Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0859 • ACR Convergence 2020
Biomarkers of B-cell Depletion and Response in a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Ed Vital¹, Philippe Remy², Luis Fernando Quintana Porras³, Laurent Chiche⁴, Dominique Chauveau⁵, Richard Furie⁶, Thomas Schindler⁷, Jay Garg⁸, Matthew Cascino⁸, Zahir Amoura⁹, Andrea Doria¹⁰, Cary Looney⁸ and Dario Roccatello¹¹, ¹University of Leeds; NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²APHP Groupe Hospitalier Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Rangueil, Centre Hospitalier Univ de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁶Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁷F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, ¹⁰University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹¹S Giovanni Hospital, Univ of Turin, Turin, Italy
Background/Purpose: Incomplete B-cell and plasmablast depletion, as measured using highly sensitive flow cytometry (HSFC), is associated with lower response rates following rituximab in SLE [1].…
Abstract Number: 1050 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rituximab in the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Autoimmune Diseases: Experience from a Single Referral Center
Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martínez², Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Víctor Manuel Mora Cuesta³, David Iturbe-Fernández³, Sonia Fernández Rozas¹, Alfonso Corrales¹, José Manuel Cifrián² and Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁴, ¹Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL; and Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: The presence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with autoimmune diseases (AD)s influences significantly on their morbidity and mortality [1]. Different treatment strategies…
Abstract Number: 1297 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Antibodies in Relation to Malignancy
Sarah Huse¹, Jim Oates², Gary Gilkeson³ and Diane Kamen¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ³Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that has the potential to affect every organ system. Studies have shown increased risk of…
Abstract Number: 1454 • ACR Convergence 2020
B Cell-specific TLR7 Regulates Lupus in TLR9 Deficient Mice
Haylee Baxendell¹, Minjung Kim², Jeremy Tilstra² and Mark Shlomchik², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Cranberry Twp, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that results in significant morbidity and mortality. In SLE, endosomal TLR7 and TLR9 are known to…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immune Related Adverse Events from Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: Survey of Hospitalists’ Awareness and Experiences
Cassandra Calabrese¹, Alexa Meara² and Varalakshmi Janamanchi¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Ohio State University Wexner School of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The introduction of immunologic checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICI) has caused a paradigm shift in the world of cancer treatment. Their use, however, is attended…
Abstract Number: PP04 • ACR Convergence 2020
My Multidisciplinary Healthcare Team and Patient Advocacy Groups Saved My Life
Tedi LaMere¹, Michael Linn² and David Bammert³, ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Kalispell, MT, ²Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY, ³Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: I enjoyed being physically active my entire life – climbing mountains, hunting, and hiking. This drastically changed around 2012, when I noticed that I was…
Abstract Number: 147 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Familial Clustering of Immune-mediated Diseases in Children with Abrupt-onset OCD
Avis Chan ¹, Tiffany Phu ¹, Bahare Farhadian ², Theresa Willett ³, Melissa Silverman ¹, Paula Tran ¹, Margo Thienemann ³ and Jennifer Frankovich⁴, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, ²Stanford Immune Behavioral Health Clinic and PANS Research Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, ⁴Stanford
Background/Purpose: Recent epidemiologic studies have reported increased rates of immune-mediated comorbidities among first-degree relatives of patients with OCD and tic disorders.(Mataix-Cols et al., Mol Psychiatry…
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: 712 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Safety and Tolerability of Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease in the SENSCIS Trial: Subgroup Analysis Based on Demographic Characteristics
Oliver Distler¹, Kristin Highland ², Maureen Mayes ³, Masataka Kuwana ⁴, Lesley Saketkoo ⁵, Madelon Vonk ⁶, Michael Kreuter ⁷, Laura Hummers ⁸, Ute von Wangenheim ⁹, Martina Gahlemann ¹⁰, Veronika Kohlbrenner ¹¹, Margarida Alves ¹², Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty ¹² and Arata Azuma ¹³, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans; Tulane University School of Medicine, University Medical Center – Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center, USA, New Orleans, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁷Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Germany, Germany, Germany, ⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, Biberach an der Riss, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ¹²Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹³Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), the adverse events associated with nintedanib were manageable for most patients…
Abstract Number: 2075 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cross-sectional Study and Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Diet in Six Prevalent Autoimmune Diseases
