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Programme

DEAR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, On behalf of the international and national organizing committee, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 10 th Central European Congress of Rheumatology (CECR) in Vienna, Austria. Rheumatologists and scientists interested in musculoskeletal diseases take the opportunity to participate in this biennial conference in one of the six organizing countries. Additional to the exchange of the most recent scientific and clinical developments, the observance of regional differences is one of the important aims of this conference. In a relaxed atmosphere, we like to encourage all of you, in particular young rheumatologists, to contribute to an active participation and cultural exchange with the hope for renewal of friendships, which are key to promote new collaborations and scientific activities. The story of CECR started 1996 in Piestany, and was followed by conferences in Warsaw (1998), Bratislava (2000), Baden (2002), Budapest (2004), Bled (2006), Prague (2008), Sopron (2010) and Krakow (2012). This year the congress will take place at the Tech Gate Vienna, which is centrally located with excellent traffic connections downtown. The city of Vienna needs little introduction and will guarantee a beautiful location, in particular during the festive Advent season. At Vienna`s scenic squares, you can expect vibrant and traditional Christmas markets, where the aroma of Christmas bakery and hot punch creates the famous Viennese Christmas atmosphere. In addition, we would like to invite you to the annual meeting of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology (ÖGR), which takes place prior to the CECR meeting at the same location, starting on the 4 th of December. We look forward to welcoming you and hope your stay will be enjoyable, informative and educational. With kind regards, Gabriele Eberl President of ÖGR 1

Organizing Information Council International Organizing Committee: Jiri Vencovsky (Czech Republic) Zoltán Szekanecz (Hungary) Piotr Wiland (Poland) Jozef Rovensky (Slovakia) Iztok Holc (Slovenia) Local Organizing Committee: Gabriele Eberl (Baden) Manfred Herold (Innsbruck) Kurt Redlich (Vienna) Andrea Studnicka-Benke (Salzburg) Georg Stummvoll (Vienna) Organizing Office Vienna Medical Academy Alser Straße 4, 1090 Vienna Austria Phone: (+43/1) 4051383 10, Fax: (+43/1) 4078247 E-Mail: cecr2014@medacad.org, www.medacad.org EDUCATION AND RESEARCH M VIENNA ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDICAL Exhibition Management & Sponsorship International Exhibitions & Advertising Freyung 6, 1010 Vienna Austria Phone: (+43/1) 536 63-33, Fax: (+43/1) 535 60 16 E-Mail: maw@media.co.at, www.maw.co.at Congress Venue Tech Gate Vienna Wissenschafts- und Technologiepark Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna Austria www.techgate.at Topics Co-member Austria: Assessing Rheumatic Diseases Co-member Czech Republic: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Co-member Hungary: Comorbidities in Rheumatic Diseases Co-member Poland: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis Co-member Slovakia: Sine Syndromes in Rheumatology Co-member Slovenia: Vasculitis 2

Programme Overview Saturday, December 6 Time Room 1.2 08:30 08:45 Welcome - G. Eberl President of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology 08:45 09:45 Breakfast Symposium industry sponsored symposium Unmet needs in treating SLE 09:45 10:00 Coffee Break 10:00 11:30 Scientific Session 1 (CECR Co-member: Hungary) Comorbidities in rheumatic diseases 11:30 12:30 Lunch Symposium industry sponsored symposium Beyond the Skin - Experience with Ustekinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis 12:30 13:00 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing 13:00 14:30 Scientific Session 2 (CECR Co-member: Slovakia) Sine syndromes in rheumatology 14:30 15:00 Coffee Break 15:00 16:30 Scientific Session 3 (CECR Co-member: Czech Republic) Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies 16:30 18:00 Scientific Session 4 (CECR Membercountry: Poland) Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis 20:00 Networking Evening Sunday, December 7 3 Workshop 1 (CECR Co-member: Slovenia) Fast-Track diagnostic procedure in giant cell arteritis Workshop 2 (CECR Co-member: Austria) Orphan rheumatic diseases Workshop 3 (CECR Co-member: Poland) Spondyloarthropathy Workshop 4 (CECR Co-member: Czech Republic) Biomarkers in arthritis Time Room 1.2 09:00 10:30 Scientific Session 5 (CECR Co-member: Austria) Assessing rheumatic diseases 10:30 11:15 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing 11:15 12:45 Scientific Session 6 (CECR Co-member: Slovenia) Vasculitis 12:45 13:45 Scientific Session 7: Workshop Presentations 13:45 Farewell Workshop 5 (CECR Co-member: Slovakia) Alkaptonuria and ochronosis/ diagnosis, clinical picture, treatment Workshop 6 (CECR Co-member: Hungary) Comorbidities and complications in rheumatology

