Rheumatology

Husni ME, Bozyczko M, Wolin D, Sweeney C, Davenport E, Hass S, Yi E, Hur P, Grinnell-Merrick L. A prospective, longitudinal study to evaluate real-world patient experiences and treatment satisfaction with secukinumab for psoriatic arthritis. Poster presented at the Virtual EULAR 2021 Congress; June 2, 2021. [abstract] Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Jun; 80(Suppl 1):808-9.


BACKGROUND: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disease that impairs quality of life. Despite therapeutic advances, up to a third of patients do not respond or are unable to sustain a treatment response. Thus, data on patient treatment experience in PsA is critical.

Mody R, Meyers J, Yu M, Levine J, Davis KL. Are we there yet? Increasing use of cardioprotective antihyperglycemic agents in patients with T2D and CVD or CV risk in the U.S. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual American Diabetes Association 81st Scientific Session; June 25, 2021.


Ueda K, Takura T, Fujikoshi S, Meyers J, Nagar SP, Enomoto H. Long-term pain management and health care resource use among an employed population in Japan with knee osteoarthritis combined with low back pain. Pain Med. 2021 Dec 11;22(12):3041-50. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa424


OBJECTIVE: Assess long-term comorbidity burden and pain management patterns among working-age patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) only without low back pain (LBP) (KOA-noLBP) and patients with KOA plus LBP (KOA+LBP) in Japan.

Goyal RK, Jain P, Nagar SP, Le H, Kabadi SM, Davis K, Kaye JA, Du XL, Wang M. Real-world evidence on survival, adverse events, and health care burden in Medicare patients with mantle cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 Jun;62(6):1325-34. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1919662


Wu B, Morland K, Classi P, Sketch MR, Nelson A, Goyal RK, Davis KL, Oudiz R. Economic burden of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension prior to initiation of treprostinil: a retrospective analysis of US claims. Poster presented at the ATS International 2021 Conference; May 14, 2021.


Goyal RK, Nagar SP, Kabadi SM, Le H, Davis KL, Kaye JA. Overall survival, adverse events, and economic burden in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia receiving systemic therapy: real-world evidence from the medicare population. Cancer Med. 2021 Apr;10(8):2690-702. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3855


Magrey M, Yi E, Wolin D, Price M, Chirila C, Davenport E, Park Y. Understanding barriers in the pathway to diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: results from a US survey of 1690 physicians from 10 specialties. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2020 Oct;2(10):616-26. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11179


Poirrier J-E, Nagar S, Meyers J, Glasser L, Jabbour S. Incidence of herpes zoster in patients with type 2 diabetes and consequences for treatment. Poster presented at the 2020 American Diabetes Association 80th Virtual Scientific Sessions; June 13, 2020. Chicago, IL.


Taylor PC, Betteridge N, Brown TM, Woolcott J, Kivitz AJ, Zerbini C, Whalley D, Olayinka-Amao O, Chen C, Dahl P, Ponce de Leon D, Gruben D, Fallon L. Treatment mode preferences in rheumatoid arthritis: moving toward shared decision-making. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2020 Jan 20;14:119-31. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S220714


PURPOSE: Current knowledge of the reasons for patients’ preference for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment modes is limited. This study was designed to identify preferences for four treatment modes, and to obtain in-depth information on the reasons for these preferences.

Carreno JJ, Tam IM, Meyers JL, Esterberg E, Candrilli SD, Lodise TP. Longitudinal, nationwide, cohort study to assess incidence, outcomes, and costs associated with complicated urinary tract infection. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;6(11):ofz446. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz446


OBJECTIVE: Complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) are common infections. Despite their frequency, limited data are available on the incidence and healthcare burden associated with cUTIs. This study details the epidemiology and 30-day health care resource utilization associated with cUTI in the United States.

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