Abstracts tagged "Lupus nephritis"

Abstract Number: 0035 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Biological Pathways in Both Blood and Kidney Further Define Molecular Profiles Across Diverse Nephritides
Loqmane Seridi¹, Matteo Cesaroni¹, Qingxuan Song², Ashley Orillion¹, Frédéric Baribaud¹, Tatiana Ort¹, Sheng Gao², Tomas Parker³, James Chevalier³, Dan Levine³, Alan Perlman³ and Jarrat Jordan¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ³The Rogosin Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY, USA., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Approximately 40% of SLE patients will develop Lupus Nephritis (LN), of which 10-30 % will progress to end-stage renal disease. To further understand LN…
Abstract Number: 0855 • ACR Convergence 2020
Treatment of SLE with or Without Nephritis with the Immunoproteasome Inhibitor KZR-616: Updated Results of the MISSION Study
Richard Furie¹, Samir Parikh², Kenneth Harvey³, Christopher Kirk⁴, Darrin Bomba⁴ and MK Farmer⁵, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Kezar Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kezar Life Sciences, Inc, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Kezar, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Immunoproteasome inhibition has demonstrated meaningful therapeutic potential in preclinical models of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN). KZR-616 is a first-in-class selective…
Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Platelet C4d in Thrombosis and Lupus Nephritis
Michelle Petri¹, Jessica Li², John Conklin³, Tyler O'Malley⁴, Jo-Anne Ligayon⁵, Leilani Wolover⁵ and Thierry Dervieux⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Exagen Inc., Vista, CA, ⁴Exagen, Inc, San Diego, CA, ⁵Exagen Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, ⁶Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (former employee of Exagen Diagnostics), Irvine, CA
Background/Purpose: The SLE thrombosis risk equation contains three components: lupus anticoagulant (dRVVT), low C3 and C4d bound to platelets (platelet C4d). We examined the role…
Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association of Urinary Membrane Attack Complex (C5b-9) with Proteinuria and Glomerular Activity in Lupus Nephritis
Shudan Wang¹, Erica Moore², Brianna Lally³, Beatrice Goilav⁴, Chaim Putterman³ and Anna Broder⁵, ¹Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Complement activation is known to play a major role in lupus nephritis (LN). Urinary membrane attack complex (C5b-9) has been shown to correlate with…
Abstract Number: 0242 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autoantibody Profile and Ethnicity: Risk Factors for Accelerated Development of Lupus Nephritis
Majed Albirdisi¹, David d'Cruz², Shirish Sangle² and Natasha Jordan³, ¹King Fahad Medical City, riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²guys and st thomas hospital, london, United Kingdom, ³addebrooke's hospital, cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. African ancestry is associated with an increased risk of Lupus Nephritis (LN). Anti-DNA autoantibodies play…
Abstract Number: 0859 • ACR Convergence 2020
Biomarkers of B-cell Depletion and Response in a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Ed Vital¹, Philippe Remy², Luis Fernando Quintana Porras³, Laurent Chiche⁴, Dominique Chauveau⁵, Richard Furie⁶, Thomas Schindler⁷, Jay Garg⁸, Matthew Cascino⁸, Zahir Amoura⁹, Andrea Doria¹⁰, Cary Looney⁸ and Dario Roccatello¹¹, ¹University of Leeds; NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²APHP Groupe Hospitalier Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Rangueil, Centre Hospitalier Univ de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁶Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁷F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, ¹⁰University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹¹S Giovanni Hospital, Univ of Turin, Turin, Italy
Background/Purpose: Incomplete B-cell and plasmablast depletion, as measured using highly sensitive flow cytometry (HSFC), is associated with lower response rates following rituximab in SLE [1].…
Abstract Number: 1514 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of Renal Transplantation on Cardiovascular Events Among Patients with End-State Kidney Disease Due to Lupus Nephritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study
April Jorge¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Yuqing Zhang³, Hyon Choi⁴ and Zachary Wallace⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose:A major complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the progression of lupus nephritis (LN) to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Both SLE and ESKD are…
Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dynamic Changes in Microbiota Representation of a Gut Pathobiont and Clinical Disease Activity in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Doua Azzouz¹, Ze Chen², Zhi Li³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Jing Deng¹, David Fenyo³, Jill Buyon¹, Alexander Alekseyenko⁵ and Gregg Silverman⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Laboratory of B cell immunobiology, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: From a cross-sectional cohort, we have recently identified a candidate human gut pathobiont, Ruminococcus gnavus (RG) of the Lachnospiraceae family and Blautia genus that…
Abstract Number: 0243 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of Anti-dsDNA Antibodies in Predicting Incident Lupus Nephritis in Newly Diagnosed Lupus
