Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2021
Attainment of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Response to Anifrolumab in 2 Phase 3 Trials
Eric Morand¹, Gabriel Abreu², Richard Furie³ and Raj Tummala⁴, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: The Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS), a treat-to-target (T2T) endpoint for SLE, is prospectively validated as protective from flares and damage accrual.1 LLDAS…
Abstract Number: 1740 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Anifrolumab in Patients with SLE Previously Treated with Biologics: Post Hoc Analysis of Data from 2 Phase 3 Trials
Richard Furie¹, Eric Morand², Kenneth Kalunian³, Konstantina Psachoulia⁴, Emmanuelle Maho⁵, Catharina Lindholm⁶ and Raj Tummala⁴, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³University of California, La Jolla, CA, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In the phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, anifrolumab, a type I IFN receptor mAb, improved disease activity in patients with SLE.1,2 We investigated…
Abstract Number: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2021
To What Extent Do Clinical Features of PsA Predict Achievement of Minimal Disease Activity at Week 24: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase III Clinical Trial Program of Guselkumab in a Bio-naïve Patient Population
Marijn Vis¹, Pascal Richette², Ramirez Julio³, Marlies Neuhold⁴, Robert Wapenaar⁵, Elke Theander⁶, Wim Noel⁷, May Shawi⁸, Alexa Kollmeier⁹ and William Tillett¹⁰, ¹Erasmus MC, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, ²Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, ³Hospital Universitari Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Janssen-Cilag, Zug, Switzerland, ⁵Janssen-Cilag BV, Breda, Netherlands, ⁶Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Janssen Pharmaceutica, Vilvoorde, Belgium, ⁸Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁰Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a human monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-23p19-subunit, has demonstrated efficacy across joint and skin endpoints at Week 24 (W24) in the Phase…
Abstract Number: 0097 • ACR Convergence 2021
Outcome of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Treatment with Janus Kinase Inhibitors Compared to Tumour Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Rebecca Hasseli¹, Bimba Franziska Hoyer², Hanns-Martin Lorenz³, Alexander Pfeil⁴, Anne Regierer⁵, Jutta Richter⁶, Tim Schmeiser⁷, Anja Strangfeld⁸, Reinhard Voll⁹, Andreas Krause¹⁰, Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹¹, Christof Specker¹² and Ulf Müller-Ladner¹³, ¹Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Universittsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ³University Hospital Heidelberg Germany, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁴Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, ⁵German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁷Private Practice, Cologne, Germany, ⁸Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁰Immanuel Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹²Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ¹³JLU Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. Rheum & Clin Immunol, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAK-i) offer a potent mode of action to treat rheumatic diseases. Little is known on the course and outcome of SARS-CoV-2…
Abstract Number: 0084 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatism of Juvenile Onset and Adult Onset in the BIOBADAGUAY Cohort
Natalia Cabrera¹, Vannia Valinotti², Gabriela Avila-Pedretti¹, Sonia Cabrera², Patricia Melgarejo³, Zoilo Morel⁴, Lourdes Roman², Pedro Babak⁴, Rodrigo Acosta², Romina Glitz⁴, Darwin Cordovilla⁵, Roger Rolon⁴, Magali Zanotti-Cavazzoni¹, Marco Antonio Franco Britos⁶, Marcos Vazquez², Pedro Delgadillo⁴, Isabel Acosta², María del Carmen Martinez⁴, Gabriel Elizaur⁴, María Teresa Romero⁴, Ernesto Paredes⁴, Paloma de Abreu¹ and Leticia Segovia⁷, ¹Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatología, Asunción, Paraguay, ²Hospital de Clínicas, Asunción, Paraguay, ³Hospital IPS, Villa Rica, Paraguay, ⁴Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social, Asunción, Paraguay, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Reumatología, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁶Instituto de Previsi�n Social, Asunci�n, Central, Paraguay, ⁷Hospital del IPS, Asunción, Paraguay
