Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2024
How Fast Do JAK-inhibitors, TNF-inhibitors, Abatacept and IL-6 Inhibitors Act in Rheumatoid Arthritis? An International Collaboration of Registers of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the “JAK-pot” Study)
Delphine Sophie Courvoisier¹, Yacine Mrad¹, Denis Mongin¹, Romain Aymon², Roberto Caporali³, Denis Choquette⁴, Catalin Codreanu⁵, Louis Coupal⁴, Doreen Huschek⁶, Kimme Hyrich⁷, Florenzo Iannone⁸, Tore K. Kvien⁹, Monika Mustak¹⁰, Dan Nordstrom¹¹, Nina Trokovic¹², Lucia Otero-Varela¹³, Karel Pavelka¹⁴, Manuel Enrique Pombo Suarez¹⁵, Sella A. Provan¹⁶, Ana Maria Rodrigues¹⁷, Ziga Rotar¹⁸, Prodromos Sidiropoulos¹⁹, Anja Strangfeld²⁰, Jakub Závada¹⁴, Sizheng Zhao²¹, Axel Finckh¹ and Kim Lauper¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Collonges-sous-Salève, France, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ⁴Rhumadata™, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ) Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, ⁹Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine II, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹²Department of Medicine and Rheumatology ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹³Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁶Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Nova Medical School and Hospital dos Lusíadas, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁹University of Crete, Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece, HERAKLIO, Greece, ²⁰German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ) Berlin and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: JAK-inhibitors (JAKi) have demonstrated a rapid onset of action; however, it is unclear how they compare to other targeted therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2024
Synergistic Impact of the Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Subtype and Female Sex on First-Line Biologic Discontinuation : A Study of Interaction Effects
Patricia Remalante-Rayco¹, Emmanuel Baja², Zeynep Baskurt³, Tina Chim⁴, Robert Inman⁵, Leonila Dans⁶ and Nigil Haroon⁷, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines, ³Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence suggests lower response rates to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) among women with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA). However, there is a paucity…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors versus Conventional Synthetic Immunomodulatory Therapy for Treatment of Frail Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E. Sattui¹, Christian Dejaco², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Sebastian Unizony⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is hindered by lack of glucocorticoid (GC)-sparing therapies with proven efficacy. A retrospective study showed a higher proportion of…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2024
IMPACT (Impact of eMbedded Pharmacists in an Academic Center sTudy)
Sukul Mittal¹, Prajwal Dara¹, Omkar Dhamankar², Noelle Cordova¹, Saba Mohiuddin¹, Aemen Zamir¹, Joshua Blackwell¹, Paula Mofor¹, Christian Alvarez¹, Anjali Kalra¹, Song Zhang¹, Nilofar Syed¹ and Puneet Bajaj³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, UT, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Clinical pharmacists (CPs) embedded within outpatient clinics have revolutionized the impact of provided services and have the potential to improve various aspects of clinical…
Abstract Number: 1389 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cohort Study on Drug Survival and Tolerability of Adalimumab Biosimilar Transitioning: Pharmaceutical Properties Do Matter
Amy Peeters¹, Maike Wientjes², Wieland Müskens¹, David Ten Cate³, Bart van den Bemt⁴, Noortje van Herwaarden¹ and Alfons den Broeder², ¹Sint maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek / Radboudumc, Ubbergen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Since the compound patent on the bio-originator of adalimumab expired, several adalimumab biosimilars (BS) have been introduced. Extensive research shows equivalence in effectiveness and…
Abstract Number: 1527 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Harms in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Anifrolumab or Belimumab: A Multicenter Cohort Study Using the TriNetX Research Network
Hsin-Hua Chen, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)

Background/Purpose: Belimumab and anifrolumab, biologic therapies, have shown to improve systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) outcomes in clinical trials, but there is a lack of real-world…
Abstract Number: 1903 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Multimorbidity on Targeted Synthetic and Biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug (ts/bDMARD) Effectiveness in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Two Year Follow-up Study from Mexican Adverse Events Registry BIOADAMEX
Vijaya Rivera Teran¹, David Vega Morales², Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza³, Sandra Sicsik Ayala⁴, Angel Alejandro Castillo Ortiz⁵, Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas⁶, Dafhne Miranda Hernández⁷, Fedra Irazoque Palazuelos⁸, Julio César Casasola Vargas⁹, Omar Eloy Muñoz Monroy¹⁰, Sandra Carrillo Vazquez⁸, javier Merayo Chalico¹¹, Guillermo Guaracha Basañez¹², Estefania Torres Valdez¹³, Luis Valdés Corona¹⁴, Angélica Peña Ayala¹⁵, Sergio Durán Barragán¹⁶, Azucena Ramos Sánchez², Aleni Paz Viscarra¹⁴, Erick Adrián Zamora Tehozol¹⁷, Daniel Xibillé Friedman¹⁸ and Jiram Torres Ruiz¹⁹, ¹Colegio Mexicano de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Torreón, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Merida, Mexico, ⁶División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, CDMX, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁹Hospital General de México, “Dr.Eduardo Liceaga”, MEXICO CITY, Mexico, ¹⁰Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, CDMX, Mexico, ¹²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirón", Mexico City, Mexico, ¹³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Querétaro, Mexico, ¹⁴Práctica Privada, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁵Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ¹⁶Clínica de Investigación en Reumatología, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹⁷Práctica Privada, Merida, Mexico, ¹⁸Práctica Privada, Cuernavaca, Mexico, ¹⁹INCMNSZ, Mexico, Federal District, Mexico
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of multimorbidity on the effectiveness of targeted synthetic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (ts/bDMARD), in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a two-year follow-up.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2177 • ACR Convergence 2024
