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Abstract Number: 881 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ustekinumab Is Superior to TNF Inhibitor Treatment in Resolving Enthesitis in Psa Patients with Active Enthesitis- Results from the Enthesial Clearance in Psoriatic Arthritis Study
Elizabeth G. Araujo¹, Matthias Englbrecht², Sabrina Hoepken¹, Stephanie Finzel³, Axel J. Hueber², Juergen Rech⁴ and Georg Schett¹, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is considered to play an important role in the development of enthesitis. Ustekinumab (UST), a combined inhibitor of IL-12/IL-23 shows efficacy in psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 882 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A New Model of Care for Improving Early Rheumatology Access of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Keith Colaco^1,2, Dana Jerome³, Jensen Yeung^4,5, Noah Ivers^6,7,8, Carol Kitai⁷, Chandra Farrer³ and Lihi Eder^1,9, ¹Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Dermatology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The prevalence of undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in psoriasis patients is high, with delays in diagnosis contributing to poor patient outcomes. We aimed to…
Abstract Number: 883 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A General Population-Based Study
Jonathan Chan¹, Anthony So², Eric C. Sayre³ and J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Venous thromboembolism (VTE)(pulmonary embolism [PE] and deep vein thrombosis[DVT]) is a potentially life threatening disease. Previous hospital-based studies have shown an increased risk of…
Abstract Number: 884 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Lipid Levels and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events Following Tofacitinib Treatment in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: An Integrated Analysis across Phase 3 and Long-Term Extension Studies
Dafna D Gladman¹, Christina Charles-Schoeman², Iain B. McInnes³, Douglas J. Veale⁴, Bruce Thiers⁵, Daniela Graham⁶, Cunshan Wang⁶, Thomas Jones⁷, Robert Wolk⁶ and Ryan DeMasi⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴St. Vincent’s University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) disease and cardiometabolic syndrome are common comorbidities/causes of mortality in patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase…
Abstract Number: 885 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
48-Week Complete Remission By Ethnic, Sex and Age Subgroups in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis Treated with Voclosporin
David Wofsy¹, David A. Isenberg², Frédéric A. Houssiau³, Mary Anne Dooley⁴, Neil Solomons⁵ and Simrat Randhawa⁶, ¹Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Pôle de Maladies Rhumatismales, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴UNC Kidney Centre, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada, ⁶Medical Affairs, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Victoria, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Voclosporin (VCS) is a novel CNI with a favorable metabolic profile, no observed effect on electrolytes, and a predictable dose response potentially eliminating the…
Abstract Number: 886 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CC-220 Decreases B-Cell Subsets and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients and Is Associated with Skin Improvement: Pharmacodynamic Results from a Phase IIa Proof of Concept Study
Victoria P Werth¹, Richard Furie², Allison Gaudy³, Ying Ye³, Shimon Korish³, Nikolay Delev³, Douglas Hough³, Michael Weiswasser³, Suktae Choi³ and Peter Schafer³, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: CC-220 is a high affinity ligand for cereblon with immunomodulatory properties, currently in development for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as well as…
Abstract Number: 887 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Ascending-Dose, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics Study of CC-220 in Subjects with Systemic LUPUS Erythematosus
Richard Furie¹, Victoria P. Werth², Allison Gaudy³, Ying Ye³, Shimon Korish³, Ada Azaryan³, Nikolay Delev³, Douglas Hough³, Michael Weiswasser³, Suktae Choi³ and Peter Schafer³, ¹Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²University of Pennsylvania and the VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ³Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: CC-220 is a CUL4CRBN E3 ubiquitin ligase modulator that binds to cereblon and leads to potent and deep reduction of the transcription factors Ikaros(IKZF1)…
Abstract Number: 888 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Phase 3 Trial Results with Blisibimod, a Selective Inhibitor of B-Cell Activating Factor, in Subjects with Moderate-to-Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joan T. Merrill¹, Renee S. Martin², William Shanahan², Morton Scheinberg³, Kenneth C. Kalunian⁴ and David Wofsy⁵, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Anthera, Hayward, CA, ³Department of Immunology, Center for Clinical Immunology, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The Phase 3 CHABLIS-SC1 trial (NCT01395745) evaluated blisibimod, an inhibitor of B-cell activating factor (BAFF), in SLE. Prior SLE trials suggested that treatments are…
Abstract Number: 889 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Attainment of Low Disease Activity By Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Starting with High Disease Activity in a 24-Week, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase IIb Study of Atacicept (ADDRESS II)
Eric F Morand¹, Joan T. Merrill², Amy H. Kao³, Cristina Vazquez-Mateo³, Stephen Wax⁴, Peter Chang⁴, Kishore Pudota³ and David A. Isenberg⁵, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, MA, ⁴EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), BIllerica, MA, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Low disease activity (LDA) in lupus patients is increasingly a goal of treatment. For instance, Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) attainment is associated…
