Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 0347 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Effectiveness of Belimumab in Patients with SLE in the United States
Christopher Bell¹, Bernie Rubin², Karen Worley³, Guillaume Germain⁴, François Laliberté⁴, Sean D. MacKnight⁴, Ana Urosevic⁴ and Mei Sheng Duh⁵, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Value, Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Groupe d’analyse, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Analysis Group Inc, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of the disease-modifying treatment belimumab (BEL), comparing the rates of SLE flares among…
Abstract Number: 0429 • ACR Convergence 2022
No Change in Serum Levels of Bone Turnover Markers Corrected for Age and Gender During the First Year of Secukinumab Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Siderius¹, Suzanne Arends², Freke Wink³ and Anneke Spoorenberg², ¹University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), TNF-α inhibitors influence the course of serum bone turnover markers (BTM), favoring an increase in mineralization during the…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reevaluating Clinical Outcomes of Patients on Combination Biologics
Ryan Mathew¹, Alexa Meara², ChienWei Chiang³, Komal Paradakar³, Ambra Burrell³ and Gabriel Kirsch³, ¹The Ohio State University Medical Center, Skokie, IL, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Biologic treatments such as monoclonal antibodies have become first line treatment for many autoimmune diseases and now monoclonal antibodies are being used to treated…
Abstract Number: 0879 • ACR Convergence 2022
Golimumab for Treatment of Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – Safety and Effectiveness Updates from a Comparative Study
Angela Zimmer¹, Ariane Klein¹ and Gerd Horneff², ¹Asklepios, St. Augustin, Germany, ²Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Golimumab (GOL) is approved for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) in patients 2 years and older. Data on long-term safety and…
Abstract Number: 1039 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differential Retention of Adalimumab and Etanercept Biosimilars Compared to Originator Treatments: Results of a Retrospective French Multicentre Study
Guillaume LARID¹, Guy Baudens², Alexis DANDURAND¹, Pascal COQUERELLE³, Vincent Goeb⁴, Marie-Hélène Guyot⁵, Laurent Marguerie⁶, Frédéric MAURY⁷, Viellard Eric⁸, Eric Houvenagel⁹, Jean Hugues SALMON¹⁰, René-Marc Flipo¹¹ and elisabeth gervais¹, ¹CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²Private practice, Valenciennes, France, ³CH Béthune, Béthune, France, ⁴CHU Amiens, Amiens, France, ⁵Private practice, Roubaix, France, ⁶Institut Calot, Berck-Sur-Mer, France, ⁷Private practice, Béthune, France, ⁸Private practice, St. Malo, France, ⁹Groupement Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France, ¹⁰Reims University Hospital, Reims, France, ¹¹CHU Lille, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Background/Purpose: Studies have demonstrated equivalence in term of efficacy and safety of biosimilars (bsDMARDs) compared to the originals treatments (boDMARDs) and in switching situation. Less…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Hospitalized Infections in Older Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological/Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Evaluation Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database
Masayoshi Harigai¹, Takao Fujii², Ryoko Sakai³, Ataru Igarashi⁴, Ayako Shoji⁵, Hiroko Yamaguchi⁶, Katsuhiko Iwasaki⁶, Misako Makishima⁷, Amika Yoshida⁷, Norihiro Okada⁷, Katsuhisa Yamashita⁷ and Yutaka Kawahito⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, ³Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁵Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Healthcare Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁶Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁷Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Safety evidence of biological or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) is still insufficient in older elderly ( >=75 years old (y/o)) patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2022
Distinct Clinical and Therapeutic Features Between Parenchymal and Non-parenchymal Manifestations in Neurobehçet’s Disease
Alba Herrero-Morant¹, José Luis Martín-Varillas², Santos Castañeda³, Olga Maiz⁴, Julio Sánchez-Martín⁵, Norberto Ortego⁶, Enrique Raya⁷, Águeda Prior-Español⁸, Clara Moriano⁹, Rafael Melero¹⁰, Genaro Graña-Gil¹¹, Ana Urruticoechea¹², Angel Ramos¹³, Marta Loredo-Martínez¹⁴, Eva Salgado-Pérez¹⁵, Francisca Sivera¹⁶, Ignacio Torre¹⁷, F. Javier Narváez¹⁸, Jose Luis Andreu¹⁹, Olga Martinez²⁰, Ricardo Gómez-de la Torre²¹, Sabela Fernandez-Aguado²², Susana Romero Yuste²³, iñigo Gonzalez-Mazon⁵, Carmen Alvarez Reguera⁵, David Martínez-López⁵, José Luis Hernández⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay²⁴ and Ricardo Blanco²⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ²Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁷Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁰Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹²Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹³Complejo Hospitalario de Soria, Soria, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Santiago de Composte, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario de Elda, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Basurto, Basurto, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Zamora, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijon, Spain, ²³Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Pontevedra, Spain, ²⁴Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ²⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ocular and Neurobehçet's Disease (NBD) are the most severe manifestations of Behcet's disease. NBD can be classified as a) primary neural parenchymal lesions, also…
Abstract Number: 1980 • ACR Convergence 2022
Seroconversion After a Third COVID-19 Vaccination in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with (ultra-)low Dose Rituximab with a Previous Insufficient Humoral Response Is Associated with Rituximab Dosage
Céleste van der Togt¹, David Ten Cate¹, Janette Rahamat-Langendoen², Bart van den Bemt³, Nathan den Broeder⁴ and Alfons den Broeder⁴, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Around 60% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with ≥1000 mg rituximab (RTX) has an insufficient deemed humoral response after two COVID-19 vaccinations. Recent…
