Abstracts tagged "clinical trial"

Abstract Number: 0665 • ACR Convergence 2025
Infusion-Related Reactions (IRRs) and Hematologic Events Associated With Obinutuzumab in Lupus Nephritis: A Secondary Analysis of a Phase III Trial
Richard Furie¹, Teresa Baczkowska², Amit Saxena³, Imran Hassan⁴, Bongin Yoo⁵, Ben Lanza⁶, Himanshi Sehgal⁷, Frederic Boissard⁷, Jay Garg⁵, Thomas Schindler⁷, Elsa Martins⁷, William Pendergraft⁵ and Brad Rovin⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Department of Transplantation Medicine, Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁶Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁷F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The REGENCY (NCT04221477) trial demonstrated superior efficacy of obinutuzumab and standard therapy (OBI+ST) over placebo and ST (PBO+ST) in patients (pts) with active lupus…
Abstract Number: 0564 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improvements in Patient Reported Outcomes Through 24 Weeks of Guselkumab Treatment in Participants with Active Psoriatic Arthritis and Inadequate Response and/or Intolerance to One Prior Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor
Alice Gottlieb¹, Joseph F Merola², Philip J. Mease³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Jose U. Scher⁵, Kimberly Parnell Lafferty⁶, Daphne Chan⁷, Soumya Chakravarty⁸, Wayne Langholff⁹, Yanli Wang⁹, Olivia Choi, MD, PhD, FAAD⁷, Yevgeniy Krol¹⁰ and Alexis Ogdie¹¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johnson & Johnson, Dermatology, Horsham, PA, ⁷Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Horsham, PA, ⁸Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA; Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Villanova, PA, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Biostatistics, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a fully human IL-23p19-subunit inhibitor, has demonstrated efficacy in significantly improving psoriatic arthritis (PsA) signs and symptoms in participants (pts) with active…
Abstract Number: 0523 • ACR Convergence 2025
SPECTREM: Guselkumab Significantly Improves Patient Reported Outcomes at Week 16 in Participants with Low Body Surface Area, Moderate Psoriasis with Special Sites Involvement
Jennifer Soung¹, Virginie Kelly², Marni Wiseman³, Adrian Rodriguez⁴, Theodore Alkousakis⁵, Olivia Choi⁵, Daphne Chan⁵, Katelyn Rowland⁵, Linda Hou⁶, Jenny Jeyarajah⁷, Nastaran Abbarin⁸, Elizabeth Skobelev⁵, Sancharitha Ramji⁵, James Krell⁹, Max Sauder¹⁰ and David Adam¹¹, ¹Southern California Dermatology, Inc, Santa Ana, CA, USA, Santa Ana, ²Saint-Louis Medical Clinic, Quebec, Canada, Quebec, Canada, ³SkinWise Dermatology, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba, Canada, ⁴Nashville Skin Comprehensive Dermatology Center, Nashville, TN, USA, Nashville, TN, ⁵Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Horsham, PA, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, Horsham, ⁷Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA, Horsham, ⁸Janssen Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ⁹Total Skin & Beauty Dermatology Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, ¹⁰Probity Medical Research, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ¹¹CCA Medical Research, ON, Canada, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Even low body surface area (BSA) psoriasis can be extremely bothersome to patients and can have a significant impact on their lives just as…
Abstract Number: 0364 • ACR Convergence 2025
Group-Based Medical Mistrust and Logistical Factors Influencing Rheumatology Clinical Trial Enrollment: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Survey
Andreina Martinez Paulino¹, Miles King², Danny Arias Diaz¹, Asma Cheema³ and Muznay Khawaja⁴, ¹Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Einstein , Wakefield Campus, Woodbridge Township, NJ, ⁴Jersey City Medical Center, Hoboken, NJ

Background/Purpose: Clinical trials are the cornerstone of evidence-based rheumatology, yet enrolling and retaining a representative patient cohort remains challenging. While underrepresentation of underserved minorities is…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prolonged Plasma Urate-Lowering After a Single Intravenous Administration of PRX-115, a Novel PEGylated Uricase, in Participants with Elevated Urate Levels
Christian Schwabe¹, Orit Cohen Barak², Alexandra Cole³, Hadar Reuveni², Liron Shelev², Liora Blinder-Haddad² and Nicola Dalbeth⁴, ¹NZCR, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Protalix Ltd, Karmiel, Israel, ³NZCR, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: PEGylated uricases have already demonstrated therapeutic modality in the treatment of refractory gout patients. PRX-115 is a recombinant homotetrameric uricase enzyme, produced from Candida…
