Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1430 • ACR Convergence 2025
Redefining BASDAI cut-offs: implications for patients’ eligibility for initiating biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic treatment in axial spondyloarthritis
Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Brigitte Michelsen², Tore K. Kvien², Mehrdad Shoae Kazemi¹, Bente Glintborg¹, Anne Gitte Loft³, Rita Fonseca⁴, Helena Santos⁵, Andreas Reich⁶, Anne C. Regierer⁶, Jarno Rutanen⁷, Laura Kuusalo⁸, Gary Macfarlane⁹, Gareth T. Jones⁹, Adrian Ciurea¹⁰, Michael J. Nissen¹¹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹², Olafur Palsson¹³, Ziga Rotar¹⁴, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁵, Daniela Di Giuseppe¹⁶, Merete Hetland¹⁷ and Mikkel Ostergaard¹⁸, ¹Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, ⁵Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶German Rheumatology Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ⁸Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ⁹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹²Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹³University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁴University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ziri, Slovenia, ¹⁵University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁶Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden, ¹⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), high disease activity is a key indication for biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) initiation. The Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease…
Abstract Number: 1179 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib in Adult Patients With Refractory Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Jingjing Li¹, Ran Wang¹, Jie Chen¹, Antao xu¹, Yakai Fu¹, Yanwei Lin¹, Xiaodong Wang¹, Shuang Ye², Fang Du¹ and Qiong Fu³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare and life-threatening complication of connective tissue diseases (CTDs), with approximately 30% of cases being refractory to standard…
Abstract Number: 1042 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biosimilar adalimumab prescriptions increase before the CVS formulary change and decrease after
Eric Roberts¹, gabriela Schmajuk², Diana Ung³, Mackenzie Clark³ and Jinoos Yazdany⁴, ¹University of California, San Francisco, SF, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: In 2023 patent exclusivity for adalimumab expired and nine biosimilars were introduced to the U.S. market with a tenth launched in May 2024. The…
Abstract Number: 0570 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phyto- and Endo-cannabinoids Exhibit Ex Vivo Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Refractory Rheumatic inflammatory/Autoimmune Patients: Toward Personalized Cannabinoid Therapy
Gilad Halpert¹, Eri Govrin¹, Omer Gendelman¹, Abdulla Watad², Yehuda Shoenfeld¹ and Howard Amital¹, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: A substantial number of patients with rheumatic inflammatory/autoimmune diseases, do not achieve adequate symptom control with current standard-of-care therapies, including biologics. The endocannabinoid system…
Abstract Number: 0758 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Baseline IL-6 Levels and the Clinical Phenotype of Giant Cell Arteritis
Raquel Ugena-García¹, Clara Churtichaga Domenech², Judith Vidal-Ripoll², Francina salabert-Carreras², Cristina Calomarde-Gómez¹, Cristina Rocamora-Gisbert³, Irene Peralta-García⁴, Niccolo Viveros², Anne Riveros Frutos³, Ivette Casafont-Solé¹ and Judit Font-Urgelles¹, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ³Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna. Karolinska University Hospital, Medical Unit of Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Rheumatology. Theme Inflammation and Ageing, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis in patients over the age of 50. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to…
Abstract Number: 0416 • ACR Convergence 2025
Outcomes Of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Receiving Biological Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: Retrospective Analysis of A Real-World Experience From A Resource-Limited Setting
Narendra Bagri¹, Pavneet Kaur², Farheen KS², Bala Siva rama Krishna J², Banoth Sreesanth², Ayisha KP², Bareddy Sai Thrisha Reddy², ASHISH DATT UPADHYAY², RAKESH LODHA² and Sushil Kumar kabra², ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: We aimed to study the outcomes (remission, flare, and adverse events) of biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) in children with JIA from a low-middle-income…
Abstract Number: 0012 • ACR Convergence 2025
KT501, a CD19/BCMA/CD3 trispecific antibody, leads to rapid and deep B-cell depletion with well-tolerated safety
Min Bao, John Wang, Jay Zhao and Weihao Xu, Kali Therapeutics, San Mateo, CA
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting CD19 or B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) have shown unprecedented effects in treatment-resistant autoimmune diseases such as systemic…
Abstract Number: 2531 • ACR Convergence 2025
Coronary periarteritis in IgG4-Related Disease
Georges El Hasbani¹, Daniel Larson², Matthew Koster¹ and Kenneth Warrington¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and fibrosis, which can affect multiple organs, especially the pancreas, salivary glands, and retroperitoneum (1). It…
Abstract Number: 2369 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World On-Label Treatment Persistence Through 24 Months in Biologic-Naïve and Biologic-Experienced Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Comparison of Guselkumab versus Subcutaneous Interleukin-17A Inhibitors
