Abstracts tagged "registry"

Abstract Number: 0516 • ACR Convergence 2023
Drivers of Treatment Intensification in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and High Disease Activity: Results from a Clinical Practice Registry
Casper Webers¹, Rabab Nezam El-Din¹, Marin Been¹, Harald Vonkeman² and Astrid van Tubergen¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente and University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), treatment intensification (TI) is recommended in patients with high disease activity (HDA). However, in practice, in most…
Abstract Number: 1223 • ACR Convergence 2023
Extracorporeal Life Support for Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An ELSO Registry Analysis
Carla Levin¹, Andrea Ontaneda², Danielle Guffey³, Peter Rycus⁴, Marc Anders², Eyal Muscal⁵ and Maria Pereira⁵, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous multisystemic autoimmune disorder that can cause life-threatening complications. There is a paucity of data on the utility…
Abstract Number: 2222 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, More Severe Diseases on Both Sides
Juliane Michel¹, Clément Prati², Lucine Vuitton³, Eric Toussirot⁴, Charline Vauchy⁵, Daniel Wendling⁶ and frank Verhoeven², ¹Rheumatology, CHU Besancon, Besançon, France, ²Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ³Gastroenterology, CHU Besancon, Besançon, France, ⁴University Hospital of Besancon, Besançon, France, ⁵INSERM CIC-1431, Besançon, France, ⁶Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: There is a pathophysiological link between spondyloarthritis (SpA) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), so that 10% of IBD is estimated to have SpA and…
Abstract Number: 0517 • ACR Convergence 2023
Which ASDAS Cut-Off Corresponds Best to Treatment Intensification in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in Daily Practice?
Casper Webers¹, Rabab Nezam El-Din¹, Marin Been¹, Harald Vonkeman² and Astrid van Tubergen¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medisch Spectrum Twente and University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and high disease activity (typically defined as Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score [ASDAS]≥2.1), it is recommended to adapt…
Abstract Number: 1301 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Persistent Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from (NEIAA) a Large UK Cohort of Early Inflammatory Arthritis
Maryam Adas¹, Sam Norton¹, Andrew Cope¹, Maya Buch², James Galloway¹ and Elena Nikiphorou¹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psychosocial factors may interplay with biological factors to drive a refractory disease state in patients with inflammatory arthritis1. We aim to explore which socioeconomic,…
Abstract Number: 2227 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Smoking Status on One Year Secukinumab Retention Rate in 1,684 Patients with PsA: Real-World Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Zohra Faizy Ahmadzay¹, Stylianos Georgiadis², Marion Pons², Merete Hetland², Bente Glintborg³, Jette Heberg², Sara Nysom Christiansen², Simon Horskjær Rasmussen², Anne Gitte Loft⁴, Isabel Castrejon⁵, Lucia Otero-Valera⁶, Jakub Zavada⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸, Heikki Relas⁹, Laura Kuusalo¹⁰, Burkhard Moeller¹¹, Michael Nissen¹², Ziga Rotar¹³, Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹⁴, Daniela Santos Oliveira¹⁵, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado¹⁶, Brigitte Michelsen¹⁷, Eirik Kristianslund¹⁸, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁹, Gerdur Maria Grondal²⁰, Karin Laas²¹, Pasoon Hellamand²², Ismail Sari²³, Daniela Di Giuseppe²⁴, Mikkel Østergaard²⁵ and Lykke Ørnbjerg², ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ⁴Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁵Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology; Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁰Division of Internal Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ¹¹Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹²Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹³University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre LJubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ¹⁶Rheumatology and Metabolic Bone Diseases Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Academic Medical Center and ERN-ReCONNET; Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa; Reuma.pt Sociedade Portuuesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁷Rigshospitalet Glostrup; Diakonhjemmet Hospital; Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²⁰Department for Rheumatology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ²²Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ²⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁵Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Smoking has been associated with higher disease activity, poorer treatment response, and drug retention rate among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients treated with Tumor Necrosis…
Abstract Number: 0541 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treat-to-Target Strategy Implementation in Spondyloarthritis Patients of Real-World Clinical Practice: A Cross-Sectional Single-Center Study
