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Abstract Number: 1333 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders: A Multi-center Analysis of Clinical Outcomes and Evaluation of Anti-rheumatic Drugs After LPD Onset
YOSHIHIKO HOSHIDA¹, Atsuko Tsujii², SHIRO OHSHIMA³, YUKIHIKO SAEKI³, MASATO YAGITA⁴, TOMOYA MIYAMURA⁵, Masao Katayama⁶, TOMONORI KAWASAKI⁷, YASUSHI HIRAMATSU⁸, Hisaji Oshima⁹, TOSHIHIKO MURAYAMA¹⁰, SHINJI HIGA¹¹, KAZUYA KURAOKA¹², FUMINORI HIRANO¹³, KENJI ICHIKAWA¹⁴, MITSUTOSHI KUROSAWA¹⁵, HIROAKI SUZUKI¹⁵, NORIYUKI CHIBA¹⁶, TAKAO SUGIYAMA¹⁷, YUKO MINAMI¹⁸, HITOSHI NIINO¹⁹, ATSUSHI IHATA²⁰, IKUO SAITO²¹, AKIKO MITSUO²², TOSHITAKA MAEJIMA²³, ATSUHIRO KAWASHIMA²⁴, HIROSHI TSUTANI²⁵, KOICHIRO TAKAHI²⁶, TAKAHIKO KASAI²⁷, YOKO SHINNO²⁸, YOSHIRO TACHIYAMA²⁹, NORIHIRO TERAMOTO³⁰, KENICHI TAGUCHI³¹, SHINJI NAITO³², SHIGERU YOSHIZAWA³³, MASAHIRO ITO³⁴, YASUO SUENAGA³⁵, Shunsuke Mori³⁶, SHOICHI NAGAKURA³⁷, NORIE YOSHIKAWA³⁸, MITSUHARU NOMOTO³⁹, ATSUHISA UEDA⁴⁰, SHOUHEI NAGAOKA⁴¹, YUKIO TSUURA⁴², KEIGO SETOGUCHI⁴³, SHOJI SUGII⁴⁴, Asami Abe⁴⁵, TOSHIAKI SUGAYA⁴⁶, HIROYUKI SUGAHARA⁴⁷, MASAHIRO KOSETO⁴⁸, YASUO KUNUGIZA², NORISHIGE IIZUKA³, RYOSUKE YOSHIHARA⁴, HIROKI YABE⁵, TOMOAKI FUJISAKI⁶, EIICHI MORII⁷, MORISHIGE TAKESHITA⁸, MASAKAZU SATO⁹, KAZUYOSHI SAITO¹⁰, Kiyoshi Matsui¹¹, YASUHIKO TOMITA¹², HIROSHI FURUKAWA¹³ and Shigeto Tohma¹⁴, ¹National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Japan, ²Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano City, Japan, ³National Hospital Organization (NHO), Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Japan, ⁴Medical Research Institute KITANO HOSPITAL, PIIF Tazuke-kofukai, Osaka, Japan, ⁵NHO Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁶National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ⁷NHO Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ⁸Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan, ⁹National Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰NHO Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan, ¹¹Daini Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ¹²NHO Kure Medical Center /Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan, ¹³NHO Asahikawa Medical Center, Asahikawa, Japan, ¹⁴Nissei hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁵NHO Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁶NHO Morioka Medical Center, Morioka, Japan, ¹⁷NHO Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Japan, ¹⁸NHO Ibarakihigashi Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan, ¹⁹NHO Yokohama Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ²⁰National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ²¹NHO Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan, ²²NHO Disaster Medical Center, Tachikawa, Japan, ²³NHO Shinshu Ueda Medical Center, Ueda, Japan, ²⁴NHO Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan, ²⁵NHO Awara Hospital, Awara, Japan, ²⁶NHO Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan, ²⁷Japan Red Cross Society Tokushima Hospital, Komatsushima, Japan, ²⁸NHO Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan, ²⁹NHO Hiroshima Nishi Medical Center, Otake, Japan, ³⁰NHO Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama, Japan, ³¹NHO Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ³²NHO Ureshino Medical Center, Ureshino, Japan, ³³NHO Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, ³⁴NHO Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ³⁵NHO Beppu Medical Center, Beppu, Japan, ³⁶NHO Kumamoto Saishun Medical Center, Koshi, Japan, ³⁷NHO Kumamoto Minami Hospital, Uki, Japan, ³⁸NHO Miyakonojo Medical Center, Miyakonojo, Japan, ³⁹NHO Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴⁰Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴¹Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ⁴²Department of Pathology Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan, ⁴³Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital / Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁴Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁵Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ⁴⁶Fuchu Hospital, Izumi, Japan, ⁴⁷Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴⁸Nippon Life Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴⁹JCHO Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Hirakata, Japan, ⁵⁰Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan, ⁵¹Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ⁵²Ako Central Hospital, Ako, Japan, ⁵³Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan, ⁵⁴Osaka University, Suita, Japan, ⁵⁵Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵⁶Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Kurashiki, Japan, ⁵⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁵⁸Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan, ⁵⁹International University of Health and Welfare, Otawara City, Japan, ⁶⁰NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Kiyose, Japan, ⁶¹NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The largest multi-center collaborative study on lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (RA-LPD) in Japan was conducted to characterize its clinical outcomes and…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2023
Adalimumab and Etanercept Serum Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with and Without a Disease Flare During Tapering
