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  • Abstract Number: LB04 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Anti-CD20/BCMA Bispecific CAR-T Cell Therapy Promotes Immune Reset and Sustained Drug Free Remission in Refractory Autoimmune Diseases

    Huihua Ding1, Wensi Li2, Yiwen Shen3, Chunyan Zhang4, Yan Ye3, Ran Wang3, Shaoying Yang3, Chunmei Wu3, Dai Dai3, Chengxiao Zheng2, Yuan Qian2, Xiaobing Luo5, Thule Trinh5, Judy Zhu2, Jiaqi Huang5, Yong Hao3, Xiaoying Yao3, Zhenfen Ling6, Yihong Yao5 and Nan Shen1, 1Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 2Shanghai AbelZeta Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 3Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), 4Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 5AbelZeta Inc., Rockville, 6Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: Refractory autoimmune diseases with progressive organ damage remain a major unmet medical need. C-CAR168 is an autologous anti-CD20/BCMA bispecific CAR-T therapy designed to simultaneously…
  • Abstract Number: LB10 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Four-Year Safety and Efficacy of Deucravacitinib in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results From a Phase 2 Program

    Eric F. Morand1, Cristina Arriens2, Marilyn Pike3, Joan Merrill4, Victoria Werth5, Zahi Touma6, Razvan C. Ionitescu7, Masato Okada8, Ilias Kouris9, Yogita Kolekar10, Junyu Nie10, Venkat Renukuntla10, Thomas Wegman10 and Ronald van Vollenhoven11, 1Sub-Faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 3Rheumatology, MedPharm Consulting, Inc, Bethesda, 4Department of Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 5University of Pennsylvania, Merion Station, Pennsylvania, 6University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 7Medart Cliniq, Department of Rheumatology, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, 8St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 9Eli Lilly and Company Global, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, 10Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, 11Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: There is a substantial unmet need for effective, well-tolerated therapies for patients with SLE. Deucravacitinib is an oral, selective tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor…
  • Abstract Number: LB11 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Efficacy and Safety of Telitacicept in Patients with Sjögren’s Disease: Results from a Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Clinical Study

    Dong Xu1, Shangzhu Zhang1, Lin Qiao1, Li Zhang1, Wenxiang Wang2, Lin Li2, Binghua Xiao2, Jing Zhang2, Qing Zuraw3, Jianmin Fang2 and Xiaofeng Zeng1, 1Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College; National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Ministry of Science & Technology; State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases; Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China (People's Republic), 2RemeGen Co., Ltd., Rheumatology, Yantai, China (People's Republic), 3Vor Biopharma Inc., Boston

    Background/Purpose: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic autoimmune disease whose pathogenesis is associated with aberrant activation of B-lymphocytes. Telitacicept, a novel fusion protein, dually targets and…
  • Abstract Number: LB14 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Promising Early Outcomes With BMS-986353, a CD19-directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Severe Refractory Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Safety and Efficacy Findings From the Ongoing Phase 1 Trial

    Rohit Aggarwal1, David Korman2, Margrit Wiesendanger3, Vikas Majithia4, Ellen De Langhe5, Marc Schmalzing6, Melissa Griffith7, Philipp Koehler8, Joanna Schiller8, Dimitrios Mougiakakos9, Mohamad Cherry10, Richard Nash11, Jacques Azzi12, Ernesto Ayala4, Peter Vandenberghe5, Max Topp6, Jonathan Gutman7, Eugen Feist13, Alisha Desai14, Alexis Melton14, Alice Wozniak14, San-San Ou14, Melissa Harnois14, Jerill Thorpe14, Praneeth Jarugula14, Takafumi Ide14, Ashley Koegel14 and Neil Kramer15, 1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2Mountain Rheumatology, HCA HealthONE, Denver, Colorado, 3Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 4Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, 5University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 6University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 7University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, 8University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, Cologne, Germany, 9University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, 10Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey, 11HealthOne Cares and Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, Denver, Colorado, 12Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, 13Helios Vogelsang-Gommern Specialist Clinic, Gommern, Germany, 14Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, 15Overlook Medical Center and Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey

    Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are systemic autoimmune diseases affecting muscles, skin, lungs, joints, and several other organs; many patients are refractory to available therapy,…
  • Abstract Number: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Renal tubular acidosis in Sjögren’s disease and non-Sjögren’s sicca in an Oklahoma cohort

    Biji T Kurien1, Martha Tsaliki2 and R Hal Scofield1, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2OMRF, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Renal involvement in primary Sjögren’s disease (pSjD) is a well-known extraglandular manifestation with a prevalence of 5-14% in several studies. Mostly, it affects the…
  • Abstract Number: 1181 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Clinical Relevance of Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily Cytokines

