Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: L19 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ianalumab (VAY736), a Dual Mode of Action Biologic Combining BAFF Receptor Inhibition with B Cell Depletion, for Treatment of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Results of an International Randomized, Placebo Controlled Dose Range Finding Study in 190 Patients
Simon Bowman¹, Robert Fox ², Thomas Dörner ³, Xavier Mariette ⁴, Athena Papas ⁵, Thomas Grader-Beck ⁶, Benjamin A. Fisher ⁷, Filipe Barcelos ⁸, Salvatore De Vita ⁹, Hendrik Schulze-Koops ¹⁰, Robert J. Moots ¹¹, Guido Junge ¹², Janice Woznicki ¹³, Monika Sopala ¹², Wen-Lin Luo ¹³ and Wolfgang Hueber ¹², ¹University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Scripps Memorial Hospital and Research Institute, La Jolla, California, ³Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, ⁵Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Massachusetts, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁷University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Nova Medical School, Hospital Cuf Descobertas, Instituto Português de Reumatologia,, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Udine University Hospital, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹¹Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, basel, Switzerland, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, New Jersey
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) is a multi-organ autoimmune disease primarily affecting excretory glands and characterized by B-cell hyperactivity. No approved systemic treatments are available.…
Abstract Number: 1077 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mediation of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Autoimmune Conditions by Pregnancy Complications
Christina Chambers¹, Gretchen Bandoli ², Namrata Singh ³, Jennifer Strouse ⁴, Rebecca Baer ⁵, Brittney Donovan ⁶, Sky Feuer ⁷, Nichole Nidey ⁶, Kelli Ryckman ⁶ and Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski ⁷, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, ⁴University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, ⁵UCSD, La Jolla, ⁶UIOWA, Iowa City, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune conditions are associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy complications and outcomes, suggesting that pregnancy complications may mediate the excess risk. We…
Abstract Number: 2296 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Assisted Reproductive Technology in Patients with Inflammatory and Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Elisa Trujillo¹ and Erika Padrón ¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Women with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases increasingly solicit assisted reproductive techniques (ART) due to infertility, but there is little information about success rates…
Abstract Number: 1270 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness and Safety of Off-label Use of Tocilizumab in Refractory Autoimmune Diseases: A Multicenter Study
Martin Michaud¹, Thomas Sene ², Pascal Chazerain ², Geoffrey Urbanski ³, Frederique Retornaz ⁴, Boris Bienvenu ⁵, Laurent Chiche ⁴, Florian Catros ⁶, Laurent Sailler ⁷, Laurent Alric ⁸, Jean Thomas Giraud ⁹, Léo Caudrelier ¹⁰, Slim Lassoued ¹⁰, Sophie Ancellin ⁶, Olivier Lidove ² and Francis Gaches ⁶, ¹Joseph Ducuing Hospital, Toulouse, France, ²Hôpital Croix Saint Simon, Paris, France, ³CHU Angers, Angers, France, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Saint Joseph, Marseille, France, ⁶Hôpital Joseph Ducuing, Toulouse, France, ⁷University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁸CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁹Hôpital de Tarbes, Tarbes, France, ¹⁰Hôpital de Cahors, Cahors, France
Background/Purpose: There is increasing evidence of Tocilizumab (TCZ) efficacy in refractory auto-immune diseases. The present study aimed at evaluating the real-world experience of using TCZ…
Abstract Number: 2736 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-associated Invariant T Cells Can Be Therapeutically Targeted in Lupus
Goh Murayama¹, Asako Chiba ², Tomohiro Mizuno ³, Atsushi Nomura ², Taiga Kuga ⁴, HIrofumi Amano ⁴, Ken Yamaji ⁴, Naoto Tamura ⁴ and Sachiko Miyake ², ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rhumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Immunlogy, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate T cells that are restricted by the nonpolymorphic MHC-related molecule-1 (MR1) and express a semi-invariant TCRα chain:…
Abstract Number: 1295 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Otoferlin Is Increased in Muscle and PBMCs from Untreated Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: Possible Association with Decreased Circulating Natural Killer Cells
Lauren Pachman¹, Wil Marin ², Gabrielle Morgan ¹, Megan L. Curran ³, Kaveh Ardalan ⁴, Chiang-Ching Huang ⁵ and Eli Roberson ⁶, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, ²Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Washington University at St.Louis, St.Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare inflammatory myopathy in which the immunoregulatory control is not well understood. Collaboration with A.R. French, MD/PhD, documented the…
Abstract Number: 2741 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Integration of Single Cells from Inflammatory Disease Tissues Reveals Common and Unique Pathogenic Cell States
Fan Zhang¹, Joseph Mears ¹, ilya Korsunsky ¹, Kevin Wei ², Anna Helena Jonsson ², Deepak Rao ¹, Edy Kim ³, Laura Donlin ⁴, Jill Buyon ⁵, Michelle Petri ⁶, Chaim Putterman ⁷, Thomas Tuschl ⁸, Nir Hacohen ⁹, Betty Diamond ¹⁰, Michael Brenner ¹¹ and Soumya Raychaudhuri ¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boton, MA, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Rockefeller Research Laboratories, New York, ⁹Broad Institute, Cambridge, ¹⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, ¹¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital:, Boston
