Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2022
Distinct Clinical and Therapeutic Features Between Parenchymal and Non-parenchymal Manifestations in Neurobehçet’s Disease
Alba Herrero-Morant¹, José Luis Martín-Varillas², Santos Castañeda³, Olga Maiz⁴, Julio Sánchez-Martín⁵, Norberto Ortego⁶, Enrique Raya⁷, Águeda Prior-Español⁸, Clara Moriano⁹, Rafael Melero¹⁰, Genaro Graña-Gil¹¹, Ana Urruticoechea¹², Angel Ramos¹³, Marta Loredo-Martínez¹⁴, Eva Salgado-Pérez¹⁵, Francisca Sivera¹⁶, Ignacio Torre¹⁷, F. Javier Narváez¹⁸, Jose Luis Andreu¹⁹, Olga Martinez²⁰, Ricardo Gómez-de la Torre²¹, Sabela Fernandez-Aguado²², Susana Romero Yuste²³, iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon⁵, Carmen Alvarez Reguera⁵, David Martínez-López⁵, José Luis Hernández⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay²⁴ and Ricardo Blanco²⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ²Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁷Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁰Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹²Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹³Complejo Hospitalario de Soria, Soria, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Santiago de Composte, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario de Elda, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Basurto, Basurto, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Zamora, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijon, Spain, ²³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Pontevedra, Spain, ²⁴Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ocular and Neurobehçet's Disease (NBD) are the most severe manifestations of Behcet's disease. NBD can be classified as a) primary neural parenchymal lesions, also…
Abstract Number: 1980 • ACR Convergence 2022
Seroconversion After a Third COVID-19 Vaccination in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with (ultra-)low Dose Rituximab with a Previous Insufficient Humoral Response Is Associated with Rituximab Dosage
Céleste van der Togt¹, David Ten Cate¹, Janette Rahamat-Langendoen², Bart van den Bemt³, Nathan den Broeder⁴ and Alfons den Broeder⁴, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Around 60% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with ≥1000 mg rituximab (RTX) has an insufficient deemed humoral response after two COVID-19 vaccinations. Recent…
Abstract Number: 2129 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Extracellular Matrix Biomarkers Identify Response to Guselkumab in Psoriatic Arthritis; Post-hoc Analysis from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Through 2 Years
Signe Holm Nielsen¹, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen¹, Peder Frederiksen¹, Morten Karsdal¹, May Shawi², Soumya Chakravarty³, Alexa Kollmeier⁴, Warner Chen⁵ and Sheng Gao⁵, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁴Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive, joint-degenerative inflammatory disease with cartilage destruction, bone erosion and growth, and synovitis. Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling is also…
Abstract Number: 2259 • ACR Convergence 2022
Complete Resolution of Inflammation on MRI Is Associated with a Better Clinical Response over Time in Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis
valeria Rios-Rodriguez¹, Murat Torgutalp², Christian Althoff³, Hildrun Haibel², Kay-Geert Hermann², Fabian Proft⁴, Mikhail Protopopov⁵, Judith Rademacher⁵, Joachim Sieper² and Denis Poddubnyy⁴, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and sacroiliac joints (SIJ) are important tools for the diagnosis of axial SpA and the presence of…
Abstract Number: 0197 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Similar the Same? How We Incorporated Feedback from 250 Patients into a CME Activity on Biosimilars
Stephen Bender¹ and Suzanne Schrandt², ¹FACTORx, Cherry Hill, NJ, ²ExPPect, Arlington, VA
Background/Purpose: The goals of this project were two-fold: The primary goal was to provide clinicians who treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)…
Abstract Number: 0347 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Effectiveness of Belimumab in Patients with SLE in the United States
Christopher Bell¹, Bernie Rubin², Karen Worley³, Guillaume Germain⁴, François Laliberté⁴, Sean D. MacKnight⁴, Ana Urosevic⁴ and Mei Sheng Duh⁵, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Groupe d’analyse, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Analysis Group Inc, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of the disease-modifying treatment belimumab (BEL), comparing the rates of SLE flares among…
Abstract Number: 0429 • ACR Convergence 2022
No Change in Serum Levels of Bone Turnover Markers Corrected for Age and Gender During the First Year of Secukinumab Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Siderius¹, Suzanne Arends², Freke Wink³ and Anneke Spoorenberg², ¹University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), TNF-α inhibitors influence the course of serum bone turnover markers (BTM), favoring an increase in mineralization during the…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reevaluating Clinical Outcomes of Patients on Combination Biologics
Ryan Mathew¹, Alexa Meara², ChienWei Chiang³, Komal Paradakar³, Ambra Burrell³ and Gabriel Kirsch³, ¹The Ohio State University Medical Center, Skokie, IL, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Biologic treatments such as monoclonal antibodies have become first line treatment for many autoimmune diseases and now monoclonal antibodies are being used to treated…
Abstract Number: 0879 • ACR Convergence 2022
Golimumab for Treatment of Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – Safety and Effectiveness Updates from a Comparative Study
Angela Zimmer¹, Ariane Klein¹ and Gerd Horneff², ¹Asklepios, St. Augustin, Germany, ²Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Golimumab (GOL) is approved for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) in patients 2 years and older. Data on long-term safety and…
Abstract Number: 1039 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differential Retention of Adalimumab and Etanercept Biosimilars Compared to Originator Treatments: Results of a Retrospective French Multicentre Study
