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Abstract Number: 2697 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Serum Interleukin-34 Levels Are Correlated with Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Hiraku Suga¹, Ai Kuzumi¹, Yoshihide Asano¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki¹ and Shinichi Sato², ¹Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²The University of Tokyo, Department of Dermatology, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interleukin (IL)-34 is a hematopoietic cytokine, which promotes survival, proliferation, and differentiation of monocytes and macrophages. We investigated serum IL-34 levels in patients with…
Abstract Number: 2698 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Renal Involvement in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: A Single Center Experience
Eduardo Martín Nares¹, Silvia Eunice Ramírez Andrade², Luis Eduardo Morales Buenrostro², Norma Ofelia Uribe Uribe³, Laura R Cárdenas M³, Montserrat Reyes Macedo³ and Tatiana S. Rodriguez-Reyna¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Kidney injury in mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an uncommon manifestation. Prevalence has been reported to be <4% in some cohorts. The frequency…
Abstract Number: 2699 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Using ICD-10 Codes to Identify Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in the Electronic Health Record
Lia Jamian¹, Leslie Crofford² and April Barnado², ¹Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Pragmatic research in rare diseases is difficult, largely limited by small sample size and single center cohort studies. The electronic health record (EHR) can…
Abstract Number: 2700 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rescuing Standard Analyses of Immunosuppresive Rescue Therapy in Randomized Controlled Trials: Alternative Approaches in a Scleroderma Clinical Trial
Cathie Spino¹, Robert A. Parker² and Dinesh Khanna³, ¹Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Medicine-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Placebo-controlled clinical trials are the gold standard to provide the highest-quality evidence of treatment efficacy; however, in early SSc, requiring participants to take long-term…
Abstract Number: 2701 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Botulinum Toxin in the Management of Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Daniel Ennis^1,2, Zareen Ahmad³, Keshini Devakandan¹, Melanie A Anderson⁴ and Sindhu Johnson¹, ¹Toronto Scleroderma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network Library Services, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of botulinum toxin injection in Raynaud’s phenomenon. Methods: Medline and Embase databases…
Abstract Number: 2702 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence, Prevalence, Mortality and Comparison of the Acr/EULAR 2013 Classification Criteria with 1980 Criteria in Physician Diagnosed Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Population Based Cohort (1980-2016)
Avneek Singh Sandhu¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Philippe R. Bauer³, Eric L. Matteson⁴ and Ashima Makol¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a complex and heterogenous chronic inflammatory disease characterized by widespread fibrosis of the skin and visceral organs, microvascular injury and…
Abstract Number: 2703 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Delay in Initiation of Therapy Predicts Worse Outcomes in Scleroderma Renal Crisis
Aditi Patel¹, Kinjal Banerjee² and Soumya Chatterjee³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is a rare complication of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). ACE inhibitors (ACEI) favorably alter the natural history of this…
Abstract Number: 2704 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jelena Blagojevic¹, Khitam Abdullah AlOdhaibi², Aly M Aly³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁴ and Daniel E. Furst^5,6,7, ¹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy, ²Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt, ⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In a systematic literature review and meta-analysis, to determine maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnant SSc women and to analyse the effect of pregnancy…
Abstract Number: 2705 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimized Protocol for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
Tomonori Ishii¹, Yasushi Kawaguchi², Osamu Ishikawa³, Hiromitsu Takemori⁴, Naruhiko Takasawa⁵, Hitoshi Kobayashi⁶, Yuichi Takahashi⁷, Hidekata Yasuoka⁸, Takao Kodera⁹, Osamu Takai¹⁰, Izaya Nakaya¹¹, Tomomasa Izumiyama¹², Hiroshi Fujii¹³, Yukiko Kamogawa¹³, Yuko Shirota¹³, Tsuyoshi Shirai¹³, Yoko Fujita¹⁴, shinichiro saito¹⁵, Hiroaki Shimokawa¹⁶ and Hideo Harigae¹³, ¹Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, gunma, Japan, ⁴Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Wakabayashi Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Iwate Medical University Hospital, Morioka, Japan, ⁷Ｙｕ　Ｆａｍｉｌｙ　Ｃlinic, Sendai, Japan, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, tokyo, Japan, ⁹Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan, ¹⁰Osaki Citizen Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ¹¹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, Japan, ¹²Higashisendai Rheumatic Disease Clinic, Sendai, Japan, ¹³Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Hematolgy and Rheumatolgy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹⁵IMS Meirikai Sendai General Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) at low energy has been shown to be effective for digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis (SSc) in our study…
Abstract Number: 2706 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discriminant Validity and Reliability of World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF) Definition of Skin Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
Yossra A Suliman¹, Cosimo Bruni², Sindhu Johnson³, Suzanne Kafaja⁴, Emanuela Praino⁵, Dinesh Khanna⁶, Yannick Allanore⁷, Murray Baron⁸, Jonathan Grotts⁹, Thomas Krieg¹⁰, Ariane L. Herrick¹¹, Christopher P. Denton¹², Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹³ and Daniel E. Furst¹⁴, ¹Rheumatology and Rehabilitation dept., Rheumatology and Rehabilitation dept. Assiut university hospital, Assiut Egypt, Assiut, Egypt, ²Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ³Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵DIM, Rheumatology Unit - D.E.T.O. - University of Bari (ITALY), Bari, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Service de Rhumatologie A, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁸Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany, ¹¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²UCL Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁴Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: To date, there is lack of a uniform definition of systemic sclerosis related skin ulcer (SSc-skin ulcer) for use in clinical trials. Our group…
Abstract Number: 2707 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Scleroderma Renal Crisis: The Association of High-Dose Steroids and Poor Outcome
Nilasha Ghosh¹, Xuan Cai² and Cybele Ghossein³, ¹Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Nephrology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is the most acute and life-threatening complication of scleroderma characterized by sudden increase in blood pressure and worsening kidney function.…
Abstract Number: 2708 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Current Management of Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis in US Scleroderma Centers
Rebecca B. Blank¹, Jessica K. Gordon², Jackie Szymonifka³, Shervin Assassi⁴, Elana J. Bernstein⁵, Flavia V. Castelino⁶, Robyn T. Domsic⁷, Faye N. Hant⁸, Monique Hinchcliff⁹, Kate Homer¹⁰, Ami A. Shah¹¹, Victoria Shanmugam¹², Virginia D. Steen¹³, Tracy M. Frech¹⁴ and Dinesh Khanna¹⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Hospital, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹³Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Standard treatment for the diverse aspects of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) is not yet well defined although experts have described therapeutic algorithms. The…
Abstract Number: 2709 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Conversion of Normal Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure to Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis – a Longitudinal Observational Study
Amber Young¹, Scott H. Visovatti², Tom Cascino², Nektarios Vasilottos³, Vallerie McLaughlin² and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the leading causes of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Active screening detects PH earlier and may…
Abstract Number: 2710 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Activity Trackers Work Well As a Monitor of Physical Activity in Systemic Sclerosis
Amber Young¹, Elizabeth A. Jackson² and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients have reduced physical function, exercise capacity and health related quality of life (HRQOL). The objective of this study was to…
Abstract Number: 2711 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia Associated with Systemic Sclerosis with That Associated with Other Diseases: Are There Differences?
Rabeea Mirza¹, Yuxuan Jin², Donald F. Kirby³ and Soumya Chatterjee^1,4, ¹Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a pathologic angioectasia with a characteristic endoscopic appearance. Rugal folds with dilated blood vessels radiate from the antrum…

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