Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0826 • ACR Convergence 2022
Treatment Pattern and Changes in Oral Glucocorticoid Dose After Tocilizumab Treatment in Patients with Adult Still’s Disease: An Analysis of a Japanese Claims Database
Yuko Kaneko¹, Hideto Kameda², Kei Ikeda³, Katsuhisa Yamashita⁴, Ryoto Ozaki⁵ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, ¹Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ⁴Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Adult Still's disease (ASD), including adult-onset Still's disease and carry-over systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA), is treated with glucocorticoids (GC) with or without immunosuppressive…
Abstract Number: 1001 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Atacicept on Renal Function in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
David Isenberg¹, Celia Lin², Amy Kao³, Aida Aydemir⁴ and Caroline Gordon⁵, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Vera Therapeutics, Inc, Burlingame, CA, ³EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁴EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc, Billerica, MA, ⁵Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Atacicept is a fusion protein that blocks B-lymphocyte stimulator and a proliferation-inducing ligand, which are increased in patients with SLE. APRIL-SLE was a double-blind,…
Abstract Number: 1286 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing Biosimilar Uptake in the Rheumatology Clinics Within a Large Academic Medical Center
Joad Eseddi¹, DeAnne Carmichael², Shannon Wishin³ and Puneet Bajaj², ¹UT Southwestern School of Medicine, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Biological drugs have revolutionized the treatment of rheumatic diseases. However, increasing the use of biologics over the past few years has directly contributed towards…
Abstract Number: 1435 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effectiveness of Combination Therapy with Tocilizumab and Low-Dose Prednisolone as an Induction Therapy in Biologics-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Multicenter Study
Kazuhiro Yokota¹, Hayato Nagasawa², Yuji Akiyama³ and Toshihide Mimura⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma Saitama, ²Nagasawa Clinic, Kawagoe, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma Saitama, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has demonstrated in randomized controlled trials. However, the clinical response to…
Abstract Number: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2022
Canakinumab Treatment in Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients with Colchicine Resistance: A Single-center Study
Ibrahim Durucan¹, Ali Yagiz Ayla², Helin Idil Besiroglu¹, Arif Alkan¹, Oguzhan Selvi¹, Huri Ozdogan¹ and Serdal Ugurlu², ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Recurrent fever and serositis are the hallmarks of Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Colchicine is known for yielding high success in disease control by obviating…
Abstract Number: 2112 • ACR Convergence 2022
Stringent Disease Activity Control at 2 Years Across Psoriatic Arthritis Domains Irrespective of Baseline Characteristics in Patients Treated with Guselkumab: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Christopher Ritchlin¹, Philip J Mease², Wolf-Henning Boehncke³, John Tesser⁴, Soumya Chakravarty⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, May Shawi⁷, Elena Schiopu⁸, Joseph Merola⁹, Iain B McInnes¹⁰ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ³Deptartment of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸Michigan Medicine Rheumatology Clinic – Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS) is associated with robust and sustained improvement in PsA signs and symptoms in subgroups of patients (pts) pooled from the phase 3…
Abstract Number: 2200 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reliability of Medication Information Derived from EHR Data Compared to Insurance Claims: An Analysis of Biologic Medications in RISE and Medicare
Rahaf Baker¹, Jing Li², Rachael Stovall³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, Fenglong Xie⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁷, ¹Alameda Highland Internal Medicine Residency, Oakland, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Health services studies increasingly rely on Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to capture medication use. However, the reliability of medication information derived from EHR…
Abstract Number: 0138 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Under Canakinumab Treatment – Long-term Efficacy and Safety Interim Data of the RELIANCE Registry
Joerg Henes¹, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner², Tobias Krickau³, Tilmann Kallinich⁴, Frank Dressler⁵, Gerd Horneff⁶, Florian Meier⁷, Ivan Foeldvari⁸, Frank Weller-Heinemann⁹, Birgit Kortus-Goetze¹⁰, Markus Hufnagel¹¹, Juergen Rech¹², Prasad T. Oommen¹³, Julia Weber-Arden¹⁴ and Norbert Blank¹⁵, ¹Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Auto-inflammatory Diseases (INDIRA), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ²Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁵Division of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁶Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁸Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ⁹Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, ¹⁰Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ¹¹Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹²University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ¹⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis, with a risk of severe complications (e. g.…
