Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0050 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-Citrullinated Histone Antibody CIT-013, a Dual Action Therapeutic for Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Associated Autoimmune Disease
Maarten van der Linden¹, Sangeeta Kumari¹, Daphne Montizaan¹, Stephanie van Dalen¹, Annemarie Kip¹, Martyn FOSTER², Inge Reinieren¹, Elsa Neubert³, Luise Erpenbeck⁴, Tirza Bruurmijn¹, Peter van Zandvoort¹, Paul Vink¹, Eric Meldrum⁵, Helmuth van Es¹ and Renato Chirivi¹, ¹Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ²Experimental Pathology Consultancy, Benfleet, United Kingdom, ³Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Center Münster, General Dermatology and Venereology, Münster, Germany, ⁵Citryll BV, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) contribute to the pathophysiology of multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (Chirivi et al., 2021; DOI: 10.1038/s41423-020-0381-3). Targeting the NETosis pathway…
Abstract Number: 0384 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting NET Formation in Early RA Patients; A Spin-off Study from the NORD-STAR
Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Ting Wang², Gerdur Maria Grondal³, Daisy Vedder⁴, Anna Rudin⁵, Dan Nordstrom⁶, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁷, Kristina Lend⁸, Till Uhlig⁹, Espen Haavardsholm⁹, Merete L Hetland¹⁰, Marte Schrumpf Heiberg¹¹, Mikkel Østergaard¹², Kim Horslev-Petersen¹³, John Lampa¹⁴, Ronald van Vollenhoven¹⁵, Christian Lood² and Michael Nurmohamed¹⁶, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department for Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹³Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ¹⁴Stockholm County, Hãsselby, Sweden, ¹⁵Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁶Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) with extrusion of nuclear, granular and cytosolic components from a dying neutrophil, has been described extensively in…
Abstract Number: 0522 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Secukinumab versus Adalimumab Biosimilar on Radiographic Progression in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from Subgroup Analyses by Baseline Syndesmophytes and C-reactive Protein Status
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Pedro Machado³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Lianne Gensler⁵, Patricia Pertel⁶, Erhard Quebe-Fehling⁶, Aimee Readie⁷, Hanno Richards⁶ and Denis Poddubnyy⁸, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK. Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK., London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Immunology, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: SURPASS, a phase 3b randomized controlled study in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), found low spinal radiographic progression over 2 years with no…
Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy and Safety of Mepolizumab During Maintenance Therapy in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Daiki Sakai¹, Kaichi Kaneko¹, Karin Furukawa², Mai Kawazoe², Yasuo Matsuzawa³ and Toshihiro Nanki², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-ku, Japan, ³Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small-vessel vasculitis characterized by asthma, hyper-eosinophilia, and progressive multiorgan organ involvement. Mepolizumab (MPZ) is a humanized monoclonal…
Abstract Number: 1025 • ACR Convergence 2023
Embedding Treat to Target Principles in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Education in Routine Care of Ethnic Minority Patients
Sharon Dowell¹, Mercedes Quinones², Tahereh Jamshidi³, Ilona Jileaeva⁴, Oshoze Kadiri⁴ and Gail Kerr⁵, ¹NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jonesboro, AR, ²Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ³Howard University Hospital, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁵Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: A successful treat to target (T2T) strategy in ethnic minority (EM) patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could improve patient outcomes and help reduce healthcare…
Abstract Number: 1267 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lower Herpes Zoster Rate of Tocilizumab and Tofacitinib in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yao fan Fang¹, Lai-Chu See² and Shu-Hao Chang², ¹Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ²Biostatistics Core Laboratory, Molecular Medicine Research centre, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) have become the primary treatment option for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 2010 in Taiwan. Tocilizumab is an interleukin-6 receptor…
Abstract Number: 1417 • ACR Convergence 2023
Do Long-term Patient-reported Outcomes Improve Similarly in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Treated with Secukinumab? Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Marion Pons¹, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen¹, Sara Nysom Christiansen¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Bente Glintborg¹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson³, Gerdur Maria Grondal⁴, Jiri Vencovsky⁵, Anne Gitte Loft⁶, Ziga Rotar⁷, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer⁸, Michael Nissen⁹, Burkhard Moeller¹⁰, Gary Macfarlane¹¹, Gareth T. Jones¹¹, Florenzo Iannone¹², Roberto F. Caporali¹³, Karin Laas¹⁴, Sigrid Vorobjov¹⁵, Daniela Di Giuseppe¹⁶, Belkis Nihan Coskun¹⁷, Burcu Yagız¹⁷, Sella Provan¹⁸, Karen Fagerli¹⁸, Isabel Castrejon¹⁹, Lucia Otero-Valera²⁰, Marleen van de Sande²¹, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma²², Dan Nordstrom²³, Laura Kuusalo²⁴, Elsa Vieira-Sousa²⁵, Miguel Bernardes²⁶, Tor Olofsson²⁷, Jana Baranová²⁸, Merete Hetland¹, Mikkel Østergaard²⁹ and Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Department for Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁷University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁹Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁰Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹¹Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁵National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia, ¹⁶Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, ¹⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²²Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²³Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ²⁵Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ²⁶Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ²⁷Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²⁸Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Brno, Czech Republic, ²⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important in the treatment evaluation of patients with spondyloarthritis, including axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). For secukinumab,…
