Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1742 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Anifrolumab in Serological Subgroups of Patients with SLE Participating in 2 Phase 3 Trials
Ian N. Bruce¹, Ronald Van Vollenhoven², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Eric Morand⁴, Richard Furie⁵, Konstantina Psachoulia⁶, Emmanuelle Maho⁷, Catharina Lindholm⁸, Christi Kleoudis⁹ and Raj Tummala⁶, ¹University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁹BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: In the TULIP-2 and TULIP-1 trials of patients with SLE, the type I IFN receptor mAb anifrolumab resulted in higher BILAG–based Composite Lupus Assessment…
Abstract Number: 1885 • ACR Convergence 2021
Biological Therapy in Refractory Neurobehçet’s Disease. Multicenter Study of 42 Patients
Alba Herrero-Morant¹, José Luis Martin-Varillas², Vanesa Calvo-Río³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Olga Maíz⁵, Ana Blanco⁶, Julio Sánchez⁷, Norberto Ortego⁸, Enrique Raya⁹, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁰, Alejandro Olive-Marques¹¹, Agueda Prior-Español¹², Clara Moriano¹³, Elvira Díez¹⁴, Rafael Melero¹⁵, Jenaro Enrique Grana Gil¹⁶, Álvaro Seijas-López¹⁷, Ana Urruticoechea-Arana¹⁸, Ángel Ramos-Calvo¹⁹, Concepcion Delgado-Beltran²⁰, Marta Loredo-Martinez²⁰, Eva Salgado²¹, Francisca Sivera²², Ignacio Torre²³, Javier Narvaez²⁴, Jose Luis Andreu²⁵, Olga Martinez²⁶, Ricardo Gómez de la Torre²⁷, Sabela Fernandez-Aguado²⁸, Susana Romero-Yuste²⁹, Gerard Espinosa³⁰, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³¹ and Ricardo Blanco³, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁹Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Service. Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Germans Trias i Pujol. University Hospital, Badalona, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital de León, León, Spain, ¹⁵Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Corua, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁸H. Can Misses, Elvissa, Spain, ¹⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Soria, Soria, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ²¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario de Elda, Alicante, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶H. Salamanca, Zamora, Spain, ²⁷H. Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Neurobehçet’s disease (NBD) is a severe complication of Behcet's disease (BD). Despite well-established therapies, with glucocorticoids and conventional immunosuppressants (cIS) a significant proportion of…
Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Primary Care Physicians and Rheumatologists in an Academic Health System: A Retrospective Study
Alexis Ogdie-Beatty¹, Marina Magrey², Robert Fitzsimmons¹, Shahrzad Abdollahi¹, Ana Biljan³, Christopher Saffore⁴ and Jessica Walsh⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA, Richfield, OH, ³Abbvie Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁵Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: While recommendations for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are largely aligned across various guidelines,1,2 there remains variability in the treatment. Patients with inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0825 • ACR Convergence 2021
An Investigator-initiated Multicenter Randomized Study in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis of Active Conventional Therapy versus Three Biological Treatments: 48 Week Clinical and Radiographic Results of the NORD-STAR Trial
Mikkel Ostergaard¹, Ronald van Vollenhoven², Anna Rudin³, Merete Hetland⁴, Marte S Heiberg⁵, Dan Nordström⁶, Michael Nurmohamed⁷, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁸, Lykke Ørnbjerg⁹, Pernille Bøyesen¹⁰, Inge Olsen¹¹, Kristina Lend¹², Kim Hørslev-Petersen¹³, Till Uhlig¹⁴, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler¹⁵, Gerdur Grondal⁸, Simon Krabbe¹⁶, Joakim Lindqvist¹⁷, Inger Gjertsson¹⁸, Daniel Glinatsi⁹, Meliha Kapetanovic¹⁹, Anna-Birgitte Aga¹⁰, Francesca Faustini²⁰, Pinja Parmanne²¹, Tove Lorenzen²², Cagnotto Giovanni²³, Johan Back²⁴, Oliver Hendricks²⁵, Daisy Vedder²⁶, Tuomas Rannio²⁷, Emma Grenholm²⁸, Maud Kristine Ljoså²⁹, Eli Brodin³⁰, Hanne Merete Lindegaard³¹, Annika Söderbergh³², Milad Rizk³³, Elsa Hermansson³⁴, Per Larsson³⁵, Line Uhrenholt³⁶, Søren Andreas Just³⁷, David John Stevens³⁸, Trine Bay Laurberg³⁹, Gunnstein Bakland⁴⁰, Espen Haavardsholm⁴¹ and Jon Lampa¹⁷, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴DANBIO and COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Division of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁷Reade and Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Landspitali University Hospital, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁰Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹³King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Gråsten, Denmark, ¹⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ¹⁶Radiologisk Afdeling, Herlev Universitetshospital, Herlev, Denmark, ¹⁷Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenborg, Sweden, ¹⁹Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²⁰Dept. of Medicine, Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ²²Dept. of