Programme Saturday, December 6 08:30 08:45 Welcome - G. Eberl President of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology 08:45 09:45 Breakfast Symposium industry sponsored symposium Unmet needs in treating SLE Details see page 15 09:45 10:00 Coffee Break 4 10:00 11:30 Scientific Session 1 (CECR Co-member: Hungary) Comorbidities in rheumatic diseases Chair: G. Poór, Budapest (HU); Z. Szekanecz, Debrecen (HU) 10:00 10:15 Systemic sclerosis as a paraneoplastic syndrome L. Czirják, Pécs (HU) 10:15 10:30 Prevalence of comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis: the COMORA study P. Bálint, Budapest (HU) 10:30 10:45 Extracellular vesicles in rheumatoid arthritis and their relationship to comorbidities G. Nagy, Budapest (HU) Presentations of submitted abstracts: 10:45 10:50 O1.01 Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis Z. Szekanecz, Debrecen (HU) 10:50 10:55 O1.02 Comorbidities in spondyloarthropathies S. Szántó, Debrecen (HU)

Programme Saturday, December 6 10:55 11:00 O1.03 The impact of anti-phospholipid antibody positivity on the development of non-thromboembolic organ manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus L. Kovács, Szeged (HU) 11:00 11:05 O1.04 The role of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (supar) in inflammatory rheumatic diseases A. Balog, Szeged (HU) 11:05 11:10 O1.05 Scleroderma overlap syndromes G. Nagy, Pécs (HU) 11:10 11:15 O1.06 Dickkopf-1 and sclerostin levels in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis during anti-tnf therapy K. Fritsch, Budapest (HU) 11:15 11:20 O1.07 Musculoskeletal manifestations of celiac disease E. Vereckei, Budapest (HU) 11:20 11:30 Panel discussion 10:00 11:30 Workshop 1 (CECR Co-member: Slovenia) Fast-Track diagnostic procedure in giant cell arteritis Chair: A. Hočevar, Ljubljana (SI) 11:30 12:30 Lunch Symposium industry sponsored symposium Beyond the Skin - Experience with Ustekinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis Details see page 15 12:30 13:00 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing 5 Room 1.2

Programme Saturday, December 6 13:00 14:30 Scientific Session 2 (CECR Co-member: Slovakia) Sine syndromes in rheumatology Chair: J. Lukáč, Piešťany (SK); J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK) 13:00 13:20 Sine syndromes in rheumatology J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK) 13:20 13:40 Therapeutic strategies in Lupus-nephritis J. Lukáč, Piešťany (SK) 13:40 14:00 The results of biological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in Slovakia Ž. Macejová, Košice (SK); J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK); I. Rybár, Piešťany (SK); J. Lukáč, Piešťany (SK); Z. Killinger, Bratislava (SK); Z. Kmečová, Banská Bystrica (SK) 14:00 14:30 Alkaptonuria and Ochronosis (Diagnosis, clinical picture, treatment) J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK); R. Imrich, Bratislava (SK); O. Lukáčová, Piešťany (SK) 14:30 15:00 Coffee Break 13:00 14:30 Workshop 2 (CECR Co-member: Austria) Orphan rheumatic diseases Chair: E. Rath, Vienna (AT); J. Zwerina, Vienna (AT) 14:30 15:00 Coffee Break Room 1.2 6

Programme Saturday, December 6 15:00 16:30 Scientific Session 3 (CECR Co-member: Czech Republic) Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies Chair: K. Dankó, Debrecen (HU); J. Vencovský, Prague (CZ) 15:00 15:20 Autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies K. Dankó, Debrecen (HU) 15:20 15:40 Immune mediated necrotizing myopathy H. Mann, Prague (CZ) 15:40 16:00 Update on the treatment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies J. Vencovský, Prague (CZ) Presentations of submitted abstracts: 16:00 16:10 O3.01 Arthritis in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies M. Klein, Prague (CZ) 16:10 16:20 O3.02 Role of BAFF in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies O. Kryštůfková, Prague (CZ) 16:20 16:30 O3.03 Pregnancy outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy M. Nagy-Vincze, Debrecen (HU) 7

