Abstracts tagged "Biologics"

Abstract Number: 1815 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Subcutaneous or Intravenous Abatacept Monotherapy in Pediatric Patients with Polyarticular-Course JIA: Results from Two Phase III Trials
Nicolino Ruperto¹, Daniel J. Lovell ², John Bohnsack ³, Johannes Breedt ⁴, Michel Fischbach ⁵, Thomas Lutz ⁶, Kirsten Minden ⁷, Tatiana Miraval ⁸, Mahmood M. T. M. Ally ⁹, Nadina Rubio-Pérez ¹⁰, Elisabeth Gervais ¹¹, Riana van Zyl ¹², Robert Wong ¹³, Marleen Nys ¹⁴, Alberto Martini ¹⁵ and Hermine Brunner ¹⁶, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), Genoa, Italy, ²Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, ⁵Pédiatrie 1, CHU Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France, ⁶Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁷German Rheumatism Research Center and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Clínica San Gabriel, Lima, Peru, ⁹University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, ¹⁰University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹¹CHU de Poitiers, Rheumatology, Poitiers, France, ¹²University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, ¹³Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, ¹⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, ¹⁵IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, ¹⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: In EU, abatacept (ABA) with MTX is approved in patients (pts) with polyarticular-course JIA (pJIA), as young as 2 years (SC) and 6 years…
Abstract Number: 2708 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Immunogenicity on Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous or Intravenous Abatacept in Pediatric Patients with Polyarticular-Course JIA: Findings from Two Phase III Trials
Hermine Brunner¹, Nikolay Tzaribachev ², Ingrid Louw ³, Alberto Berman ⁴, Inmaculada Calvo Penadés ⁵, Jordi Antón ⁶, Francisco Ávila-Zapata ⁷, Rubèn J Cuttica ⁸, Gerd Horneff ⁹, Robert Wong ¹⁰, Mehmooda Shaikh ¹¹, Johanna Mora ¹¹, Marleen Nys ¹², Daniel J. Lovell ¹³, Alberto Martini ¹⁴ and Nicolino Ruperto ¹⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Pediatric Rheumatology Research Institute, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ³Panorama Medical Centre, Parow, South Africa, ⁴Universidad Nacional de Tucuman and Centro Médico Privado de Reumatología, Tucuman, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Univ. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Star Medica Hospital, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, ⁸Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ¹⁰Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, ¹¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine L’Alleud, Belgium, ¹³Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ¹⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with polyarticular-course JIA (pJIA) may develop anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) in response to biologics.1 Presence of ADAs has been associated with treatment (tmt)…
Abstract Number: 259 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Describing Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs in Newly Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis Patients by Physician Specialty
Joseph Tkacz ¹, Ervant Maksabedian², Philip Chan ¹, Brendan Limone ¹, Alexis Ogdie ³, Elaine Karis ⁴ and Bradley Stolshek ², ¹IBM Watson, Bethesda, MD, ²Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: The clinical heterogeneity of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presents a variety of diagnostic and treatment challenges, which may be reflected in the way different health…
Abstract Number: 1818 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Continuing versus Withdrawing Ixekizumab in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Who Achieved Sustained Minimal Disease Activity: Results from the SPIRIT-P3 Study
Laura Coates¹, Sreekumar Pillai ², Lu Zhang ², David Adams ², Lisa Kerr ², Maja Hojnik ², Gaia Gallo ², Ivo Valter ³, Hasan Tahir ⁴, Vinod Chandran ⁵, Philip Mease ⁶ and Arthur Kavanaugh ⁷, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ³Center for Clinical and Basic Research, Tallinn, Estonia, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that may lead to serious disability if not appropriately treated. Data on the effect of treatment…
Abstract Number: 2711 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Utilization of Biologic Treatments in Oligoarticular and Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Daniah Basodan¹, Kathleen M Andersen ², Xintong Li ³, Jeffrey Curtis ⁴ and G. Caleb Alexander ⁵, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: In recent years, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treatment options have expanded to include biologics such as tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) and non-TNF inhibitors…
Abstract Number: 526 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Factors Influencing Discontinuation in Long-term RA Treatment
Madison Grinnell¹, Sofia Pedro ² and Kaleb Michaud ³, ¹University of Nebraska College of Medicine, OMAHA, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: While medication persistence can act as a substitute metric for effectiveness, few studies have examined real-world patterns of bDMARD persistence by line of treatment…
Abstract Number: 1836 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis with Polymyalgia Symptoms Only vs Cranial Symptoms Only Treated with Tocilizumab or Placebo in a Randomized Clinical Trial
Robert Spiera¹, Sebastian Unizony ², Min Bao ³, Yves Luder ⁴, Páris Sidiropoulos ³, Jian Han ³, Jinglan Pei ³ and John Stone ², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: GiACTA, a randomized, double-blind, placebo (PBO)–controlled study, demonstrated the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA).1 Growing evidence…
Abstract Number: 2881 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Dual Neutralization of IL-17A and IL-17F with Bimekizumab in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Disease Activity and Remission in a 48-Week Phase 2b, Randomized, Double‑Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study
Philip Mease¹, Laure Gossec ², Laura Coates ³, Alice B. Gottlieb ⁴, Deepak Assudani ⁵, Barbara Ink ⁵, Jason Coarse ⁶, Oscar Irvin-Sellers ⁵ and Dafna Gladman ⁷, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St Joseph Health, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ³University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, USA, Raleigh, NC, ⁷Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The ultimate goal of therapy in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is clinical remission, defined as ‘the absence of clinical and laboratory evidence of…
Abstract Number: 849 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Risk of Malignancies Associated with Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis of a National Claim Database
