Abstract Number: 674 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Affordability Concerns Prevalent Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Background/Purpose: Among rheumatologic conditions, SLE is associated with very high healthcare and out of pocket costs. Little is known about patients’ concerns regarding costs of…Abstract Number: 675 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Serological Lupus Activity Before and After Developing End Stage Renal Disease
Background/Purpose: SLE disease activity tends to diminish after the development of end stage renal disease (ESRD)1, 2. Nonetheless, some patients continue to show signs of…Abstract Number: 676 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cluster Profiling of Patients in a Real-World Data Set with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Their Associated Treatments
Background/Purpose: Previous systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) studies have identified potential clusters of SLE clinical manifestations. To describe the presentation of SLE across different cohorts of patients…Abstract Number: 677 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Performance of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Lupus Compared to the Neuropsychological Battery
Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common neuropsychological manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with a prevalence of 38% [95% confidence interval: 33,43%]. Previous studies,…Abstract Number: 678 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Performance of the EULAR/ACR 2019 Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Men, Diverse Ethnicities, and Early Disease
Background/Purpose: The EULAR/ACR 2019 Classification Criteria for SLE have been validated in an international cohort of 696 SLE patients and 574 non-SLE patients with a…Abstract Number: 679 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Changes in Manifestations of SLE
Background/Purpose: Our group has developed a conceptual model to categorize SLE manifestations into two dimensions termed Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 SLE consists…Abstract Number: 680 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Patients Who Do Not Fulfill the 2018 EULAR/ACR Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Accrue Less Damage: Data from a Multicenter, Multiethnic US Cohort
Background/Purpose: The 2018 EULAR/ACR Criteria for the classification of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were proposed in order to improve the sensitivity and specificity…Abstract Number: 681 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of the Lupus Foundation of America – Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (LFA-REAL) Clinician Reported Outcome (ClinRO) and Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) in a Primarily Mestizo Population
Background/Purpose: There are several instruments to measure disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); however, none of them are able to capture all…Abstract Number: 682 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Correlation Between the Lupus Foundation of America – Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (LFA-REAL) Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Other PROs in a Primarily Mestizo Population
Background/Purpose: Disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is understood differently by patients and physicians; furthermore, there are no reliable measures for patients to assess…Abstract Number: 683 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Biologic Differences Between Type 1 and 2 Lupus
Background/Purpose: The manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be divided into categories according to a recently proposed model: a category of classic active autoimmune-driven…Abstract Number: 684 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Clinical Biomarkers at Renal Flare Are Associated with Histologic Changes in Repeat Renal Biopsy in Patients with Biopsy-proven Lupus Nephritis
Background/Purpose: Renal flares are common during treatment of biopsy-proven lupus nephritis (LN). However, it is unknown whether biopsy should be repeated in the event of…Abstract Number: 685 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker for Immune Complex-Driven Inflammation in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils play a crucial role in pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been studied as a biomarker…Abstract Number: 686 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Association Between the Soluble Terminal Complement Complex C5b-9 (sC5b-9) and Signs of Active Kidney Disease in a Swiss SLE Cohort
Background/Purpose: There is a lack of reliable biomarkers for disease activity in SLE. While C3a, an anaphylatoxin generated during of complement activation, could be predictive…Abstract Number: 687 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
CCP Autoantibody Positive SLE Patients Show Unique Enrichments in SLE Criteria and Autoantibody Biomarkers That Vary by Race
Background/Purpose: Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies are a hallmark of RA but are widely distributed in other autoimmune diseases. Although SLE is well characterized as…Abstract Number: 688 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of the Physicians’ Clinical Diagnosis and the EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Multiethnic Cohort
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis and classification of patients as having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is critical in daily clinical practice as well as for clinical trials and…
