Abstracts tagged "Biologic agents"

Abstract Number: 2887 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Tolerability of Secukinumab in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pooled Safety Analysis of Two Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trials
Atul A. Deodhar¹, Dominique Baeten², Joachim Sieper³, Brian Porter⁴, Albert Widmer⁵ and Hanno Richards⁵, ¹Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University Clinic Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁵Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab, an anti–interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody, improved the signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in 2 Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled studies, MEASURE…
Abstract Number: 187 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detection of Power Doppler Ultrasound Signals in Rheumatic Diseases Using Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI): Comparison with Conventional Power Doppler Ultrasound
Kazuhiro Yokota¹, Takuma Tsuzuki Wada², Yuji Akiyama² and Toshihide Mimura³, ¹Department of Rheumatology & Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Irama, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology & Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: The detection of power Doppler (PD) ultrasound signals in joints may be considered as the presence of joint inflammation, i.e., synovitis which is a…
Abstract Number: 707 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Change of Enthesial Involvement Under Treatment Was Independent from the Therapeutic Strategy in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis within the Scqm Cohort
Ruediger Mueller¹, Toni Kaegi², Nicole Graf³, Johannes von Kempis⁴ and J.J. Luime⁵, ¹Rheumatology, MD, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³graf biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is one of the potential extra-axial manifestations found in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Enthesitis can be quantified using the MASES (Maastrich Ankylosing Spondylitis…
Abstract Number: 1571 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Substantive Is Heart Rate Variability As a Predictor of Anti-TNF Treatment Outcome for Inflammatory Arthritis?
Andrew Holman¹ and Edmund Ng², ¹Inmedix, Normandy Park, WA, ²Statistical Thinking, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: As rheumatologists search for new targets to improve immunosuppressive outcomes, the autonomic nervous system (ANS) as a co-factor in autoimmune disease expression has gained…
Abstract Number: 2507 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Quality Indicator for the Screening of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and the Result of Follow-up Interferon-Gamma-Release Assays in Patients with Rheumatic Disease Receiving Biologic Agents in a Japanese Hospital
Yasuhiro Suyama^1,2, Mitsumasa Kishimoto², Chisun Min³, Yuko Kataoka², Masei Suda², Ryo Rokutanda², Yukio Matsui², Ken-ichi Yamaguchi², Tokutaro Tsuda², Shunya Kaneshita², Hisanori Shimizu² and Masato Okada², ¹Rheumatology, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Allergy and Rheumatology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Infection is one of the most devastating side effects of biologic agents use, particularly early on in the course of therapy. Prevention is considered…
Abstract Number: 2890 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Secukinumab Provides Sustained Improvements in the Signs and Symptoms of Active Ankylosing Spondylitis in Anti-TNF-Naïve Patients and Those Previously Exposed to Anti-TNF Therapy: 52-Week Results from Two Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Trials
Dominique Baeten¹, Ricardo Blanco², Piet Geusens³, Joachim Sieper⁴, Tseng Jui-Cheng⁵, Ruvie Martin⁶, Brian Porter⁶ and Hanno Richards⁷, ¹Academic Medical Center/ University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴University Clinic Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁷Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Anti‒TNFs are the only biologics currently approved for ankylosing spondylitis (AS). There is a significant unmet need in those patients (pts) with an inadequate…
Abstract Number: 264 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Phenotype and Response to Treatment in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease with MEFV Variants
Fumiaki Nonaka¹, Toshimasa Shimizu², Katsumi Eguchi³, Masataka Umeda⁴, Yukitaka Ueki⁵, Keita Fujikawa⁶, Akinari Mizokami⁷, Munetoshi Nakashima⁸, Michio Yasunami⁹, Naoki Iwamoto⁴, Atsushi Kawakami², Yuka Jiuchi¹⁰ and Kiyoshi Migita¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Metabloism, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Kyushu multicenter rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound prospective observational cohort study group, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Arthritis and Connective Tissue Disease, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁹Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
Background/Purpose: Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory disorder that has been recently classified as a polygenic autoinflammatory disorder. Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever…
Abstract Number: 959 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Results from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic JIA Consensus Treatment Plans Pilot Study
