Abstracts tagged "Response Criteria"

Abstract Number: 2234 • ACR Convergence 2025
Early Sustained Remission Resulted in Superior Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cheuk Yin Tam, Ho So and Lai Shan Tam, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: This study compared the impact of achieving early sustained remission (sREM) versus early sustained low disease activity (sLDA) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after 5…
Abstract Number: 1969 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhancing Objective Evaluation of Raynaud’s in Veterans with Scleroderma-related Hand Pain: Integrating Patient Reported Outcomes and Nailfold Capillaroscopy
Genessis Maldonado¹, Sowmika Rao¹ and Tracy Frech², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is a painful and disabling feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that significantly impairs quality of life. Tools that integrate subjective symptom…
Abstract Number: 1773 • ACR Convergence 2025
Redefining disease activity assessment in IgG4-Related Disease: The role of classical and novel biomarkers
Marta López¹, rafeal Benito-Melero², Laura Martinez-Martinez³, Hye Sang-Park⁴, sara Calleja³, Helena Codes Mendez⁵, Mar Concepción Martín³, Berta Magallares³, Ivan Castellví⁶, Ana Laiz⁵, Cesar Diaz³ and Hector Corominas⁷, ¹Complex Hospitalari Universitari Moisés Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ²MD, barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disorder characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Despite advances in…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Sjögren’s Tool for Assessing Response (STAR) demonstrates its ability to accurately detect treatment efficacy in 11 recent RCTs in Sjögren’s disease
Raphaele Seror¹, Gabriel Baron², Elodie Perrodeau³, Alena Piatrova⁴, Hendrika Bootsma⁵, Simon Bowman⁶, Jacques-eric GOTTENBERG⁷, Divi Cornec⁸, michele Bombardieri⁹, Suzanne Arends¹⁰, Benjamin A. Fisher¹¹, Wolfgang Hueber¹², Antoine Sreih¹³, Antonia Christodoulou¹⁴, Andre van Maurik¹⁵, Joel van Roon¹⁶, Valerie Devauchelle¹⁷, Peter Gergely¹⁸, Xavier Mariette¹⁹ and Raphael Porcher²⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, National referral center for auto immune disease and Sjogren disease, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR¹¹⁸⁴: Centre for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France., le kremlin bicetre, France, ²Hôtel-Dieu, Université Paris Cité,, Paris, France, ³Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, National referral center for auto immune disease and Sjogren disease, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR¹¹⁸⁴: Centre for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France., Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁶University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Hautepierre Hospital, STRASBOURG, Alsace, France, ⁸Departement of Rhumatology, CHU Brest, Université de Brest, INSERM UMR¹²²⁷: LBAI, Brest, France, Brest, France, ⁹Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹¹King’s College London, London, UK; Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹²Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Basel, Switzerland, ¹³Cullinan Therapeutics, New York, NY, ¹⁴BMS, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Center of Translational Immunology, Department of Immunology and Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht PO BOX ⁸⁵⁵⁰⁰, ³⁵⁰⁸ GA, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁷UBO, Brest, France, ¹⁸Novartis Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁹Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ²⁰Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, INSERM, INRAE, Center for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Performance of the recently developed composite responder index STAR is highly awaited. We conduscted this study to evaluate the performance of STAR in previously…
Abstract Number: 1612 • ACR Convergence 2025
Window of opportunity with tocilizumab therapy in giant cell arteritis. Multicenter study of 471 patients of clinical practice
Adrian Martin-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto-Peña³, Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres⁴, Olga Maiz⁵, Eugenio de Miguel⁶, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁷, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁸, Santos Castañeda⁹ and Ricardo Blanco¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Donosti, Donostia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is the only biological drug currently approved for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA), regardless of GCA duration. The “window of…
Abstract Number: 1602 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biomarkers of Innate Immune Activation to Identify Non-Response to Rituximab in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Irene Carrión-Barberà¹, Jorge A. Gonzalez-Chapa², David Cuthbertson³, Nader Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Paul Monach⁸, Larry Moreland⁹, Christian Pagnoux¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Ulrich Specks¹², Kenneth Warrington¹², Peter Merkel⁷ and Christian Lood², ¹Department of Rheumatology. Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁴Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, and Canadian Vasculitis Research Network (CanVasc), Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Innate immune activation plays a key role in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), contributing to vascular inflammation via neutrophil extracellular traps, immune complexation (IC), and…
Abstract Number: 1536 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Remission Among Patients Initiating Belimumab in a Real-World Setting in the USA
Aarat M Patel¹, Renee L. Gennarelli², Temitope Bello², Ali Bonakdar² and Karen Worley³, ¹GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ²Cencora, Real-World Evidence, Conshohocken, PA, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: The Definition Of Remission In SLE (DORIS) criteria were developed to provide alignment on defining remission in patients with SLE.1,2 Belimumab (BEL) treatment increases…
Abstract Number: 1531 • ACR Convergence 2025
Achieving Remission and Low Disease Activity with Belimumab Versus Placebo in Patients with SLE Excluding the Glucocorticoid Component from Target Definitions: A Post Hoc Analysis of Five Phase 3 Trials
