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Abstracts tagged "tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and uveitis"

  • Abstract Number: 1516 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    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: 1337 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Effectiveness of Certolizumab Pegol in Patients with Uveitis Refractory to Other Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors. Report of 22 Cases

    M. Victoria Hernández1, Marina Mesquida2, Victor Llorens2, Maite Sainz de la Maza2, Gerard Espinosa3, Ricardo Blanco4, Vanesa Calvo4, Olga Maiz5, Ana Blanco6, Juan Ramon De Dios7, Pilar Ahijado-Guzman8, Enrique Judez9, Patricia Tejón10, M Soledad Peña11, Raimon Sanmarti1 and Alfredo Adan12, 1Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2Ophthalmology Department. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Autoimmune Diseases Department. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 5Rheumatology Department. Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, Spain, 6Ophthalmology Department. Donostia University Hospital, Donostia, Spain, 7Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, 8Avda. Reyes Catolicos, 21, Rheumatology Department. Hospital Infanta Elena, Valdemoro, Madrid, Spain, 9Rheumatology Department. Hospital de Albacete, Albacete, Spain, 10Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario General de Castellón, Castellon, Spain, 11Ophtalmology Dpt. Hospital Universitario General de Castellón, Castellon, Spain, 12Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Department. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Refractory uveitis may requiere the use of biological therapy, especially tumour necrosis factors inhibitors (TNFi), being the most currently used infliximab and adalimumab. However,…
  • Abstract Number: 1455 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Collagen-Induced Arthritis and Uveitis in Mice Lacking TNF Receptors

    Chiharu Iwahashi1, Minoru Fujimoto2, Tomoharu Ohkawara3, Hayato Urushima1, Satoshi Serada1 and Tetsuji Naka4, 1Laboratory for Immune Signal, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Japan, 2Laboratry of immune signal, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Japan, 3Laboratory for immune signal, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Osaka, Japan, 4Laboratory for immune signal, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a critical effector of the autoimmune inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and uveitis. TNF inhibitors are preferably used in…
  • Abstract Number: 2038 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Adalimumab in Patients with Active, Noninfectious Uveitis Using High-Dose Corticosteroids

    Antoine P. Brezin1, Phillippe Kestelyn2, Joachim Van Calster3, Glenn J. Jaffe4, Jennifer E. Thorne5, David Scales6, Pablo Franco7, Andrew D. Dick8,9,10, Quan Dong Nguyen11, Eric B. Suhler12,13, Anne Camez14, Alexandra P. Song15, Martina Kron14, Samir Tari15, James T. Rosenbaum16,17 and Arnd Heiligenhaus18, 1Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, 2Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 3University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 4Duke University, Durham, NC, 5Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, 6University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, 7Organización Médica de Investigación (OMI), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 9University of Bristol, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, 10University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom, 11Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 12VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, 13Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science Univ, Portland, OR, 14Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 15AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, 16Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Hospital system, Portland, OR, 17Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 18Department of Ophthalmology at St. Franziskus Hospital Muenster, University of Duisberg-Essen, Muenster, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids, currently the mainstay of uveitis treatment, are associated with adverse events and are not always fully effective. Multiple reports describe the use of…

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