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Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improvement of Fatigue, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Morning Stiffness in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Dapirolizumab Pegol: 48-Week Results from a Phase 3 Trial
Ioannis Parodis¹, Caroline Gordon², Joan Merrill³, Matthias Schneider⁴, Zahi Touma⁵, Teri Jimenez⁶, Thomas Morel⁷, Mina Nejati⁸, Christian Stach⁹, Christine de La Loge¹⁰ and Laurent arnaud¹¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁴Clinic of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁷UCB, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ⁹UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹⁰UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ¹¹Service de rhumatologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S ¹¹⁰⁹, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and joint stiffness are common manifestations of SLE, presenting considerable treatment challenges, particularly in addressing chronic fatigue. Dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) is…
Abstract Number: 0660 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Deucravacitinib on Dysregulated Autoimmune Gene Modules That Correlate With Skin Disease Severity and Treatment Response in Patients With Cutaneous Manifestations of Lupus Erythematosus: Biomarker Results From a Global, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study
J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, Victoria Werth², Joerg Wenzel³, John Schwarz⁴, Jinqi Liu⁴ and Brandon Johnson⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor approved in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, has demonstrated significant improvements in cutaneous manifestations…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is Antimalarial Use Associated with a Reduced Risk of Lupus Nephritis in Patients with SLE? Results from an Inception Cohort-Based Study
Fadi Kharouf¹, JuanPablo Diaz Martinez², Pankti Mehta³, Dafna D. Gladman⁴, Laura Whitall Garcia⁵ and Zahi Touma⁶, ¹University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Antimalarials, particularly hydroxychloroquine, are a cornerstone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) management, with well-established benefits including reduced disease activity, prevention of flares, and mitigation…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2025
Global Longitudinal, Circumferential, and Radial Strain in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Jennifer Elise Abdalla¹, Yuichiro Okushi², Zoran Popovic², Heba Wassif² and Soumya Chatterjee³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Richmond Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune rheumatologic disease characterized by fibrosis and vascular complications, which significantly impact various organs, including the heart. Cardiac…
Abstract Number: 0656 • ACR Convergence 2025
Low-dose belimumab reduced disease flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at low disease activity: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Fangfang Sun¹, Huijing Wang¹, Danting Zhang¹, Nan Shen¹, Sheng Chen¹, Tiing Li¹, Weiguo Wan², Shengming Dai³ and Shuang Ye⁴, ¹Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁴Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: B-lymphocyte stimulator was involved in the pathogenesis of SLE. The humanized monoclonal antibody belimumab with 10mg/kg was effective for active patients. The efficacy of…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab-Based Triple Therapy in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Renal Outcomes and Glucocorticoid Tapering in a Real-World Multicenter Cohort
Paola Vidal Montal¹, Javier Narváez², Aina Fabregat³, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁴, José María Pego-Reigosa⁵, Andrea Hernández-martín⁶, Clara Moriano⁷, Maria Garcia-Villanueva⁸, Sandra Garrote Corral⁹, Sergi Heredia¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, Júlia Bernardez Moreno¹², Paloma Vela Casasempere¹³, Beatriz Tejera Segura¹⁴, Leyre Riancho¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Maria Piqueras García¹⁸, Beatriz Frade Sosa¹⁹, José Gomez-Puerta²⁰, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez²¹, Tarek Salman Montes²², María Galindo-Izquierdo²³, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL²⁴, Jaime calvo²⁵, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil²⁶, Marta De la Rubia Navarro²⁷, Berta Magallares²⁸ and Irene Altabás-González²⁹, ¹Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain; IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁷Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁸Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ²²Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ²⁸Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly published ACR guidelines recommend initiating triple therapy for all patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN). While belimumab (BEL) has demonstrated efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantitative Imaging in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Receiving Sodium Thiosulfate for Calcinosis Cutis
Ian Odell¹, Crystal Cheung¹, Megan Wu², Stephanie Perez³, Agrani Dixit⁴, Cassandra van Horn³, Muhammad Hamdan⁵, Baran Gunes⁶, Sophia Kujawski⁷, Hyojeong Lee³, Annie Wang³, Denise Esserman⁸, Michael Zamani⁹, F. Perry Wilson³, John Onofrey³, Xenophon Papademetris³ and Monique Hinchcliff¹⁰, ¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale University School of Medicine, Greenville, ³Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Yale University School of Medicine, Mansfield, ⁶Yale University School of Medicine, Pompton Plains, NJ, ⁷The George Washington University, New Haven, CT, ⁸Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, ⁹Independent Statistician, Washington D.C., ¹⁰Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis (CC) is a disabling skin condition associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although many CC treatments including sodium thiosulfate (STS) have been proposed,…
