Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0372 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development and Implementation of a Remote Educational Program to Optimize Safe Medication Use in Older Veterans with Rheumatic Diseases
Maria Romero Noboa¹, Hannah Howell², Angelo Gaffo³ and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Symptomatic treatment in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) – including glucocorticoids (GCs) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – can result in improved quality of…
Abstract Number: 0271 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Presentation of Igg4-Related Disease. Multicenter Study and Literature Review
Rafael Gálvez Sánchez¹, Fernando Lopez Gutierrez², Javier Loricera³, Pablo Martínez Calabuig⁴, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil⁵, Roxana González Mazario⁶, Cristina Hormigos Martin⁷, DALIFER FREITES⁸, Maria Rodriguez Laguna⁹, Patricia Moya Albarado¹⁰, Marta López i Gómez¹¹, Hector Corominas¹², Maite Silva-Diaz¹³, GUILLERMO GONZALEZ ARRIBAS¹⁴, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹⁵, Judit Font-Urgelles¹⁶, Ivette Casafont-Solé¹⁶, elisabeth Castañeda¹⁷, Carolina Merino¹⁸, Raquel Zas¹⁹, Juan Molina-Collada²⁰, Sergio Rodríguez Montero²¹, Rafael B. Melero-González²², Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa²³, Andrea Hernández²⁴, Lucia Pantoja²⁵, Ignacio Braña²⁶, Vega Jovaní²⁷, Elia Valls-Pascual²⁸, Natalia Mena Vázquez²⁹, Adela Gallego³⁰, Noelia Cabaleiro Raña³¹, Raul Veroz³², Mariano Andrés Collado³³, Santos Castañeda³⁴ and Ricardo Blanco³⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group -IDIVAL, Reumatología, Santander, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain/ Uversidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain, Ontinyent, Spain, ⁵Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹²Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁴Facultativo especialista, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda (Madrid), Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ²²COMPLEXO HOSPITALARIO UNIVERSITARIO DE OURENSE, O Carballino, Spain, ²³BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrin, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canarias, Spain, ²⁵Complejo Hospitalario Segovia, Segovia, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ²⁷Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁸Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Málaga, Spain, ³⁰Complejo Hospitalario don Benito Villanueva, Badajoz, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario Montecelo, Rheumatology, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, ³²Hospital de Merida, Merida, Extremadura, Spain, ³³Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory entity that can involve almost every organ, with characteristic histological features. Its pathogenesis remains poorly understood, clinical…
Abstract Number: 0212 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biomarker-Guided Therapeutic Calculator for Personalized Management in Pregnant Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Noe Macias-Segura¹, Rodolfo Martinez-Canales¹, Andres M. Ortiz-Rios², Braulio R. Avalos-Garcia², Eva Abigaid Galindo-Calvillo², Mario Cesar Salinas-Carmona¹, Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³ and Cassandra Michele Skinner-Taylor², ¹Immunology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic decisions during pregnancy in women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) such as SLE, APS, RA, and Sjögren’s syndrome require a personalized approach due…
Abstract Number: 0083 • ACR Convergence 2025
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pedro Quevedo¹, Javier mora², william garcia², alejandra Solano², juliana Muñoz² and Daniela Lopez², ¹San Rafael Cinic University Hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²san rafael clinic universtity hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Prevalence of depression in RA patients ranging from 10% to 25%, making it the most common psychiatric disorder in this population. The Plutchik Suicide…
Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2025
KT501, a CD19/BCMA/CD3 trispecific antibody, leads to rapid and deep B-cell depletion with well-tolerated safety
Min Bao, John Wang, Jay Zhao and Weihao Xu, Kali Therapeutics, San Mateo, CA
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting CD19 or B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) have shown unprecedented effects in treatment-resistant autoimmune diseases such as systemic…
Abstract Number: L01 • ACR Convergence 2024