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom², Roger A. Levy³, Alexander Tsoi¹, Margherita Zen⁴, Dionysis Nikolopoulos⁵, Munther Khamashta⁶, Ryan Tomlinson⁷, Anca Askanase⁸, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁹ and Mandana Nikpour¹⁰, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁴University of Padua, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Padua, Italy, ⁵Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶GSK, Medical Affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁷GSK, Development – R&D, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰University of Sydney School of Public Health and Department of Rheumatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: An integrated post hoc analysis of five Phase 3 trials in adults with SLE showed greater benefit of belimumab (BEL) than placebo (PBO), plus…
Abstract Number: 2674 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real-World Analysis of Initial Clinical Response and Future Outcomes Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating and Remaining on a 1st-Line Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor in the United States
christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Patrick Zueger², Erin Blondell², Siran Fang², Yi Peng², Manish Jain³ and John Tesser⁴, ¹UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, ²AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ³Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital and Captain James A, Chicago, IL, ⁴Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), current ACR guidelines recommend evaluating treatment response within 3 months of initiating a new therapy. In patients who…
Abstract Number: 0075 • ACR Convergence 2024
Micro-RNAs as Biomarkers for Methotrexate Treatment Response in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Darshini Ganatra¹, Omar Cruz Correa¹, Ameth Garrido², Starlee Lively³, Rohan Apurva Machhar⁴, Remy Pollock⁵, Mohit Kapoor⁶ and Dafna Gladman⁷, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³UHN, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Novartis, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵Pfizer, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis linked to psoriasis, a chronic skin and nail disease. PsA is a progressive joint disease…
Abstract Number: 0222 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Prediction of Response to Advanced Therapies on a Joint Level in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Interpretation of Tenderness and Doppler Ultrasound
Ricardo Sabido-Sauri¹, Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz², Ummugulsum Gazel¹, Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Sylvia Sangwa⁴, Catherine Ivory⁵, Elliot Hepworth¹ and Sibel Aydin⁶, ¹University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, ⁵The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: There are discrepancies between physical examination and Ultrasound (US) in detecting inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In this study, we aimed to understand, according…
Abstract Number: 0309 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics and Factors Associated with Treatment Response Among Patients with Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Omar Hamdan¹, Roa'a Alshajrawi¹, Qais Mussa¹, Yazeed Alajlouni¹, Yazan Dabbah¹, Rawan Fratekh¹, Yousef Al-Mabrouk², Shatha Al-Mabrok² and Ahmad A. Toubasi¹, ¹University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, ²Mansoura University, Al Mansoura, Egypt
Background/Purpose: To date, data on the clinical features, diagnosis and the treatment of Eosinophilic Fasciitis (EF) patients are mostly derived from individual case reports, with…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Clinical, Histological and Biomarker Response After Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Danielle Egypto¹, Edgard Reis Neto², Guilherme Carlesso³, Luis Andrade⁴, Luiz Moura³, Debora Calderaro⁵ and Emília Sato⁶, and Emília Inoue Sato; Edgar Torres dos Reis Neto., ¹Federal University of Paraiba, JOÃO PESSOA, Paraiba, Brazil, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁵Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, ⁶Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Background/Purpose: LN occurrs in 50 to 75 percent of SLE patients and is associated with a significant morbimortality. LN presents distinct severity, with frequent flares…
Abstract Number: 1162 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating the Efficacy of Rituximab in the Treatment of Refractory Adult Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis Using Total Improvement Score: Data from a Real-World Multi-Centre Registry in the United Kingdom
Xia Lyu¹, Patrick Gordon², Harsha Gunawardena³, Neil McHugh⁴, Sarah Tansley⁴, Athiveeraramapandian Prabu⁵, Peter Lanyon⁶, James Miller⁷, Voon Ong⁸, Anthony Isaacs⁹, Chee-Seng Yee¹⁰, Caroline Cotton¹¹, Patrick Kiely¹², Eleni Stathopoulou¹³, James Taylor¹⁴, Rachel Jeffery¹⁴, Anurag Bharadwaj¹⁵, James Lilleker¹⁶, Janine Lamb¹⁷ and hector Chinoy¹⁸, and MYOPROSP consortium, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²nhs, London, United Kingdom, ³North Bristol NHS Trust, and Academic Rheumatology, University of Bristol, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Lifespan and Population Health, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁸University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster, United Kingdom, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Solihull Hospital, University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS FT, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton, United Kingdom, ¹⁵1Basildon University Hospital, Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Rheumatology, Basildon, United Kingdom, Basildon, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ¹⁷University of Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁸The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: B cell depletion in the form of rituximab (RTX) is an established treatment modality for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Treatment response is now assessed…
Abstract Number: 1341 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Width Range Index (WRI) and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in Assessing Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Santiago Dans Caballero¹, Marta Rojas Giménez², Clementina López Medina³, Andrea Cid Chaves², Mónica Rico-Muñoz³, mitndbaim aelohim parra Moreno² and Alejandro Escudero-Contreras⁴, ¹Reina Sofia University Hospital, Lebrija, Andalucia, Spain, ²Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by joint inflammation and systemic involvement. In this preliminary study, we explore the potential link…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM CT on October 25. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].