Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2025
Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Cyclophosphamide for Treating Pediatric Patients with Severe Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease
Eileen Rife¹, Daniel Reiff², John Bridges³, Emily Smitherman¹, randy Cron¹, Matthew Stoll¹, Melissa Mannion¹, Peter Weiser⁴ and Livie Timmerman⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, birmingham, AL, ²Boys Town Hospital, Omaha, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL
Background/Purpose: Current practice guidelines recommend either rituximab (RTX) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of organ-threatening manifestations of systemic vasculitis or connective tissue disease (e.g., diffuse…
Abstract Number: 1437 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of ORKA-002, a Novel Extended Half-life Monoclonal Antibody Targeting IL-17A/F for the Treatment of Psoriasis and Other Indications
Byron Kwan¹, Joseph Merola², Andrew Blauvelt³, Daniel Rios¹, Joana Ministro¹, Jacob Milligan¹, Ghassan Fayad¹, Christopher Finch⁴, Eugenia Levi⁵, Joseph Senn⁵, Jason Oh¹ and Hussam Shaheen¹, ¹Paragon Therapeutics, Waltham, MA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Blauvelt Consulting, LLC, Annapolis, MD, ⁴Oruka Therapeutics, Menlo Park, CA, ⁵Oruka Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Interleukin 17 (IL-17) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune conditions, including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).…
Abstract Number: 1536 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Remission Among Patients Initiating Belimumab in a Real-World Setting in the USA
Aarat M Patel¹, Renee L. Gennarelli², Temitope Bello², Ali Bonakdar² and Karen Worley³, ¹GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ²Cencora, Real-World Evidence, Conshohocken, PA, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: The Definition Of Remission In SLE (DORIS) criteria were developed to provide alignment on defining remission in patients with SLE.1,2 Belimumab (BEL) treatment increases…
Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2025
Customized Therapy for SLE: How Disease Severity Influences the Use of Corticosteroids and Biologics in Patients with SLE in the Lupus Federated Data Network (LupusNet) and a US Claims Database
Ashley Orillion¹, Federico Zazzetti², Anna Sheahan³, Clair Blacketer¹, Michel van Speybroeck⁴, Sarah Gasman¹, Reyhan Sonmez⁵, Erika Noss¹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil⁶, Rocío Gamboa-Cárdenas⁷, Víctor Pimentel-Quiroz⁸, Kaleb Michaud⁹, Patti Katz¹⁰, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake¹¹, Eric Morand¹², Worawit Louthrenoo¹³, Alberta Hoi¹⁴, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁵, Jiacai Cho¹⁶, Laniyati Hamijoyo¹⁷, Shue Fen Luo¹⁸, Sandra Navarra¹⁹, Mandana Nikpour²⁰, José María Pego-Reigosa²¹, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa²², Zulema Plaza²³, María Galindo-Izquierdo²⁴, Julia Martínez Barrio²⁵, Jaime Calvo²⁶, Antonio Fernández-Nebro²⁷, Raúl Menor Almagro²⁸, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL²⁹, Javier Narváez³⁰ and Chetan S. Karyekar³¹, ¹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ²Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Ambler, PA, ³Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Horhsam, PA, ⁴Johnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium, Beerse, Belgium, ⁵Capgemini Consulting, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, Lima, Peru, ⁷Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ⁸Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú; Rheumatology Department, Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Perú, Lima, Peru, ⁹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹⁰UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ¹¹Center for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ¹²Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ¹³Chiang Mai University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ¹⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ¹⁵Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹⁶National University Hospital, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁷Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bandung, Indonesia, Badung, Indonesia, ¹⁸Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Taipei, Taiwan, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹⁹University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, ²⁰University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Department of Rheumatology, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain; IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ²²Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ²³Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Araba, School of Medicne, Universidad del País Vasco, BIOARABA Health Research Institute, Vitoria, Spain, Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Jerez, Spain, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House
Background/Purpose: The management of SLE varies worldwide. Current SLE treatment goals focus on preventing flares, controlling disease activity, and preventing organ damage accrual. LupusNet is…
