Abstracts tagged "Response Criteria"

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: 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: 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…
Abstract Number: 2575 • ACR Convergence 2024
Can Immunosuppressive Therapy Be Safely Discontinued in Patients with Lupus Nephritis?
Paola Vidal¹, Javier Narvaez-García², Francesc-Xavier Fulladosa², Francesca Mitjavila², olga Capdevila², Pol Maymó³, Judith Palacios⁴ and Joan Miquel Nolla², ¹Hospital Universtiario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The latest guidelines for managing lupus nephritis (LN), including the 2024 KDIGO guidelines and the 2019 EULAR/ERA-EDTA update, recommend a minimum immunosuppression (IS) duration…
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…

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