Abstracts tagged "corticosteroids"

Abstract Number: 1044 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of Medicare and Medicaid Utilization and Expenditure of Newly Approved Biologics for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in the United States
Gunjan Rana¹, Mansi Mehta¹ and Joanne Cunha², ¹Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, ²BROWN MEDICINE, BROWN UNIVERSITY, Riverside, RI
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine is a cornerstone in the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), while corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents are employed for moderate to severe disease…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab-Based Triple Therapy in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Renal Outcomes and Glucocorticoid Tapering in a Real-World Multicenter Cohort
Paola Vidal Montal¹, Javier Narváez², Aina Fabregat³, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁴, José María Pego-Reigosa⁵, Andrea Hernández-martín⁶, Clara Moriano⁷, Maria Garcia-Villanueva⁸, Sandra Garrote Corral⁹, Sergi Heredia¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, Júlia Bernardez Moreno¹², Paloma Vela Casasempere¹³, Beatriz Tejera Segura¹⁴, Leyre Riancho¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Maria Piqueras García¹⁸, Beatriz Frade Sosa¹⁹, José Gomez-Puerta²⁰, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez²¹, Tarek Salman Montes²², María Galindo-Izquierdo²³, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL²⁴, Jaime calvo²⁵, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil²⁶, Marta De la Rubia Navarro²⁷, Berta Magallares²⁸ and Irene Altabás-González²⁹, ¹Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain; IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁷Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁸Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ²²Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ²⁸Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly published ACR guidelines recommend initiating triple therapy for all patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN). While belimumab (BEL) has demonstrated efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 0771 • ACR Convergence 2025
Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis and Corticosteroid Injection Use: The Moderating Role of Physical Activity
Sydney Liles¹, Jennifer Copson², Daniel K. White¹ and Jason Jakiela³, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ²University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, ³Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease with no current cure and a leading cause of disability among adults. Treatment for knee OA focuses…
Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Real-World Study from the Greater Paris Clinical Data Warehouse
Aïcha Kante¹, Olivier Hassanaly², Geoffroy Peyrac³, David Saadoun⁴, Cacoub Patrice⁴, Alexis REGENT⁵, Benjamin Terrier⁶, Luc Mouthon⁷, Arsène Mekinian⁸, Karim Sacré⁹, Jean-François Alexandra¹⁰, Sébastien Abad¹¹, Robin Dhote¹¹, Cécile goujard¹², Damien Sène¹³, Stéphane Mouly¹⁴, Baptiste Hervier¹⁵, Olivier Bory¹⁶, Elisabeth Aslangul¹⁶, Isabelle Mahé¹⁶, Anne Couvelard¹⁷, Yann Nguyen¹⁸, Agnès Lefort¹⁸, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁹, Olivier Steichen¹⁹, Viet-Thi Tran²⁰ and Cloé Comarmond¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM U⁹⁴², Paris, France, ²Unité de recherche clinique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Louis, F⁷⁵⁰¹⁰, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Sorbonne Universités, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares, Centre national de références Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares et Amylose inflammatoire (CEREMAIA), INSERM, UMR S⁹⁵⁹, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (I³), Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁶Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP); Université Paris ¹³, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, Bobigny, France, ¹²Université Paris Saclay, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, UMR¹¹⁸⁴ Inserm, CEA, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁵Internal Medicine Department, Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France., Paris, France, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Louis-Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France, Colombes, France, ¹⁷Pathology Department, Bichat and Beaujon Hospitals, AP-HP, FHU MOSAIC, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP Nord, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, Clichy, France, ¹⁹Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ²⁰Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAe, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Paris; and Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) relapses are frequent and often require therapeutic intensification in the form of glucocorticoids (GC) increase. GCA management has significantly evolved…
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…
Abstract Number: 0422 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Outcomes of Ultrasound Guidance for Corticosteroid Injections of the Ankle and Midfoot Joints and Tendon Sheaths in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Rina Ferguson¹, Xing Wang², Erin Balay-Dustrude³, Ramesh Iyer³, Natalie Rosenwasser¹, Susan Shenoi⁴ and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao⁵, ¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center, Mercer Island, WA, ⁵Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroid injections (IACI) are used to treat active ankle or midfoot inflammation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Ultrasound (US) can help identify the…
Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real-World Reduction in Disease Flares and Oral Corticosteroid Use with Anifrolumab Therapy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Claims-Based Study
Mawuena Binka¹, Rana Muhammad Qasim Khan², Joseph Tkacz³, Donna McMorrow³, Laurence Gozalo³ and Gail Kerr⁴, ¹BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ²BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, ³Inovalon, Bowie, MD, ⁴Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Georgetown and Howard University Hospitals, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, chronic autoimmune disease characterized by frequent episodes of disease activity (flares) of varying severity.1 SLE flares are…
