Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0743 • ACR Convergence 2025
Giant Cell Arteritis Relapse After Treatment with Two Months of Prednisone and 12 Months of Tocilizumab
David O'Dea¹, Guy Katz¹, Belen Arevalo Molina¹, Adam Jarvie², Mark Matza¹, Ana Fernandes¹, John Stone³ and Sebastian H Unizony⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The optimal duration of tocilizumab (TCZ) treatment for giant cell arteritis (GCA) is unclear. Observational studies have shown that 50-60% of patients relapse after…
Abstract Number: 0403 • ACR Convergence 2025
IL-6 as a Predictor of Response to Olokizumab in Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results of the Phase 2 Clinical Trial
Ekaterina Alexeeva¹, Tatiana Dvoryakovskaya¹, Elena Zholobova², Elizaveta Krekhova³, Valeria Matkava⁴, Rinat Raupov⁵, Daria Bukhanova⁶, Alina Egorova⁶, Sergey Grishin⁶, Mikhail Samsonov⁶, Mikhail Kostik⁷ and Irina Nikishina⁴, ¹National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health and I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenovskiy University), Moscow, Russia, ²I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia, ³National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia, ⁴V.A.Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁵H.Turner National Medical Research Center for Childrens Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ⁶R-Pharm JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Background/Purpose: Olokizumab (OKZ) is a direct interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitor. IL-6 is an attractive target for the treatment of pJIA. The aim of the study was…
Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fungal Infections, Including Candida, in Patients With Active Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated With Secukinumab: A Pooled Analysis of 10 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: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic disease characterized by inflammatory low back pain and is often accompanied by inflammation of the peripheral joints and…
Abstract Number: 2526 • ACR Convergence 2025
Infection Risk Associated with Steroid-Sparing Therapies in GCA, PMR, and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Systematic Review
Divya Sudireddy¹, Brent Leung², Jean Liew³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, David Felson³, Michael LaValley⁵ and David Flynn², ¹Boston Medical Center, Westborough, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, ³Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) often require long-term glucocorticoid (GC) therapy, increasing the risk of infections, particularly in…
Abstract Number: 2368 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhibition of Structural Damage Progression with Guselkumab, a Selective IL-23i, in Participants with Active PsA: Results Through Week 24 of the Phase 3b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled APEX Study
Philip J. Mease¹, Christopher Ritchlin², Laura Coates³, Alexa P. Kollmeier⁴, Bei Zhou⁵, Yusang Jiang⁵, Karen Bensley⁵, Koeun Im⁶, Rattandeep Batra⁷, Soumya Chakravarty⁸, Proton Rahman⁹ and Désirée Van Der Heijde¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, ⁵Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ⁶Johnson & Johnson, Cambridge, MA, USA, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Johnson & Johnson, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA; Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Villanova, PA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre, Discipline of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are at risk of irreversible joint damage that may significantly impact quality of life. Guselkumab (GUS), a fully…
Abstract Number: 2269 • ACR Convergence 2025
Key factors in optimizing the dose of Baricitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: a study based on routine clinical practice and its therapeutic implications
Daniel Campos-Martin¹, Nerea Alcorta-Lorenzo², César Antonio Egües Dubuc², Luis Maria Lopez-Dominguez³, Lucia Otero⁴, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso⁵ and Joaquin Maria Belzunegui-Otano⁶, ¹Rheumatology Department, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian-Donostia, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Donostia University Hospital., San Sebastian, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Donostia University Hospital., San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁴Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Donostia University Hospital., San Sebastian-Donostia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib, a selective JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, has demonstrated efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In patients with stable disease control for at least six months, reducing…
Abstract Number: 1665 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effectiveness of Biologic Versus Conventional Therapy in Uveitis with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases: Real-World Evidence from a Propensity-Matched Cohort
Hanieh Akbari¹ and shahrzad Abdollahi², ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Medical Center, Norristown, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelpha, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is a vision-threatening manifestation of systemic rheumatic diseases. While conventional immunosuppressants are typically first-line, biologics are often reserved for refractory cases. Long-term real-world…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rituximab super-responders: characteristics of patients with more than 3 years response to a single cycle of treatment
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof¹, Junaid Patel², Paul Emery³ and Ed Vital³, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Emerging therapies such as CD19 CAR-T-cells have been reported to induce deeper B-cell depletion and thereby drug-free remission up to 18 months. With rituximab,…
Abstract Number: 1374 • ACR Convergence 2025
AZD1163, a Novel Bispecific Human Antibody Targeting PAD2/4 Enzymes Responsible for Generating Citrullinated Protein Auto-antigens in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Demonstrates Dose-dependent Inhibition of Systemic PAD Activity in Healthy Volunteers
Susanne Prothon¹, Jacob Leander¹, Ulla Seppälä¹, Eduard Molins², Mia Collins¹, Nicholas White³, Ivonne Puente¹, Andre Santa Maria¹, Gary Sims⁴, David Han⁵, Obada Al Hamdan⁶, Ronald Goldwater⁷, Emon Khan⁸ and David Close⁹, ¹AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²AstraZeneca, Barcelona, Spain, ³AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ⁵Parexel, Los Angeles, ⁶Parexel, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Parexel, Baltimore, ⁸BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late Respiratory and Immunology, AstraZeneca, Academy House, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁹AstraZeneca, Royston, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: AZD1163 is a novel bispecific antibody that inhibits the activity of extracellular Peptidyl Arginine Deiminases (PADs) 2 and 4, enzymes responsible for protein citrullination…