Programme Saturday, December 6 Room 1.2 15:00 16:30 Workshop 3 (CECR Co-member: Poland) Spondyloarthropathy Chair: W. Maśliński, Warsaw (PL) 15:00 15:20 Ankylosing spondylitis M. Korkosz, Kraków (PL) 15:20 15:40 Psoriatic arthritis and SAPHO H. Przepiera-Będzak, Szczecin (PL) 15:40 16:00 Reactive arthritis B. Targońska-Stępniak, Lublin (PL) Round Table Discussion 8 16:30 18:00 Scientific Session 4 (CECR Co-member: Poland) Rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis Chair: E.J. Kucharz, Katowice (PL); P. Wiland, Wroclaw (PL) 16:30 16:45 Cardiovascular complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis E.J. Kucharz, Katowice (PL) 16:45 17:00 Nontraditional biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: in literature and own research B. Targońska-Stępniak, Lublin (PL) 17:00 17:15 Biomechanical stress, inflammation and new bone formation in spondyloarthritis M. Korkosz, Kraków (PL)

Programme Saturday, December 6 17:15 17:30 Metabolic disorders and their relationship with disease activity in spondylarthritis H. Przepiera-Będzak, Szczecin (PL) Presentations of submitted abstracts: 17:30 17:40 O4.01 Serological parameters of joint involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis E. Wielosz, Lublin (PL) 17:40 17:50 O4.02 Association of the programmed death 1 gene polymorphism with the development of rheumatoid arthritis in the population of South-Eastern Poland A. Siwiec, Lublin (PL) 17:50 18:00 O4.03 The histopathology assessment of minor salivary glands in people with persistent oral dryness M. Szmyrka-Kaczmarek, Wroclaw (PL) 16:30 18:00 Workshop 4 (CECR Co-member: Czech Republic) Biomarkers in arthritis Chair: L. Šenolt, Prague (CZ) 20:00 Networking Evening at Restaurant "Donauturm" Room 1.2 9

Programme Sunday, December 7 09:00 10:30 Scientific Session 5 (CECR Co-member: Austria) Assessing rheumatic diseases Chair: G. Eberl, Baden (AT); K. Redlich, Vienna (AT) 09:00 09:20 Treat to Target: RA D. Aletaha, Vienna (AT) 09:20 09:40 Sonography by Rheumatologists K. Machold, Vienna (AT) 09:40 10:00 Polymyalgia Rheumatica 2014: Diagnosis and Treatment C. Dejaco, Graz (AT) Presentations of submitted abstracts: 10:00 10:10 O5.01 How long does sonographic joint activity continue in clinically remittive joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis? M. Gärtner, Vienna (AT) 10:10 10:20 O5.02 Ultrasound composite scores for the assessment of inflammatory and structural pathologies in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsASon-Score) A. Ficjan, Graz (AT) 10:20 10:30 O5.03 Prevalence of anemia in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients- an interim analysis J. Rosner, Innsbruck (AT) 10

Programme Sunday, December 7 Room 1.2 09:00 10:30 Workshop 5 (CECR Co-member: Slovakia) Alkaptonuria and ochronosis/diagnosis, clinical picture, treatment Chair: J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK); R. Imrich, Bratislava (SK); O. Lukáčová, Piešťany (SK) 10:30 11:15 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing 11:15 12:45 Scientific Session 6 (CECR Co-member: Slovenia) Vasculitis Chair: I. Holc, Maribor (SI); A. Pahor, Maribor (SI) 11:15 11:35 Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis K. Dai, Maribor (SI); A. Pahor, Maribor (SI); I. Holc, Maribor (SI) 11:35 11:55 Vasculitis A. Hočevar, Ljubljana (SI) 11:55 12:15 The challenge of vasculitis: presentation of cases K. P. Pirkmajer, Ljubljana (SI) 11:15 12:45 Workshop 6 (CECR Co-member: Hungary) Comorbidities and complications in rheumatology Chair: P. Bálint, Budapest (HU); T. Gáti, Budapest (HU); L. Hodinka, Budapest (HU); A. Kovács, Szolnok (HU) 11:15 11:35 Ophthalmic involvement in rheumatic diseases A. Kovacs, Szolnok (HU) Room 1.2 11

