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Abstracts tagged "comparative effectiveness"

  • Abstract Number: 2101 • ACR Convergence 2025

    LEVI-04, a Novel Neurotrophin-3 Inhibitor, Demonstrates Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Pain and Physical Function across a Range of OA Outcomes, Including the Staircase-Evoked Pain Procedure (StEPP)

    Philip Conaghan1, nathaniel katz2, Asger Bihlet3, Laus W Wullum4, Kerry af Forselles5, C Michael Perkins5, Bernadette Hughes6, Claire Herholdt7 and Iwona Bombelka8, 1University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Rin Sof Innovation, Ltd, Boston, MA, 3NBCD A/S, Herlev, Denmark, 4Omicron A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5Levicept, Sandwich, United Kingdom, 6Levicept, Ashtead, United Kingdom, 7Levicept Ltd, Ashtead, United Kingdom, 8Levicept, Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: When evaluating new osteoarthritis (OA) therapies, we need to understand their clinical meaningfulness. LEVI-04, a first-in-class p75 neurotrophin receptor-Fc fusion protein that primarily inhibits…
  • Abstract Number: 0397 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Paediatric uveitis – Retrospective comparison of cataract surgery outcomes with or without intraocular lens implantation from two tertiary centres in United Kingdom

    Chaitra Govardhan1, Ashwini Batchu Prithvi1, Bushra Aladaileh1, Elizabeth Cattermole2, Farrag Abdelsattar2, Catherine Guly2, Jessy Choi3, Johannes Keller2 and Athimalaipet V Ramanan1, 1Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, 2Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom, 3Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Cataract is one of the most common and visually debilitating complications of paediatric uveitis developing as a consequence of chronic inflammation and steroid use.…
  • Abstract Number: 2008 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Exposure to Anaerobic Antibiotics and Risk of Gout Flares: Target Trial Emulation for the Potential Role of the Gut Microbiome in Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

    Natalie McCormick1, Sharan Rai2, Chio Yokose3, leo lu4, Robert Terkeltaub5, Lama Nazzal6, Huilin Li6, Dylan Dodd7 and Hyon K. Choi8, 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, 4Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5Retired, San Diego, CA, 6NYU Langone, New York, NY, 7Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 8MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA

    Background/Purpose: As reported in Cell Press journals,1,2 intestinal commensal purine-degrading bacteria anaerobically degrade urate to anti-inflammatory short chain fatty acids, including butyrate, and thus may…
  • Abstract Number: 0319 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis

    Danielle Madison1, Adriana Morales Rivera2, Dylon Collins2, Isabel Lam2, Daniel Khokhar2, Garrett Snyder2, Anthony Thompson2, Mark Soliman2, Daniela Carralero Somoza2 and Michael Sabina2, 1Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL, 2Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland

    Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of disability and the most common rheumatological condition worldwide. Weight management has been recognized as a key…
  • Abstract Number: 1914 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Performance Comparison of Artificial Intelligence tools ChatGPT, Bing AI, and Google Bard for Clinical Rheumatology Decision Support: When AI Talks Rheumatology

    Aakanksha Pitliya1, Hema Latha Anam2, Richard Oletsky2, Alexandra Georgiana Boc2, Dipabali Chaudhuri2 and Rajesh Thirumaran2, 1Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, Clifton Heights, PA, 2Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA

    Background/Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promise as a tool to assist in clinical decision-making. Given the complex nature of autoimmune pathologies and the critical…
  • Abstract Number: 0298 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Inter-rater Reliability of Hand-Held Dynamometry in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

    Niladri Bhowmick1, Shashank Suresh2, Didem Saygin3, Siamak Moghadam-Kia4, Dana Ascherman5, Chester V. Oddis5 and Rohit Aggarwal6, 1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, 2Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, 3Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 4University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 5University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 6University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are characterized by symmetrical proximal muscle weakness. Accurate and reliable assessment of muscle strength is important for diagnosis, monitoring, and…
  • Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-World Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors Compared to Methotrexate in Steroid-Refractory Frail Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica

    Sebastian E Sattui1, Christian Dejaco2, Kerri Ford3, Stefano Fiore4, Sebastian H Unizony5, Fenglong Xie6 and Jeffrey Curtis7, 1Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Medical University of Graz, Department of Rheumatology, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, 3Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, 4Sanofi, Morristown, NJ, 5Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 6The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: A previous post hoc analysis of frail (defined by claims-based frailty index [CFI] ≥0.2) patients with PMR on second line (2L) and 3L treatment…
  • Abstract Number: 0165 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Per-Protocol Analysis of the Effectiveness of GLP1 Agonists Against SGLT2 Inhibitors on Osteoarthritis Outcomes