Yukiko Kimura¹, Timothy Beukelman², Esi Morgan-DeWitt³, Kelly L. Mieszkalski⁴, Thomas Brent Graham⁵, Maria F. Ibarra⁶, Norman Ilowite⁷, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman⁸, Karen Onel⁹, Sampath Prahalad¹⁰, Marilynn G. Punaro¹¹, Sarah Ringold¹², Dana Toib¹³, Heather Van Mater¹⁴, Pamela F. Weiss¹⁵, Laura Schanberg¹⁶ and the CARRA Registry Investigators, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Pediatric rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁷Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹¹Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX, ¹²Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ¹³Pediatric Rheumnatology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁴Duke Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁶Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic JIA (sJIA) in usual practice is commonly treated with several agents, including glucocorticoids (GC), methotrexate (MTX) and biologic agents, most commonly IL1 or…
Abstract Number: 1603 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety of Biologic and Non-Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug (DMARD) Therapy in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Jeffrey R. Curtis^1,2, Mary Jane Burton³, Shou Yang¹, Lang Chen¹, Ted R. Mikuls⁴, Jasvinder A. Singh², Kevin L. Winthrop⁵ and John Baddley^2,6, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Birmingham VAMC, Birmingham, AL, ³Jackson VAMC, Jackson, MS, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the impact of biologic and nonbiologic DMARD therapy on hepatotoxicity has received limited study.…
Abstract Number: 2524 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longterm Follow-up of Children Born to Mothers with Chronic Arthritides and Exposed to Anti-TNF Alfa Agents during Pregancy and Breastfeeding: A Case-Control Study
Rossella Reggia¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Chiara Bazzani¹, Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Giovanna Mazza¹, Michele Agosti¹, Roberto Gorla², Marco Taglietti², Andrea Lojacono³, Mario Motta⁴ and Angela Tincani⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Anti-TNFalfa agents have been used to control disease activity of patients with Chronic Arthritides (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis) during the wash-out period…
Abstract Number: 2896 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Secukinumab Provides Sustained Improvements in the Signs and Symptoms of Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: 2-Year Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Dominique Baeten¹, Jurgen Braun², Joachim Sieper³, Maxime Dougados⁴, Atul A. Deodhar⁵, Xenofon Baraliakos⁶, Brian Porter⁷, Yankun Gong⁸ and Hanno Richards⁹, ¹1Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, Herne, Germany, ³University Clinic Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁵Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Beijing Novartis Pharma Co. Ltd., Beijing, China, ⁹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab, an anti–interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody, improved the signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) over 52 weeks (wks) in the randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)-controlled,…
Abstract Number: 426 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Hospitalized Infection Following Initiation of Biologic Agents Versus Methotrexate in the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Timothy Beukelman¹, Fenglong Xie², John Baddley³, Lang Chen⁴, Melissa L. Mannion⁵, Kenneth G. Saag⁴, Jie Zhang⁶ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Epidemilogy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents are highly effective for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) but have the potential risk of increased serious infections. Using observational…
Abstract Number: 969 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Namilumab, an Anti-Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Monoclonal Antibody: Results of the First Study in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
T. W. J. Huizinga¹, Anastas Batalov², Rumen Stoilov³, Eric Lloyd⁴, Thomas Wagner⁵, Didier Saurigny⁶, Bernard Souberbielle⁶ and Ehsanollah Esfandiari⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²UMHAT Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ³University Hospital (MHAT) St Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁴Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Deerfield, IL, ⁵Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Takeda Pharmaceuticals, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: GM-CSF mediates a range of immunological processes, such as stimulating the production of inflammatory mediators and differentiation of proinflammatory T-helper 17 cells, and may…
Abstract Number: 1630 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progressive Destruction of Large Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic Agents
Arata Nakajima¹, Masato Sonobe² and Koichi Nakagawa², ¹Orthopaedics, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan, ²Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan
Background/Purpose: Many clinical trials have revealed that biologic agents inhibit destruction of small joints, however, there have been a few reports demonstrating their inhibitory effects…
Abstract Number: 2555 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
14-3-3η As a Novel RA Drug Target: Anti-14-3-3η Monoclonal Antibody Delays the Onset and Mitigates the Severity of Arthritis in CIA Mice
Abedelnasser Abulrob¹, Mario Mercier¹, Slavisa Corluka¹, Roger MacKenzie¹, Shalini Raphael¹, Sara Michienzi², Jane Savill², Yuan Gui², Walter Maksymowych³ and Anthony Marotta², ¹National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: As an extracellular ligand, 14-3-3η potently and concentration-dependently upregulates the expression of multiple factors including TNFα, IL-6, and RANKL and its clinical detection is…

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