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

Abstract Number: 0349 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparative Risks of Infection with Belimumab versus Oral Immunosuppressants in Patients with Non-Renal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Emma Materne¹, Hyon Choi², Baijun Zhou¹, Karen Costenbader³, Yuqing Zhang⁴ and April Jorge¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a biologic B-Lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) inhibitor, was FDA-approved in 2011 for the treatment of active SLE. Initial phase 3 placebo-controlled trials found no…
Abstract Number: 0714 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Treatment Effectiveness of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs by Serostatus Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yinzhu Jin, Jun Liu, Rishi Desai and Seoyoung Kim, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Serostatus may be associated with different responses to treatment with biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) or Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) in patients with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0908 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association of Cardiovascular Comorbidities with Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing Treatment with Baricitinib and Conventional Synthetic DMARDs: A Post-Hoc Analysis
Arkady Manning-Bennett¹, Ashley Hopkins², Michael Sorich², Susanna Proudman³, David Foster¹, Ahmad Abuhelwa² and Michael Wiese¹, ¹University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, ²Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, ³Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is characterised by inflammation in the synovium of diarthrodial joints and low-level inflammation in multiple…
Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2022
QTc Prolongation in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Treated with Hydroxychloroquine – Preliminary Results from a Single Center Study
Tanmayee Bichile¹, Susan Manzi² and Tarun Sharma³, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Gibsonia, PA, ²Allegheny Health Network, Lupus Center of Excellence, Wexford, PA, ³Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The effect of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on QTc interval in patients with rheumatic diseases is under scrutiny since the COVID-19 pandemic, however studies have shown…
Abstract Number: 1399 • ACR Convergence 2022
Inflammatory Arthritis Genetic Risk Factors to Predict Treatment Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gregory McDermott¹, Jing Cui¹, Rachel Knevel², Kumar Dahal¹, Dana Weisenfeld¹, Priyam Das³, Elizabeth Karlson¹, Su-Chun Cheng⁴, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹, Tianxi Cai⁴ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In a prior study, we described an alternative method for subphenotyping RA patients by the sequence of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) they receive over time.…
Abstract Number: 1679 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Start Time Optimization of Biologic Therapy in Polyarticular JIA (STOP-JIA) Study: Three-Year Outcomes
Yukiko Kimura¹, Sarah Ringold², George Tomlinson³, Laura Schanberg⁴, Anne Dennos⁵, MaryEllen Riordan⁶, Vincent Del Gaizo⁷, Katherine Murphy⁸, Pamela Weiss⁹, Brian Feldman¹⁰, Mei Sing Ong¹¹ and Marc Natter¹², ¹Hackensack Meridian Health, New York, NY, ²Janssen, Seattle, WA, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ⁷CARRA, Inc, Washington, DC, ⁸CARRA, Inc, New Orleans, LA, ⁹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Glen Mills, PA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Harvard Pilgrim Institute, Boston, MA, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The CARRA STOP-JIA study compared the effectiveness of the CARRA Consensus Treatment Plans (CTPs) in achieving clinically inactive disease (CID) in untreated polyarticular JIA…
Abstract Number: 1989 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Flare in the RHEUmatoid Arthritis Medication TAPering (RHEUMTAP) Cohort
Nada Alrifai¹, Mohamed Tageldin², Malavikalakshmi Attur², Nicholas Wilson², Rebecca schorr² and Tarun Sharma², ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, ²Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Long term use of conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) and biologics in RA has clinical risks including infection and malignancy. Few RCTs and real-world studies…
Abstract Number: 2262 • ACR Convergence 2022
Albumin-hitchhiking MMP13 siRNA Conjugate (siMMP13< (EG18L)2) for the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease
Juan Colazo¹, Ella Hoogenboezem¹, Fang Yu¹, Veeraj Shah¹, Justin Lo¹, Hongsik Cho², Karen Hasty², Leslie Crofford³ and Craig Duvall¹, ¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Nashville, TN, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) decrease quality of life due to joint destruction, pain, and decreased function. Multiple joint osteoarthritis (MJOA) can occur…
Abstract Number: 0274 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-world Utilisation and Switching Between Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Australian OPAL Dataset
Sabina Ciciriello¹, Geoffrey Littlejohn², Tamas Treuer³, Kathryn Gibson⁴, Peter Youssef⁵, Paul Bird⁶, Catherine OSullivan⁷, Tegan Smith⁸ and Claire Deakin⁹, ¹Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia, ²OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Melbourne, Australia, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, United States of America, Sydney, Australia, ⁵University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁶University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ⁷OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Sydney, Australia, ⁸OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Geelong, Australia, ⁹OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Mosman, Australia
Background/Purpose: JAK inhibitors (JAKi) have been a major development in treatment for many patients with RA due to their ability to block multiple cytokine pathways…
Abstract Number: 0367 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparative Risk of COVID-19 Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus According to Immunosuppressant Use
April Jorge¹, Baijun Zhou¹, yuqing zhang² and Hyon Choi³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ³MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE are at increased risk of COVID-19 and its severe outcomes, in part due to the use of immunosuppressants. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 0732 • ACR Convergence 2022
Application of Natural Language Processing to Identify Varicella Zoster Infection in Clinical Notes
Austin Ho¹, Zara Izadi², Gabriela Schmajuk³, Jinoos Yazdany⁴, Suzanne Tamang⁵ and Milena Gianfrancesco⁶, ¹University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Redwood City, CA, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection can be associated with significant morbidity in immunosuppressed individuals. However, infections of VZV are often documented in unstructured fields…
Abstract Number: 0913 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs on Immunogenicity to COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karam Jabri¹, Linda Burns² and Joseph Grisanti³, ¹University at Buffalo/Catholic Health, Depew, NY, ²Buffalo Rheumatology, Lancaster, NY, ³Buffalo Rheumatology & Medicine, Orchard Park, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of infection compared to healthy subjects (1). This is because of a multifactorial complex…
Abstract Number: 0984 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Hydroxychloroquine on Interferon Pathway Expression of SLE Phenotypic Subsets in the Absence of Background Medications
Colin Mowery, Miles Smith, Kevin Thomas, Susan Macwana, Wade deJager, Stan Kamp, Cristina Arriens, Teresa Aberle, Judith James, Joel Guthridge and Joan Merrill, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Chronic activation of interferon (IFN) pathways is a key driver of immune dysregulation in SLE. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) inhibits toll-like receptors 7 and 9 in…
Abstract Number: 1401 • ACR Convergence 2022
Relationship Between Disease Activity and Adverse Events of Interest in Patients with RA on Tofacitinib or TNF Inhibitors: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3b/4 Randomized Safety Study
George A Karpouzas¹, Zoltan Szekanecz², Eva Baecklund³, Ted Mikuls⁴, Deepak L Bhatt⁵, Harry Shi⁶, Cunshan Wang⁷, Gosford A Sawyerr⁸, Yan Chen⁶, Sujatha Menon⁷, Carol A Connell⁷, Steven R Ytterberg⁹ and Mahta Mortezavi⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary, ³Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Pfizer, Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁸Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled RA activity and acute disease flares are associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, such as cardiovascular (CV) disease, venous thromboembolism (VTE), malignancy,…
Abstract Number: 1737 • ACR Convergence 2022
In Vitro Response to Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Link Molecular Drug Target with Synovial Transcriptional Signature
Mads Brüner¹, Ulvi Ahmadov¹, Morten Aagaard Nielsen², Lasse Sommer Kristensen¹ and Tue Kragstrup³, ¹Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, and Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis (IMIA) is a group of diseases characterized by chronic synovitis including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and spondyloarthritis (SpA). Some…

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