Abstracts tagged "Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (Dmards)"

Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2023
Better Drug Retention on anti-IL17A Compared to Anti-TNF Therapy Despite Its Inferior Effect on Composite Joint Indexes and Quality of Life in Patients with PsA–analysis from the Czech Biologics Registry ATTRA
Jakub Zavada¹, Jana Baranová², Karel Pavelka³, Jiri Vencovsky⁴, Pavel Horak⁵, Lenka Klementová⁶ and Ladislav Senolt⁷, ¹Institute of Rheumatology; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Brno, Czech Republic, ³Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III- Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁶Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Ltd, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: To compare drug survival, effectiveness and safety of anti-IL17A with anti-TNF drugs as first line biologic therapy in patients (pts) with PsA using real…
Abstract Number: 2111 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-reported Methotrexate Adherence Underestimates Biochemical Adherence: Results from the Methotrexate Use Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Biomarker Feedback Trial
James Bluett¹, Kimme Hyrich², Brian Keevil³, Patty Doran⁴ and Anne Barton⁵, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Versus Arthritis Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Versus Arthritis Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) adherence is suboptimal and is associated with disease flare, DAS-28 response, radiographic damage and healthcare costs. Adherence can be measured using self-reported…
Abstract Number: 2237 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upadacitinib in Refractory Psoriatic Arthritis. Multicenter Study of 134 Patients in Clinical Practice
Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹, Diana Prieto-Peña², Maria Luz Garcia Vivar¹, Lucia Vega-Alvarez¹, Cristina Vergara³, Irati Urionaguena⁴, Consuelo Ramos-Giráldez⁵, Raquel Almodovar⁶, Beatriz Joven Ibáñez⁷, Rosario Garcia-Vicuna⁸, Vega Jovani⁹, Teresa González¹⁰, Àngels Martínez-Ferrer¹¹, Ana Urruticoechea Arana¹², Bryan Josue Flores Robles¹³, Cristina Campos Fernández¹⁴, Lilian Maria Lopez Nunez¹⁵, Joaquin Maria Belzunegui Otano¹⁶, Marina Pavia Pascual¹⁷, Esteban Rubio¹⁸, Angel Ramos-Calvo¹⁹, Noemi Busquets²⁰, Ana Pérez Gómez²¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan²², Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez²³, Cristina Macía²⁴, María Ángeles Puche Larrubia²⁵, Jose Antonio Pinto Tasende²⁶, Cristina Fernandez²⁷, Maria Paz Martinez-Vidal²⁸, Jaime Calvo- Alén²⁹, Emma Beltran-Catalan³⁰, Mireia Moreno³¹, Silvia Pérez-Barrio³², iñigo Gorostiza Hormaeche¹ and Ricardo Blanco³³, ¹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ⁴GALDAKAO-USANSOLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, GERNIKA-LUMO, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Dr Peset Valéncia, Valéncia, Spain, ¹²Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁵Son llatzer, Palmanyola, Spain, ¹⁶University Hospital Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Servicio Andaluz Salud, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Soria, Soria, Spain, ²⁰HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, GRANOLLERS, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²³CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario San Juan Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ³⁰HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ³³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: The EMA authorized Upadacitinib (UPA) in PsA in January 2021. UPA has shown efficacy in PsA refractory to anti-TNF in a clinical trial (RCT).…
Abstract Number: 2596 • ACR Convergence 2023
Head-To-Head Comparison of the Effectiveness of Tocilizumab, Rituximab, Mycophenolate Mofetil, and Cyclophosphamide in Patients with SSc-ILD from the EUSTAR Database
Qingran Yan¹, Cosimo Bruni², Alexandru Garaiman², Carina Mihai², Suzana Jordan², Mike Becker³, Muriel Elhai⁴, Rucsandra Dobrota², liubov Petelytska³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵, Joerg Henes⁶, Eric Hachulla⁷, Elise Siegert⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Giovanna Cuomo¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹, Stefan Heitmann¹², valeria Riccieri¹³, Susanne Ullman¹⁴, Petros Sfikakis¹⁵, Francesca Ingegnoli¹⁶, Vera Bernardino¹⁷, Marie-Elise Truchetet¹⁸, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁹, SHUANG YE²⁰ and Oliver Distler², ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Swaziland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁷University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Department of Precision Medicine, “Luigi Vanvitelli” University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ¹¹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Marienhospital Stuttgart, Böheimstrasse 37, D-70199, Stuttgart, Germany, ¹³Department of Clinical, Internal and Cardiovascular Specialities, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁵National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹⁶Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁸Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁹University of Leeds - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Muskuloskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ), rituximab (RTX), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and cyclophosphamide (CYC) are the immunosuppressants (IS) with the current best evidence for the treatment of systemic…
