Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cost-utility of a Progressive Spacing of Tocilizumab or Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission: A Medico-economic Analysis of the Towards the Lowest Efficacious Dose Trial
Joanna Kedra¹, Benjamin Granger², Lina El Houari³, Florence Tubach⁴ and Bruno Fautrel⁵, ¹Sorbonne Université, IPLESP, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²Sorbonne Université, INSERM, and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, ⁴Centre de pharmaco-épidémiologie de l'APHP, Paris, France, ⁵Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (bDMARDs) progressive tapering is a real opportunity in people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) having achieved remission both from…
Abstract Number: 2247 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gender Differences in Switching Biological and Targeted Synthetic Therapies in Psoriatic Arthritis
Leticia Leon¹, Dalifer Freites², Maria Rodriguez Laguna³, Cristina Martinez⁴, Esther Toledano⁴, Inmaculada Morado³, Benjamin Fernandez³ and lydia Abasolo², ¹Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Rheumatology Deparment, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The impact of gender on biological and targeted synthetic therapies (ts/bDMARDs) used in PsA patients has been scarce studied. Our main objective was to…
Abstract Number: 2487 • ACR Convergence 2023
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous (s.c.) Dose Ianalumab (VAY736; Anti-BAFFR mAb) Administered Monthly over 28 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) of Moderate-to-Severe Activity
Nan Shen¹, Stanislav Ignatenko², Alexander Gordienko³, Josefina Cortés Hernández⁴, Nancy Agmon-Levin⁵, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin⁶, Katarzyna Romanowska -Prochnicka⁷, Hana Ciferska⁸, Masanari Kodera⁹, James Cheng-Chung Wei¹⁰, Piotr Leszczynski¹¹, Joung-Liang Lan¹², Eduardo Mysler¹³, Rafal Wojciechowski¹⁴, Tunde Tarr¹⁵, Elena Vishneva¹⁶, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁷, Yuko Kaneko¹⁸, Stephanie Finzel¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Ajchara Koolvisoot²¹, Shin-Seok Lee²², Lie Dai²³, Hiroshi Kaneko²⁴, Bernadette Rojkovich²⁵, Lingyun Sun²⁶, Eugeny Zotkin²⁷, Jean-Francois Viallard²⁸, Masao Katayama²⁹, Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez³⁰, Tirtha Sengupta³¹, Carol Sips³² and Stephen J Oliver³², ¹Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China, ²Charité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Department, Vall d’Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Yabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁷Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznań, Poland, ¹²China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹³Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁶LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, ¹⁷Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²²Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, ²⁷VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²⁸CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ²⁹National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, ³²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab is a novel defucosylated human IgG1 mAb targeting the receptor for B cell Activating Factor belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF-R) providing potent…
Abstract Number: 0355 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long Term Safety of Drugs in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ana Isabel Rebollo Gimenez¹, Luca Carlini², Paivi Miettunen³, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁴, Charlotte Myrup⁵, Rebecca Nicolai⁶, Maria Trachana⁷, Valda Stenevicha⁸, Constantin Ailioaie⁹, Elena Tsitsami¹⁰, Alexis-Virgil Cochino¹¹, Chiara Pallotti¹², Silvia Scala¹², Angela Pistorio¹³, Sebastiaan Vastert¹⁴, Joost Swart¹⁵ and Nicolino Ruperto¹⁶, ¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genoa, Italy, ²IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ³University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁵Pediatric rheumatology unit 4272, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ⁷First Department of pediatrics, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁸Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Children University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology , Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, 1st Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital "Aghia Sophia", University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ¹¹First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, Athens, Greece, ¹²Pediatric and Rheumatology Clinic, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹³Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁴University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁵Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Evidence on treatment safety in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is limited. Our objective was to evaluate the safety profile of drugs in the…
Abstract Number: 0450 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baricitinib versus TNF-inhibitors in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis After Failure of CsDMARDs: A Pragmatic, Multicenter, Real-Life Study in a Treat-to-Target Setting
Martinus Van de Laar¹, Martijn Oude Voshaar¹, Peter ten Klooster¹, Danyta Tedjo² and celine van de laar³, ¹University of Twente, Hengelo (OV), Netherlands, ²TiH @ University of Twente, Hengelo (OV), Netherlands, ³Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The EULAR guidelines for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients advise to use a strategy aiming at a predefined target of disease activity (T2T). If this…
Abstract Number: 0588 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long Term Safety and Predictors of Serious Infections Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Rituximab: Audit from a Single Center Biologic Registry
