Abstracts tagged "clinical trial"

Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2025
Current State of Racial, Ethnic, Sex, and Geographical Diversity in ANCA-associated vasculitis and Giant Cell Arteritis Trials
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Aida Mohamadi², Diana Louden³, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz⁴, Michael Putman⁵, Didem Saygin⁶, Raisa Lomanto Silva⁷ and Sebastian E Sattui⁸, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Universidad Científica del Sur, San Isidro, Peru, ⁵The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) generate unbiased efficacy estimates and are required for regulatory approval. Understanding the degree to which they include racial, ethnic, sex,…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Treat-to-Target Strategy in Psoriatic Arthritis: 48-week Results from the MONITOR-PsA Cohort
Jean-Guillaume Letarouilly¹, Elnaz Saeedi², Raphaël Hurtubise³, Lija James⁴, Nicola Gullick⁵, Deepak Jadon⁶, William Tillett⁷, Yvonne Sinomati⁴, Laura Tucker⁴, Nadia Mian⁸, Sophia Massa³ and Laura Coates⁹, ¹Université de Lille, CHU Lille, Service de rhumatologie, Lille, France, LILLE, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁸BM BS, MMedSc,, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A treat-to-target (T2T) strategy in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is supported by International PsA recommendations but not widely practiced in clinic. The aim of the…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS-DAI)
Kevin Byram¹, Herman Mann², Danielle Hammond³, Sinisa Savic⁴, Yohei Kirino⁵, Carmelo Gurnari⁶, Mael Heiblig⁷, Thibault Comont⁸, Arsène Mekinian⁹, Mrinal Patnaik¹⁰, Lachelle D. Weeks¹¹, Gary Ho¹², Onima Chowdhury¹³, Adam Al-Hakim¹⁴, Scott Goldberg¹⁵, Marcela ferrada¹⁶, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁷, Peter Grayson¹⁸, Emma Groarke¹⁹, Bhavisha Patel²⁰, Megan Sullivan²¹, Sarah A. Buckley²², Bryan G. harder²², Sandra Goble²², Matthew Koster¹⁰ and David Beck²³, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Praha ², Czech Republic, ³The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, ⁷Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Toulouse Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ¹²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY, ¹³Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine,, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁶University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ¹⁸National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ¹⁹National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²⁰National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Beltsville, MD, ²¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²²Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ²³Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a recently described severe disease characterized by a complex overlap of inflammatory and hematologic features. Due to the severity and refractory…
Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Effectiveness of Abatacept in JIA: Results From an Ongoing JIA Registry
Daniel Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto², Jennifer Huggins³, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁴, Colleen Correll⁵, John Bohnsack⁶, Stacey Tarvin⁷, Gabriele Simonini⁸, Thomas Griffin⁹, Andrew Zeft¹⁰, Gerd Horneff¹¹, Pierre Quartier¹², Iionka Orban¹³, Heather Walters¹⁴, Valda Stanevica¹⁵, Julisa Patel¹⁶, Adam M Huber¹⁷, Margalit Rosenkranz¹⁸, Daniel Kingsbury¹⁹, Rosie Scuccimarri²⁰, Gabriel Vega Cornejo²¹, Joost Swart²², Robert Carroll²³, Hermine Brunner¹, Tina Sherrard²⁴, Chiara Pallotti²⁵, Clara Malattia²⁶ and Alberto Martini²⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health and I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenovskiy University), Moscow, Russia, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁹Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Asklepios Klinik, Hamburg, Germany, ¹²Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ¹⁴Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY, ¹⁵Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁶Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ¹⁷IWK Grace Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁹Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, ²⁰McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²¹Clinica de reumatología Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, ²²Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²³Bristol Myers Squibb, London, United Kingdom, ²⁴Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²⁵Istituto G. Gaslini, Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, Genova, Italy, ²⁶Istituto G. Gaslini Pediatria II Reumatologia and University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is a selective T-cell co-stimulation modulator approved for use in JIA. Efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients (pts) with JIA have been…
Abstract Number: 2626 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lorecivivint Delayed Time to Pain and Function Worsening Compared to Placebo: Evaluation of Knee OA Symptom Progression Outcomes in a Phase 3 Trial (OA-07)