Zohra Layegh¹, Femke Hooijberg², Floris loeff³, lisanne Dijk³, Gaelle vaz³, Theo Rispens³, radboud J.e.m. Dolhain⁴, Gertjan Wolbink⁵ and Pascal de Jong¹, ¹Erasmus medical center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sanquin Diagnostic Service, Biologics Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Due to the improved management strategies and availability of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), ~60% of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients will achieve sustained…
Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety and Efficacy of Upadacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Refractory to Biologic DMARDs: Results Through Week 204 from the SELECT-CHOICE Study
Andrea Rubbert-Roth¹, Koji Kato², Boulos Haraoui³, Maureen Rischmueller⁴, Yanxi Liu², Nasser Khan⁵, Heidi Camp² and Ricardo Xavier⁶, ¹Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Basil Hetzel Institute; Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety, AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of upadacitinib (UPA), an oral JAK inhibitor, through week 204 in patients with RA from the long-term…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular (CV) and Malignancy Events in the Filgotinib Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Clinical Development Program up to 8.3 Years
Xavier Mariette¹, Sven Borchmann², Sandrine Aspeslagh³, Jaime Calvo- Alén⁴, Richard Moriggl⁵, Zoltan Szekanecz⁶, Francesco De Leonardis⁷, Nadia Verbruggen⁸, Paul Van Hoek⁹, Marc Schmalzing¹⁰, Andreas Stallmach¹¹, Christina Charles-Schoeman¹², Vijay Rajendran¹³, Christine Rudolph⁹, Chris Watson¹⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁵ and Ernest Choy¹⁶, ¹Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ³Department of Medical Oncology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁵Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁷Medical Affairs, Galapagos GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁹Medical Safety, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹⁰University Hospital, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, ¹²UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, ¹³Clinical Research, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹⁴Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁶Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL) is a Janus kinase (JAK) 1 preferential inhibitor for the treatment of RA. Data from the ORAL Surveillance post-marketing study (NCT02092467) suggest…
Abstract Number: 1340 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recent Trends in Treatment Patterns for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Response to Emerging Data
Stephanie Song¹, Michael George², Ted R Mikuls³, Bryant England⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Grant Cannon⁶ and Joshua Baker², ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have demonstrated substantial efficacy in decreasing symptoms and in reducing progressive joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In…
Abstract Number: 1311 • ACR Convergence 2023
T Cell Subset Signatures Predicted Clinical Response to Etanercept-biosimilar Yisaipu in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Huaqun Zhu¹, Sumei Tang¹, Gong Cheng¹, Yingni Li¹, Yun Li¹, Feng Sun¹, Xiaolin Sun¹, Jiahui Cheng¹, Ru Li¹ and Zhanguo Li², ¹Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking University Health Science Center, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Our study aimed to use machine-learning approaches to characterize the immune cell profiles of patients who were inadequate responders to Etanercept-Biosimilar Yisaipu (Yisaipu-IRs) and…
Abstract Number: 1345 • ACR Convergence 2023
Maternal and Infant Outcomes Following Abatacept Exposure During Pregnancy
Michelle Ann Caesar, Diana Johnson, Kenneth Lyons Jones and Christina Chambers, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis. However, there are limited data on the safety…
Abstract Number: 1317 • ACR Convergence 2023
Discontinuation of Biological Disease Modifying Drugs Due to Adverse Drug Reactions in an Inception Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Zulema Rosales-Rosado¹, Maria Rodriguez Laguna², Cristina lajas Petisco², Clara De Miguel² and lydia Abasolo¹, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is a well-known risk of developing adverse drug reactions (ADR) in rheumatic patients due, mainly, to the use of Disease Modifying Drugs (DMARD).…
Abstract Number: 1341 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Ultrasound on Physician Assessments of Patients with RA with Elevated Clinical Disease Activity Scores
Stephanie Song¹, Odette Kolenky¹, Antje Greenfield², Dana Direnzo³, Joshua Baker⁴ and Michael George⁴, ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target is recommended in RA, but physicians often do not escalate therapy despite elevated disease activity measures due to uncertainty regarding the true degree…
Abstract Number: 1339 • ACR Convergence 2023
Neutrophil Activation and Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Are Associated with Response to Abatacept in Patients with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ting Wang¹, Natalia V. Giltiay², Christian Lood² and Bobby Kwanghoon Han², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil activation and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Calprotectin, a neutrophil activation marker,…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment and Outcomes of 63 Cases of Juvenile Dermatomyositis-Associated Calcinosis