Abstract Number: 0331 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment of Patient Adherence to “Sick Day Rules”: A Cross-sectional Study of Rheumatology Outpatients Prescribed Immunosuppressive Medications
Mervè Aksoy¹, Pamela Gonzalez Manrique², Heinrich-Karl Greenblatt¹ and Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert¹, ¹Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, ²Roger Williams Medical Center, North Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology outpatients receiving immunosuppressive medications (IS) inevitably develop acute infections. Expert guidance, in accordance with usual clinical practice, recommends counseling patients on “sick day…
Abstract Number: 0438 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Methotrexate Use and Lymphoma in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review
Swetha Ann Alexander¹, Gordon Starkebaum², Diana Louden², Grant Hughes² and Namrata Singh³, ¹University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients have an increased risk of developing lymphoma compared to the general population. This increased risk is believed to be linked…
Abstract Number: 0678 • ACR Convergence 2023
Benralizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Adrien Cottu¹, Matthieu Groh², Charlène Desaintjean³, Sylvain Marchand-Adam⁴, Loic Guillevin⁵, Xavier Puéchal⁶, Estibaliz Lazaro⁷, Maxime Samson⁸, Camille Taillé⁹, Cécile-Audrey Durel¹⁰, Elisabeth Diot¹¹, Sarah Nicolas¹¹, Laurent Guilleminault¹², Mikael Ebbo¹³, Pascal Cathébras¹⁴, Clairelyne Dupin⁹, Halil Yildiz¹⁵, Nabil Belfeki¹⁶, Gregory Pugnet¹⁷, Pierre Chauvin¹⁸, Stephane Jouneau¹⁹, François Lifermann²⁰, Jean-Philippe Martellosio²¹, Vincent Cottin²² and Benjamin Terrier²³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ²National Referral Center for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (CEREO), Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, ³Department of Respiratory Diseases, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France, ⁴CHRU Tours, service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires, Tours, France, ⁵University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁶National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ⁷Bordeaux Hospital University, Pessac, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁹AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases and University of Paris Cité, Inserm 1152, Paris, France, ¹⁰CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹¹Service de médecine interne et immunologie clinique, CHU Tours, Tours, France, ¹²Department of respiratory and allergic diseases, Toulouse University Hospital Center, Toulouse, France, ¹³Aix Marseille Univ, APHM, hôpital de la Timone, Internal Medicine Department, Marseille, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal medicine, Hôpital Nord, CHU St Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France, ¹⁵Saint Luc Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium, ¹⁶Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique. Groupe Hospitalier Sud Île de France, Melun, France, ¹⁷CHU Toulouse Rangueil Service de Medecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Toulouse, France, ¹⁸Department of Respiratory Diseases, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, ¹⁹Amicus, Boca Raton, FL, ²⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de Dax, Dax, France, ²¹Service de médecine interne, maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²²Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, University of Lyon, INRAE, Lyon, France, ²³Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Gucocorticoid (GC)-dependant asthma and ENT exacerbations may persist in more than 80% of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). The MIRRA trial demonstrated the efficacy…
Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2023
Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Exhibit an Altered Serum Lipidomic Profile Directly Linked to Disease Activity, Which Is Reversed by Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARD
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera², Beatriz Vellón², Rocio Guzman², Tomás Cerdó², Rafaela Ortega Castro³, Jerusalem Calvo⁴, Mª Angeles Aguirre⁵, Pedro Segui², Ivan Arias de la Rosa⁶, Maria del Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁷, Desiree Ruiz-Vilchez², Christian Merlo-Ruiz², Jose Javier Perez-Venegas⁸, Javier Godoy⁹, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos¹⁰, Carmen Dominguez⁸, Carlos Rodriguez-Escalera¹¹, Carmen Romero-Barco¹², Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹², Natalia Mena Vazquez¹³, Julia Uceda Montañez¹⁴, Charo Santos¹⁴, Nuria Barbarroja¹⁵, Eduardo Collantes Estévez¹⁶, Mª del Mar Malagon², Alejandro Escudero Contreras⁴ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez¹⁷, ¹IMIBIC - Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Reina Sofía University Hospital/ Rheumatology Department, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba. Rheumatology service. Cordoba. Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁸Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ⁹Jaen University Hospital, Jaen, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹¹Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Malaga, Spain, ¹²Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹³IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁵University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁶Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁷IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Lipid metabolism impacts immune cell plasticity, activation, differentiation, and function, making the analysis of the lipidomic profile crucial in understanding chronic inflammatory diseases like…
Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2023
Abdominal Surgical Interventions Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Involvement of Behçet Syndrome
Sinem Nihal Esatoglu¹, Sabriye Guner¹, Sevim Guler², Gulen Hatemi¹, Nuray Kepil³, Yusuf Ziya Erzin⁴, Aykut Ferhat Celik⁴ and Ibrahim Hatemi⁴, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal involvement of Behçet's syndrome (GIBS) may require surgery in up to one third of the patients. We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics,…
Abstract Number: 2143 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Filgotinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Week 156 Results from a Long-term Extension Study
Maya Buch¹, Daniel Aletaha², Roberto F. Caporali³, Bernard G. Combe⁴, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁵, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka⁷, Ricardo Blanco⁸, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁹, Edmund V. Ekoka Omoruyi¹⁰, Katrien Van Beneden¹¹, Vijay Rajendran¹², Chris Watson¹³, Francesco De Leonardis¹⁴ and Paul Emery¹⁵, ¹University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Wien, Austria, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig-Maximilians–University Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁹Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹¹Medical Safety, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹²Clinical Research, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹³Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Medical Affairs, Galapagos GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the treatment of RA, JAK inhibitors are a valuable option to meet remission or low disease activity (LDA) treatment targets following an inadequate…
Abstract Number: 2246 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-World Switching and Discontinuation Patterns for Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis in Japan
Lars Erik¹, Ahmed Soliman², Dominic Nunag³, Ralph Lippe⁴, Matthew Davis³ and Mitsumasa Kishimoto⁵, ¹Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Vedbæk, Denmark, ²AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³Medicus Economics, LLC, Milton, MA, ⁴AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany, ⁵Kyorin University School of Medicine, Yokohoma, Japan
Background/Purpose: The national prevalence of PsA among patients (pts) with psoriasis (PsO) in Japan is estimated to be 14.3%. Risankizumab (RZB) was approved for the…
Abstract Number: 0347 • ACR Convergence 2023
Towards Effective Shared Decision Making – Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Personalized Probabilities of Side Effects in the Initial Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Jonathan Park¹, Thomas Loughin², Andrew Henrey² and Jaime Guzman³, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Clinical practice guidelines for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) emphasize the importance of adapting guideline recommendations to each individual patient through shared decision-making among patients,…
Abstract Number: 0444 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Synthetic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug, TCK-276, After Single Ascending Dose in Healthy Subjects and Multiple Ascending Doses in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chie Watai¹, Kazuoki Tsuruda², Yoshinori Tsumura¹ and Daisuke Tasaki¹, ¹Teijin Pharma Limited, Chiyoda City Tokyo, Japan, ²Teijin America, Inc., Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: TCK-276 is a highly potent, orally active, and selective cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor that is in development as a novel synthetic disease…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Among U.S. Veterans Receiving Immunosuppressive Medications 2017-2023
Sharon Abada¹, Jing Li¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Cherish Wilson³, Jinoos Yazdany¹, Mary Whooley¹ and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²San Francisco VA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapies are known to have a higher risk of herpes zoster and subsequent complications compared to the general population. The recombinant…
Abstract Number: 1304 • ACR Convergence 2023
Window of Opportunity to Achieve Better Functional Outcomes in Patients with RA: Effectiveness of an Early Treatment Strategy
Vivian Bykerk¹, Isabel Castrejon², Vibeke Strand³, Stephanie Dahan⁴, Raul Castellanos-Moreira⁵, Leo Chen⁶ and Wayne Little⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Syneos Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: RA is a chronic disease that can lead to irreversible damage and functional decline with delayed or inadequate treatment.1 Abatacept + MTX is effective…

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