Antonio Julià¹, Sergio H Martinez ², Jesús Tornero ³, Juan Cañete ⁴, Antonio Fernández-Nebro ⁵, Francisco J. Blanco ⁶, Jesús Rodríguez ⁷, Francisco Javier Lopez-Longo ⁸, Benjamín Fernandez-Gutierrez ⁹, Jordi Gratacós ¹⁰, Jose J Pérez Venegas ¹¹, Carolina Pérez ¹², Ruben Queiró ¹³, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués ¹⁴, Mercedes Alperi-López ¹⁵, Carlos Montilla ¹⁶, José Luís Andreu ¹⁷, Juan Carlos Torre-Alonso ¹⁸, Mª Ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano ¹⁹, Hèctor Corominas ²⁰, Paloma Vela ²¹, Víctor Martínez-Taboada ²², Sara Marique ²³, Joan M Nolla ²⁴, Isidoro Gonzalez ²⁵, Santiago Muñoz-Fernandez ²⁶, José Luís Marenco de la Fuente ²⁷, Carlos González ²⁸, Antonio Zea ²⁹, Maria Lopez Lasanta ³⁰, Daniel Roig ³¹, Jose Maria Pego-Reigosa ³², Mireia Lopez Corbeto ³³, Pedro Zarco ³⁴, Mercedes Freire González ³⁵, Alba Erra ³⁶, Elvira Díez ³⁷, Santos Castañeda ³⁸, Esther Rodriguez ³⁹, Alicia García ⁴⁰, Patricia Carreira ³⁹, Georgina Salvador ⁴¹, Ricardo Blanco ⁴², Cesar Diaz-Torne ⁴³, Alfredo Willisch Domínguez ⁴⁴, Joan Antonio Mosquera ⁴⁵, Simón Sánchez-Fernández ⁴⁶, Júlio Ramírez ⁴⁷ and Sara Marsal ⁴⁸, ¹Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain., Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic and IDIBAPS,, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Carlos Haya, Malaga, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Hospitalet, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, ¹²Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain, ¹⁹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ²⁰Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²³Hospital Regional Univeristario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Valme, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitari Vall Hebrón, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³¹Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Singapore, ³²Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Vigo, Spain, ³³Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³⁴Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁵Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain, ³⁶H Sant Rafael, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁷Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁰Centro de Salud Virgen de los Reyes, Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴¹Hospital Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain, ⁴²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴³Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴⁴Complexo Hospitalario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁴⁵Complejo Hospitalario Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁴⁶Hospital La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Alcázar de San Juan, Spain, ⁴⁷Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴⁸Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases (AD) are complex diseases associated with both genetic and environmental risk factors. In the last 10 years major advances have been made…
Abstract Number: 826 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) Collectively Rank Among the Leading Causes of Death
Meifang Wu¹, Eric Yen ² and Ram Raj Singh ², ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Almost every organ system can be affected by primary immune-mediated diseases characterized by inflammation and therapeutic response to immune-suppressive or anti-inflammatory drugs. These diseases…
Abstract Number: 2114 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Daisuke Kobayashi¹, Sayuri Takamura ², Yoko Wada ³, Takeshi Kuroda ⁴ and Ichiei Narita ¹, ¹Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, Japan, ²Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Niigata Rinko Hospital, Niigata, Niigata, Japan, ⁴Health administration office, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, Japan
Background/Purpose: Intensive immunosuppressive treatment is often required for patients with autoimmune diseases, and those who are thus treated have a high risk of opportunistic infections.…
Abstract Number: 880 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Diseased Lupus Nephritis Kidneys Serve as a Primary Site of Systemic Autoimmune Development
Matthew Woodruff¹, Christopher Tipton ¹, Jennifer Hom ¹ and Iñaki Sanz ¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is an autoimmune destruction of the kidney glomeruli and loss of kidney function affecting almost half of lupus patients. Although the…
Abstract Number: 2150 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Frequency of Polyautoimmunity in a Tertiary Hospital
Elena Grau García¹, José Ivorra Cortés ¹, Jorge Juan Fragio Gil ¹, Roxana Gonzalez Mazarío ¹, Marta de la Rubia Navarro ¹, Cristóbal Pavez Perales ¹, Cristina Alcañiz Escandell ¹, Inmaculada Chalmeta Verdejo ¹, Luis González Puig ¹, Isabel Martínez Cordellat ¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech ¹, José Eloy Oller Rodríguez ², Francisco Miguel Ortiz-Sanjuán ¹, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu ¹, Carmen Nájera Herranz ¹, Inés Cánovas Olmos ¹, Samuel Leal Rodriguez ¹ and José Andrés Román Ivorra ¹, ¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, v, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Polyautoimmunity (PAI) is the presence of more than one Autoimmune Disease (AID) in one patient. PAI have been reported in different AIDs as systemic…
Abstract Number: 1076 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Non-serious Infections Among Live Born Infants Born to Mothers Who Used Biologic Medications During Pregnancy for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Christina Chambers¹, Yunjun Luo ², Diana L. Johnson ², Kenneth Lyons Jones ² and Ronghui Xu ², ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Background/Purpose: In infants whose mothers were treated with biologic therapies during pregnancy, there has been a theoretical concern regarding potential risk of infections. Several recent…

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