Abstracts tagged "Biologic agents"

Abstract Number: 3244 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Observations of Early and Late B Cell Alterations during Belimumab Treatment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Mass Cytometry (CyTOF)
Ioannis Parodis¹, Daniel Ramsköld¹, Petter Brodin², Agneta Zickert¹, Lakshmikanth Tadepally², Yang Chen², Jaromir Mikes², Adnane Achour², Iva Gunnarsson¹ and Vivianne Malmström¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Belimumab is a recombinant monoclonal antibody that inhibits soluble B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS), also known as BAFF or TNFSF13B, and is approved for treating…
Abstract Number: 107 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement of Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Rheumatology Care By Creating Long-Term Alliances with Pharmaceutical Companies
M Van Houdenhoven (CEO, PhD, Prof)¹, F.H.J. van den Hoogen (MD, PhD, Prof)², K Bevers (MD, PhD)², W.H. van der Laan (MD, PhD)², J Van der Werf², M Staub³ and B.J.F. Van den Bemt (PharmD, PhD)⁴, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Purchasing department, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Biological therapies have importantly contributed to controlling disease activity in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. As the high costs of biologics are a threat…
Abstract Number: 1610 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety, Tolerability, and Dose-Dependent Inhibition of T-Cell-Dependent Antibody Response with MEDI4920, a Novel, Engineered CD40L Antagonist: Results of a Single-Ascending Dose Study in Healthy Volunteers
Marius Albulescu¹, Jim Bush², Firas Almazedi², Ethan Grant³, Alex Godwood¹, Robert Miday⁴, Krista Arbaugh⁴, Lisa H. Butler¹, Michele Gunsior⁴, Jing Li⁵ and David Howe¹, ¹MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Covance Clinical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Translational Medicine, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵MedImmune, Mountain View, CA
Background/Purpose: The CD40L/CD40 co-stimulatory pathway is important for T-cell-dependent antibody production. Previous clinical programs with intact monoclonal antibodies against CD40L have been discontinued due to…
Abstract Number: 2234 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Economic Impact of Above-Label Dosing with Biologics in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriatic Arthritis
Sergio Schwartzman¹, Yunfeng Li², Huanxue Zhou³, Vivian Herrera² and Jacqueline B. Palmer², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ³KMK Consulting Inc, East Hanover, NJ
Authors: S. Schwartzman*1, Y. Li2, H. Zhou3, V. Herrera2, J. Palmer2 Affiliations: 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, US; 2Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover,…
Abstract Number: 2647 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Drug Trough Serum Levels Rather Than Antidrug Antibodies Explain Disease Flares in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with TNF Inhibitors in Clinical Remission/Low Disease Activity: A One Year Prospective, Multicenter Study (INMUNOREMAR)
Raimon Sanmarti¹, Jose Inciarte-Mundo¹, Paula Estrada², Maria García Manrique³, Javier Narváez⁴, Antonio Gomez-Centeno³, Jesús Rodríguez-Moreno⁴, Mariona Pascal⁵ and Jordi Yagüe⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Moisès Broggi-Hospital General de L'Hospitalet - Consorci Sanitari Integral, Sant Joan Despí, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁵Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To determine predictive factors of disease flares, including drug trough serum levels and anti-drug antibodies (Ab) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or polyarticular…
Abstract Number: 132 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Performed Among RA Patients in Real Life Setting Can Predict Loss of Remission, Especially When Done Early after Reaching Remission
Pascal Zufferey¹, Giorgio Tamborrini², Burkhard Moeller³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Laure Brulhart⁵, Sandra Blumhardt⁶, Martin Toniolo⁷ and Hans Ruedi Ziswiler⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Bethesda spital, Basel, Switzerland, ³Rheumatology & Clin Immunology, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁵médecine, hôpital neuchateulois, La chaux de fond, Switzerland, ⁶rheumatology, USZ, zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Osteorheuma, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Previous publications have suggested that patients in clinical remission with residual ultrasound (US) synovitis flare more often and do not stay in remission as long…
Abstract Number: 1630 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Consistent Pharmacodynamic Effects of Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, on Serum Analytes Across Four Phase 3 Clinical Trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Matthew Loza¹, Kristen Sweet¹, Nancy Peffer¹, Carol Franks¹, Keying Ma¹, Kim Campbell¹, Martin Sims² and Bidisha Dasgupta¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of sirukumab, an anti-IL-6 cytokine antibody, was evaluated in multiple phase 3 studies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (SIRROUND -M, -D,…
Abstract Number: 2254 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Adherence with Biologic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Real-World Review of Compliance
Laurent Chanroux, Fara Mboge and Denise Baldock, Therapy Watch, Research Partnership, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents (bDMARDs) have been shown to help control disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and reduce joint damage. The aim of our research…
Abstract Number: 2648 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictive Role of Biomarkers for the Response to Biologic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Old, New and How Future Looks like?
