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

Abstract Number: 0213 • ACR Convergence 2020
Sustainability of Response to Upadacitinib as Monotherapy or in Combination Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Prior Inadequate Response to Conventional Synthetic DMARDs
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Maya Buch², Bernard Combe³, Louis Bessette⁴, In-Ho Song⁵, Yanna Song⁶, Jessica Suboticki⁵ and Peter Nash⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, University of California San Diego Medical School, San Diego, CA, ²Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁴Laval University, Quebec, Canada, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶AbbVie Inc., North Chicago,, IL, ⁷School of Medicine Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Background/Purpose: To assess long-term sustainability of responses to upadacitinib (UPA), a JAK inhibitor, with or without background csDMARD(s) in patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods:…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dosage Modification of Immunomodulatory Medications by Rheumatology Patients in New York City During the Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marianna Frey¹, Gregory Vitone², Candace Feldman³, Lindsay Lally¹, Anne Bass⁴, Jane Salmon¹, Mary Crow¹, Michael Lockshin⁵, Vivian Bykerk¹, Lisa Mandl¹ and Medha Barbhaiya⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Due to concerns about underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppression, patients with systemic rheumatic diseases living in COVID-19 “hot spots” may have modified their immunomodulatory…
Abstract Number: 0806 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification and Adjustment for Factors Associated with Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials to Improve Comparisons of Treatment Efficacy
Anthony Cordisco¹ and Joshua Baker¹, ¹Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Numerous clinical trials have been published in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but comparing efficacies of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is complicated by a lack of…
Abstract Number: 1001 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Malignant Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Initiating Methotrexate versus Hydroxychloroquine
Hemin Lee¹, Sarah Chen², Nileesa Gautam², Seanna Vine¹, Mengdong He², Rishi Desai², Michael Weinblatt¹, Robert Glynn² and Seoyoung Kim², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: Previous randomized clinical trials and observational studies have signaled an increased risk of skin cancer in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with immunosuppressants such…
Abstract Number: 1254 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lack of Efficacy of Early Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine in a Group of Hispanics with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Ariana González-Meléndez¹, Patricia Jordán-González¹, Ricardo Gago-Piñero¹, Noemí Varela-Rosario¹, Naydi Pérez-Ríos¹ and Luis Vilá¹, ¹University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: Treatment of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been evaluated in the past but with conflicting results regarding its efficacy. While earlier…
Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Obesity with Treatment Response to Methotrexate or Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dilli Poudel¹, Ted Mikuls², Michael George¹, Bryant England², Grant Cannon³, Brian Sauer⁴ and Joshua Baker¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ⁴University of Utah, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Obesity affects 30-40% of RA patients and is associated with higher clinical disease activity measures and progressive disability. Studies suggest that obesity may be…
Abstract Number: 2012 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-blind Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Evobrutinib Compared with Placebo in Patients with an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Charles Peterfy¹, Maya Buch², Ernest Choy³, Georg Schett⁴, Dana Parsons-Rich⁵, Anand Patel⁶, Yulia Zima⁵, Claire Le Bolay⁷ and Mark Genovese⁸, ¹Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ²Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵EMD Serono (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, MA, ⁶EMD Serono (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, ⁷Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) is involved in multiple signalling pathways potentially implicated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evobrutinib is a highly selective, oral BTK inhibitor.…
Abstract Number: 0216 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Subgroup Analysis of Low Disease Activity and Remission from Phase 3 Study of Filgotinib in Patients with Inadequate Response to Biologic DMARDs
