Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sex-dependent Differences in Disease Characteristics Do Not Influence Effectiveness of Secukinumab Therapy in Patients with Active Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Non-Interventional Trial (AQUILA)
Michaela Koehm¹, Maximilian Klippstein², Sabine Kugler³, Sina Mackay³, Daniel Schulz³, Asmir Vodencarevic⁴, Guillaume Wendt⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁴, Uta Kiltz⁵, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁶ and Frank Behrens⁷, ¹University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ²Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Immune Mediated Diseases CIMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Goethe-University & Fraunhofer ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Individualized treatment strategies are of high importance in the treatment of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). IL-17A inhibition has demonstrated good efficacy on axSpA.…
Abstract Number: 0675 • ACR Convergence 2023
Investigating the Impact of anti-IL5 Therapy in the Management of Relapsing and Refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA); A Three Year Longitudinal Perspective and Beyond
allyson egan¹, Pasupathy Sivasothy² and David Jayne³, ¹Trinity Health Kidney Centre, Tallaght University Hospital, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ²Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the randomized, placebo-controlled MIRRA trial for relapsing and refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), adjuvant therapy with 300mg anti-IL5 mAB Mepolizumab [MEPO] for…
Abstract Number: 1045 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Difficult to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tadashi Okano¹, Kenji Mamoto¹, Yutaro Yamada¹, Shohei Anno², Asami Yagami¹, Yuka Domae¹, Shingo Washida¹, Yuko Yoshida¹, Tatsuya Koike³ and Hiroaki Nakamura¹, ¹Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, ²Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ³Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis Disease (SINBAD), Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare, Shirahama, Japan
Background/Purpose: In recent years, the concept of D2T RA (difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis) has become widespread, and D2T RA patients are defined as a state in…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Never Use a Biological During Their Disease Course Represent a Subgroup of Patients Likely to Achieve Sustained DMARD-free Remission
Judith Heutz¹, Pascal de Jong¹, Annette van der Helm-van Mil² and Elise van Mulligen¹, ¹Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: According to the 2022 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complete cessation of DMARDs is not advisable due to a high…
Abstract Number: 1424 • ACR Convergence 2023
Early Fatigue Improvement with Guselkumab Associates with Longer Term Disease Control in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Reporting Substantial Fatigue: Post Hoc Analyses of a Sub-Population of a Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Guselkumab in Biologic-Naïve Patients
Dafna Gladman¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Michael Starr³, Roberto Ranza⁴, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁵, Natalie shiff⁶, Francois Nantel⁷, Chenglong Han⁸, Andrew James Knowles Ostor⁹ and Philip J. Mease¹⁰, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil, ⁵McGill University, Department of Pediatrics / JSS Medical Research, Scientific Affairs, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Immunology, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / Adjunct, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Horsham, PA, ⁷Nantel Medsci Consult, Consultant, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Immunology, Janssen Global Services, LLC, Malvern, PA, ⁹Cabrini Hospital, Monash University & Emeritus Research / Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, ¹⁰Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is commonly reported by PsA patients (pts) and contributes to disease burden. The fully human IL-23p19-subunit inhibitor guselkumab (GUS) induces clinically meaningful and…
Abstract Number: 1674 • ACR Convergence 2023
Severe Infections in Patients with VEXAS Syndrome: A Study from the French VEXAS Group
Benjamin de Valence de Minardiere¹, Marion Delaune², Yann Nguyen³, Vincent Jachiet⁴, Mael Heiblig⁵, Alexis Jean⁶, Pierrick Henneton⁷, stanislas Riescher-tuczkiewicz⁸, Philippe Guilpain⁷, Hervé Lobbes⁹, Guillaume Le Guenno¹⁰, Nicolas Schleinitz¹¹, Valentin Lacombe¹², Vincent Langlois¹³, Roderau Outh¹⁴, Julien Vinit¹⁵, Jean-Philippe Martellosio¹⁶, Paul Decker¹⁷, Alexandre Vlakos¹⁸, Thomas Moulinet¹⁹, Yannick Dieudonne²⁰, Adrien Bigot²¹, Louis Terriou²², Bertrand De Maleprade²³, Guillaume Denis²⁴, Jonathan Broner²⁵, Marie Kostine²⁶, Sébastien Humbert²⁷, Benjamin Terrier²⁸, Sophie Georgin-Lavialle²⁹, Olivier Fain³⁰, Arsène Mekinian¹, Marjolaine MORGAND¹, Thibault Comont² and Jerome Hadjadj¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, France., Montmorency, France, ⁴Service de médecine interne et Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i3), Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France, ⁵Hematology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon-Sud Hospital, Pierre-Bénite, France, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, Bordeaux University, Faculty of Medicine, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁷CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁸CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁹CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine Department, Clermont-Ferrand University, Faculty of Medicine, Estaing University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹¹Aix Marseille university, AP-HM, Marseille, France, ¹²Internal Medicine Department, Anger Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹³Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Jacques