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

Abstract Number: 2564 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Effectiveness of a Fourth Dose of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Using Immunomodulators: An Emulated Target Trial
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Xiaosong Wang², Naomi Patel¹, Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Emily Kowalski², Claire Cook¹, Kathleen Vanni², Krishan Guzzo¹, Grace Qian², Katarina Bade³, Alene Saavedra², Rathnam Venkat², Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Yuqing Zhang⁴, Jeffrey Sparks⁵ and Zachary Wallace⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Many patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) using immunomodulators have blunted humoral responses to COVID-19 vaccines. As such, the initial mRNA vaccine series…
Abstract Number: 0224 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors and Outcomes for Repeat COVID-19 Infection Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Case-control Study
Emily Kowalski¹, Xiaosong Wang¹, Naomi Patel², Yumeko Kawano¹, Claire Cook², Kathleen Vanni¹, Grace Qian¹, Katarina Bade³, Shruthi Srivatsan², Zachary Williams², Zachary Wallace⁴ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: As initial COVID-19 infections become nearly ubiquitous and the available prevention and treatment strategies evolve, patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) may be…
Abstract Number: 0433 • ACR Convergence 2023
DMARD Initiation in Older Adults with New Diagnosis of Late-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale¹, Una Makris², Namrata Singh³, Raymond Yung⁴ and Julie Bynum¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The number of older adults living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is growing as the world population is aging. Up to one-third of the older…
Abstract Number: 0538 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Challenge of Identifying Difficult-To-Treat Axial Spondyloarthritis in Clinical Practice: Results from La Paz-SpA Cohort
Manuel Juárez¹, Diego Benavent², Victoria Navarro-Compán³, Mariana Díaz-Almirón⁴, Marta Novella-Navarro⁵, Diana Peiteado¹, Alejandro Villalba¹, Irene Monjo⁶, Laura Nuño⁷, Alejandro Balsa⁵ and Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez⁵, ¹Rheumatology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Biostatistics Unit, IdiPAZ, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Despite multiple pharmacological options for axSpA are available, still one out of three patients do not achieve the recommended treatment target (1), highlighting the…
Abstract Number: 1123 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-world Trends in the Use of Immunomodulation as Co-therapy to Pegloticase: Claims-based Findings Since 2016
John Botson¹, Qianhong Fu², Kaiding Zhu², Lissa Padnick-Silver² and Brian LaMoreaux², ¹Orthopedic Physicians Alaska, Anchorage, AK, ²Horizon Therapeutics, Deerfield, IL
Background/Purpose: Pegloticase can treat uncontrolled gout but anti-drug antibodies limit urate-lowering response and put patients at risk for infusion reactions (IRs).1, 2 The first case…
Abstract Number: 1426 • ACR Convergence 2023
Distinct Treatment Response Trajectories in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Receiving Tofacitinib
Dafna Gladman¹, William R Tillett², David Gruben³, Laura Coates⁴, Stefanie Hahne⁵ and Mikhail Volkov⁶, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Pfizer BV, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: PsA is a heterogeneous disease, and identifying clinical phenotypes may assist clinical decision making. Patients (pts) treated with advanced therapies demonstrate varying treatment responses.…
Abstract Number: 2033 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sex Differences in Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis After Starting a New Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Medication
John Davis¹, Sara Achenbach², Courtney Arment¹, Delamo Bekele¹, Vanessa Kronzer¹, Thomas Mason¹, Elena Myasoedova¹, Lynne Peterson¹, Kerry Wright¹ and Cynthia Crowson¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) measures are valued in the assessment of health outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, little is…
Abstract Number: 2231 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ixekizumab Significantly Improves Nail Disease and Adjacent Joint Tenderness and Swelling in Psoriatic Arthritis
Dennis McGonagle¹, Arthur Kavanaugh², Iain McInnes³, Lars Erik⁴, Joseph Merola⁵, Bruce Strober⁶, Rebecca Bolce⁷, Jeffrey Lisse⁷, Jennifer Pustizzi⁷, Christophe Sapin⁷ and Christopher T Ritchlin⁸, ¹Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Academic Unit for the Musculoskeletal Diseases, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Vedbæk, Denmark, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁷Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸University of Rochester Medical School, Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Canandaigua, NY
