Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Infection Among Autoimmune/Auto-inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Patients: Data from an Observational Study
Clio Mavragani¹, Athanasios-Dimitrios Bakasis², Kyriaki Boki³, Athanasios Tzioufas⁴, Panayiotis Vlachoyiannopoulos¹, Ioanna Stergiou⁵, Fotini Skopouli⁶ and Haralampos Moutsopoulos⁷, ¹National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ²1 Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³3 Rheumatology Unit, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁴Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, ⁶Department of Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁷Athens Academy of Athens, Chair Medical Sciences/Immunology, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: The impact of COVID-19 infection in patients with autoimmune/auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AARD) under immunomodulatory treatment is not entirely clear and deeper knowledge is of…
Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2021
Systemic Autoimmune Conditions and Hospital Admissions in Covid-19 Infection
Inés Perez - Sancristobal¹, Leticia Lopez Pedraza², María Paula Álvarez Hernández¹, Jose Ignacio Colomer³, Alfredo Madrid - Garcia², Benjamin Fernandez⁴, Cristina Martínez - Prada⁴, Luis Rodriguez Rodriguez⁵, Arkaitz Mucientes², Leticia Leon - Mateos² and Lydia Abasolo⁶, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumathology, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ²Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumathology, Madrid, Spain, ³Fundación para la Investigación Biomedica, Reumathology, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Reumathology, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic continues worldwide and has had a strong impact on public health. From the beginning of the pandemic, efforts were intensified to…
Abstract Number: 1739 • ACR Convergence 2021
SLE Treatment History and Anifrolumab Efficacy by Baseline Standard Therapies in Patients with SLE from 2 Phase 3 Trials
Susan Manzi¹, Richard Furie², Eric Morand³, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, Gabriel Abreu⁵, Catharina Lindholm⁵ and Raj Tummala⁶, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsurgh, PA, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: In the phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, anifrolumab, a type I IFN receptor mAb, improved disease activity versus placebo in patients with moderate…
Abstract Number: PP07 • ACR Convergence 2021
How Online Spanish-Language Resources Got Me and My RA Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wigna Cruz, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: I was experiencing joint pain especially in my wrists, which led me to see my physician for testing. Initially I was misdiagnosed with lupus.…
Abstract Number: 0081 • ACR Convergence 2021
Thrombin Generation Assay and Lupus Anticoagulant Identify Different Populations of Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Massimo Radin¹, Alice Barinotti¹, Irene Cecchi², Silvia Grazietta Foddai¹, Elena Rubini¹, Dario Roccatello¹, Elisa Menegatti¹ and Savino Sciascia¹, ¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Background/Purpose: Risk stratification in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) remains a clinical challenge. We aim to evaluate the role of Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA) in…
Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2021
Phase III, Randomized Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes Between Patients with Moderate-to-severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Receiving Adalimumab Reference Product (RP) Continuously versus Those Who Switched Between BI 695501 and Adalimumab RP
Alan Menter¹, Dorothy McCabe², Benjamin Lang³, Jennifer Schaible⁴ and Sravan Kumar Eduru⁵, ¹Baylor Scott & White, Dallas, TX, ²Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, ³Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Boberach, Germany, ⁵(Formerly at) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: BI 695501 is a FDA-approved biosimilar to adalimumab RP (AbbVie), and is approved in seven indications, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis,…
Abstract Number: 0411 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Brodalumab for Systemic Sclerosis with Moderate-to-severe Skin Thickening: A Single-arm, Open-label, Multi-dose, Phase 1 Trial
Takemichi Fukasawa¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki², Satoshi Ebata² and Shinichi Sato², ¹Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: The exact role of interleukin-17 in systemic sclerosis (SSc) has not been established. This trial assessed the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, and efficacy of multiple…
Abstract Number: 0559 • ACR Convergence 2021
Targeting NNMT as a Novel Metabolic Approach to Treat Systemic Sclerosis
