Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Clinical, Histological and Biomarker Response After Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Danielle Egypto¹, Edgard Reis Neto², Guilherme Carlesso³, Luis Andrade⁴, Luiz Moura³, Debora Calderaro⁵ and Emília Sato⁶, and Emília Inoue Sato; Edgar Torres dos Reis Neto., ¹Federal University of Paraiba, JOÃO PESSOA, Paraiba, Brazil, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁵Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, ⁶Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Background/Purpose: LN occurrs in 50 to 75 percent of SLE patients and is associated with a significant morbimortality. LN presents distinct severity, with frequent flares…
Abstract Number: 0738 • ACR Convergence 2024
Quantitative Vascular US Has Additional Diagnostic and Prognostic Value in GCA
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Sharon Cowley², Emma Finlay³, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy⁴ and David Kane⁵, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, DUBLIN, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Vascular Ultrasound (VUS) performs well in diagnosing Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) but its role in monitoring disease activity and in predicting outcomes is unknown…
Abstract Number: 0871 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease-associated Central Nervous System Activation Predicts Good Clinical Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – “The PreCePRA Study”
Juergen Rech¹, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hess², Koray Tascilar¹, Dr. Hannah Schenker³, verena schönau¹, Marina Sergeeva², Jutta Prade², Silke Kreitz², Mageshva Sulvakumar², Laura Konerth², Sandra Strobelt², Matthias Englbrecht⁴, Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Hueber⁵, Eugen Feist⁶, Prof. Dr. Mario Zaiss¹, Gerd Burmester⁷, Frank Behrens⁸, Dr. Michaela Koehm⁹, Prof. Dr. Christoph Baerwald¹⁰, Dr. Stephanie Finzel¹¹, Dr. Arnd Kleyer¹², Prof. Dr. Reinhard Voll¹¹, Dr. Julie Roesch¹³, Prof. Dr. Arnd Doerfler¹³, Prof. Dr. Nemanja Damjanov¹⁴, Prof. José António P. Da Silva¹⁵ and Georg Schett¹⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Institute for Experimental Pharmacology FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 1 - Gastroenterology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, + Rheumatologie, Klinik für Innere Medizin 5, Klinikum Nürnberg Nord, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Str. 1, 90419, Nürnberg, Deutschland, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Gommern, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁹Goethe-University & Fraunhofer ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ¹⁰Medizinische Klinik III - Bereich Rheumatologie, Liebigstraße 20, 04103 Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ¹¹Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Hugstetterstraße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Med. Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie Berlin, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Department of Neuroradiology, Friedrich - Alexander - Universitaet Erlangen - Nuernberg and Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen , Erlangen , Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Belgrade University School of Medicine, Institute Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹⁵Head of Department Reumatologia. Hospitais da Universidade (SRHUC), Coimbra, Portugal, ¹⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an chronic inflammatory disease that is frequently treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). Little is known about predictors of…
Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Single and Multiple Ascending Doses of AMG 329, a Monoclonal Antibody, in Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Mediated Rheumatic Diseases
Alan Kivitz¹, Stanley Cohen², Annie Lau-Kilby³, Yajing Sun³, Jiayin Huang³, Atasi Jana³, Susie Kim³, Yanping Wu³, Quinnie Yang³ and Lin Zhao³, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, dallas, TX, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: AMG 329 (formerly HZN-1116), a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), binds to soluble and membrane-bound human feline McDonough sarcoma (FMS)-like tyrosine kinase 3 receptor ligand…
Abstract Number: 1359 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jessica Roldan Ortega¹, Francisco Castillo-Castellon², Evelyn Aranda Cano³, Luz Angelica Viruel-Mejia⁴, Itzel Palafox Sosa⁵, David Vera Bustamante⁶, Fausto Sánchez Muñoz², ⁠Yaneli Juárez-Vicuña⁷, Luis H. Silveira Torre⁸ and Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez⁹, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Departement at National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez - Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico, ⁵Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Inmunología, Investigador en Ciencias Médicas C, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Department of Rheumatology , Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology Department - National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in RA patients [Gravallese EM, Firestein GS. N Engl J Med. 2023;388:529-42]. However, risk calculation has…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Urinary Biomarker Panel to Predict the Probability of Histologically Active Lupus Nephritis
Andrea Fava¹, Andrew Concoff², Tyler O'Malley³, Sepehr Taghavi⁴, Touba Warsi⁴, Sudha Kumar⁴, Christine Schleif⁴ and Michelle Petri⁵, ¹Divison of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Exagen, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ³Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁴Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Achieving an NIH Activity Index of < 2 upon treatment is associated with less LN flare and thus better long-term kidney survival. Here, we…
Abstract Number: 1849 • ACR Convergence 2024
Selective Targeting of One-Carbon Metabolism to Combat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Theodora Manolakou¹, Sanjaykumar Boddul¹, George Sentis², Michail Angelos Panagias¹, Martina Samiotaki³, Dionysis Nikolopoulos¹, Ana Slipicevic¹, Kumar Sanjiv¹, Martin Henriksson¹, Oliver Mortusewicz¹, Aikaterini Chatzidionysiou¹, Per-Johan Jakobsson¹ and Thomas Helleday¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Biomedical Reseearch Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Rapidly proliferating cells fuel their increased nucleotide demand by boosting one-carbon metabolism, associated with the survival of pathogenic proliferative cells and the release of…