Pooja Kumari¹, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan², Jihad Obeid², Diane Kamen³ and Jim Oates⁴, ¹The university of Tennesse Health Science center, Memphis, TN, ²medical university of south carolina, south carolina, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is essential to…
Abstract Number: 0862 • ACR Convergence 2020
Voclosporin Does Not Decrease Mycophenolic Acid Concentrations in Patients with SLE
Teun van Gelder¹, Robert Huizinga², Neil Solomons² and Laura Lisk³, ¹Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Victoria, BC, Canada, ³Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Voclosporin (VCS) is a novel calcineurin inhibitor, structurally similar to cyclosporine A (CsA). In a Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with active lupus…
Abstract Number: 1515 • ACR Convergence 2020
Renal Responder Status and Associated Clinical Variables in the Lupus Accelerating Medicines Partnership Cohort
Philip Carlucci¹, Andrea Fava², Kristina Deonaraine¹, Jessica Li³, David Wofsy⁴, Judith James⁵, Chaim Putterman⁶, Betty Diamond⁷, Derek Fine⁸, Jose Monroy-Trujillo⁸, Kristin Haag⁸, William Apruzzese⁹, H. Michael Belmont¹⁰, Peter Izmirly¹¹, Sean Connery¹², Fernanda Payan-Schober¹², Richard Furie¹³, Celine Berthier¹⁴, Maria Dall'Era¹⁵, Kerry Cho¹⁶, Diane Kamen¹⁷, Kenneth Kalunian¹⁸, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE Network¹⁹, Michelle Petri²⁰ and Jill Buyon²¹, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁷Northwell Health, Hartford, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁹., Boston, ¹⁰NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, ¹³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ¹⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, ¹⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁸School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ¹⁹Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities, ²⁰Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ²¹Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Poor therapeutic response rates contribute to the increased morbidity and mortality associated with lupus nephritis. Early identification of patients likely to respond is crucial…
Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR Convergence 2020
Urine Biomarkers of Tubulointersitital Damage in Lupus Nephritis
Brianna Lally¹, Shudan Wang², Sammy Chalmers³, Wenzhu Mowrey³, Tamar Rubinstein⁴, Beatrice Goilav⁵ and Anna Broder⁶, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, White Plains, NY, ⁵The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial disease (TID), defined as tubulointerstitial inflammation (TII) or interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IFTA), is associated with progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) in…
Abstract Number: 0250 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Nephritis and Renal Outcomes in African-Americans: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership Cohort Experience
Andrea Fava¹, Jessica Li¹, Philip Carlucci², David Wofsy³, Judith James⁴, Chaim Putterman⁵, Betty Diamond⁶, Derek Fine⁷, Jose Monroy-Trujillo⁷, Kristin Haag⁷, Kristina Deonaraine⁸, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE Network⁹, William Apruzzese¹⁰, Jill Buyon¹¹ and Michelle Petri¹², ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation;Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁸New York University School of Medicine, New York, ⁹Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities, ¹⁰., Boston, ¹¹Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) will use multi-omics modalities including single cell RNA sequencing to understand lupus nephritis with the ultimate goal to devise…
Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Use Predicts Significantly Higher Patient and Graft Survival in Post-Renal Transplant Lupus Nephritis Patients
Shivani Garg¹, Tripti Singh¹, Sarah Panzer² and Christie Bartels³, ¹UW Madison, Madison, WI, ²UW-Madison, Madison, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a pivotal therapy for lupus nephritis (LN) as it contributes to 65% lower mortality and 84% lower renal damage compared to…
Abstract Number: 1516 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Value of Renal Biopsy at Lower Levels of Proteinuria in Patients Enrolled in the Lupus Accelerating Medicines Partnership
Philip Carlucci¹, Kristina Deonaraine¹, Andrea Fava², Jessica Li³, David Wofsy⁴, Judith James⁵, Chaim Putterman⁶, Betty Diamond⁷, Derek Fine⁸, Jose Monroy-Trujillo⁸, Kristin Haag⁸, William Apruzzese⁹, H. Michael Belmont¹⁰, Peter Izmirly¹¹, Sean Connery¹², Fernanda Payan-Schober¹², Richard Furie¹³, Celine Berthier¹⁴, Maria Dall'Era¹⁵, Kerry Cho¹⁶, Diane Kamen¹⁷, Kenneth Kalunian¹⁸, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE Network¹⁹, Michelle Petri²⁰ and Jill Buyon²¹, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁷Northwell Health, Hartford, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁹., Boston, ¹⁰NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, ¹³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ¹⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, ¹⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁸School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ¹⁹Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities, ²⁰Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ²¹Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis continues to be the complication with the highest standardized mortality ratio in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and a late diagnosis associates with…