Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1435 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effectiveness of Combination Therapy with Tocilizumab and Low-Dose Prednisolone as an Induction Therapy in Biologics-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Multicenter Study
Kazuhiro Yokota¹, Hayato Nagasawa², Yuji Akiyama³ and Toshihide Mimura⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma Saitama, ²Nagasawa Clinic, Kawagoe, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma Saitama, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has demonstrated in randomized controlled trials. However, the clinical response to…
Abstract Number: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2022
Canakinumab Treatment in Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients with Colchicine Resistance: A Single-center Study
Ibrahim Durucan¹, Ali Yagiz Ayla², Helin Idil Besiroglu¹, Arif Alkan¹, Oguzhan Selvi¹, Huri Ozdogan¹ and Serdal Ugurlu², ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Recurrent fever and serositis are the hallmarks of Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Colchicine is known for yielding high success in disease control by obviating…
Abstract Number: 2112 • ACR Convergence 2022
Stringent Disease Activity Control at 2 Years Across Psoriatic Arthritis Domains Irrespective of Baseline Characteristics in Patients Treated with Guselkumab: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Christopher Ritchlin¹, Philip J Mease², Wolf-Henning Boehncke³, John Tesser⁴, Soumya Chakravarty⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, May Shawi⁷, Elena Schiopu⁸, Joseph Merola⁹, Iain B McInnes¹⁰ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY, ²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ³Deptartment of Dermatology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸Michigan Medicine Rheumatology Clinic – Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS) is associated with robust and sustained improvement in PsA signs and symptoms in subgroups of patients (pts) pooled from the phase 3…
Abstract Number: 2200 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reliability of Medication Information Derived from EHR Data Compared to Insurance Claims: An Analysis of Biologic Medications in RISE and Medicare
Rahaf Baker¹, Jing Li², Rachael Stovall³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, Fenglong Xie⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁷, ¹Alameda Highland Internal Medicine Residency, Oakland, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Health services studies increasingly rely on Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to capture medication use. However, the reliability of medication information derived from EHR…
Abstract Number: 0138 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Under Canakinumab Treatment – Long-term Efficacy and Safety Interim Data of the RELIANCE Registry
Joerg Henes¹, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner², Tobias Krickau³, Tilmann Kallinich⁴, Frank Dressler⁵, Gerd Horneff⁶, Florian Meier⁷, Ivan Foeldvari⁸, Frank Weller-Heinemann⁹, Birgit Kortus-Goetze¹⁰, Markus Hufnagel¹¹, Juergen Rech¹², Prasad T. Oommen¹³, Julia Weber-Arden¹⁴ and Norbert Blank¹⁵, ¹Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Auto-inflammatory Diseases (INDIRA), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ²Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁵Division of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁶Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁸Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ⁹Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, ¹⁰Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ¹¹Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹²University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ¹⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis, with a risk of severe complications (e. g.…
Abstract Number: 0313 • ACR Convergence 2022
Olokizumab Improves Patient Reported Outcomes in Moderate to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Inadequately Controlled by Methotrexate (MTX-IR): Results from the Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial
Vibeke Strand¹, Evgeny Nasonov², Tatiana Lisitsyna², Alexander Lila², Sofia Kuzkina³, Mikhail Samsonov⁴ and Eugen Feist⁵, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ³R-Pharm, Moscow, Russia, ⁴R-Pharm JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁵Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Olokizumab (OKZ) is an interleukin-6-inhibitor for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In these analyses, we present patient reported outcomes (PROs) reported by MTX-IR patients…
Abstract Number: 0423 • ACR Convergence 2022
Direct and Indirect Effect of TNFi on BASMI Components in People with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Longitudinal Study
Ana Pinto¹, Claire Harris², Rhys Hayward², Andrew Keat² and Pedro Machado², ¹Local Health Unit of Guarda, Barcelos, Portugal, ²Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) is an index of spinal mobility for people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). BASMI is one of the…
Abstract Number: 0759 • ACR Convergence 2022
Immunogenicity of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Autoimmune and Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (AIIRD) on Immunomodulatory Therapies (IMT): An Updated Cohort Study
Gordon Lam¹, Andrew Laster¹, Heather Gladue¹, Ahmad Kashif¹, Erin Siceloff², Victoria Lackey¹, Cheryl Robertson¹, Ashley Toci¹, Maggie McCarter³ and Leonard Calabrese⁴, ¹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ²Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Stallings, NC, ³University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: AIIRD patients may have a blunted immune response to the COVID-19 vaccines, but this is uncertain as these individuals were not included in clinical…
Abstract Number: 0850 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outcomes of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Following Failure of Initial Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Medication in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Melissa Mannion¹, Shahla Amin², Stephen Balevic³, Colleen Correll⁴, Timothy Beukelman¹ and , for the CARRA Registry Investigators⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Washington, DC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵CARRA, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are the most commonly used first biologics to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but it is unknown what subsequent…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Nail Response with Guselkumab: A Post Hoc Analysis of the VOYAGE 2 Clinical Trial
