Abstracts tagged "spondyloarthritis"

Abstract Number: 1780 • ACR Convergence 2023
Biomarkers Predicting Structural Progression of Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Pilot Study
Jiri Baloun¹, Kristyna Bubova¹, Aneta Pekacova², Lucia Ondrejcakova³, Vladimir Cervenak⁴, Monika Gregova⁵, Sarka Forejtova⁵, Jana Horinkova¹, Jindriska Gatterova⁶, Michal Tomcik⁷, Jiri Vencovsky⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸ and Ladislav Senolt⁹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²First faculty of medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Medical Imaging, St Anne's University Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Rheumatology Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁸Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a frequent inflammatory disease with a significant impact on a patient's quality of life. Therefore, early diagnosis and recognition of…
Abstract Number: 2007 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of IL-17 Blockade on Skeletal Microarchitecture in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: An HR-pQCT Study
Insa Mannstadt, Donald McMahon, Douglas Mintz, Weija Yuan, Linda Russell, Susan Goodman, Emily Stein and Dalit Ashany, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease causes abnormal bone growth at the spine and paradoxically has been linked to osteoporosis and fragility…
Abstract Number: 2209 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Late Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Multicentre Nationwide Study
Margarida Lucas Rocha¹, Rita Torres², Sofia Ramiro³, Alice Morais Castro⁴, Alice Neves⁵, Ana Martins⁶, Ana Teodósio Chícharo¹, Beatriz Mendes⁷, Carolina Ochôa Matos⁸, Catarina Soares⁹, Cláudia Miguel¹⁰, Cláudia Pinto Oliveira¹¹, Hugo Parente¹², J. A. Melo Gomes¹³, Mariana Luís¹⁴, Mariana Santos¹⁵, Maura Couto¹⁶, Miguel Bernardes¹⁷, Paula Valente¹⁸, Roberto Costa¹⁹, Sandra Sousa⁴, Jaime Branco²⁰, Fernando Pimentel-Santos²¹ and Alexandre Sepriano²², ¹Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ²Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Departamento de Reumatologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ⁵Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João; Serviço de Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ⁷Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁸Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁹Centro Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, ¹⁰Instituto Português de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹¹Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, ¹²Serviço de Reumatologia do Centro Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, ¹³Clínica Reumatológica Dr. Melo Gomes, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁴Serviço de Reumatologia – Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹⁵Serviço de Reumatologia do Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Hospital de Egas Moniz EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁶Unidade de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ¹⁸Serviço de Reumatologia, Centro Hospitalar Entre o Douro e o Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, ¹⁹Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ²⁰CHLO, EPE - Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal, ²¹NOVA Medical School; Universidade NOVA e Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ²²Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) typically starts before the fourth decade of life. Consistent with that, the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) classification criteria for…
Abstract Number: 2237 • ACR Convergence 2023
Upadacitinib in Refractory Psoriatic Arthritis. Multicenter Study of 134 Patients in Clinical Practice
Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹, Diana Prieto-Peña², Maria Luz Garcia Vivar¹, Lucia Vega-Alvarez¹, Cristina Vergara³, Irati Urionaguena⁴, Consuelo Ramos-Giráldez⁵, Raquel Almodovar⁶, Beatriz Joven Ibáñez⁷, Rosario Garcia-Vicuna⁸, Vega Jovani⁹, Teresa González¹⁰, Àngels Martínez-Ferrer¹¹, Ana Urruticoechea Arana¹², Bryan Josue Flores Robles¹³, Cristina Campos Fernández¹⁴, Lilian Maria Lopez Nunez¹⁵, Joaquin Maria Belzunegui Otano¹⁶, Marina Pavia Pascual¹⁷, Esteban Rubio¹⁸, Angel Ramos-Calvo¹⁹, Noemi Busquets²⁰, Ana Pérez Gómez²¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan²², Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez²³, Cristina Macía²⁴, María Ángeles Puche Larrubia²⁵, Jose Antonio Pinto Tasende²⁶, Cristina Fernandez²⁷, Maria Paz Martinez-Vidal²⁸, Jaime Calvo- Alén²⁹, Emma Beltran-Catalan³⁰, Mireia Moreno³¹, Silvia Pérez-Barrio³², iñigo Gorostiza Hormaeche¹ and Ricardo Blanco³³, ¹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ⁴GALDAKAO-USANSOLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, GERNIKA-LUMO, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Dr Peset Valéncia, Valéncia, Spain, ¹²Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁵Son llatzer, Palmanyola, Spain, ¹⁶University Hospital Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Servicio Andaluz Salud, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁹Complejo Hospitalario de Soria, Soria, Spain, ²⁰HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, GRANOLLERS, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²³CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario San Juan Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ²⁹Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ³⁰HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ³¹Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ³³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: The EMA authorized Upadacitinib (UPA) in PsA in January 2021. UPA has shown efficacy in PsA refractory to anti-TNF in a clinical trial (RCT).…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Postpartum on Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: The P2Rheum Study
