Abstracts tagged "Response Criteria"

Abstract Number: 2456 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of Real-World Remission in Patients with SLE Initiating Belimumab 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 align SLE remission definitions.1,2 Post hoc analyses of clinical trial data demonstrated that…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab-Based Triple Therapy in Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Renal Outcomes and Glucocorticoid Tapering in a Real-World Multicenter Cohort
Paola Vidal Montal¹, Javier Narváez², Aina Fabregat³, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa⁴, José María Pego-Reigosa⁵, Andrea Hernández-martín⁶, Clara Moriano⁷, Maria Garcia-Villanueva⁸, Sandra Garrote Corral⁹, Sergi Heredia¹⁰, Julia Martínez Barrio¹¹, Júlia Bernardez Moreno¹², Paloma Vela Casasempere¹³, Beatriz Tejera Segura¹⁴, Leyre Riancho¹⁵, Francisco Javier Novoa¹⁶, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra¹⁷, Maria Piqueras García¹⁸, Beatriz Frade Sosa¹⁹, José Gomez-Puerta²⁰, Consuelo Ramos Giraldez²¹, Tarek Salman Montes²², María Galindo-Izquierdo²³, EVA GLORIA TOMERO MURIEL²⁴, Jaime calvo²⁵, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil²⁶, Marta De la Rubia Navarro²⁷, Berta Magallares²⁸ and Irene Altabás-González²⁹, ¹Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo, Vigo, Spain; IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las palmas, Spain, ⁷Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁸Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, ¹⁰Hospital Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital de Sierrallana, Torrelavega, ¹⁶Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, ¹⁷Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedés Garraf, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain, ¹⁸Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Servicio de Reumatología, Seville, Spain, ²²Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Hospital de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁶Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain, ²⁷Hospital de La Fe, Valencia, ²⁸Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, ²⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: The newly published ACR guidelines recommend initiating triple therapy for all patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN). While belimumab (BEL) has demonstrated efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 2402 • ACR Convergence 2025
High-Resolution Proteomic Profiling Validates BAFF Pathway Modulation and Reveals Novel Biomarker Signatures in Belimumab Treatment
Alexander Tsoi¹, Dionysis Nikolopoulos², Natalia Sherina³ and Ioannis Parodis¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a BAFF inhibitor, is an effective treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but biomarkers predicting treatment response remain elusive. We aimed to identify…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS-DAI)
Kevin Byram¹, Herman Mann², Danielle Hammond³, Sinisa Savic⁴, Yohei Kirino⁵, Carmelo Gurnari⁶, Mael Heiblig⁷, Thibault Comont⁸, Arsène Mekinian⁹, Mrinal Patnaik¹⁰, Lachelle D. Weeks¹¹, Gary Ho¹², Onima Chowdhury¹³, Adam Al-Hakim¹⁴, Scott Goldberg¹⁵, Marcela ferrada¹⁶, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁷, Peter Grayson¹⁸, Emma Groarke¹⁹, Bhavisha Patel²⁰, Megan Sullivan²¹, Sarah A. Buckley²², Bryan G. harder²², Sandra Goble²², Matthew Koster¹⁰ and David Beck²³, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Praha ², Czech Republic, ³The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, ⁷Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Toulouse Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ¹²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY, ¹³Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine,, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁶University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ¹⁸National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ¹⁹National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²⁰National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Beltsville, MD, ²¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²²Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ²³Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a recently described severe disease characterized by a complex overlap of inflammatory and hematologic features. Due to the severity and refractory…
Abstract Number: 2375 • ACR Convergence 2025
Ixekizumab Provided Rapid Improvements in Quality of Life and Disease Activity in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Findings from a Real-World Study in the United States of Patients Initiating Ixekizumab or Interleukin-23 Inhibitors
