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Abstract Number: 2125 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effects of Treatment with Risankizumab on Minimal Disease Activity and Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Analysis of the KEEPsAKE-1 and -2 Trials
Joseph Merola¹, Iain B McInnes², Arthur Kavanaugh³, Peter Nash⁴, Zhenyi Xue⁵, Vassilis Stakias⁶, Ann Eldred⁷, Sandra Ciecinski⁸, Kevin Douglas⁶ and Laura Coates⁹, ¹Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴School of Medicine, Griffith University, Sunshine Coast, Australia, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Wilmington, DE, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁷AbbVie, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, ⁸AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Risankizumab (RZB) is a monoclonal antibody that specifically inhibits interleukin 23.Methods: KEEPsAKE-1 and -2, double-blind, phase 3 trials, evaluated the efficacy of RZB versus…
Abstract Number: 2129 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Extracellular Matrix Biomarkers Identify Response to Guselkumab in Psoriatic Arthritis; Post-hoc Analysis from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Through 2 Years
Signe Holm Nielsen¹, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen¹, Peder Frederiksen¹, Morten Karsdal¹, May Shawi², Soumya Chakravarty³, Alexa Kollmeier⁴, Warner Chen⁵ and Sheng Gao⁵, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁴Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive, joint-degenerative inflammatory disease with cartilage destruction, bone erosion and growth, and synovitis. Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling is also…
Abstract Number: 2130 • ACR Convergence 2022
Apremilast in Bio-Naïve Patients with Early Psoriatic Arthritis: A National, Real-Life, Multicenter, Non-Interventional, Prospective, 52-week Cohort Study
Petros P. Sfikakis¹, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos², Gkikas Katsifis³, Georgios Vosvotekas⁴, Theodoros Dimitroulas⁵, Argyro Repa⁶, Grigorios Sakellariou⁷, THEODORA SIMOPOULOU⁸, Athanasios Georgountzos⁹, Andreas Bounas¹⁰, Panagiotis Georgiou¹¹, Evangelia Mole¹², Evangelia Kataxaki¹³, Stamatis Nick Liossis¹⁴, Evangelos Theodorou¹⁵, Christina Antoniadou¹⁶, EVANGELOS THEOTIKOS¹⁷, PANAYIOTIS VLACHOYIANNOPOULOS¹⁸, THEODORA MARKATSELI¹⁹, Angeliki Kekki²⁰, NIKOLAOS ANTONAKOPOULOS²¹ and Dimitrios Boumpas²², ¹Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, ²Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ³Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁴Euromedica General Clinic of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁵4th Department of Internal medicine, Hippokration Hospital, School of medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁶Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, 424 General Army Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁸Clinic of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece, Larissa, Larisa, Greece, ⁹General Hospital of Athens G. Gennimatas, Athens, Greece, ¹⁰Olympion private General Clinic of Patras, Patras, Greece;, Patra, Akhaia, Greece, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Agios Andreas Hospital, Patras, Greece, PATRA, Akhaia, Greece, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Thriasio General Hospital of Elefsina, Magoula, Greece, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece, Patras, Akhaia, Greece, ¹⁵Rheumatology Clinic 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹⁶First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹⁸Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ²⁰Genesis Pharma SA, Halandri, Greece, ²¹Genesis Pharma SA, Chalandri, Greece, ²²4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Apremilast is a targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (tsDMARD) approved for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Few clinical studies assessing treatment regimens in PsA have focused…
Abstract Number: 2124 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunological Differences Between PsA Patients Who Are Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Naïve and Who Have Inadequate Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Stefan Siebert¹, Laura Coates², Georg Schett³, Siba P. Raychaudhuri⁴, Warner Chen⁵, Sheng Gao⁵, Soumya Chakravarty⁶, May Shawi⁷, Frederic Lavie⁸, Elke Theander⁹, Marlies Neuhold¹⁰, Alexa Kollmeier¹¹, Xie L Xu¹², Proton Rahman¹³, Philip J Mease¹⁴ and Atul Deodhar¹⁵, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ³Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁰Janssen, Zug, Switzerland, ¹¹Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ¹²Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Marcos, CA, ¹³Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada, ¹⁴Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ¹⁵Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: A better understanding of the immunological differences between psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients (pts) who are tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi)-naïve and who have inadequate…
Abstract Number: 2031 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Telitacicept in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 2 Trial
Dong Xu¹, Shangzhu Zhang¹, Cibo Huang², Chenghui Huang³, Li Qin⁴, Xiaomei Li⁵, Meiqing Chen⁶, Xiumei Liu⁷, Yi Liu⁸, Zhijun Li⁹, Jiankang Hu¹⁰, Chunde Bao¹¹, wei Wei¹², Jing Tian¹³, Xinwang Duan¹⁴, Jianmin Fang¹⁵ and Xiaofeng Zeng¹⁶, ¹Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China, ³The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Huzhou Third Municipal Hospital, Huzhou, China, ⁵Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China, ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, ⁷The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ⁸West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ¹⁰Jiangxi Pingxiang People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China, ¹¹Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, ¹²Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, ¹³Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ¹⁴The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ¹⁵Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Shanghai, China, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in adult patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) in a phase II randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2071 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC), American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Damage Index Revision – Item Generation Phase
