Louis Bessette

ORCID: 0000-0002-6834-2731
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Research Areas
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Pharmaceutical studies and practices
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance

Université Laval
2016-2025

Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval
2012-2024

Osteoporosis Canada
2014-2024

AbbVie (United States)
2024

Sanofi (France)
2024

Pfizer (United States)
2024

Janssen (Belgium)
2024

Amgen (United States)
2024

Fresenius Kabi (United States)
2024

Bristol-Myers Squibb (Switzerland)
2024

Abstract Objective To compare the efficacy of a single intraarticular corticosteroid injection, supervised physiotherapy program, combination two, and placebo in treatment adhesive capsulitis shoulder. Methods Ninety‐three subjects with <1 year's duration were randomized to 1 4 groups: group 1, injection (triamcinolone hexacetonide 40 mg) performed under fluoroscopic guidance followed by 12 sessions physiotherapy; 2, alone; 3, saline or 4, alone (placebo group). All taught simple home...

10.1002/art.10954 article EN Arthritis & Rheumatism 2003-02-28

Objective To evaluate the efficacy, including capacity for inhibition of radiographic progression, and safety upadacitinib, a JAK 1‐selective inhibitor, as compared to placebo or adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) who have experienced an inadequate response methotrexate MTX ). Methods In total, 1,629 were randomized (2:2:1) receive upadacitinib (15 mg once daily), placebo, (40 every other week) while continuing take stable background dose MTX. The primary end points...

10.1002/art.41032 article EN Arthritis & Rheumatology 2019-07-09
Désirée van der Heijde James Cheng‐Chung Wei Maxime Dougados Philip J. Mease Atul Deodhar and 86 more Walter P. Maksymowych Filip Van den Bosch Joachim Sieper Tetsuya Tomita Robert Landewé Fangyi Zhao Eswar Krishnan David H. Adams Beth A. Pangallo Hilde Carlier Melvin Churchill Kathleen P. Flint Geoffrey Gladstein Maria Greenwald Mary P. Howell Akgun Ince Jeffrey Kaine Daksha Mehta Eric Peters Roel Querubin John D. Reveille Richard Roseff Roger J. Diegel Christine Thai Louis Bessette Frédéric Morin Proton Rahman Aaron Alejandro Barrera Rodriguez Fidencio Cons-Molina S. Duran Barragan Cassandra M. Skinner César Pacheco‐Tena Cesar Ramos‐Remus Juan Cruz Rizo Rodriguez Seung-Jae Hong Yeon-Ah Lee Ji Hyeon Ju Seong Wook Kang Tae‐Hwan Kim Chang Keun Lee Eun Bong Lee Sang‐Heon Lee Min‐Chan Park Kichul Shin Sang‐Hoon Lee Hung-An Chen Ying‐Chou Chen Song‐Chou Hsieh Joung‐Liang Lan Zdeněk Dvořák Radka Moravcová Martina Malcova Yoshinori Taniguchi Mitsumasa Kishimoto Kurisu Tada Hiroaki Dobashi Kentaro Inui Yukitaka Ueki Yoshifuji Matsumoto Yoshinobu Koyama Kazuhiro Hatta Tatsuya Atsumi Midori Goto Kiyoshi Matsui Yuya Takakubo Gunther Neeck Denis Poddubnyy Andrea Rubbert‐Roth Malgorzata Szymańska Tomasz Blicharski Anna Dudek Artur Racewicz Rafał Wojciechowski Marleen van de Sande E. N. Griep Michael T. Nurmohamed Galina Matsievskaya Е. Шмидт Marina Stanislav S. S. Yakushin О. Б. Ершова А. П. Ребров Tibor Balázs Regina Cseuz Edit Drescher Gyula Poór

10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31946-9 article EN The Lancet 2018-10-22

This integrated analysis presents the safety profile of upadacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, at 15 mg and 30 once daily in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218510 article EN cc-by-nc Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2020-10-28
Atul Deodhar Désirée van der Heijde Lianne S. Gensler Tae‐Hwan Kim Walter P. Maksymowych and 95 more Mikkel Østergaard Denis Poddubnyy Helena Marzo‐Ortega Louis Bessette Tetsuya Tomita Ann N. Leung Maja Hojnik Gaia Gallo Xiaoqi Li David H. Adams Hilde Carlier Joachim Sieper Frédéric Morin Proton Rahman Federico Ariel Alberto Berman Judith Carrio Eleonora Lucero José Maldonado Cocco Rodolfo Pardo Hidalgo Jorge Antonio Aldrete Velasco Diego Oscar Viola Johannes Grisar Heinrich Resch Clemens Scheinecker Ana Claudia Melazzi Luis Roimicher Antônio Scafuto Scotton Aaron Alejandro Barrera Rodriguez Francisco Fidencio Cons Molina S. Duran Barragan Cassandra M. Skinner César Pacheco‐Tena Cesar Ricardo Ramos Remus Juan Cruz Rizo Rodriguez Seung‐Jae Hong Seong Wook Kang Chang Keun Lee Eun Bong Lee Sang‐Heon Lee Min‐Chan Park Sang‐Hoon Lee Eva Dokoupilová Zdeněk Dvořák Martina Malcova Karel Pvelka Kari K. Eklund Pentti A. Järvinen Anna Karjalainen Leena Paimela Yoshinori Taniguchi Tokutaro Tsuda Kurisu Tada Hiroaki Dobashi Kentaro Inui Yukitaka Ueki Yoshifuji Matsumoto Kazuhiro Hatta Tatsuya Atsumi Midori Goto Shigeru Honjo Kiyoshi Matsui Yuya Takakubo Gunther Neeck Sylke Wagner J. Braun Tomasz Blicharshi Anna Dudek Pawel Hrycai Rafal Plebanski Janina Drabiszcak-Piatkowska Jan Brzezicki Marek Krogulec Daniela Opriş-Belinski Ana Maria Ramazan Luminita Tronaru Marleen G. van de Sande Galina Matsievskaya E. A. Schmidt Marina Stanislav S. S. Yakushin О. Б. Ершова Andrey Rebroy Melvin Churchill Kathleen P. Flint Maria Greenwald Mary P. Howell Jeffrey Kaine Alan Kivitz Steven J. Klein Eric C. Mueller Eric Peters Roel Querubin Michael E. Sayers Craig D. Scoville

