Abstracts tagged "Spondyloarthropathies"

Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2025
The perimenopause period is associated with increased levels of disease activity in psoriatic arthritis
Lihi Eder¹, Xianwei Li², Sahil Koppikar³, Iliana Lega⁴, Dafna D. Gladman⁵, Vinod Chandran¹ and Richard Cook⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, ³Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Background/Purpose: Perimenopause is associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms, including mood changes, sleep disturbances, and joint pains. Limited information exists on the effect of…
Abstract Number: 0531 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating the Diagnostic Utility of 14-3-3 eta Autoantibodies in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Multiplex Assay Approach
Anthony Marotta¹, Walter P. Maksymowych², Stephen Bleakley¹, Stephanie Wichuk³ and Norma Biln⁴, ¹Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, ⁵⁶⁸ Heritage Building, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Augurex Life Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Novel biomarkers for axSpA are urgently needed to enable earlier diagnosis and improve patient outcomes. An assay for quantifying 14-3-3η autoantibodies (AAbs) has been…
Abstract Number: 2364 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Difficult-to-Treat Psoriatic Arthritis
Milad Heydari-Kamjani¹, Jennifer Murphy² and Marina Magrey³, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/University Hospitals Cleveland, Richfield, OH
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease with variable clinical presentation and treatment response. A subset of PsA patients are difficult to treat…
Abstract Number: 1713 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic Delay in Psoriatic Arthritis and its Impact on Radiological Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 23,894 Patients
Mohamed Abdelsalam¹, Menat Alla Ayman Ali Mahdy², Maryam Lasheen³, Hadeer Hafez⁴, Nourhan Abouelella⁵, Abdelhfeez Moshrif⁶ and Mohamed Reda Awad⁷, ¹Misr University For Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ²Misr University For Science and Technology, Nasr City, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ³Misr University For Science and Technology, Helwan, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁴⁶th October University, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁶Al Azhar University, Asyut, Egypt, assyut, Asyut, Egypt, ⁷Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains widely underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed worldwide, leading to delays in appropriate management and increased disease burden. While diagnostic delay has been…
Abstract Number: 0530 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating ChatGPT’s Performance in Diagnosing Low Back Pain: A Comparison with Clinicians and Impact of Prompted Specialties
Annika Nack¹, Xabier Michelena Vegas², Pol Maymó-Paituvi³, Cristina Calomarde-Gómez⁴, david lobo⁵, Asier García-Alija⁶, Raquel Ugena-García⁴, Maria Aparicio¹, Paola Vidal Montal⁷ and Diego Benavent⁸, ¹Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitari Vall Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁵Doctor Josep Trueta University Hospital, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a multifactorial condition managed by various specialists. AI chatbots like ChatGPT may help clinicians identify probable diagnoses. Given that…
Abstract Number: 0575 • ACR Convergence 2024
Combined Testing of anti-CD74 IgA and Anti-UH-axSpA Antibodies Increases the Diagnostic Potential for axSpA
Kurt de Vlam¹, Pieter Ruytinx², Elien luyten², Anouk Agten², Frank Vandenabeele² and Veerle somers², ¹Department of Rheumatology, UZ Leuven, and Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Universiteit Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is challenging and a specific laboratory diagnostic test is lacking. Previously, we identified novel immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA…
Abstract Number: 1482 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Clinical Response to Intravenous Secukinumab Among Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial
Atul Deodhar¹, Eva Dokoupilova², Cynthia Vizcaya³, Reema Sutariya⁴, Weibin Bao⁴, Karen Kapur³, Susanne Rohrer³ and Alan Kivitz⁵, ¹Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Medical Plus, s.r.o., Uherske Hradiste, and Masaryk University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁵Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA

Background/Purpose: This post hoc analysis of the INVIGORATE-1 study evaluated potential predictors of Ankylosing Spondylitis international Society (ASAS) 40 response in patients with axial spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 0078 • ACR Convergence 2024
Inhibition of the Deubiquitinase TRABID in a Pre-clinical Mouse Model of Axial Spondyloarthritis Decreases Disease Severity
Archita Srinath¹, Daniele Mauro², Mariia Korshko³, Shaghayegh Foroozan⁴, Mansi Aparnathi⁵, Francesco Ciccia⁶ and Nigil Haroon⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Campania, Italy, Naples, Naples, Italy, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁶University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis is characterized by both inflammation and new bone formation. Current therapeutic targets aim to control inflammation, however, over 40% of patients do…
Abstract Number: 0589 • ACR Convergence 2024
Time to Clinical Response to Secukinumab Across Disease Domains Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Pooled Post Hoc Analysis of 4 Phase 3 Trials
Laura Coates¹, Iain McInnes², M. Elaine Husni³, Cynthia Vizcaya⁴, Weibin Bao⁵ and Philip Mease⁶, ¹University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁶Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory disease that can manifest with considerable clinical heterogeneity. Secukinumab demonstrated improvements across the updated Group for Research and…
Abstract Number: 1707 • ACR Convergence 2024
TRBV9-Targeted Bispecific T Cell-Engaging Antibodies to Reset the Autoreactive T Cell Compartment in Spondyloarthritis and HLA-DQ8 Celiac Disease
Stephanie Glavaris, Alexander Pearlman, Jin Liu, Jiaxin Ge, Yuanxuan Xia, Kyle J. Kaeo, Tolulope Awosika, Colin Gliech, Tushar Nichakawade, Nikita Marcou, Chetan Bettegowda, Drew Pardoll, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Shibin Zhou, Bert Vogelstein, Suman Paul and Maximilian F. Konig, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Therapies that indiscriminately deplete all T cells carry a high risk of opportunistic infection, precluding their widespread use in T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases. Targeting…
Abstract Number: 0082 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Immunology of Entheseal Anchorage Sites Between Spine, Hip and Knee Demonstrates up to 70-fold Greater IL-23 Induction from Axial Enthesis Bone: A New Angle on the Failure of IL-23 Blockade in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Harland¹, Paula David², Chi Wong¹, Jake Weddell¹, Abhay Rao³, Almas Khan³, Jake Timothy³, Peter Loughenbury³, Robert Dunsmuir³, Vishal Borse³, Campbell MacEachern³, Antonius Pieter Van der Heuvel⁴, Warner Chen⁴, Tom Macleod¹ and Dennis McGonagle⁵, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine (LIRMM), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Ramat Gan, Israel, ³Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ⁵National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Both peripheral and axial spondyloarthropathy (SpA), psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease are strongly linked to IL-23 pathway immunogenetics and immunology. Unexpectedly, IL-23 inhibition lacked…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Secukinumab Across the Axial Spondyloarthritis Spectrum Among Patients Grouped by Age (≥40 Years vs < 40): A PostHoc Analysis of 6 Phase 3 Trials
Sofia Ramiro¹, Corine Gaillez², Uta Kiltz³, Lianne S Gensler⁴, Chaitali Pisal⁵, Juergen Braun⁶ and Alexis Ogdie⁷, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ²Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University, D-44649 Herne, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Hyderabad, India, ⁶Rheuma Praxis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab is an IL-17 inhibitor approved to treat axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), including radiographic (r)-axSpA and non-radiographic (nr)-axSpA. Recent ASAS-EULAR recommendations highlight the importance of…
Abstract Number: 1760 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 2 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase-Activated Protein Kinase 2 (MK2) Inhibitor in Active Ankylosing Spondylitis
Walter Maksymowych¹, Robert Lambert¹, Paula Śliwinska-Stańczyk², Piotr Adrian Klimiuk³, Anusha Yeshokumar⁴, Elizabeth Cerullo⁴, Rebecca Kepich⁴, Chahin Pachai⁴ and Steven Greenberg⁴, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Centrum Medyczne ReumaPark, Warsaw, Poland, ³Medical University of Bialystok and Inter Clinic Piotr Adrian Klimiuk, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Białystok, Poland, ⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: CC-99677 (also known as BMS-986371) is a novel, orally bioavailable, small-molecule covalent inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2). The MK2…
Abstract Number: 0141 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Effect of Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapies on Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Melody Esmaeili¹, Linh Truong², Nicole Ridolfi³, Eugenia Chen⁴ and Maida wong⁵, ¹University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, ²University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of California, Irvine, Newport Beach, CA, ⁴Long Beach VA Hospital, Irvine, CA, ⁵Long Beach VA Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Evidence demonstrates an increased prevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. However, the relationship between immunosuppressive therapies and the development of ASCVD remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 0604 • ACR Convergence 2024
Secular Trends in Biologic Prescribing for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, 2014-2024
Mahum Mirza¹, Jean Liew², Michael Putman³ and Shikha Singla¹, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Treatment options for psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have expanded in the past decade. Secular trends in biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) prescribing…

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