Raphaèle Seror¹, Alexandre Lafourcade ², yann De Rycke ², Bruno Fautrel ³, Xavier Mariette ⁴ and Florence Tubach ⁵, ¹Université Paris Sud, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, AP-HP, INSERM UMR 1184, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ²Biostatistics, Public Health and Medical Information department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Sorbonne University, UPMC university, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Center for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Université Paris Sud, INSERM, Paris, France, ⁵Pitié Salpétrière University-Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Our objectives were to estimate and compare the incidence rate of malignancies between biologic and csDMARD-treated RA patients.Methods: We conducted an historical cohort study…
Abstract Number: 2097 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Tuberculin Skin Test and Quantiferon®-TB Gold In-Tube Test for Latent Tuberculosis Before Biologic Treatments: Lower Agreement Rate in Spondyloarthropathies Compared to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ufuk İlgen¹, Sezin Turan ¹, Hakan Emmungil ¹, Alper Sarı ², Abdulsamet Erden ², Levent Kilic ³, Ömer Karadağ ², Sedat Kiraz ³, Ali İhsan Ertenli ⁴, Orhan Küçükşahin ⁵, Şükran Erten ⁶, Zeynel Abidin Akar ⁷, Burak Öz ⁷, Süleyman Serdar Koca ⁸, Cemal Bes ⁹, Nilufer Alpay-Kanitez ¹⁰, Emre Tekgöz ¹¹, Seda Çolak ¹¹, Muhammet Çınar ¹¹, Sedat Yılmaz ¹¹, Veli Yazısız ¹², Mustafa Ender Terzioğlu ¹², Ayşe Bahar Keleşoğlu Dinçer ¹³, Aşkın Ateş ¹³, Rıdvan Mercan ¹⁴, Onay Gercik ¹⁵, Servet Akar ¹⁶, Mehmet Pamir Atagündüz ¹⁷, Gezmiş Kimyon ¹⁸, Emel Gönüllü ¹⁹, Emine Duygu Ersözlü ²⁰, Müge Aydın Tufan ²¹, Burcu Yağız ²², Belkıs Nihan Coşkun ²³, Yavuz Pehlivan ²², Ediz Dalkılıç ²² and Umut Kalyoncu ²⁴, ¹Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey, ²Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, ³Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Hacettepe University Vasculitis Centre, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Liv Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁷Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey, ⁸Fırat University School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Elazığ, Turkey, ⁹University of Medical Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Koc University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹¹University of Medical Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, ¹²Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, ¹³Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁴Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey, ¹⁵Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ¹⁶Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, İzmir, Turkey, ¹⁷Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹⁸Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey, ¹⁹Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey, ²⁰Adana State Hospital, Adana, Turkey, ²¹Başkent University, Adana, Turkey, ²²Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey, ²³Uludağ University, Bursa, ²⁴Hacettepe University Department of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Screening for and the treatment of latent tuberculosis is recommended in patients with inflammatory arthritides prior to biologic treatments, particularly the TNF inhibitors. The…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Frequency, Severity and Costs of Flares Increase with Disease Severity in Newly Diagnosed Systematic Lupus Erythematous: A Real-World Cohort Study, United States, 2004–2015
Miao Jiang ¹, Barnabas Desta ¹, Aimee Near ², Xia Wang ¹ and Edward Hammond¹, ¹AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²IQVIA, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: We evaluated the real-world frequency and severity of flares and associated costs 1 year post diagnosis in a US cohort with newly diagnosed SLE.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2253 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparing Patient and Provider Perspectives on Long Term Biologic Use and Tapering in Stable, Well-Controlled Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patrick Webster¹, Nicole Wilson ², Christina Payne ¹, Kelly Shields ³ and Tarun Sharma ¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine Institute Research, Bioinformatics, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Highmark Data Science, Pittsburgh
Background/Purpose: The 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and 2013 European League Against Rheumatology (EULAR) guidelines for management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) conditionally recommend consideration…
Abstract Number: 937 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Dual Neutralization of IL-17A and IL-17F with Bimekizumab in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: 48-Week Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 2b, Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study
Désirée van der Heijde¹, Lianne Gensler ², Atul Deodhar ³, Xenofon Baraliakos ⁴, Denis Poddubnyy ⁵, Alan Kivitz ⁶, Marga Oortgiesen ⁷, Dominique Baeten ⁸, Nadine Goldammer ⁹, Jason Coarse ⁷, MK Farmer ⁷ and Maxime Dougados ¹⁰, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²University San Francisco California, San Francisco, CA, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet-Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁵Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁷UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, USA, Raleigh, NC, ⁸UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Brussels, ⁹UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, Monheim, Germany, ¹⁰Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The monoclonal antibody bimekizumab potently and selectively neutralizes both IL-17A and IL-17F. We report the 48-week efficacy and safety of bimekizumab in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 2340 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease and Airway Disease Complicated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takeshi Shoda¹, Tohru Takeuchi ², Takuya Kotani ², Koji Nagai ², Kennichiro Hata ², Shigeki Makino ² and Shigeki Arawaka ², ¹Yodogawa christian hospital / Osaka medical college, Osaka, Japan, ²Osaka medical college, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) complicated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is detected in 27 to 67% of patients on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), and airway…
Abstract Number: 1381 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
High Serum IgA and High Proportion of Activated Th17 and Activated Treg Cells Are Predictive Biomarkers for Remission Achievement with Abatacept in Patients with Early, Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jun Inamo¹, Yuko Kaneko ², Jun Kikuchi ³ and Tsutomu Takeuchi ⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABT) is a soluble fusion protein, which links cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 to the modified Fc portion of IgG1. Seropositivity and a shorter…

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