    Nene Ukonu1, David Felson2, Michael LaValley3 and S. Reza Jafarzadeh4, 1Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2Boston University, Boston, MA, 3Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, 4Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Anti-diabetic medications often have effects on other conditions. GLP1 agonists (GLP1a) have shown protective effects on OA outcomes in trials and short-term trial emulations,…
  • Abstract Number: 1613 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Switching From Reference Tocilizumab to Biosimilar in Giant Cell Arteritis: Effectiveness and Safety in a Multicenter Study of 38 Patients

    Adrian Martin-Gutierrez1, Fernando Lopez Gutierrez2, Javier Loricera3, Juan Molina-Collada4, Juan Carlos Nieto5, Marina Sánchez-Lucas6, Maite silva7, Patricia Moya Albarado8, Eztizen Labrador-Sanchez9, Ivan Ferraz Amaro10 and Ricardo Blanco11, 1Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunopathology Group -IDIVAL, Reumatología, Santander, Santander, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, 4Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, 5Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 6Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 7Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 8Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 9Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Laguardia, Spain, 10Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 11Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

    Background/Purpose: The cost of original biologics may limit treatment access. Biosimilars are biologics that are structurally highly similar and functionally equivalent to the approved reference…
  • Abstract Number: 1453 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-World Comparative Effectiveness of Upadacitinib in Psoriatic Arthritis: Evaluation of Switching to Upadacitinib Versus Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors or Interleukin-17 Inhibitors After First-Line Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

    Philip J. Mease1, William Tillett2, Xiaolan Ye3, Christopher Saffore4, Molly Edwards5, Isabel Truman5, Sophie Barlow6, Jayne Stigler7, Bhumik Parikh8 and Daniel Aletaha9, 1Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, 3AbbVie Inc., Mettawa, IL, 4AbbVie Inc., waukegan, IL, 5Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, 6AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, 7AbbVie, Round Lake, IL, 8AbbVie, Hillsborough Township, NJ, 9Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of switching from a first-line TNFi to upadacitinib (UPA), an oral JAKi, versus cycling…
  • Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Bimekizumab in Psoriatic Arthritis. A real-world prospective study. Comparison of its efficacy in bDMARD-naive and IL-17A-experienced patients

    Vassiliki Poulia1, Eleni Sampatakaki2, Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis3, Maria Pappa3, Evangelia Mole4, Sousana Gazi4, Elpida Skouvaklidou5, Nikolaos Kougkas5, Maria Polyzou6, Loukia Koutsogeorgopoulou6, Ioannis Xynogalas7, Anastasios Karamanakos7, Konstantinos D Vassilakis1, Evangelos Papadimitriou8, Charalampos Papagoras8, Gerasimos Evangelatos9, Nafsika Gerolymatou10, Paraskevi V Voulgari10 and George E Fragoulis1, 1First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 2Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 3Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 4Rheumatology department, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 54th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 6Department of Pathophysiology, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 7Department of Rheumatology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 8First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, 9Third Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, 10Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab, a dual IL-17 A and F blocker, has recently been added in the therapeutic rheumatologist’s armamentarium of PsA, but real-world evidence is lacking.…
  • Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Effect of JAK Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Osteoporosis: A Comparative Study with Biologics

    Sungwon Ko1, Young-Eun Kim1, Soo Min Ahn1, Ji Seon Oh1, Yong-Gil Kim1, Chang-Keun Lee2, Bin Yoo1 and Seokchan Hong1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is more prevalent in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in the general population. Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)…
  • Abstract Number: 1372 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Treatment Patterns and Outcomes After Janus Kinase Inhibitor Discontinuation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Real-World Cohort Study

    Sungwon Ko1, Young-Eun Kim1, Soo Min Ahn1, Ji Seon Oh1, Yong-Gil Kim1, Chang-Keun Lee2, Bin Yoo1 and Seokchan Hong1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are recommended for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an inadequate response to conventional synthetic or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic…
  • Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Cost Per Responder Analysis of Certolizumab Pegol Versus Adalimumab in Patients with Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and High Rheumatoid Factor Levels: A Payer Perspective from Canada and Brazil

    Rémi Marty1, Baran Ufuktepe2, Nicola Tilt3, Flore Decuypere4, Angela Blake3, Sandeep Kiri3 and Mohammed Soomro3, 1UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Anderlecht, Belgium, 2UCB Pharma Istanbul, Turkey, istanbul, Turkey, 3UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, Slough, United Kingdom, 4UCB Pharma Brussels, Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: According to the 2022 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the presence of rheumatoid factor (RF), particularly at high levels, is…
  • Abstract Number: 1357 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Measuring Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes Using Machine Learning Imputed Disease Activity Scores

    Jue Hou1, Feiqing Huang2, Gregory McDermott3, Jun Wen4, Mary Jeffway3, Ying Qi5, Yunqing Han3, Tianrun Cai6, Florence Bourgeois4, Katherine Liao7 and Tianxi Cai2, 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, 5Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, 6Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Validated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity measures such as the Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS28) are used in clinical trials but not universally recorded in…
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