Abstracts tagged "Late-Breaking 2024"

Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anifrolumab Long-Term Treatment Is More Effective Against Organ Damage Than Standard of Care Alone: Results from an External Control Arm Study on Organ Damage in Phase 3 Clinical Trials and the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic Cohort
Zahi Touma¹, Ian Bruce², Richard A. Furie³, Eric Morand⁴, Raj Tummala⁵, Shelly Chandran⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷, Jacob Knagenhjelm⁷, Kellyn Arnold⁸, Hopin Lee⁸, Eleanor Ralphs⁸, Danuta Kielar⁹, Aleksander Bedenkov⁹ and Miina Waratani⁹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶Astrazeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸IQVIA, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Biopharmaceuticals Medicine, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In SLE, persistent disease activity, disease flares and long-term glucocorticoid (GC) use all contribute to organ damage accrual. The effects of novel therapies on…
Abstract Number: L14 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Withdrawal Study of Colchicine in Behçet Syndrome
Basak Sirin¹, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu², Hasan Yazıcı³ and Gulen Hatemi⁴, ¹Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul,Türkiye/Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Academic Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul,Türkiye/Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul,Türkiye, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Previous randomized controlled studies reported conflicting results regarding the effectiveness of colchicine on oral ulcers in Behçet syndrome (BS). A randomized drug discontinuation design…
Abstract Number: L15 • ACR Convergence 2024
LEVI-04, a Novel neurotrophin-3 Inhibitor, Substantially Improves Pain and Function Without Deleterious Effects on Joint Structure in People with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Phase II Trial
Philip Conaghan¹, Ali Guermazi², Nathaniel Katz³, Asger Bihlet⁴, Dror Rom⁵, Michael Perkins⁶, Bernadette Hughes⁶, Claire Herholdt⁶, Iwona Bombelka⁶ and Simon Westbrook⁶, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Boston University, West Roxbury, MA, ³Rin Sof Innovation, Ltd, Boston, MA, ⁴NBCD A/S, Soeborg, Denmark, ⁵Prosoft Clinical, Chesterbrook, ⁶Levicept Ltd, Ramsgate, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: There is an urgent need for new therapies to treat OA. Excess neurotrophins (NT) are implicated in OA and other painful conditions. Previous OA…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dapirolizumab Pegol Demonstrated Significant Improvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity: Efficacy and Safety Results of a Phase 3 Trial
Megan Clowse¹, David Isenberg², Joan Merrill³, Thomas Dörner⁴, Michelle Petri⁵, Edward Vital⁶, Eric Morand⁷, Teri Jimenez⁸, Stephen Brookes⁹, Janine Gaiha-Rohrbach¹⁰, Christophe Martin¹¹, Annette Nelde¹² and Christian Stach¹³, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁹Biogen, Maidenhead, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ¹¹UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹²Biogen, Baar, Switzerland, ¹³UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: Dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) is a novel, polyethylene glycol (PEG)-conjugated antigen-binding (Fab') fragment, lacking an Fc domain, that inhibits CD40L signaling. By binding to CD40L,…
Abstract Number: L01 • ACR Convergence 2024
Targeted Exosite Inhibition of STING Activation of TBK1 Selectively Blocks Type I Interferon and NFκB Responses for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Matthew Martin¹, Erik Wilker¹, Diana Gikunju¹, Usha Narayanan¹, Unnati Pandya¹, Vijetha Prakash¹, Ashley Edwards¹, Sameer Kawatkar¹, Tenghui Chen¹, Ragunath Chandran¹, Sai Sunder¹, Sumathi Biradar¹, Joerg Distler², Alexandra Joseph¹, Stephanos Ioannidis¹ and Bhavatarini Vangamudi¹, ¹Exo Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, ²Exo Therapeutics, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The cGAS-TBK1-STING pathway senses nucleic acids for innate immunity. Aberrant activation of the pathway is linked to autoimmune diseases including Systemic and Cutaneous Lupus…
Abstract Number: L17 • ACR Convergence 2024
Allogenic CD19 CAR NK Cells Therapy in Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Open-label, Single Arm, Prospective and Interventional Clinical Trial
Yiyi Yu¹, Ruina Kong¹, Xia Xu¹, Suxuan Liu¹, Qian Chen¹, Xiaofang Li², Ming Sun², Jianmin Yang¹, Dongbao Zhao¹ and Jie Gao¹, ¹Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, ²Rui Therapeutics, Nanjing, China
Background/Purpose: Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) typically necessitates long-term immunosuppression with hormones, immunosuppressants and biologics. CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have shown excellent…
Abstract Number: L02 • ACR Convergence 2024
Persistent Articular Infection and Host Reactive Responses Contribute to Brucella-Induced Spondyloarthritis in SKG Mice
Jerome Harms¹, Jens Eickhoff¹, Thomas Warner¹ and Judith Smith², ¹University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Brucellosis, one of the most prevalent zoonotic diseases worldwide, often results in osteoarticular complications including large joint and axial arthritis mimicking spondyloarthritis (SpA). Greater…
Abstract Number: L18 • ACR Convergence 2024
CCL19+ Fibroblasts Orchestrate Fibrotic Microenvironment via CCL19-CCR7 Axis in Systemic Sclerosis
Wei Guo¹, Zhaohua Li², Dan Xu² and Rong Mu², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Understanding the roles of diverse fibroblast subsets is of great importance in elucidating the pathogenesis of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, how the…
Abstract Number: L03 • ACR Convergence 2024
CD9 Expressing T Follicular Helper Cells Are a Highly Functional Subset Expanded in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kyleigh Brimmer¹, Olivia Antao¹, Daniel Mayer¹, Gina Sanchez¹, Rebecca Francis¹, Htay Htay Kyi², Mary Salim², Boyan Xia², Eugenio Capitle² and Jason Weinstein¹, ¹Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, ²Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by the generation of autoantibodies that promote tissue injury. The development of pathogenic autoantibody-secreting B cells in lupus…