Irini Flouri¹, Nestor Avgoustidis², Anastasios Eskitzis², Argyro Repa², Katerina Pateromichelaki², Sofia Pitsigavdaki³, Myrto Nikoloudaki², Maria Terizaki², George Bertsias⁴ and Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁴, ¹University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece, ²Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ³Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Background/Purpose: Data regarding the adoption of the treat-to-target (T2T) approach aiming at inactive disease (ID), or low disease activity (LDA) in axial (axSpA) and peripheral…
Abstract Number: 1338 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Advantage of Tight Control and Treat-to-Target in New-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Daily Rheumatology Practice: Results from a Contemporary University Clinic Inception Cohort
Katarina Friberger Pajalic¹, Jon Thorkel Einarsson¹, Caroline Bengtsson², Ellen Landgren³, Elisabeth Mogard⁴, Carmen Roseman⁵, Johan Karlsson Wallman⁴, Elisabet Lindqvist⁴, Tor Olofsson⁴ and Meliha Kapetanovic⁴, ¹Lund University, Institution for clinical sciences, section for rheumatology Lund and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University Hospital, section for rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ³Lund University, Institution for clinical sciences, section for rheumatology Lund and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Institution for clinical sciences, section for rheumatology Lund and Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Since 2018, all patients with new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at the Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, are invited to participate in…
Abstract Number: 2319 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in the Causes and Predictors of Lupus Mortality in Spain Through the Last Decades: Data from the RELESSER Registry
Clara Moriano Morales¹, Jaime Calvo- Alén², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, MARIA ELVIRA DIEZ ALVAREZ¹, Cristina Bermúdez⁴, JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO⁵, Maria Galindo-Izquierdo⁶, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués⁷, Eva Tomero Muriel⁸, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro⁹, Mercedes Freire González¹⁰, Olaia Fernandez-Berrizbeitia¹¹, Ana Pérez Gómez¹², Esther Uriarte Isacelaya¹³, carlos Marras Fernández-Cid¹⁴, Carlos Montilla-Morales¹⁵, Gregorio Santos Soler¹⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹⁷, Manuel Rodríguez-Gómez¹⁸, PALOMA VELA¹⁹, Alina Boteanu²⁰, Javier Narvaez²¹, Victor Martinez-Taboada²², Blanca Hernández-Cruz²³, Jose Luis Andreu-Sánchez²⁴, José Ángel Hernández Beriain²⁵, Lorena Expósito²⁶, Raúl Menor-Almagro²⁷, Mónica Ibáñez-Barceló²⁸, Ivan Castellvi²⁹, Carles Galisteo³⁰, Enrique Raya³¹, Víctor Quevedo-Vila³², Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez³³, jesús Ibáñez³⁴ and Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa³⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴Bioaraba Research Unit, Vitoria, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital of 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Private Practice, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Spanish Health Care Service, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, University Hospital of Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Departamento de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Hospital de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ²⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Just Desvern, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ³²Rheumatology, Hospital Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Spain, ³³Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Ribera Povisa, Vigo, Spain, ³⁵Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: The mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) varies largely across different countries most probably due to social, healthcare and ethnic differences. We need to…
Abstract Number: 0542 • ACR Convergence 2023
Two-Year Treatment Adherence and Clinical Response to Secukinumab Compared to TNF Inhibitors in Axial and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis Patients: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Study
Irini Flouri¹, Argyro Repa², Nestor Avgoustidis², Sofia Pitsigavdaki³, Katerina Pateromichelaki², Maria Terizaki², George Bertsias⁴ and Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁴, ¹University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece, ²Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ³Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Background/Purpose: Anti-IL17 agent secukinumab (SEC) has been proven effective and is widely used in the treatment of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients alternatively to tumor necrosis factor…
Abstract Number: 1345 • ACR Convergence 2023
Maternal and Infant Outcomes Following Abatacept Exposure During Pregnancy
Michelle Ann Caesar, Diana Johnson, Kenneth Lyons Jones and Christina Chambers, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis. However, there are limited data on the safety…
Abstract Number: 2321 • ACR Convergence 2023
Does the Perspective of SLE Patients Match the Expert Opinion and Definitions of Remission and Low Disease Activity State? Prospective Analysis of 500 Patients from a Spanish Multicenter Cohort