Abstract Number: 0313 • ACR Convergence 2022
Olokizumab Improves Patient Reported Outcomes in Moderate to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Inadequately Controlled by Methotrexate (MTX-IR): Results from the Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial
Vibeke Strand¹, Evgeny Nasonov², Tatiana Lisitsyna², Alexander Lila², Sofia Kuzkina³, Mikhail Samsonov⁴ and Eugen Feist⁵, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ³R-Pharm, Moscow, Russia, ⁴R-Pharm JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁵Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Olokizumab (OKZ) is an interleukin-6-inhibitor for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In these analyses, we present patient reported outcomes (PROs) reported by MTX-IR patients…
Abstract Number: 0423 • ACR Convergence 2022
Direct and Indirect Effect of TNFi on BASMI Components in People with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Longitudinal Study
Ana Pinto¹, Claire Harris², Rhys Hayward², Andrew Keat² and Pedro Machado², ¹Local Health Unit of Guarda, Barcelos, Portugal, ²Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) is an index of spinal mobility for people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). BASMI is one of the…
Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunogenicity of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Autoimmune and Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) on Immunomodulatory Therapies (IMT): An Updated Cohort Study
Gordon Lam¹, Andrew Laster¹, Heather Gladue¹, Ahmad Kashif¹, Erin Siceloff², Victoria Lackey¹, Cheryl Robertson¹, Ashley Toci¹, Maggie McCarter³ and Leonard Calabrese⁴, ¹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ²Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Stallings, NC, ³University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: AIIRD patients may have a blunted immune response to the COVID-19 vaccines, but this is uncertain as these individuals were not included in clinical…
Abstract Number: 0850 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outcomes of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Following Failure of Initial Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Medication in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Melissa Mannion¹, Shahla Amin², Stephen Balevic³, Colleen Correll⁴, Timothy Beukelman¹ and , for the CARRA Registry Investigators⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Washington, DC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵CARRA, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are the most commonly used first biologics to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but it is unknown what subsequent…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Nail Response with Guselkumab: A Post Hoc Analysis of the VOYAGE 2 Clinical Trial
Alexander Egeberg¹, William Tillett², Enikö Sonkoly³, Patricia Gorecki⁴, Anna Tjärnlund⁵, Jozefien Buyze⁶, Sven Wegner⁷ and Dennis McGonagle⁸, ¹Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Dermatology and Venereology Division, Karolinska Institutet; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Janssen-Cilag Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom, ⁵Janssen-Cilag AB, Solna, Sweden, ⁶Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium, ⁷Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Understanding factors that impact response to therapy may help improve disease management, clinical outcomes and patient quality of life. Nails are often overlooked in…
Abstract Number: 1289 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluating Peri–operative Preferences of Bariatric Surgeons in the Management of Immunosuppressive Therapy During Bariatric Surgery
Suguni Aushadhi Loku Galappaththy¹ and Nicole Fearing², ¹University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ²HCA Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS
Background/Purpose: As the number of bariatric procedures increases, surgeons will encounter more patients on long-term immunosuppressive medications that may increase post-operative complications. Currently, there are…
Abstract Number: 1438 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Ratio Between Biological and Glucocorticoid Use in Different Countries Worldwide: Results from the METEOR Registry
Isabell Nevins¹, CF Allaart¹, David Vega Morales², Lai Ling Winchow³, Arvind Chopra⁴, Ana Maria Rodrigues⁵, Tom Huizinga¹, Maarten Boers⁶ and Sytske Anne Bergstra⁷, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Chris hani baragwanath academic hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, Maharashtra, India, ⁵Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated differing bDMARD prescription rates between countries, which seems to be amongst others related to a country's socioeconomic status. In contrast,…

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