Monod, Le Havre, France, ¹⁴Internal Medicine Department, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France, ¹⁵Service de Médecine Interne, CH William Morey, Chalon sur Saône, France., Chalon sur Saône, France, ¹⁶Service de médecine interne, maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹⁷Nancy hospital, France, Nancy, France, ¹⁸Vesoul Hospital, Vesoul, France, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France, ²⁰Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, National Reference Centre for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (CNR RESO), Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Tours University, Faculty of Medicine, Tours University Hospital, Tours, France, ²²Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, CHU Lille, Lille, France, ²³Rouen hospital, France, Rouen, France, ²⁴Service d'hématologie, CH de Rochefort, Rochefort, France, ²⁵CHU de Nimes, Nimes, France, ²⁶Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ²⁷Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²⁹AP-HP, Tenon hospital, Paris, France, ³⁰Hopital SAINT ANTOINE APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 Enzyme, X-Linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic) syndrome is an autoinflammatory monogenic disease caused by inactivating somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene and characterized…
Abstract Number: 2133 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Risk Factors Are Associated with Discontinuation of Advanced Therapies Due to Treatment Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the OBRI
Samar Aboulenain¹, Xiuying Li², Mohammad Movahedi³, Claire Bombardier¹ and Bindee Kuriya¹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CVD) comorbidity can impact overall RA care. We demonstrated that CVD risk factors were associated with higher disease activity and disability. Here, we…
Abstract Number: 2232 • ACR Convergence 2023
Guselkumab, an IL-23p19 Subunit–specific Monoclonal Antibody, Is Able to Bind CD64+ Myeloid Cells, Potently Neutralize IL-23 Produced from the Cells, and Mediate Internalization of IL-23
Dennis McGonagle¹, raja atreya², Maria Abreu³, James Krueger⁴, Kilian Eyerich⁵, Robert Bissonnette⁶, Kacey Sachen⁷, Carrie Greving⁷, Brian Stoveken⁸, Deepa Hammaker⁷, Kristin Leppard⁸, John Hartman⁸, Phuc Bao⁷, Eilyn Lacy⁸, Indra Sarabia⁷, Janise Deming⁷, Matthew Duprie⁸, Joseph Brown⁷, Christopher T Ritchlin⁹, Iain McInnes¹⁰, Matthieu Allez¹¹ and Anne Fourie⁷, ¹Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Erlangen University Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander-Univrsität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³University of Miami, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁴The Rockefeller University, Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, New York, NY, ⁵Medical Center, University of Freiburg; Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine - Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Innovaderm Research Inc, Medical Director, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Immunology, San Diego, CA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Therapeutics Discovery, Spring House, PA, ⁹University of Rochester Medical School, Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Canandaigua, NY, ¹⁰University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹¹Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the interleukin (IL)-23p19 subunit are effective in treating psoriatic disease; however, their molecular attributes may translate to differences in clinical…
Abstract Number: 2348 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence of Infections Among Adult Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL): Pooled Data from Three Open-Label Extension Studies over 11+ Years
Jinoos Yazdany¹, Kenji Oku², Luciana Seguro³, Paula Curtis⁴, Yoshifumi Inagaki⁵, Roger A. Levy⁶ and Andrea Doria⁷, ¹University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, R&D Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁷University of Padova, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: BEL-treated patients (pts) in clinical trials and long-term extension (LTE) studies1-7 experienced comparable incidence of infections versus those treated with standard therapy (ST) alone…
Abstract Number: 2564 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Effectiveness of a Fourth Dose of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Using Immunomodulators: An Emulated Target Trial
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Xiaosong Wang², Naomi Patel¹, Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Emily Kowalski², Claire Cook¹, Kathleen Vanni², Krishan Guzzo¹, Grace Qian², Katarina Bade³, Alene Saavedra², Rathnam Venkat², Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Yuqing Zhang⁴, Jeffrey Sparks⁵ and Zachary Wallace⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Many patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) using immunomodulators have blunted humoral responses to COVID-19 vaccines. As such, the initial mRNA vaccine series…
Abstract Number: 0089 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pre-Clinical Characterization of MTX-101, a Novel Bispecific CD8 Treg Modulator with the Potential to Restore CD8 Treg Functions in Patients with Rheumatological Autoimmune Diseases
Daniel Patton, Meghan Maurer, Nadine Morgan, Minh Pham, Daniel Boster, Justin Huard, Cathy Tan, Rachael Fasnacht, Monica Childs, Gleda Hermansky, Alex Chen, Susan Julien, Jennifer Gardell, Cathy McMahan, Courtney Crane and Kristine Swiderek, Mozart Therapeutics, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In healthy individuals, CD8 Treg activation leads to selective elimination of aberrantly activated self-reactive CD4 T cells to maintain immune balance. The CD8 Treg…
Abstract Number: 0404 • ACR Convergence 2023
Persistent Pain and Its Predictors After Start of Anti-TNF Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Is Line of Treatment Linked to Different Pain Patterns?