Yusuf Yazici¹ and Christopher Swearingen², ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Biosplice Therapeutics, Inc, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Increased pain and decreased function are hallmarks of knee OA progression. Lorecivivint (LOR), an intra-articular CLK/DYRK inhibitor thought to modulate inflammatory and Wnt pathways,…
Abstract Number: 2441 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dapirolizumab Pegol Demonstrated Improvement in Quality of Life of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: LupusQoL Results from a Phase 3 Trial
Zahi Touma¹, Cynthia Aranow², Ioannis Parodis³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁴, Matthias Schneider⁵, Christine de La Loge⁶, Teri Jimenez⁷, Mina Nejati⁸ and Laurent arnaud⁹, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Clinic of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁶UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ⁷UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁸Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ⁹Service de rhumatologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S ¹¹⁰⁹, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: SLE imposes significant disease burden and diminishes health-related quality of life (HRQoL); improvement of HRQoL is therefore a key treatment goal in SLE.1,2 Dapirolizumab…
Abstract Number: 2289 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study
Yuichiro Fujieda¹, Kaoru Murakami², Hiroki Tanaka², Yuichi Kojima², Yuki Kudo¹, Kohei Karino¹, Hiroyuki Nakamura¹, Ryo Hisada¹, Michihito Kono¹, Masaaki Murakami² and Tatsuya Atsumi¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, ²Institute for Genetic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has emerged as a potential therapeutic strategy for inflammatory diseases by modulating inflammatory reflex pathways. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation…
Abstract Number: 1999 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of Infusion Reactions Within 1 Hour of Treatment With Nanoencapsulated Sirolimus Plus Pegadricase: Pooled Results From the Phase 3 DISSOLVE I and DISSOLVE II Trials
Herbert Baraf¹, Andrew J. Sulich², Guillermo J. Valenzuela³, Rehan Azeem⁴, Ben Peace⁵, Bhavisha Desai⁶ and Puja Khanna⁷, ¹The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Rheumatology, Wheaton, Maryland, USA; Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ²Shores Rheumatology, St. Clair Shores, MI, ³Iris Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, ⁴Global MACD, Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ⁵Statistical Science, Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Sobi, Glastonbury, CT, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Uricase-based therapies may profoundly lower serum uric acid (sUA) in patients (pts) with uncontrolled gout (UG) but often lead to anti-drug antibody (ADA) formation,…
Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2025
Alternative Definitions of Moderate Flares That Simulate Clinical Practice in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Post Hoc Exploration of Moderate Flares in Patients Treated with Dapirolizumab Pegol in a 48-Week Phase 3 Trial
Richard Furie¹, George Bertsias², Lucy Carter³, Eric Morand⁴, Marta Mosca⁵, Marilyn Pike⁶, Vanessa Taieb⁷, Annette Nelde⁸, Ed Vital⁹ and Christian Stach¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Heraklion and University of Crete Medical School and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Infections and Immunity, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, MedPharm Consulting, Inc., Bethesda, MD, ⁷UCB, Colombes, France, ⁸Biogen, Baar, Switzerland, ⁹University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁰UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite the evolution of various flare definitions and their inclusion in SLE clinical trials, moderate flares tend to be underestimated in trials owing to…
Abstract Number: 1438 • ACR Convergence 2025
Similar Efficacy of Bimekizumab in Two Clinical Endotypes of Axial Spondyloarthritis: 2-Year Results from Two Phase 3 Studies and Their Open-Label Extension
Félicie Costantino¹, Ann-Sophie De Craemer², Filip Van den Bosch², Maxime Breban³, Vanessa Taieb⁴, Diana Voiniciuc⁵, Natasha de Peyrecave⁶, Dirk Elewaut⁷ and Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ambroise Paré Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France and Infection & Inflammation, UMR ¹¹⁷³, Inserm, UVSQ/Université Paris Saclay, Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ³CHU Ambroise-Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁴UCB, Colombes, France, ⁵UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁶UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ⁷VIB Center for Inflammation Research, and Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the sacroiliac joints and spine.1 Peripheral manifestations are common, contributing to disease burden.2 Two…
Abstract Number: 0694 • ACR Convergence 2025
Treatment of Sjögren’s disease by blocking FcRn: clinical and translational data from RHO, a phase 2 randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind, proof-of-concept study with efgartigimod