CD59 Complement Membrane Regulator Deficiency: 12 Years of Clinical and Molecular Follow-up of 29 Patients
Dror Mevorach, Netanel Karbian, Marian Zeibak and Adi Tabib, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Background/Purpose: We have described in 2013, homozygous CD59-deficient children that manifest with recurrent peripheral neuropathy resembling Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), with hemolytic anemia and recurrent strokes.…
Abstract Number: 2402 • ACR Convergence 2024
Belimumab Reduces Disease Flares versus Placebo in Adults with Early Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of a Large Integrated Analysis
Marta Mosca¹, Karen Costenbader², Joan Merrill³, Holly Quasny⁴, Christine Henning⁵, Steven Bloom⁶, Julia Harris⁶, Ciara O’Shea⁷, Tatsuya Atsumi⁸ and Ronald Van Vollenhoven⁹, ¹University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, OK, ⁴GSK, Clinical Sciences, Durham, NC, ⁵GSK, Global Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁶GSK, Immunology Biostatistics, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁷GSK, Rheumatology, Global Medical Affairs, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: SLE flares are associated with increased risk of organ damage/mortality; flare prevention is a key treatment goal.1 Initiating treatment earlier has benefits in autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 2619 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety Outcomes of Routine Blood Tests for Monitoring of Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Therapies in Inflammatory Arthritis Patients
Tali Eviatar¹, Iftach Sagy², Elad Brav², Amir Bieber³, Victoria Furer⁴ and Ori Elkayam⁵, ¹Tel Aviv Medical Center, Ramat Gan, HaMerkaz, Israel, ²Soroka Medical Cenrter, beer sheva, Israel, ³Emek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Raanana, Israel, ⁴Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Patients treated with biologic or targeted synthetic (b/ts) DMARDs are recommended to perform safety blood monitoring every 3 months in the absence of strong…
Abstract Number: 0249 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real World Evidence on the Safety of the Adjuvanted Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – Preliminary Results from a Prospective Multicenter Observational Greek Study
Christos Koutsianas¹, Anastasia Apanomeritaki², Evgenia Mavrea¹, Niki-Violeta Dimopoulou¹, Maria Nitsa¹, CHRISTINA TSALAPAKI¹, Iro-Ioanna Giannakopoulou² and Dimitrios Vassilopoulos¹, ¹Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ²Rheumatology Clinic, General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas, Voula, Attiki, Greece
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) are at increased risk for herpes zoster (HZ) due to disease -related aberrant immune response, comorbid conditions and anti-rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 0504 • ACR Convergence 2024
Janus Kinase Inhibitors Persist Longer Than Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Retrospective Analysis of Real-world Outpatient Data from the German Rhadar Database
Linus Maximilian Risser¹, Torsten Witte², Matthias Englbrecht³, Patrick-Pascal Strunz⁴, Matthias Froehlich⁵, Marc Schmalzing⁶, Michael Gernert⁷, Peter Bartz-Bazzanella⁸, Cay von Der Decken⁹, Kirsten Karberg¹⁰, Georg Gauler¹¹, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper¹², Christoph Kuhn¹³, Wolfgang Vorbrueggen¹⁴, Martin Welcker¹⁵ and Stefan Kleinert¹⁶, ¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, ³Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, ⁴University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁷Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, ⁸Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany, ⁹Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinik Wuerselen, Würselen, ¹⁰Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹rheumapraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, ¹²Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, ¹³Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, ¹⁴Verein zur Foerderung der Rheumatologie e.V, Wuerselen, Germany, ¹⁵Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany, ¹⁶Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Numerous biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) have been approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), rituximab, abatacept,…
Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cycling to TNFi vs. Switching to IL-17Ai After a First TNFi Discontinuation Among Patients with PsA and axSpA: The CorEvitas PsA/SpA Registry
Alexis Ogdie¹, Nicole Middaugh², Maya Marchese², Jessica A Walsh³, Natalia Bello⁴, Jeffrey Lisse⁴, Andris Kronbergs⁵, Elsie Grace⁶, Marcus Ngantcha⁴ and Philip Mease⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ⁷Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Treatment guidelines recommend tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) and interleukin-17A inhibitors (IL-17Ai) as options for patients with PsA or axSpA with persistent disease activity…
Abstract Number: 0765 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tocilizumab in Extracranial Large-Vessel Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu Arteritis: A Multicentric Observational Comparative Study
Carmen Lasa Teja¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto-Peña³, fernando lopez gutierrez⁴, Pilar Bernabéu⁵, Mercedes Freire González⁶, ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸, Mauricio Mínguez⁹, Beatriz bravo-Mancheño¹⁰, Roser Solans-Laqué¹¹ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso¹², ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Riotuerto, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology section, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, Alicante, Spain, ⁶Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, La coruna, Galicia, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital San Juan de Alicante, Rheumatology., Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Granada., Spain, ¹¹Internal Medicine Service, Vall d'Hebron Hospital University and Campus, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) seems to be effective in large vessel (LV) vasculitis including giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK). LV-GCA phenotype shares some…
Abstract Number: 1049 • ACR Convergence 2024
Very Low Uptake of Biosimilar Adalimumab in the First 9 Months of Availability in Rheumatology
Eric Roberts¹, Gabriela Schmajuk² and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In 2021, over 300,000 patients in the United States used adalimumab, making it one of the highest-grossing drugs globally. In 2023, patent exclusivity for…

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