Burak Kundakci¹, Megan R W Barber², Ann E Clarke², Sindhu R. Johnson³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Jiacai Cho⁵, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁶, Ellen M. Ginzler⁷, John Hanly⁸, Abida Hasan⁷, Murat İnanç⁹, Naureen Kabani⁷, Alexandra Legge¹⁰, Kaitlin Lima¹¹, Livia Lindoso¹², Anselm Mak¹³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹¹, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza¹⁴, Clovis A. Silva¹², Farah Tamirou¹⁵, Vitor C. Trindade¹², Evelyne Vinet¹⁶ and Ian N. Bruce¹, ¹Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁶Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁷SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center (Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Site) and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Arthritis Research Canada, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ¹²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁴Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Cruces, UPV/EHU, Barakaldo, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁶McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The SLICC, ACR and LFA embarked on a data- and expert-driven project to develop a revised systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) organ damage index (SDI).…
Abstract Number: 2116 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of the Ultrasound and Clinical Response to Apremilast Using a Joint-periarticular-nail Ultrasound Index and Clinical Evaluation in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Juan Josè de Agustin¹, Gustavo Añez¹, delia reina², Sergi Heredia³, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia⁴, Andrea Cuervo⁵, Jesus Rodriguez⁶, Carmen Moragues⁶, Patricia Moya⁷, Mireia Moreno⁸, Marta Arévalo⁸, Manel Pujol⁹, Georgina Salvador⁹, Noemi Busquets¹⁰, andres Ponce¹⁰, Ana Maria Laiz Alonso⁷ and MAria Pascual Pastor¹¹, ¹Vall D'hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Catalonia, Spain, ³Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despi, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁷Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa, Terrassa, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving joint and enthesis disease. Ultrasound (US) has demonstrated its useful tool for the diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 2026 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum and Tear Autoantibodies from nor Mice as Potential Diagnostic Indicators of Local and Systemic Inflammation in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Shruti Singh Kakan¹, Yaping Ju², Maria Edman² and Sarah Hamm-Alvarez³, ¹Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California; Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California; Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes into lacrimal (LG) and salivary (SG) glands and their concurrent loss of…
Abstract Number: 1517 • ACR Convergence 2022
Value of the Anti-CD74 Antibodies for the Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results of a Prospective Study in Patients with Suspicious Low Back Pain
Nelly Ziade¹, Avin Maroof², Antonella Abi Najm¹, Torsten Witte³ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Rizgary Teaching Hospital - Erbil, Erbil, Iraq, ³MH-Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are diagnosed late, partially due to the absence of a reliable biomarker. The diagnostic value of the anti-CD74 antibodies…
Abstract Number: 2103 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Telomere Length with Phenotypic Frailty in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sarah Lieber¹, Robyn Lipschultz¹, Syed Zahid², Myriam Lin¹, Neal Lue² and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Frailty is an increasingly recognized risk factor for adverse health outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Preliminary evidence is conflicting regarding whether telomere length,…
Abstract Number: 2127 • ACR Convergence 2022
Guselkumab Provides Continued Improvement in Key Domains of Psoriatic Arthritis Through 2 Years
Laura Coates¹, Laure Gossec², Christine Contré³, May Shawi⁴, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁵, Natalie Shiff⁶, Alexa Kollmeier⁷, Xie L Xu⁸, Peter Nash⁹, Philip J Mease¹⁰ and Philip Helliwell¹¹, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ²Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ³Formerly at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, ⁴Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁵McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Marcos, CA, ⁹School of Medicine, Griffith University, Sunshine Coast, Australia, ¹⁰Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ¹¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent guidelines from the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) recommend that psoriatic arthritis (PsA) therapy achieve lowest possible…
Abstract Number: 2112 • ACR Convergence 2022
Stringent Disease Activity Control at 2 Years Across Psoriatic Arthritis Domains Irrespective of Baseline Characteristics in Patients Treated with Guselkumab: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Christopher Ritchlin¹, Philip J Mease², Wolf-Henning Boehncke³, John Tesser⁴, Soumya Chakravarty⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, May Shawi⁷, Elena Schiopu⁸, Joseph Merola⁹, Iain B McInnes¹⁰ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ³Deptartment of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸Michigan Medicine Rheumatology Clinic – Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS) is associated with robust and sustained improvement in PsA signs and symptoms in subgroups of patients (pts) pooled from the phase 3…
Abstract Number: 2080 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Emergency Department Visits in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data from National Emergency Database Sample
Rashmi Dhital¹, Monica Guma², Brian Pedersen¹, Ashbina Pokharel³ and Kenneth Kalunian⁴, ¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ³William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases presenting to the emergency department (ED) often have multi-organ pathology. SLE patients may be particularly prone to ED visits…
Abstract Number: 2042 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sjögren’s Disease and Mitochondrial Function
Biji T Kurien¹, Pharaoh Gavin², Joshua Cavett¹, Valerie Lewis³, Ambre Chambers¹, Bhaskaran Shylesh⁴, Anjum Juvaria¹, Brittany Karfonta¹, Lida Radfar¹, Astrid Rasmussen⁴, Christopher Lessard⁴, Darise Farris⁴, Kathy Sivils⁵, Kristi A Koelsch⁴, Holly Van Remmen⁴ and R. Hal Scofield¹, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic inflammatory, autoimmune disorder with reduced lacrimal/salivary gland secretion resulting in keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia, respectively. Also, SjD patients…
Abstract Number: 2037 • ACR Convergence 2022
Childhood-onset Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Characterised by Dysregulated of B and T Memory Cell Frequencies: A Pilot Immunophenotyping Analysis of This Rare Disease Phenotype
Lucia Martin-Gutierrez¹, Hannah Peckham², Anna Radziszewska², Junjie Peng², Oluwatomisin Nettey², Elizabeth Jury³ and Coziana Ciurtin⁴, ¹Centre for Rheumatology Research, Department of Medicine,University College London, London, ²Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology Versus Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology Versus Arthritis, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterised by dryness resulting from chronic lymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands and extra glandular manifestations…

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