Rheumatology, Silkeborg University Hospital, Silkeborg, Denmark, ²³Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, ²⁴Dept. of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, ²⁵Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ²⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁷Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland, ²⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Falunl, Falun, Sweden, ²⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway, ³⁰Dept. of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Haukeland, Norway, ³¹Rheumatology Research Unit, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ³²Dept. of Rheumatology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden, ³³Rheumatology Clinic, Västmanlands Hospital Västerås, Västerås, Sweden, ³⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden, ³⁵Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm, Sweden, ³⁶Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ³⁷Section of Rheumatology, Dept. of Medicine, Svendborg Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark, ³⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, ³⁹Dept. of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴⁰Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ⁴¹[email protected], Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: The optimal first-line treatment of patients (pts) with early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA) is yet to be established. The main objectives were to assess and…
Abstract Number: 1222 • ACR Convergence 2021
Drug Response Is Associated with Changes in Specific MicroRNAs in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Qiong Wu¹, Sheau-Chiann Chen¹, Fei Ye¹, Joseph Solus¹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.², Jeffrey Curtis³, C. Michael Stein¹ and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: MicroRNAs are markers and mediators of disease and drug response. Prior studies have proposed several miRNAs for prediction of drug response or monitoring drug…
Abstract Number: 1341 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ixekizumab Shows a Pattern of Pain Improvement in Patients with and Without Measurable Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis
Kurt de Vlam¹, Gaia Gallo², Philip Mease³, Proton Rahman⁴, Venkatesh Krishnan², David Sandoval², Chen Yen Lin², Danting Zhu², Rebecca Bolce² and Philip Conaghan⁵, ¹University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Department of Medicine, Eastern Health and Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of ixekizumab (IXE) and adalimumab (ADA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been previously reported using ACR 50 and Psoriasis Area…
Abstract Number: 1553 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low-dose Tocilizumab in the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonitis: 90-day Mortality Follow-up
Lauren He¹, Garth Strohbehn² and Pankti Reid³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management and Research, Chicago, IL, ³University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) for treatment of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia decreases the probability of progression to invasive mechanical ventilation (CORIMUNO-TOCI) or death (REMAP-CAP,…
Abstract Number: 1750 • ACR Convergence 2021
Itolizumab, a Novel anti-CD6 Therapy, in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Interim Safety Results from the Phase 1b EQUALISE Dose-escalation Study
Kenneth Kalunian¹, Richard Furie², Jai Radhakrishnan³, Vandana Mathur⁴, Krishna Polu⁴, Stephen Connelly⁴, Joel Rothman⁴, Cherie Ng⁴, Leslie Chinn⁵, Maple Fung⁶, Dolca Thomas⁷ and Chaim Putterman⁸, ¹UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ³Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Equillium, Inc., La Jolla, CA, ⁵Equillium, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Equillium, Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁷Equillium, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, ⁸Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: CD6, a co-stimulatory receptor predominantly expressed on T cells, promotes CD4+ T cell proliferation and differentiation into Th1/Th17 cells. The CD6 ligand, activated leukocyte…
Abstract Number: 1911 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient’s and Rheumatologist’s Perspectives on the Burden of Adverse Drug Reactions Attributed to Biologics: A Qualitative Study
Henrike Westerink¹, Leanne Kosse², Naomi Jessurun², Astrid van Tubergen³, Harald Vonkeman⁴, Mike Nurmohamed⁵, Bart van den Bemt⁶ and Marieke de Vries⁷, ¹Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, ³Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Medisch Spectrum Twente; University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁵Reade; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Sint Maartenskliniek; Radboud University Medical Center, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁷Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Previous studies showed a discrepancy between patient’s and HealthCare Professional (HCP) perspective on the burden of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), where HCPs often underestimate…
Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2021