Background/Purpose: Different autoimmune diseases can co-exist in an individual and share similar genetic associations, autoimmune signaling pathways, and clinical manifestations. However, autoimmune diseases present varied…
Abstract Number: 1339 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk of Immunotherapy Related Toxicity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizaveta Efuni ¹, Samuel Cytryn ², Patrick Boland ² and Sabina Sandigursky³, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, ³NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have changed the therapeutic landscape in oncology leading to cures in some cancer types. However, patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases…
Abstract Number: 2780 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identification of SLE Subgroups at Risk for Poor Outcomes After Hydroxychloroquine Taper or Discontinuation
Celline C. Almeida-Brasil ¹, Evelyne Vinet ², Christian Pineau ² and Sasha Bernatsky¹, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The risks and benefits of long-term hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), versus tapering or stopping, remain uncertain. We aimed to identify predictors of…
Abstract Number: 1628 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lung Function Decline in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease in the SENSCIS Trial: Subgroup Analysis by Time Since First Non-Raynaud Symptom
Aryeh Fischer¹, Oliver Distler ², Dinesh Khanna ³, Yannick Allanore ⁴, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold ⁵, Gabriele Valentini ⁶, Toby Maher ⁷, Martin Aringer ⁸, Leslie Meng ⁹, Margarida Alves ¹⁰, Martina Gahlemann ¹¹, Manuel Quaresma ¹⁰ and Masataka Kuwana ¹², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, II Policlinico U.O. Reumatologia, Napoli, Italy, Napoli, Italy, ⁷National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK and National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Facility, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ⁹Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ¹²Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common and usually early manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Decline in lung function in patients with SSc-ILD is…
Abstract Number: 2841 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial of a Novel Toll-Like Receptor 7/8/9 Antagonist (IMO-8400) in Dermatomyositis
Yoo Jung Kim¹, Elena Schiopu ², Katalin Dankó ³, Tahseen Mozaffar ⁴, Srinivas Chunduru ⁵, Kirstin Lees ⁶, Namita Goyal ⁴, David Fiorentino ⁷ and Kavita Sarin ⁷, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁴Department of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, ⁵Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, ⁷Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare inflammatory disease of skin and muscle associated with characteristic skin findings, muscle weakness, interstitial lung disease, pruritus, and malignancies.…
Abstract Number: 62 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Human Gingiva-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Therapeutic in Lupus Nephritis Through Targeting of CD39-CD73 Signaling Pathway
Song Guo Zheng¹, Julie Wang ², Junlong dang ³, Nancy Olsen ⁴ and Wael Jarjour ¹, ¹Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ²Ohio State University, columbus, ³Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, ⁴Penn State University, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Cell specific and cytokine targeted therapeutics have underperformed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in spite of numerous targets examined and clinical trials conducted. Mesenchymal…
Abstract Number: 1636 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Topoisomerase I Antibody Status on Decline in Lung Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Data from the SENSCIS Trial
Maureen Mayes¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Aryeh Fischer ⁴, Ganesh Raghu ⁵, Mannaig Girard ⁶, Margarida Alves ⁷, Susanne Stowasser ⁷, Jörg Distler ⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic ⁹, Elizabeth Volkmann ¹⁰, Masataka Kuwana ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Seattle, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been associated with a greater risk of developing interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 102 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serine Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (SRSF1) Restrains IFN-γ and IL-17 Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Its Selective Deficiency in T Cells Exacerbates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) and Nephrotoxic Nephritis (NTN)
Takayuki Katsuyama¹, Kotaro Otomo ¹, Hao Li ², Michihito Kono ³, Nobuya Yoshida ¹, George Tsokos ¹ and Vaishali R. Moulton ¹, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ³Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Background/Purpose: CD4 T helper 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells producing IFN-γ and IL-17 are aberrantly increased and contribute to inflammatory responses in autoimmune diseases including…
Abstract Number: 1643 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial by Corticosteroid Use
Madelon Vonk¹, Oliver Distler ², Daniel Furst ³, Eric Hachulla ⁴, Sindhu Johnson ⁵, Shervin Assassi ⁶, Leslie Meng ⁷, Manuel Quaresma ⁸, Margarida Alves ⁸, Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty ⁸ and Wim Wuyts ⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC)…

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