Background/Purpose: The Paraguayan-Uruguayan cohort of patients with rheumatic inflammatory diseases (BIOBADAGUAY), collect clinical and epidemiological information on adults and children patients receiving biological therapies (BT).…
Abstract Number: 0233 • ACR Convergence 2020
Abatacetp in Spanish Patients with Arthritis Rheumatoid and Interstitial Lung Disease. Multicenter Study of 263 Patients
C. Fernandez-Diaz¹, Santos Castañeda², Rafael Melero³, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan⁴, Antonio Juan-Mas⁵, Carmen Carrasco Cubero⁶, Raquel Almodovar⁷, Sebastian Rodriguez-Garcia⁸, C. Aguilera-Cros⁹, Ignacio Villa¹⁰, S. Ordoñez¹¹, Enrique Raya¹², C. Ojeda¹³, Manuel Jose Moreno-Ramos¹⁴, Gema Bonilla¹⁵, Susana Romero-Yuste¹⁶, Ana Ruibal-Escribano¹⁷, Jose Luis Andreu Sanchez¹⁸, R. Exposito¹⁹, Javier Loricera²⁰, Natalia Mena-Vazquez²¹, Ana Urriticoechea²², C. Peralta²³, Luis Arboleya²⁴, Francisco Javier Narváez²⁵, O. Maiz²⁶, Julia Fernandez Melon²⁷, P Vela²⁸, Ivan Castellvi²⁹, I. Cabezas³⁰, Alejandra Lopez Robles³¹, Patricia Carreira Delgado³², Juan M. Blanco-Madrigal³³, N. Del-val-del-amo³⁴, E Salgado³⁵, B. Garcia-magallon³⁶, Cristina Hidalgo Calleja³⁷, Mireia Corbeto Lopez³⁸, A. Perez³⁹, S. Castro⁴⁰, Juan Ramón De dios⁴¹, Andrea García Valle⁴², R Lopez⁴³, Angel García Aparicio⁴⁴, EC Cervantes⁴⁵, C Gonzalez⁴⁶, N Alvarez-Rivas⁴⁷, L. Perez⁴⁸, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁴⁹ and Ricardo Blanco⁵⁰, ¹H. Marqués de Valdecilla, Madrid, Spain, ²Princesa University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³CHU. VIgo, Vigo, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Son Llàzer University Hospital, Mallorca, Spain, ⁶H. Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ⁷Fundación Alcorcón University Hospital, Madrid, ⁸La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁹H.Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁰H. Torrelavega, Santander, Spain, ¹¹H. Arnau Vilanova, LLeida, Spain, ¹²San Cecilio Clinic Universitary Hospital, Granada, Spain, ¹³H. Virgen de la Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁴Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, ¹⁵Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶H Pontevedra, Coruna, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain, ¹⁹H. Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²¹Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ²²Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²³H. Clinico Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, ²⁴H. Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Bellvitge, BARCELONA, Spain, ²⁶H. Donosti, Donosti, Spain, ²⁷H. Son Espases, Mallorca, Spain, ²⁸H Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰H. Río Ortega, Valladolid, Spain, ³¹H. León, León, ³²H. 12 de octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³³Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ³⁴Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³⁵CHU Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ³⁶H. Huesca, Zaragoza, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ³⁸Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁹H. Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ⁴⁰H. Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain, ⁴¹H. Alava, Alava, Spain, ⁴²H. Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ⁴³H. Negrin, Las Palmas, Spain, ⁴⁴H. Mostoles, Madrid, Spain, ⁴⁵H. Santiago de compostela, Santiago, Spain, ⁴⁶H. Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ⁴⁷H. S Agustin, Aviles, Spain, ⁴⁸Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ⁴⁹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵⁰Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: To assess the efficacy of abatacept (ABA) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) (RA-ILD).Methods: Observational multicenter study of RA-ILD patients…
Abstract Number: 0360 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does Smoking Affect Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes and Safety in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis? – Real World Data from German Observational Study
