Abstracts tagged "Biologicals"

Abstract Number: 1428 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Matthew J. Koster¹, Kenneth Warrington¹, Jian Han² and Shalini V. Mohan², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has been proven to be safe and effective for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in 2 randomized controlled trials; however,…
Abstract Number: 1827 • ACR Convergence 2020
Flare Reduction and Oral Corticosteroid Taper in Patients with Active SLE Treated with Anifrolumab in 2 Phase 3 Trials
Richard Furie¹, Eric Morand², Anca Askanase³, Ed Vital⁴, Joan Merrill⁵, Rubana Kalyani⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷, Lilia Pineda⁶ and Raj Tummala⁶, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, ²Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, ⁴University of Leeds; NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Objectives of long-term SLE management are not only to reduce disease activity, but also to prevent flares and minimize exposure to oral corticosteroids (OCS),…
Abstract Number: 0058 • ACR Convergence 2020
Drug Retention and Discontinuation of Biological DMARDs and Novel Small Molecules: Data from the Singapore National Biologics Registry
Li Wearn Koh¹, Man Hua Aw², Preeti Dhanasekaran³, Rosa Lim Mui San¹, Stephanie Wong⁴, Xanthe Chua⁵, Wei Joo Choy¹, Manjari Lahiri⁶ and Siaw Ing Yeo², ¹Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Clinical Research and Innovation Office, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁶National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: To describe drug retention rate and reasons for discontinuation of biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs ( bDMARD) and novel small molecules in patients from…
Abstract Number: 0232 • ACR Convergence 2020
Safety and Effectiveness of Tocilizumab in Patients with Renal Insufficiency in the Non-interventional Study ICHIBAN
Christof Specker¹, Martin Aringer², Gerd Burmester³, Johannes Gerlach⁴, Michael Hofmann⁵, Herbert Kellner⁶, Frank Moosig⁷, Hans-Peter Tony⁸ and Gerhard Fliedner⁹, ¹Clinic Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Medicine III, University Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ³Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany, ⁵Chugai, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology and Gastroenterology Specialty Practice, Munich, Germany, ⁷Rheumatology Center Schleswig-Holstein Middle, Neumünster, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Practice, Onsabrück, Germany
Background/Purpose: RA increases a patient’s systemic inflammatory burden, which has been associated with development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in patients with comorbid hypertension,…
Abstract Number: 0359 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Characteristics of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Physician-Identified Spondylitis, According to HLA-B27 Status: An Analysis from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry
Philip Mease¹, Soumya Chakravarty², Robert McLean³, Taylor Blachley³, Toana Kawashima⁴, Iris Lin⁵, Jonathan Uy⁶, Arthur Kavanaugh⁷ and Alexis Ogdie⁸, ¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ²Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴Corrona, LLC, Waltham, ⁵Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Horsham, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, ⁷UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, ⁸Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Axial disease in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been reported to occur in anywhere from 25% to 75% of PsA patients (pts). It can be…
Abstract Number: 0556 • ACR Convergence 2020
Recent Use, Missed Doses and Discontinuation of Infliximab in New-users: Comparisons of Biosimilar and Originator Exposures
Cristiano Moura¹, Jeffrey R Curtis², Denis Choquette³, Gilles Boire⁴, Vivian Bykerk⁵, Carter Thorne⁶, Walter Maksymowych⁷, Peter Lakatos¹, Larry Svenson⁸, Laura Targownik⁵, Waqqas Afif¹ and Sasha Bernatsky⁹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, ⁴Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Ontario Rheumatology Association, Aurora, Canada, ⁷University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ⁹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Biosimilar infliximab offers a potentially lower‐cost treatment option compared to its bio‐originator. However, uptake of biosimilars in general in North America has been slow.…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Electronic Drug Monitoring Feedback in Order to Increase Adherence in RA Patients Starting with a Biological DMARD
Renske Hebing¹, Wouter Bos¹, Mike Nurmohamed² and Bart van den Bemt³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Medication non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with disease flares, increased disability and increased costs. Electronic Monitoring Feedback (EMF) to improve adherence has…
Abstract Number: 0849 • ACR Convergence 2020
Herpes Zoster Events with Anifrolumab in Patients with Active SLE: An Integrated Analysis of Phase 2 and Phase 3 Trials
Joan Merrill¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Richard Furie³, Kevin Winthrop⁴, Patricia Primakov⁵, Lilia Pineda⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷ and Raj Tummala⁶, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ²School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In the phase 2 MUSE and phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, treatment with anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody to the type I interferon receptor,…
Abstract Number: 0909 • ACR Convergence 2020
Residual Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Treated with Secukinumab and Adalimumab Who Achieved Remission or Low Disease Activity: Results from a Phase 3b, Randomized, Double-blinded, Active-controlled, Head-to-head Study
Iain McInnes¹, Philip Mease², Dafna Gladman³, Laura Coates⁴, Peter Nash⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶, Frank Behrens⁷, Philippe Goupille⁸, Arthur Kavanaugh⁹, Ruvie Martin¹⁰, Erhard Quebe-Fehling¹¹ and Corine Gaillez¹¹, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵School of Medicine Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷CIRI/Rheumatology & Fraunhofer IME, Research Division Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, ⁸CHU Tours, department of rheumatology, Tours, France, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, University of California San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA, ¹⁰Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Recent EULAR recommendations propose that treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) should seek remission (REM) or alternatively low disease activity (LDA) by regular disease activity…
Abstract Number: 1335 • ACR Convergence 2020
Smoking, but Not Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Predicts Residual Functional Disability in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis on Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: Results from the Singapore National Biologics Register
Dominic Seet¹, Li Wearn Koh², Preeti Dhanasekaran³, Man Hua Aw⁴, Rosa Lim Mui San², Siaw Ing Yeo⁴ and Manjari Lahiri¹, ¹National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) initiating biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD) who use complementary and…
Abstract Number: 1429 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Evaluation of Real World Use of Biologics in Rare Systemic Vasculitides During Routine Clinical Care in the US
Kathryn Starzyk¹, Kimberly Milberg¹, Ashish Deshpande¹ and Gary Curhan¹, ¹OM1, Inc, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The mainstay of treatment for vasculitis has been corticosteroids and other cytotoxic and immunosuppressive medications (e.g., cyclophosphamide, methotrexate) to promptly achieve and maintain remission.…
Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comprehensive Efficacy of Anifrolumab Across Organ Domains in Patients with Active SLE: Pooled Data from 2 Phase 3 Trials
Eric Morand¹, Richard Furie², Ian Bruce³, Ed Vital⁴, Maria Dall'Era⁵, Emmanuelle Maho⁶, Lilia Pineda⁷ and Raj Tummala⁷, ¹Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, ³Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Leeds; NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg
Background/Purpose: SLE is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with clinical manifestations across multiple organ systems. In the phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, anifrolumab treatment resulted…

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