10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32971-x article EN The Lancet 2019-12-06

To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib versus adalimumab over 3 years in ongoing extension (LTE) SELECT-COMPARE, a randomised controlled phase trial patients with active rheumatoid arthritis inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX).Patients on stable background MTX were 2:2:1 15 mg, placebo or 40 mg. Patients an insufficient switched by week 26 from upadacitinib, upadacitinib. who completed 48-week double-blind period could enter LTE for up 10...

10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002012 article EN cc-by-nc RMD Open 2022-02-01

Objective To determine the effect of chondroitin sulphate (CS) treatment on cartilage volume loss, subchondral bone marrow lesions (BML), synovitis and disease symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods In this pilot multicentre, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial primary OA, 69 clinical signs were randomised to receive CS 800 mg or placebo once daily for 6 months followed by an open-label phase which both groups received daily. Cartilage BML assessed MRI at baseline...

10.1136/ard.2010.140848 article EN Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2011-03-01

<h3>Background</h3> In SELECT-COMPARE, a randomised double-blind study, upadacitinib 15 mg once daily was superior to placebo or adalimumab on background methotrexate (MTX) for treating rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms inhibited radiographical progression versus at 26 weeks. Here we report 48-week safety efficacy in patients who continued their original medication were rescued the alternative insufficient response. <h3>Methods</h3> Patients MTX received mg, 48 Rescue without washout,...

10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215764 article EN cc-by-nc Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2019-07-30

To update the 1993 burden of illness osteoporosis in Canada, administrative and community data were used to calculate 2010 costs at $2.3 billion Canada or 1.3% Canada's healthcare expenditures. Prevention fractures high-risk individuals is key decrease financial osteoporosis.Since 1996 publication population has aged management changed. The study purpose was estimate current due Canadians 50 over.Analyses conducted using five national databases from Canadian Institute for Health Information...

10.1007/s00198-012-1931-z article EN cc-by Osteoporosis International 2012-03-07

To identify factors that are predictive of the outcomes greatest importance to patients-i.e., symptom relief, functional improvement, and satisfaction with surgery-following carpal tunnel release.We analyzed data from Maine Carpal Tunnel Study, a community-based study treatment for syndrome. In cohort patients who underwent release, preoperative physical examination was performed questionnaires were completed preoperatively at 6, 18, 30 months postoperatively. The assessed severity, upper...

10.1002/1529-0131(200105)44:5<1184::aid-anr202>3.0.co;2-a article EN Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001-01-01

The authors evaluated the relative responsiveness to change of generic versus disease-specific and unweighted weighted health status measures in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).Data were obtained from 196 subjects followed a prospective community-based cohort study Maine who underwent release (The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Study). Patients before 6 months after surgery. disease-specific, severity score was derived validated Assessment Questionnaire. asked rate importance each symptom included...

10.1097/00005650-199804000-00005 article EN Medical Care 1998-04-01

To assess the safety and efficacy of upadacitinib versus adalimumab from SELECT-COMPARE over 5 years. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis inadequate response to methotrexate were randomised receive 15 mg once daily, placebo or 40 every other week, all concomitant methotrexate. By week 26, patients insufficient treatment rescued; remaining on switched upadacitinib. completing 48-week double-blind period could enter a long-term extension. Safety assessed through 264, radiographic progression...

10.1136/rmdopen-2023-004007 article EN cc-by-nc RMD Open 2024-05-01

Little is known about factors that predict return to work following carpal tunnel release. Patients enrolled in a prospective, community-based study of syndrome Maine were evaluated with standardized questionnaires preoperatively and 6 months Univariate multivariate analyses performed identify baseline associated disability surgery. Thirty-one 135 patients (23%) out because CTS The predominant preoperative variables absence due postoperatively logistic regression Workers' Compensation,...

10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199701)31:1<85::aid-ajim13>3.0.co;2-3 article EN American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1997-01-01
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