonzalez¹⁰, Jordi Gratacos-Masmitja¹¹, Sebastián Ibáñez¹², Xavier Juanola¹³, José A. Maldonado-Cocco¹⁴, Anna Molto¹⁵, Juan D. Mulero¹⁶, Cesar Pacheco-Tena¹⁷, Cesar Ramos-Remus¹⁸, Jesus Sanz¹⁹, Rafael Valle-Oñate²⁰, Pedro Zarco²¹ and Helena Marzo-Ortega²², ¹Immuno-Rheumatology research group, IdiPaz. La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²InMusc. Instituto de Salud Músculo-Esquelética, Madrid, Spain, ³INMUSC, Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Hospital Militar, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Buenos Aires University, Consulting Professor of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires University. Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁵Hôpital Cochin, Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ¹⁶Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Hospital Christus Muguerza del Parque, Chihuahua, Mexico, ¹⁸Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Mexico, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Unidad de Reumatologia, Hospital Militar, Bogota, Colombia, ²¹H Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain, ²²NIHR LBRC, LTHT and LIRMM, UoL, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the last three decades, major advances in the spondyloarthritis (SpA) field have been achieved leading to new terminology. Whilst this terminology is well…
Abstract Number: 2574 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tapering TNF Inhibitors in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Systematicanalysisoftheliteratureandmeta-Analysis
Loukianos Couvaras¹, Thomas Barnetche², Arnaud Constantin³ and Thao Pham⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Aix-Marseille University, APHM, Marseille, France, ²Rheumatology Department, FHU ACRONIM, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse III University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Aix-Marseille University, APHM, Marseille, France
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are effective in treating patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), but they are associated with adverse effects and high costs.…
Abstract Number: 2821 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multidisciplinary Telemedicine Program for Identification of Spondyloarthritis in Medically Underserviced Communities
Christopher Hawke¹, Laura Passalent¹, Nigil Haroon², Robert D Inman³ and Y. Raja Rampersaud⁴, ¹Allied Health, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Spondylitis Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Torotno, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis is critical for optimal management of patients with inflammatory arthritis. Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) has the longest delay in diagnosis among inflammatory joint…
Abstract Number: 1516 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of Certolizumab Pegol in Patients with Uveitis Associated to Spondyloarthritis Refractory to Other Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
M. Victoria Hernández¹, Marina Mesquida¹, Victor Llorens², Maite Sainz de la Maza², Ricardo Blanco³, Vanesa Calvo⁴, Olga Maiz⁵, Ana Blanco⁶, Ana Urruticoechea-Arana⁷, Juan Ramon De Dios⁸, Pilar Ahijado-Guzman⁹, Enrique Judez¹⁰, Patricia Tejón¹¹, M Soledad Peña¹², Francisca Sivera¹³, Alfredo Adan¹ and Raimon Sanmarti¹⁴, ¹Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²Ophthalmology Department. Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL. Santander. Universidad de Cantabria. Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla., Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Donostia. Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁶Ophthalmology Department. Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department. Hospital Can Misses, IBIZA, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Unit. Fuenlabrada’s Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department. Hospital de Albacete, Albacete, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario General de Castellón, Castellon, Spain, ¹²Ophtalmology Department. Hospital Universitario General de Castellón, Castellon, Spain, ¹³Sección de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Elda., Elda, Spain, ¹⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is a common extra-articular manifestation in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) requiring, in most severe cases, the use of biological therapy, especially tumour necrosis…
Abstract Number: 1535 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Study of Potential Clinical and Biologic Predictors of Maintaining Good Response at 1 Year Follow-up, in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Under Dose Reduction of TNFi Treatment
Mireia Moreno¹, Caridad Pontes², Ferran Torres³, Agusti Sellas-Fernandez⁴, Miriam Almirall⁵, Juan Carlos Torre-Alonso⁶, Teresa Clavaguera⁷, Carlos Rodriguez-Lozano⁸, Luis Francisco Linares⁹, Ana Urruticoechea-Arana¹⁰, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez¹¹, Rosa Morla¹², Delia Reina¹³, Eduardo Cuende¹⁴, Pedro Zarco¹⁵, Cruz Fernandez-Espartero¹⁶, Rosario García-Vicuña¹⁷, Jesus Sanz¹⁸, Xavier Juanola¹⁹, Antoni Vallano²⁰, Francisco J Blanco²¹, Raimon Sanmarti²², Gonzalo Calvo²³, Cristina Avendaño²⁴, Eugenio De Miguel²⁵, Roser Vives²⁶, Raul Veroz Gonzalez²⁷, Carlos Alberto Montilla-Morales²⁸ and Jordi Gratacos-Masmitja²⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Spain, ²Clinic Pharmacology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari. I3PT. UAB, Sabadell, Spain, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Valle Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶H Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology. Palamós Hospital, Rheumatologist, Catalonia, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. Murcia. Spain, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department. Hospital Can Misses, IBIZA, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ¹²Rambla Vella, 14, Hospital La Tecla, Tarragona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases, Rheumatology department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵H Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. IIS La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Servicio de Reumatología. Area Genomica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²²Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Clinic pharmacology, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Medicine, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, MADRID, Spain, ²⁶Clinic pharmacology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari. I3PT. UAB, Sabadell, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Some clinical guidance recommends empirical TNFi dose reductions in AS patients despite lack of robust supportive evidence. Recently, we communicated that a strategy of…
Abstract Number: 2801 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Anti-IL17 Blockade with Secukinumab on Systemic and Local Immune Responses: A Mechanism-of-Action Study in Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
Leonieke van Mens¹, Marleen van de Sande², Silvia Menegatti³, Iris Blijdorp¹, Jet de Jong², Inka Fluri⁴, Talia Latuhihin¹, Arno van Kuijk⁵, Nataliya Yeremenko⁴ and Dominique Baeten¹, ¹AMC, Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Immunology, Immunoregulation Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, ⁴Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade, Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: IL-17A blockade is an effective therapy for AS and PsA, the prototypical forms of spondyloarthritis(SpA). How IL-17A blockade affects the systemic and local immune…
Abstract Number: 711 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Diagnostic Value of the Symptom of Inflammatory Back Pain in the Rheumatology Setting
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Inge Spiller¹, Joachim Listing², Jürgen Braun³, Joachim Sieper¹ and Martin Rudwaleit⁴, ¹Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory back pain (IBP) as a symptom has been shown to perform effectively for selecting patients in primary care / orthopaedic settings for referral…
Abstract Number: 723 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hip Disease Treatment and Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Daphne Scaramangas-Plumley¹, MinJae Lee², Mohammad H. Rahbar², Lianne S. Gensler³, John D. Reveille⁴ and Michael Weisman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Methods: We included 613 AS patients meeting the modified New York criteria and had at least 2 sets of hip radiographs. Using the Bath Ankylosing…

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