Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2025
Breaking Inflammatory Pathways: ELN28, a Novel Dual TNFα/JAK Inhibitor Drug Conjugate for Chronic Inflammation
Obinna Ubah, Euan Murray, Stella Priyanka, Julia Martinez Fraile, Andrew Porter, Robert Boyd and Caroline Barelle, Elasmogen Limited, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in therapies for chronic autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), significant unmet needs persist, including therapeutic ceiling effects, adverse events, and…
Abstract Number: 0890 • ACR Convergence 2025
Granzyme K+ CD8 T cells colocalize with myeloid cells and activate them through several pathways
Julia Nicole Zeid¹, Kaitlyn Arce², Nanxi Guo¹, Kartik Bhamidipati³, Kevin Wei⁴, Larry Moreland⁵, Fan Zhang⁶ and Anna Helena Jonsson², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁶The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Granzyme K (GZMK)-expressing CD8 T cells have recently been detected in tissues from an increasing number of autoimmune conditions, but their role in disease…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain Patterns in a Multicenter Randomized Trial of Early RA – Link Between Initially Sustained Joint Inflammation and Subsequent Non-inflammatory Pain Outcomes
Annie Brink¹, Johan Karlsson Wallman², Jon T Einarsson¹, Meliha Kapetanovic¹, Elisabeth Mogard¹, Elisabet Lindqvist¹, Carmen Roseman¹, Kristina Lend³, Merete Hetland⁴, Mikkel Ostergaard⁵, Kim Horslev-Petersen⁶, Dan Nordstrom⁷, Tuulikki Sokka-isler⁸, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁹, Gerður María Gröndal⁹, Marte Heiberg¹⁰, Espen Haavardsholm¹⁰, Michael Nurmohamed¹¹, Anna Rudin¹², Ronald van Vollenhoven¹³, Till Uhlig¹⁰, Jon Lampa¹⁴ and Tor Olofsson², ¹Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁸Department of Medicine and University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Juväskylä, Finland, ⁹Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁰Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade; Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Emerging data indicate an uncoupling between pain and inflammation during the RA disease course, and comorbid fibromyalgia – thought to stem from central pain…
Abstract Number: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is Methotrexate Tapering Possible In Stable RA? Clinical Observations of Methotrexate Tapering At Two Tertiary Care Centers
Sama Hajizadeh¹, Tarun Sharma¹, Peri Newman², Julio Hernandez², Rayford June³, Erik Lehman², Nicole Wilson¹, Nancy Olsen⁴ and Sharon Banks⁵, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Penn State Health/ Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ³Penn State College of Medicine/Lebanon VA Medical Center, Hummelstown, PA, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁵Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: In our previous Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication TAPering (RheumTAP) cohort study of patients with stable RA in remission on biologics +/- methotrexate at Allegheny Health…
Abstract Number: 0482 • ACR Convergence 2025
R-2487, a Synthetic Biology-Based Oral Immunotherapy, Promotes Treg-Mediated Immune Rebalancing and Reduces Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Christian Furlan Freguia¹, Janet Stephens¹, Sathya Janardhanan¹, Chuck Bourne¹, Kaitlyn Skeie¹, Hudson Lowe¹, David Pascual² and Gary Fanger¹, ¹Rise Therapeutics, Rockville, MD, ²University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Background/Purpose: R-2487 is a novel, orally delivered, synthetic biology-based immunotherapy that utilizes Lactococcus lactis as a carrier vehicle to deliver Colonization Factor Antigen I (CFA/I)…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pilot Study Demonstrates Altered Intestinal Mucosal Microbiome in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Control Subjects
Tulsi Joishy¹, Anastasiia Phothisane², Phicharmon Kulapatana² and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is thought to originate at the mucosa. Despite the mucosa’s importance, few studies have examined…
Abstract Number: 0449 • ACR Convergence 2025
Consistency of CDAI Low-Disease Activity (LDA) Outcomes with Time in a Large US Registry: Association With Patient-Reported Clinical Outcomes and Measures of Quality of Life
Joel Kremer¹, Kevin Kane², George Reed³ and Michael Weinblatt⁴, ¹The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL, ²U of Mass Medical School, Worcester, MA, MA, ³University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Low disease activity has been identified as a treatment goal for the treatment of RA. A singlecenter RA registry (BRASS) reported a difference in…
Abstract Number: 0432 • ACR Convergence 2025
Frequency and Characteristics of Ophthalmologic Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Javier Federico Flores Trejo¹, Joan Manuel Dapeña², Florencia Micaela Pascual³, Graciela Liliana Ghiglione¹, Juan Manuel Bande³, María Alejandra Medina³, José Angel Caracciolo³ and Silvia Beatriz Papasidero³, ¹Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Sanatorio Dr Julio Méndez, CABA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that primarily affects synovial joints but may also involve extra-articular organs. Ocular involvement is one…
Abstract Number: 0259 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhaled pirfenidone as an innovative therapeutic approach to treat autoimmune ILD and other forms of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Phase 2b Study Design
Kristin Highland¹, Colin Reisner², Allison Trucillo³, Deepthi Nair⁴, Felix Woodhead⁴, Howard Lazarus⁴, Craig Conoscenti⁴ and Martin Kolb⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Shaker Heights, OH, ²DevPro Biopharma, Basking Ridge, NJ, ³Avalyn Pharma, Austin, TX, ⁴Avalyn Pharma, Cambridge, MA, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis (PPF) is an increasingly recognized condition, defined in 2022 to address the progression of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2025
