Abstracts tagged "treatment"

Abstract Number: 1318 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Large Joint Destruction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Using FDG-PET/CT: A Prospective Study
Takahito Suto, Koichi Okamura, Yukio Yonemoto, Chisa Okura and Kenji Takagishi, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Background/Purpose: The assessments of joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are mainly restricted to small joints in the hands and feet. However, the…
Abstract Number: 1438 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oral Potassium (K+) Reduces Pain in RA: A Randomized Active Control Study of Diet Based K+ Intervention
Toktam Kainifard¹, Manjit Saluja², Anuradha Venugopalan³, Raju Rane⁴ and Arvind Chopra⁵, ¹Rheumatology, PhD fellow, Pune, India, ²Clinical care, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, India, ³Rheumatology, R & D, Lab, Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, India, ⁴Pathology, Pathologist, Pune, India, ⁵Rheumatology, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune 411001, India
Background/Purpose: National Health and Nutrition Survey III (1988-94,USA) data showed a low K+ body status in RA. Further information is scanty. K+ is critical to…
Abstract Number: 1632 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do RA Susceptibility Loci Predict Response to Methotrexate As First DMARD in Early RA?
Thomas Frisell¹, Saedis Saevarsdottir^2,3 and Johan Askling^1,4, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Improved means to predict which RA patients will respond to methotrexate monotherapy, the preferred first line therapy in early RA, would allow patients to…
Abstract Number: 1647 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized, Clinical Trial to Assess the Relative Efficacy and Tolerability of Two Doses of Etoricoxib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kara Bickham¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Narinder Rawal³, Joachim Sieper⁴, Boyd Scott⁵, Nancy Frontera¹, Sandhya Shah¹, Paul Stryszak¹, Dimitris Papanicolaou¹, Zoran Popmihajlov¹ and Paul Peloso¹, ¹Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, ²University Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden, ⁴Rheumatology, Charite - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose: Etoricoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, provides symptom modification in RA patients. Previous dose-ranging studies in RA demonstrated the clinical efficacy of etoricoxib 90…
Abstract Number: 1659 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lack of Effect of Reduced Folic Acid Supplementation on Disease Activity in RA
Lisa K. Stamp¹, Jill Drake², John L. O'Donnell³, Christopher Frampton⁴ and Peter T. Chapman⁵, ¹Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ²Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³Immunology, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵Rheumatology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: It is recommended that all patients receiving MTX also receive at least 5mg/week of folic acid in an effort to reduce occurrence of MTX…
Abstract Number: 1660 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Two-Year Prospective Study of Patients with Rheumatic Disease on Dose Reduction of Biological Therapy
M. Victoria Hernández¹, Jose Inciarte-Mundo², Sonia Cabrera-Villalba³, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide⁴, Julio Ramirez², Andrea Cuervo⁴, Juan D. Cañete^4,5 and Raimon Sanmarti², ¹Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Dose reduction of biological therapy in patients with chronic arthritis (CA) with good clinical response is a common pattern in clinical practice. However, most…
Abstract Number: 1665 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis after Methotrexate: Data from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Janet E. Pope¹, Mohammad Movahedi^2,3, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li², Sandra Couto², Emmanouil Rampakakis³, John S. Sampalis^3,4, Claire Bombardier^2,5,6 and OBRI Investigators, ¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Department of Medicine (DOM) and Institute of Health Policy Management, and Evaluation (IHPME), Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Guidelines support the use of combination conventional synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (csDMARDs), switching csDMARDs and/or use of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) treatment in active rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2138 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy Results of a Phase 2, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study of Duvelisib with Background Methotrexate (MTX) in Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Richard Leff¹, Sunil Kumar², Natalia Nikulenkova³, Igor Kaidashev⁴, Kerstin Allen⁵, Joi Dunbar⁶, Howard Stern⁷, Julian Adams⁶ and Michael Weinblatt⁸, ¹Clinical Research, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ²Centre for Clinical Research and Effective Practice (CCRep), Auckland, New Zealand, ³State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Vladimir Region, Regional Clinical Hospital, Vladimir, Russia, ⁴City Clinical Hospital #1 of Poltava City, Poltava, Ukraine, ⁵Biostatistics, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁷Translational Science, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Duvelisib is a potent, oral, dual inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)-δ,γ being developed for hematologic malignancies, and was also explored in early phase studies in…
