B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

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VAMC, 2 Austin Diagnostic Clinic, Austin, TX, 3 Birmingham VAMC,
Minneapolis, MN, 4 Dallas VAMC, Dallas, TX, 5 Denver Health,
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Denver VAMC, 7 Denver VAMC, Aurora, CO, 8 Portland Rheum
Clinic LLC, Lake Oswego, OR, 9 St. Louis VAMC, St. Louis, MO, 10 St.
Louis VAMC, 11 Univ of Colorado, 12 Univ of Florida Jacksonville,
Saint Augustine, FL, 13 Univ of Minneapolis, Minneapolis,
MN, 14 Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, NE, 15 University of
Colorado, 16 VA HSR&D, 17 VA PBM
3:30 PM
1396. Induction Therapy with Methotrexate and Prednisone in
Rheumatoid or Very Early Arthritic Disease: IMPROVED Study.
K. V. C. de Boer 5 , K. Visser 6 , H. K. Ronday 4 , A. A. Schouffoer 3 , J.
H. L. M. Groenendael 2 , A. J. Peeters 9 , I. Speyer 1 , G. Collée 7 , P.
B. J . Sonnaville 8 , B. A. M. Grillet 10 , T. W. J. Huizinga 6 and C. F.
Allaart 5 , 1 Bronovo Hospital, The Hague, 2 Franciscus Hospital,
Roosendaal, 3 Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, 4 Haga Hospital, The
Hague, 5 LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands, 6 LUMC, Leiden, 7 MCH,
the Hague, 8 Oosterschelde Hospital, Goes, 9 Reinier de Graaf
Gasthuis, Delft, 10 Zorgsaam, Terneuzen
3:45 PM
1397. The Role of Low-Dose Oral Prednisone Treatment in Early
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Effects on Clinical and Ultrasonographic
Remission and Functional Outcome.
Garifallia Sakellariou 1 , Monica Todoerti 2 , Carlo A. Scirè 2 , Serena
Bugatti 2 , Carlomaurizio Montecucco 2 and Roberto Caporali 2 ,
1
Chair and Division of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi
di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia,
Lombardia, Italy, 2 Chair and Division of Rheumatology, Università
degli Studi di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo,
Pavia, Italy
A311
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Clinical Aspects and
Treatment: Renal
Moderators: Frederic A. Houssiau, MD, PhD; Universite
Catholique Louvain; Brussels, Belgium
Eliza F. Chakravarty, MD; Stanford University; Mountain View, CA
2:30 PM
1398. Repeat Kidney Biopsies Fail To Detect Differences
between Azathioprine and Mycophenolate Mofetil
Maintenance Therapy for Lupus Nephritis: Data from the
MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial.
Maria Stoenoiu 1 , Selda Aydin 1 , Carlos Vasconcelos 4 , Maria
Tektonidou 5 , Isabelle Ravelingien 6 , Véronique le Guern 2 ,
Geneviève Depresseux 1 , Ricard Cervera 3 , Jean-Pierre Cosyns 1
and Frédéric A. Houssiau 1 , 1 Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2 Hôpital
Cochin, Paris, France, 3 Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 4 Hospital
Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal, 5 National University of Athens,
Athens, Greece, 6O.L. Vrouwziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium
2:45 PM
1399. C4d on Circulating Cells and Renal Tissues in Lupus
Nephritis as Novel Biomarkers.
Kelly V. Liang 4 , Ibrahim Batal 2 , Sheldon Bastacky 4 , Lawrence
Kiss, Theresa McHale, Nicole Wilson, Barbara Paul, Apinya
Lertratanakul, Joseph M. Ahearn 1 , Susan Manzi 5 and Amy H.
Kao 3 , 1 Wexford, PA, 2 Pittsburgh, PA, 3 Allegheny Singer Research
Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 4 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,
2010 Program Book
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West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 PM
1400. Are the Current Thresholds for SLE Proteinuric Flare
Set Too High? Determining the 99% Confidence Intervals for
Spontaneous Variation in Urine Protein/Creatinine Ration in
SLE GN Patients Who Are Clinically Stable (Not Flaring).
Stacy P. Ardoin 1 , Dan J. Birmingham 2 , Brad H. Rovin 2 , P. Hebert 3 ,
C.-Y. Yu 2 and Lee A. Hebert 2 , 1 Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH, 2 Ohio State University, 3 University of Washington
3:15 PM
1401. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of
Immunosuppressant Therapy Clinical Trials in Membranous
Lupus Nephritis.
Vikas Majithia 2 , Josh T. Swan 1 and Daniel Riche 3 , 1 Methodist
Hospital, Houston, 2 University of Mississippi Medical Center,
Jackson, MS, 3 University of Mississippi Medical Center
3:30 PM
1402. Treatment of Lupus Nephritis with Enteric-Coated
Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) – MyLupus Exploratory
Study.
Andrea Doria, For the MyLupus Study Group, Padova, Italy
3:45 PM
1403. Machine Learning Models Using Multiple Low
Abundance Protein Biomarker Levels Are Superior to Those
Using Clinical Laboratory Values in Diagnosing ISN/RPS Class of
Lupus Nephritis.
Jim C. Oates 2 , Michelle A. Petri 1 , Jonas S. Almeida 4 , Thomas W.
Fleury 3 , Janech G. Michael 3 and John M. Arthur 3 , 1 Timonium,
MD, 2 Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC,
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Medical University of South Carolina, 4 The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
ACR/ARHP Combined Concurrent
Abstract Session
2:30 - 4:00 PM
B311
ACR/ARHP Combined Pediatric Rheumatology -
Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects Abstracts: Quality of
Life in Children and Adolescents with Arthritis
Moderators: Karen L. Kerr, MSN, NP, CPNP, PNP; Children’s
Hospital of Michigan; Detroit, MI
Hermine Brunner, MD, MSc.; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center; Cincinnati, OH
2:30 PM
1404. Investigating Medication Adherence in Pediatric
Rheumatology Using a Medical Claims Database.
Caitlin M. Sgarlat 3 , Jorge M. Lopez-Benitez 2 , Emily Cox 1 and Ira
B. Wilson 4 , 1 Express Scripts Inc. Research and Analysis, St. Louis,
MO, 2 Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children:
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Boston, MA, 3 Tufts Medical
Center and Floating Hospital for Children: Division of Pediatric
Rheumatology; Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate
Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, 4Tufts Medical Center and
Floating Hospital for Children; Tufts University Sackler School of
Graduate Biomedical Sciences