Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0845 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Non-Interventional Prospective Observational Study of Treatment with Etanercept Biosimilar (SB4) in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Real Life Clinical Practice; Interim Analysis of the ‘BENEFICIAL’ Study
Panagiotis Athanassiou¹, Andreas Bounas², Dimitrios Boumpas³, Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁴, Christina Tsalapaki⁵, Alexandros Garyfallos⁶, Eleftheria Grika⁷, Paraskevi Voulgari⁸, Angeliki Kekki⁹, Zafeirios Anagnostopoulos⁹, Georgios Karachalios⁹ and Nikos Antonakopoulos⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, St. Paul’s Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²General Clinic of Patras “Olympion”, Rheumatology, Patras, Greece, ³“Attikon” University Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit ,4th University Pathology Clinic, Athens, Greece, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ⁵General Hospital of Athens “Hippokratio", Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁶General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Ippokratio" , Τhessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁷Rheumatology Clinic, General Hospital “Evangelismos”, Athens, Greece, ⁸Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, ⁹Genesis Pharma SA, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: SB4 is an etanercept biosimilar that obtained EU regulatory approval in 2016, and became available in Greece in 2018. Due to lack of published…
Abstract Number: 1288 • ACR Convergence 2021
First Year Infection Risk in SLE Patients Treated with Rituximab versus Standard of Care Treatment: Results from the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group Biologics Registry (BILAG-BR)
Mia Rodziewicz¹, Sarah Dyball¹, Stephen McDonald¹, Emily Sutton¹, Ben Parker¹, The British Isles Lupus Assessment Group² and Ian N. Bruce¹, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Lupus Trust, London
Background/Purpose: Individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of infection compared to the general population. We aimed to assess the early risk…
Abstract Number: 1356 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effects of TNF-α versus Secukinumab on Active Ultrasound Confirmed Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis
Ashley Elliott¹, Gary Wright², Adrian Pendleton² and Madeleine Rooney¹, ¹Centre for Experimental Medicine , School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, ²Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis is an important aspect of disease in PsA and its clinical assessment has problems in terms of sensitivity and overlap with alternative co-morbid…
Abstract Number: 1655 • ACR Convergence 2021
Severe Respiratory Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Biologic Therapy: Comparative Study Between Vaccinated and Non Vaccinated Patients
Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹, Paz Rodriguez-Cundin², Trinidad Dierssen³, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay⁴ and Ricardo Blanco⁵, ¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁴Research 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, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santadner, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at increased risk of severe infections due to the disease itself, and the immunosuppressive treatment. Vaccination programs are designed…
Abstract Number: 1782 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Enthesitis Across Different Therapies
Robert Chao¹, George Reed², Joel Kremer³ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁴, ¹Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA, ²University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ³Department of Medicine, Center for Rheumatology, Albany Medical College, Albany, FL, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Evidence on the treatment of enthesitis, a common feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is limited. This post-hoc, cross-sectional study examined if prevalent treatment choices…
Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patterns of Medication Switching in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of a National Administrative Claims Database
Mei-Sing Ong¹, Sarah Ringold², Melissa Mannion³, Marc Natter⁴, Laura Schanberg⁵ and Yukiko Kimura⁶, ¹Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶Hackensack University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Although the increasing availability of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) has significantly improved outcomes for patients with Juvenile Idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 0921 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Secukinumab on Radiographic Progression and Inflammation in Sacroiliac Joints and Spine in Patients with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: 2-year Imaging Outcomes from a Phase III Randomized Trial
Juergen Braun¹, Ricardo Blanco², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Lianne Gensler⁴, Filip Van den Bosch⁵, Stephen Hall⁶, Hideto Kameda⁷, Denis Poddubnyy⁸, Marleen van de Sande⁹, Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, Tingting Zhuang¹¹, Anna Stefanska¹², Aimee Readie¹¹, Hanno Richards¹³ and Atul Deodhar¹⁴, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Hospital University Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Santander, Spain, ³NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Dept. of Rheumatology - Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Emeritus Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹²Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ¹³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is characterized by inflammation of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) and the spine. Secukinumab (SEC) treatment was clinically efficacious and reduced SIJ…
Abstract Number: 1301 • ACR Convergence 2021
Early Increase in Circulating Memory B Cells Portends Clinical Response to Treatment in Pooled Data from Three Phase III Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Alvaro Gomez², Julius Lindblom², Alexander Borg², Sharzad Emamikia² and Mariele gatto³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Belimumab blocks soluble B cell activating factor (BAFF) and is the only to date approved targeted treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Identification of…