Abstract Number: L09 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Hermine Brunner¹, Caifeng Li², Kogie Chinniah³, Yosef Uziel⁴, Olga Synoverska⁵, Sujata Sawhney⁶, Inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Ingrid Clara Louw⁸, Meiping Lu⁹, Pooja Nikunj Patel¹⁰, Pamela F. Weiss¹¹, Cheng Chang¹², Ivana Vranic¹³, Shixue Liu¹⁴, Annette Diehl¹⁵, Jose L. Rivas¹⁶, Carol A. Connell¹⁷, Gary G. Koch¹⁸, Alberto Martini¹⁹, Daniel J. Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto²⁰ and the PRINTO and PRCSG investigators, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Bejing, China, ³Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Kwa-Zulu, and Enhancing Care Foundation, Durban, South Africa, ⁴Pedriatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meir Medical Center and Israel Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁵Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, ⁶Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁷Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁹Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China, ¹⁰Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ¹³Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Pfizer Inc, Shanghai, China, ¹⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁶Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ¹⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁹University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ²⁰Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, and IRCCS Fondazione San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOF) has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of polyarticular course JIA, including systemic JIA (sJIA) without active systemic features. Here…
Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neuroimmune Modulation in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Biological or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Results at 12 and 24 Weeks from a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Double-Blind Pivotal Study
John Tesser¹, Joshua June², Pendleton Wickersham³, Jane Box⁴, Guillermo Valenzuela⁵, Angela Crowley⁶, Nikila Kumar⁷, Norman Gaylis⁸, Gordan Lam⁹, David Ridley¹⁰, Gineth Paola Pinto-Patarroyo¹¹ and David Chernoff¹², ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²Great Lakes Center of Rheumatology, Lansing, MI, ³Arthritis Associates PA, San Antonio, TX, ⁴DJL Clinical Research, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, ⁵Guillermo Valenzuela MD PA/ IRIS Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, ⁶Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Hinsdale Orthopaedics, Hinsdale, IL, ⁷Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁸Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ⁹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consults of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰St. Paul Rheumatology, Eagan, MN, ¹¹Annapolis Rheumatology, Fairfax, VA, ¹²SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of an implantable, cervical vagus nerve stimulation device for treatment of RA. Methods: This randomized,…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dapirolizumab Pegol Demonstrated Significant Improvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity: Efficacy and Safety Results of a Phase 3 Trial
Megan Clowse¹, David Isenberg², Joan Merrill³, Thomas Dörner⁴, Michelle Petri⁵, Edward Vital⁶, Eric Morand⁷, Teri Jimenez⁸, Stephen Brookes⁹, Janine Gaiha-Rohrbach¹⁰, Christophe Martin¹¹, Annette Nelde¹² and Christian Stach¹³, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁹Biogen, Maidenhead, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ¹¹UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹²Biogen, Baar, Switzerland, ¹³UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: Dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) is a novel, polyethylene glycol (PEG)-conjugated antigen-binding (Fab') fragment, lacking an Fc domain, that inhibits CD40L signaling. By binding to CD40L,…
Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2024
CLN-978, a CD19-directed T Cell Engager (TCE), Leads to Rapid and Deep B Cell Depletion and Has Broad Potential for Development in Autoimmune Diseases
Máire F. Quigley¹, Jennifer S. Michaelson¹, Jeffrey Jones¹, Farrukh T. Awan², Geoffrey P. Shouse³, Yue Zhang¹, Todd Shearer¹, Judy Inumerable¹, Irina M. Shapiro¹, Patrick A. Baeuerle¹ and Stephen Wax¹, ¹Cullinan Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, ³City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte
Background/Purpose: CD19-directed CAR T cell therapy has been reported to induce profound B cell depletion and deep clinical responses, including drug-free remission, in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Update on the Integrated Safety Analysis of Filgotinib in Patients with Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis over a Median of 4.3 Years
Kevin Winthrop¹, Daniel Aletaha², Roberto Caporali³, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁵, Vikas Modgill⁶, Edmund V. Ekoka Omoruyi⁷, Dick de Vries⁸, Katrien Van Beneden⁹, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹⁰ and Gerd Burmester¹¹, ¹School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Medical Safety, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁷Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁸Clinical Development, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Medical Affairs, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The oral Janus kinase 1-preferential inhibitor filgotinib (FIL) is approved at doses of 100 mg (FIL100) and 200 mg (FIL200) for the treatment of…
