Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 2372 • ACR Convergence 2025
Treatment Outcome and Persistence of IL-23 Inhibitors in Real World Cohort of PsA Patients- A Retrospective Study
Dana Rosenberg¹, Dafne capelusnik², Shai Shtrozberg³, Ori Elkayam⁴ and Reut Tzemach⁵, ¹Sourasky medical center Tel aviv ISRAEL, TEL AVIV, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ³Sourasky medical center Tel aviv ISRAEL, TEL AVIV, ⁴Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Sourasky medical center Tel aviv ISRAEL, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Background/Purpose: In recent years, IL-23 inhibitors (IL23i)-have emerged as promising therapeutic options for psoriatic arthritis patients (PsA). Clinical trials have demonstrated their efficacy in both…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2025
Agreement Between Two Rheumatoid Arthritis Response Measures Across b/ts DMARD Treatment Classes in a Large, Prospective Observational Study Supporting the Development and Clinical Validation of a Novel Blood-based Precision Medicine Test
Peter Taylor¹, Jason Carlson², Shirley Vu², Signe Fransen³, Diana Abdueva⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis⁵, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Aqtual Inc, Hayward, CA, ³Aqtual, sf, CA, ⁴Aqtual, Hayward, CA, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Contemporary pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is set within a treat-to-target framework. This requires quantitative, longitudinal assessments of disease activity with a view…
Abstract Number: 1833 • ACR Convergence 2025
DM618: A Novel Anti-IL12p35 Antibody Specifically Inhibiting IL-12 with Therapeutic Potential in a Set of Autoimmune Diseases
Dong ZHANG, Guangan Hu, Xiaodong Jiang, Quanju Zhao, Tainfei Hou, Zhengwang Sun, Mousheng Xu and Nan Bing, D²M Biotherapeutic, Inc, NATICK, MA
Background/Purpose: IL-12, via its p35 subunit, drives Th1-mediated pathology in autoimmune diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) suggested that IL12A encoding IL12p35 is associated with systemic…
Abstract Number: 1533 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab Is Associated with Early Improvement in Disease Activity Measures Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the US
Yan Chen¹, Maral DerSarkissian¹, Shumin Rui¹, Justin Clark¹, Daniel Moldaver², Jeffrey J. Ellis³, Karen Worley³ and Aarat M Patel⁴, ¹Analysis Group, Los Angeles, CA, ²GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA, ⁴GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL), a B-cell modulator mAb that selectively inhibits soluble B-lymphocyte stimulator and reduces autoreactive B cells that drive lupus disease activity, is approved…
Abstract Number: 1430 • ACR Convergence 2025
Redefining BASDAI cut-offs: implications for patients’ eligibility for initiating biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic treatment in axial spondyloarthritis
Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Tore K. Kvien², Mehrdad Shoae Kazemi¹, Bente Glintborg¹, Anne Gitte Loft³, Rita Fonseca⁴, Helena Santos⁵, Andreas Reich⁶, Anne C. Regierer⁶, Jarno Rutanen⁷, Laura Kuusalo⁸, Gary Macfarlane⁹, Gareth T. Jones⁹, Adrian Ciurea¹⁰, Michael J. Nissen¹¹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹², Olafur Palsson¹³, Ziga Rotar¹⁴, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁵, Daniela Di Giuseppe¹⁶, Merete Hetland¹⁷ and Mikkel Ostergaard¹⁸, ¹Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, ⁵Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶German Rheumatology Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁸Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹²Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹³University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁴University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ziri, Slovenia, ¹⁵University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁶Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ¹⁷Copenhagen 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, ¹⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), high disease activity is a key indication for biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) initiation. The Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease…
Abstract Number: 1179 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib in Adult Patients With Refractory Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Jingjing Li¹, Ran Wang¹, Jie Chen¹, Antao xu¹, Yakai Fu¹, Yanwei Lin¹, Xiaodong Wang¹, Shuang Ye², Fang Du¹ and Qiong Fu³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare and life-threatening complication of connective tissue diseases (CTDs), with approximately 30% of cases being refractory to standard…
Abstract Number: 1042 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biosimilar adalimumab prescriptions increase before the CVS formulary change and decrease after
Eric Roberts¹, gabriela Schmajuk², Diana Ung³, Mackenzie Clark³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In 2023 patent exclusivity for adalimumab expired and nine biosimilars were introduced to the U.S. market with a tenth launched in May 2024. The…
Abstract Number: 0570 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phyto- and Endo-cannabinoids Exhibit Ex Vivo Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Refractory Rheumatic inflammatory/Autoimmune Patients: Toward Personalized Cannabinoid Therapy
