Abstracts tagged "IL-6"

Abstract Number: 1908 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety Results of a Global Phase 3 Trial of Sirukumab, an Anti–IL-6 Cytokine Monoclonal Antibody, in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Treatment
Carter Thorne¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², George Karpouzas³, Shihong Sheng⁴, Regina Kurrasch⁵, Kaiyin Fei⁴ and Benjamin Hsu⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ²Keio University Hospital School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: In patients (pts) with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) despite DMARD treatment, sirukumab, a human monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the IL-6 cytokine 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 Kaneko^2,3, 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…
Abstract Number: 3240 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Kappa Is a Novel Type I IFN That Drives Cutaneous Inflammation in Systemic Lupus
Jasmine Stannard¹, Tamra J. Reed², Emily Myers³, Lori Lowe⁴, Mrinal Sarkar⁴, Xianying Xing⁵, Celine C. Berthier⁶, Johann Gudjonsson⁴ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁷, ¹Int. Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ⁴Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Dermatology, University of Michigan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) lesions are disfiguring, scarring, difficult to treat, and affect up to 70% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Type…
Abstract Number: 969 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Tocilizumab in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Results from the Open-Label Period of a Phase 2 Randomized, Controlled Trial
Dinesh Khanna¹, Christopher Denton², Helen Spotswood³, Angelika Jahreis⁴, Jacob M. van Laar⁵, Laura Burke⁶, Celia J. F. Lin⁴, Janet E. Pope⁷, Yannick Allanore⁸, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁹, Jeffrey Siegel⁶, Daniel E. Furst¹⁰ and faSScinate Clinical Trial Investigators, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, CA, United Kingdom, ⁴Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, ⁵University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Western Ontario, St Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ⁹Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad-Nauheim, Germany, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a debilitating disease with few treatment options. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) appears to play a role in SSc pathogenesis (J Rheumatol 1998;25:308;…
Abstract Number: 976 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Refractory Takayasu Arteritis: Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial in Japan
Yoshikazu Nakaoka¹, Mitsuaki Isobe², Syuji Takei³, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴, Tomonori Ishii⁵, Shumpei Yokota⁶, Akira Nomura⁷, Seitaro Yoshida⁷ and Norihiro Nishimoto⁸, ¹Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan, ²Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ³School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁵Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Laboratory of Pediatric Research, Medical Research Institute of Tokyo Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Osaka Rheumatology Clinic, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay of treatment options for patients (pts) with Takayasu arteritis (TAK); however, long-term GC therapy is associated with adverse events…
Abstract Number: 1560 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Unique Immune Signature in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis but Normal C-Reactive Protein Levels: Potential for New Therapeutic Targets?
Claire Bradford¹, Rosa González-Serrano¹, Andrew Cole¹, Shashank Ramakrishnan¹, Giampiero Marra¹, Coziana Ciurtin², Elizabeth Jury¹ and Jessica Manson³, ¹Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Department, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology Department, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Using musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) to assess joint erosions and disease activity in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) an atypical subgroup was identified with…
Abstract Number: 1581 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Combination of IL-6 and IL-6 Receptor Levels As a Biomarker of Response to Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Cesar Diaz-Torne¹, Maria A. Ortiz², Patricia Moya³, M. Victoria Hernández⁴, Delia Reina⁵, Ivan Castellvi⁶, Juan Jose De Agustin⁷, Diana De La Fuente⁸, Hector Corominas^9,10, Raimon Sanmarti¹¹, Josep Maria De Llobet Zubiaga¹ and Silvia Vidal², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²Institut de Recerca Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Baix de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital de Viladecans, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology, Arthritis Unit. Rheumatology Department. Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Several predictors of response to tocilizumab have been described. They include a low HAQ, high baseline CRP or NK levels and certain IL-6R polymorphisms.…
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…

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