Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1324 • ACR Convergence 2023
Previous History of Serious Infection Is Associated with the Use of IL-6 Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Wales, UK
Roxanne Cooksey¹ and Ernest Choy², ¹Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biologic therapy has revolutionised the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Randomised control trials have shown that IL-6 inhibitors are superior to adalimumab, a TNF…
Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pre-treatment Differentially Expressed Metagenes Characterize Systemic Lupus Patients Who Subsequently Achieve Clinical Response to Belimumab
Miles Smith¹, Kevin Thomas¹, Nicolas Dominguez¹, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager¹, Stan Kamp¹, Carla Guthridge¹, Bridget Parrish¹, Cristina Arriens², Judith James¹, Joan Merrill¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, which targets the B Cell activator and survival factor BLyS, is an approved treatment for systemic lupus (SLE) and has demonstrated efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 1699 • ACR Convergence 2023
Immunosuppression with Targeted Therapies Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Systemic Sclerosis: A EUSTAR Analysis
Cosimo Bruni¹, Havard Fretheim², Lorenzo Tofani³, Yannick Weber¹, Eric Hachulla⁴, Patricia Carreira⁵, Dilia Giuggioli⁶, Paolo Airò⁷, Elise Siegert⁸, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁹, marco Matucci Cerinic¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar¹², Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹³, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹⁴, Joerg Distler¹⁵, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman¹⁶, Ivan Castellvi¹⁷, Elisabetta Zanatta¹⁸, Vanessa Smith¹⁹, Christopher Denton²⁰, Britta Maurer²¹, Alessandro Giollo¹⁸, Florenzo Iannone²², Lorenzo Dagna²³, Marie-Elise Truchetet²⁴, Masataka Kuwana²⁵, Yannick ALLANORE²⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁷, Mickael Martin²⁸, Edoardo Rosato²⁹, Ana Maria Gheorghiu³⁰, Francesco Del Galdo³¹, Kamal Solanki³², Alessandra Vacca³³, CATARINA RESENDE³⁴, SUSANA VIEIRA³⁵, Laszlo Czirjak³⁶, Marko Barisic³⁷, Francesco Paolo Cantatore³⁸, valeria Riccieri³⁹, Kristofer Andréasson⁴⁰, Lorinda Chung⁴¹, Carolina Muller⁴², Daniela OPRIS-BELINSKI⁴³, Simona Rednic⁴⁴, Petros Sfikakis⁴⁵, Yair Levy⁴⁶, Anna Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁴⁷, Oliver Distler¹, Vivien Hsu⁴⁸, Stefan Heitmann⁴⁹, Gianluca Moroncini⁵⁰, Michele Iudici⁵¹, Joerg Henes⁵², Ellen De Langhe⁵³, Ariane Herrick⁵⁴ and Carlomaurizio Montecucco⁵⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Scleroderma Unit, Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁷Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹⁰Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹¹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁴University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center and ILD Clinic Programs // New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care & Research Centeris, New Orleans, LA, ¹⁵Clinic for Rheumatology University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hiller Research Center, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ¹⁶Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ¹⁹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²⁰University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²¹University Hospital Bern, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²³Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ²⁴Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ²⁵Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁶Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, INSERM U1313, Poitiers University, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ²⁹Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ³⁰Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Ion Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ³¹University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³²Department of Rheumatology, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, ³³II Chair of Rheumatology, University of Cagliari-Policlinico Universitario, Monserrato, Italy, ³⁴Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisboa, Portugal, ³⁵Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal, ³⁶Dept. Rheumatol Immunol, Medical School, university of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, ³⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ³⁸Rheumatology Clinic – Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ³⁹Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ⁴⁰Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴¹Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁴²Federal University of Parana, CURITIBA / PR, Brazil, ⁴³Saint Mary Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴⁴Prof Dr Simona Rednic, Cluj, Romania, ⁴⁵National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁴⁶Meir Medical Center, Autoimmune Research