Abstract Number: 0588 • ACR Convergence 2025
The effect of biological and targeted synthetic DMARDs on peripheral manifestations in axial spondyloarthritis: a systematic literature review
Casper Webers¹, AUGUSTA ORTOLAN², Elena Nikiphorou³, Alexandre Sepriano⁴, Louise Falzon⁵, Clementina López Medina⁶, Dafne capelusnik⁷, Désirée Van Der Heijde⁸, Anna Molto⁹ and Sofia Ramiro¹⁰, ¹Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁵Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), peripheral musculoskeletal manifestations (peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, dactylitis) are common and contribute to the burden of disease. Our objective was to…
Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2025
Immune Checkpoint agonists: A New horizon for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Siba Raychaudhuri¹, Christine Abria² and Smriti K Raychaudhuri³, ¹UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, Davis, CA, ²Sacramento VA Medical Center, Mather, CA, ³Sacramento VA Medical Center, Davis, CA
Background/Purpose: Check point inhibitor PD-1 (programmed death protein 1) is upregulated during T lymphocyte activation and is important for limiting the duration of activation. Thus,…
Abstract Number: 0589 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing Efficacy of Upadacitinib in Male and Female Patients with axSpA: Results from the SELECT-AXIS 1 and 2 Trials
Sofia Ramiro¹, Anna Molto², Elena Nikiphorou³, Marcelo Pinheiro⁴, Jamie Urbanik⁵, Tianming Gao⁶, Shirley Chen⁷, Jayne Stigler⁸, Jessica A. Walsh⁹ and Lihi Eder¹⁰, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ²Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UNIFESP/ EPM, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵AbbVie, Grayslake, IL, ⁶AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁷AbbVie, Somerset, NJ, ⁸AbbVie, Round Lake, IL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggests that the treatment effectiveness of TNFis and IL-17is is higher in male (M) vs female (F) patients (pts) with axSpA.1,2 Data comparing…
Abstract Number: 0675 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a biomarker for disease onset and a predictor for mortality in Systemic Sclerosis – real-world data from a large healthcare provider in Israel.
Shiri Keret¹, Shlomit Yaari², gleb Slobodin³ and doron Rimar³, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Atlit, Israel, ²Maccabi Healthcare Services, HaMered ²⁷, Tel Aviv, ⁶⁸¹²⁵, Israel., Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Bnai Zion Medical Center Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel institute of technology, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been demonstrated to predict worsening skin and lung involvement, and a cutoff of 2.95 was…
Abstract Number: 0652 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evolution and Readiness: Preparing for Cell Therapy in Lupus Trials, A LuCIN Network Evaluation
Brandon Jackson¹, Saira Sheikh², Roberto Caricchio³, Taylor Irons⁴, Maria Dall'Era⁵, Amit Saxena⁶, Alfred Kim⁷, Jose Rubio⁸, Sasha Bernatsky⁹, David Goddard¹⁰, Fotios Koumpouras¹¹, Aimee Williams¹², Maya Merrell¹³, Jennifer Meriwether¹⁴ and Stacie Bell¹⁵, ¹Lupus Therapeutics, Miami, FL, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Lupus Therapeutics, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰NYU Langone Grossman SOM, Brooklyn, NY, ¹¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ¹²Lupus Therapeutics, Raleigh, NC, ¹³Lupus Therapeutics, Charleston, SC, ¹⁴Lupus Therapeutics, Westminster, CO, ¹⁵Lupus Therapeutics, Lakewood, CO
Background/Purpose: Lupus Therapeutics (LT), the clinical affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, oversees the premier North American Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN). As cell therapy…
Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2025
Symptom-Based Clustering of Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Ali Ayla¹, Ernesto Calderon Martinez², Meng Zhang³, Claudia Pedroza⁴, Bingrui Chen⁵, Ashish Balar⁵, Michael Hughes⁶, Silvia Bellando Randone⁷, Brian Skaug¹, Maureen Mayes⁸, Shervin Assassi⁹ and Zsuzsanna McMahan¹⁰, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, ⁴UTHealth Houston Institute for Clinical Research & Learning Health Care, Texas, TX, ⁵UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁸UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ¹⁰UT Health Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Virtually all patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) experience gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations over the course of their disease, affecting any region from the mouth to…
Abstract Number: 0684 • ACR Convergence 2025
Translation to Spanish and Linguistic Validation of the Assessment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Raynaud’s Phenomenon (ASRAP)
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Adriana Miguel Alvarez², Patricia E. Carreira³, Alejandra Babini⁴, Diana Rocío Gil Calderón⁵, John Pauling⁶ and Tatiana Rodriguez-Reyna², ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Italiano, Córdoba, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Universitario Mayor MEDERI, Universidad del Rosario, Artmedica SAS, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁶North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis-associated Raynaud’s phenomenon (SSc-RP) significantly impacts patients’ quality of life, yet validated tools to assess this condition in Spanish-speaking populations are lacking. The…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of Statin Medications for Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aakash V. Patel¹, Lingxiao Zhang², Emily S. Lau³, Baijun Zhou², Yuqing Zhang⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵ and April Jorge⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁵MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with up to a three-fold increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Statins have well-established cardioprotective benefits…

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