Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0350 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of Age and Time Since Diagnosis on Response to Treatment with Secukinumab in Pooled Week 52 Data from 4 Phase 3 Studies in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Atul Deodhar¹, Philip Mease², Paula Machado³, Effie Pournara⁴, Xiangyi Meng³, Vibeke Strand⁵ and Marina Magrey⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the sacroiliac joints and spine and associated with pain, stiffness, and disability.1 A previous analysis…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dosage Modification of Immunomodulatory Medications by Rheumatology Patients in New York City During the Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marianna Frey¹, Gregory Vitone², Candace Feldman³, Lindsay Lally¹, Anne Bass⁴, Jane Salmon¹, Mary Crow¹, Michael Lockshin⁵, Vivian Bykerk¹, Lisa Mandl¹ and Medha Barbhaiya⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Due to concerns about underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppression, patients with systemic rheumatic diseases living in COVID-19 “hot spots” may have modified their immunomodulatory…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Infection in Rheumatologic Patients on Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Marta González Fernández¹, Orlando Pompei fernández², Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, Paula García Escudero¹, Claudia Stoye², Juan Ramón De Dios², Belén Álvarez Rodríguez², Elena Garmendia Sánchez¹, Susana Gil², Ana Ruibal-Escribano⁴, Margarida Vasques Rocha², Francisco García Llorente⁵, César Antonio Egües⁶, Edurne Guerrero⁷ and Jaime Calvo-Alén², ¹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Galdakao, Galdakao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁷Hospital Alto Deba, Arrasate, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS COV 2 pandemic has been an issue which has challenged the health care systems around the world. Rheumatology has been involved in two…
Abstract Number: 0816 • ACR Convergence 2020
Treat-to-target Strategy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Daily Clinical Practice -still Underused, but Superior to Routine Care: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis from the ATTRA Registry
Jakub Závada¹ and Lucie Nekvindova², ¹Revmatologický ústav, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target (T2T) is a widely accepted management strategy for RA. It recommends attaining a goal of at least low disease activity (LDA) within 6…
Abstract Number: 0897 • ACR Convergence 2020
Temporal Achievement of Clinical Response and Inactive Disease Status in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated with Etanercept
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Annette Szumski², Kenneth Kwok³ and Bonnie Vlahos⁴, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ²Syneos Health, Princeton, ³Pfizer, New York, NY, ⁴Pfizer, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Treatment with etanercept (ETN) is effective and well tolerated in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (AS), but the time frames within which patients tend to…
Abstract Number: 1208 • ACR Convergence 2020
Utility of Measuring the Immunogenicity to CT-P13 for Subcutaneous Use in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: 1-Year Results from a Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Pivotal Trial
Rene Westhovens¹, DaeHyun Yoo², Piotr Wiland³, Marek Zawadzki⁴, Delina Ivanova⁵, Alfredo Berrocal Kasay⁶, Elias Chalouhi⁷, Eva Balázs⁸, SangJoon Lee⁹, SungHyun Kim⁹, JeeHye Suh⁹, ChanKyoung Hwang⁹ and DaeSeok Choi⁹, ¹University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Medical Univeristy, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Medical Univeristy, Dpt of Rheumatology , Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁵Diagnostic-Consultative Center Aleksandrovska EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁶ABK Reuma SRL, LIMA, Peru, ⁷Clinica Internacional Sede Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁸Dr. Bugyi István Hospital, Szentes, Hungary, ⁹Celltrion, Inc., Incheon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Novel subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13 SC) was developed to augment the flexibility in the therapeutic use of infliximab and non-inferiority (NI) of CT-P13 SC versus…
Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2020
Secukinumab Improved Signs and Symptoms in Patients with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Randomized Controlled Phase III Study Stratified by Baseline Objective Signs of Inflammation
Juergen Braun¹, Ricardo Blanco², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Lianne Gensler⁴, Filip Van den Bosch⁵, Hideto Kameda⁶, Denis Poddubnyy⁷, Marleen van de Sande⁸, Anna Wiksten⁹, Brian Porter¹⁰, Santiago Moreno⁹, Abhijit Shete⁹, Hanno Richards⁹, Sibylle Haemmerle⁹ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, and Ruhr-University Bochum, 44649 Herne, Germany, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³The University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁰Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) is often determined on the basis of objective signs of inflammation (elevated C-reactive protein [CRP] and/or evidence of sacroiliitis…
Abstract Number: 1745 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Novel Method for Predicting 1-Year Retention of Abatacept Using Machine Learning Techniques
