SAT0391 Does dynamic contrast-enhanced mri provide better separation of active early rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy controls than conventional MRI?

Objectives To identify the MRI parameter that best separates healthy controls from early RA patients. Patterns of enhancement from conventional MRI and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE)-MRI of healthy controls and of early RA patients with active disease undergoing treatment were compared. Methods Conventional and DCE-MRI of the wrist and the 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints was performed once in 26 healthy controls, age 47.5 (24-64) years (median (range)), and before and after 6 and 12 months of DMARD treatment in 14 early RA patients (age 39 (26-63) years; disease duration