Abstract Number: 1617 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Uptake of Biosimilar Infliximab Among Patients with Medicare, Medicaid and Private Insurance in U.S. Rheumatology Practices 2016-2022
Eric Roberts¹, Jing Li¹, Nick Bansback², Chien-Wen Tseng³, Steve Shiboski¹, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, ⁴UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The first infliximab biosimilar (infliximab-dybb) entered the U.S. market in 2016, and two additional products have subsequently been introduced (infliximab-axxq (2017) and infliximab-abda (2020)).…
Abstract Number: 2113 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 2/3/3b/4 Studies
Grace Wright¹, Eduardo Mysler², Kevin Roberts³, Lindsay Sweet⁴ and Ahmed Shelbaya⁵, ¹Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ²Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁴Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer Inc., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Sociodemographic factors can impact treatment response and safety outcomes in patients (pts) with RA. Here, we explore the impact of sociodemographic index (SDI) on…
Abstract Number: 2231 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ixekizumab Significantly Improves Nail Disease and Adjacent Joint Tenderness and Swelling in Psoriatic Arthritis
Dennis McGonagle¹, Arthur Kavanaugh², Iain McInnes³, Lars Erik⁴, Joseph Merola⁵, Bruce Strober⁶, Rebecca Bolce⁷, Jeffrey Lisse⁷, Jennifer Pustizzi⁷, Christophe Sapin⁷ and Christopher T Ritchlin⁸, ¹Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Unit for the Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Vedbæk, Denmark, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁷Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸University of Rochester Medical School, Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Canandaigua, NY
Background/Purpose: Nail psoriasis (PsO) is a strong predictor for the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and has been reported in 63–83% of patients with PsA1.…
Abstract Number: 2347 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Race and Ethnicity: A Large Post Hoc Integrated Analysis of Five Clinical Trials
Saira Sheikh¹, Amit Saxena², Angela Carroll³, Christine Henning³, Julia HN Harris⁴, Bernard Rubin⁵, David D'Cruz⁶ and Alvin F Wells⁷, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Immunology Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, ⁶Guy’s Hospital, Louise Coote Lupus Unit, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Advocate Health Department of Rheumatology, Franklin, WI
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL) is approved for the treatment of active SLE, and lupus nephritis, with standard therapy.1 The prevalence and severity of SLE tend to…
Abstract Number: 2551 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission and Low Disease Activity (LDA) in Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL): Results from a Large Integrated Analysis
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom¹, Roger A. Levy², Margherita Zen³, Nursen Cetrez¹, Alvaro Gomez⁴, Shereen Oon⁵, Christine Henning⁶, Munther Khamashta⁷, Holly A. Quasny⁸, Deven Chauhan⁹, Anca Askanase¹⁰, Ronald van Vollenhoven¹¹ and Mandana Nikpour¹², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ³University of Padua, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Padua, Italy, ⁴Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Departments of Rheumatology and Medicine, Fitzroy, Australia, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁷GSK Gulf, Medical Affairs Department, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Research & Development, Durham, NC, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Brentford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center and Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: A key treatment goal in SLE management is the attainment of remission or LDA,1 for which various definitions exist, including “Definitions of Remission in…
Abstract Number: 0078 • ACR Convergence 2023
Circulating CD4+CXCR5+PD-1hi Follicular Helper T Cells Are Elevated in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Predict Treatment Response to Abatacept or TNF Blockers
Maria-Eugenia Miranda-Carus¹, Beatriz Nieto-Carvalhal¹, Irene Monjo², Mariela Uyaguari-Morocho¹, Alejandro Villalba³, Laura Nuño¹, Diana Peiteado¹, Elisa Fernández¹, Sara García-Carazo¹ and Alejandro Balsa⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ²University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: CD4+CXCR5+PD-1hi follicular helper (Tfh) T cells dwell in the germinal centers (GCs), help B cells, and are implicated in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Circulating…
Abstract Number: 0391 • ACR Convergence 2023
Biologic Use Regulates the Impact of Inflammation on Ischemic Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Sarah Ormseth², Piet Van Riel³, Elena Myasoedova⁴, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay⁵, Alfonso Corrales⁶, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁷, Petros Sfikakis⁸, Patrick Dessein⁹, Linda Tsang⁹, Carol Hitchon¹⁰, Hani El Gabalawi¹⁰, Virginia Pascual Ramos¹¹, Irazú Contreras Yañez¹², Iris Colunga¹³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado¹³, José Ramón Azpiri-López¹³, Silvia Rolefstad¹⁴, Anne Grete Semb¹⁵, Durga P Misra¹⁶, Ellen Margrethe Hauge¹⁷ and GEORGE KITAS¹⁸, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA, ³Radboud University Medical Center, Drunen, Netherlands, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁸National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁹University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ¹⁰University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹³Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway,, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Dept Rheum, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ¹⁷Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁸The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation contributes to enhanced cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) control inflammation in many conventional synthetic DMARD…
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.…

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