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Abstract Number: 1633 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between YKL-40, VEGF, and IL-5 in Borderline mPAP and Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Tetsuya Furukawa¹, Yuichi Yokoyama ², Teppei Hashimoto ³, Naoto Azuma ⁴ and Kiyoshi Matsui ⁴, ¹Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Hyogo College of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an intractable connective tissue disease that causes skin and organ fibrosis, and its prognosis is affected by pulmonary hypertension (PH).…
Abstract Number: 1634 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Different Pulmonary Hypertension Screening Algorithms in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Mustafa Erdogan¹, Burcak Kilickiran Avci ², Yagmur Ersoy ³, Cansu Ebren ², Zeki Ongen ², Gul Ongen ⁴, Vedat Hamuryudan ⁵ and Gulen Hatemi ⁶, ¹Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheuma, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University – Cerrahpasa, Behçet’s Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Different screening algorithms have been proposed for…
Abstract Number: 1635 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Correlation Between Raynaud’s Condition Score, Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy and Laser Speckle Contrast Analysis in Secondary Raynaud’s Phenomenon Due to Systemic Sclerosis
Barbara Ruaro¹, Elisa Alessandri ², Massimo Ghio ³, Carmen Pizzorni ⁴, Sabrina Paolino ⁴, Andrea Casabella ⁵, Antonio De Tanti ⁶, Alberto Sulli ⁷ and Maurizio Cutolo ⁸, ¹1 Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy; 2 Cardinal Ferrari Centre, S. Stefano Rheabilitation, Fontanellato (Parma), Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²1. Research Laboratory and Academic Division of the Clinical Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of the Clinical Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁵1 Research Laboratory and Academic Division of the Clinical Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁶2 Cardinal Ferrari Centre, S. Stefano Rheabilitation, Fontanellato (Parma), Italy, Fontanellato, Italy, ⁷Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁸Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: To evaluate any correlation between the Raynaud's Condition Score (RCS) and the morphological and functional methods available to evaluate microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients (1-4). Methods: Sixty-six…
Abstract Number: 1636 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Topoisomerase I Antibody Status on Decline in Lung Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Data from the SENSCIS Trial
Maureen Mayes¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Aryeh Fischer ⁴, Ganesh Raghu ⁵, Mannaig Girard ⁶, Margarida Alves ⁷, Susanne Stowasser ⁷, Jörg Distler ⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic ⁹, Elizabeth Volkmann ¹⁰, Masataka Kuwana ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Seattle, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been associated with a greater risk of developing interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 1637 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Clinical Features of Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodypositive Systemic Sclerosis with and Without Malignancy
Masanari Kodera¹, Yoshihito Tanaka ², Yumi Ito ², Miho Sugata ², Satoko Hisada ², Naohisa Ichiki ² and Toshiaki Tanabe ², ¹Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital, Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Aichi, Japan, ²Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with anti-RNA polymerase III (RNAP) antibody have been reported to have an increased risk of malignancy as compared with those…
Abstract Number: 1638 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Sexual Health in 60 Female Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Barbora Hermankova ¹, Maja Spiritovic ², Hana Storkanova ³, Sabina Oreska ⁴, Petr Cesak ¹, Karel Pavelka ⁴, Jiří Vencovský ⁴, Ladislav Senolt ⁴, Radim Becvar ⁴ and Michal Tomcik⁴, ¹Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Physiotherapy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Physiotherapy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, multisystem, connective tissue disorder characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organ involvement, which can influence all…
Abstract Number: 1639 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Endoscopic Findings in a Scleroderma Cohort with and Without Interstitial Lung Disease
Manpreet Parmar¹, Miruna Carnaru ², Anand Patel ³ and Vivien Hsu ⁴, ¹Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, Matawan, NJ, ²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ³Temple, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rutgers- RWJ Medical School, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ
Background/Purpose: Gastro-intestinal (GI) involvement is universal in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and may affect the entire length of the bowel, most commonly the esophagus (1). The…
