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Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2025
Optimizing Analyses of Chair Stand Test Outcome Data in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study: Exploration of Approaches to Handling Missing and/or Skewed Data with Performance-based Function Measures
Michael LaValley¹, Vanessa Vu², Maggie Westerland², Yuqing Li², Cora Lewis³, Laura Frey Law⁴, David Felson² and Tuhina Neogi⁵, ¹Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Maintaining physical function is crucially important in aging. Lower body function is often measured with the chair stand test (CST), also known as the…
Abstract Number: 1531 • ACR Convergence 2025
Achieving Remission and Low Disease Activity with Belimumab Versus Placebo in Patients with SLE Excluding the Glucocorticoid Component from Target Definitions: A Post Hoc Analysis of Five Phase 3 Trials
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom², Roger A. Levy³, Alexander Tsoi¹, Margherita Zen⁴, Dionysis Nikolopoulos⁵, Munther Khamashta⁶, Ryan Tomlinson⁷, Anca Askanase⁸, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁹ and Mandana Nikpour¹⁰, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁴University of Padua, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Padua, Italy, ⁵Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶GSK, Medical Affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁷GSK, Development – R&D, Collegeville, PA, ⁸Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰University of Sydney School of Public Health and Department of Rheumatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: An integrated post hoc analysis of five Phase 3 trials in adults with SLE showed greater benefit of belimumab (BEL) than placebo (PBO), plus…
Abstract Number: 1638 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison and Assessment of the All of Us Dataset for Epidemiologic Studies of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Among African American Women
Katherine Singleton¹, Sarah Smith², Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas³, L. Quinnette King², Lori Ann Ueberroth⁴, Edith Williams⁵, S. Sam Lim⁶, Bethany Wolf², Diane Kamen⁷ and Paula Ramos⁶, ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlants, GA, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ⁵University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Health disparities in SLE are well established, with African American women being disproportionately impacted. Despite the known associations between sociodemographic and genetic factors with…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2025
Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index Is Superior to Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio for Assessing Disease Activity in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Gaston Ariel Ghio¹, Maria Gabriela Paz Machado², Evelin Encalada², Imma Perez Nadales², Georgina Salvador Alarcón², Elena Riera Alonso², manel pujol², Marta Pujol Teixidor² and Silvia Martinez Pardo², ¹Hospital Universitari Mùtua Terrassa, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, ²Hospital Universitari Mùtua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are chronic inflammatory disorders predominantly affecting patients over 50. Despite unclear etiopathogenesis, both conditions share central…
Abstract Number: 1583 • ACR Convergence 2025
Epidemiology, Outcome and Expenditures of Hospitalized Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: National Inpatient Sample 2021
Patompong Ungprasert¹ and Paul Kroner², ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA
Background/Purpose: The inpatient epidemiology, morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are not well-characterized. This study aims to utilize a nationwide…
Abstract Number: 1529 • ACR Convergence 2025
Updated Phase 1 Trial Data Assessing the Tolerability, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of BMS-986353 (CC-97540), a CD19-directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy Using a Next-Generation Process for Severe, Refractory SLE
Georg Schett¹, David Simon², Margrit Wiesendanger³, Anca Askanase⁴, Vikas Majithia⁵, Neil Kramer⁶, Jacques Morel⁷, Philip J. Mease⁸, Ellen De Langhe⁹, Amit Saxena¹⁰, dominique Farge¹¹, Alain Lescoat¹², Alisha Desai¹³, Griff McTume¹⁴, Whitney Handy¹⁴, Sharmila Das¹³, Jerill Thorpe¹⁴, Alexis Melton¹⁴, Ashley Koegel¹⁴ and Emily Littlejohn¹⁵, ¹Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, FL, ⁶Overlook Medical Center; Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System, Summit, NJ, ⁷CHU and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ¹²CHU Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, ¹³Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁴Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, ¹⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: BMS-986353 (CC-97540; CD19 NEX-T) is a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy that expresses the same CAR as lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel); it…
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Treatment Adherence and Frailty in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Daniela L. Guillen-Tejada¹, Aura Matilde Jiménez-Garduño¹ and Montserrat Lamuño Encorrada², ¹Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ²Hospital Ángeles Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Management of rheumatic diseases relies on chronic treatment, often with a greater risk of nonadherence. Frailty is characterized by decreased physiological function that increases patients’…
Abstract Number: 1637 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sleep Quality as a Modifier of the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Functional Limitation in Adults with or at High Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis
Jason Jakiela¹, Gisela Acosta¹, Dillan Lucas¹, Michael Moser¹, Caleb Whitted¹, Sydney Liles² and Daniel K. White², ¹Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of functional limitation (FL) in older adults. As there is no cure, treatment centers around symptom management,…
Abstract Number: 1625 • ACR Convergence 2025
