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Efficacy and safety of rituximab with and without methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients: Results from the GISEA register

2014

Abstract Introduction Rituximab (RTX) is a monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in association with methotrexate (MTX). Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of RTX–MTX combination therapy compared with RTX alone in the treatment of RA. Methods We analyzed data from a prospective cohort study, the Italian biologic register GISEA, to investigate the efficacy and safety of rituximab. Moreover, the adverse events (AE) and the causes of discontinuation therapy were analyzed. Results We identified 338 RA patients, 162 treated with RTX and 176 with RTX–MTX. After 52 and 104 weeks of therapy the disease activity score in 28 joints and the H…

RegistrieMaleanti-CD20 rituximab; rheumatoid arthritis; GISEArheumatoid arthritisSettore MED/16 - REUMATOLOGIAAnti-CD20Arthritis RheumatoidAntibodies Monoclonal Murine-DerivedRheumatoidMonoclonalRegistriesProspective cohort studyGISEAAnti-CD20; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rituximab; Adult; Aged; Antibodies Monoclonal; Antibodies Monoclonal Murine-Derived; Antirheumatic Agents; Arthritis Rheumatoid; Drug Therapy Combination; Female; Humans; Male; Methotrexate; Middle Aged; Treatment Outcome; RegistriesAntirheumatic AgentAntibodies MonoclonalMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeRituximab rheumatoid arthritisAntirheumatic AgentsRheumatoid arthritisCombinationMonoclonalDrug Therapy CombinationFemaleRituximabRituximabHumanmedicine.drugmusculoskeletal diseasesAdultMurine-Derivedmedicine.medical_specialtyCombination therapyAntibodiesNOAnti-CD20; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; RituximabDrug TherapyRheumatologyanti-CD20 rituximabInternal medicinemedicineHumansRheumatoid arthritisAdverse effectRheumatoid arthritiAnti-CD20; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rituximab; Adult; Aged; Antibodies Monoclonal; Antibodies Monoclonal Murine-Derived; Antirheumatic Agents; Arthritis Rheumatoid; Drug Therapy Combination; Female; Humans; Male; Methotrexate; Middle Aged; Rituximab; Treatment Outcome; Registries; RheumatologyAgedbusiness.industryArthritismedicine.diseaseSurgeryDiscontinuationMethotrexateMethotrexatebusinessJoint Bone Spine
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Responsiveness to change and reliability of measurement of radiographic joint space width in osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review

2011

Import JabRef | WosArea Orthopedics; Rheumatology; International audience; Objective: The goal of this systematic review was to report the responsiveness to change and reliability of conventional radiographic joint space width (JSW) measurement. Method: We searched the PubMed and Embase databases using the following search criteria: [osteoarthritis (OA) (MeSH)] AND (knee) AND (X-ray OR radiography OR diagnostic imaging OR radiology OR disease progression) AND (joint space OR JSW or disease progression). We assessed responsiveness by calculating the standardized response mean (SRM). We assessed reliability using intra- and inter-reader intra-class correlation (ICC) and coefficient of variati…

Research designmedicine.medical_specialtyRadiographKnee JointRadiographyCoefficient of variationBiomedical EngineeringOsteoarthritisARTHROSCOPIC EVALUATIONCHONDROITINS 4Knee JointPLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALArticleX-ray03 medical and health sciencesDOUBLE-BLIND0302 clinical medicineFIXED-FLEXIONRheumatologyStandardized response meanmedicineHumansFluoroscopyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineReliability (statistics)Observer Variation030203 arthritis & rheumatology030222 orthopedicsSTANDING ANTEROPOSTERIORmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industry[SCCO.NEUR] Cognitive science/NeuroscienceDISEASE PROGRESSIONReproducibility of ResultsResponsivenessOsteoarthritis Kneemedicine.diseaseReliabilityConfidence interval3. Good healthGLUCOSAMINE SULFATEResearch DesignFluoroscopyPhysical therapyKnee osteoarthritisSENSITIVITYbusinessMEDIAL TIBIAL PLATEAU
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Brief Report: Intestinal Dysbiosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis

2015

Objective Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common, highly heritable immune-mediated arthropathy that occurs in genetically susceptible individuals exposed to an unknown but likely ubiquitous environmental trigger. There is a close relationship between the gut and spondyloarthritis, as exemplified in patients with reactive arthritis, in whom a typically self-limiting arthropathy follows either a gastrointestinal or urogenital infection. Microbial involvement in AS has been suggested; however, no definitive link has been established. The aim of this study was to determine whether the gut in patients with AS carries a distinct microbial signature compared with that in the gut of healthy contro…

RikenellaceaebiologyImmunologyLachnospiraceaePorphyromonadaceaeIleumPrevotellaceaebiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureRheumatologyImmunologymedicineImmunology and AllergyReactive arthritisDysbiosisBacteroidaceaeArthritis & Rheumatology
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Use of phenoclimatic models to estimate the chill and heat requirements of four sweet cherry cultivars in Italy

2017

During their dormant period, fruit trees require a certain amount of relatively low temperatures to complete bud differentiation processes and regularly resume growth the following spring. Unsatisfied chilling needs can result in delayed foliation, severe yield and fruit quality losses. There is a need for a method to estimate accurately the chilling requirement of a cultivar. This is especially important in those areas where the potential of chill accumulation in winter is low and for those crops, such as sweet cherry, which generally have a high chilling requirement. Historical temperature records and blooming dates of four sweet cherry cultivars widely cultivated in Italy - 'Burlat', 'Sw…