Abstract Number: 1359 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Respiratory Tract Infections with Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Antirheumatic Agents in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Yi-Shao Liu¹, Jawad Bilal², Muhammad Ajmal², Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi³, Zaina Shahid⁴, Kaneez Zahra Rubab Khakwani², Farva Gondal⁵, Irbaz Bin Riaz⁶, Sandipan Bhattacharjee¹, Roxanne Bogucka¹ and C. Kent Kwoh⁷, ¹University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, ²University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, ⁵University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁷University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, AZ
Background/Purpose: A variety of biologic and targeted synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic agents have been widely used among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Due to the…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy and Safety of Olokizumab in a Phase III Trial of Patients with Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Inadequately Controlled by Methotrexate – Placebo and Active Controlled Study
Eugen Feist¹, Saeed Fatenejad², Sergey Grishin³, Elena Korneva³, Evgeniy Nasonov⁴, Anna Rowińska-Osuch⁵, Mikhail Samsonov⁶ and Roy Fleischmann⁷, ¹Helios Department of Rheumatology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ²SFC Medica, LLC, Charlotte, NC, ³R-Pharm, Moscow, Russia, ⁴V.A. Nasonova Reseach Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁵MCM Polimedica, Warsaw, Poland, ⁶RPharm, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Olokizumab (OKZ) is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting IL-6 [1]. Here we present the results of a global phase III, head-to-head, randomized placebo (PBO)…
Abstract Number: 1803 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-term Safety of Guselkumab (TREMFYA®) in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Pooled Results from 3 Randomized Clinical Trials Through up to 2 Years
Proton Rahman¹, Christopher Ritchlin², Philip Mease³, Philip S Helliwell⁴, Wolf-Henning Boehncke⁵, Iain McInnes⁶, May Shawi⁷, Anne Marilise Marrache⁸, Alexa Kollmeier⁹, Xie Xu¹⁰, Jenny Yu¹⁰, Yanli Wang¹⁰, Shihong Sheng¹⁰ and Alice Gottlieb¹¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Eastern Health and Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada, ²Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁷Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Janssen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁰Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ¹¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a targeted IL-23 inhibitor, demonstrated significant improvements in signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and a favorable safety profile through week…
Abstract Number: 0432 • ACR Convergence 2021
Anti-IL5 Therapy in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA): A Longitudinal Follow-up Study ≥ 24months
Allyson Egan¹, Pasupathy Sivasothy², Lisa Willcocks², Rachel Jones², Marcos Martinez Del Pero³ and David R.W. Jayne⁴, ¹Vasculitis and Lupus Centre, Cambridge University Hospital, University of Cambridge, London, United Kingdom, ²Vasculitis and Lupus Centre, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Vasculitis and Lupus Centre, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the randomized, placebo-controlled MIRRA trial for relapsing and refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), adjuvant therapy with 300mg anti-IL5 mAB Mepolizumab [MEPO] for…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sequential Treatment in Axial Spondyloarthritis – Real World Data from a Network of German Rheumatologists
Stefan Kleinert¹, Peter Bartz-Bazzanella², Cay Von der Decken³, Kirsten Karberg⁴, Florian Schuch⁵, Georg Gauler⁶, Patrick Wurth⁷, Susanna Späthling-Mestekemper⁸, Christoph Kuhn⁹, Fabian Proft¹⁰, Denis Poddubnyy¹¹, Mathias Englbrecht¹² and Wolfgang Vorbrüggen¹³, ¹Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany, ²Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany, ³Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinikum, Würselen, Germany, ⁴Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie-Nephrologie, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶rheumapraxis, Osnabrck, Germany, ⁷Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, ⁸Rheumapraxis München, München, Germany, ⁹Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, Karlsruhe, Germany, ¹⁰Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, Germany., Eckental, Germany, ¹³Verein zur Förderung der Rheumatologie e.V., Würselen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Increasing immunmodulatory treatment options are available for axial spondyloarthritis. Little is known about sequential treatment in clinical routine.Methods: The pseudonymized RHADAR database (Kleinert, S.…
Abstract Number: 1303 • ACR Convergence 2021
Associations Between Early Changes in Circulating B Cell Subsets and Severe Flare in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Results from Three Phase III Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Alvaro Gomez², Julius Lindblom², Alexander Borg², Sharzad Emamikia² and Mariele gatto³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Belimumab is the only approved targeted treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Identification of early predictors of response or non-response to therapy is imperative…
Abstract Number: 1360 • ACR Convergence 2021
Ultrasound Demonstrates Continued Improvement in Psoriatic Arthritis Synovitis and Enthesitis with Secukinumab: 52-week Results from a Phase III Study
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹, Georg Schett², Corine Gaillez³, Carlos Guerrero⁴, PETRA HANOVA⁵, Tomas Cazenave⁶, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁷, Marina Backhaus⁸, Gael Mouterde⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰, Anne-Marie Duggan¹¹, Punit Goyanka¹² and Philip Conaghan¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Gemelli”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ²Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Dermatologico Country, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofisica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Park-Klinik Weissensee Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology department, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁰Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, ¹²Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ¹³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) is a sensitive non-invasive imaging tool to visualize a wide range of articular and periarticular inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1,2…

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