Abstract Number: L19 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Emapalumab in Children and Adults with Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Still’s Disease: Results from a Phase 3 Study and a Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Trials
Alexei Grom¹, Uwe Ullman², Adnan Mahmood³, Josefin Blomkvist³, Brian Jamieson⁴ and Fabrizio De Benedetti⁵, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ²Sobi, Basel, Switzerland, ³Sobi, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Sobi, Inc., Morrisville, NC, ⁵Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: MAS is a life-threatening complication of Still’s disease, characterized by interferon-gamma (IFNg)-driven macrophage activation and systemic hyperinflammation. Emapalumab, an anti-IFNg antibody, binds free and…
Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2024
Performance of an Artificial Intelligence Model Compared to Multiple Human Experts in Scoring Synovitis Severity and Osteophyte Severity on Joint Ultrasound Images
Anders Weber¹, Mads Ammitzbøll Danielsen², Bill Aplin Frederiksen³, Hilde Berner Hammer⁴, Benjamin Schultz Overgaard³, Lene Terslev², Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu⁵ and Soren Andreas Just³, ¹ROPCA, Odense, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Svendborg Sygehus OUH, Svendborg, Denmark, ⁴Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the agreement of an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to assess greyscale and Doppler synovitis severity and osteophyte severity in hand joints…
Abstract Number: L20 • ACR Convergence 2024
Automated Ultrasound System ARTHUR with AI Analysis DIANA Matches Expert Rheumatologist in Hand Joint Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Bill Aplin Frederiksen¹, Mads Ammitzbøll Danielsen², Hilde Berner Hammer³, Benjamin Schultz Overgaard¹, Anders Weber⁴, Lene Terslev², Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu⁵ and Soren Andreas Just¹, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Svendborg Sygehus OUH, Svendborg, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Disease, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁴ROPCA, Odense, Denmark, ⁵Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the precision of ARTHUR (Figure 1), a CE-marked, fully automated ultrasound scanning system that captures ultrasound images of 22 hand joints and…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prolonged Plasma Urate-Lowering After a Single Intravenous Administration of PRX-115, a Novel PEGylated Uricase, in Participants with Elevated Urate Levels
Christian Schwabe¹, Orit Cohen Barak², Alexandra Cole³, Hadar Reuveni², Liron Shelev², Liora Blinder-Haddad² and Nicola Dalbeth⁴, ¹NZCR, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Protalix Ltd, Karmiel, Israel, ³NZCR, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: PEGylated uricases have already demonstrated therapeutic modality in the treatment of refractory gout patients. PRX-115 is a recombinant homotetrameric uricase enzyme, produced from Candida…
Abstract Number: L06 • ACR Convergence 2024
Distinct Cytokine and Cytokine Receptor Expression Patterns Characterize Different Subtypes of Inflammatory Myopathies
Raphael Kirou¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez¹ and Andrew Mammen², ¹NIAMS/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a term for a heterogeneous group of inflammatory myopathies, each with characteristic clinical manifestations, histopathological features, and autoantibodies, including myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs).…
Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Classification Criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome (Class) Project
Giovanni Zanframundo¹, Sara Faghihi Kashani², Akira Yoshida³, Eduardo Dourado⁴, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura⁵, Daphne Rivero Gallegos⁶, Aravinthan Loganathan⁷, Gianluca Sambataro⁸, Francisca Bozan⁹, Sangmee Bae¹⁰, Darosa Lim¹¹, Marta Cheli¹², Yasuhiko Yamano¹³, Francesco Bonella¹⁴, Tamera Corte¹⁵, Tracy J. Doyle¹⁶, David Fiorentino¹⁷, Miguel Gonzalez-Gay¹⁸, Marie Hudson¹⁹, Masataka Kuwana²⁰, Ingrid Lundberg²¹, Andrew Mammen²², Neil McHugh²³, Frederick Miller²⁴, Carlomaurizio Montecucco¹, Chester Oddis²⁵, Jorge Rojas-Serrano⁶, Jens Schmidt²⁶, Carlo Alberto Scirè²⁷, Albert Selva-O'Callaghan²⁸, Victoria Werth¹¹, Davide Rozza²⁹, Monica Morosini³⁰, Sara Bozzini³⁰, Lorenzo Cavagna¹, Rohit Aggarwal²⁵ and the CLASS project investigators, ¹Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, ²University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA and University of California, San Francisco, CA, ³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Unidade Local de Saùde da Regiao de Aveiro and Aveiro Rheumatology Research Centre, Aveiro, Portugal; Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁵University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Bath, UK; Arthritis Australia, Broadway, Glebe, NSW, Australia, ⁸University of Enna "Kore", Enna, Italy, ⁹Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ¹⁰UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy, ¹³Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan, ¹⁴University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ¹⁵Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁷Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, ¹⁸IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²⁰Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²³University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ²⁴NIH, NIEHS, Durham, NC, ²⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁶University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, ²⁷Univeristy of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy and IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation, Monza, Italy, ²⁸Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁹Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ³⁰Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Hospital of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop and validate new classification criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome (ASSD) using data and consensus driven methodologies and…

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