Abstract Number: 1175 • ACR Convergence 2025
Secukinumab In Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis with Polymyalgia Rheumatica Symptoms: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 2 TitAIN Study
Nils Venhoff¹, Wolfgang Schmidt², Raoul Bergner³, Juergen Rech⁴, Leonore Unger⁵, Stephanie Finzel⁶, Ioana Andreica⁷, David Kofler⁸, Stefan Weiner⁹, Prof. Dr. med. Peter Lamprecht¹⁰, Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹¹, Meryl Mendelson¹², Weibin Bao¹³, Monica Keyport¹⁴, Meron Maricos¹⁵, Valeria Jordan M.¹⁶ and Jens Thiel¹⁷, ¹University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine A, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Municipal Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁴Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁶Universitétsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁸University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁹Brüderkrankenhaus Trier, Trier, Germany, ¹⁰University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ¹¹LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Munich, Bayern, Germany, ¹²Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Larchmont, NY, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Hanover, NJ, ¹⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Stillwater, MN, ¹⁵Novartis, Nürnberg, Germany, ¹⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Tenafly, NJ, ¹⁷University Hospital Freiburg, Medical University Graz, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: GCA and PMR are closely related, immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases often occurring concurrently in individuals over 50.1,2 While glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay of…
Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2025
Breaking Inflammatory Pathways: ELN28, a Novel Dual TNFα/JAK Inhibitor Drug Conjugate for Chronic Inflammation
Obinna Ubah, Euan Murray, Stella Priyanka, Julia Martinez Fraile, Andrew Porter, Robert Boyd and Caroline Barelle, Elasmogen Limited, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in therapies for chronic autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), significant unmet needs persist, including therapeutic ceiling effects, adverse events, and…
Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Icotrokinra (ICO), a Novel Targeted Oral Peptide, in Patients (Pts) With Psoriatic Disease: Exploratory Assessments From a Phase 2 Psoriasis (PsO) Study Informing a Phase 3 Clinical Program in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
Joseph F Merola¹, Philip J. Mease², Laura Coates³, Iain McInnes⁴, Peter Nash⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶, Lihi Eder⁷, mitsumasa kishimoto⁸, Anna Beutler⁹, Konstantina Psachoulia⁹, Shihong Sheng¹⁰, Bei Zhou¹¹, Mehrdad Javidi¹², Chandni Valiathan¹², Charles Iaconangelo¹⁰, Ya-Wen Yang¹³, Arun Kannan¹³, Chetan S. Karyekar⁹ and Tasneam Shagroni⁹, ¹Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Griffith University and U of Queensland, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, Queensland, Australia, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, ¹⁰Johnson & Johnson, Chesterbrook, PA, USA, Chesterbrook, ¹¹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹²Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, ¹³Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: PsA affects ~20-30% of pts with PsO, causing articular inflammation/damage, and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). ICO, a novel targeted oral peptide that…
Abstract Number: 0547 • ACR Convergence 2025
Determinants of Difficult-to-Manage Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
Patricia Remalante-Rayco¹, Laura Passalent², Manal Alnasser³, Tina Chim¹, Robert Inman¹, Nigil Haroon⁴ and Denis Poddubnyy⁵, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) group has recently introduced a consensus-based definition for difficult-to-manage (D2M) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to identify patients with…
Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Effectiveness of Abatacept in JIA: Results From an Ongoing JIA Registry
Daniel Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto², Jennifer Huggins³, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁴, Colleen Correll⁵, John Bohnsack⁶, Stacey Tarvin⁷, Gabriele Simonini⁸, Thomas Griffin⁹, Andrew Zeft¹⁰, Gerd Horneff¹¹, Pierre Quartier¹², Iionka Orban¹³, Heather Walters¹⁴, Valda Stanevica¹⁵, Julisa Patel¹⁶, Adam M Huber¹⁷, Margalit Rosenkranz¹⁸, Daniel Kingsbury¹⁹, Rosie Scuccimarri²⁰, Gabriel Vega Cornejo²¹, Joost Swart²², Robert Carroll²³, Hermine Brunner¹, Tina Sherrard²⁴, Chiara Pallotti²⁵, Clara Malattia²⁶ and Alberto Martini²⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health and I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenovskiy University), Moscow, Russia, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁹Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Asklepios Klinik, Hamburg, Germany, ¹²Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁴Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁵Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁶Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ¹⁷IWK Grace Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁹Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ²⁰McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²¹Clinica de reumatología Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ²²Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²³Bristol Myers Squibb, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁵Istituto G. Gaslini, Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, Genova, Italy, ²⁶Istituto G. Gaslini Pediatria II Reumatologia and University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is a selective T-cell co-stimulation modulator approved for use in JIA. Efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients (pts) with JIA have been…
Abstract Number: 2460 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Efficacy of Belimumab, Anifrolumab, and Rituximab in SLE: A Retrospective Analysis of Serological and Clinical Outcomes
Pablo Martínez Calabuig¹, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil², Roxana González Mazario³, Laura Salvador Maicas⁴, Mireia Sanmartin Martínez⁴, Iván Jesús Lorente Betanzos⁴, Amalia Rueda Cid⁴, Juan José Lerma Garrido⁴, Isabel Martínez Cordellat⁴, Isabel Balaguer Trull⁴, Berta Gómez Correas⁴ and Cristina Campos Fernández³, ¹Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Spain/ Uversidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain, Ontinyent, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ³Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement and fluctuating activity. Biologic therapies such as Belimumab, Anifrolumab, and Rituximab offer…

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