Elke Riechers¹, Uta Kiltz², Jan Brandt-Jürgens³, Peter Kästner⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Several studies have shown an negative association between smoking status and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) clinical outcomes1,2. The German non-interventional study AQUILA provides real-world data…
Abstract Number: 0567 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rheumatologist’s Perception of the Efficacy, Safety and Willingness to Prescribe Infliximab and Use Alternate Drug Supply Programs to Lower Cost of Rheumatoid Arthritis Care
Cesar Galan¹, Alan Puric², Guy Cozzi², Michele Hamburger³, Elisea Avalos-Reyes⁴ and Kjel Johnson¹, ¹CVS Health, Lincoln, RI, ²CVS Health, Northbrook, IL, ³Frances Hamburger Institute, Hauppauge, NY, ⁴CVS Health, Irving, TX
Background/Purpose: There is interest in employing biosimilar therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which have been shown comparable to originator biologics in safety and…
Abstract Number: 0800 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of a Proposed High Concentration (100 mg/mL) Adalimumab Biosimilar (CT-P17) with Reference Adalimumab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jonathan Kay¹, Janusz Jaworski², Rafal Wojciechowski³, Piotr Wiland⁴, Anna Dudek⁵, Marek Krogulec⁶, Slawomir Jeka⁷, Agnieszka Zielinska⁸, Jakub Trefler⁹, Katarzyna Bartnicka-Maslowska¹⁰, Magdalena Krajewska-Wlodarczyk¹¹, Piotr Klimiuk¹², Daniel Furst*¹³, SangJoon Lee¹⁴, YunJu Bae¹⁴, GoEun Yang¹⁴, JaeKyoung Yoo¹⁴, HyunJin Lee¹⁴ and Edward C Keystone¹⁵, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Reumatika-Centrum Reumatologii, Warsaw, Poland, ³University Hospital No 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ⁴Medical Univeristy, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁵Centrum Medyczne AMED, Warsaw, Poland, ⁶Rheumatology Clinic NZOZ Lecznica MAK-MED, Nadarzyn, Poland, ⁷2nd Univ Hospital, CM UMK, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ⁸Medycyna Kliniczna Marzena Waszczak-Jeka, Warsaw, Poland, ⁹Reuma Centrum, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁰Centrum Medyczne AMED oddzial w Łodzi, Łódź, Poland, ¹¹University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland, ¹²Medical University of Białystok and Gabinet Internistyczno-Reumatologiczny Piotr Adrian Klimiuk, Białystok, Poland, ¹³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁴Celltrion, Inc., Incheon, Republic of Korea, ¹⁵Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: CT-P17 (100 mg/mL) is the first proposed biosimilar of the high concentration and citrate-free formulation of reference adalimumab. The purpose of this study was…
Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mortality and Adverse Events of Special Interest in Adult Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Receiving Intravenous Belimumab: A Post Hoc Descriptive Summary of Serious Psychiatric Events
Saira Sheikh¹, Ricardo Acayaba de Toledo², Laura Geraldino-Pardilla³, Julia Harris⁴, Regina Kurrasch⁵, Andrew Liu⁴, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon⁶, Holly Quasny⁷, David Roth⁵, Lilian Soto⁸ and Rajesh Punwaney⁵, ¹University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, ²Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, ⁶Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, ⁸Facultad de Medicina, Clinical Hospital of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: Intravenous (IV) belimumab (BEL) is approved in patients ≥5 years of age with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Results of the BASE study (the…
Abstract Number: 0935 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of BIIB059, an Anti-Blood Dendritic Cell Antigen 2 Antibody, in SLE
Richard Furie¹, Ronald van Vollenhoven², Kenneth Kalunian³, Sandra Navarra⁴, Juanita Romero-Díaz⁵, Victoria Werth⁶, Xiaobi Huang⁷, Hua Carroll⁸, Adam Meyers⁷, Cristina Musselli⁷, Catherine Barbey⁹ and Nathalie Franchimont⁷, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ²Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Biogen, Cambridge, ⁹Biogen, Baar, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Type I interferons (IFN-I), inflammatory mediators principally produced by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), components of the innate immune system, have been implicated in the…