Background/Purpose: Nail psoriasis (PsO) is a strong predictor for the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and has been reported in 63–83% of patients with PsA1.…
Abstract Number: 2569 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutic Interventions for the Treatment of Still’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Informing the EULAR/PReS Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult-Onset Still’s Disease
Sara Bindoli¹, Arianna De Matteis², STEPHANE MITROVIC³, Bruno Fautrel⁴, Loreto Carmona⁵, Fabrizio De Benedetti⁶ and On Behalf Of The Eular/PreS QoC011 Task Force Member⁷, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Dept of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ²IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, ³Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Sorbonne University, APHP, Paris, France, ⁴Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ⁵Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁶Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Rome, Italy, ⁷EULAR/PReS QoC011 Task Force members are: Jordi Anton, Alexandre Belot, Claudia Bracaglia, Tamas Constantin, Lorenzo Dagna, Alessandro De Bartolo, Eugen Feist, Dirk Foell, Marco Gattorno, Sophie Georgin-Lavialle, Roberto Giacomelli, Alexei Grom, Yvan Jamilloux, Katarina Laskari, Calin Lazar, Francesca Minoia, Peter Nigrovic, Filipa Oliveira Ramos, Seza Ozen, Pierre Quartier-dit-Maire, Piero Ruscitti, Erdal Sag, Sinisa Savic, Marie-Elise Truchetet, Bas Vastert, Tanita Wilhelmer, Carine Wouters., Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of therapies currently in use and under evaluation for systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) and Adult-Onset Still's disease…
Abstract Number: 0227 • ACR Convergence 2023
Associations of DMARDs with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Prospective Study
Rathnam Venkat¹, Xiaosong Wang², Naomi Patel³, Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Emily Kowalski², Claire Cook³, Kathleen Vanni², Grace Qian², Katarina Bade⁴, Alene Saavedra², Shruthi Srivatsan³, Zachary Williams³, Zachary Wallace⁵ and Jeffrey Sparks⁶, ¹Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, or "long COVID") is defined by the CDC as COVID-19 symptoms persisting for ≥28 days after infection. Patients with…
Abstract Number: 0434 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of B/tsDMARDs on Non-inflammatory Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis -ANSWER Longitudinal Cohort Study-
Mai Yamashita¹, Takaichi Okano¹, Iku Shirasugi¹, Hirotaka Yamada¹, Keisuke Nishimura¹, Sho Sendo¹, Yo Ueda¹, Toshihisa Maeda², Shinya Hayashi², Wataru Yamamoto³, Akira Onishi⁴, Kosaku Murakami⁵, Hideyuki Shiba⁶, Kenichiro Hata⁶, Kohei Tsujimoto⁷, Kosuke Ebina⁸, Yonsu Son⁹, Naofumi Yoshida⁹, Ryota Hara¹⁰, Ryu Watanabe¹¹, Motomu Hashimoto¹¹, Ryosuke Kuroda² and Jun Saegusa¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan, ⁴Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine (Ⅳ), Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan, ⁷Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, ⁸Department of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Toyonaka,Osaka, Japan, ⁹First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Hirakata, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan, ¹¹Department of Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Non-inflammatory pain (NIP) is one of the remaining issues in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and some previous studies suggest that 10-20% of patients with RA…
Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2023
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Azathioprine and Tacrolimus in SLE Pregnancies: Preliminary Results from the LEGACY Cohort
Reem Farhat¹, Arielle Mendel², Isabelle Malhamé³, Joo Young (Esther) Lee⁴, Luisa Ciofani⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶ and Evelyne Vinet², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Pregnant SLE women still face an unacceptably high risk of maternal and fetal morbidity, particularly when their disease is active. How to personalize SLE…
Abstract Number: 1182 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment Trajectories and Patient Outcomes in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Kristin Wipfler¹, Michael Feely², Gulsen Ozen³, Urbano Sbarigia⁴, Federico Zazzetti⁵, Anna Sheahan⁶, Iris Lin⁷, Evo Alemao⁸ and Kaleb Michaud², ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ⁴Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium, ⁵Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen, Raleigh, NC, ⁷Janssen, Horsham, PA, ⁸Janssen Pharmaceuticals, New Hope, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are rare, heterogeneous diseases characterized by chronic skeletal muscle inflammation and weakness. Initial conventional therapy is based on expert opinion…
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…

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