Targeted Exosite Inhibition of STING Activation of TBK1 Selectively Blocks Type I Interferon and NFκB Responses for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Matthew Martin¹, Erik Wilker¹, Diana Gikunju¹, Usha Narayanan¹, Unnati Pandya¹, Vijetha Prakash¹, Ashley Edwards¹, Sameer Kawatkar¹, Tenghui Chen¹, Ragunath Chandran¹, Sai Sunder¹, Sumathi Biradar¹, Joerg Distler², Alexandra Joseph¹, Stephanos Ioannidis¹ and Bhavatarini Vangamudi¹, ¹Exo Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, ²Exo Therapeutics, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The cGAS-TBK1-STING pathway senses nucleic acids for innate immunity. Aberrant activation of the pathway is linked to autoimmune diseases including Systemic and Cutaneous Lupus…
Abstract Number: L03 • ACR Convergence 2024
CD9 Expressing T Follicular Helper Cells Are a Highly Functional Subset Expanded in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kyleigh Brimmer¹, Olivia Antao¹, Daniel Mayer¹, Gina Sanchez¹, Rebecca Francis¹, Htay Htay Kyi², Mary Salim², Boyan Xia², Eugenio Capitle² and Jason Weinstein¹, ¹Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by the generation of autoantibodies that promote tissue injury. The development of pathogenic autoantibody-secreting B cells in lupus…
Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neuroimmune Modulation in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Biological or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Results at 12 and 24 Weeks from a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Double-Blind Pivotal Study
John Tesser¹, Joshua June², Pendleton Wickersham³, Jane Box⁴, Guillermo Valenzuela⁵, Angela Crowley⁶, Nikila Kumar⁷, Norman Gaylis⁸, Gordan Lam⁹, David Ridley¹⁰, Gineth Paola Pinto-Patarroyo¹¹ and David Chernoff¹², ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²Great Lakes Center of Rheumatology, Lansing, MI, ³Arthritis Associates PA, San Antonio, TX, ⁴DJL Clinical Research, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, ⁵Guillermo Valenzuela MD PA/ IRIS Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, ⁶Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Hinsdale Orthopaedics, Hinsdale, IL, ⁷Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁸Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ⁹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consults of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰St. Paul Rheumatology, Eagan, MN, ¹¹Annapolis Rheumatology, Fairfax, VA, ¹²SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of an implantable, cervical vagus nerve stimulation device for treatment of RA. Methods: This randomized,…
Abstract Number: L12 • ACR Convergence 2024
A-319, a CD3 X CD19 T Cell Engager (TCE), for the Treatment of Severe/Refractory SLE: Early Evidence of Rapid Reset of Disease-Specific Autoimmunity
Chunli Mei¹, Xin Guan¹, Bin Wu², Mengjiao Li¹, Xiaojing Liu¹, Xi Chen¹, You Song¹, Weiwei Wang¹, Cheng Wang¹, Huiling Mei¹, Xiaoru Duan¹, Lijuan Jiang¹, Wenlin Qiu¹, Likai Yu¹, Yuhong Liu¹, Xing Zhao³, Xuanfan Zhong³, Shengjie Xue³, Wuzhong Shen³, Ying Tan³, Guojian Yu³, Guiyun Tu³, Hanyang Chen³, Amy Sun³, Xiaoqiang Yan³, Anbing Huang¹, Rong Du¹ and Qiubai Li¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of the First People’s Hospital of Jingzhou, Jingzhou, China, ³ITabMed Ltd. Changchun, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: CD19 CAR T treatment has demonstrated clinical benefits to patients with severe/refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), possibly due to resetting autoimmunity. A-319, a highly…
Abstract Number: L19 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Emapalumab in Children and Adults with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Still’s Disease: Results from a Phase 3 Study and a Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Trials
Alexei Grom¹, Uwe Ullman², Adnan Mahmood³, Josefin Blomkvist³, Brian Jamieson⁴ and Fabrizio De Benedetti⁵, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ²Sobi, Basel, Switzerland, ³Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Sobi, Inc., Morrisville, NC, ⁵Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of Still’s disease, characterized by interferon-gamma (IFNg)-driven macrophage activation and systemic hyperinflammation. Emapalumab, an anti-IFNg antibody, binds free and…
Abstract Number: 0005 • ACR Convergence 2024
Autoantibodies Identified in Myositis-Specific Autoantibody Negative Juvenile Myositis Patients
FIONNUALA MCMORROW¹, Lisa Rider², Neil McHugh¹ and Sarah Tansley¹, ¹University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD
Background/Purpose: Myositis autoantibodies are important clinical biomarkers however, around 40% of patients with juvenile myositis (JM) are classified as ‘autoantibody negative’ (1) and therefore cannot…
Abstract Number: 0088 • ACR Convergence 2024
Profound B Cell Depletion and Repopulation with Predominantly Naïve B Cells in Non-Human Primates Achieved Through a Novel In Vivo CD8-Targeted Lipid Nanoparticle mRNA CAR
