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Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2021
Lower Adverse Event and Infection Rates During Tocilizumab Therapy Without Concomitant GC: An Analysis of the ICHIBAN Study
Christof Specker¹, Martin Aringer², Gerd Burmester³, Marvin A. Peters⁴, Michael W. Hofmann⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Frank Moosig⁷, Hans-Peter Tony⁸ and Gerhard Fliedner⁹, ¹Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ³Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ⁵Chugai Pharma Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁶Hospital Neuwittelsbach, Center for Rheumatology and Gastroenterology, Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Center Schleswig-Holstein Middle, Neumünster, Germany, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Practice, Osnabrueck, Germany
Background/Purpose: To limit the risk of serious infections, guidelines recommend short term (< 3 months) or low-dose (≤10 mg/day) adjunct glucocorticoids (GCs) to control rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1694 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sustainability of Response to Upadacitinib Among Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Refractory to Biological Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
Ronald van Vollenhoven¹, Stephen Hall², Alvin Wells³, Sebastian Meerwein⁴, Yanna Song⁵, Jessica Suboticki⁵ and Roy Fleischmann⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Emeritus Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ³Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center, Franklin, WI, ⁴AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Sustained clinical remission (REM) is the primary treatment goal for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with low disease activity (LDA) being an appropriate target…
Abstract Number: 1695 • ACR Convergence 2021
Erythrocyte Methotrexate Polyglutamates Are Substantially Higher After Subcutaneous Methotrexate Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in the First Months of Treatment
Renske Hebing¹, Sohaila Mahmoud¹, Marry Lin², Ittai Muller², Sandra Heil³, Willem Lems⁴, Mike Nurmohamed⁵, Robert de Jonge² and Gerrit Jansen², ¹Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²AmsterdamUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Optimal dosing of methotrexate (MTX) for individual rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to achieve adequate disease control remains challenging. Assessment of erythrocyte MTX-polyglutamates (PGs) levels…
Abstract Number: 1696 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Outcomes up to Week 48 of Ongoing Filgotinib RA Long-term Extension Trial of Biologic DMARD Inadequate Responders Initially on Filgotinib or Placebo in a Phase 3 Trial
Maya Buch¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², Vijay Rajendran³, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg⁴, Alena Pechonkina⁵, YingMeei Tan⁶, Qi Gong⁵, Katrien Van Beneden⁷ and Roberto Caporali⁸, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁴National Reference Center for Rare East South-West Autoimmune Systemic Diseases RESO, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France, ⁵Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁶Gilead Sciences, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁷Galapagos, NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁸Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: The preferential Janus kinase-1 inhibitor filgotinib (FIL) is approved to treat RA in Europe and Japan. We assessed FIL efficacy and safety in patients…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Outcomes up to Week 48 of Filgotinib Treatment in an Ongoing Long-term Extension Trial of RA Patients with Inadequate Response to MTX Initially Treated with Filgotinib or Adalimumab During the Phase 3 Parent Trial
Bernard Combe¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Paul Emery³, Alena Pechonkina⁴, Albert Kuo⁴, Qi Gong⁴, Katrien Van Beneden⁵, Vijay Rajendran⁶ and Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁷, ¹CHU Montpellier Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁵Galapagos, NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁶Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: The preferential Janus kinase (JAK)-1 inhibitor filgotinib (FIL) is approved for treatment of moderately to severely active RA in Europe and Japan. We assessed…
Abstract Number: 1698 • ACR Convergence 2021