CORAL Mourino Rodriguez¹, Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, Francisco Rubino⁴, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁵, Raúl Menor-Almagro⁶, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁷, Eva Tomero Muriel⁸, TAREK CARLOS SALMAN MONTE⁹, MARIA IRENE CARRION BARBERA⁹, Maria Galindo¹⁰, Esther Rodriguez almaraz¹⁰, Norman Jiménez¹¹, Luis Ines¹² and Irene Altabas Gonzalez¹³, ¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo. IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁵Hospital do Meixoeiro. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Donostia, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹IIRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute., Vigo, Spain, ¹²Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coímbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹³Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is no information available regarding whether the patient's perception of disease activity aligns with current definitions of DORIS 2021 remission and Lupus Low…
Abstract Number: 0588 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long Term Safety and Predictors of Serious Infections Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Rituximab: Audit from a Single Center Biologic Registry
Augustine Jose¹, Aishwarya Gopal¹, Mamatha Gorijavolu¹, Anna C Das², Jagan Babu K L¹, Amrita Nayak¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda¹ and Molly Mary Thabah¹, ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, ²St.Johns National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is increasingly being employed to treat refractory systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). Though the drug is effective there is a high risk of adverse…
Abstract Number: 1360 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with Medication-related Concerns in Women with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases – an Analysis of a Nationwide Pregnancy Cohort
Yvette Meissner¹, Bernhard Eickhoff¹, Cornelia Glaser², Joerg Henes³, Jutta Richter⁴, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper⁵, Christof Specker⁶, Rebecca Fischer-Betz⁴ and Anja Strangfeld¹, ¹German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pregnancies in women with chronic diseases are often accompanied by concerns about potential complications [1]. This analysis explored medication-related concerns among women with inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2341 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spanish National Registry of Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
María laiño¹, Monica Enguita², Javier Loricera³, Clara Moriano Morales⁴, Carmen Lasa⁵, Vanesa Calvo Río⁶, Javier Narvaez⁷, Pablo Ignacio Navarro Guerra⁸, Ivette Casafont-Sole⁹, Judit Font Urgelles¹⁰, Adela Gallego¹¹, Irene Carrión-Barberà¹², Patricia Quiroga¹³, Santos Castañeda¹³, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹⁴, Joaquin Maria Belzunegui Otano¹⁵, Juan Ramon De Dios¹⁶, Marta López¹⁷, Samuel Hernandez¹⁸, Sergi Heredia Martin¹⁹, Aaron Fariñas²⁰, Francisco Navarro²¹, Jorge Juan Fragio²², Carmen Escudero²³, Rafaela Ortega Castro²⁴, Leticia del Olmo Perez²⁵, Valvanera Pinillos²⁶, Eztizen Labrador²⁶, Mamen Ortega²⁷, Patricia Castro Pérez²⁷, Juan Maria Blanco-Madrigal²⁸, Marcos Paulino²⁹, María Ángeles Matías³⁰, Enrique Calvo-Aranda³¹, Cilia Peralta³², Silvia García³³, Jordi Camins-Fàbregas³⁴, Marta Garijo Bufort³⁵, Dolores Fabregas³⁶, Ana Urruticoechea³⁷, Miguel Medina Malone³⁸, Piter Jose Cossio Jimenez³⁹, Eva Perez-Pampin⁴⁰, Blanca Varas de Dios⁴¹, Carlos Vazquez Galeano⁴², Nuria Vegas Revenga⁴³, Olga Rusinovich⁴⁴, Emilio Giner-Serret⁴⁵, Jose Ramón lamúa⁴⁶ and Vicente Aldasoro¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²Navarrabiomed-Unidad de Metodología, Pamplona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL., La Cavada, Spain, ⁶Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario German Trias i Pujol,, Badalona, Spain, ¹¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹²Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ¹⁵University Hospital Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Arava, Pamplona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹⁹Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ²¹Doctor. Rheumatology, Alicante, Spain, ²²Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁵Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain, ²⁸Division of Rheumatology, H. Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ²⁹Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor/Rheumatology Department, Madrid, Spain, ³¹Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain, ³²Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ³³Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ³⁴Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain, ³⁵Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, ³⁶Hospital de Barbastro, Barbastro, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ³⁸Hospital Calahorra, Calahorra, Spain, ³⁹HOSPITAL REINA SOFIA, Tudela, Spain, ⁴⁰Rheumatology Department Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Santiago, Santiago de compostela, Spain, ⁴¹Santa Cristina Universitary Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴²ZARAGOZA, Madrid, Spain, ⁴³Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁴⁴Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Boadilla del Monte, Spain, ⁴⁵Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ⁴⁶Hospital Universitario del Henares, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BLM) is a monoclonal antibody that inhibits B-lymphocyte stimulating factor (BlyS), approved in 2011 as a treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We…

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