Abstracts tagged "comparative effectiveness"

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…
Abstract Number: 1129 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors and urate-lowering agents in patients with gout: data from a single-center specialised clinic
Jose Doménech Serrano¹, Ivana García Loiseau², Cristina RodrÍguez-Alvear³, Pablo Riesgo Sanchis¹, Oscar Moreno Pérez¹ and Mariano Andrés¹, ¹Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ²Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, ³Virgen de la Peña General Hospital, Fuerteventura, Spain
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I) proved substantial benefits in diabetes mellitus (DM), heart failure (HF) and kidney disease (KD). In pivotal trials, SGLT2Is…
Abstract Number: 2576 • ACR Convergence 2024
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use and the Risk of Adverse Cardiac and Kidney Outcomes Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis
April Jorge¹, Aakash Patel¹, Baijun Zhou², Yuqing Zhang³ and Hyon K. Choi⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are hypoglycemic agents with well-established cardioprotective properties and emerging data for kidney-protective benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes…
Abstract Number: 0250 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Global Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies
Beiming Wang¹, Shi Chen², Xiaoqing Liu³ and Lifan Zhang³, ¹Medical Doctor Program, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Peking union medical college hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: As patients with rheumatic diseases (RDs) growing into a large population globally, concerns continue exist regarding the potential development of tuberculosis (TB) in this…
Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2024
How Fast Do JAK-inhibitors, TNF-inhibitors, Abatacept and IL-6 Inhibitors Act in Rheumatoid Arthritis? An International Collaboration of Registers of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the “JAK-pot” Study)
Delphine Sophie Courvoisier¹, Yacine Mrad¹, Denis Mongin¹, Romain Aymon², Roberto Caporali³, Denis Choquette⁴, Catalin Codreanu⁵, Louis Coupal⁴, Doreen Huschek⁶, Kimme Hyrich⁷, Florenzo Iannone⁸, Tore K. Kvien⁹, Monika Mustak¹⁰, Dan Nordstrom¹¹, Nina Trokovic¹², Lucia Otero-Varela¹³, Karel Pavelka¹⁴, Manuel Enrique Pombo Suarez¹⁵, Sella A. Provan¹⁶, Ana Maria Rodrigues¹⁷, Ziga Rotar¹⁸, Prodromos Sidiropoulos¹⁹, Anja Strangfeld²⁰, Jakub Závada¹⁴, Sizheng Zhao²¹, Axel Finckh¹ and Kim Lauper¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Collonges-sous-Salève, France, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ⁴Rhumadata™, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ) Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, ⁹Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine II, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹²Department of Medicine and Rheumatology ROB-FIN, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹³Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁶Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Nova Medical School and Hospital dos Lusíadas, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁹University of Crete, Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece, HERAKLIO, Greece, ²⁰German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ) Berlin and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: JAK-inhibitors (JAKi) have demonstrated a rapid onset of action; however, it is unclear how they compare to other targeted therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0603 • ACR Convergence 2024
Superior Effectiveness and Comparable Drug Retention of Anti-TNF Therapy versus Anti-IL-17A in Ankylosing Spondylitis After First Anti-TNF Failure: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis from the Czech ATTRA Registry
Jakub Závada¹, Jana Baranová², Karel Pavelka¹, Jiří Vencovský³, Pavel Horak⁴, Kateřina Kusalová² and Ladislav Šenolt³, and collaborators of the ATTRA registry, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd., Brno, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴3rd Department of Internal Medicine - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Olomouc & Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Olomouc, Olomoucky kraj, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: This study aims to compare the drug survival, effectiveness, and safety of anti-IL-17A and anti-TNF drugs in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) following the…
Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Belimumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
buddhika Jayaratna¹, Pasan Serasinghe², Louise Nel³, Sahil Jain³, Shrish Sangle², Begona Lopez¹, Giovanni Sanna², Michelle Fernando¹ and David DCruz⁴, ¹Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, United Kingdom, ³Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴The Louise Coote Lupus Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multi-system autoimmune rheumatic disorder. Despite therapeutic advances, managing SLE remains challenging due to its complex pathogenesis and…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors versus Conventional Synthetic Immunomodulatory Therapy for Treatment of Frail Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E. Sattui¹, Christian Dejaco², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Sebastian Unizony⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is hindered by lack of glucocorticoid (GC)-sparing therapies with proven efficacy. A retrospective study showed a higher proportion of…
Abstract Number: 1193 • ACR Convergence 2024
Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injection versus Iontophoresis in Rhizarthrosis: A Prospective Comparative Multicentric Study
Olga Rusinovich¹, Andrea Liso Andrino², Maria Concepcion Sanchez³, Pilar Navarro Alonso⁴, Miguel Cantalejo Moreira⁵, ALBERTO DIAZ OCA⁴, Pablo Navarro Palomo⁶, Maria Machattou⁷, Maria Alonso de Francisco³, Carlota Navarro Joven⁸, Alejandro Martinez Rodado³, laura Ramos Ortiz de Zarate⁹, hildegarda Godoy Tundidor¹⁰, Maria Carmen Barbadillo Mateos⁷, Blanca Garcia-Magallon⁷, Jose Campos⁷, Mónica Fernández Castro¹¹, JESUS SANZ SANZ⁶ and Jose Luis Andreu⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Boadilla del Monte, Spain, ²Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ³Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Majadahonda, Spain, ⁴Fuenlabrada University Hospital, Fuenlabrada, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada. Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Majadahonda, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Spain, ⁹Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Majahonda, Spain, ¹⁰Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis is a common degenerative disease that causes pain and thumb dysfunction. It affects 16-25% of the population, mainly middle-aged women. Treatment modalities…

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