Abstracts tagged "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)"

Abstract Number: 1152 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Novel Serological Biomarker Measuring a Fragment of Cartilage Intermediate Layer Protein 1 Is Highly Upregulated in Rheumatic Diseases
Helena Port¹, Walter P Maksymowych², Morten Karsdal³, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³ and Signe Holm Nielsen³, ¹University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: A hallmark of rheumatic joint diseases is altered cartilage protein turnover and protein composition. During cartilage erosions, the cartilage intermediate layer protein-1 (CILP-1), is…
Abstract Number: 1609 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comorbidity Clusters in Ankylosing Spondylitis and Their Association with Disease Activity and Functional Impairment: Data from the PSOAS Cohort
Paras Karmacharya¹, Cynthia Crowson², Ryan Lennon³, Dilli Poudel⁴, John Davis³, Alexis Ogdie⁵, Jean Liew⁶, Michael Ward⁷, Mariko Ishimori⁸, Michael Weisman⁹, Matthew Brown¹⁰, Mohammad Rahbar¹¹, Mark Hwang¹², John Reveille¹³ and Lianne Gensler¹⁴, ¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁷National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, ⁸Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Genomics England, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ¹²McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ¹³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Comorbidities occur more frequently in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) than in the general population and are associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Some…
Abstract Number: 0375 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Presence of Heel Enthesitis on Physical Exploration Is Associated with Poorer Outcomes After 2 Years of Follow-up in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Clementina Lopez-Medina¹, Maria Angeles Puche Larrubia², lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda³, Raquel Granados⁴, Pilar Font⁵ and Eduardo Collantes⁵, ¹Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ²Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Granada, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis represents one of the most important peripheral musculoskeletal manifestation in patients with axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The prevalence and the burden of the disease…
Abstract Number: 0411 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Improves Signs and Symptoms Including Inflammation in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: 24-Week Efficacy & Safety from a Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Maxime Dougados³, Matthew Brown⁴, Denis Poddubnyy⁵, Filip Van den bosch⁶, Nigil Haroon⁷, Huji Xu⁸, Tetsuya Tomita⁹, Lianne Gensler¹⁰, Marga Oortgiesen¹¹, Carmen Fleurinck¹², Natasha de Peyrecave¹³, Thomas Vaux¹⁴, Alexander Marten¹⁵ and Atul Deodhar¹⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Genomics England, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Affiliated to Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, ⁹Department of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Suita Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹²UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ¹³UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁴UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹⁶Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. In a phase 2b study, BKZ showed rapid and…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Improves Signs and Symptoms, Including Inflammation, in Patients with Active Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: 24-Week Efficacy & Safety from a Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study
Atul Deodhar¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Lianne Gensler³, Huji Xu⁴, Karl Gaffney⁵, Hiroaki Dobashi⁶, Walter P Maksymowych⁷, Martin Rudwaleit⁸, Marina Magrey⁹, Dirk Elewaut¹⁰, Marga Oortgiesen¹¹, Carmen Fleurinck¹², Natasha de Peyrecave¹³, Alicia Ellis¹⁴, Thomas Vaux¹⁵, Julie Shepherd-Smith¹⁵ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Affiliated to Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, ⁵Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ⁶Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁹Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹²UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ¹³UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁴UCB Pharma, Raleigh, ¹⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. In patients (pts) with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS), BKZ…
Abstract Number: 1153 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differentially Expressed Genes in Males and Females with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS): Transcriptomics of IL-17-producing Cells in Patients with AS
Chan Mi Lee¹, Ricky Chan², Maricela Haghiac³ and Marina Magrey⁴, ¹University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: Unlike most autoimmune diseases, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is more frequently diagnosed in men (3:1) and with a higher radiographic progression compared to women. Th17…
Abstract Number: 1611 • ACR Convergence 2022
Putative Role of the Histidine and Tryptophan Biochemical Pathways in the Mode of Action of Upadacitinib in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Thierry Sornasse¹, Liang Li², Shuang Zhao², Xiaohang Wang², Fang Cai³, Yingtao Bi⁴, In-Ho Song⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁶, Robert G. Lambert⁷ and Walter P Maksymowych⁸, ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²The Metabolomics Innovation Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³AbbVie, Redwood City, CA, ⁴AbbVie, Inc, Worcester, MA, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA) 15 mg QD is efficacious in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) exhibiting inadequate responses to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs-IR).1 We determined…
Abstract Number: 0379 • ACR Convergence 2022
Physical Activity Is Associated with Physical and Global Function in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis, Independent of Disease Activity
So Yeon Park¹ and Kwi Young Kang², ¹Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Republic of Korea, ²Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: To investigate whether physical activity is independently associated with physical and global function in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and to analyse the relationship…