Abstract Number: 2233 • ACR Convergence 2024
Maximizing Diagnostic Sensitivity: Combined Anti-RA33, Anti-CarP, and Anti-PAD4 Autoantibodies in Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrew Concoff¹, Touba Warsi², Sepehr Taghavi², Sudha Kumar², Abigail Patalinghug², Christine Schleif², Brittany Partain³, Joseph Ahearn⁴, Susan Manzi⁵, Michael Mahler⁶, Veena Joy⁷ and Tyler O'Malley⁸, ¹Exagen, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ²Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ³Exagen, Boston, MA, ⁴Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ⁵Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Werfen, San Diego, CA, ⁷ThermoFisher, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Exagen, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose: Studies have found autoantibodies (Ab) directed against heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (anti-RA33), peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (anti-PAD4) and carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP) each have diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Cytometric Interferon Signature and Clinical Response in a Cohort of Anifrolumab-treated Patients with Lupus
Alice Horisberger¹, Katharina Shaw², Eilish Dillon³, Kathryne Marks⁴, Rochelle Castillo⁵, Ifeoluwakiisi Adejorin⁶, Kimberly Hashemi⁴, Karen Costenbader⁷, Avery LaChance⁸, Ruth Ann Vleugels⁵ and Deepak Rao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Merion Station, PA, ³University of Massachusetts Boston, Yarmouth, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA
Background/Purpose: Anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting type I interferon (IFN-I) receptor subunit 1, was recently approved for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and…
Abstract Number: 2630 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Molecular Biomarkers for Sjögren’s Disease Stratification via a Deep Learning Foundation Model Dedicated to Immune-Mediated and Inflammatory Disease
Aygalic Jara-Mikolajczak¹, Zachary Abessera¹, Martin Rethoret-Pasty¹, Elisa Mazuir¹, Apolline Bruley¹, Wan Fai Ng², Marta Alarcon-Riquelme³, Michele Bombardieri⁴, Simon Bowman⁵, Elena Pontarini⁶, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg⁷, Xavier Mariette⁸, Laurence LAIGLE⁹, Julien Duquesne¹, Philippe Moigeon¹⁰ and Vincent Bouget¹¹, and NECESSITY Consortium, ¹Scienta Lab, Paris, France, ²Department of Rheumatology, Newcastle University, & HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Fundación Progreso y Salud, Andalusian Government, Granada, Spain, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ⁸Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ⁹Servier Laboratories, France, SURESNES, France, ¹⁰Servier Laboratories, France, Gif sur Yvette, France, ¹¹Scienta Lab, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) exhibits heterogeneity in clinical manifestations and underlying biology. This heterogeneity complicates drug development, with no targeted therapy approved to date. Identifying…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Long-term Radiographic Changes in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Using Quantitative Imaging Analysis: Real World Experience from a Single Center Longitudinal Cohort
Sangmee Bae¹, Daniela Macrovic², Auguestine Chung², Jessica Channick², Andrea Oh¹, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian², Tiffany De Leon², Yuna Lee², Grace Kim², Donald Tashkin², Jonathan Goldin² and christina Charles-Schoeman³, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a key modality…
Abstract Number: 0493 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Algorithm Pipeline for Automated Metrical Analysis of Joint Swelling in Rheumatoid Arthritis via Smartphone Hand Photographs
Cinja Koller¹, Marc Blanchard², Jules Maglione³, Patrick Hermann⁴ and Thomas Huegle³, ¹Doctoral School, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Genève, Vaud, Switzerland, ²CHUV - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, Perroy, Switzerland, ³Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Advancement in technology has fostered Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), but it is mainly subjectively measured by patient reported outcomes or non-specifically via wearable data.…
Abstract Number: 0638 • ACR Convergence 2024
Soluble TNF RII in Lupus Nephritis as a Biomarker of Disease Activity and Treatment Response
Ranjan Gupta¹, Sonam Rajput², Jayanth Kumar² and Dipendra K Mitra², ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, New Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) affects almost 60-70% patients of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Conventional markers of renal involvement i.e. proteinuria and renal biopsy have limitations…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2024
Serum Markers of Disease Activity in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², seoidin McKittrick³, Robert Harrington⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: A significant unmet need in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the lack of a disease specific serum biomarker for diagnosis, and monitoring of disease activity.…
Abstract Number: 0883 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Study of 62 Circulating Soluble Factors Is Able to Predict the Lack of Response to MTX Treatment in Recently Diagnosed DMARD Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis Smoker and Non-Smoker Patients
Jorge Monserrat¹, Cristina Bohorquez², Ana Maria Gómez³, Elena Rabadán Rubio⁴, Raquel Sánchez³, Atusa Movasat⁵, Lucia Ruiz⁴, Fernando Albarran Hernandez⁶, Miguel Ángel Ortega¹, Ana Perez⁶ and Melchor Alvarez-Mon⁷, ¹Universidad de Alcalá. IRYCIS, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá De Henares, Madrid, Spain, ³Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Universidad de Alcalá. HUPA. IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain

Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a highly inflammatory severe chronic autoimmune disorder with an inadequate activation of the immune cells. These cells are responsible for…

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