Abstracts tagged "therapy"

Abstract Number: 0793 • ACR Convergence 2021
Contributing Factors of Good Outcome in Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter RA Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study in Japan
Shin-ya Kawashiri¹, Tohru Michitsuji¹, Yushiro Endo¹, Ayako Nishino¹, Toshimasa Shimizu¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Tomohiro Koga¹, Naoki Iwamoto¹, Kunihiro Ichinose² and Atsushi Kawakami¹, ¹Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The concept of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA) has emerged as the greatest unmet need in recent years. We have investigated the clinical characteristics…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Integrative Approach to Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Healing the Body, Mind & Spirit
Elisabeth Abeson¹, ¹Westport, CT

Background/Purpose: Diagnosed with RA in 2012, rheumatologists prescribed methotrexate or a biologic. As I was profoundly impacted by my mom’s 30-year battle with RA, I…
Abstract Number: 2135 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Therapeutic Strategies and Survival in Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features
Marco Sebastiani¹, Giulia Cassone ², Caterina Vacchi ¹, Lisa De Pasquale ¹, Stefania Cerri ³, Giovanni Della Casa ⁴, Carlo Salvarani ¹ and Andreina Manfredi ¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, MOdena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ²Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ³Respiratory Disease Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ⁴Radiology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Background/Purpose: Recently the term “interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features” (IPAF) has been proposed to identify patients with interstitial lung disease and autoimmune characteristics, not fulfilling…