Programme Sunday, December 7 11:35 11:55 Comorbidities in registries T. Gati, Budapest (HU) 11:55 12:15 Pneumonia in arthritis - comorbidity or unwanted effect? L. Hodinka, Budapest (HU) Round Table Discussion 12:45 13:45 Scientific Session 7: All CECR member countries - Workshop presentations 12:45 12:55 Fast-Track Diagnostic Procedure In Giant Cell Arteritis A. Hočevar, Ljubljana (SI) 12:55 13:05 Orphan Rheumatic Diseases E. Rath, Vienna (AT); J. Zwerina, Vienna (AT) 13:05 13:15 Spondyloarthropathy W. Maśliński, Warsaw (PL) 13:15 13:25 Biomarkers in arthritis L. Šenolt, Prague (CZ) 13:25 13:35 Alkaptonuria and ochronosis/diagnosis, clinical picture, treatment J. Rovenský, Piešťany (SK) 13:35 13:45 Comorbidities and complications in rheumatology P. Bálint, Budapest (HU) 13:45 Farewell 12

General Information Industry Sponsored Symposia......................... 15 General Information.................................. 17 Travel Information.................................... 18 Map................................................ 19 Speakers and Chairs.................................. 20 Sponsors & Exhibitors......................... Coverpage 13

Satellite Symposia Saturday, December 6 08:45 09:45 Breakfast Symposium - GlaxoSmithKline Unmet needs in treating SLE Chair: K. Redlich, Vienna (AT) Treat to Target in SLE M. Schneider, Düsseldorf (DE) It s never Lupus? This time it is! J. O. Schröder, Kiel (DE) 11:30 12:30 Lunch Symposium - Janssen Beyond the Skin - Experience with Ustekinumab in Psoriatic Arthritis Chair: K. Machold, Vienna (AT) The value of new antibody technologies for therapy of psoriatic arthritis J. Gonçalves, Lisbon (PT) Real life experience with Ustekinumab in psoriatic arthritis K. Machold, Vienna (AT) 15

General Information Conference Language: English Registration Fees The reduced registration fee is only applicable, if it has been credited to the congress account before the respective deadline. Registering before the deadline without performing an actual payment is not sufficient to benefit from the reduction. Please note that a different fee applies for on-site payments and registrations. PAYMENT RECEIVED: On-site Doctors - organizing countries o 420. Doctors - other countries o 480. Trainees, health professionals* o 160. *only valid with a trainee's ID Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits An application has been made to the EACCME for CME accreditation of this event. DFP Diplom-Fortbildungsprogramm (Austrian Medical Association for Continuous Education) The Austrian Medical Association has granted the following points to the congress: subject-specific DFP credits: 9 Für die Veranstaltung wurden Diplomfortbildungspunkte im Rahmen des Diplom-Fortbildungsprogramms der Österreichischen Ärztekammer angesucht. Die Anzahl der angesuchten Fortbildungspunkte, anerkannt durch das Fortbildungsreferat der Österreichischen Ärztekammer, lautet wie folgt: Fachspezifische Fortbildungspunkte: 9 Networking Events Joint Networking CECR & ÖGR at Viennese Heurigen, Free* Friday, December 5, 2014 Networking Event at the restaurant "Donauturm", Saturday, December 6, 2014 à 20. * *registration is mandatory. Tickets are strictly limited and are given out on a first come first served basis! Important Dates Joint Networking CECR & ÖGR December 5, 2014 Networking Event CECR December 6, 2014 17

Travel Information Travel Information How to travel to the congress venue Tech Gate: The congress venue is reachable with the metro U1 red line. Please exit at the stop "Kaisermühlen VIC". Travelling from and to Vienna Airport (Schwechat) Vienna International Airport is located 13 kilometers south east of Vienna. Rapid Train Railway: Line S7 takes you directly from the airport to the centre of Vienna ( Wien Mitte, lines U3 and U4). The price for a one way ticket is 3.60 City Airport Train (CAT): The train runs every 30 minutes and takes 16 minutes. Tickets may be purchased online, from ticket machines at the airport/station or on board. Taxi: Taxi fares to the conference venue are about 40.00 and take around 25 minutes. There is a taxi rank outside the airport terminal. Night-time fees are slightly higher. Bus: The Vienna Airport Lines operate several bus lines between Vienna and Vienna International Airport. Vienna Public Transportation Vienna has an excellent PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM which is very effective and inexpensive. Tickets are available from machines at underground stations (maestro debit cards accepted), at news agent s, or at Vienna Transport Authority s ticket offices. Tickets bought in advance are cheaper and must be punched in a blue ticket cancelling machine on the tram or bus, or at the barrier before boarding the underground train. (www.wienerlinien.at) 18

