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Abstracts tagged "IL-6"

  • Abstract Number: 549 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Increases in Lipid Levels Following Sirukumab Treatment Are Associated with Suppression of Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from Two Phase 3 Trials

    Bidisha Dasgupta1, Matthew Loza1, Androniki Bili1, Shruti Daga2, Kurt Brown3, Jennifer Gilbride4, Benjamin Hsu1 and Iain B. McInnes5, 1Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, 3GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 4Sum of Squares Ltd, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 5University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Understanding interactions of inflammatory cytokines and lipid metabolism in RA is of considerable interest. Blocking IL-6 receptor elevates lipid levels in RA while lowering…
  • Abstract Number: 1598 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Olokizumab Treatment of Both Western and Asian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have Failed Anti-TNF Treatment Results in Sustained Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Mark C. Genovese1, Patrick Durez2, Roy Fleischmann3, Yoshiya Tanaka4, Daniel E. Furst5, Hisashi Yamanaka6, Igor Vasyutin7, Thangavel Kaviarasu8, Elena Korneva7, Dmitry Koloda7 and Tsutomu Takeuchi9, 1Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 2Department of Rheumatology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 3Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 4The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, 5David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 6Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 7R-Pharm CJSC, Moscow, Russian Federation, 8Quintiles Inc, Mumbai, India, 9School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a high patient (pt) burden with significant impact on health-related quality of life. We report the effect of treatment with…
  • Abstract Number: 1607 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Development of a New Anti–Interleukin 6 Blocker for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Alan Glicklich1, Paul Grayson1, Christophe Blanchetot2, Qing Zhou3 and Anke Kretz-Rommel1, 1Bird Rock Bio, Inc, La Jolla, CA, 2Argenx, Ghent, Belgium, 3Genor BioPharma, Shanghai, China

    Background/Purpose: While interleukin-6 (IL-6) blockade with monoclonal antibodies is an established, clinically validated mechanism for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the need for significant…
  • Abstract Number: 1615 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, Significantly Improves Physical Function and Reduces Morning Stiffness in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Anti-TNF Therapy: Results from a Global, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial

    Yoshiya Tanaka1, Clifton Bingham III2, Daniel Aletaha3, Prasheen Agarwal4, Sharon Popik4, Regina Kurrasch5, Steve Peterson4, Rita Ganguly5, Chenglong Han4 and Kelly McQuarrie4, 1University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 4Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA

    Background/Purpose: Improvement in physical function and morning stiffness are key goals of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment.  Sirukumab, a selective human anti–IL6 monoclonal antibody, has recently…
  • Abstract Number: 1625 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Analysis of a Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Sirukumab, an Anti-IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, Across Subgroups in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Treatment with Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs

    Carter Thorne1, George Karpouzas2, Tsutomu Takeuchi3, Shihong Sheng4, Weichun Xu4, Ravi Rao5, Kaiyin Fei4 and Benjamin Hsu4, 1University of Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 2Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 3Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 4Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 5GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Sirukumab is a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the IL-6 cytokine with high affinity, and is under development for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
  • Abstract Number: 2104 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treatment with Tocilizumab Decreases CXCL13 Expression in Cultured Temporal Arteries from Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis

    Nekane Terrades-Garcia1, Joana Daradoumis2, Ester Planas-Rigol2, Marc Corbera-Bellalta1, Sergio Prieto-González2, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé2 and Maria C. Cid3, 1Vasculitis Research Unit. Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, 2Department of Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, 3Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

    Background/Purpose: IL-6 has been considered a biomarker of disease activity in GCA and a potential therapeutic target. However, the functional role of IL-6 in GCA…
  • Abstract Number: 2142 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Identification of Novel Molecules Targeting Cartilage Aging As Osteoarthritis Therapeutics

    Beatriz Carames1, Uxia Nogueira-Recalde1, Eduardo Dominguez2, Maria I. Loza3 and Francisco J. Blanco1,4, 1Cartilage Biology Group. Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 2BioFarma Research Group. University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 3BioFarma Research Group. University of Santiago de Compostela, santiago de Compostela, Spain, 4Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), La Coruña, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Effective treatments for Osteoarthritis (OA) are not available. In aging-related diseases, including OA, failure of cellular homeostasis mechanisms, such as autophagy can cause extracellular…
  • Abstract Number: 2604 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Ultrasound and Immunological Changes and Associations after One Year of IL-6/IL- 6R Blockade with Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Cesar Diaz-Torne1, Juan Jose De Agustin2, Patricia Moya1, Maria A. Ortiz3, Delia Reina4, Carme Moragues5, Sergi Ros6, Emili Gomez7, Enrique Casado Burgos8, Eli Garcia9, Manel Pujol10, Maria Pilar Lisbona Perez11, Andrés Ponce12, V Torrente13, P. Estrada14, Silvia Vidal3 and ECOCAT group, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 2Rheumatology, Hospital Baix de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 3Institut de Recerca Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 4Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, 5Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, 6Rheumatology, Hospital de Viladecans, Viladecans, Spain, 7Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, 8Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, 9Rheumatology, Hospital de Mollet, Mollet, Spain, 10Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain, 11Rheumatology, Hospital de Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain, 12Rheumatology. Internal Medicine, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain, 13Hospital de L'Hospitalet, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, 14Rheumatology, Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Management of RA patients has improved in the last two decades in part with the use of ultrasound (US) in daily clinical practice. The…
  • Abstract Number: 2620 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Retrospective Analysis for Determining the Signs and Symptoms of Infections before They Become Serious in Tocilizumab-Treated RA Patients Using a Postmarketing Adverse Events Reporting Database