Abstract Number: 2129 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Extracellular Matrix Biomarkers Identify Response to Guselkumab in Psoriatic Arthritis; Post-hoc Analysis from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Through 2 Years
Signe Holm Nielsen¹, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen¹, Peder Frederiksen¹, Morten Karsdal¹, May Shawi², Soumya Chakravarty³, Alexa Kollmeier⁴, Warner Chen⁵ and Sheng Gao⁵, ¹Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁴Janssen-Cilag, Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive, joint-degenerative inflammatory disease with cartilage destruction, bone erosion and growth, and synovitis. Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling is also…
Abstract Number: 2259 • ACR Convergence 2022
Complete Resolution of Inflammation on MRI Is Associated with a Better Clinical Response over Time in Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis
valeria Rios-Rodriguez¹, Murat Torgutalp², Christian Althoff³, Hildrun Haibel², Kay-Geert Hermann², Fabian Proft⁴, Mikhail Protopopov⁵, Judith Rademacher⁵, Joachim Sieper² and Denis Poddubnyy⁴, ¹Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and sacroiliac joints (SIJ) are important tools for the diagnosis of axial SpA and the presence of…
Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2021
Depletion of KLRG1+ T Cells in a First-in-human Clinical Trial of ABC008 in Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
Niti Goel¹, Dulce Soler-Ferran², Monette Coutreau², Jorge Escobar³, Kate Courtemanche², Merrilee Needham⁴ and Steven Greenberg⁵, ¹Abcuro, Inc.; Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Abcuro, Inc., Newton, MA, ³Abcuro, Inc., Hayward, CA, ⁴Perron Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Inclusion body myositis (IBM), a relentlessly progressive autoimmune skeletal muscle disease, has no effective available pharmacological therapy. A prominent feature of IBM on microscopy…
Abstract Number: L12 • ACR Convergence 2021
Neither Add-on nor Withdrawal of Methotrexate Impacts Efficacy of IL12/23 Inhibition in Active PsA: Data from a Multicenter Investigator-initiated Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial on Arthritis, Dactylitis, Enthesitis, Psoriasis, QoL and Function
Michaela Koehm¹, Tanja Rossmanith², Ann Christina Foldenauer², Eva Herrmann³, Herbert Kellner⁴, Uta Kiltz⁵, Jürgen Rech⁶, Gerd Burmester⁷, David Kofler⁸, Jan Brandt-Jürgens⁹, Christin Jonetzko¹⁰, Harald Burkhardt¹ and Frank Behrens¹, ¹Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ²Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Institute for Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Praxis Prof. Dr. Kellner, München, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054,, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Germany and DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Köln, Med. Klinik I f. Innere Medizin Immunologische Ambulanz, Köln, Germany, ⁹Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis im Ärztehaus am Walter-Schreiber-Platz, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Fraunhofer Insitute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is often used as first-line DMARD-therapy in active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Randomized clinical trials usually require treatment failure or intolerance of csDMARD/MTX…
Abstract Number: L18 • ACR Convergence 2021
Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to a Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine BNT162b2 in People Receiving Methotrexate or Targeted Immunosuppression: A Cohort Study
Satveer K Mahil¹, Katie Bechman², Antony Raharja¹, Clara Domingo-Vila³, David Baudry¹, Matt Brown², Andrew Cope², Tejus Dasandi¹, Hataf Khan⁴, Thomas Lechmere⁴, Michael Malim⁴, Freya Meynell¹, Emily Pollock³, Kamila Sychowska³, Jonathan Barker¹, Sam Norton⁵, James Galloway², Katie Doores⁴, Timothy Tree³ and Catherine Smith¹, ¹St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, ²Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, ³Department of Immunobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Psychology Department, Institute for Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccines have robust immunogenicity in the general population. Data on individuals with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking immunosuppressants remains limited. Our cohort…
Abstract Number: L19 • ACR Convergence 2021
Secukinumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Randomized, Parallel-group, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase 2 Trial
Nils Venhoff¹, Wolfgang Schmidt², Raoul Bergner³, Jürgen Rech⁴, Leonore Unger⁵, Hans-Peter Tony⁶, Meryl Mendelson⁷, Christian Sieder⁸, Meron Maricos⁸ and Jens Thiel⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vasculitis Center Freiburg, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Lindenberger Weg 19, 13125 Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³Medizinische Klinik A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054,, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medical Department 1, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁶Department of Medicine 2, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Oberduerrbachertstr. 697080, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vasculitis Center Freiburg, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: Little is known about glucocorticoid-sparing agents in giant cell arteritis (GCA) except for IL-6 inhibition. Secukinumab (SEC) has shown significant improvements in the signs…
Abstract Number: 0184 • ACR Convergence 2021
Phase III, Randomized Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes Between Patients with Moderate-to-severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Receiving Adalimumab Reference Product (RP) Continuously versus Those Who Switched Between BI 695501 and Adalimumab RP
Alan Menter¹, Dorothy McCabe², Benjamin Lang³, Jennifer Schaible⁴ and Sravan Kumar Eduru⁵, ¹Baylor Scott & White, Dallas, TX, ²Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, ³Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Boberach, Germany, ⁵(Formerly at) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: BI 695501 is a FDA-approved biosimilar to adalimumab RP (AbbVie), and is approved in seven indications, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis,…

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