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Speakers and Chairs Country: Hungary Péter Bálint National Institute of Rheumatology and Phystiotherapy Budapest / Debrecen, Hungary Attila Balog Department of Rheumatology, Albert Szent- Györgyi Health Center, University of Szeged Szeged, Hungary László Czirják University of Pécs, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology Pécs, Hungary Katalin Dankó Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary Kinga Fritsch Polyclinic Of The Hospitaller Brothers of St John Of God. Department of Rheumatol, Budapest, Hungary Tamas Gáti Budai Irgalmasrendi Kórház, Rheumatology Budapest, Hungary Laszlo Hodinka National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary Attila Kovács Hospital of Hungarian State Railways Department of Rheumatology Szolnok, Hungary Laszlo Kovacs University of Szeged, Department of Rheumatology Szeged, Hungary Gabriella Nagy University of Pécs, Clinical Center Departement of Rheumatology and Immunology Pécs, Hungary György Nagy Polyclinic of Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God Budapest, Hungary Melinda Nagy-Vincze Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Gyula Poór Arthritis Alapitvany Budapest / Debrecen, Hungary Sándor Szántó Central Clinic of University Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary 20 Zoltan Szekanecz University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology Debrecen, Hungary Edit Vereckei National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy Budapest, Hungary Country: Slovakia Richard Imrich Center for Molecular Medicine, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Slovakia Zdenko Killinger BA Ružinov Centrum BL Bratislava, Slovakia Zlata Kmečová Osteocentrum Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Jozef Lukáč National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases Pieš any, Slovakia Olga Lukáčová National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases Pieš any, Slovakia Želmíra Macejová 3 rd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, P. J. Šafárik University and L. Pasteur University Hospital Košice, Slovakia Jozef Rovensky National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Pieš any, Slovakia I. Rybár Pieš any, Slovakia Country: Czech Republic Martin Klein Institute of Rheumatology and Dept. of Rheumatology, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Olga Kryštůfková Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic Department of Rheumatology, 1 st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Herman Mann Institute of Rheumatology and Dept. of Rheumatology, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Ladislav Šenolt Institute of Rheumatology Prague, Czech Republic

Speakers and Chairs Jiri Vencovsky Institute of Rheumatology Prague, Czech Republic Country: Poland Mariusz Korkosz Division of Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology Jagiellonian University College of Medicine Krakow, Poland Eugeniusz Józef Kucharz Medical University of Silesia, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Katowice, Poland Wlodzimierz Maśliński Institute of Rheumatology, Pathophysiology and Immunology Warsaw, Poland Hanna Przepiera-Będzak Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases Szcezecin, Poland Anna Siwiec Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tisseu Diseases, Medical University of Lublin Lublin, Poland Magdalena Szmyrka-Kaczmarek Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University Wroclaw, Poland Bożena Targońska-Stępniak Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Ewa Wielosz Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases Lublin, Poland Piotr Wiland Medical University of Wroclaw Wroclaw, Poland Country: Austria Daniel Aletaha Medical University of Vienna, Dept. of Rheumatology Vienna, Austria Christian Dejaco Medical University Graz, Rheumatology Graz, Austria Gabriele Eberl, MBA Klinikum Malcherhof Baden Baden, Austria Anja Ficjan Medical University Graz, Department of Rheumatology Graz, Austria Mirjam Gärtner Medical University of Vienna, Dept. of Rheumatology Vienna, Austria Klaus Machold Medical University of Vienna, Dept. of Rheumatology Vienna, Austria Eva Rath Hanusch Hospital, Department of Rheumatology Vienna, Austria Kurt Redlich Medical University of Vienna, Dept. of Rheumatology Vienna, Austria Julia Rosner Medical University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria Jochen Zwerina Hanusch Hospital, 1 st Medical Department Vienna, Austria Country: Slovenia Klara Dai Dept. of Rheumatology Division of Internal medicine University medical centre Maribor Maribor, Slovenia Alojzija Hočevar Department of Rheumatology University medical centre Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia Iztok Holc Dept. of Rheumatology Division of Internal medicine University medical centre Maribor Maribor, Slovenia Artur Pahor Dept. of Rheumatology Division of Internal medicine University medical centre Maribor Maribor, Slovenia Katja Perdan Pirkmajer Department of Rheumatology University medical centre Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia 21

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