Integrated Safety Analysis Update for Filgotinib in Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Treatment over a Median of 2.2 Years
Kevin Winthrop¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Tsutomu Takeuchi³, Alan Kivitz⁴, Mark Genovese⁵, Alena Pechonkina⁶, Franziska Matzkies⁶, Beatrix Bartok⁷, Kun Chen⁶, Deyuan Jiang⁶, Iyabode Tiamiyu⁶, Robin Besuyen⁸, Sander Strengholt⁹, Gerd Burmester¹⁰ and Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁵Gilead Sciences, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, ⁶Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁷Gilead Sciences, Inc., La Jolla, CA, ⁸Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Galapagos, BV, New York, NY, ¹⁰Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹National Reference Center for Rare East South-West Autoimmune Systemic Diseases RESO, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: The preferential Janus kinase (JAK)-1 inhibitor filgotinib (FIL) significantly improved signs and symptoms of RA in Phase 2 and 3 trials,1–5 and FIL is…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2021
The “ITIS” Diet Improves Fatigue in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Is Associated with Changes in Metabolome and Fecal Microbiome
Roxana Coras¹, Cameron Martino¹, Julia Gauglitz¹, Alan Jarmusch¹, Anupriya Tripathi¹, Francesca Cedola², Marta Fernandez-Bustamante¹, Meritxall Agustín-Perez¹, Maram Alharthi¹, Susan Lee¹, Abha Singh¹, Soo In Choi¹, Tania Rivera¹, Katherine Nguyen³, Tatyana Shekhtman¹, Tiffany Holt¹, Shahrokh Golshan¹, Rob Knight¹, Pieter C Dorrestein¹ and Monica Guma¹, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego, Rome, CA, Italy, ³University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is common symptom in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated with decreased quality of life and productivity. Fatigue mechanisms have not been well studied, hence,…
Abstract Number: 1700 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pharmacokinetic Boosting to Enable Once-Daily Reduced Dose Tofacitinib
Céleste van der Togt¹, Lise Verhoef², Nathan den Broeder³, Rob ter Heine³, Bart van den Bemt⁴ and Alfons den Broeder⁵, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek; Radboud University Medical Center, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁵Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an effective, yet costly, drug for treatment of RA and PsA. Tofacitinib is metabolized mainly by the cytochrome P450-enzyme CYP3A4, and the…
Abstract Number: 1701 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Treated with Biological Agents: 6-month Follow-up
Georgios Papamichail¹, Theodora Markatseli², Athanasios Georgiadis³, Vasileios Xydis⁴, Haralampos Milionis¹, Alexandros Drosos² and Paraskevi Voulgari², ¹Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ²Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ³Private Practice, Ioannina, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁴Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, Ioannina, Greece
Background/Purpose: Despite new therapeutic approaches in RA, the mortality gap between RA patients and the general population persists, and may even be increasing. Cardiovascular (CV)…
Abstract Number: 1702 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy and Safety of Baricitinib in B/tsDMARDs Naive and B/tsDMARDs-IR Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
MASAOMI YAMASAKI, Shin-Yokohama Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib, an oral selective inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and 2, improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis(RA).We analyze efficacy and safety of…
Abstract Number: 1703 • ACR Convergence 2021
AP1189: A Novel Oral Biased Melanocortin Agonist with Anti-inflammatory and Pro-resolving Effect for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Thomas Jonassen¹, Thierry Duvauchelle¹, Birgitte Telmer², Irene Sandholdt², Thomas Boesen¹ and Ellen-Margrethe Hauge³, ¹SynAct Pharma, Holte, Denmark, ²CroxxMed, Hørsholm, Denmark, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Melanocortin (MC) type 1 and type 3 receptor stimulation is associated with anti-inflammation and promotion of inflammatory resolution. AP1189 is a biased MC type…
Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tofacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is There a Correlation Between a Rapid Analgesic Effect and a Decrease in Activity After 3 and 6 Months?