Alexander Egeberg¹, William Tillett², Enikö Sonkoly³, Patricia Gorecki⁴, Anna Tjärnlund⁵, Jozefien Buyze⁶, Sven Wegner⁷ and Dennis McGonagle⁸, ¹Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Dermatology and Venereology Division, Karolinska Institutet; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Janssen-Cilag Ltd, High Wycombe, United Kingdom, ⁵Janssen-Cilag AB, Solna, Sweden, ⁶Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium, ⁷Janssen-Cilag GmbH, Neuss, Germany, ⁸Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Understanding factors that impact response to therapy may help improve disease management, clinical outcomes and patient quality of life. Nails are often overlooked in…
Abstract Number: 1289 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluating Peri–operative Preferences of Bariatric Surgeons in the Management of Immunosuppressive Therapy During Bariatric Surgery
Suguni Aushadhi Loku Galappaththy¹ and Nicole Fearing², ¹University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ²HCA Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS
Background/Purpose: As the number of bariatric procedures increases, surgeons will encounter more patients on long-term immunosuppressive medications that may increase post-operative complications. Currently, there are…
Abstract Number: 1438 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Ratio Between Biological and Glucocorticoid Use in Different Countries Worldwide: Results from the METEOR Registry
Isabell Nevins¹, CF Allaart¹, David Vega Morales², Lai Ling Winchow³, Arvind Chopra⁴, Ana Maria Rodrigues⁵, Tom Huizinga¹, Maarten Boers⁶ and Sytske Anne Bergstra⁷, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Chris hani baragwanath academic hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, Maharashtra, India, ⁵Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated differing bDMARD prescription rates between countries, which seems to be amongst others related to a country's socioeconomic status. In contrast,…
Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vaccination in Patients with Autoinflammatory Periodic Syndromes Under Canakinumab – Safety Data Interim Analysis of the RELIANCE Registry
Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner¹, Joerg Henes², Birgit Kortus-Goetze³, Tilmann Kallinich⁴, Prasad T. Oommen⁵, Juergen Rech⁶, Tobias Krickau⁷, Frank Weller-Heinemann⁸, Gerd Horneff⁹, Ales Janda¹⁰, Ivan Foeldvari¹¹, Catharina Schuetz¹², Frank Dressler¹³, Michael Borte¹⁴, Markus Hufnagel¹⁵, Florian Meier¹⁶, Michael Fiene¹⁷, Julia Weber-Arden¹⁸ and Norbert Blank¹⁹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ²Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Auto-inflammatory Diseases (INDIRA), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ³Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁵Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, ⁹Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ¹¹Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ¹²Pediatrics, Medizinische Fakultaet Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ¹³Division of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁴ImmunoDeficiencyCenter Leipzig (IDCL), Hospital St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, ¹⁵Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ¹⁷Rheumatology Center Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, ¹⁸Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany, ¹⁹Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Treatment of autoinflammatory periodic syndromes with the interleukin-1β inhibitor canakinumab (CAN) has been shown to be safe and effective in clinical trials and in…
Abstract Number: 2113 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improvement in Key PsA Core Domains with Guselkumab Treatment in an Enriched Population of ACR20 Non-Responders at Week 24: Post Hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3 Studies
Dennis McGonagle¹, Derek Haaland², Philip Helliwell³, A. Marilise Marrache⁴, May Shawi⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, Peter Nash⁷, Fedra Irazoque Palazuelos⁸ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁹, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²The Waterside Clinic, Oro Medonte, ON, Canada, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Janssen Inc., Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, Canada, ⁵Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷School of Medicine, Griffith University, Sunshine Coast, Australia, ⁸Angeles Mocel Hospital; Universidad Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite available PsA treatments, a portion of PsA patients (pts) does not achieve improvements in PsA signs and symptoms according to ACR response criteria.…
Abstract Number: 2209 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy of Secukinumab in Enthesitis-related Arthritis and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis Subtypes of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from a Randomized, Phase 3 Study
Hermine Brunner¹, Elena Chertok², Joke Dehoorne³, Gerd Horneff⁴, Tilmann Kallinich⁵, Ingrid Louw⁶, Maria Alessio⁷, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne⁸, Bernard Lauwerys⁹, Neil Martin¹⁰, Katherine Marzan¹¹, W Patrick Knibbe¹², Ruvie Martin¹³, Xuan Zhu¹⁴, sarah whelan¹⁵, Luminita Pricop¹⁶, Daniel Lovell¹⁷, Alberto Martini¹⁸ and Nicola Ruperto¹⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, ²Voronezh State Medical University, Voronezh, Russia, ³University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium, ⁴Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁵Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁶Panaroma Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁷Policlinico Federico II di Napoli, Napoli, Italy, ⁸Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²St. Luke's Hospital System, Meridian, ID, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Basking Ridge, NJ, ¹⁵Novartis Ireland Ltd, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁸Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹⁹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini; PRINTO, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) categories of enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) represent pediatric counterparts of adult non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic…

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