Phase III, Randomized Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes Between Patients with Moderate-to-severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Receiving Adalimumab Reference Product (RP) Continuously versus Those Who Switched Between BI 695501 and Adalimumab RP
Alan Menter¹, Dorothy McCabe², Benjamin Lang³, Jennifer Schaible⁴ and Sravan Kumar Eduru⁵, ¹Baylor Scott & White, Dallas, TX, ²Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, ³Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Boberach, Germany, ⁵(Formerly at) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: BI 695501 is a FDA-approved biosimilar to adalimumab RP (AbbVie), and is approved in seven indications, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis,…
Abstract Number: 0829 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tapering and Withdrawal of Biologics or Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Trials
Line Uhrenholt¹, Robin Christensen², Wilfred K Dinesen³, Caroline Liboriussen³, Stine Andersen³, Lene Dreyer¹, Annette Schlemmer⁴, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁵, Conni Skrubbeltrang⁶ and Salome Kristensen¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, ²Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen & Research Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark, ⁵Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶Medical Library, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Tapering and withdrawal of biological or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs or tsDMARDs) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) in remission or low…
Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low CD39 Expression on B Cells Predicts the Occurrence of Anti-Drug Antibodies in RA Patients Treated with Rituximab
Samuel Bitoun¹, Bineta Ly², Signe Hässler³, Audrey Paoletti⁴, Aude Gleizes⁵, Salima Hacein-Bey⁵, Philippe Bröet³, Marc Pallardy⁶ and Xavier Mariette⁷, ¹Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR 1184 FHU CARE, Paris, France, ²INSERM U1184, Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ³CESP, INSERM UMR 1018, Universite Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France, ⁴INSERM U1184, Université Paris Saclay, le kremlin bicetre, France, ⁵Hôpital Bicètre, APHP, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁶Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, Chatenay Mallabry, France, ⁷Université Paris- Saclay, Rheumatology, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Anti-Drug antibodies (ADAb) are well studied and have an impact on response to treatment with monoclonal anti-TNF biologics. Rituximab treatment has an important immunogenic…
Abstract Number: 1350 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sustained Improvement in Physical Function, Disease Impact and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Bimekizumab: 3-Year Results from a Phase 2b Open-Label Extension Study
Laure Gossec¹, Akihiko Asahina², Alice Gottlieb³, Laura Coates⁴, Barbara Ink⁵, Deepak Assudani⁶, Jason Coarse⁷, Scarlett Hellot⁸, Jason Eells⁶ and Philip Mease⁹, ¹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ²Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵UCB Celltech, Slough, UK, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁸UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ⁹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits both interleukin (IL)-17F and IL-17A, and has demonstrated clinical improvements in joint and skin…
Abstract Number: 1561 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence of SARS-CoV2 Infection in Diseases Inflammatory Rheumatology in the Rheumatology Service of the Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Dominican Republic
Jennifer Santana Peralta de Heyaime, Teresandris Polanco Mora, Angelo Cornelio Vasquez, Yamilet Cruz, Edral Rodriguez, Tirso Valdez Lorie, Roberto Munoz and Rafael Alba Feriz, Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Background/Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 infection is caused by a new coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) had information about the existence of this new virus on December…
Abstract Number: 1754 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Belimumab on Autoantibodies, Complement, and B-Cell Subsets in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Brad Rovin¹, Richard Furie², Ana Malvar³, Cynthia Aranow⁴, Jose M Pego-Reigosa⁵, Elena Zakharova⁶, Andreas Schwarting⁷, Angela Jones-Leone⁸, Anuradha Madan⁸, Jennifer Gilbride⁹, David Roth⁸, Yulia Green⁹ and André van Maurik¹⁰, ¹Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ³Hospital Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Hospital Meixoeiro, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Rheumatology Department and IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Moscow City Clinical Hospital n.a. S.P. Botkin, Moscow, Russia, ⁷University Center of Autoimmunity, Mainz, Germany, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a complication affecting ~40% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Belimumab (BEL), an anti–B-lymphocyte stimulator therapy, was approved in…

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