Marie Hornez¹, Anna Molto², Maxime Leroy³, beatrice banneville⁴, Rakiba Belkhir⁵, elodie chauvet⁶, Marion Couderc⁷, Emanuelle Dernis⁸, sandra Desouches⁹, Valerie Devauchelle¹⁰, Aline Frazier-Mironer¹¹, Laure Gossec¹², elisabeth Gervais¹³, Hubert Marotte¹⁴, Christophe Richez¹⁵, Jeremie SELLAM¹⁶, Raphaele Seror¹⁷, Véronique Le Guern¹⁸, Gaelle Guettrot-Imbert¹⁸, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau¹⁹, Rene-Marc Flipo²⁰ and Jean-Guillaume Letarouilly²¹, ¹University of Lille, Lille, France, ²HOPITAL COCHIN AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France, ³CHU Lille - Department of Biostatistics, Lille, France, ⁴Sorbonne universite and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, la Garenne Colombes, France, ⁵Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁶CH Perpignan, Perpignan, France, ⁷CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont Ferrand, France, ⁸CH Le Mans, Le Mans, France, ⁹Hôpital Saint Antoine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁰UBO, Brest, France, ¹¹APHP Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²Sorbonne Université and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ¹³CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹⁴CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France, ¹⁵Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁶Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁷University Hospital Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ¹⁸APHP Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹⁹Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ²⁰La Lettre du Rhumatologue, Paris, France, ²¹CHU Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: There are limited data on the impact of the postpartum period (PP) on the activity of inflammatory rheumatic disorders (IRD), and the data available…
Abstract Number: 0526 • ACR Convergence 2023
Bimekizumab Improved Physical Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: 52-Week Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Maureen Dubreuil¹, Karl Gaffney², Jonathan Kay³, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁴, Christine de la Loge⁵, Alicia Ellis⁶, Carmen Fleurinck⁷, Ute Massow⁸, Vanessa Taieb⁹ and Atul Deodhar¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Milton, MA, ²Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁷UCB Pharma, Oosterzele, Belgium, ⁸UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹UCB Pharma, Colombes, France, ¹⁰Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) severely impairs physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).1 Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in…
Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2023
Facet Joint Inflammation Is Rare, but When Present It Is Associated with Facet Joint Ankylosis in Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients from the SIAS Cohort
Manouk de Hooge¹, Rosalinde Stal², Alexandre Sepriano³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Monique Reijnierse⁵, Juergen Braun⁶, Désirée van der Heijde⁷, Floris Van Gaalen² and Sofia Ramiro⁷, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Hesperange, Luxembourg, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To assess whether posterior element (PE) inflammation, in particular in the facet joints (FJ), is associated with new facet joint ankylosis on MRI one…
Abstract Number: 1395 • ACR Convergence 2023
Aerobic Capacity and Its Relation to Disease Characteristics and Lifestyle Habits in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Elisabet Lindqvist¹, Johan Karlsson Wallman¹, Jonas Sagard², Tor Olofsson¹ and Elisabeth Mogard¹, ¹Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Physical activity is part of the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), but despite this almost half of the patients do not meet the required…
Abstract Number: 1781 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF Induces Neutrophil Elastase/Gasdermin D-mediated Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Yehao Li and Xiang Peng, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People’s Hospital, Qingyuan, China
Background/Purpose: Emerging studies have shown that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are increased and associated with the disease activity in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However,…
Abstract Number: 2077 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Curriculum of Online Education Significantly Improved Rheumatologists’ Knowledge, Competence and Confidence in Managing Patients with Spondyloarthritis
Elaine Bell¹, Marinella Calle² and Iain McInnes³, ¹Medscape Global Education, London, United Kingdom, ²MEDSCAPE GLOBAL, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are challenging conditions for rheumatologists to manage. There is an increasing focus on virtual training modalities post-pandemic.…