Abstract Number: 2280 • ACR Convergence 2025
Changes of B Cell Subsets During Treatment with Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Athanasios Mavropoulos¹, Christos Liaskos², Ioannis Alexiou³, Christina Katsiari⁴, Dimitrios Bogdanos⁵ and Lazaros Sakkas⁶, ¹University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, ²University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine, Larisa, Greece, ³University General Hospital of larissa, Larissa, Greece, ⁴University General Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly Faculty of Medicine, Larisa, Greece, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Background/Purpose: Abatacept, an efficacious therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inhibits the interaction between CD28 on T cells and CD80/CD86 on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). The aim…
Abstract Number: 2447 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Disease Activity Trajectories in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Belimumab
Fumin Qi¹, Yin Zhao², Wei Bian¹, Jian Hao¹, Na zhang¹ and Wei Wei¹, ¹Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China (People's Republic), ²Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Yunnan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To investigate the longitudinal disease activity trajectories in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treated with belimumab.Methods: A prospective cohort of SLE treated with…
Abstract Number: 2610 • ACR Convergence 2025
Imaging remission in aortitis associated with giant cell arteritis. Multicenter study with tocilizumab in monotherapy and combined therapy
Adrian Martin-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto-Peña³, Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres⁴, Olga Maiz⁵, Eugenio de Miguel⁶, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁷, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁸, Santos Castañeda⁹ and Ricardo Blanco¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Donosti, Donostia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis is a frequent and potential severe complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA)(GCA-aortitis). Tocilizumab (TCZ) was approved for the treatment of GCA, but its…
Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient Experience and Implementation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (ePROM) System for Remote Monitoring in BIOBADASER
Isabel Castrejón Fernández¹, Lucia Otero², Antonio Mera-Valera³, Alicia Garcia⁴, Silvia Gomez-Sabater⁵, Raquel Martín-Domenech⁶, Jose Alvaro-Gracia⁷, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁸, Beatriz Ventosa² and Fernando Sánchez-Alonso⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon. IiSGM. Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³H. Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, ⁴Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante, Spain., Alicante, Spain, ⁶H. Universitario de Elda, Elda, Spain, ⁷Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are integral to shared decision-making and quality improvement in rheumatology. They are recommended for monitoring treatment response, assessing quality of…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of Arrhythmias Following IL-6 Inhibitor Use; A Pharmacosurvellience Study of FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)
Asim Khanfar¹, Omar Hamdan², Shiamak Cooper³, Sanjana Thimmannagari¹ and Anthony Ocon⁴, ¹Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY, ²University of Jordan, Az-Zarqa, Jordan, ³Rochester General Hospital, Irondequoit, NY, ⁴Rochester Regional Health, Fairport, NY
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors, including tocilizumab and sarilumab, are immunomodulatory agents commonly used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19. Prior studies have implicated…
Abstract Number: 0801 • ACR Convergence 2025
Achieving Sustained Lupus Low Disease Activity State and Remission With Ianalumab (VAY736) in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A post hoc Analysis From a Phase II Study
Eric Morand¹, Corine Gaillez², Stephen Oliver³, Swati Ghanshani⁴, Marilia Pozzobon⁵, Weibin Bao⁶ and Ed Vital⁷, ¹Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, Croissy Sur Seine, France, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ⁵Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Hanover, NJ, ⁷University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against the B cell–activating factor receptor (BAFF-R), has a dual mechanism of action of B cell depletion through…
Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fungal Infections, Including Candida, in Patients With Active Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated With Secukinumab: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Phase 3 Trials
Shikha Singla¹, Linda Grinnell-Merrick², Weibin Bao³, Artem Zharkov⁴ and Abhijeet Danve⁵, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Hanover, NJ, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic disease characterized by inflammatory low back pain and is often accompanied by inflammation of the peripheral joints and…