isabelle peene¹, Gwenny Verstappen², Joke Deprez³, Frans Kroese², Suzanne Arends², Andrew Kelly⁴, Lana Vandersarren⁵, Edward Bowen⁶, Julie Jacobs⁷, Paul Meyvisch⁸, Dirk Elewaut⁹ and Hendrika Bootsma¹⁰, ¹University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Argenx, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Argenx, Boston, MA, ⁶IQVIA, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷argenx, Ravels, Belgium, ⁸argenx, Ghent, Belgium, ⁹VIB Center for Inflammation Research, and Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁰UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Background/Purpose Sjögren’s disease (SjD) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and progressive, immune-mediated dysfunction of the exocrine glands. Immunoglobulin (Ig)…
Abstract Number: 0567 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sonelokimab in Biologic-Experienced Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Results From a Phase 2 Trial (ARGO) and Study Design of a Phase 3 Trial (IZAR-2) in Patients With Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Biologic TNFi, Including a Risankizumab Reference Arm
Atul Deodhar¹, Laure Gossec², Philip J. Mease³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Lihi Eder⁵, Alan Kivitz⁶, Helena Marzo-Ortega⁷, Frank Behrens⁸, Ana-Maria Orbai⁹, Georg Schett¹⁰, Arthur Kavanaugh¹¹, Dennis McGonagle¹², Christopher Ritchlin¹³, Nuala Brennan¹⁴, Ben Porter-Brown¹⁴, Eva Cullen¹⁴, Matthew R. Thomas¹⁴, Marius Albulescu¹⁴, Alex Godwood¹⁴, Kristian Reich¹⁵ and Laura Coates¹⁶, ¹Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Sorbonne Universite and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁷NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology, Immunology - Inflammation Medicine, University Hospital Goethe-University & Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, ¹²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹³University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ¹⁴MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, Zug, Switzerland, ¹⁵MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG and Translational Research in Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Zug, Switzerland, ¹⁶Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Sonelokimab (SLK), a novel Nanobody that binds to both IL-17A and IL-17F with similarly high affinity, is designed to target difficult-to-reach sites of inflammation.…
Abstract Number: 0776 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Giant Cell Arteritis: 2-Year Results From the Re-Randomized, Double-Blind SELECT-GCA Phase 3 Trial
Wolfgang Schmidt¹, Arathi Setty², Christian Dejaco³, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁴, Maria Cid⁵, Tomonori Ishii⁶, Avani D. Joshi², Nathaniel Zerad², Aditi Kadakia⁷, Shaofei Zhao², Weihan Zhao², Ivan Lagunes², Charles Phillips⁸, Daniel Blockmans⁹ and Peter Merkel¹⁰, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ²AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ³Medical University of Graz, Department of Rheumatology, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Autoimmune Diseases (member of European Reference Network RITA), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan, ⁷AbbVie Inc, Woburn, MA, ⁸AbbVie Inc, Princeton, NJ, ⁹Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: In the SELECT-GCA phase 3 trial, treatment of patients with GCA with upadacitinib 15 mg (UPA15) demonstrated superior rates of disease remission, fewer disease…
Abstract Number: 0381 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improving Participation in The Lupus Foundation of America’s Research Accelerated by You (RAY) Patient Registry By Understanding Patient Preference in Communication Strategies
Safoah Agyemang¹, Melicent Miller¹, Tori Justin², Lydia Oberholtzer² and Joy Buie¹, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Sharp Insight LLC, Montgomery County, MD
Background/Purpose: The purpose of Research Accelerated by You (RAY) is to amplify awareness about clinical research and trials and ensure lupus patient partnership in therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 2624 • ACR Convergence 2025
Results of Large Multi-Site Pragmatic Clinical Trial Comparing Corticosteroids or Blinded Lidocaine-only Injections in Treating Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Joshua Baker¹, Katherine Wysham², Mercedes Quinones³, Bryant England⁴, Kaitian Jin¹, Marianna Olave⁵, Sarah Wetzel⁶, Rachel Gillcrist⁷, Criswell Lavery¹, Natalie Keller⁸, Kimberly Hayes⁹, Bridget Kramer⁴, Hannah Brubeck¹⁰, Bibiana Ateh¹¹, Daniel K. White¹², Alexis Ogdie¹³, Rui Xiao¹, Tuhina Neogi¹⁴ and Carla Scanzello¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ³Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Brown University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Drexel University, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ⁸University of Oklahoma, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Teachers College, Columbia University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ¹¹Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, ¹²University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ¹³Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, DE, ¹⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroids are widely used for routine management of chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis (KOA), though estimates of their benefit vary widely. We aimed…

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