Carmen Roseman, Johan Karlsson Wallman, Jon Einarsson, Elisabeth Mogard, Elisabet Lindqvist, Meliha Kapetanovic and Tor Olofsson, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Persisting pain with or without inflammation control is a common and debilitating symptom in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Concerns have been raised that patients with…
Abstract Number: 0533 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Is There a Difference Between NSAIDs and b/tsDMARDs in Daily Practice?
Francesco Natalucci¹, Pauline KRUG², Angela DE SOUSA LEITE², Tatiana Sokolova³, Patrick Durez⁴, Maria S. Stoenoiu² and Adrien NZEUSSEU TOUKAP⁵, ¹UCLouvain University, Sermoneta, Italy, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ³Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) done in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients have shown that remission in axSpA (including nonradiographic axSpA) patients treated without b/tsDMARDs (TNFα blockers,…
Abstract Number: 0694 • ACR Convergence 2023
Off-label Use of Biologics in Urticarial Vasculitis: A European Cohort Study
Lucas Maisonobe¹, Anne-Sophie Korganow², Alvise Berti³, Alban DEROUX⁴, Nicolas Dupin⁵, Selim Aractingi⁵, Giacomo Emmi⁶, Frédéric Vandergheynst⁷, Marc Fabre⁸, Nicolas Kluger⁹, Marielle Roux⁸, Noemie Abisror¹⁰, Audrey Benyamine¹¹, Giulia Cassone¹², Francois Chasset¹³, Marie-Sylvie Doutre¹⁴, Aurelie Foucher¹⁵, Caroline Freguin¹⁶, Delphine Gobert¹⁷, Yannick Gombeir⁷, José Hernandez-Rodriguez¹⁸, Noémie Legouellec¹⁹, Anne-Lise Pinault²⁰, Dimitri Titeca-Beauport²¹, Marie Jachiet²² and Benjamin Terrier²³, ¹Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ³University of Trento, Rochester, MN, ⁴CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, ⁵CHU Cochin, Paris, France, ⁶University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot, Bourgoin Jallieu, France, ⁹Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁰Internal Medicine Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France, ¹¹Hopital Nord Marseille, Marseille, France, ¹²Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio, Modena, Italy, ¹³Dermatology Department, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁴CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁵CHU de la Réunion, Saint pierre, France, ¹⁶Centre Hospitalier Saint-Brieuc, Saint Brieux, France, ¹⁷CHU Sant-Atoine, Paris, France, ¹⁸Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ²⁰Centre Hospitalier Epinal, Epinal, France, ²¹CHU Amiens, Amiens, France, ²²CHU Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ²³Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is characterized by atypical urticarial lesions and leukocytoclastic vasculitis, sometimes with extra-cutaneous manifestations. First-line treatment is often based on colchicine, hydroxychloroquine,…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2023
Seroconversion Rates in Rituximab-Treated Rheumatic Patients Receiving COVID-19 Vaccination
Ryan Wilson¹, Junaid Awan², Mary Brady², Ciara Hunt², Fahd Adeeb³ and alexander fraser⁴, ¹University of Limerick, Buncrana, Ireland, ²University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ³RCSI & UCD (Ireland) Malaysia Campus (RUMC), Malaysia, Malaysia, ⁴HSE, Limerick, Ireland
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 has increased the mortality rates among rheumatic patients, mainly those immunocompromised or with underlying comorbidities. During the COVID-19 vaccine development, patients on immunomodulatory…

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