Abstracts tagged "Randomized Trial"

Abstract Number: 1898 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient After Visit Instructions at a University Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic: Do They Make a Difference?
Dijo Joseph, Rong Hu, Robert Min, Meenakshi Jolly and Sobia Hassan, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: As low health literacy (HL) has been linked to poor health outcomes in rheumatic diseases, it is important to optimize organizational HL. One way…
Abstract Number: 2334 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission Attainment in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Anifrolumab Compared with Placebo over a 4-Year Period
Ronald van Vollenhoven¹, Eric Morand², Richard A. Furie³, Kenneth Kalunian⁴, Raj Tummala⁵, Gabriel Abreu⁶, Hussein Al-Mossawi⁷ and Catharina Lindholm⁶, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ³Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In patients with SLE, remission is an established therapeutic goal associated with reduced damage accrual and flares, and improved health-related quality of life.1 Here,…
Abstract Number: 0582 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of Anifrolumab Treatment Responses by the Short Form 36 Health Survey Version 2 in SLE: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Long-Term Extension Trial
Vibeke Strand¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Barnabas Desta³, Caroline Seo⁴, Gabriel Abreu⁵, Raj Tummala³, Catharina Lindholm⁵ and Hussein Al-Mossawi⁶, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals Medical Evidence, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic disease that progressively reduces patients’ health-related quality of life.1 In a post hoc analysis of the TULIP trials, patients with…
Abstract Number: 1423 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Upadacitinib on Enthesitis and Dactylitis by Location in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Biologic DMARDs from the SELECT-PsA 2 Trial
Laura Coates¹, Catherine Bakewell², Majed Khraishi³, Shirley Chen⁴, Tianming Gao⁴, Arathi Setty⁴, Heather Jones⁵, Sandra Ciecinski⁴ and Eduardo Mysler⁶, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Intermountain Healthcare Medical Group, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁶Organización Medica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis and dactylitis are associated with reduced quality of life and greater impairment in daily activities. In the SELECT-PsA 2 phase 3 trial, the…
Abstract Number: 1982 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Denosumab on Knee Pain and Bone Marrow Lesions in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Terence O'Neill¹, Matthew Parkes¹, Michael Bowes², Richard Hodgson¹ and David Felson³, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Imorphics, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: There are currently no licensed therapies which reduce progression of knee OA. Current therapies focus on reducing pain, have limited effect, and some have…
Abstract Number: 2487 • ACR Convergence 2023
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous (s.c.) Dose Ianalumab (VAY736; Anti-BAFFR mAb) Administered Monthly over 28 Weeks in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) of Moderate-to-Severe Activity
Nan Shen¹, Stanislav Ignatenko², Alexander Gordienko³, Josefina Cortés Hernández⁴, Nancy Agmon-Levin⁵, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin⁶, Katarzyna Romanowska -Prochnicka⁷, Hana Ciferska⁸, Masanari Kodera⁹, James Cheng-Chung Wei¹⁰, Piotr Leszczynski¹¹, Joung-Liang Lan¹², Eduardo Mysler¹³, Rafal Wojciechowski¹⁴, Tunde Tarr¹⁵, Elena Vishneva¹⁶, Yi-Hsing Chen¹⁷, Yuko Kaneko¹⁸, Stephanie Finzel¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Ajchara Koolvisoot²¹, Shin-Seok Lee²², Lie Dai²³, Hiroshi Kaneko²⁴, Bernadette Rojkovich²⁵, Lingyun Sun²⁶, Eugeny Zotkin²⁷, Jean-Francois Viallard²⁸, Masao Katayama²⁹, Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez³⁰, Tirtha Sengupta³¹, Carol Sips³² and Stephen J Oliver³², ¹Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), Shanghai, China, ²Charité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³SM Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, ⁴Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Department, Vall d’Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Yabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Disease, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Rheumatic Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁷Department of Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medicine Sciences, Poznan, PL, Poznań, Poland, ¹²China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹³Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁶LLC Family Clinic, Yekaterinburg, RU, Yekaterinburg, Russia, ¹⁷Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ²²Chonnam National University Medical School & Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²⁴Division of Rheumatic Disease, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, ²⁷VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²⁸CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ²⁹National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, JP, Nagoya, Japan, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Novartis Pharma India, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, ³²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ianalumab is a novel defucosylated human IgG1 mAb targeting the receptor for B cell Activating Factor belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF-R) providing potent…
Abstract Number: 0589 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Comparative Evaluation of IgA2 Anti-dsDNA Antibodies and Clinical Outcome in Two Clinical Trials of Belimumab After Rituximab in SLE
Muhammad RA Shipa¹, Daniel McCluskey¹, Laura Cooney² and Michael Ehrenstein¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Immune Tolerance Network, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: We have shown that serum IgA2 anti-dsDNA antibody levels is a biomarker of response to belimumab after rituximab in SLE (BEAT-lupus trial) (1). We…
Abstract Number: 1426 • ACR Convergence 2023
Distinct Treatment Response Trajectories in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Receiving Tofacitinib
Dafna Gladman¹, William R Tillett², David Gruben³, Laura Coates⁴, Stefanie Hahne⁵ and Mikhail Volkov⁶, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ³Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Pfizer BV, Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: PsA is a heterogeneous disease, and identifying clinical phenotypes may assist clinical decision making. Patients (pts) treated with advanced therapies demonstrate varying treatment responses.…
Abstract Number: 1983 • ACR Convergence 2023
Heated Mittens for Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial
