Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 2234 • ACR Convergence 2022
Obesity, Adipokines, and Chronic and Persistent Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Kristin Wipfler², Marianna Olave³, Sofia Pedro⁴, Patricia Katz⁵ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁵UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Obesity has been linked to chronic pain and pain sensitization in the general population and among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The mechanism by…
Abstract Number: 0027 • ACR Convergence 2022
Associations of Serum C3f with Selected Biomarkers and Radiographic and Clinical Features of Knee Osteoarthritis
Yulia Liem¹, Andrew Judge¹, Khadija Ourradi¹, Dominique de Seny², Yunfei Li¹ and Mohammed Sharif¹, ¹University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Background/Purpose: C3 complement fragment (C3f) has been identified as a potential biomarker for evaluating osteoarthritis (OA). C3f is released during the catabolic degradation of C3b…
Abstract Number: 0304 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Switched Treatment from Adalimumab to Upadacitinib Demonstrate a Robust Reduction of Inflammation-related Biomarkers: Proteomics Analysis from the SELECT-COMPARE Phase 3 Study
Thierry Sornasse¹, Fang Cai², Heidi Camp³, In-Ho Song⁴ and Iain B McInnes⁵, ¹AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA, ²AbbVie, Redwood City, CA, ³Abbvie, Winnetka, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib 15 mg QD (UPA), an oral JAK inhibitor, showed greater efficacy compared to adalimumab (ADA) in patients (pts) with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 0540 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Traditional Laboratory Markers as Predictors of Renal Flares: A Post-hoc Analysis of Four Phase III Clinical Trials of SLE
Sandra Jägerback¹, Alvaro Gomez¹ and Ioannis Parodis², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), renal involvement is associated with high morbidity, and renal flare is a major contributing factor to poor…
Abstract Number: 0659 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comprehensive Proteomic Screen of Murine Lupus Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Uncovers Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets
Joshua Reynolds¹, Chandra Mohan², Yaxi Li² and Chaim Putterman¹, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²University of Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Up to 50% of SLE patients experience neuropsychiatric involvement (neuropsychiatric lupus, or NPLSE) through an unknown mechanism. Diagnosis currently relies on clinical criteria and…
Abstract Number: 0975 • ACR Convergence 2022
Modulation of T, B, and Innate Cell-Associated Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers in a Phase 3 Trial of Anifrolumab in Moderate to Severe SLE
Paul Newcombe¹, Richard A. Furie², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Wendy White⁴, Dominic Sinibaldi⁴, Philip Brohawn⁴, Mark Lazarus¹, Nicola Ferrari¹, Raj Tummala⁴, Hussein Al-Mossawi¹, Andre Nogueria da Costa⁵, Daniel Muthas⁵ and Madhu Ramaswamy⁴, ¹AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: SLE has been associated with expression of type I IFN gene signatures (IFNGS).1 Anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody binding IFN receptor subunit 1, inhibits downstream…
Abstract Number: 1221 • ACR Convergence 2022
Multi-Center Validation of Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products and a Multianalyte Assay Panel Distinguishing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus from Primary Fibromyalgia
Mark Rudolph¹, Scott Rey¹, Alan Kivitz², Stuart Silverman³, Roland Staud⁴ and Roberta Alexander¹, ¹Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Background/Purpose: A 2016 article in Lupus Science & Medicine (Wallace et al. 2016) described the ability of cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) on their own--…
Abstract Number: 1487 • ACR Convergence 2022
Differentiation of Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting Interleukin (IL)-23
James Krueger¹, Kilian Eyerich², Dennis McGonagle³, Carrie Greving⁴, Kacey Sachen⁴, Deepa Hammaker⁴, Phuc Bao⁴, Eilyn Lacy⁴, M. Merle Elloso⁵, Yevgeniya Orlovsky⁵, Iain B McInnes⁶ and Anne Fourie⁷, ¹The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ²Technical University, Munich, Germany / Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, ⁵Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁶Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Clinically relevant differences between therapeutic antibodies against the same target may relate to their unique molecular attributes. Differences in therapeutic profiles across the domains…
