Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phase I Trial in Participants with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Volunteers with CIT-013, a First in Class NETosis Inhibitor
Maarten Kraan¹, Salah Hadi², Leonie Middelink³, Renato Chirivi³, Eric meldrum³, Naomi Klarenbeek⁴ and Patrick Round³, ¹Citryll BV, Den Dolder, Netherlands, ²ICON Netherlands BV, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ⁴CHDR, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Aberrant Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) production contributes to the pathophysiology of multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report data of…
Abstract Number: 0205 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of the Varicella Zoster virus vaccine and its Real-World effectiveness
Laura Mas Sanchez¹, ELENA GRAU GARCIA², Carlos Valera Ribera³, Pablo Muñoz-Martínez⁴, Daniel Ramos Castro⁵, Alba Maria Torrat Noves⁶, Belen Villanueva Manes⁷, Iago Alcántara Álvarez⁸, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa⁹, Andres Perez Hurtado¹⁰ and José Andrés Román Ivorra¹¹, ¹Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, València, Spain, ²HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, València, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Sagunto, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital La Fe, València, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari i Politénic La Fe, València, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: In 2023, Spain approved the inactivated varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine in individuals over 50 years of age with immunosuppressive conditions, including rheumatology patients…
Abstract Number: 2467 • ACR Convergence 2025
Complete Renal Responses and Safety for Belimumab Versus Placebo in a Post Hoc Mycophenolate Mofetil Subgroup with Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Richard Furie¹, Hans-Joachim Anders², George Bertsias³, Ana Delgado⁴, Roger A. Levy⁵, Paula Curtis⁶, Ciara O'Shea⁷, Ryan Tomlinson⁸ and Brad Rovin⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Hospital of LMU Munich, Department of Medicine IV, Munich, Germany, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Heraklion and University of Crete Medical School and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Infections and Immunity, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece, ⁴GSK, Immunology Medical Affairs, London, United Kingdom, ⁵GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GSK, Biostatistics, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Global Medical Affairs, GSK, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸GSK, Development – R&D, Collegeville, PA, ⁹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a human IgG1λ monoclonal antibody that selectively binds B-lymphocyte stimulator, was first approved in 2011. It is the only biologic approved for LN…
Abstract Number: 2346 • ACR Convergence 2025
Back in Action: Six Months of Biological Therapy Improve Sexual Function in Men with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Daniel Zavada¹, Barbora Vala², Adela Navratilova², Veronika Losterova², Lenka Moravcova², Jiri Vencovsky³, Ladislav Šenolt⁴, Karel Pavelka⁵ and Michal Tomcik⁵, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague; Charles University, Third Faculty of Medicine, Hlavné mesto Praha, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Praha, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Praha ⁸, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, ¹st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) significantly impacts quality of life across multiple domains. To date, no studies have evaluated the impact of initial biological therapy on…
Abstract Number: 2041 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating Biologic Effectiveness in Co-Occurring Dermatologic and Rheumatic Disease: A Systematic Review
Nashwah Memon¹, Dylan Wambold², Omar Alani³, Syed Minhaj Rahman⁴ and Adel Haque⁵, ¹Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Miami, ²Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, ⁴Department of Medicine, Northwell Health Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco, ⁵Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Clinicians prescribing biologics must be aware of the expanding indications for biologic/systemic therapies across dermatology and rheumatology alike. Given disease-state overlap between these fields,…
Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effectiveness and Safety of Rituximab Biosimilars in Small Vessel Vasculitis: a Systematic Literature Review
Caitlyn Kanters¹, Joo Young Lee², Christian Pagnoux³, Lillian Barra⁴, Jean-Paul Makhzoum⁵ and Arielle Mendel⁶, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²Research institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, and Canadian Vasculitis Research Network (CanVasc), Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Montreal, Montreal, ⁶McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of rituximab biosimilars in the treatment of small vessel vasculitis.Methods: The Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase and Web of…
Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fungal Infections, Including Candida, in Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Treated With Secukinumab: A Pooled Analysis of 9 Phase 3 Trials
Shikha Singla¹, Linda Grinnell-Merrick², Weibin Bao³, Artem Zharkov⁴ and Abhijeet Danve⁵, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Hanover, NJ, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: PsA is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by joint pain, swelling and stiffness, and is often accompanied by cutaneous changes linked to psoriasis. Patients…
Abstract Number: 1353 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of the Proposed Tocilizumab Biosimilar RGB-19, Intravenously Administered to Participants With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: 52-Week Data
Gerd Burmester¹, Hiroaki Matsuno², Ernest Choy³, Masato Okada⁴, Roshan Dias⁵, Károly Horvát-Karajz⁵, Gordana Dancer⁵, Yusuke Karibe⁶, Suguru Masuda⁶, Joachim Kiefer⁵ and Paul Emery⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Matsuno Clinic for Rheumatic Disease, Toyama, and Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Infection and Immunity, CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁴Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Gedeon Richter Plc, Budapest, Hungary, ⁶Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: RGB-19 is a proposed biosimilar to tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody that competitively inhibits the binding of interleukin-6 (IL-6) to its receptor. Results of a…