Augustine Jose¹, Aishwarya Gopal¹, Mamatha Gorijavolu¹, Anna C Das², Jagan Babu K L¹, Amrita Nayak¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda¹ and Molly Mary Thabah¹, ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, ²St.Johns National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is increasingly being employed to treat refractory systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). Though the drug is effective there is a high risk of adverse…
Abstract Number: 0896 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting Toll-Like Receptor 7 with DS-7011a, a Promising Novel Antagonistic Antibody for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Atsushi Manno¹, Tomohiro Honda¹, Chiharu Kuwata², Shiho Ito², Michinori Kadokura¹, Reiko Mizutani³, Shinnosuke Yamada¹ and Yoshiaki Tomimori¹, ¹Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Japan, ²Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Edogawa-ku, Japan, ³Daiichi Sankyo RD Novare Co., Ltd., Edogawa-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: The centrality of Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was recently underscored by a report that high TLR7…
Abstract Number: 1134 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pilot Study Investigating Adenosine Deaminase-2 as a Disease Activity Biomarker for Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Jeffrey Shen¹, Jayanth Doss¹, Ravichandra Karra Gurunath¹, Kelly Arps¹, Megan Milne², Rishi Rampersad¹, Kees Frelinger¹, Michael Hershfield¹ and Teresa Tarrant¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Costal Carolina Health Care, New Bern, NC
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a heterogenous granulomatous inflammatory disease that is especially dangerous when it affects the heart where it may cause fatal arrythmias and heart…
Abstract Number: 1349 • ACR Convergence 2023
Paternal Effects of Anti-TNFs in Inflammatory Arthritis
Zeynep Toker Dincer, Bahaddin Ates, Ayten Dag, Ilayda Turkoglu, Ali Yagiz Ayla and Serdal Ugurlu, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis is a group of rheumatic diseases characterized by the inflammation of joints with systemic manifestations: psoriatic arthritis (PsA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and…
Abstract Number: 1502 • ACR Convergence 2023
Introduction of Belimumab Within Five Years of the Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Contributes to the Better Therapeutic Response; A Multi-center Retrospective Cohort Study
Kanako Kojima¹, Kunihiro Ichinose¹, Toshimasa Shimizu¹, Masataka Umeda¹, Takahisa Suzuki², Yoshikazu Nakashima³, Akitomo Okada⁴, Yoshiro Horai⁵, Keita Fujikawa⁶, Toshiyuki Aramaki⁷, Taiichiro Miyashita⁸, Masako Furuyama³, Naoki Matsuoka⁹ and Atsushi Kawakami¹⁰, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Nagasaki Kita Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, ⁵Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁶Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, ⁷Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, ⁸Miyashita Rheumatology Clinic, Omura, Japan, ⁹Nagasaki Medical Hospital of Rheumatology, Nagasaki, Japan, ¹⁰Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL), B cell-targeted biologic agent for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is cumulating evidence such as reducing glucocorticoids and preventing the progressionof organ damage.…
Abstract Number: 1929 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anakinra Treatment in Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis: A Single-center Experience
Zeynep Toker Dincer¹, Sejla Karup², Erkin Yilmaz¹, Osman Corbali¹ and Serdal Ugurlu¹, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic recurrent pericarditis (IRP) is defined by recurring episodes of pericardial inflammation without a known cause. This study investigates the safety and efficacy of…
Abstract Number: 2171 • ACR Convergence 2023
Common IL-6 Signaling Is Inhibited by IL-6 Inhibitors and JAK Inhibitors, but Which Is Better at Preventing Bone Destruction in RA?
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Moe Tokunaga(Sakamoto)³ and Yu Nakai³, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Center for Autoimmune diseases, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: To date, there are no head-to-head clinical trials directly comparing the effects between IL-6i and JAKi on bone destruction in RA. In recent years,…
Abstract Number: 2248 • ACR Convergence 2023
Primary Non-response in Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Biologics and Targeted Synthetic Therapies in Daily Clinical Practice
lydia Abasolo¹, Leticia Leon², Maria Rodriguez Laguna³, Esther Toledano⁴, Gloria Candelas³, Cristina Martinez⁴, Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez³, Benjamin Fernandez³ and Dalifer Freites¹, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Rheumatology Deparment, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: In Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), patients who fail to respond to biologics and targeted synthetic therapies (ts/bDMARDs), switching to another ts/bDMARD should be considered. Failure…
Abstract Number: 2514 • ACR Convergence 2023
Myositis Triad Subset Is Associated with High Mortality in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor- Induced Myositis
Selene Rubino¹, Grant Cannon², Brian Sauer³, Jorge Rojas Jr⁴, Greg Stoddard¹, Gary Kunkel¹, Jessica A Walsh⁵, Bryant England⁶, Ted R Mikuls⁷, Joshua Baker⁸ and Tawnie Braaten¹, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Puget Sound VA and University of Utah, Seattle, WA, ⁵Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Myositis is an infrequent but serious complication associated with immune check point inhibitor (ICI) treatment. Many patients with ICI-induced myositis will develop concurrent myocarditis…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of Golimumab Dose Escalation in Pediatric Autoimmunity: A Single Institution Retrospective Experience
Leah Medrano and Alice Hoftman, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: There is limited data on pediatric golimumab dose escalation, with some data available only in the adult literature. The subcutaneous formulation is not approved…

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