Rieke Alten¹, Claire Behar², Christine Boileau², Pierre Merckaert², Ebenezer Afari², Virginie Vannier-Moreau³, Sean Connolly³, Yedid Elbez², Pierre-Antoine Juge⁴ and Karissa Lozenski³, ¹Schlosspark-Klinik, Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²Excelya, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, ⁴Université de Paris, Service de Rhumatologie Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: In the ACTION (NCT02109666) study, using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models, patient (pt) global assessment of pain, country, reason for stopping last biologic,…
Abstract Number: 2028 • ACR Convergence 2020
Predictors of Maintaining Inactive Disease After Etanercept Withdrawal, and Regaining Inactive Disease Status After Flare and Retreatment, in Adults with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from RE-EMBARK
Filip Van den Bosch¹, James Cheng-Chung Wei², Francisco Blanco³, Pamela Selema⁴, Daniela Graham⁵, Edmund Arthur⁶, Vassilis Tsekouras⁷, Bonnie Vlahos⁴, Chuanbo Zang⁴, Atul Deodhar⁸ and Peter Nash⁹, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ³INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruna, Spain, ⁴Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ⁵Pfizer, Groton, PA, ⁶Pfizer, Peapack, NJ, ⁷Pfizer, Nicosia, Cyprus, ⁸Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁹School of Medicine Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Background/Purpose: RE-EMBARK was a phase 4, multicenter, open-label, 3-period study that evaluated etanercept (ETN) withdrawal and retreatment in adult patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 0221 • ACR Convergence 2020
Should We Use BioDMARDS in First Intention in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis? : Results at 5 Years from the ERA Louvain Brussels Cohort
Emilie Sapart¹, Tatiana Sokolova¹, Stéphanie de Montjoye¹, Stéphanie Dierckx², Adrien Nzeusseu Toukap³, Aleksandra Avramovska¹, Laurent Meric de Bellefon¹ and Patrick Durez⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ²Rheumatology, CHU Mont-Godinne, Mont Godinne, Belgium, ³1Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, 2Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Early effective treatment has led to major improvements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ERA). Low disease activity and remission are achieved earlier and in…
Abstract Number: 0351 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ustekinumab-Treated Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in a Real-world Study: Similar Clinical Responses and Treatment Persistence over One Year in Elderly and Younger Patients
Laure Gossec¹, Elke Theander², Soumya Chakravarty³, Paul Bergmans⁴, Iris Lin⁵, Wim Noël⁶, Stefan Siebert⁷ and Josef Smolen⁸, ¹Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ²Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ⁴Janssen Biostatistics and Medical Affairs, Tilburg, Netherlands, ⁵Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Horsham, ⁶Janssen Medical Affairs, LLC, Beerse, Belgium, ⁷University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In the PsABio study (NCT02627768), real-world data from patients with PsA showed comparable clinical results after treatment with ustekinumab (UST, an anti-p40 IL-12/23 inhibitor)…
Abstract Number: 0478 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increasing Awareness of Advocacy During Early Career – a Web-Based Educational Program
Sirisha Gokaraju¹, Angus Worthing², Katherine Maher³, Grace Wright⁴ and Gail Kerr⁵, ¹Georgetown University hospital, Bethesda, MD, ²Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Washington, DC, ³Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Alexandria, VA, ⁴Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: In 2015, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) began Advocacy 101 in person-education for Fellows in Training (FIT) and physicians to encourage participation in…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of Biologic Treatment and Risk to Be Admitted for COVID-19 Infection
Carlos González¹, Luis Menchén¹, Indalecio Monteagudo¹, Ofelia Baniandrés², Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzalez¹, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez¹, Ana Herranz-Alonso¹, Carmen Lobo-Rodríguez¹, Amparo López-Esteban¹, Ana López¹, Arantza Ais-Larisgoitia¹, Esther Chamorro de Vega¹, Paloma Morales de los Ríos¹, Maria Jesús Lizcano¹, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia¹ and Sonia García de San-José¹, ¹CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To analyze the risk of admission for COVID19 infection and outcome of patients treated with b/tsDMARD from our center, to compare with all patients…
Abstract Number: 0819 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Adherence Patterns Among Patients Using Infliximab Bio-originator and Biosimilar
Joseph Alanaeme¹, Sujith Sarvesh¹, Jeffrey R Curtis² and Huifeng Yun², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, BIrmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Infliximab (INF) biosimilar was approved for multiple indications in U.S. in 2016. Although clinical trials have demonstrated that switching from infliximab bio-originator to its…
Abstract Number: 0898 • ACR Convergence 2020
Inadequate Response Among Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Prescribed Advanced Therapy in a Real-world US Commercially Insured Population
Julie Birt¹, Michael Grabner², Keith Isenberg³, Theresa Hunter⁴, Chia-Chen Teng², Mingyang Shan¹, Jeffrey Lisse¹, Jianmin Wu¹, Kirstin Griffing¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis⁵, ¹Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ²Healthcore, Inc, Wilmington, DE, ³Anthem, Inc, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this analysis was to assess the frequency of inadequate response (IR) over 1 year associated with advanced therapy (AT) initiation among…

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