Abstract Number: 890 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synergetic B-Cell Immunomodulation with Rituximab and Belimumab Combination Treatment in Severe, Refractory SLE
Tineke Kraaij¹, Sylvia W.A. Kamerling¹, Esther N.M. de Rooij¹, Paul L. van Daele², O.W. Bredewold¹, Jaap A. Bakker³, Ingeborg Bajema⁴, Hans U. Scherer⁵, Rene E.M. Toes⁵, Tom W.J. Huizinga⁵, Ton Rabelink¹, Cees van Kooten¹ and Y.K. Onno Teng¹, ¹Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are auto-antigenic DNA strands and potentially give rise to SLE-specific autoantibodies that can deposit in glomeruli. It has been shown…
Abstract Number: 891 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis Treated Continuously over 52 Weeks: Results from Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial and Open-Label Extension in Japan
Yoshikazu Nakaoka¹, Mitsuaki Isobe², Syuji Takei³, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, Tomonori Ishii⁵, Shumpei Yokota⁶, Akira Nomura⁷, Seitaro Yoshida⁷ and Norihiro Nishimoto⁸, ¹Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan, ²Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan, ³Pediatrics of Developmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁵Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Laboratory of Pediatric Research, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Department of Molecular Regulation for Intractable Disease, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanized anti–IL-6 receptor antibody, showed a favorable trend toward relapse suppression in patients (pts) with refractory Takayasu arteritis (TAK) in a…
Abstract Number: 892 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis Treated with Tocilizumab in a Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial
Vibeke Strand¹, Sophie Dimonaco², Katie Tuckwell², Micki Klearman³, Neil Collinson² and John H. Stone⁴, ¹Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Roche Products, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ³Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Superior rates of sustained glucocorticoid (GC)–free remission were shown in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) treated with weekly (QW) or every-other-week (Q2W) subcutaneous…
Abstract Number: 893 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Belimumab in Combination with Azathioprine for Remission Maintenance in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Microscopic Polyangiitis: A Multicenter Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
David Jayne¹, Daniel Blockmans², Raashid Luqmani³, Beulah Ji⁴, Yulia Green⁵, Leanne Hall⁶, David Roth⁷ and Peter A. Merkel⁸, ¹Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, ³Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴GSK Stockley Park, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, ⁵GSK Stockley Park, Stockley Park, United Kingdom, ⁶GSK Stevenage, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷GSK Collegeville, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, MN
Background/Purpose: GPA (Wegener’s) and MPA are organ- and life-threatening systemic vasculitides characterized by the presence of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), implicating B cells in disease pathogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
All Oral Interferon-Free Antivirals for Hepatitis C Virus Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis: A Long Term Follow up Multicenter International Study
Patrice Cacoub¹, Si Nafa Si Ahmed², Yasmina FerFar³, SN Pol⁴, Dominique Thabut⁵, Christophe Hezode⁶, Laurent Albric⁷, Cloé Comarmond^8,9,10, Gafaar Ragab¹¹, Luca Quartuccio¹², Mohamed Hegazy¹³, Thierry Poynard⁵, Mathieu Resche-Rigon¹⁴ and David Saadoun¹⁵, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ²Hôpital Orléans, Orléans, France, ³Internal Medicine, Hopital Pitié-Salpetrière, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Hepatology, APHP, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, paris, France, ⁵Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁶Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, ⁷Centre hospitalier universitaire Purpan, Purpan, France, ⁸Internal Medicine and Clinical Imunology, Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine and Clinical Imunology, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁹DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France, ¹¹Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹²University Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, ¹³Faculty of Medicine – Cairo University, Cairo, El Salvador, ¹⁴Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ¹⁵Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), F-75005, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR_S 959, F-75013, Paris, France; CNRS, FRE3632, F-75005, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Interferon (IFN) containing regimens used for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-cryoglobulinemia vasculitis (CryoVas) are poorly effective and associated with important side effects. In small-size and…
Abstract Number: 895 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Temporal Trends in Incidence and Outcomes of End-Stage Renal Disease Due to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in the US from 1995-2014
Zachary S. Wallace¹, Yuqing Zhang², Leo Lu³, John H. Stone⁴ and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Temporal Trends in Incidence and Outcomes of End-Stage Renal Disease due to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in the US from 1995-2014 Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)…

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