Guillaume LARID¹, Guy Baudens², Alexis DANDURAND¹, Pascal COQUERELLE³, Vincent Goeb⁴, Marie-Hélène Guyot⁵, Laurent Marguerie⁶, Frédéric MAURY⁷, Viellard Eric⁸, Eric Houvenagel⁹, Jean Hugues SALMON¹⁰, René-Marc Flipo¹¹ and elisabeth gervais¹, ¹CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²Private practice, Valenciennes, France, ³CH Béthune, Béthune, France, ⁴CHU Amiens, Amiens, France, ⁵Private practice, Roubaix, France, ⁶Institut Calot, Berck-Sur-Mer, France, ⁷Private practice, Béthune, France, ⁸Private practice, St. Malo, France, ⁹Groupement Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France, ¹⁰Reims University Hospital, Reims, France, ¹¹CHU Lille, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Background/Purpose: Studies have demonstrated equivalence in term of efficacy and safety of biosimilars (bsDMARDs) compared to the originals treatments (boDMARDs) and in switching situation. Less…
Abstract Number: 1403 • ACR Convergence 2022
Herpes Zoster in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prospective Single University Center Study
Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹, Mª Paz Rodriguez Cundin², Trinidad Dierssen Sotos³, Nuria Vegas Revenga⁴, Alfonso Corrales⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Ricardo Blanco⁷, ¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁵Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of infections due to the disease itself, and/or immunosuppressive therapy. The risk of herpes zoster…
Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence, Phenotypical Clinical Clusters and Treatment of Neurobehçet’s Disease: Study in Northern Spain
Alba Herrero-Morant¹, Carmen Alvarez Reguera², Lara Sánchez-Bilbao², David Martínez-López², guillermo Suárez-Amorin², Raúl fernández-ramón², José Luis Martín-Varillas³, Cristina Mata⁴, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁵ and Ricardo Blanco⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, ⁴Hospital Laredo, Santander, Spain, ⁵Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) may present with different clinical phenotypes. Ocular and Neurobehçet's Disease (NBD) are severe complications. Data on NBD epidemiology, clinical phenotype and…
Abstract Number: 1994 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Glucocorticoid Bridging Associated with Later Glucocorticoid and Biological DMARD Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Lotte van Ouwerkerk¹, Sytske Anne Bergstra², Tjardo Maarseveen¹, Rachel Knevel¹, Tom Huizinga¹ and CF Allaart¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are rapidly effective in suppressing disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and are often used as 'bridging' therapy while slower acting conventional…
Abstract Number: 2131 • ACR Convergence 2022
Minimal Disease Activity Response Patterns in Bio-Naïve Patients Treated with Guselkumab: A Machine Learning Analysis
Alen Zabotti¹, Sarah Ohrndorf², William Tillett³, Marlies Neuhold⁴, Michel van Speybroeck⁵, Elke Theander⁶, Christine Contré⁷, Mohamed Sharaf⁸, May Shawi⁹, Michelle Perate¹⁰, Alexa Kollmeier¹¹ and Pascal Richette¹², ¹Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Rheumatology Unit, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ²Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Takeda Europe & Canada Business Unit (EUCAN) Medical Affairs, Zurich, Switzerland; formerly at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Zug, Switzerland, ⁵Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium, ⁶Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Formerly at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, ⁸Johnson & Johnson, Middle East FZ LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁹Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ¹⁰Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ¹¹Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a human monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-23p19 subunit, demonstrated joint and skin efficacy in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the…
Abstract Number: 2273 • ACR Convergence 2022
Waning Vaccine Response After Primary Vaccine Series: Results from the Covid19 Vaccine Response in Rheumatology Patients (COVER) Study
Amy Mudano¹, Gary Cutter², Ted Mikuls³, Geoffrey Thiele⁴, Mark Law⁴, Bart Hamilton⁴, Michael Zikry⁵, Kelly Y. Chun⁶, Monique Bastidas⁷, Michael George⁸, Lisa Williams⁹, Kevin Winthrop¹⁰, Mark Busch¹¹, Stanley Cohen¹², Roman Czubatyj¹³, Rajesh Kataria¹⁴, Reshma Khan¹⁵, Soha Mousa¹⁶, Jose Pando¹⁷, Elizabeth Perkins¹⁸, Shanmugapriya Reddy¹⁹, Delfin Santos²⁰, Joy Schechtman²¹, Frank Scott²², Sucharitha Shanmugam²³, Atul Singhal²⁴, John Tesser²⁵, John Tower²⁶, Swamy Venuturupalli²⁷, Sean Joseph Wollaston²⁸, Conrad Ziembinski²⁹ and Jeffrey Curtis³⁰, ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵LabCorp, Burlington, NC, ⁶Labcorp, Calabasas, CA, ⁷LabCorp, Northridge, CA, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Illumination Heath, Hoover, AL, ¹⁰Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹¹Family Arthritis Center-Jupiter, Jupiter, FL, ¹²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹³Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester Hills, MI, ¹⁴Southern Ohio, Wheelersburg, OH, ¹⁵Palm Beach Rheumatology and Wellness, Jupiter, FL, ¹⁶Arthritis and Rheumatology of Southwest Ohio, Liberty Township, OH, ¹⁷Rheumatology Consultants of DE, Lewes, DE, ¹⁸Rheumatology Care Center, Hoover, AL, ¹⁹Southwest Florida Rheumatology, Riverview, FL, ²⁰Rochester Rheumatology, Rochester Hills, MI, ²¹SunValley Arthritis Center, Peoria, AZ, ²²Arthritis Medical Center, Arroyo Grande, CA, ²³Rheumatology and Arthritis Care Center, Exton, PA, ²⁴Southwest Rheumatology Research, Mesquite, TX, ²⁵Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²⁶Arthritis Physicians LLC, Rochester, MI, ²⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁸Rheumatology Associates, North Hollywood, CA, ²⁹CZ Rheumatology, Coral Springs, FL, ³⁰Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Given possible increased risk of COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune conditions, there is a need to better understand the immunogenicity and safety of SARS-CoV-2…

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