Abstracts tagged "clinical trial"

Abstract Number: 0816 • ACR Convergence 2025
Persistent Pain Despite Inflammatory Control in RA: A Pooled Analysis of 7 RCTs
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Marlene Steiner², William H. Robinson³, Josef Smolen⁴ and Daniel Aletaha⁵, ¹Stanford University / Medical University of Vienna, Stanford, CA, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Wien, Austria, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Joint swelling and tenderness are clinical hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and central to disease assessment. Regardless of treatment type, stringent remission based on…
Abstract Number: 0640 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Clinically Important Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes on Disease Activity in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated With Upadacitinib or Placebo: Results From the Phase 2 SLEek Study
Vibeke Strand¹, Zahi Touma², Anca Askanase³, Christopher Saffore⁴, Denise Kruzikas⁵, Karim Masri⁵, Siran Fang⁵, Yi Peng⁶, Patti Katz⁷ and Marta Mosca⁸, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto CA, Portola Valley, CA, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴AbbVie Inc., waukegan, IL, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶AbbVie Inc., Maple Grove, MN, ⁷UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁸University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: This analysis evaluated associations between clinically important improvements in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and reduced disease activity from the phase 2 SLEek trial evaluating upadacitinib…
Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inclusion of Older Adults in Pharmacologic Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Lily Sung³, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo⁴, Sneha Gupta⁵, Jeenah Gwak⁶, Aida Mohamadi⁷, Diana Louden⁸, Rachael Stovall⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Didem Saygin¹⁰, Sarah Lieber¹¹, Jiha Lee¹² and Sebastian E Sattui¹³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Hayward, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, NY, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ⁸University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: A growing number of older adults are living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) as the global population is aging. And yet, they remain underrepresented…
Abstract Number: 1449 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bimekizumab Demonstrated Comparable One-Year Efficacy in Male and Female Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Lianne S. Gensler¹, Sofia Ramiro², Denis Poddubnyy³, Marina Magrey⁴, Irene E. van der Horst-Bruinsma⁵, Atul Deodhar⁶, Vanessa Taieb⁷, Diana Voiniciuc⁸, Natasha de Peyrecave⁹ and Martin Rudwaleit¹⁰, ¹Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/University Hospitals Cleveland, Richfield, OH, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁷UCB, Colombes, France, ⁸UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁹UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Bielefeld University, Medical School and University Medical Centre OWL, Klinikum Bielefeld, Department of Rheumatology, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. BKZ has shown sustained efficacy to Week (Wk) 52…
Abstract Number: 1564 • ACR Convergence 2025
Validation of a Composite Endpoint for Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Holly Wilhalme², Samuel Good², Grace Kim², Jonathan Goldin², Michael Roth² and Donald Tashkin², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: The forced vital capacity (FVC) is the most commonly used endpoint in registrational trials for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). However, the FVC…
Abstract Number: 2014 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of Firsekibart in Acute Gouty Arthritis Patients with eGFR < 60ml/min/1.73m2:A Post-Hoc Analysis of 24-Week Data
Yu Xue¹, Tianshu Chu², Jiankang Hu³, Wei Gou⁴, Ning Zhang⁵, Juan Li⁶, Jing Yu⁷, Rongping Li⁸, Rongbin Li⁹, Long Qian¹⁰, Xinwang Duan¹¹, Lihua Duan¹² and Hejian Zou¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology,Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China, zhengzhou, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology, Pingxiang People's Hospital, Pingxiang,China,, Pingxiang, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hebei Petro ChinaCentral Hospital, Langfang, China, Langfang, China (People's Republic), ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China, Shengjing, China (People's Republic), ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China (People's Republic), ⁷Department of Rheumatology, The FirstAffiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, China, Shenyang, China (People's Republic), ⁸Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of GannanMedical University, Ganzhou, China, Ganzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁹Department ofRheumatology, The First Hospital of Qiqihar, Qiqihar, China, Qiqihar, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, The Second Hopital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China, Hefei, China (People's Republic), ¹¹The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China (People's Republic), ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang, China, Nanchang, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Approximately 70% of adults with gout have CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) ≥stage 3 (i.e estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60ml/min/1.73m2), significantly restricts treatment…