Abstract Number: 1655 • ACR Convergence 2022
Belimumab Disrupts Memory B-Cell Trafficking in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Eline J. Arends¹, Mihaela Zlei², Christopher M. Tipton³, Jasna Cotic⁴, Zgjim Osmani¹, Fenna J. De Bie², Sylvia W.A. Kamerling¹, Andre Van Maurik⁵, Richard Dimelow⁶, Yun Irene Gregan⁷, Norma Lynn Fox⁸, Ton J. Rabelink¹, David A. Roth⁹, Iñaki Sanz¹⁰, Jacques J.M. Van Dongen², Cees Van Kooten¹ and Onno Teng¹¹, ¹Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Biomarker Group, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Science Immunology, Collegeville, PA, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Development *At time of study, Collegeville, PA, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Research and Development, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁰Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL), a recombinant human monoclonal antibody directed against B-cell activating factor (BAFF), is the first approved biological agent for patients (pts) with active…
Abstract Number: 1898 • ACR Convergence 2022
Radiographic Osteoarthritis Progression Can Be Predicted via Pyrosequencing Analysis of Baseline Peripheral Blood
Chris Dunn¹, Cassandra Velasco², Leoni Schlupp³, Emmaline Prinz³, Vladislav Izda⁴, Liubov Arbeeva⁵, Yvonne Golightly⁶, Amanda Nelson⁶ and Matlock Jeffries³, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, New York, NY, ⁵University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by a variety of clinical and molecular phenotypes. However, we do not yet have robust biomarkers…
Abstract Number: 2099 • ACR Convergence 2022
Drug Repurposing for Treating Lupus Nephritis Based on Transcriptome Profiling and Autoimmunity-Related Serological Markers
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom¹, Daniel Toro-Domínguez², Elena Carnero-Montoro², Maria Orietta Borghi³, Jessica Castillo⁴, Yvonne Enman⁵, Chandra Mohan⁴, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme² and Guillermo Barturen², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ³Università degli Studi di Milano and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano, Italy, ⁴University of Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Sundbyberg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: LN is one of the most severe organ manifestations of SLE and constitutes an important cause of morbidity and death among patients with SLE…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2022
Higher Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels Are Predictive of Incident Interstitial Lung Disease Among a Cohort of US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brent Luedders¹, Dana Ascherman², Joshua Baker³, Michael Duryee¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul⁴, Katherine Wysham⁵, Paul Monach⁶, Andreas Reimold⁷, Gail Kerr⁸, Gary Kunkel⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Jill Poole¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted Mikuls¹¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) degrade extracellular matrix and have been implicated to play a role in a number of fibrotic processes. Specifically, MMPs have been…
Abstract Number: 0029 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterizing the Anti-fibrotic Effect of Tofacitinib in TGF-β Stimulated Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Patients with OA
Sofie Falkenløve Madsen¹, Sarah Madsen², Elle Hollaar³, Thorbjørn Gantzel⁴, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³ and Christian Thudium³, ¹University of Copenhagen / Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Many osteoarthritis (OA) patients develop fibrosis of the synovial membrane leading to joint swelling, stiffness, and pain. Synovial fibroblasts activated in the synovial membrane…
Abstract Number: 0310 • ACR Convergence 2022
Higher Baseline Circulating CD4+CXCR5+PD-1hi Follicular Helper T Cells Predict Therapeutic Efficacy of Abatacept in Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
TING WANG, Natalia V. Giltiay, Christian Lood and Bobby Kwanghoon Han, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Activation of T cells plays a key role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is characterized by inflammation of the synovial tissue…
Abstract Number: 0548 • ACR Convergence 2022
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Small Fiber Neuropathy, and Systemic Inflammation: Are They Related?
Elizabeth Bettini, Carolyn Ramwell, Sangeeta Sule and Jeffery Moak, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a dysautonomia associated with chronic autonomic and neuropathic symptoms, including pain in multiple body regions, paresthesia, fatigue, brain…

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