Abstract Number: 0658 • ACR Convergence 2024
Zetomipzomib (KZR-616), a First-in-Class Selective Immunoproteasome Inhibitor, Demonstrated Improvements in SLE/LN Disease Measures and Biomarkers in Patients with Highly Active SLE or Nephrotic Range Proteinuria in the Open-label Phase 1b/2 MISSION Study
Richard Furie¹, Amit Saxena², Samir Parikh³, Richard Leff⁴, Lucas Bohnett⁵, Kathryn Ray⁶, Brian Tuch⁴, Janet Anderl⁴, Jennifer Whang⁴ and Kiruthi Palaniswamy⁷, ¹Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴Kezar Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, ⁵Kezar Life Sciences, El Cajon, ⁶Kezar Life Sciences, Mill Valley, CA, ⁷Kezar Life Sciences, Inc, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Zetomipzomib is a selective inhibitor of the immunoproteasome with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory potential without evidence of immunosuppression to date. The MISSION study (NCT03393013), a…
Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2024
Radiographic and Pain Outcomes from a Phase 3 Trial (OA-07) Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Repeat Lorecivivint Injections over 3 Years in Subjects with Knee OA
Yusuf Yazici¹, Jeyanesh Tambiah², Christopher Swearingen³ and Timothy McAlindon⁴, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Biosplice Therapeutics Inc., San Diego, CA, ³Biosplice Therapeutics, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁴University of Massachusets, Worchester, MA
Background/Purpose: Knee OA has unmet need for safe and efficacious symptom and disease-modifying treatments. Lorecivivint (LOR), an intra-articular (IA) CLK/DYRK inhibitor thought to modulate inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1367 • ACR Convergence 2024
Maintained Improvement of Disease Activity and Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs) with Filgotinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in the Real World: Up to 2-year Interim Data from FILOSOPHY
James Galloway¹, Jérôme Avouac², Gerd Burmester³, Roberto Caporali⁴, Thomas P.A. Debray⁵, Katrien Van Beneden⁶, Neil Betteridge⁷, Susana Romero Yuste⁸, Monia Zignani⁵, Patrick Verschueren⁹ and Karen Bevers¹⁰, ¹Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ⁵Alfasigma S.p.A., Bologna, Italy, ⁶Medical Affairs, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁷Neil Betteridge Associates, Lonodn, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: FILOSOPHY (NCT04871919) and PARROTFISH (NCT05323591) are ongoing, prospective, observational Phase 4 studies of filgotinib in patients with RA. This interim analysis evaluated effectiveness and…
Abstract Number: 1472 • ACR Convergence 2024
Achievement of Low Disease Activity/Remission in Guselkumab-Treated Patients with Moderately-Highly Active Psoriatic Arthritis Regardless of Baseline Characteristics: Pooled Post-Hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3/Randomized Studies
Philip Mease¹, Alice Gottlieb², Iain McInnes³, Natalie J. Shiff⁴, Anthony Todd⁵, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁶, Francois Nantel⁷, Jenna Parrett⁵, Frederic Lavie⁸ and Proton Rahman⁹, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Dermatology, Seattle, WA, ³University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / University of Saskatchewan, Adjunct, Community Health and Epidemiology, Horsham, PA, ⁵Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁶McGill University, Department of Pediatrics / Scientific Affairs, JSS Medical Research Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Nantel Medsci Consult, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Janssen Cilag Global Medical Affairs, Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Issy les Moulineaux, France, ⁹Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, St. John's, Canada
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a fully human IL-23p19-subunit inhibitor, has demonstrated multidomain efficacy (swollen/tender joints, psoriasis, enthesitis and dactylitis) in patients (pts) with active PsA in…
Abstract Number: 1734 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety and Efficacy Data from a Phase I Trial of Umbilical Lining-Derived Stem Cells (ULSC) in Adult Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis
Michael R Bubb`¹, Eileen Handberg¹, Rafael Gonzalez², Blas Betancourt¹, J. Nicole Bostick¹, Sarah Long¹, Keith March¹ and Carl Pepine¹, ¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Restem, LLC, Corona, CA
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells are self-renewing, multi-potent stromal cells which act as modulators of immune responses. Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells, a classification of cells…

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