Belina Yi¹, Dawn Wahezi², Lauren Covert³, Kaveh Ardalan⁴, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁵, Natalia Vasquez Canizares⁶, Doaa Mosad Mosa⁷, Madison Jones⁸, Colleen Correll⁹, Alexis Begezda¹⁰, Susan Shenoi¹¹, Eveline Wu¹², Leonard Kovalick¹³, William Lapin¹⁴, Stacey Tarvin¹⁵, Melissa Oliver¹⁶, Martha Rodriguez¹⁷, Itay Marmor¹⁸, Kevin Baszis¹⁹, Alysha Taxter²⁰, Andrew Hanson²¹, Cynthia Crowson²² and Amir Orandi²², ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New Rochelle, NY, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵North Shore LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY, ⁶Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁷Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura city, Egypt, ⁸Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Penn State, Hummelstown, PA, ¹¹Seattle Childrens Hospital, Mercer Island, WA, ¹²University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹³UNC Health Care, Durham, NC, ¹⁴Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT, ¹⁵Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁶Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁷Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁸Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Hod Hasharon, Israel, ¹⁹Washington Univ in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ²⁰Nationwide Children's, Columbus, OH, ²¹Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a poorly understood and morbid complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). As there is no consensus treatment approach for calcinosis, and limited knowledge…
Abstract Number: 1342 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Delivery of the Super-repressor IκBα by Exosomes Has the Potential to Alleviate Inflammation Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ki-Jeong Park¹, Ji-Hyoun Kang¹, Hae-In Lee², Yu Jeong Lee¹, Moon-Ju Kim¹, So-Hee Ahn³, Jae-Kwang Yoo³, Chulhee Choi³ and Tae-jong Kim⁴, ¹Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea, ³ILIAS Biologics, Daejeon, South Korea, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwang-Ju, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a persistent inflammatory disease primarily affecting the diarthrodial joints. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a family of inducible transcription factors responsible…
Abstract Number: 1307 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Comorbidities on the First bDMARD Effectiveness and Retention Rate After 2 Years of Follow-up in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Data from the Spanish Registry BIOBADASER
Clementina López Medina¹, Jerusalem Calvo², Lucia Otero-Valera³, Alejandro Escudero Contreras², Rafaela Ortega Castro⁴, Lourdes Ladehesa Pineda⁵, Cristina Campos⁶, Pilar Bernabeu-Gonzálvez⁷, Cristina Bohorquez⁸, Alicia Garcia Dorta⁹, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos¹⁰, Manuel Enrique Pombo Suarez¹¹, Inmaculada Ros¹², Fernando Alonso³ and Isabel Castrejon¹³, ¹Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba / IMIBIC / University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ²Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ³Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department Reina Sofia Universitary Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department HUSLL, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of comorbidities, compared to the general population. The presence of such comorbidities has been directly…
Abstract Number: 1346 • ACR Convergence 2023
Semen Analysis of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis and Healthy Controls
Katya Meridor¹, Shimi Barda², Ofir Elalouf², Victoria Furer², Sara Pel³, Hila Nochomovitz⁴, michael zisapel², Jonathan Wollman², Reut Tzemach², Mark Berman⁵, Sara Borok⁶, Hagit Sarbagil-Maman⁷, Hagit Padova⁸, David levartovsky², Tzippy Shochat⁹, Daphna Paran², Ron Hauser², Ori Elkayam² and Ari Polachek⁶, ¹Tel Aviv Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Medical Center, Modiin, Israel, ⁴Ichilov, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical center, Kiryat Ono, Israel, ⁸Tel Aviv Medical center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ⁹Rabin Medical Center, Modiin, Israel
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) are commonly diagnosed in young males in their reproductive years. However, only a few studies have investigated…
Abstract Number: 1264 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nomination of Biomarkers for Self-testing Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Patient Similarity Networks: A Pilot Study
Martina Skacelova¹, Ondrej Janca², Milos Kudelka², Bishu Shrestha³, Pavel Horak⁴ and Eva Kriegova³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, ³Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine III- Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Although telemedicine in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could improve disease control with lower healthcare costs, knowledge of suitable parameters for self-testing disease activity still remains…

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