Laboratory, Kfar-Saba, Israel, ⁴⁷Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, ⁴⁸Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ⁴⁹Department of Rheumatology, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Böheimstrasse 37, D-70199, Stuttgart, Germany, ⁵⁰Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, ⁵¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵²University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁵³Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵⁴University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵⁵Unità Operativa e Cattedra di Reumatologia, IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (precapPH) is a severe condition that requires prompt treatment. Although immunosuppressants (IMS) are standard of care for…
Abstract Number: 2160 • ACR Convergence 2023
Poly-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis: All B/tsDMARD Classes Exhausted – An Uncommon Disease Subset with Distinct Inflammatory and Non-inflammatory Phenotypes
Paula David¹, Andrea Di Matteo¹, Or Hen¹, Shouvik Dass², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Paul Emery⁴, Benazir Saleem² and Dennis McGonagle⁵, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Rheumatology, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: We previously reported on difficult to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in nearly 1600 patients treated with biologic (b) or target synthetic (ts) DMARDs including…
Abstract Number: 2242 • ACR Convergence 2023
Irrespective of the Number of Erosions at Baseline, Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Ixekizumab Show Improved Clinical Outcomes
M. Elaine Husni¹, Vinod Chandran², Jeffrey Lisse³, Rebecca Bolce³, Carlos Diaz³, Baojin Zhu³, Elaine Lui⁴ and Laura Coates⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Brightech International, An Everest Clinical Research Company, Somerset, NJ, ⁵University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic and progressive disease characterized by high rates of early joint erosions, which have been associated with impaired quality…
Abstract Number: 2473 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Consensus Based Algorithm to Screen for Lung Disease in Children with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Holly Wobma¹, Ronny Bachrach², Joseph Farrell², Margaret Chang³, Megan Day-Lewis¹, Fatma Dedeoglu¹, Martha Fishman⁴, Olha Halyabar¹, Claudia Harris¹, Daniel Ibanez¹, Liyoung Kim¹, Timothy Klouda⁴, Katie Krone⁴, Pui Lee¹, Mindy Lo¹, Kyle McBrearty¹, Esra Meidan¹, Susan Prockop⁵, Aaida Samad⁴, Mary Beth Son¹, Peter Nigrovic³, Alicia Casey⁴, Joyce Chang³ and Lauren Henderson³, ¹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Community Member, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Hematology-Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over the last decade, lung disease (LD) has become an increasingly recognized complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). Children with sJIA-LD may be…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatology Patients’ Experiences of a Nationwide Transition to an Adalimumab Biosimilar: A Cross-Sectional Study
Chiara Gasteiger¹, Maria Lobo², Robin Stanley¹, Lun Shen Wong¹, Rachel Murdoch¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Rheumatology, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Patients are frequently transitioned to biosimilars to reduce the cost burden of biologics. Brand changes can be daunting for patients who have concerns about…
Abstract Number: 0429 • ACR Convergence 2023
Direct and Indirect Effects of Upadacitinib or Adalimumab on Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Randomized Phase 3 Study
Peter C. Taylor¹, David Walsh², Tsutomu Takeuchi³, Bruno Fautrel⁴, Janet Pope⁵, Andrew Garrison⁶, Yanna Song⁶, Sara K. Penn⁶, Ralph Lippe⁷, Diane Caballero⁸ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁹, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ³Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ⁵University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁷AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany, ⁸AbbVie, Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁹University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Riverside, CA
Background/Purpose: Rapid and sustained pain control is an important goal for patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Control of inflammation in RA does not always…
Abstract Number: 0540 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Baseline BMI and Physical Activity on Upadacitinib Treatment Response: A Post Hoc Analysis of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis from the SELECT-AXIS 2 Study