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹, Maya Buch², Roberto Caporali³, Grace Wright⁴, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁵, Kenneth Kalunian⁶, Alena Pechonkina⁷, Ying Guo⁷, Shangbang Rao⁸, YingMeei Tan⁸, Robin Besuyen⁹ and Mark Genovese¹⁰, ¹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁴Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ⁷Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, ⁸Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁹Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite effective treatments, many patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have inadequate responses to biologic DMARDs (bDMARD-IR), highlighting an unmet need. It is unclear…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early DAS Response After DMARD-start Increases Probability of Achieving Sustained DMARD-free Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marloes Verstappen¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet², Xanthe Matthijssen², Saskia le Cessie² and Annette van der Helm - van Mil³, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sustained DMARD-free remission (SDFR) is increasingly achievable. The pathogenesis underlying SDFR-development is unknown and patient-characteristics at diagnosis poorly explain whether SDFR will be achieved.…
Abstract Number: 0808 • ACR Convergence 2020
Time to Discontinuation of Tofacitinib and TNF Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with and Without Methotrexate: Real World Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Mohammad Movahedi¹, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li³, Edward C Keystone⁴ and Claire Bombardier⁵, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOFA) is an oral, small molecule drug used for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment and is prescribed alone or with methotrexate (MTX). TOFA can…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Non-vertebral Fractures Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic DMARDs: A Multi-Database Comparative Safety Study
Ajinkya Pawar¹, Rishi Desai¹, Mengdong He¹, Lily Bessette¹ and Seoyoung Kim², ¹Brigham and Women's hospital, Boston, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases risk of osteoporosis and fractures. However, limited head-to-head comparative data exists on the risk of non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures (NVFs) among…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Real-World Experience of Tofacitinib for Psoriatic Arthritis: Data from a United States Healthcare Claims Database
Philip Mease¹, Pamela Young², David Gruben³, Lara Fallon⁴, Rebecca Germino⁵ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁶, ¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ²Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ³Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). It was approved in the US in December 2017 for…
Abstract Number: 1749 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy of Filgotinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis with Poor Prognostic Factors: Post Hoc Analysis
Daniel Aletaha¹, Rene Westhovens², Cecile Gaujoux-Viala³, Giovanni Adami⁴, Alan Matsumoto⁵, Paul Bird⁶, Osvaldo Daniel Messina⁷, Maya Buch⁸, Beatrix Bartok⁹, Zhaoyu Yin⁹, Ying Guo¹⁰, Thijs Hendrikx¹¹ and Gerd Burmester¹², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna,, Vienna, Austria, ²University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ³Department of Rheumatology, CHU Nîmes, University of Montpellier-Nîmes, France, EA2415, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, Nîmes, France, ⁴University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁵Arthritis and Rheumatism Assoc, Wheaton, MD, ⁶University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ⁷IRO Medical Ctr & Cosme Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ¹⁰Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, ¹¹Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹²Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with poor prognostic factors (PPF) are at risk for RA progression if disease activity is not rapidly controlled.…
Abstract Number: 0217 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in Methotrexate-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: 52-Week Results
Rene Westhovens¹, William F. C. Rigby², Désirée van der Heijde³, Daniel W.T. Ching⁴, William Stohl⁵, Jonathan Kay⁶, Arvind Chopra⁷, Beatrix Bartok⁸, Franziska Matzkies⁸, Zhaoyu Yin⁸, Ying Guo⁹, Chantal Tasset¹⁰, John S. Sundy⁸, Angelika Jahreis⁸, Neelufar Mozaffarian¹¹, Osvaldo Daniel Messina¹², Robert Landewé¹³, Tatsuya Atsumi¹⁴ and Gerd Burmester¹⁵, ¹University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Timaru Hospital, Timaru, New Zealand, ⁵University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Pune, India, ⁸Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁹Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, ¹⁰Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹¹Ichnos Sciences, Paramus, ¹²IRO Medical Ctr & Cosme Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹³Amsterdam University Medical Center & Zuyderland Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapparo, Hokkaido, Japan, ¹⁵Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL) is an oral, potent, selective JAK 1 inhibitor. FINCH 3 assessed FIL efficacy and safety in methotrexate (MTX)-naïve patients (pts) with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0484 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationship Between Paraoxonase-1 Genotype, Activity, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Tofacitinib
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Craig Hyde², Shunjie Guan³, Neil Parikh¹, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, Lori Stockert⁴ and John Andrews⁴, ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)‑associated enzyme with paraoxonase, lactonase, and arylesterase activities. PON1 contributes to the antioxidant properties of HDL, and…

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