Bogdan Ion Gavrila¹, Claudia Ciofu², Victor Stoica³, Cornel Ursaciuc⁴, Dan Ciotaru⁴, Mihaela Surcel⁵, Adriana Munteanu⁴ and Eugenia Panaitescu⁶, ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest, Romania, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest, Romania, ³Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴INCD ,,Victor Babeș’’, Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵INCD ,,Victor Babeș’’, Bucharest, Romania, bucharest, Romania, ⁶Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy ,Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose: discovery of biomarkers that can identify pretreatment patients who will respond to biologic DMARDs therapy is one of the major interests in RA. We…
Abstract Number: 402 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Hospitalized Infection Associated with Initiation of Abatacept Versus TNF Inhibitors in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Timothy Beukelman¹, Fenglong Xie², John Baddley³, Lang Chen², Melissa Mannion⁴, Kenneth G. Saag⁵, Jie Zhang⁶ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Epidemilogy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The comparative risk of infection with newer biologic agents, such as abatacept (ABA), in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has not been…
Abstract Number: 1673 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristic Phenotypes of Peripheral T Cells and Efficacy of Biological Dmards in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Ippei Miyagawa¹, Shingo Nakayamada², Satoshi Kubo³, Kazuhisa Nakano², Yusuke Miyazaki³, Maiko Yoshikawa⁴ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁵, ¹University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyusyu, Japan, ⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Biological DMARDs (bDMARDs) such as adalimumab (ADA), infliximab (IFX), ustekinumab (UST) and secukinumab (SEC) become available and efficacious in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).…
Abstract Number: 2333 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Total Ankle Arthroplasty Between Biologics and NON-Biologics Treatment Groups in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Makoto Hirao¹, Kosuke Ebina², Takaaki Noguchi³, Hideki Tsuboi⁴, Jun Hashimoto⁵ and Hideki Yoshikawa⁶, ¹Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan, ²Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan, ⁵Dept of Rheumatology, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano City, Japan, ⁶Department of Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: In progress of medical treatment against rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity using methotrexate (MTX) and/or biologics, we often see cases that require surgical intervention…
Abstract Number: 2656 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Resume of Biologic Therapy after Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Arthropathies. Daily Clinical Practice Data from an Endemic Country
Liliana Uribe Botero¹, Margarita A Saldarriaga Alvarez¹, Natalia Duque Zapata¹, Johnny Urrego¹, Oscar Jair Felipe Diaz¹, Carmen Cerón², Alejandro Uribe¹, Luis Alonso Gonzalez^1,3 and José A. Gómez-Puerta¹, ¹Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, ²Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, ³Rheumatology Unit, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Long-term extension studies and observational drug registers mainly from Western countries or non-endemic areas have reported an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection in…
Abstract Number: 626 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching Biologic Therapy in a Population of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Branca Souza¹, Juliana Valim², Fernanda Chaer³, Fernanda Guimarães⁴ and Verônica Lima⁵, ¹Reumatologia, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Evaluate the reason of exchange of biologic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and describe the frequency of remission or low activity, according to…
Abstract Number: 1674 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do TNF Inhibitors Change the Progression of Sacroiliitis?
Deeba Minhas¹, MinJae Lee^2,3, Mohammad H. Rahbar³, Lianne S. Gensler⁴, John D. Reveille⁵ and Michael Weisman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design (BERD) Core | Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting the sacroiliac (SI) joints and spine causing structural changes seen on clinical radiography. Studies have…

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