KURT OELKE¹, Emily Edson-Heredia², Sarah Ross³, Jennifer Marie Pustizzi⁴, Ali Sheikhi Mehrabadi⁴, Natalia Bello⁴, Frederick Murphy⁵, Shikha Singla⁶, Siba Raychaudhuri⁷, Philip J Mease⁸ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁹, ¹rheumatic disease center, Glendale, WI, ²eli lilly, indianapolis, ³Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Altoona Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center, Duncansville, PA, ⁶Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁷UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, Davis, CA, ⁸University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Background/Purpose: Ixekizumab (IXE) is a selective interleukin-17A antagonist that has proven effective in Phase 3 and 4 clinical trials for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).Methods:…
Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Multicenter Retrospective Case Series of Patients with Susac Syndrome treated with Rituximab
Michelle Benjamin¹, Mattia Wruble Clark², Shamik Bhattacharyya³, Audra Horomanski¹ and Kristin Galetta⁴, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Mass General Brigham, Somerville, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Malden, MA, ⁴Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto
Background/Purpose: Susac Syndrome (SuS) is a rare immune-mediated vasculo-occlusive disease characterized by a triad of encephalopathy, hearing loss, and branched retinal artery occlusions. Deficits can…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2025
Agreement Between Two Rheumatoid Arthritis Response Measures Across b/ts DMARD Treatment Classes in a Large, Prospective Observational Study Supporting the Development and Clinical Validation of a Novel Blood-based Precision Medicine Test
Peter Taylor¹, Jason Carlson², Shirley Vu², Signe Fransen³, Diana Abdueva⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis⁵, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Aqtual Inc, Hayward, CA, ³Aqtual, sf, CA, ⁴Aqtual, Hayward, CA, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Contemporary pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is set within a treat-to-target framework. This requires quantitative, longitudinal assessments of disease activity with a view…
Abstract Number: 0260 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a Consensus Definition of VEXAS Flare for Use in Clinical Research
Lachelle D. Weeks¹, Danielle Hammond², Sinisa Savic³, Mael Heiblig⁴, Onima Chowdhury⁵, Arsène Mekinian⁶, Carmelo Gurnari⁷, Radhakrishanan Ramchandren⁸, Sophie georgin-Lavialle⁹, Marcela ferrada¹⁰, Sarah A. Buckley¹¹, Bryan G. harder¹¹, Sandra Goble¹¹, David Beck¹² and Matthew Koster¹³, ¹Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ²The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, ⁵Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, ⁸University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ¹⁰University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ¹²Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a recently identified, severe systemic hemato-inflammatory disease with a complex and heterogeneous clinical presentation. The disease is associated with significant morbidity…
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…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Urinary Biomarker Panel to Predict the Probability of Histologically Active Lupus Nephritis
Andrea Fava¹, Andrew Concoff², Tyler O'Malley³, Sepehr Taghavi⁴, Touba Warsi⁴, Sudha Kumar⁴, Christine Schleif⁴ and Michelle Petri⁵, ¹Divison of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Exagen, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ³Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁴Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Achieving an NIH Activity Index of < 2 upon treatment is associated with less LN flare and thus better long-term kidney survival. Here, we…
Abstract Number: 2034 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Tolerability of Tocilizumab in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Associated Intertistial Lung Disease
Anne Dupont¹, Clairelyne Dupin², Esther Ebstein¹, Marine Forien¹, Sébastien Ottaviani¹, Pierre Le Guen², Quentin Philippot², Raphaël Borie², Bruno Crestani³, Philippe Dieudé¹ and Pierre-Antoine Juge⁴, ¹Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ²National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ³National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are severe manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases (SARD) that are associated with an increased mortality. Although the primary endpoint was not…
Abstract Number: 2093 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treatment of Advanced Knee OA with Lorecivivint Leads to Improved Long-Term Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) Compared to Placebo: Data from Phase 3 Extension Trial
Christopher Swearingen¹, Yusuf Yazici², Jeyanesh Tambiah³ and Philip G Conaghan⁴, ¹Biosplice Therapeutics, Inc, San Diego, CA, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ³Biosplice Therapeutics Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Lorecivivint (LOR), an intra-articular CLK/DYRK inhibitor thought to modulate inflammatory and Wnt pathways, demonstrated beneficial effects on clinical and radiographic outcomes in previous knee…

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