Abstract Number: 1640 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cutaneous and Musculoskeletal Clinical Characterization of a Cohort of Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease
Cristina Hidalgo¹, Lucía López Corral ², Concepción Roman ², Luis Gómez-Lechón ³, Maria Elisa Acosta ⁴, Olga Compan ⁵, Estefania Pérez ², Carlos Montilla ⁴ and Maria Dolores Caballero ⁶, ¹Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³Hospital Universiatrio, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca, SALAMANCA, Spain, ⁶Hispital Universitario, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain
Background/Purpose: Introduction: Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). Clinically, cGVHD is a…
Abstract Number: 1641 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Change in Calcinosis over 1 Year Using the SCTC Radiologic Scoring System for Calcinosis of the Hands in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Melody Chung ², Tatiana S. Rodríguez-Reyna ³, Susanna Proudman ⁴, Murray Baron ⁵, Flavia Castelino ⁶, Vivien Hsu ⁷, Shufeng Li ⁸, David Fiorentino ⁹, Kathryn Stevens ¹⁰ and Lorinda Chung ², ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁶Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁷Rutgers- RWJ Medical School, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ¹⁰Stanford University, Stanford
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting one quarter of patients, most frequently involving the hands. We previously developed and…
Abstract Number: 1642 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Automated Nailfold Capillary Counting System (AUTOCAPI) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Different Capillaroscopic Patterns
Alberto Sulli¹, Amber Vanhaecke ², Carmen Pizzorni ³, Giorgia Ferrari ⁴, Veronica Tomatis ⁵, Monica Pendolino ⁴, Vanessa Smith ⁶ and Maurizio Cutolo ⁴, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Ghent, Belgium, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) allows assessment of possible microvascular markers of severity and progression in systemic sclerosis (SSc), such as reduced capillary number, which has…
Abstract Number: 1643 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial by Corticosteroid Use
Madelon Vonk¹, Oliver Distler ², Daniel Furst ³, Eric Hachulla ⁴, Sindhu Johnson ⁵, Shervin Assassi ⁶, Leslie Meng ⁷, Manuel Quaresma ⁸, Margarida Alves ⁸, Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty ⁸ and Wim Wuyts ⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 1644 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effects of Nintedanib in Patients with Diffuse and Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial
Masataka Kuwana¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Christopher Denton ⁴, Aryeh Fischer ⁵, Maureen Mayes ⁶, Virginia Steen ⁷, Dinesh Khanna ⁸, Yannick Allanore ⁹, Mannaig Girard ¹⁰, Margarida Alves ¹¹, Susanne Stowasser ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) are at greater risk of developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) than patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis…
Abstract Number: 1645 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Automated Capture and Analysis System of Sublingual Microvessels and Nailfold Videocapillarscopy for Microvascular Assessment in Systemic Sclerosis
Mislav Radic¹, Julie Thomas ² and Tracy Frech ³, ¹University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia, ²University of Utah, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Similar to nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), automated capture and analysis of sublingual microvessel segments (intravital microscopy) can define vasculopathy, and distinguish systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients…
Abstract Number: 1646 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Incidence Rate and Prevalence of Valvular Heart Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Single Institution
Mamoun Elnagar¹, Yasser Radwan ¹, Mohamed Elwazir ², Reto Kurmann ², Rekha Mankad ¹, Thomas Osborn ¹, Ashima Makol ¹, Leroy Griffing ³, Cynthia Crowson ² and Alicia Hinze ¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) associated heart involvement remains ill-defined, with non-ischemic systolic heart failure, conduction defects, and arrhythmias often included in the definition in clinical…
Abstract Number: 1647 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: Data Completion Outcomes from a Multicenter United States Cohort Using Guideline-Based Registry Practices
Victoria Shanmugam¹, Tracy Frech ², Virginia Steen ³, Laura Hummers ⁴, Ami Shah ⁵, Elana Bernstein ⁶, Dinesh Khanna ⁷, Jessica Gordon ⁸, Flavia Castelino ⁹, Lorinda Chung ¹⁰, Faye Hant ¹¹, Emily Startup ¹², John VanBuren ¹², Luke Evnin ¹³ and Shervin Assassi ¹⁴, ¹George Washington University, Georgetown, DC, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Harvard University, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³Scleroderma Research Foundation, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry (CONQUER) for Scleroderma is a multicenter US-based longitudinal study of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) within 5…

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