Gilad Halpert¹, Eri Govrin¹, Omer Gendelman¹, Abdulla Watad², Yehuda Shoenfeld¹ and Howard Amital¹, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: A substantial number of patients with rheumatic inflammatory/autoimmune diseases, do not achieve adequate symptom control with current standard-of-care therapies, including biologics. The endocannabinoid system…
Abstract Number: 0758 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Baseline IL-6 Levels and the Clinical Phenotype of Giant Cell Arteritis
Raquel Ugena-García¹, Clara Churtichaga Domenech², Judith Vidal-Ripoll², Francina salabert-Carreras², Cristina Calomarde-Gómez¹, Cristina Rocamora-Gisbert³, Irene Peralta-García⁴, Niccolo Viveros², Anne Riveros Frutos³, Ivette Casafont-Solé¹ and Judit Font-Urgelles¹, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ³Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna. Karolinska University Hospital, Medical Unit of Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Rheumatology. Theme Inflammation and Ageing, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in patients over the age of 50. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to…
Abstract Number: 0416 • ACR Convergence 2025
Outcomes Of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Receiving Biological Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: Retrospective Analysis of A Real-World Experience From A Resource-Limited Setting
Narendra Bagri¹, Pavneet Kaur², Farheen KS², Bala Siva rama Krishna J², Banoth Sreesanth², Ayisha KP², Bareddy Sai Thrisha Reddy², ASHISH DATT UPADHYAY², RAKESH LODHA² and Sushil Kumar kabra², ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: We aimed to study the outcomes (remission, flare, and adverse events) of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) in children with JIA from a low-middle-income…
Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2025
KT501, a CD19/BCMA/CD3 trispecific antibody, leads to rapid and deep B-cell depletion with well-tolerated safety
Min Bao, John Wang, Jay Zhao and Weihao Xu, Kali Therapeutics, San Mateo, CA
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting CD19 or B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) have shown unprecedented effects in treatment-resistant autoimmune diseases such as systemic…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prolonged Plasma Urate-Lowering After a Single Intravenous Administration of PRX-115, a Novel PEGylated Uricase, in Participants with Elevated Urate Levels
Christian Schwabe¹, Orit Cohen Barak², Alexandra Cole³, Hadar Reuveni², Liron Shelev², Liora Blinder-Haddad² and Nicola Dalbeth⁴, ¹NZCR, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Protalix Ltd, Karmiel, Israel, ³NZCR, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: PEGylated uricases have already demonstrated therapeutic modality in the treatment of refractory gout patients. PRX-115 is a recombinant homotetrameric uricase enzyme, produced from Candida…
Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anifrolumab Long-Term Treatment Is More Effective Against Organ Damage Than Standard of Care Alone: Results from an External Control Arm Study on Organ Damage in Phase 3 Clinical Trials and the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic Cohort
Zahi Touma¹, Ian Bruce², Richard A. Furie³, Eric Morand⁴, Raj Tummala⁵, Shelly Chandran⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷, Jacob Knagenhjelm⁷, Kellyn Arnold⁸, Hopin Lee⁸, Eleanor Ralphs⁸, Danuta Kielar⁹, Aleksander Bedenkov⁹ and Miina Waratani⁹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶Astrazeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸IQVIA, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Biopharmaceuticals Medicine, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In SLE, persistent disease activity, disease flares and long-term glucocorticoid (GC) use all contribute to organ damage accrual. The effects of novel therapies on…
Abstract Number: L19 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Emapalumab in Children and Adults with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Still’s Disease: Results from a Phase 3 Study and a Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Trials
Alexei Grom¹, Uwe Ullman², Adnan Mahmood³, Josefin Blomkvist³, Brian Jamieson⁴ and Fabrizio De Benedetti⁵, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ²Sobi, Basel, Switzerland, ³Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Sobi, Inc., Morrisville, NC, ⁵Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of Still’s disease, characterized by interferon-gamma (IFNg)-driven macrophage activation and systemic hyperinflammation. Emapalumab, an anti-IFNg antibody, binds free and…
Abstract Number: 0237 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tofacitinib: A Retrospective Study on Safety and Adverse Effects
Vrushal Kale¹, Sandeep yadav², Canchi Balakrishnan³, Rohini Samant⁴, Bishakha Swain⁴, Shaurav Khanna⁵, Aashish Agrawal⁵ and Aditi Patankar⁴, ¹P D Hinduja national Hospital and medical Research centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ²Pd Hinduja hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India, ³P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mahim, Mumbai, Mahin, Maharashtra, India, ⁴P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ⁵P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mahim, Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, is widely used in India to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. Although its efficacy is…

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