Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2022
DAS28 (disease Activity Score) Elevations in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Who Have Comorbid Fibromyalgia Are Explained by Elevated Tender Joint Counts as Much as by Elevated Patient Global Assessment
Sandhya shri Kannayiram¹, Juan Schmukler², Nicola Goodson³ and Theodore Pincus², ¹John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Several reports indicate that patient global assessment (PATGL) may elevate DAS28 (disease activity score 28) and/or other indices in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 0280 • ACR Convergence 2022
Safety of Filgotinib in Patients with RA: Laboratory Analysis Results from a Long-Term Extension Study
Maya Buch¹, James Galloway², Ennio Giulio Favalli³, Arnaud Constantin⁴, Patrick Durez⁵, Paul Van Hoek⁶, Christopher Watson⁷, Pieter-Jan Stiers⁶, Vijay Rajendran⁸, Katrien Van Beneden⁶, Tsutomu Takeuchi⁹ and BERNARD COMBE¹⁰, ¹University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Milan, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Milano, Italy, ⁴Toulouse University Hospital and University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, ⁵Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ⁶Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁷Galapagos Biotech Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸Galapagos NV, Gent, Belgium, ⁹Keio University and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL) is a Janus kinase (JAK) 1 preferential inhibitor, approved for treatment of moderate to severe active RA in Europe, the UK, and…
Abstract Number: 0297 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Upadacitinib, Adalimumab, and Placebo on Residual Pain Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Whose Inflammation Was Attenuated After Three and Six Months of Treatment
Louis Bessette¹, Adriana Kakehasi², Neil Basu³, David A. Walsh⁴, Andra Balanescu⁵, Clifton Bingham⁶, Andrew Garrison⁷, Ivan Lagunes⁸, sander strengholt⁹, Ralph Lippe¹⁰ and Maxime Dougados¹¹, ¹Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ²Federal University of Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ³University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁹AbbVie, Inc., Abcoude, Netherlands, ¹⁰AbbVie, Inc, Wiesbaden, Germany, ¹¹Université de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Residual pain remains a challenge that prevents patients (pts) with RA from achieving a better quality of life. Current RA treatments have demonstrated efficacy…
Abstract Number: 0315 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Comorbidities on the Efficacy of IL-6 Inhibitor Olokizumab Compared to Adalimumab
Evgeny Nasonov¹, Eugen Feist², Michael Luggen³, Sergey Yakushin⁴, Daria Bukhanova⁵, Alina Egorova⁶, Sergey Grishin⁶, Mikhail Samsonov⁵ and Josef Smolen⁷, ¹V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, ³University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Ryazan State Medical University named after academician I.P. Pavlov, Ryazan, Russia, ⁵R-Pharm JSC, Moscow, Russia, ⁶R-Pharm, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Comorbid conditions may affect efficacy of treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the impact of…
Abstract Number: 0554 • ACR Convergence 2022
Loss of Synovial Tissue Macrophage Homeostasis Precedes Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Onset
Megan Hanlon¹, Mary Canavan², conor Smith³, Achilleas Floudas⁴, Nuno Neto⁵, Qingxuan Song⁶, Phil Gallagher⁷, Ronan Mullan⁸, Conor Hurson⁹, Barry Moran⁵, Michael Monaghan⁵, Sunil Nagpal¹⁰, Douglas Veale¹¹ and Ursula Fearon⁵, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, ³bTrinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁷St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Janssen Research, Collegeville, PA, ¹¹St. Vincent's University Hospital, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Synovial-tissue macrophages significantly contribute to Rheumatoid Arthritis, yet the precise nature/function of macrophage subsets within the inflamed joint remains unexplored. Here we explore the…
Abstract Number: 0595 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of Urotensin-2 mRNA Expression as Marker for Tocilizumab Non-Response in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Janani Sundaresan¹, Ittai B. Muller¹, Marry Lin¹, Floris P.J.G. Lafeber², Paco Welsing², Maurits C.F.J. De Rotte³, Maja Bulatovic-Calasan⁴, Conny van der Laken⁵, Robert De Jonge⁶ and Gerrit Jansen⁵, ¹Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers – location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ), a biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug, elicits an immune-modulating effect by binding to the interleukin 6 receptor and inhibiting downstream signaling. Despite…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2022
Peripheral Blood and Synovial Fluid Natural Killer (NK) and Natural Killer T (NKT) Cell Immunophenotypes in Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Role as Biomarkers of Methotrexate Response
Siddharth Jain¹, Bidya Laishangtham¹, Aastha Khullar¹, Biman Saikia¹ and Varun Dhir², ¹Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: It is still unclear whether Natural Killer (NK) and Natural Killer T (NKT) cells play a pathogenic or protective role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).…
Abstract Number: 0704 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinically Suspect Arthralgia Patients with a Low Educational Attainment Have an Increased Risk to Develop Inflammatory Arthritis
Sarah J.H. Khidir¹, Anna M.P. Boeren², Annelies Boonen³, Pascal de Jong⁴, Elise van Mulligen⁵ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁶, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, ³Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴ErasmusMC, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands, ⁵Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Cross-sectional studies have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more prevalent among people with a lower educational attainment. To date, no longitudinal data are…