Abstract Number: 2493 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement of Disease Activity and Quality of Care in a Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Conventional Dmard Therapy Under Treat to Target Recommendations and a Model of Patient-Centered Care
Pedro Ivan Santos-Moreno¹, Ginna Saavedra², Rosana Ramirez², Laura Villarreal², Ana Bolena Cardozo², Vanessa Giraldo², Paola Martinez², Adriana Sanchez², Merle Sanchez², Danny Gomez² and Juan Manuel Bello², ¹Rheumatology, Biomab, Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis., Bogota, Colombia, ²Rheumatology, Biomab, Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Bogota, Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Treat to Target (T2T) strategy becomes from the need to develop therapeutic targets and tools to achieve defined outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Moreover,…
Abstract Number: 464 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologic Therapy Treatment Complications in the Alberta Aboriginal Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Yufei Zheng², Arto Ohinmaa², Brenda Hemmelgarn³, Gilaad Kaplan⁴, Liam Martin⁵ and Walter Maksymowych⁶, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Medicine, Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Biologic Therapy Treatment Complications in the Alberta Aboriginal Population with Rheumatoid Arthritis Background/Purpose: Aboriginal people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have more severe disease and an…
Abstract Number: 2612 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of a Multibiomarker Disease Activity Score in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated in a Real World Setting
Sergio Schwartzman¹, Keith Knapp², Gary Craig³, Karen Ferguson⁴ and Howard Kenney⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Arthritis Northwest, Spokane, WA, ³Discus Analytics, Inc., Spokane, WA, ⁴Arthritis Northwest PLLC., Spokane, WA, ⁵Rheumatology, Arthritis Northwest, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: A number of composite outcome measures have been validated to quantify disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Few studies have been published on the…
Abstract Number: 570 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dose Selection of Namilumab, an Anti-GM-CSF Monoclonal Antibody: An Integrated Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Approach for Phase II Studies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thomas Wagner¹, Ulrich Thienel², Eva-Maria Vieser³, Bernard Souberbielle⁴ and Gezim Lahu¹, ¹Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL, ³AMGEN Research (Munich) GmbH, Munich, Germany, ⁴Takeda Pharmaceuticals, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) mediates a range of immunological and inflammatory processes, and plays a role in a variety of inflammatory diseases. Namilumab…
Abstract Number: 2729 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Radiographic Outcome of Iguratimod for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tsuneo Kondo, Akiko Shibata, Ryota Sakai, Jun Kikuchi, Kentaro Chino, Ayumi Okuyama, Hirofumi Takei and Koichi Amano, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Iguratimod is a new small-molecular drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which was approved on June, 2012 in Japan. The agent inhibits the production of…
Abstract Number: 590 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression Levels of Selected Genes May Predict Response to TNF Alpha Blockers or Rituximab in the Individual Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Daphna Paran¹, Shlomo Pundak², Yaniv Kotler², Yoav Smith³, Uri Arad⁴, David Levartovsky⁵, Ilana Kaufman⁴, Victoria Furer⁴, Ofir Elalouf⁴, Adi Broyde¹, Sara Pel⁴, Dan Caspi⁴ and Ori Elkayam⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Genefron Ltd. Jerusalem Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, ³Genomic Data analysis Hadassah Medical School Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁵Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a variety of therapeutic options however tools to predict individual patients' response are limited. The purpose of this…
Abstract Number: 2776 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Profiling Compounds in Human Primary Cell-Based Disease Models Guide Indication Selection
Jason Ptacek, Ellen L. Berg and Alison O'Mahony, BioSeek, a division of DiscoveRx Corp., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In vitro co-cultures of human primary cells, including immune cells, fibroblasts, smooth muscle, keratinocytes, epithelial or endothelial cells were developed to capture the complexity…

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