    Robert Corty1, Gul Karakoc1, Ahmad Jawdat2, Hui Yu3, Jonathan Mosley4, Michael Stein1 and Vivian Kawai5, 1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 3University of Miami, Miami, 4UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 5University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: The tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) includes 48 proteins involved in immune activation, inflammation, and cell death and represent an area of intense focus…
  • Abstract Number: 1080 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Are Minority Populations Truly Vaccine Hesitant? A Provider-Based Approach to RSV Vaccine Uptake Suggests Otherwise.

    pavana sakhamuri1, Stephen Lindsey2, Cathryn Leggio3 and Ellen Mire4, 1LSUHSC, Dept of Rheumatology, Lafayette, LA, 2LSUHSC, Dept of Rheumatology, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 3University Medical center, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 4LSUHSC, Dept of Medicine, NEW ORLEANS, LA

    Background/Purpose: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in older adults and young children, particularly those with chronic illnesses or…
  • Abstract Number: 0962 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Spatial Proteomics Analysis of the organization of tertiary lymphoid structures in Systemic Sclerosis Skin

    Dennis Bleck1, Karen Drechsel2, Tim Filla3, Yi-Nan Li4, Andrea-Hermina Györfi5, Alexandru-Emil Matei6 and Jörg Distler7, 1University Hospital Düsseldorf, Department of Rheumatology, Hiller Research Center, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 2University Hospital Düsseldorf, Department of Rheumatology, Hiller Research center, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, 4University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 5Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University., Düsseldorf, Germany, 6Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich-Heine University. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, and Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Düsseldorf, Germany, 7University Hospital Duesseldorf and HHU, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disease and presents a significant medical challenge. It is characterized by fibrotic tissue remodeling, along…
  • Abstract Number: 0912 • ACR Convergence 2025

    CD11c⁺CD21⁻ Autoimmune-Associated B Cells Derived from Double-Negative IgD⁻CD27⁻ Subsets Exhibit Enhanced IFNLR1 Expression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Roukaya Yaakoubi, Diana Alzamareh, Alexander William Bae and Jennifer Barnas, university of rochester, rochester, NY

    Background/Purpose: Autoimmune-associated B cells (ABCs) are increasingly recognized for their role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet their developmental origins and specific…
  • Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Safety and efficacy of autologous CD19-CAR T-cell therapy in patients with autoimmune disease – data from the CASTLE Phase I/II basket study

    Melanie Hagen1, Andreas Wirsching1, Fabian Müller2, Soraya Kharboutli3, Christina Bergmann1, Sebastian Böltz1, Jule Taubmann4, Carlo Tur1, Laura Bucci1, Simon Völkl3, Michael Aigner3, Sascha Kretschmann3, Louis Schuster4, Koray Tascilar4, Silvia Spoerl3, Ingrid Vasova3, Panagiotis Garantziotis1, Daniel Aletaha5, Hans-Peter Kiener6, gerlando Natalello7, Franco Locatelli8, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino9, Aline Bozec1, Linda Hanssens10, Dirk De Vries10, Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer11, Andreas Mackensen12 and Georg Schett13, 1Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 2University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 3Department of Medicine 5 - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 4Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 5Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, 6Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, 7Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, 8IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, 9Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy, 10Miltenyi Biomedicine, Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, 11University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 12Department of Medicine 5 - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 13Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Engineered T cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) binding CD19 are powerful tools to deplete B-cells, representing an attractive therapy for severe autoimmune…
  • Abstract Number: 0843 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Efficacy and Safety of BMS-986353, a CD19-Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy Manufactured Using a Next-Generation Process: Updated Data From a Phase 1 Trial in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis

    Dinesh Khanna1, David Korman2, Elana Bernstein3, Neil Kramer4, Vikas Majithia5, Philip J. Mease6, Georg Schett7, Jacques Azzi8, Richard Nash9, Ran Reshef3, Mohammad Cherry10, Ernesto Ayala5, Matthew Schwede11, Monalisa Ghosh12, Fabian Müller13, Alisha Desai14, San-San Ou15, Sharmila Das14, Jerill Thorpe16, Melissa Harnois14, Alexis Melton16, Ashley Koegel16 and Margrit Wiesendanger8, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Mountain Rheumatology, Denver, CO, 3Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 4Overlook Medical Center; Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System, Summit, NJ, 5Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, 6Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 7Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, 8Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 9Health One Cares, Denver, CO, 10Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, 11Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, 12C. S. Mott Children's Hospital University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 13University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 14Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 15Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, 16Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton

    Background/Purpose: BMS-986353 (CC-97540) is an investigational CD19-directed T-cell therapy expressing the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) used in globally-approved lisocabtagene maraleucel; it is manufactured via the…
  • Abstract Number: 0366 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Dental Findings in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases and Its Association With Self-Perceived Oral Health