Elena Pogozheva¹, Andrey Karateev¹, Evgeniy Nasonov¹, Alexander Lila¹, Vadim Mazurov², Rusanna Samigullina³, Diana Chakieva⁴, Anna Dadalova⁴, Anna Dyo⁴, Andrey Baranov⁵, Natalia Lapkina⁵, Ekaterina Kol’tsova⁶, Ivan Shchendrigin⁷, Tatyana Rasevich⁸, Antonina Davydova⁹, Irina Shafieva¹⁰, Inna Bashkova¹¹, Daria Bobrikova¹², Irina Kushnir¹³, Elena Kalinina¹⁴, Tatiana Sal’nikova¹⁵, Valentina Sorotskaya¹⁶, Irina Marusenko¹⁷, Olga Semagina¹⁸, Irina Vinogradova¹⁹, Diana Krechikova²⁰, Natalia Kiryukhina²¹, Irina Semizarova²², Dzhamilya Murtazalieva²³ and Marina Semchenkova²⁴, ¹V.A. Nasonova Reseach Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, ³Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia, ⁵Yaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia, ⁶Scientific and Research Institute of Health Care Organization, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Stavropol Regional Clinical Hospital, Stavropol, Russia, ⁸Astrakhan Region Alexandro-Mariinsky Regional Clinical Hospital, Astrakhan, Russia, ⁹Regional Clinical Hospital №1 named. prof. S. V. Ochapovskogo, Krasnodar, Russia, ¹⁰Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Samara, Russia, ¹¹Advisory Polyclinic Chuvash State University named after I. N. Ulyanov, Cheboksary, Russia, ¹²Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, Tyumen', Russia, ¹³Kemerovo regional clinical hospital, Kemerovo, Russia, ¹⁴Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia, ¹⁵Regional Clinical Hospital, Tula, Russia, ¹⁶Tula State Medical University, Tula, Russia, ¹⁷Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia, ¹⁸Regional Clinical Hospital, Samara, Russia, ¹⁹Regional Clinical Hospital, Ulyanovsk, Russia, ²⁰Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk, Russia, ²¹National Medical and Surgical Center named after N.I. Pirogov” of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ²²Regional Clinical Hospital, Krasnodar, Russia, ²³Moscow Clinical Scientific and Practical Centre named after Loginov A.S., Moscow, Russia, ²⁴Medical Clinical Centre, Smolensk, Russia
Background/Purpose: to investigate the correlation between the rapid analgesic effect of tofacitinib and a decrease in RA activity after 3 and 6 months.Methods: The study…
Abstract Number: 1705 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Age and Drug-Drug Interactions on QT Interval in Chronic Hydroxychloroquine Users
Marco Gianpiero Antivalle¹, Michele Agosti¹, Giuliana La Paglia², Alberto Batticciotto³, Maria Chiara Ditto⁴, SIMONE PARISI⁵ and Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini⁶, ¹L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²L.Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Lombardia, Italy, ³Ospedale di Circolo - Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Lombardia, Italy, ⁴AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy, ⁵AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, TURIN, Italy, ⁶L.Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been used safely for over 60 years in rheumatic patients. However, following its recent use in covid-19 disease, its safety has…
Abstract Number: 1706 • ACR Convergence 2021
Twenty-four-week Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled First-in-Human Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Neurostimulation with a Miniaturized Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device in Patients with Multidrug-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
Norman Gaylis¹, Mark Genovese², David Sikes³, Alan Kivitz⁴, Diane Horowitz⁵, Charles Peterfy⁶, Yaakov Levine⁷ and David Chernoff⁸, ¹Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ²Stanford University, Sunnyvale, CA, ³Florida Medical Clinic, Wesley Chapel, FL, ⁴Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁵Northwell Health, Jericho, NY, ⁶Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ⁷SetPoint Medical, Manhassest, NY, ⁸SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) activates innate neuroimmune reflexes that have been shown to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines and clinical disease activity in subjects with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1707 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Bioengineered Probiotic for the Oral Delivery of an Immunomodulator in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yuqing Wang¹, Duolong Zhu¹, Laura Ortiz-Velez², Jacob Perry¹, Michael Pennington³, Joseph Hyser¹, Robert Britton¹ and Christine Beeton¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²TMC Innovation, Houton, ³AmbioPharm Inc., North Augusta, SC
Background/Purpose: CCR7- effector memory T (TEM) lymphocytes are targets for immunomodulation for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Following activation, TEM cells upregulate the expression…

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