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Abstracts tagged "C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukins (IL)"

  • Abstract Number: 1521 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019

    Ixekizumab Is Effective in the Treatment of Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Regardless of the Level of C-Reactive Protein or Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scores

    Walter P. Maksymowych1, Gaia Gallo 2, Rebecca Bolce 3, Fangyi Zhao 2, Vladimir Geneus 3, Mikkel Østergaard 4, Kurisu Tada 5, Atul Deodhar 6 and Lianne Gensler 7, 1University of Alberta/CARE ARTHRITIS, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, 3Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, 4Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 6Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 7University San Francisco California, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: IL-17 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). Elevated CRP levels in serum predict response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi).1-4…

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