    Fernanda M. Garcia-Garcia1, Margarita Isabel Alarcon-Jarquin2, Vanessa L. Lopez-Flores2, Gabriel P. Castro-Cruz3, Carlos I. Estrada-Anguiano3, Jennifer Garcia-Bravo3, Aleydis Gonzalez-Melendez3, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra3, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado1 and Janett C. Riega-Torres4, 1Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 2Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 3Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, 4Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: Oral health conditions are frequent in patients with rheumatic diseases and can impact daily function and quality of life. Factors such as chronic inflammation…
  • Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Diagnostic Challenge of IgG4-related Disease: Comparison Between ACR/EULAR, Umehara, and Okazaki Criteria

    Rafael Gálvez Sánchez1, Ivan Ferraz Amaro2, Fernando Lopez Gutierrez3, Javier Loricera4, Pablo Martínez Calabuig5, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil6, Roxana González Mazarí7, Cristina Hormigos Martín8, DALIFER FREITES9, Maria Rodríguez Laguna8, Patricia Moya Alvarado10, Marta López I Gómez11, Hector Corominas Macia10, Maite Silva Díaz12, Guillermo González Arribas12, Angel García Aparicio13, Judit Font-Urgelles14, Ivette Casafont Solé15, Elisabet Castaneda16, Carolina Merino Argumánez17, Raquel Zas Vaamonde18, Juan Molina Collada19, Sergio Rodríguez Montero20, Rafael Melero Gonzalez21, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa22, Andrea Hernández23, Lucia Pantoja Zarza24, Ignacio Braña Abascal25, Vega Jovaní26, Elia Valls Pascual27, Natalia Mena Vázquez28, ADELA MARIA GALLEGO FLORES29, Noelia Cabaleiro Raña30, Raúl Veroz González31, Mariano Andrés32, Santos Castañeda Sainz33 and Ricardo Blanco34, 1Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group -IDIVAL, Reumatología, Santander, Santander, Spain, 4Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, 5Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain/ Uversidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain, Ontinyent, Spain, 6Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, 7Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Reumatología, Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 8Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 9Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 10Hospital de Sant Pau, Reumatología, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 11Hospital Universitario de Araba, Reumatología, Vitoria,, Vitoria, Spain, 12Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Reumatología, A Coruña, Spain, 13Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Reumatología, Toledo, Toledo, Spain, 14Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 15Hospital German Trias i Pujol, Reumatología, Badalona, Badalona, Spain, 16Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 17Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 18Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 19Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Reumatología, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 20Hospital Universitario de Valme, Reumatología, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 21Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Reumatología, Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 22BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, 23Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Reumatología, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain, 24Hospital General de Segovia, Reumatología, Segovia, Segovia, Spain, 25Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Reumatología, Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 26Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, 27Hospital General de Valencia, Reumatología, Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 28Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Reumatología, Málaga, Malaga, Spain, 29Complejo Hospitalario don Benito Villanueva, Reumatología, Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, 30Hospital Universitario Montecelo, Reumatología, Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, 31Hospital de Mérida, Reumatología, Mérida, Mérida, Spain, 32Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 33Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Reumatología, Madrid Grupo de cooperación nacional de enfermedad relacionada con IgG4: Blanca García Magallón (Hospital Universitario Puerta del Hierro), Maite Odriozola Gil (Hospital Universitario de Valme), Cristina Arciniega (Hospital de Mérida), Maria Lourdes Mateo Soria (Hospital German Trias i Pujol), Santiago Muñoz (Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía), Iñigo Jesús Rua Figueroa, (Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin), Sabela Fernández Aguado, (Hospital de Montecelo)., Madrid, Spain, 34Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

    Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a rare immune-mediated condition characterized by fibro-sclerosing inflammation, elevated serum and tissue IgG4 levels, and heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Several classification…
  • Abstract Number: 0208 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Current practices and challenges in tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment among patients with rheumatic diseases: A multiregional physician survey in China

    Xu Wang, Lifan Zhang and Lidan Zhao, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: This study aimed to assess the current clinical practices of tuberculosis (TB) infection screening and TB preventive treatment (TPT) among patients with rheumatic diseases,…
  • Abstract Number: 0082 • ACR Convergence 2025

    IBI3011, a Humanized anti-IL1RAP Monoclonal Antibody, Inhibits IL1, IL33, IL36-driven Inflammation Pathway, and Attenuates Inflammation in Preclinical Inflammatory Disease Model

    Hongling Tian, Lidan Liang, Chenjuan Zhu, Bin Li, Lei Cao, Meng Ni, Fan Chen, Zhimin Zhang, Min Wu, Tong Liu, Jinyang Li, Yao Xiong, Li Li, Shuaixiang Zhou, Enhong Zhong and Huizhong Xiong, Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Suzhou, Jiangsu, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: Interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP) serves as a co-receptor that forms receptor complexes with IL1R1, ST2, and IL36R and mediates signaling pathways triggered…
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