Angela Crowley¹, Lori Siegel¹, Pendleton Wickersham², Heather Jones³, Dan Webster⁴, Anna Shmagel⁵, Ana Biljan⁶, Uta Kiltz⁷ and Philip Helliwell⁸, ¹Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Gurnee and Hinsdale, IL, ²Methodist Hospital, Baptist Medical Center and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills, San Antonio, TX, ³AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., Libertyville, IL, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Long Grove, IL, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁸University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In patients (pts) with AS, higher BMI has been linked to higher disease activity1. However, given that BMI can be a poor indicator of…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characteristics of Difficult-To-Treat Psoriatic Arthritis: A Comparative Analysis
Cecile PHILIPPOTEAUX¹, Anne Marty-Ane¹, Emeline Cailliau¹, Peggy Philippe¹, Bernard Cortet¹, Julien Paccou¹, Rene-Marc Flipo¹ and Jean-Guillaume Letarouilly², ¹University Hospital Center of Lille, Lille, France, ²CHU Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: The EULAR task force recently published the difficult-to-treat RA (D2T RA) definition [1], however, a definition of D2T PsA is still lacking. To date,…
Abstract Number: 1090 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improved Patient and Team Satisfaction and Pharmacy Outcomes After Implementing a Rheumatology Clinical Pharmacist in a Large Academic Medical Center
Shelby Gomez¹, Trisha Ludwig¹, Katherine Hartkopf², Sancia Ferguson³, Lori Zemlicka⁴, Mindy Jones⁵ and Christie M. Bartels⁶, ¹UW Health Pharmacy, Madison, WI, ²Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴UW Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: We embedded a clinical pharmacist into our university rheumatology clinics beginning in June 2022 to improve patient experience and reduce provider burden based on…
Abstract Number: 1328 • ACR Convergence 2023
Switching Biologics or Janus Kinase Inhibitors Is Effective in Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis, Regardless of Inflammation
Katsuaki Onishi¹, Yutaro Yamada², Tadashi Okano², Kenji Mamoto², Shohei Anno³, Tatsuya Koike⁴ and Hiroaki Nakamura², ¹Baba Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ²Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, ³Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis Disease (SINBAD), Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare, Shirahama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Although biologics (BIO) or Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have improved treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there are patients with difficult disease activity control even…
Abstract Number: 1498 • ACR Convergence 2023
First-in-Human Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics Study of DS-7011a, an Anti-TLR7 Antagonistic Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Giorgio Senaldi¹, Aparna Mohan¹, Li Zhang¹, Jun Tanaka², Grishma Pandya³, Sindee Grossman³, Sarah Urbina⁴, Steven Reynolds⁵ and Alan Hand⁴, ¹Daiichi Sankyo, Basking Ridge, NJ, ²Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, ³Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, ⁴Worldwide Clinical Trials, San Antonio, TX, ⁵Cenexel, Los Alamitos, CA
Background/Purpose: Toll-like receptor (TLR)7 is a pattern recognition receptor, whose ligands include nucleic acids and whose activation is part of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 1702 • ACR Convergence 2023
Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis Patients Treated with Rituximab and Mycophenolate Mofetil Combination Therapy Compared to Autologous Hematological Stem Cell Transplantation
shiri keret¹, Lisa Kaly², Aniela Shouval², Tsila Zuckerman³, Israel Henig⁴, Abid Awisat⁵, Itzhak Rosner⁶, Michel Rozenbaum², Nina Boulman², Yair Molad⁷, ariela Dortort Lazar⁸, Gleb Slobodin² and Doron Rimar², ¹Bnai Zion, Atlit, Israel, ²Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Hematology department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Stem cell transplantation unit, Hematology department, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁵Bney-Zion Medical Center, Baqa Elgharbiya, Israel, ⁶Bnai Zion Medical Center/Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁷Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, and Tel Aviv University, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ⁸Rabin Medical Center and Tel Aviv university, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Autologous hematological stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is a grade A therapy for early diffuse progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc), that has been validated in three…
Abstract Number: 2163 • ACR Convergence 2023
Omnipresent Poor Prognostic Factors in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis in the IMPROVED Trial; Is Earlier bDMARD Treatment Escalation for All Necessary?
Joy van der Pol¹, Sytske Anne Bergstra², Thomas Huizinga² and CF Allaart², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The EULAR recommendations for the treatment of RA state, by expert opinion, that if a treatment target is not achieved with the first csDMARD…

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