Aric Frantz¹, Romina Riener¹, Annabel Wang¹, Yanjie Bao¹, Yan Zhang¹, Daiki Matsuda¹, John Li¹, David Chu¹, Theresa Hunter¹, Qian Chen Yong¹, Michelle Nguyen¹, Stuart Sievers¹, Duy Nguyen¹, Scott Roberts¹, Diana Galvan¹, Jerel Boyd Vega¹, Matthew Butcher¹, Stanley Zhang¹, Stephen Flynn¹, Yi Kuo¹, Steven Tanis¹, John Scholler², Gregor Adams¹, Michael Rosenzweig¹, Priya Karmali¹, Adrian Bot¹, Carl June² and Haig Aghajanian¹, ¹Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ²University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: Ex vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment and are demonstrating durable clinical efficacy in various autoimmune disease indications.…
Abstract Number: 0247 • ACR Convergence 2024
Enhanced Immunogenicity of the Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine After One-Week of Mycophenolate Mofetil Discontinuation in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: Interim Results from a Prospective Randomized Phase 4 Study
Sandra Pasoto¹, Isabele Antonelli¹, Ana Cristina Medeiros-Ribeiro², Nadia Aikawa³, Leonard Kupa¹, Eduardo Borba¹, Luciana Seguro⁴, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki¹, ANA PAULA ASSAD¹, Carla Saad⁴, Andrea Shimabuco⁴, Andrea Negrini¹, Julia Medeiros¹, Talita Ribeiro¹, Samuel Shinjo⁴, Percival Sampaio-Barros⁴, Danieli Andrade⁵, Fernando Souza⁴, Renata Miossi⁴, Clovis Silva⁶ and Eloisa Bonfa¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁵University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Recently, it was demonstrated that temporarily halting mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for 1-week post-COVID-19 vaccination in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients improved humoral response, without…
Abstract Number: 0311 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Sarcoidosis-associated Neuropathy: Challenges with Diagnosis of Small Fiber Neuropathy
Kristen Caldwell¹, Sindhuja Koppu¹, Kelly Gwathmey¹, Aamer Syed¹, Jordana Kron¹, Thomas Iden¹ and Huzaefah Syed², ¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is an underrecognized complication of sarcoidosis which can significantly impair individuals’ physical functioning and quality of life. Diagnosis includes both…
Abstract Number: 0475 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis – Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease with Abatacept: Data from a Large National Multicenter Cohort
Ana Serrano-Combarro¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², Libe Ibarrola Paino³, Ivette Casafont-Sole⁴, Jesús Loarce⁵, Juan María Blanco Madrigal⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Rafaela Ortega-Castro⁸, Natalia Mena Vázquez⁹, Nuria Vegas Revenga¹⁰, Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹¹, Cilia Peralta Ginés¹², Carolina Diez Morrondo¹³, Lorena Pérez Albadalejo¹⁴, Rubén López Sánchez¹⁵, MARIA GUADALUPE MANZANO CANABAL¹⁶, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁷, Patricia Lopez Viejo¹⁸, Gema Bonilla¹⁹, Olga Maíz Alonso²⁰, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero²¹, Marta Garijo Bufort²², Mireia Moreno Martinez-Losa²³, Ana Urruticoechea-Arana²⁴, Sergi Ordoñez²⁵, Carmen González Montagut²⁶, Andrea García-Valle²⁷, Juan Ramón De Dios²⁸, Patricia Carreira²⁹, Tomás Vázquez Rodríguez³⁰, Delia Fernández-Lozano³¹, Ignacio Brana Abascal³², Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez³³, Emilio Giner³⁴, Virginia Ruiz Esquide³⁵, Clara Ventin Rodriguez³⁶, Marina Rodriguez³⁷, Pablo Andújar-Brazal³⁸, Julia Fernandez Melon³⁹, Lilian M. López-Núñez⁴⁰, JOSE RAMON LAMUA RIAZUELO⁴¹, Carlos Fernández Díaz⁴², Javier Loricera⁴³ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁴⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology Division, Bisadoa Hospital, Bidasoa, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁵Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁹IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ¹²Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹³Hospital de Leon, León, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁶CAZA, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹H. Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰3Hospital Universitario de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ²²Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, ²³Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida, Lleida, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital General Río Carrión, Palencia, Spain, ²⁸Osakidetza, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain, ³¹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, ³³CHU Ourense, O Carballino, Spain, ³⁴Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ³⁵Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁶Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ³⁹Hospital Son Espases, Palma, Spain, ⁴⁰Hospital Universitari Son Llàtzer, Palma, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Universitario del Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Spain, ⁴³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Abatacept (ABA) has demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of RA-ILD, regardless…

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