Abstract Number: 1339 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Prospective Study on the Effects of Comorbidities and DMARDs on Clinical Outcomes
Rebecca Haberman¹, Rochelle Castillo¹, Alan Chen², Di Yan¹, Deborah Ramirez², Vaish Sekar², Robert Lesser², Gary Solomon², Andrea Neimann², Rebecca Blank¹, Peter Izmirly³, Dan Webster⁴, Alexis Ogdie⁵, Andrea Troxel², Samrachana Adhikari² and Jose Scher¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York City, ²NYU Langone Health, New York City, ³New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, ⁵Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly emerged as the most challenging global health crisis in a generation. Affecting initially China, New York City (NYC) quickly…
Abstract Number: 1441 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of Belimumab on Renal Outcomes, Overall SLE Control and Biomarkers: Findings from a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-controlled 104-week Study in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis
Richard Furie¹, Brad Rovin², Frédéric Houssiau³, Gabriel Contreras⁴, Ana Malvar⁵, Amit Saxena⁶, Xueqing Yu⁷, Y K Onno Teng⁸, Pieter van Paassen⁹, Ellen M Ginzler¹⁰, Diane Kamen¹¹, Mary Oldham¹², Damon Bass¹³, Andre van Maurik¹⁴, Mary Beth Welch¹³, Yulia Green¹⁵, Beulah Ji¹⁵, Christi Kleoudis¹⁶ and David Roth¹⁷, ¹Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, ³Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, ⁵Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, ⁷Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Maastricht University, Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, ¹⁰SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ¹³GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, ¹⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, ¹⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, ¹⁶Parexel (*At the time of study), Durham, ¹⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL) has demonstrated efficacy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in 4 positive pivotal trials. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of intravenous…
Abstract Number: 1831 • ACR Convergence 2020
Biomarkers Linked to Anti-IFN-I and Ustekinumab Suggest Distinct Mechanism of Action in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Thomas Dörner¹, George Tsokos², Kenneth Kalunian³, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁴, Ashley Orillion⁵, Matteo Cesaroni⁵, Jacqueline Benson⁶, Marc Chevrier⁷, Shawn Rose⁸, Stanley Marciniak⁵, Zhenling Yao⁵, Bhaskar Srivastava⁵, Jessica Schreiter⁵, Frédéric Baribaud⁵, Tatiana Ort⁵, Jarrat Jordan⁵ and Loqmane Seridi⁵, ¹DRFZ and Charité University Hospitals, Berlin, Germany, ²Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen Research & Development, LLC, South San Francisco, CA, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Princeton Junction, NJ
Background/Purpose: Clinical and biological heterogeneity pose a significant hurdle in SLE, making biomarkers that define patient subsets crucial for developing tailored therapies. Interventional SLE trials…
Abstract Number: 0100 • ACR Convergence 2020
Concordance Between the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and Tuberculin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Cristobal Pavez Perales¹, Ana Quiles Rocher², Elena Grau Garcia³, Marta De la Rubia Navarro¹, Samuel Leal Rodriguez⁴, Roxana Gonzalez Mazario¹, Jorge Juan Fragio Gil¹, Cristina Alcañiz Escandell³, Jose Ivorra Cortes¹, Inmaculada Chalmeta Verdejo¹, Luis Gonzalez Puig⁵, Isabel Martinez Cordellat¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech¹, Jose Eloy Oller Rodriguez¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan⁴, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu⁴, Carmen Najera Herranz¹, Ines Canovas Olmos¹ and Jose Andres Roman Ivorra¹, ¹Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²Medical School, UCV, Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Torrente ( Valencia), Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) are at higher risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) reactivation. To detect and treat it before starting treatment, especially with biological therapies, decrease the reactivation risk. Diagnosis is carried…

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