Abstract Number: 2210 • ACR Convergence 2023
Antibodies to Four Novel Peptides in New Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis
Pieter Ruytinx¹, Elien Luyten¹, Ann-Sophie De Craemer², Filip Van den Bosch³, Dirk Elewaut⁴ and Veerle Somers¹, ¹Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Department of Immunology and Infection, Diepenbeek, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is challenging and a specific laboratory diagnostic test is lacking. Previously, an axSpA cDNA phage display library, constructed from…
Abstract Number: 2250 • ACR Convergence 2023
Bimekizumab Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life and Physical Function in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Who Were Biologic DMARD‑Naïve or Had Inadequate Response or Intolerance to TNF-α Inhibitors: 1-Year Results from Two Phase 3, Randomized Studies
Dafna Gladman¹, Laure Gossec², M. Elaine Husni³, Lars Erik⁴, Paolo Gisondi⁵, Alice B. Gottlieb⁶, Diamant Thaçi⁷, Barbara Ink⁸, Rajan Bajracharya⁸, Jérémy Lambert⁹, Nikos Lyris⁸, Jason Coarse¹⁰ and William R Tillett¹¹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Sorbonne Université and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Vedbæk, Denmark, ⁵Università di Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁶Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁷Institute and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ⁸UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁹UCB Pharma, Irigny, France, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Morrisville, NC, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: PsA has a substantial negative impact on patient (pt) health-related quality of life (HRQoL);1 symptom control, preventing structural damage, and normalizing physical and social…
Abstract Number: L02 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Treatment in Biologic DMARD-Naïve Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: 52-Week Efficacy and Safety Results from a Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Active Reference Study
Christopher Ritchlin¹, Laura Coates², Iain McInnes³, Philip J. Mease⁴, Joseph Merola⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, Akihiko Asahina⁷, Laure Gossec⁸, Alice Gottlieb⁹, Diamant Thaci¹⁰, Barbara Ink¹¹, Deepak Assudani¹¹, Rajan Bajracharya¹¹, Vish Shende¹¹, Jason Coarse¹² and Robert Landewé¹³, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Diseases, University of Oxford and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁴Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁷Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, GRC-UPMC 08 (EEMOIS); AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Rheumatology Department, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ¹⁰Institute and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹²UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ¹³Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, and Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL-17A. BKZ treatment has demonstrated superior efficacy in joints and…
Abstract Number: L14 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bimekizumab Maintains Improvements in Efficacy Endpoints and Has a Consistent Safety Profile Through 52 Weeks in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Results from Two Parallel Phase 3 Studies
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Atul Deodhar², Désirée van der Heijde³, Marina Magrey⁴, Walter Maksymowych⁵, Tetsuya Tomita⁶, Huji Xu⁷, Marga Oortgiesen⁸, Ute Massow⁹, Carmen Fleurinck¹⁰, Alicia M Ellis⁸, Tom Vaux¹¹, Julie Shepherd-Smith¹¹, Alexander Marten⁹ and Lianne S Gensler¹², ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, US, Richfield, OH, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Graduate School of Health Science, Morinomiya University of Medical Science, Osaka City, Osaka City, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Affiliated to Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁸UCB Pharma, Morrisvile, NC, ⁹UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ) is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits IL-17F in addition to IL‑17A. In the phase 3 BE MOBILE 1 and 2…
Abstract Number: L15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Secukinumab versus Adalimumab Biosimilar on Radiographic Progression in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Randomized Phase IIIb Study
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Denis Poddubnyy³, Désirée van der Heijde⁴, Atul Deodhar⁵, Pedro M. Machado⁶, Victoria Navarro-Compán⁷, Kay Geert Hermann⁸, Mitsumasa Kishimoto⁹, Eun Young Lee¹⁰, Lianne S Gensler¹¹, Uta Kiltz¹, Marco Eigenmann¹², Patricia Pertel¹³, Aimee Readie¹⁴, Hanno B. Richards¹², Brian Porter¹⁵ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Department of Radiology, University Hospital Charité - Campus Mitte, Charitéplatz, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹³Novartis Pharma AG, Reinach, Switzerland, ¹⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Far Hills, NJ
Background/Purpose: Biologics are clinically efficacious in patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) including radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA). Limited data exist on the effect of biologics in…

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