Abstract Number: 0412 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Improves Physical Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Maureen Dubreuil¹, Karl Gaffney², Lianne Gensler³, Jonathan Kay⁴, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁵, Christine de la Loge⁶, Alicia Ellis⁷, Carmen Fleurinck⁸, Marga Oortgiesen⁹, Vanessa Taieb¹⁰ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁷UCB Pharma, Raleigh, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ⁹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) severely impacts patients' (pts) physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).1 Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively…
Abstract Number: 0546 • ACR Convergence 2022
COmparison of the Effect of Treatment with NSAIDs Added to Anti-TNF Therapy versus Anti-TNF Therapy Alone on Progression of StrUctural Damage in the Spine over Two Years in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (CONSUL): An Open-Label, Randomized Controlled, Multicenter Trial
Fabian Proft¹, Bukrhard Muche², valeria Rios-Rodriguez³, Murat Torgutalp⁴, Mikhail Protopopov⁵, Joachim Listing⁶, Maryna Verba⁷, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁸, Uta Kiltz⁹, Maren Sieburg¹⁰, Swen Jacki¹¹, Joachim Sieper⁴ and Denis Poddubnyy¹, ¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité University Hospital, CCM, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶German Rheumatism Research Centre, Epidemiology Unit, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁸Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatologische Facharztpraxis, Magdeburg, Germany, ¹¹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Tübingen, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is some evidence that NSAIDs, in particular celecoxib (CEL), might possess not only symptomatic efficacy but also disease-modifying properties in ankylosing spondylitis (AS),…
Abstract Number: 1155 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epigenome-Wide Integrative Association Study on Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Ivan Arias-de la Rosa², Clementina Lopez-Medina³, lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda⁴, Rafaela Ortega-Castro², Daniel Toro-Domínguez¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Raúl López-Domínguez⁵, Olivia Castellini-Pérez¹, Guillermo Barturen¹, Nuria Barbarroja², Eduardo Collantes² and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital/Rheumatology Department/Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain, ⁵University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: An important role of DNA methylation changes in Spondylitis Ankylosing has been recently demonstrated by epigenome-wide studies. However, there is a lack of genome-wide…
Abstract Number: 1748 • ACR Convergence 2022
Deep Immune Profiling of Cytotoxic T Cells (CTL) from Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Revealed a Subset of CTL Co-Expressing PD-1 and TIGIT That Resists Immune Exhaustion
Michael Tang¹, Addison Pacheco², Zoya Qaiyum³, Melissa Lim¹ and Robert Inman¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Unresolved, chronic inflammation is a key feature of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) yet the immunological events perpetuating remain unclear. The strongest genetic association with AS…
Abstract Number: 0383 • ACR Convergence 2022
Analysis of the Performance of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for the Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis in an Independent Cohort of axSpA Patients Including Both Nr-axSpA and r-axSpA
Fabian Proft¹, Janis Vahldiek², Joeri Nicolaes³, Rachel Tham⁴, Bengt Hoepken⁵, Baran Ufuktepe⁶, Denis Poddubnyy¹ and Keno Kyrill Bressem², ¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³UCB Pharma, Anderlecht, Belgium, ⁴UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Overland Park, KS, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is the first imaging method if axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is suspected. The presence of definite radiographic sacroiliitis is…
Abstract Number: 0414 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis with Intolerance to And/or Lack of Efficacy of Prior Biologic Therapy: A Subgroup Analysis
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Fabiana Ganz², Hideto Kameda³, Jessica Walsh⁴, Manish Jain⁵, Kristin D’Silva⁶, Peter Wung⁶, Xianwei Bu⁶, Jayne Stigler⁶ and Désirée van der Heijde⁷, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ²AbbVie, Inc., Luzern, Switzerland, ³Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Great Lakes Clinical Trials, Chicago, IL, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, has been evaluated in the treatment of AS both in patients (pts) naïve to biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs)1…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing the Proficiency for Scoring Sacroiliac Joint Radiographs According to the Modified New York Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis by Using an Online Real-time Iterative Calibration (RETIC) Module
Anna Hadsbjerg¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Joel Paschke³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Michael Nissen⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁶, Ashish J Mathew⁷, Marie Wetterslev⁸, Raphael Micheroli⁹, Susanne Pedersen¹⁰, Simon Krabbe¹⁰, Kristyna Bubova¹¹, Monika gregova¹², Alexander Bernatschek⁴, Maurice Donzallaz⁴, Burkhard Moeller¹³, Ziga Snoj¹⁴, Karlo Pintaric¹⁴, Manouk de Hooge¹⁵, Karel Gorican¹⁶, Robert G Lambert⁶ and Walter P Maksymowych¹⁷, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, COPECARE, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³CARE Arthritis LTD, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ¹¹First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University,, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, ¹³Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁴Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ¹⁶MSK radiology unit, Radiology section – Diagnostic department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiographic assessment of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) according to the modified New York (mNY) criteria is essential in the classification of ankylosing spondylitis, but…

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