Abstract Number: 1511 • ACR Convergence 2024
Lupus Nephritis and Response to Treatment in Latin America
Rosana Quintana¹, Romina Nieto², Diana Carolina Fernández Ávila³, Rosa Serrano Morales⁴, Guillermina Harvey⁵, Lucia Hernandez⁶, Karen Roberts⁷, Marina Scolnik⁸, Carmen Funes Soaje⁹, Paula Alba¹⁰, Veronica Saurit¹¹, Mercedes Garcia¹², Guillermo Berbotto¹³, VERONICA BELLOMIO¹⁴, Wilfredo Patiño Grageda¹⁵, Graciela Gómez¹⁶, Cecilia Pisoni¹⁷, Ana Malvar¹⁸, Vicente Juarez¹⁹, Nilzio A. Da Silva²⁰, ODIRLEI MONTICIELO²¹, Henrique Ataide Mariz²², Francinne Machado Ribeiro²³, Eduardo Borba²⁴, Luciana Parente²⁴, Edgard Torres²⁵, Oscar Neira²⁶, Loreto Massardo²⁷, Gustavo Aroca Martínez²⁸, Carlos A. Cañas Davila²⁹, Gerardo Quintana López³⁰, Carlos Enrique Toro-Gutierrez³¹, Mario Moreno³², Andres Zuñiga³³, Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas³⁴, Margarita Portela Hernandez³⁵, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo³⁶, Luis H. Silveira Torre³⁷, Ignacio García De La Torre³⁸, Carlos Abud Mendoza³⁹, Marcos Fonseca Hernández⁴⁰, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio⁴¹, Isabel Acosta Colman⁴², Jhonatan Losanto⁴³, Claudia Selene Mora Trujillo⁴⁴, Katiuzka Zuñiga Corrales⁴⁵, Roberto Muñoz Louis⁴⁶, Martin Rebella⁴⁷, Álvaro Danza⁴⁸ Manuel Ugarte-Gil⁴⁹, Graciela Alarcon⁵⁰, Urbano Sbarigia⁵¹, Federico Zazzetti⁵², Ashley Orillion⁵³, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁵⁴ and Bernardo Pons-Estel⁵⁴, ¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas. GO-CREAR, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, ³Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas del Grupo Oroao., Rosario, Argentina, ⁵Escuela de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, ⁶Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, ⁷Sección Reumatología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Hospital Italiano, Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹hospital privado universitario de cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ¹²HIGA San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, ¹³Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes, Hospital Escuela Eva Perón, ROSARIO, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital Padilla, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, ¹⁵Hospital General de Agudos Dr Ramos Mejia, CABA, Argentina, ¹⁶Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁷CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁸Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁹Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Salta, Argentina, ²⁰Hospital das Clinicas, Universidad Federal de Goias, Goias, Goias, Brazil, ²¹HOSPITAL DE CLINICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE, PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²²Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, ²³Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²⁵Universidad Federal São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²⁶Hospital del Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ²⁷Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, San Sebastián, Chile, ²⁸Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁹Fundación Valle del Lili, Unidad de Reumatología, Cali, Colombia, ³⁰Universidad de Los Andes, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, ³¹Reference Center for Osteoporosis & Rheumatology, Cali, Colombia, ³²Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ³³Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ³⁴División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, CDMX, Mexico, ³⁵Departamento de Reumatología del Hospital de especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico, Mexico, ³⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁷Department of Rheumatology , Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez., Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁸Depto. de Inmunología y Reumatología; Centro de Estudios de Investigación Básica y Clínica, Guadalajara, Mexico, ³⁹Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, SLP, México, SLP, Mexico, ⁴⁰Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, ⁴¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, MONTERREY, Mexico, ⁴²Hospital de Clínicas I, Asunción, Paraguay, ⁴³Hospital de Clínicas I, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, ⁴⁴Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliatti Martins, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁵Hospital Cayetano Heredia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁶Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ⁴⁷Unidad Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistemicas, Clinica Medica C-Hospital de Clinicas, UDELAR Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁸Médica Uruguaya Corporación de Asistencia Médica (MUCAM). Clínica Médica - Facultad de Medicina - UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁹Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁵⁰The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵¹Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵²Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ⁵³Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Spring House, PA, PA, ⁵⁴Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The Latin American Group for the Study of Lupus (GLADEL) 2.0 is an observational prevalent and incident cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…
Abstract Number: 0168 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real-world Glucocorticoid Prescription Patterns in Patients with Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Study Using a Healthcare Insurance Claims Database
Tatsuya Atsumi¹, Hironari Hanaoka², Nobuo Nishijima³, Kohji Murakami⁴, Mariko Nio³, Tsutomu Urakawa³, Takaaki Fujimura³ and Hiroki Hayashi⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most frequent organ manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), affecting morbidity and mortality in SLE. LN is…
Abstract Number: 1530 • ACR Convergence 2024
Belimumab-Treated Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Without Prior Immunosuppressant Use Have More Favorable Clinical Outcomes Than Those with Prior Use of an Immunosuppressant
