Abstracts tagged "treatment"

Abstract Number: 2313 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pain-Related Anxiety As a Barrier To Use Of Methotrexate In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparing Conventional Vial, Needles, and Syringe With An Investigational Auto-Injector In Healthy Volunteers
Victoria L. Ruffing¹ and Kaushik J. Dave², ¹Medicine JHAAC, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Product Development, Antares Pharma Inc, Ewing, NJ
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the cornerstone of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. Limitations of systemic exposure of oral MTX can affect its efficacy. Subcutaneous (SC) MTX…
Abstract Number: 1302 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Application of Cytostatic Agent Kinesin Eg5 Inhibitor Litronesib (KF89617) On Rat Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis and Mouse Type II Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Ichiro Miki¹ and Masako Uchii², ¹Fuji Research Park, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan, ²Fuji Research Park, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Kinesins are family of motor proteins that are involved in mitosis and intracellular transport of vesicles and organelles. The mitotic kinesin, Eg5, acts…
Abstract Number: 428 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlation Between Objective and Patient Self-Reported Clinical Improvement After Multiple Courses of Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Inadequate Response to Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors: Data From Repeat Study
Ioan Ancuta¹, Catalin Codreanu², Ruxandra Ionescu³, Magda Parvu⁴, Dan Nemes⁵, Rodica Chirieac⁶, Paulina Ciurea⁷, Maria Suta⁸, Andra Balanescu⁹, Eugenia Mociran¹⁰ and Elena Rezus¹¹, ¹“Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²Rheumatology, “Dr. I. Stoia” Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ³Internal Medicine, Clinic Hospital Sf. Maria, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴Internal Medicine, “N.Gh. Lupu” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, ”Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, ⁶C.M.I. Rodica Chirieac, Iasi, Romania, ⁷Emergency County Hospital, Craiova, Romania, ⁸Emergency County Hospital, Constanta, Romania, ⁹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁰Emergency County Hospital Dr Constantin Opis, Maramures, Romania, ¹¹Rheumatology, Recovering Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) has been evaluated in many clinical trials and objective assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity must comply with Treat to Target principles.…
Abstract Number: 2324 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistence On Biologics Is Associated With Concomitant Methotrexate Use Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Jie Zhang¹, Fenglong Xie², Elizabeth S. Delzell³, Huifeng Yun³, James Lewis⁴, Kevin Haynes⁵, Lang Chen⁶ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁷, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Persistence on Biologics is Associated with Concomitant Methotrexate Use among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Background/Purpose: Concomitant methotrexate (MTX) is associated with improved treatment efficacy in randomized controlled…
Abstract Number: 1307 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Subset–Derived Baseline Serum Biomarkers Segregate Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Into Subgroups With Distinct Serum Protein and Clinical Characteristics
A. Francesca Setiadi, Nicholas Lewin-Koh, Sarah Kummerfeld, David F. Choy, Cécile T.J. Holweg, Sally Fischer, An Song and Michael J. Townsend, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a heterogeneous disease. Predictive biomarkers have the potential to enhance treatment effectiveness by enabling identification of likely responders to a…
Abstract Number: 436 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety Study Of a Sequential Therapy Of Tocilizumab and, If Initially Inadequately Responded To Tocilizumab, Followed By Rituximab In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response To Traditional Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (MIRAI)-Interim Analysis 2
Thomas Doerner¹, Hans Peter Tony², Hendrik Schulze-Koops³, Jörg Kaufmann⁴, Peter Kaestner⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Reiner Kurthen⁷, S. Wagner⁸, Marvin A. Peters⁹ and Christof Iking-Konert¹⁰, ¹Dept Int Med (Charite), Humdoldt Univ, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology/Immunology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁴Ambulant Centres for Rheumatology, Rheumatologist, Ludwigsfelde, Germany, ⁵Outpatient Department of Rheumatology, Ambulantes Rheumazentrum Erfurt, Germany,, Erfurt, Germany, ⁶Centre for Inflammatory Joint Diseases, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumapraxis, Aachen, Germany, ⁸Internistische Schwerpunktpraxis für Rheumatologie, Halle, Germany, ⁹Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: The MIRAI study evaluates a sequential exposure to two defined biologics under rigorous study conditions within a homogeneous population of patients (pts) who inadequately…
Abstract Number: 2328 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib, An Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor, In The Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Open-Label, Long-Term Extension Safety and Efficacy Up To 5 Years