Abstract Number: 1065 • ACR Convergence 2025
Age of Disease Onset and Risk of Serious Infection with anti-TNF Use in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Sofia Pedro² and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Older age is a recognized risk factor for serious infection (SI) associated with anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Among older adults with RA,…
Abstract Number: 1282 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-world use of belimumab in childhood-onset SLE in Spain: cross-sectional analysis from a multicenter study (JULES registry)
Alina-Lucica Boteanu¹, Clara Udaondo², Joan Calzada³, Daniel Clemente Garulo⁴, Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzáles⁵, Eugenia Enriquez⁶, inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Lourdes Villalobos⁸, Belen Sevilla⁹, Sara Murias¹⁰, Berta Magallares¹¹, Ana Capilla¹², Jaime Arroyo¹³, Beatriz Bravo¹⁴, Gisela Diez-Cordoves¹⁵, Marisol Camacho¹⁶, Genaro grana¹⁷, Juan Jose Bethencourt¹⁸, Pablo Mesa¹⁹, Natalia Palmou²⁰, Mireia Lopez Corbeto²¹, Judith Sanchez²², Maria Isabel Gonzalez²³, isabel Patora Granados bautista²⁴, Clara Moriano²⁵, Diego Dios¹⁷, Lorena Exposito²⁶, Alicia Garcia²⁷, Laura Martin²⁸, David Fernandez²⁹, Laura Trujillo¹⁴, Anahy Maria Brandy³⁰ and CARLOS GUILLEN-ASTETE³¹, ¹H.U. Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³University Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴H.U Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain, ⁵H.U Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Ramon y Cajal Hospital, MADRID, Spain, ⁹Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁰H.U Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, ¹²H.U de La Merced, Sevilla, Spain, ¹³HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ, MADRID, ¹⁴H.U Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ¹⁵H. R. U. Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁶H.U. Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁷H.U de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁸H.U. Canarias, Canarias, Spain, ¹⁹H.U Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ²⁰H.U. marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²¹H.U Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Taulí Hospital Universitari-Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I³PT-CERCA), Sabadell (Spain)., Sabadell, Spain, ²³H.U. La Fé, Valencia, Spain, ²⁴H.U Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ²⁵Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²⁶H.U Canarias, Canarias, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁸H.R.U Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ³¹H.U Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: SLE is a multisystemic autoimmune disease with several manifestations. Childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) has a more severe disease course than adult-onset SLE, with a higher…
Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bimekizumab in Psoriatic Arthritis. A real-world prospective study. Comparison of its efficacy in bDMARD-naive and IL-17A-experienced patients
Vassiliki Poulia¹, Eleni Sampatakaki², Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis³, Maria Pappa³, Evangelia Mole⁴, Sousana Gazi⁴, Elpida Skouvaklidou⁵, Nikolaos Kougkas⁵, Maria Polyzou⁶, Loukia Koutsogeorgopoulou⁶, Ioannis Xynogalas⁷, Anastasios Karamanakos⁷, Konstantinos D Vassilakis¹, Evangelos Papadimitriou⁸, Charalampos Papagoras⁸, Gerasimos Evangelatos⁹, Nafsika Gerolymatou¹⁰, Paraskevi V Voulgari¹⁰ and George E Fragoulis¹, ¹First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology department, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁵⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁶Department of Pathophysiology, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁸First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, ⁹Third Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab, a dual IL-17 A and F blocker, has recently been added in the therapeutic rheumatologist’s armamentarium of PsA, but real-world evidence is lacking.…
Abstract Number: 1545 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Randomized Placebo-controlled Study
Susan Manzi¹, Ian Bruce², Eric Morand³, Richard Furie⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka⁵, Patricia Puzio⁶, Emon Khan⁷, Jenny Wissmar⁸, Michael Song⁹ and Catharina Lindholm¹⁰, ¹Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca US, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late Respiratory and Immunology, AstraZeneca, Academy House, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late-Stage Development, Respiratory & Immunology, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁹BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late Clinical Development Immunology, AstraZeneca, Boston, MA, ¹⁰BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Late Clinical Development Immunology, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Intravenous (IV) anifrolumab (300 mg, every 4 weeks [Q4W]) is an approved biologic add-on therapy for moderate to severe SLE;1 a subcutaneous (SC) formulation…

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