Maral DerSarkissian¹, Yan Chen¹, Brendan Rabideau¹, Theo Man¹, Karen Worley², Bernard Rubin³, Karen Costenbader⁴ and S. Sam Lim⁵, ¹Analysis Group, Los Angeles, CA, ²GSK, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Durham, NC, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis and treatment of SLE improves prognosis and quality of life.1 Belimumab (BEL), a human immunoglobulin G1λ (IgG1λ) mAb that selectively binds to…
Abstract Number: 0535 • ACR Convergence 2024
Oral Glucocorticoid Premedication Is at Least as Effective as Intravenous Glucocorticoid Premedication for Prevention of Infusion-related Reactions to Rituximab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Pauline Bovens¹, Luuk Van Esveld², Maike Wientjes¹, Noortje van Herwaarden³, David Ten Cate⁴, Eward Melis³, Nienke Lesuis⁵, Bart van den Bemt⁶ and Alfons den Broeder¹, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, ⁶Sint Maartenskliniek / Radboudumc, Ubbergen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It has been demonstrated that pretreatment with intravenous glucocorticoids can prevent infusion-related reactions (IRR) that may occur in RA patients receiving rituximab infusions [1].…
Abstract Number: 1593 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Increasing the Dose of Mepolizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Federica Pallotti¹, Philippe Bonniaud², Perrine SMETS³, stephanie Habib⁴, Amandine Perier⁵, Alban Deroux⁶, Julie Mankikian⁷, Antoine Neel⁸, Clémentine Rousselin⁹, Raphaele Seror¹⁰, Camille Taille¹¹, Etienne Crickx¹², Candice La Croix¹³, Philippe Blanche¹⁴, Loïc Guillevin¹⁵, Xavier Puéchal¹⁶ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁷, and French Vasculitis Study Group, ¹Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, ²Centre de Référence Constitutif des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares de l'Adulte, Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Dijon-Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ³Clermont Ferrand University Hospital - National reference center for autoimmune disease, Internal Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, APHP Centre et Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵CH de Niort, Niort, France, ⁶Clinique Universitaire de Médecine Interne, Department of Internal Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France, ⁷CHRU Tours, Service de Pneumologie et d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Tours, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁹Service de médecine interne et néphrologie, centre hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ¹⁰Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile-de-France, France, ¹¹Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²Service de Médecine Interne, Centre national de référence des cytopénies auto-immunes de l'adulte, Hôpital Henri Mondor, APHP, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Otolaryngology, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, National Referrence Center for Systemic and Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁵National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁶National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ¹⁷Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) patients frequently develop glucocorticoid (GC)-dependent asthma and/or ENT manifestations, leading to long-term GC requirement and side effects. Mepolizumab, an…
Abstract Number: 0667 • ACR Convergence 2024
Early Introduction of Biologic Agents in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Reduces Relapse and Glucocorticoid Maintenance Dose: A Cohort Study from the PLEAJURE J Registry
Takehiro HIrayama¹, Kohei Tsujimoto², Kayoko Kaneko³, Sakiko Isojima⁴, Kunihiro Ichinose⁵, Yasunori Iwata⁶, Kenji Oku⁷, Kenei Sada⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka⁹, Ayako Nakajima¹⁰, Keishi Fujio¹¹, Masakazu Matsushita¹², Takako Miyamae¹³, Atsuko Murashima³ and Atsushi Kumanogoh¹⁴, ¹Osaka university, Ibaraki City, Japan, ²Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, ³National Center for Child Health and Development, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Showa Univeristy, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan, ⁶Kanazawa University, kanazawa, Japan, ⁷Kitazato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁸Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, ¹⁰Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan., TOKYO, Japan, ¹³Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with diverse clinical manifestations and organ involvement, posing significant challenges in its management. The emergence…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2024
Results of a One Year Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial with Methotrexate 25mg Per Week for Recently Diagnosed PolyMyalgia Rheumatica
Thomas Bolhuis¹, Noortje Kooijman¹, Diane Marsman¹, Gijs Snijders², Alfons den Broeder³, Nathan den Broeder⁴ and Aatke Van der maas⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, The Netherlands, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Gelre, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁵St Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The most effective treatment for Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are glucocorticoids (GC), but these are associated with toxicity. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest methotrexate…
Abstract Number: 0747 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clofutriben to Improve the Benefit-Risk Profile of Prednisolone in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT¹, Andrea Everding², Ioana Andreica³, Herbert Kellner⁴, Florian Schuch⁵, Tonya K Marmon⁶, Frank S Czerwiec⁷, Ketan Desai⁸ and David A Katz⁹, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Hamburger Rheuma Forschungszentrum II, Hamburg, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Schwerpunktpraxis f�r Rheumatologie und Gastroenterologie, Munich, Germany, ⁵PGRN, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Marmon Biostatistics, Seattle, WA, ⁷Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portand, OR, ⁸IMC, Easton, PA, ⁹Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD-1) differentially regulates intracellular glucocorticoid levels in the immune system and glucocorticoid toxicity target organs. Clofutriben is a potent HSD-1…

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