Factor VIII as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Activity in Relapsing Polychondritis
Ashika Ajitumar¹, Eric Robbins², Yusuf Mastoor² and Marcela ferrada³, ¹University of Maryland, baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland, baltimore, ³University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare autoimmune disease marked by episodic inflammation of cartilaginous tissues. A major challenge in its clinical management is the…
Abstract Number: 1626 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Delphi Exercise Informing the Development of Criteria to Measure Response to Treatment in Giant Cell Arteritis
Medha Soowamber¹, Milena Bond², Catalina Sanchez Alvarez³, Carol Langford⁴, Sibel Aydin⁵, FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁶, Dario Camellino⁷, Maria Cid⁸, Peter Grayson⁹, Bernhard Hellmich¹⁰, Tanaz Kermani¹¹, Nader Khalidi¹², Sarah Mackie¹³, Alfred Mahr¹⁴, Eric L Matteson³, Mehrdad Maz¹⁵, Peter Merkel¹⁶, Paul Monach¹⁷, Lorna Neill¹⁸, Cristina Ponte¹⁹, Carlo Salvarani²⁰, Wolfgang Schmidt²¹, Peter Villiger²², Kenneth Warrington²³, Christian Dejaco²⁴, Sofia Ramiro²⁵ and Zahi Touma²⁶, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²South Tyrol Health Trust and Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷"La Colletta" hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale ³ Genovese, Arenzano, Italy, ⁸Department of Autoimmune Diseases (member of European Reference Network RITA), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain, ⁹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Nephrology and Diabetology, Medius Kliniken Kirchheim/Teck, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Kirchheim-Teck, Germany, ¹¹David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada, ¹³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Klinik für Rheumatologie, Kantonspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ¹⁵The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Patient Charity Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland, Nethy Bridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Unidade Local de Saúde de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁰Unit of Rheumatology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ²²Medical Center Monbijou, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Bern, Switzerland, ²³Mayo Clinic, ROCHESTER, MN, ²⁴Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ²⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic landscape of giant cell arteritis (GCA) is growing rapidly but there are currently no internationally standardized criteria for assessing response to treatment…
Abstract Number: 1539 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact Of Interferon Signature On Anifrolumab Efficacy And Safety In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis
Muhammad Usman Hashmi¹, Paramarajan Piranavan², Yasmeen Sufi³, Zaira Nasir⁴, Zainab Azhar⁵, Shamaem Tariq⁵, Hamas Ul Hudaibia⁵, IMRAN SAEED⁶, Aayet Zulfiqar⁵, Natasha Rasool² and Anum Faiz⁷, ¹Rahmah Academy of Research Excellence, Islamabad, Pakistan., Islamabad, Pakistan, ²University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, ³Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴Rawalpindi Medical University,Rawalpindi, Pakistan., Islamabad, Pakistan, ⁵Rawalpindi Medical University,Rawalpindi, Pakistan., Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ⁶Nishtar Medical University,Multan, Pakistan., Multan, Pakistan, ⁷Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN) signaling is central to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis, and anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the IFN-α receptor (IFNAR), has…
Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2025
Alternative Definitions of Moderate Flares That Simulate Clinical Practice in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Post Hoc Exploration of Moderate Flares in Patients Treated with Dapirolizumab Pegol in a 48-Week Phase 3 Trial
Richard Furie¹, George Bertsias², Lucy Carter³, Eric Morand⁴, Marta Mosca⁵, Marilyn Pike⁶, Vanessa Taieb⁷, Annette Nelde⁸, Ed Vital⁹ and Christian Stach¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Heraklion and University of Crete Medical School and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Infections and Immunity, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ⁵University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, MedPharm Consulting, Inc., Bethesda, MD, ⁷UCB, Colombes, France, ⁸Biogen, Baar, Switzerland, ⁹University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ¹⁰UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Background/Purpose: Despite the evolution of various flare definitions and their inclusion in SLE clinical trials, moderate flares tend to be underestimated in trials owing to…
Abstract Number: 1574 • ACR Convergence 2025
A rise in serum KL-6 levels predicts subsequent progressive pulmonary fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease
Keina Yomono¹, Suiyuan Huang², Dinesh Khanna² and Masataka Kuwana³, ¹Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Given the high variable clinical course of…
Abstract Number: 1646 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Obesity Paradox in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes
Queeneth Edwards¹, Chukwuemelie Okeke², Justin Riley³, Ufuoma Mamoh⁴ and Chekwube Obianyo⁵, ¹Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ²Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Georgia Southern University, statesboro
Background/Purpose: Obesity is traditionally associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the general population. However, in chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an "obesity…
Abstract Number: 1634 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Incident Heart Failure Requiring Hospitalization
Chun-Yu Lin, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular complications are increasingly recognized as a significant cause of late mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although coronary heart disease risk…

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