Abstract Number: 1116 • ACR Convergence 2025
Second-line Therapy for Immune-checkpoint Inhibitor-induced Pneumonitis
Sarah Sun¹, Cathryn Lee² and Pankti Reid³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, ³University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) used for cancer therapy can have varied toxicities among which pneumonitis (ICI-pneumonitis) is a rare (< 5%) but often fatal…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human papillomavirus infection and systemic lupus erythematosus under biologic therapy: a retrospective analysis in a multicenter cohort
Ivette Casafont-Solé¹, Judit Font-Urgelles¹, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa², Andrea Hernández-martín³, Tarek Salman Montes⁴, Marta De la Rubia Navarro⁵, Maria Piqueras García⁶, Sandra Garrote Corral⁷, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL⁸, Elena De la Mata Pinilla⁹, Belén Álvarez Rodríguez¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, José Gomez-Puerta¹², Paola Vidal-Montal¹³, Eleonora Penzo¹⁴, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil¹⁸, Leyre Riancho¹⁹ and Irene Altabás-González²⁰, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁴Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ⁶Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital de Áraba, áraba, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ²⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for 99.7% of cervical neoplasms and is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Patients with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain Patterns in a Multicenter Randomized Trial of Early RA – Link Between Initially Sustained Joint Inflammation and Subsequent Non-inflammatory Pain Outcomes
Annie Brink¹, Johan Karlsson Wallman², Jon T Einarsson¹, Meliha Kapetanovic¹, Elisabeth Mogard¹, Elisabet Lindqvist¹, Carmen Roseman¹, Kristina Lend³, Merete Hetland⁴, Mikkel Ostergaard⁵, Kim Horslev-Petersen⁶, Dan Nordstrom⁷, Tuulikki Sokka-isler⁸, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁹, Gerður María Gröndal⁹, Marte Heiberg¹⁰, Espen Haavardsholm¹⁰, Michael Nurmohamed¹¹, Anna Rudin¹², Ronald van Vollenhoven¹³, Till Uhlig¹⁰, Jon Lampa¹⁴ and Tor Olofsson², ¹Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁸Department of Medicine and University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Juväskylä, Finland, ⁹Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁰Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade; Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Emerging data indicate an uncoupling between pain and inflammation during the RA disease course, and comorbid fibromyalgia – thought to stem from central pain…
Abstract Number: 0487 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of sarilumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of different disease activity at treatment initiation: a post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3 trial of sarilumab in Japan
Hideto Kameda¹, Toshiya Takahashi², Naoki Soeda² and Yoshiya Tanaka³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Medical Affairs, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of sarilumab (SAR) and methotrexate (MTX) in patients (pts) in Japan with moderate-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inadequate response…
Abstract Number: 0200 • ACR Convergence 2025
Severe infections and malignancies in patients with cranial and extracranial giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab. National multicenter study of 471 patients of clinical practice
Adrian Martin-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres³, Olga Maiz⁴, Eugenio de Miguel⁵, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁶, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸ and Ricardo Blanco⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Donosti, Donostia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Infections and malignancies are two of the most feared side effects of biologic therapies. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis which affects older…
Abstract Number: 2689 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison of Incidence of Psoriatic Arthritis in Patients With Psoriasis Treated With Interleukin-17 Inhibitors vs Interleukin-23 Inhibitors, Interleukin-12/23 Inhibitors, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Real-World Practice: A Retrospective Study
April Armstrong¹, Joseph Merola², Gang Wang³, Ariane Faucher⁴, Riley Taiji⁴, Francis Vekeman⁴, Alexis Shew⁵, Tim Nguyen⁵ and Laura Coates⁶, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (People's Republic), ⁴STATLOG, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁶Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biologic therapies for moderate to severe psoriasis (PsO) include inhibitors of IL-17 (IL-17i), IL-23i, IL-12/23i, and tumor necrosis factor (TNFi). Previous studies that assessed…
Abstract Number: 2464 • ACR Convergence 2025
IMC-002 (IMM0306), a First-in-Class Bi-specific Fusion Protein, Demonstrates Improvements in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Disease Activity Measures and Biomarkers in Patients with Moderate to Severe Active SLE in the Open-label Phase 1b/2 Study
Haihong Yao¹, Wenzhi Tian², Qian Zheng², Min Chen², Guoping Jiang³, Zhichun Liu⁴, Yingkun Nie⁵, Rui Wu⁶, Zhaohui Zheng⁷ and Zhanguo Li¹, ¹Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²ImmuneCare Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Jilin Province People's Hospital, Changchun, China (People's Republic), ⁴The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow, Suzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁵The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Haerbin, China (People's Republic), ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China (People's Republic), ⁷The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Deep B cell depletion has been confirmed to be the main mechanism for complete clinical response of SLE patients. We analyzed the peripheral blood…

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