Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 2474 • ACR Convergence 2023
Uveitis as Predictor of Disease Flare After the First Course of Anti-TNF Withdrawal in Oligo and Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Multicentric Italian Experience
Ilaria Maccora¹, Valerio Accardo², Marco Cattalini³, ilaria Pagnini⁴, Andrea Taddio⁵, Edoardo Marrani⁶, francesco La Torre⁷, Matteo Trevisan⁸, Maria Vincenza Mastrolia⁹ and Gabriele Simonini¹⁰, ¹PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Burlo Garofalo, Trieste, Italy, ⁶University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁷Giovanni XXIII Pediatric Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁸IRCCS Burlo Garofalo, Trieste, Italy, ⁹NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReConnet Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence Italy. NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: TNF inhibitors (TNFi) have dramatically changed the prognosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). However, once achieved disease remission, it is not clear how and…
Abstract Number: 032 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
From Bedside to Bench and Back: Discovery of a Novel Missense Variant in NLRP3 Causing Atypical Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes with Hearing Loss as the Primary Presentation, Responsive to Anti-IL1 Therapy
Merav Birk-Bachar¹, Hadar Cohen², Yoel Levinsky³, rotem tal⁴, Gil Amarilyo⁵, Meirav Sokolov⁶, Efrat Sofrin-Drucker⁷, Naama Orenstein⁷, Gabriel Lidzbarsky⁷, Liora Kornreich⁸, Eyal Raveh⁶, Nesya Kropach-Gilad⁷, Motti Gerlic² and Liora Harel⁹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel, ²Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Immunology Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁴Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁵Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁶Pediatric Ear Nose and Throat Unit Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁷Recanati Genetic Institute, Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁸Pediatric Imaging Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel, ⁹Scheiders Children Medical Center of Israel, Petah-Tiqva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a spectrum of rare autoinflammatory diseases caused by gain-of-function mutations inthe NLRP3 gene. These mutations cause inflammasome hyperactivity and…
Abstract Number: 073 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Golimumab Therapy in Children with Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: A Case Series Reviewing Safety and Efficacy
Claire Yang¹, Natalie Rosenwasser², Xing Wang², Zheng Xu², Joshua Scheck², Ramesh Iyer³ and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao³, ¹University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, seattle, WA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis (CRMO) is an autoinflammatory bone disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy in half of patients. Monoclonal Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi) are…
Abstract Number: 109 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Long-term Safety of Biologics versus Conventional Synthetic Treatments in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients
Ana Isabel Rebollo-Giménez¹, Luca Carlini², Yulia Vyzhga³, Silvia Rosina⁴, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁵, Charlotte Myrup⁶, Silvia Magni Manzoni⁷, Maria Trachana⁸, Valda Stanevicha⁹, Constantin Ailioaie¹⁰, Elena Tsitsami¹¹, Alexis-Virgil Cochino¹², Chiara Pallotti¹³, Silvia Scala¹³, Angela Pistorio¹⁴, Sebastiaan Vastert¹⁵, Joost F. Swart¹⁶ and Nicolino Ruperto¹⁷, ¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Infiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ²IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ³IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattia Infiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁵Federal State Autonomous Institution “National Medical Research Center of Children's Health”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁶Rigshospitalet, Pediatric rheumatology unit 4272, Copenhagem, Denmark, ⁷IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Division of Rheumatology, Roma, Italy, ⁸Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, First Department of pediatrics, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁹Riga Stradins University, Children University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁰Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, ¹¹Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹²Institute for Mother and Child Care, Pediatrics, Bucharest, Romania, ¹³IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, U.O.C. Pediatric and Rheumatology Clinic, PRINTO, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁷IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, PRINTO, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: The better understanding of systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) pathogenesis and availability of new drugs, such as biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) specifically dedicated…
Abstract Number: 110 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Medications Affect Antibody Responses to COVID-19 Vaccinations in Children with Autoimmune Diseases
Janna Shapiro¹, Florence Choi², Amy Xu³, Trang Duong⁴, Tania Watts¹, Anne-Claude Gingras⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶, Susanne Benseler⁷ and Rae Yeung⁸, ¹Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital of Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology; Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, ⁶Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, ⁸The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: To compare antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines among children with autoimmune diseases taking different classes of immunosuppressantsMethods: A prospective observational study was conducted at…
Abstract Number: 115 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Development of an Electronic Clinical Phenotype to Identify Potential Study Subjects with Juvenile Arthritis
Alysha Taxter¹, Marc Natter², Min-Lee Chang², Laura Schanberg³, Valarie Morrow⁴, Eveline Wu⁵, Tedryl Bumpass⁴, Alex Fist⁴, Meg Waite⁶, Vincent Del Gaizo⁷, Melanie Kohlheim⁷ and CARRA Registry Investigators⁷, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷CARRA, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The LIMIT-JIA trial is the first study of the use of biologic therapy to prevent disease extension in children with newly diagnosed, uncomplicated, oligo-articular…
Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2022
Telitacicept, a Human Recombinant Fusion Protein Targeting B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BlyS) and a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL), in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Results of a Phase 3 Study