Philip J. Mease¹, Jessica A. Walsh², Timothy P. Fitzgerald³, Soumya Chakravarty⁴, Elizabeth Adamson⁵, Bruno Emond⁶, Carmine Rossi⁷, Samuel Schwartzbein⁷, Kana Yokoji⁷, Yuxi Wang⁷, Patrick Lefebvre⁷, Dominic Pilon⁷, Shikha Singla⁸ and Joseph F Merola⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, PA, ⁴Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA; Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Villanova, PA, ⁵Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Horsham, PA, ⁶Analysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, QC, ⁷Analysis Group, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, QC, Canada, ⁸Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁹Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Prior research reported that patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with guselkumab (GUS) were 1.5x more likely to remain persistent with on-label treatment…
Abstract Number: 2271 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing the Real-World Impact of Earlier Initiation of Adalimumab vs. Conventional Synthetic DMARDs on Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Europe
Daniel Aletaha¹, Dr. Carmen Bremer², Jack Milligan³, Zichun Cao⁴, Rachael Meadows³ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, ¹Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ²Sandoz International GmbH, Holzkirchen, Germany, ³Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁴Sandoz Incorporated, Princeton, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Early use of targeted therapy (TT), such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) biologics, show improved outcomes for RA1, but costs often limit access. Biosimilars,…
Abstract Number: 1766 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Impact of Incomplete B-cell Depletion in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients Receiving Maintenance Rituximab Therapy: a Retrospective Study
caterina ricordi¹, Maxime Beydon², Johanne Liberatore³, Pascal Cohen⁴, bertrand Dunogue⁵, Camille Mettler⁶, Benjamin Torreau⁷, Luc Mouthon⁵, Xavier Puéchal⁸ and Benjamin Terrier⁹, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Sorbonne University, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Equipe PEPITES, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Service of Public Health, Centre of Pharmacoepidemiology (Cephepi), Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier d’Angouleme, Angouleme, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat - Claude-Bernard, Paris, France, ⁷Internal Medicine and Immunology, CHU Tours, Tours, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, and Université Paris Cité, Paris ( ⁷⁵⁰¹⁴ ), Ile-de-France, France, ⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is the standard of care for both induction and maintenance in ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAVs). While CD19 B-cell monitoring is used to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 1531 • ACR Convergence 2025
Achieving Remission and Low Disease Activity with Belimumab Versus Placebo in Patients with SLE Excluding the Glucocorticoid Component from Target Definitions: A Post Hoc Analysis of Five Phase 3 Trials
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom², Roger A. Levy³, Alexander Tsoi¹, Margherita Zen⁴, Dionysis Nikolopoulos⁵, Munther Khamashta⁶, Ryan Tomlinson⁷, Anca Askanase⁸, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁹ and Mandana Nikpour¹⁰, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁴University of Padua, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Padua, Italy, ⁵Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶GSK, Medical Affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁷GSK, Development – R&D, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰University of Sydney School of Public Health and Department of Rheumatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: An integrated post hoc analysis of five Phase 3 trials in adults with SLE showed greater benefit of belimumab (BEL) than placebo (PBO), plus…
Abstract Number: 1427 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Biologic Therapy on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Ventricular Function in Psoriatic Arthritis
Rebeca L. Polina-Lugo¹, Oscar Azael Garza-Flores², Fernanda M. Garcia-Garcia³, Esteban C. Garza-Gonzalez⁴, Ricardo I. De la Rosa-Vazquez⁵, Victoria P. Limas-Martínez⁵, Annette Dominguez-Guerra⁵, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza⁶, Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³, Jose R Azpiri-Lopez⁷, Victor M Fraga-Enriquez⁸ and Diego Azamat Salcedo Almanza⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Guadalupe, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁶Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁷Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁸Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁹Radiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk due to a higher prevalence of comorbidities and chronic systemic inflammation. In those…
Abstract Number: 1177 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Familial Mediterranean Fever Treated with Anakinra: A Retrospective Study
Bilgesu Ergezen¹, Ozgur Can Kilinc², Bugra Egeli³, Oguzhan Omer Kizilkaya², Kerem parlar⁴, Enes Azman², Huri ozdogan¹ and serdal Ugurlu⁵, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, İstanbul, Turkey, ²Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, İstanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease mainly treated with colchicine. Anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, is used for colchicine-resistant cases. However, data…
Abstract Number: 0998 • ACR Convergence 2025
Preclinical Characterization of a Novel Bi-specific Antibody Targeting IL-23p19 and IL-36R for The Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
qianqian yin¹, changqing run¹, kaili liu¹, xueqin cui¹, fanpeng Meng¹, yanru fan¹, yifei yang¹, wei ye¹, Lu Su², yuan lin¹ and cheng liao¹, ¹Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: IL-23 is a pivotal cytokine driving IL-17-mediated inflammation, and its inhibition has shown efficacy in Th17-associated autoimmune diseases. However, patient heterogeneity and compensatory pathways…

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