Geographic and Demographic Patterns of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the United States: Insights from GBD 2021
Punith Chirumamilla¹, Sameer Kumar Majety², Rithish Nimmagadda³, Ravi Medarametla⁴, Priya Sunkara⁵, Pranathi Bandarupalli⁶, Anjani Mahesh Kumar Cherukuri⁷ and Himaja Anne⁸, ¹Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi, Oxford, MS, ²School of Medicine, Xiamen University, China, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India, ³One Brooklyn Health, New York, NY, ⁴Mamata Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁵White River Health, Batesville, AZ, ⁶Mercy St Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ⁷Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁸Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune, systemic disease with a rising U.S. healthcare burden. Utilizing Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 estimates, we analyzed…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integrative Metabolomic and Inflammatory Profiling in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Disease activity, therapeutic modulation, and underlying hepatic mechanisms
Laura muñoz-Barrera¹, Carlos Pérez Sánchez², Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, Sagrario Corrales¹, Tomás Cerdó¹, Ismael Sanchez-Pareja¹, Pilar Font⁴, Jerusalen Calvo Gutierrez⁵, M Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁶, Desiree Ruiz-Vilchez⁷, Pedro Seguí-Azpilcueta⁸, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁶, Jose Javier Pérez Venegas⁹, DOLORES RUIZ MONTESINOS¹⁰, Carmen Maria Romero Barco¹¹, Antonio Fernández-Nebro¹², Natalia Mena Vázquez¹³, FRANCISCO JAVIER GODOY NAVARRETE¹⁴, ALBA MARIA CABEZAS LUCENA¹⁵, MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO¹, Nuria Barbarroja¹⁶, Alejandro Escudero¹⁷ and Chary López pedrera¹⁸, ¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, SpainBiomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, ⁸Radiology Service, Reina Sofia Hospital/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba/University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, United Kingdom, ⁹Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁰Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, Cordoba, ¹¹Virgen de la Victoria Hospital Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ¹²Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ¹³Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁴Jaen University Hospital, Spain, Jaen, Spain, ¹⁵Jaen University Hospital, Spain, Jaen, ¹⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Lipid metabolism plays a key role in immune cell plasticity, influencing activation, differentiation and function. Inflammation alters this metabolism, contributing to disease progression. Extensive…
Abstract Number: 0069 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial transcriptomics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovium reveals distinct region-specific fibroblast functions
Camilla R.L. Machado¹, Mina Yao¹, David Boyle², Robert J. Benschop³, James T. Parker³, Wei Wang² and Gary Firestein¹, ¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ³Eli Lilly, San Diego
Background/Purpose: RA synovium displays cellular heterogeneity, with gene expression driving disease pathogenesis. Unbiased cell-specific transcriptomes in RA synovium have previously relied primarily on disaggregated tissues…
Abstract Number: 0033 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development and Internal Validation of Two Human Leukocyte Antigen Genetic Risk Scores for Predicting Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positivity
Lauren Vanderlinden¹, Jun Inamo², Jennifer Seifert³, V. Michael Holers⁴, Joel Guthridge⁵, Kevin Deane⁶ and Fan Zhang⁷, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Monument, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁷The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genes play a central role in antigen presentation and immune modulation. The shared epitope (SE) region within HLA-DRB1…
Abstract Number: 2641 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cizutamig, a BCMA T-cell engager: preclinical to clinical translation of design optimization for the treatment of autoimmune diseases
Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer¹, Jamie Haddon², Maria Gabriella Raimondo³, Carlo Tur³, Sebastian Böltz³, Tobias Dashi⁴, Melanie Hagen⁵, Andreas Wirsching³, Tobias Rathe⁴, Xuan Wu⁶, Peter Wung², Francis Kim², Yonghong Zhu⁶, Ken Song², Timothy Lu⁷ and Georg Schett⁸, ¹University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Candid Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, ³Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine ³- Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Internal Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶EpimAb Biotherapeutics, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁷Candid Therapeutics, San Diego, ⁸Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Emerging data show the potential of T-cell engagers (TCEs) for deep B cell depletion to treat autoimmune diseases. Cizutamig is a purposefully designed BCMAxCD3…
Abstract Number: 2348 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy and safety of dual biological therapy in the treatment of rheumatic diseases: experience from a single highly specialized center.
Francesco Fulvio Bizzarri¹, Luis Alberto Menchén Viso², Esther Chamorro De Vega³, Ofelia Baniandrés Rodríguez⁴ and Juan Carlos Nieto², ¹Hospital Universitario Clinico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³Pharmacy department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón.Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immune‐mediated rheumatic diseases (IMRDs) are chronic inflammatory disorders driven by multiple overlapping immunological pathways. Although biologic DMARD monotherapy has substantially improved outcomes, a subset…

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