Di Wu¹, Jing Li¹, Dong Xu¹, Li Wang¹, Jianmin Fang², Dan Ross³ and Fengchun Zhang⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China, Beijing, China, ²Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China, Shanghai, China, ³RemeGen Co., San Diego, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Key Laboratory of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Telitacicept is a novel recombinant fusion protein constructed with the extracellular domain of the human transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor…
Abstract Number: L12 • ACR Convergence 2022
First Line Treatment Using Recombinant IL-1Receptor Antagonist in New Onset Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Is an Effective Treatment Strategy, Irrespective of HLA DRB1 Background
Remco Erkens¹, Rashmi Sinha², Alex Pickering³, Grant Schulert⁴, Alexei Grom⁴, Lars van der Veken¹, Hanneke van Deutekom¹, Jorg Calis¹, Jorg van Loosdregt⁵ and Sebastiaan Vastert¹, ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ³Systemic JIA Foundation, San Francisso, CA, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Zeist, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) is a severe subtype of JIA. Recently, interstitial lung disease (SJIA-LD) has been reported as a severe complication of…
Abstract Number: 0245 • ACR Convergence 2022
Influence of Forced Vital Capacity Impairment on Treatment Selection and Outcomes in RA-ILD Patients Initiating a Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic DMARD
Bryant England¹, Michael George², Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul³, Jorge Rojas⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Joshua Baker⁷, Jeffrey Curtis⁸ and Ted Mikuls⁹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake city, ⁷University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ⁸Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) suffer from substantial morbidity and premature mortality. The optimal use of biologic/tsDMARDs in this population is poorly…
Abstract Number: 0350 • ACR Convergence 2022
Spanish National Registry of Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Vicente Aldasoro¹, María Laiño¹, Monica Enguita¹, Santos Castañeda², Javier Loricera³, Carmen Lasa-Teja⁴, Clara Moriano⁵, Vanesa Calvo Río⁶, Ivette Casafont-Solé⁷, Judit Font Urgelles⁷, Patricia Quiroga-Colina⁸, Samuel Hernandez⁹, Sergi Heredia¹⁰, A. Garcia-Aparicio¹¹, Joaquin Maria Belzunegui Otano¹², Aaron Fariña¹³, Francisco Javier Navarro Blasco¹⁴, Patricia Fanlo Mateo¹, Adela Gallego¹⁵, Juan M Blanco Madrigal¹⁶, María Ángeles Matías¹⁷, Cilia Peralta¹⁸, Jordi Camins-Fàbregas¹⁹, Marcos Paulino²⁰, Ana Urruticoechea²¹, Piter Jose Cossio Jimenez²², Miguel Medina Malone²³, Eva Perez Pampin²⁴, Rafaela Ortega-Castro²⁵, Blanca varas de Dios²⁶, Jose Ramon Lamua Riazuelo²⁷ and Emilio Jose Giner²⁸, ¹Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁶Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despi, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹³Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Spain, ¹⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹⁶Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain, ²⁰Hospital General Universiario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, ²¹Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²²Hospital Reina Sofia, Tudela, Spain, ²³Hospital Calahorra, Calahorra, Spain, ²⁴Experimental and Observational Rheumatology and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria-Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁶Santa Cristina Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario del Henares, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain
Background/Purpose: To describe demographic characteristics, efficacy and safety of BLM since its approval in SLE patients in a real-world setting. Methods: Descriptive, retrospective, multicenter study…
Abstract Number: 0431 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Follow-up of Starting and Switching from Bio-originator to Biosimilar: Real-world Data in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Treated with Adalimumab and Etanercept
Ana Lúcia Martins Fernandes¹, Ana Pinto², Kalveer flora³, dilpreet matharu³, anthony isaacs³ and Pedro Machado⁴, ¹Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ²Local Health Unit of Guarda, Barcelos, Portugal, ³Northwick Park Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Biotherapeutics have revolutionized the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The emergence of biosimilars allowed substantial savings and a wider access to treatment, and international…
Abstract Number: 0779 • ACR Convergence 2022
Early Experience of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections in Patients Who Received Pre-exposure Prophylaxis with Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
Cassandra Calabrese¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², alexandra villa forte², Rula Hajj-Ali³, Carol Langford⁴, james Fernandez², Alise Carlson², Brandon Moss², Vickie Sayles⁴, Andrea Pallotta², Alice kim² and Leonard Calabrese⁴, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Hunting Valley, OH, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Patients receiving B cell depleting therapies (BCDT) for immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) have high risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes and strategies for COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0888 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cardiovascular and Thromboembolic Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Before and After Initiation of a First Advanced Therapy. Data from the University of Sherbrooke Registry of Advanced Therapies (USRAT)
Nathalie Carrier¹, Sophie Roux², Hugues Allard-Chamard² and Gilles Boire³, ¹Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ²Université de Sherbrooke and Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients increases the risk for incident Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and venous thromboembolic (TE) events. Reducing inflammation using…
Abstract Number: 1043 • ACR Convergence 2022
Uveitis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis or Psoriatic Arthritis: Baseline Characteristics and Incidence Rates During Secukinumab and Placebo Comparative Phase: A Post Hoc Analysis
Jan Brandt-Juergens¹, Martin Rudwaleit², Frank Behrens³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵, Erhard Quebe-Fehling⁶, Renato Calheiros⁷ and Atul Deodhar⁸, ¹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ²University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ³Rheumatology University Hospital & Fraunhofer Institute Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Hoboken, NJ, ⁸Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is one of the most frequently reported extra-musculoskeletal manifestations of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1,2 The prevalence of anterior uveitis is…
Abstract Number: 1407 • ACR Convergence 2022
Longitudinal Lipid Profile and NT-proBNP Changes from Pre-clinical to Established Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 12 Years Follow up Explorative Study
Reinder Raadsen¹, Laurette van Boheemen¹ and Michael Nurmohamed², ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD). This is partly due to the systemic inflammation characteristic to…

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