Abstract Number: 2307 • ACR Convergence 2025
Peripheral Manifestations In Axial And Peripheral Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Literature Review On Their Assessment In Clinical Trials
AUGUSTA ORTOLAN¹, Casper Webers², Elena Nikiphorou³, Alexandre Sepriano⁴, Louise Falzon⁵, Clementina López Medina⁶, Dafne capelusnik⁷, Désirée Van Der Heijde⁸, Anna Molto⁹ and Sofia Ramiro¹⁰, ¹Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, ²Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁵Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Peripheral manifestations (peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, dactylitis) of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) represent a significant burden for patients, but are understudied. Our…
Abstract Number: 2452 • ACR Convergence 2025
Preliminary Safety, Efficacy, and Cellular Kinetics of CTA311, a CD19 Targeted Universal CAR-T Therapy, for Active Autoimmune Diseases
Sanbin Wang¹, Heng Mei², Dongmei Zhou³, Wei Xie², Songlou Yin³, Chunmei Liu³, Hanwei Wang⁴, Huan Zhou⁵, Yue Xie⁶, Lu Han⁷, Jiangtao Ren⁸, Yali Zhou⁸, Wengang Ge⁷ and Jan Davidson-Moncada⁸, ¹⁹²⁰th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, Kunming, China (People's Republic), ²Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (People's Republic), ³The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁴The Third People’s Hospital of Bengbu, Beng bu, China (People's Republic), ⁵Clinical Research Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China (People's Republic), ⁶Bioheng Therapeutics Limited, Nan Jing Shi, China (People's Republic), ⁷Bioheng Therapeutics Co., Limited, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), ⁸Bioheng Therapeutics Co., Limited, Nan Jing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) are autoimmune conditions characterized by B cell activation, autoreactivity, and autoantibody production. CAR-T therapy…
Abstract Number: 2692 • ACR Convergence 2025
Individualized Strength, Mobility and Aerobic Rehabilitation Training in axial Spondyloarthritis (iSMART in axSpA)
Sophie De Mits¹, Tine Willems², Lieven Danneels², Patrick Calders², Gaëlle Varkas³, Filip Van den Bosch⁴, Dirk Elewaut⁵ and Philippe Carron⁶, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵VIB Center for Inflammation Research, and Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: AxSpA primarily affects the sacroiliac joints and spine, reducing trunk strength, mobility, and cardiorespiratory fitness. While exercise is a key treatment, few studies have…
Abstract Number: 0473 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study of Peresolimab for Adults with RA
Jay Tuttle¹, Kirstin Griffing², Mark Genovese², Hyungmin Rha², So Young Park², Pia Yachi¹, Ajay Nirula¹, LANCE PFEIFER², Tami Jo Rayle², Jesus Abraham Simón-Campos³, Clifton Bingham⁴, Kevin Winthrop⁵, Daniel Aletaha⁶, Iain McInnes⁷, Yu Xue⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka⁹, Roy Fleischmann¹⁰, Paul Emery¹¹ and Michael Weinblatt¹², ¹Lilly Biotechnology Center, San Diego, CA, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ³Köhler & Milstein Research, UADY School of Medicine, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁷University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁸Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁹University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Peresolimab, a humanized IgG1 mAb, activates programmed cell death protein 1. In a phase 2a study, peresolimab demonstrated efficacy in participants (pts) with RA…
Abstract Number: 0843 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and Safety of BMS-986353, a CD19-Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy Manufactured Using a Next-Generation Process: Updated Data From a Phase 1 Trial in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, David Korman², Elana Bernstein³, Neil Kramer⁴, Vikas Majithia⁵, Philip J. Mease⁶, Georg Schett⁷, Jacques Azzi⁸, Richard Nash⁹, Ran Reshef³, Mohammad Cherry¹⁰, Ernesto Ayala⁵, Matthew Schwede¹¹, Monalisa Ghosh¹², Fabian Müller¹³, Alisha Desai¹⁴, San-San Ou¹⁵, Sharmila Das¹⁴, Jerill Thorpe¹⁶, Melissa Harnois¹⁴, Alexis Melton¹⁶, Ashley Koegel¹⁶ and Margrit Wiesendanger⁸, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Mountain Rheumatology, Denver, CO, ³Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Overlook Medical Center; Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System, Summit, NJ, ⁵Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁹Health One Cares, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ, ¹¹Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, ¹²C. S. Mott Children's Hospital University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, ¹⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton
Background/Purpose: BMS-986353 (CC-97540) is an investigational CD19-directed T-cell therapy expressing the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) used in globally-approved lisocabtagene maraleucel; it is manufactured via the…
Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety and efficacy of autologous CD19-CAR T-cell therapy in patients with autoimmune disease – data from the CASTLE Phase I/II basket study
Melanie Hagen¹, Andreas Wirsching¹, Fabian Müller², Soraya Kharboutli³, Christina Bergmann¹, Sebastian Böltz¹, Jule Taubmann⁴, Carlo Tur¹, Laura Bucci¹, Simon Völkl³, Michael Aigner³, Sascha Kretschmann³, Louis Schuster⁴, Koray Tascilar⁴, Silvia Spoerl³, Ingrid Vasova³, Panagiotis Garantziotis¹, Daniel Aletaha⁵, Hans-Peter Kiener⁶, gerlando Natalello⁷, Franco Locatelli⁸, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁹, Aline Bozec¹, Linda Hanssens¹⁰, Dirk De Vries¹⁰, Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer¹¹, Andreas Mackensen¹² and Georg Schett¹³, ¹Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Medicine ⁵ - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁶Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁸IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ⁹Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰Miltenyi Biomedicine, Bergisch Gladbach, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, ¹¹University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Department of Medicine ⁵ - Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Engineered T cells expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) binding CD19 are powerful tools to deplete B-cells, representing an attractive therapy for severe autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 1123 • ACR Convergence 2025
Nanoencapsulated Sirolimus plus Pegadricase (NASP) Demonstrates Long Term Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Gout: Results from the 24-week Double-blind Extension of the Phase 3 DISSOLVE I Study
Alan Kivitz¹, Atul Singhal², Anand Patel³, Rehan Azeem⁴, Ben Peace⁵, Bhavisha Desai⁶ and Herbert Baraf⁷, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²SouthWest Arthritis Research Group, Mesquite, TX, ³Conquest Research, Winter Park, FL, USA, Winter Park, FL, ⁴Global MACD, Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ⁵Statistical Science, Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Sobi, Glastonbury, CT, ⁷The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Rheumatology, Wheaton, Maryland, USA; Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled gout (UG) occurs when serum uric acid (sUA) levels remain persistently elevated despite use of oral urate-lowering therapies and can result in progressively…
Abstract Number: 1451 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bimekizumab was Efficacious Regardless of Age, BMI, CRP, or HLA-B27 Status: 1-Year Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Marina Magrey¹, Helena Marzo-Ortega², Yuho Kadono³, David Nicholls⁴, Martin Rudwaleit⁵, Atul Deodhar⁶, Gaëlle Varkas⁷, Chetan Prajapati⁸, Sarah Kavanagh⁹ and Victoria Navarro-Compan¹⁰, ¹Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/University Hospitals Cleveland, Richfield, OH, ²NIHR 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, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, ⁴Clinical Trials Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, ⁵Bielefeld University, Medical School and University Medical Centre OWL, Klinikum Bielefeld, Department of Rheumatology, Bielefeld, Germany, ⁶Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁸UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁹UCB, Morrisville, NC, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)‑17F in addition to IL-17A, has shown efficacy to Week (Wk) 52 in patients…
Abstract Number: 1577 • ACR Convergence 2025
Intravenous cyclophosphamide in the treatment of progressive interstitial lung diseases associated with systemic sclerosis: a prospective randomized trial versus placebo (SCLEROCYC).
Luc Mouthon¹, David Launay², Sylvie leroy³, Christian AGARD⁴, Yannick Allanore⁵, Alice berezne¹, Emmanuel Bergot⁶, Boris Bienvenu⁷, Benjamin Chaigne¹, Pascal Cohen⁸, Bruno Crestani⁹, Anca Corondan¹⁰, bertrand Dunogue¹, Christian Lavigne¹¹, Jonathan London¹², Jean-Marc Naccache¹⁰, Gabriel Baron¹³, Alexis REGENT¹⁴, Benjamin Terrier¹⁵, Zahir AMOURA¹⁶, Charles Marquette¹⁰ and Philippe Ravaud¹³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Reference Center for Rare Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory diseases (CERAINOM), U¹²⁸⁶ - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France. National Reference Center for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Pulmotension), Lille, France, Lille Cedex, France, ³AP HP, Paris, France, ⁴Internal medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁵Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁶CHU, Caen, France, ⁷Saint Joseph Hospital, Marseille, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁹CHU, Paris, France, ¹⁰NA, Paris, France, ¹¹CHU, Angers, France, ¹²Hôpital Croix-Saint-Simon, Paris, France, ¹³Hôtel-Dieu, Université Paris Cité,, Paris, France, ¹⁴Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁶APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Randomized controlled trials favoured the use of cyclophosphamide…

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