Jürgen Wollenhaupt¹, Joel Silverfield², Eun Bong Lee³, Susan P. Wood⁴, Ketti K. Terry⁴, Hiroyuki Nakamura⁵, Yukako Ohno⁵, David Gruben⁴, Birgitta Benda⁶, Lisy Wang⁴ and Richard Riese⁴, ¹Schoen-Klinik Hamburg-Eilbek Teaching Hospital of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ²Healthpoint Medical Group, Tampa, FL, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral JAK inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we report tofacitinib safety, tolerability, and durability of response…
Abstract Number: 951 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Anti-IL-17A Monoclonal Antibody Secukinumab (AIN457) Inhibits Pro-Inflammatory Mediator Release From Human Primary Synoviocytes Costimulated With IL-17 and TNF
Christine Huppertz, Marija Curcic Djuric, Robert Hennze and Frank Kolbinger, Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammatory Disease, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, SWITZERLAND, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are targets of the pro-inflammatory IL-17 cytokines and a major source of inflammatory mediators in the inflamed synovium in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 439 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib, An Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor: Analysis Of Gastrointestinal Adverse Events Across The Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Program
E. B. Lee¹, J. R. Curtis², R. Riese³, C. A. Connell³, R. Chew³, M.G. Boy³, E. Maller⁴, C. Su⁴ and L. Wang³, ¹Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase inhibitor being investigated as a targeted immunomodulator in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This analysis aimed to describe and…
Abstract Number: 2112 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hip and Knee Arthroplasty In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry: 2003 To 2011
Andrew Lim¹, Stephen Graves², Yen Liu², Lionel Schachna¹ and Russell R. Buchanan¹, ¹Rheumatology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, ²Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Total Joint Replacement in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is a marker of disease severity. Whilst the rate of total hip (THA) and total knee…
Abstract Number: 796 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drug Exposure Limitations of Oral Methotrexate (MTX) At Doses >15mgs May be Overcome By Using a Subcutaneous MTX Auto-Injector in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Michael H. Schiff¹, Lee S. Simon², Bruce Freundlich³, Jonathan Jaffe⁴ and Kaushik J. Dave⁵, ¹Rheumatology Division, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ²SDG LLC Consulting, West Newton, MA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Clinical Development, Antares Pharma Inc, Ewing, NJ, ⁵Product Development, Antares Pharma Inc, Ewing, NJ
Drug exposure limitations of oral methotrexate (MTX) at doses >15mgs may be overcome by using a subcutaneous MTX auto-injector in pts with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Background/Purpose:…
Abstract Number: 1978 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect Of Certolizumab On Lymphatic Volume and Flow In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Acute Flare
Homaira Rahimi¹, Vaseem Chengazi², Gregory Dieudonne², Edward M. Schwarz³ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, ¹Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Radiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Episodic flare occurs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but the mechanisms of this process are not well understood. Our prior reports on MRI analysis of…
Abstract Number: 802 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib, An Oral Janus Kinase Inhibitor: Analysis Of Malignancies Across The Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Program
X. Mariette¹, J. R. Curtis², E. B. Lee³, B. Benda⁴, I. Kaplan⁵, K. Soma⁵, R. Chew⁵, J. Geier⁶, L. Wang⁷ and R. Riese⁵, ¹Paris-Sud University, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁶Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁷Pfizer Worldwide R&D, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This analysis extended the evaluation of malignancies that occurred…
Abstract Number: 2546 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib Inhibits Radiographic Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Prone to Develop Structural Damage: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Robert B. M. Landewé² and David Gruben³, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam & Atrium Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel, oral Janus kinase inhibitor being investigated as a targeted immunomodulator and disease-modifying therapy for RA. In the ORAL Scan trial…
Abstract Number: 1559 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Outcomes From a Nurse-Led Rheumatology Clinic in Monitoring of anti-TNF Therapy – a Randomised Controlled Trial
Ingrid Larsson¹, Bengt Fridlund¹, Barbro Arvidsson², Annika Teleman³ and Stefan Bergman⁴, ¹Jönköping University, Jönköping, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden, ²Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden, ³Spenshults Hosp of Rheum Dis, Oskarstrom, Sweden, ⁴Spenshult Hospital, R&D Center, Spenshult Hospital, Oskarström, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA) treated with anti-TNF therapy are usually followed up by rheumatologists. Nurse-led rheumatology clinics have been proposed for patients…

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