Cecilie Bartholdy¹, Anna Døssing², Zara Stisen¹, Sabrina Mai Nielsen³, Henning Bliddal¹, Robin Christensen⁴, Marius Henriksen¹ and Karen Ellegaard¹, ¹The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²The Parker Institutte, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ³The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Hand Osteoarthritis (OA) is common and causes pain and disability. Heat is anecdotally known to moderate symptoms and is conditionally recommended as a treatment…
Abstract Number: 2519 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Phase II Clinical Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Hemay005 Tablets in Patients with Active Behçet`sDisease
Charles Jones¹, Zhanguo Li², Zhuoli Zhang³, Jian Wu⁴, Guixiu Shi⁵, Wenjie Zheng⁶, Jianping Tang⁷, Xiaobing Wang⁸, Lie Dai⁹, Lin Chen¹⁰, Yasong Li¹¹, Ling Wu¹², Yongfu Wang¹³, Shengyun Liu¹⁴, Yao Ke¹⁵, Jin Lin¹⁶, Zhenchun Zhang¹⁷, Jiankang Hu¹⁸, Wantai Dang¹⁹, Songlou Yin²⁰, Xin Tang²¹, Mingfei Zhu²², Jinfeng Lin²², Richard Jones²², Weiguo Wan²³ and xianjun Hu²², ¹Hemay Pharmaceuticals, Tianjin, China, ²Peking University Health Science Center, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ⁴Suzhou University Affiliated First Hospital, Suzhou, China, ⁵the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁷Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Shanghai, China, ⁸The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, ¹⁰Jilin Provincial People's Hospital, Changchun, China, ¹¹11Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China, ¹²University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China, ¹³The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Baotou, China, ¹⁴The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, ¹⁵Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, Nanjing, China, ¹⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China, ¹⁷Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, China, ¹⁸Pingxiang People’s Hospital, PingXiang, China, ¹⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China, ²⁰Xuzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Xuzhou, China, ²¹Bestudy (Shanghai) Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China, ²²Clinical Department, Tianjin Hemay Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China, ²³Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic and recurrent vascular inflammatory disease with major manifestations including oral ulcers, genital ulcers, skin damage and ophthalmitis, and…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Denosumab on Structure Modification in Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis: Results of a 48-Week, Monocentric, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Phase 2 Study and Open Label Extension Phase
Ruth Wittoek¹, August Verbruggen², Tine Vanhaverbeke² and Dirk Elewaut³, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease with limited therapeutic options. Denosumab, a Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor kappa-b Ligand inhibitor, affects bone…
Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2022
Telitacicept, a Human Recombinant Fusion Protein Targeting B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BlyS) and a Proliferation-Inducing Ligand (APRIL), in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Results of a Phase 3 Study
Di Wu¹, Jing Li¹, Dong Xu¹, Li Wang¹, Jianmin Fang², Dan Ross³ and Fengchun Zhang⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China, Beijing, China, ²Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China, Shanghai, China, ³RemeGen Co., San Diego, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Key Laboratory of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Telitacicept is a novel recombinant fusion protein constructed with the extracellular domain of the human transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor…
Abstract Number: L14 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Maintains Improvements in Efficacy Endpoints and Has a Consistent Safety Profile Through 52 Weeks in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Results from Two Parallel Phase 3 Studies
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Atul Deodhar², Désirée van der Heijde³, Marina Magrey⁴, Walter Maksymowych⁵, Tetsuya Tomita⁶, Huji Xu⁷, Marga Oortgiesen⁸, Ute Massow⁹, Carmen Fleurinck¹⁰, Alicia M Ellis⁸, Tom Vaux¹¹, Julie Shepherd-Smith¹¹, Alexander Marten⁹ and Lianne S Gensler¹², ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, US, Richfield, OH, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Graduate School of Health Science, Morinomiya University of Medical Science, Osaka City, Osaka City, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Affiliated to Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁸UCB Pharma, Morrisvile, NC, ⁹UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL‑17A. In the phase 3 BE MOBILE 1 and 2…
Abstract Number: L15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Secukinumab versus Adalimumab Biosimilar on Radiographic Progression in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Randomized Phase IIIb Study
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Denis Poddubnyy³, Désirée van der Heijde⁴, Atul Deodhar⁵, Pedro M. Machado⁶, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁷, Kay Geert Hermann⁸, Mitsumasa Kishimoto⁹, Eun Young Lee¹⁰, Lianne S Gensler¹¹, Uta Kiltz¹, Marco Eigenmann¹², Patricia Pertel¹³, Aimee Readie¹⁴, Hanno B. Richards¹², Brian Porter¹⁵ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Radiology, University Hospital Charité - Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹³Novartis Pharma AG, Reinach, Switzerland, ¹⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Far Hills, NJ
Background/Purpose: Biologics are clinically efficacious in patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) including radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA). Limited data exist on the effect of biologics in…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Improves Signs and Symptoms, Including Inflammation, in Patients with Active Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: 24-Week Efficacy & Safety from a Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study
Atul Deodhar¹, Désirée van der Heijde², Lianne Gensler³, Huji Xu⁴, Karl Gaffney⁵, Hiroaki Dobashi⁶, Walter P Maksymowych⁷, Martin Rudwaleit⁸, Marina Magrey⁹, Dirk Elewaut¹⁰, Marga Oortgiesen¹¹, Carmen Fleurinck¹², Natasha de Peyrecave¹³, Alicia Ellis¹⁴, Thomas Vaux¹⁵, Julie Shepherd-Smith¹⁵ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Affiliated to Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, ⁵Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ⁶Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Germany Klinikum Bielefeld and Charité Berlin, Germany, and Gent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁹Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹²UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, Oosterzele, Belgium, ¹³UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁴UCB Pharma, Raleigh, ¹⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. In patients (pts) with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS), BKZ…

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