Settore AGR/03 - Arboricoltura Generale E Coltivazioni Arboree030203 arthritis & rheumatology03 medical and health sciencesHorticulture0302 clinical medicineGeography010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesPhenologyCultivarphenology endo-dormancy chilling units blooming time environmental adaptabilityHorticulture01 natural sciences0105 earth and related environmental sciencesActa Horticulturae
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Metilazione del DNA in artrite reumatoide

2005

Lo stato di metilazione del DNA genomico e del gene PTHrP è stato valutato con tecniche molecolari e citogenetiche in artrite reumatoide (AR), patologia autoimmune caratterizzata anche da alta incidenza di linfomi e da ipercalcemia per overespressione del gene PTHrP. La metilazione del DNA, infatti, ha un ruolo critico nello sviluppo delle malattie neoplastiche; il gene PTHrP avendo tre promotori uno dei quali contiene un’isola CpG è un buon candidato per la deregolazione da alterato pattern di metilazione locale. Le indagini sulla metilazione genomica, condotte su DNA estratto da sangue periferico di pazienti e di donatori e amplificato in reazioni di Methylation-Sensitive Arbitrarily Prim…

Settore BIO/18 - Geneticainstead chromosomes of controls were almost uniformly decorated by brilliant grains. Studies on methylation of PTHrP gene promoter 2 performed on five CpG island internal sites using the Methylation-Sensitive Restriction Endonuclease Multiplex (MSREM)-PCR showed that one of the sites nearest the trascription starting point is heavy methylated in a significantly high number of RA patients. Thus RA seems to be characterized by genomewide hypomethylation associated with local hypermethylation like the most part of tumors. This result raises the possibility that susceptibility to lymphomas is related to abnormal DNA methylation levels and suggests the opportunity to evaluate the DNA methylation status in RA patientin fact the demethylating therapies together with diet and life style can act towards an increase of tumor risk. Future studies using a larger number of subjects could confirm these findings.Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by high recurrence of lymphomas as well as hypercalcemia due to PTHrP overexpression. Because of DNA methylation plays a critical role in development of neoplasias we determined in RA patients the global DNA methylation status and local methylation pattern of the CpG island of one of the three promoters of PTHrP gene utilizing molecular and cytogenetic techniques. Investigations performed on DNA from peripheral blood of patients and donors amplified by Methylation-Sensitive Arbitrarily Primed (MeS-AP)-PCR indicated that RA is strongly associated with global DNA hypomethylation. Similarly chromosomal DNA methylation pattern analysis by indirect immunofluorescence technique with anti 5-methylcitosine antibody showed all peripheral lymphocyte metaphases from RA patients with chromosomes weakly fluorescent without discrete grain
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Effects of physical activity on postural balance in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from pilot study

2017

Settore M-EDF/02 - Metodi E Didattiche Delle Attivita' Sportivebody balance postural control physical activity idiopathic arthritis children
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Anakinra drug retention rate and predictive factors of drug survival in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult onset Still’s disease.

2019

Introduction: Only a few studies have reported the long-term efficacy of interleukin (IL)-1 inhibition in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD). We herein describe Anakinra (ANA) effectiveness expressed in terms of drug retention rate (DRR) and evaluate predictive factors of drug survival in sJIA and ASOD patients. Objectives: Examine the overall DRR of ANA in sJIA and AOSD patients. Explore the influence of biologic line of treatment, and the concomitant use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cDMARDs) on DRR in the whole sample and stratified according to the disease thereafter; find eventual predictive factors associated with events l…

Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaAnakinraSettore MED/16 - REUMATOLOGIAAnakinra Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Still’s disease
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Dermatologic adverse events associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis treatment

2020

Introduction: Steroids and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are widely used in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Dermatologic adverse events including psoriasis have been reported in treatment of various inflammatory diseases (1-3). However, data regarding the occurrence of dermatologic adverse events in JIA patients are scarce (4-6). Objectives: To determine the prevalence of dermatologic adverse events in JIA patients treated with systemic steroids and DMARDs. To investigate an association between drugs and dermatologic adverse events and the association between anti-TNF treatment and psoriasiform lesions.

Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaDMARDs juvenile idiopathic arthritis Dermatologic adverse events
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DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL VALIDATION OF THE SYSTEMIC JADAS, A NEW COMPOSITE DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE FOR SYSTEMIC JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS

2019

Background: Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) has gained increasing popularity for the measurement of the level of disease activity in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, so far the JADAS has been validated only in children with the non-systemic categories of JIA. Objectives: To develop and validate the systemic JADAS (sJADAS), a new version of the JADAS specific to systemic JIA (sJIA). Methods: The sJADAS is made up by adding a fifth item, named Systemic Manifestation Score (SMS), to the four items included in the original tool (physician global assessment of disease activity, parent/patient global assessment of well-being, active joint count and ery…

Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaJADAS Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis disease activity
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EVALUATION OF THE DISEASE COURSE OF ITALIAN CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH ETANERCEPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN 1019 PATIENTS

2015

Methods: This is a multicenter, observational study that includes all children with JIA who were given ETN at Italian pediatric rheumatology centers after January 2000. Patients were classified in 2 groups: patients who were no longer taking ETN at study start (Group 1); patients who were still receiving ETN at study start (Group 2). Patients in Group 1 underwent only retrospective assessments, whereas patients in Group 2 underwent both retrospective and cross-sectional assessments. The primary outcome of the study were reasons for ETN discontinuation in patients in Group 1, and achievement of the states of inactive disease (ID), minimal disease activity (MDA) and parent- and child-acceptab…

Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaJUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS ETANERCEPT JADAS
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