M.Asif Amin¹, Bo Shi², Pei-Suen Tsou¹, Swarna Bale¹, Phillip Campbell¹, Mikel Gurrea-Rubio¹, Mark Eckert³, Ernst Lengyel³, Johann Gudjonsson⁴ and Varga John¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Nothwestern university, Chicago, IL, ³University of chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Fibrosis, the hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc), is associated with metabolic and epigenetic alterations that are incompletely characterized. Our laboratory had previously implicated dysregulated…
Abstract Number: 0966 • ACR Convergence 2021
Integrated Single Cell RNA-Sequencing Analysis of Tissue-Localized T Cells in Cutaneous Lupus and Lupus Nephritis
Garett Dunlap¹, Allison Billi², Feiyang Ma³, Johann Gudjonsson², J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁴ and Deepak Rao⁵, ¹Harvard University, Somerville, MA, ²Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angelas, CA, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is commonly present in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but can also exist as an isolated manifestation without further…
Abstract Number: 1089 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Associations of Anti-Ro52 Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, santander, Spain, ²Group "Research in genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis of systemic diseases and in bone metabolic diseases of the locomotor system", IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-SSA/Ro antibodies (Abs) can target Ro60 and Ro52 antigens. The presence of anti-Ro60 Abs has been widely described in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1454 • ACR Convergence 2021
RHAPSODY: Rilonacept, an IL-1α and IL-1β Trap, Resolves Pericarditis Episodes and Reduces Risk of Recurrence in a Phase 3 Trial of Patients with Recurrent Pericarditis
Allan Klein¹, Massimo Imazio², Paul Cremer¹, Antonio Brucato³, Antonio Abbate⁴, Fang Fang⁵, Antonella Insalaco⁶, Martin LeWinter⁷, Basil S. Lewis⁸, David Lin⁹, Sushil A. Luis¹⁰, Stephen J. Nicholls¹¹, Arian Pano⁵, Alistair Wheeler¹², Liangxing Zou⁵ and John F Paolini⁵, ¹Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy, ³Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Milano, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁴VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Corp., Lexington, MA, ⁶Department of Pediatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy, ⁷Cardiology Unit, The University of Vermont Medical Center, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ⁸Cardiovascular Clinical Research Institute, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, ¹¹MonashHeart, Department of Cardiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ¹²Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda
Background/Purpose: Recurrent pericarditis (RP) is an autoinflammatory disease with no FDA-approved therapies. RHAPSODY, a global Phase 3 study, evaluated rilonacept, a once-weekly IL-1α/IL-1β trap, in…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Patients with Rheumatic and Other Diseases
Valeria Valerio¹, Emmanouil Rampakakis², Marie Hudson³, Sasha Bernatsky³, Elizabeth M. Hazel³ and Ines Colmegna⁴, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Vaccination is fundamental to reduce COVID-19 risk and its complications. Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to COVID-19 vaccination uptake. We assessed the frequency of…
Abstract Number: 1740 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Anifrolumab in Patients with SLE Previously Treated with Biologics: Post Hoc Analysis of Data from 2 Phase 3 Trials
Richard Furie¹, Eric Morand², Kenneth Kalunian³, Konstantina Psachoulia⁴, Emmanuelle Maho⁵, Catharina Lindholm⁶ and Raj Tummala⁴, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³University of California, La Jolla, CA, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In the phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, anifrolumab, a type I IFN receptor mAb, improved disease activity in patients with SLE.1,2 We investigated…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2021
Discovering ‘I’ Through Interaction with Support Group Members: A Place of Empathy That Transcends the Limitations of Words
Noriko Okochi¹, Eiji Oishi² and Mika Ishiguro¹, ¹Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Yamaguchi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Since 5-year-old, I have had unexplained symptoms. At the age of 13, my whole body became inflamed. The pain was so intense that I…
Abstract Number: 0085 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of CD20 Inhibitor Use with Severe COVID-19 Outcomes
Naomi Patel¹, Kristin D'Silva¹, Tiffany Hsu², Michael Di Iorio³, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Claire Cook⁴, Lauren Prisco⁵, Lily Martin⁶, Kathleen Vanni⁶, Alessandra Zaccardelli⁶, Yuqing Zhang⁷, Jeffrey Sparks⁶ and Zachary Wallace⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pound Ridge, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated diseases have similar risk of severe COVID-19 versus the general population but CD20 inhibitor users may be at increased risk of…

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