    Tatsuya Atsumi1, Yoshiaki Ando2, Yukiko Hayashi2, Shinichi Matsuda2, Riwa Tanaka2, Nobuhiro Takagi2 and Ayako Nakasone2, 1Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, 2Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Given that tocilizumab (TCZ) directly inhibits IL-6 signaling and strongly suppresses the inflammatory reaction, there is concern that the signs and symptoms associated with…
  • Abstract Number: 2650 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Prediction of Inhibition of Radiographic Progression By Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Treatment: Results of a Global, Phase 3 Trial

    George Karpouzas1, Tsutomu Takeuchi2, Carter Thorne3, Shihong Sheng4, Xiaoming Li4, Ravi Rao5, Kaiyin Fei4 and Benjamin Hsu4, 1Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3University of Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 5GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose:  In the SIRROUND-D study, sirukumab, a human anti–IL-6 cytokine monoclonal antibody, significantly reduced radiographic progression after 52 wks of treatment vs placebo in patients…
  • Abstract Number: 249 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    MiR-204-3p Associates with an Increased Level of IL-6 in Familial Mediterranean Fever By Targeting the PIK3 Signaling Pathway

    Tomohiro Koga1, Kiyoshi Migita2, Akihiro Yachie3, Yukitaka Ueki4, Kazunaga Agematsu5, Junya Masumoto6, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura7, Katsumi Eguchi8 and Atsushi Kawakami1, 1Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, 2Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan, 3Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, 4Rheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan, 5Department of Infectious Immunology, Shinshu University, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu, Japan, 6Department of Pathology, Division of Analyticalpathology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan, 7Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, 8Department of Rheumatology and Metabolism, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is caused by a number of mutations of the MEFV gene, coding for a protein named pyrin that acts as…
  • Abstract Number: 3222 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Monotherapy with Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, Compared with Adalimumab Monotherapy in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Global, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Phase 3 Study

    Peter C. Taylor1, Michael Schiff2, Qingmin Wang3, Yusang Jiang3, Regina Kurrasch4, Shruti Daga5, Ravi Rao6, Benjamin Hsu3 and Paul-Peter Tak7, 1Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMs, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 3Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 4GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, 6GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 7GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Sirukumab, a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the cytokine IL-6 with high affinity, is under development for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other…
  • Abstract Number: 911 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: Primary and Secondary Outcomes from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    John H. Stone1, Katie Tuckwell2, Sophie Dimonaco2, Micki Klearman3, Martin Aringer4, Daniel Blockmans5, Elisabeth Brouwer6, Maria C. Cid7, Bhaskar Dasgupta8, Juergen Rech9, Carlo Salvarani10, Robert F. Spiera11, Sebastian H. Unizony1, Neil Collinson2 and the GiACTA Investigators, 1Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, 3Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, 4Abteilung für Rheumatologie, Dresden, Germany, 5General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, 6Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 7Vasculitis Research Unit. Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, 8Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom, 9Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 10Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 11Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ), an IL-6 receptor-alpha inhibitor, was evaluated in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) in GiACTA, a randomized,…
  • Abstract Number: 3223 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Efficacy and Safety of Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Anti-TNF Therapy: Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Global, Phase 3 Study

    Daniel Aletaha1, Clifton Bingham III2, Yoshiya Tanaka3, Prasheen Agarwal4, Regina Kurrasch5, Paul-Peter Tak6 and Sharon Popik4, 1Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, 4Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 6GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Sirukumab is a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the IL-6 cytokine with high affinity and is under development for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
  • Abstract Number: 935 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Pretreatment Plasma IL-6 Levels Are Responsible for Bone Erosion Progression on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Yasushi Kondo1, Yuko Kaneko2,3, Hiroaki Sugiura4, Shunsuke Matsumoto4, Naoshi Nishina3, Masahiro Jinzaki4 and Tsutomu Takeuchi1, 1Keio University School of Medcine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Division of Rheumatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 3Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 4Department of Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Plasma cytokines include tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-ƒ¿, interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-6 play important roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causing not only…
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