Abstract Number: 0765 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Impact of Immunomodulating Treatment on the Immunogenicity of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Compared to Healthy Controls. a Swedish Nationwide Study (COVID19-REUMA)
Martina Frodlund¹, Katerina Chatzidionysiou², Anna Södergren³, Eva Klingberg⁴, Anders A Bengtsson⁵, Monika Hansson², Sophie Ohlsson⁶, Elisa Pin⁷, Lars Klareskog⁸ and Meliha Kapetanovic⁹, ¹Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection/Rheumatology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Nephrology, Lund University, Lund and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Department of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Lund University, Department for clinical sciences Lund, section of rheumatology and Lund University Hospital Lund and Malmö, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The aim of the study was to elucidate antibody responses after vaccination with two doses of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases…
Abstract Number: 0885 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Changes in Inflammatory Pathways Associated with a Reduction in CV Risk: Results from the LiiRA Study
brittany weber¹, Dana Weisenfeld¹, Thany Seyok¹, Elena Massarotti¹, Selena Huang¹, Derrick Todd¹, Jonathan Coblyn¹, michael weinblatt¹, Tianrun Cai¹, Kumar Dahal¹, leanne BArrett¹, Daniel Solomon¹, Jorge Plutzky¹, Marcy Bolster², marcelo Dicarli¹ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is a quantitative imaging biomarker of CV risk that…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Household Work Limitations in Mexican Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Impact of the Disease on Women’s Life
Ana Ortiz-Haro¹, Irazu Contreras-Yáñez¹, Guillermo Guaracha Basañez² and Virginia Pascual Ramos³, ¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirn", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most frequent chronic inflammatory arthritis with a clear female preponderance. For various reasons, women spend more time on household…
Abstract Number: 0917 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fifty-two-week Results from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-controlled Clinical Trial to Compare BAT1806/BIIB800, a Proposed Tocilizumab Biosimilar, with a Tocilizumab Reference Product in Subjects with Moderate to Severe RA with an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Xiaomei Leng¹, Piotr Leszczynski², Sławomir Jeka³, Shengyun Liu⁴, Huaxiang Liu⁵, Malgorzata Miakisz⁶, Jieruo Gu⁷, Lali Kilasonia⁸, Mykola Stanislavchuk⁹, Xiaolei Yang¹⁰, Yinbo Zhou¹¹, Qingfeng Dong¹¹, Marian Mitroiu¹², Janet Addison¹³ and Xiaofeng Zeng¹⁴, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beijing, China, ²Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Internal Medicine, Poznan, Poland, ³University Hospital No 2 in Bydgoszcz Collegium Medicum UMK, Clinic and Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Bydgoszcz, Poland, ⁴First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Zhengzhou, China, ⁵Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Department of Rheumatology, Jinan, China, ⁶Twoja Przychodnia Centrum Medyczne, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Nowa Sól, Poland, ⁷The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Rheumatology, Guangzhou, China, ⁸Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic Ltd, Rheumatology, Tbilisi, Georgia, ⁹National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Internal Medicine, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, ¹⁰Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd., Research and Development, Guangzhou, China, ¹¹Bio-Thera Solutions Ltd, Research and Development, Guangzhou, China, ¹²Biogen International GmbH, Evidence Generation Biosimilars, Baar, Switzerland, ¹³Biogen Idec Ltd, Maidenhead, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: BAT1806 (also referred to as BIIB800) is a proposed biosimilar to tocilizumab reference product (TCZ). Results of this Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial…
Abstract Number: 0934 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Tapering Targeted Therapy on Disease Activity Is Different Based on Concomitant Methotrexate Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Jun Won Park¹, Min Jung Kim², Hyoun-Ah Kim³, Jinhyun Kim⁴, Eun Bong Lee¹ and Kichul Shin⁵, ¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical center, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea, ⁴Chungnam National University Hospital, Jung-gu, Daejeon, South Korea, ⁵Seoul Metropolitan Government- Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheumatism recommend using methotrexate (MTX) with targeted therapy. Previous studies have shown that tapering…
Abstract Number: 1137 • ACR Convergence 2022
MHC Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence a Variant Predicts Real-World Response to Anti-TNF Therapy
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joshua Baker² and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A (MICA) is a protein involved in the activation of NK and T cells. Variants within the MICA gene…
Abstract Number: 1252 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interrater Agreement of Hand Ultrasounds in Inflammatory Arthritis
Annie H Yang¹, Norman Madsen², Bethany Marston¹, Brian H. Nathanson³, Darren Tabechian⁴ and Allen Anandarajah⁵, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester, NY, Rochester, NY, ³OptiStatim, LLC, Longmeadow, MA, ⁴URMC, Rochester, NY, ⁵University of Rochester, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is an imaging modality that is more sensitive in identifying synovitis due to inflammatory arthritis than clinical examination. Little is known…

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