Rheumatoid Arthritis Memory B Cells and Abatacept

Summary

Single-Open Label Study to Assess Changes in the Immune Profile in Response to Treatment with Intravenous Abatacept Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis who are Naive to Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

Timeline

Start

2019-06-02

Primary completion

2021-09-27

Completion

2021-09-27

Publications

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• Background Hochberg MC, Spector TD. Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis: update. Epidemiol Rev. 1990;12:247-52. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036058.
• Background Markenson JA. Worldwide trends in the socioeconomic impact and long-term prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 1991 Oct;21(2 Suppl 1):4-12. doi: 10.1016/0049-0172(91)90046-3.
• Background Spector TD. Rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1990 Aug;16(3):513-37.
• Background Zvaifler NJ. Etiology and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. In: Arthritis and Allied Conditions. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger;1993:723-736.
• Background Lindqvist E, Jonsson K, Saxne T, Eberhardt K. Course of radiographic damage over 10 years in a cohort with early rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2003 Jul;62(7):611-6. doi: 10.1136/ard.62.7.611.
• Background Boissier MC, Semerano L, Challal S, Saidenberg-Kermanac'h N, Falgarone G. Rheumatoid arthritis: from autoimmunity to synovitis and joint destruction. J Autoimmun. 2012 Sep;39(3):222-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2012.05.021. Epub 2012 Jun 16.
• Background Bristol-Myers Squibb Abatacept Investigator Brochure, version 18, version date 13-Nov-2014
• Background Schiff M. Co-stimulation Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Today and Tomorrow. Curr Treatm Opt Rheumatol. 2015;1(4):334-349. doi: 10.1007/s40674-015-0029-0. Epub 2015 Sep 29.
• Background Emery P, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Combe BG, Furst DE, Barre E, Karyekar CS, Wong DA, Huizinga TW. Evaluating drug-free remission with abatacept in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the phase 3b, multicentre, randomised, active-controlled AVERT study of 24 months, with a 12-month, double-blind treatment period. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Jan;74(1):19-26. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206106. Epub 2014 Nov 3.
• Background Pelzek AJ, Gronwall C, Rosenthal P, Greenberg JD, McGeachy M, Moreland L, Rigby WFC, Silverman GJ. Persistence of Disease-Associated Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody-Expressing Memory B Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Jun;69(6):1176-1186. doi: 10.1002/art.40053. Epub 2017 May 3.
• Background Kanbe K, Chiba J, Nakamura A. Immunohistological analysis of synovium treated with abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int. 2013 Jul;33(7):1883-7. doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2326-8. Epub 2012 Jan 3.
• Background Gazeau P, Alegria GC, Devauchelle-Pensec V, Jamin C, Lemerle J, Bendaoud B, Brooks WH, Saraux A, Cornec D, Renaudineau Y. Memory B Cells and Response to Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2017 Oct;53(2):166-176. doi: 10.1007/s12016-017-8603-x.
• Background Marasco E, Aquilani A, Cascioli S, Moneta GM, Caiello I, Farroni C, Giorda E, D'Oria V, Marafon DP, Magni-Manzoni S, Carsetti R, De Benedetti F. Switched Memory B Cells Are Increased in Oligoarticular and Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Their Change Over Time Is Related to Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Apr;70(4):606-615. doi: 10.1002/art.40410. Epub 2018 Mar 25.
• Background Westhovens R, Robles M, Ximenes AC, Nayiager S, Wollenhaupt J, Durez P, Gomez-Reino J, Grassi W, Haraoui B, Shergy W, Park SH, Genant H, Peterfy C, Becker JC, Covucci A, Helfrick R, Bathon J. Clinical efficacy and safety of abatacept in methotrexate-naive patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and poor prognostic factors. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Dec;68(12):1870-7. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.101121. Epub 2009 Jan 5.

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