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Abstract Number: 0355 • ACR Convergence 2025
Changes in scanographic bone mineral density in melanoma patients treated with immunotherapy
Soukayna Baddi¹, Suarez Dimitri¹, Alexis Ruet¹, Theo Van Butsel¹, Damiano Cerasuolo¹, Jean-Matthieu L’Orphelin¹ and Anne-Christine Rat², ¹Caen University Hospital, Caen, France, ²Caen University hospital, UMR ¹⁰⁷⁵ Caen normandy university, Caen, France
Background/Purpose: The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is becoming increasingly important in the management of melanoma. However, although ICIs are associated with various immune-related…
Abstract Number: 0349 • ACR Convergence 2025
Underrecognized Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in a Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patient Cohort
katherine Loomba¹, Emily Campbell¹, Nisha Khubchandani¹, chih Fang¹, William Rigby² and Vivekanand Tiwari¹, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Norwich, VT
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) are systemic inflammatory disorders treated with prolonged corticosteroid therapy. Prolonged use of corticosteroids is a significant…
Abstract Number: 0282 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Meaningfulness and Improvement Thresholds of Myositis Core Set Measures: Association with Patient-Reported Outcomes
Shiri Keret¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Irada Choudhuri³, Eugenia Gkiaouraki³, Tanya Chandra³, Nantakarn Pongtarakulpanit³, Shreya Sriram³, Niladri Bhowmick³, Vaidehi Kothari³, Kaushik Sreerama Reddy³, Eaman Alhassan⁴, Anushka Aggarwal⁵, Maha Almackenzie⁶, Siamak Moghadam-Kia⁴, Dana Ascherman⁷, Chester V. Oddis⁷ and Rohit Aggarwal⁸, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Atlit, Israel, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁶Medical Cities of the Ministry of the Interior, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The six myositis core set measures (CSMs) are widely utilized to assess disease activity in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). However, their association with how…
Abstract Number: 0255 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clearing the Smoke: Association Between Cannabis Use and Autoimmune Disease Incidence in a Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Justin Riley Lam¹, Emmanuel Otabor², Laith Alomari², Esteban Kosak Lopez², Maxim Barnett² and Shahrzad Abdollahi³, ¹Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cannabis use has increased substantially in the past decades, with legalization expanding across the U.S. Despite its known therapeutic potential, the immunomodulatory effects of…
Abstract Number: 0269 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Landscape and Severity Markers of VEXAS Syndrome in a Spanish Cohort: Findings from VEXASSER Study Group
Paula García-Escudero¹, Marta López², Berta Magallares³, Dolly Viviana Fiallo Suárez⁴, Diego Dios Santos⁵, César Antonio Egües Dubuc⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Alicia Garcia⁸, Isla Morante Bolado⁹, Elena María Oliver García¹⁰, Clara Garcia Belando¹¹, Cristina Corrales¹², Francisco Javier Toyos¹³, Judit Font-Urgelles¹⁴, Meritxell Salles Lizarzaburu¹⁵, Carolina Merino¹⁶, Irene Carrion¹⁷, Jose Angel Hernandez¹⁸, Lourdes Villalobos¹⁹, Alina-Lucica Boteanu²⁰, Beatriz Frade Sosa²¹, cristiana Sieiro²², Irene Monjo Henry²³, Ernesto Trallero²⁴, Eugenia Enriquez²⁵, Maria Rodriguez²⁶, Elena Riera Alonso²⁷, Marta Ibañez²⁸, Delia Reina²⁹, Rafael Benito Melero González³⁰, Giuliano Boselli³¹, Alberto Mariano³², Ignacio Vázquez Gómez³³, Jose Alberto Miranda³⁴, Clara Moriano³⁵, Elena Aurrecoechea³⁶, Paloma Vela Casasempere³⁷, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³⁸ and Jaime Calvo³⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario Álava, Bilbao, Spain, ²Complex Hospitalari Universitari Moisés Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, ⁴H.U. Doctor Negrín, Gran Canarias, ⁵C. H. U. A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Donostia University Hospital., San Sebastian, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital General Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain., Santander, ¹⁰H.C. U. Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, ¹¹H.C. U. Virgen de la arrizaca, Murcia, ¹²HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUES DE VALDECILLA, Santander, Spain, ¹³Virgen Macarena University Hospital,, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària Manresa Manresa (Spain)., Manresa, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda (Madrid), Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran CanariaHospital, Spain, ¹⁹Ramon y Cajal Hospital, MADRID, Spain, ²⁰H.U. Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²²Univrsity of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴H. U. Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, ²⁵Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶H. Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitari Mùtua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²⁹Complex Hospitalari Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰C. H. U. de Ourense, Ourense, ³¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet , Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ³²Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ³³H.U. Doctor Peset, Valencia, ³⁴C. H. U. Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ³⁵Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ³⁶H. Sierrallana, Santander, ³⁷Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³⁸Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas GC, Spain, ³⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Araba, School of Medicne, Universidad del País Vasco, BIOARABA Health Research Institute, Vitoria, Spain, Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a rare disease caused by somatic mutations in UBA1 gene. Different mutations in this gene appear to be associated with specific…
Abstract Number: 0229 • ACR Convergence 2025
Leveraging the Electronic Medical Record to Improve the Rate of Discrete Data Collection in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
Lisa Buckley¹ and Eli Lourie², ¹Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ²Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: A systematic approach to clinical data collection is critical to enhancing patient outcomes, enabling research and quality improvement initiatives, and benchmarking performance. This quality…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transition in Focus: Health Care Utilization and Disease Status in Youth with Connective Tissue Diseases— A Single-Center Experience in British Columbia, Canada
Mercedes Chan¹, Lori Tucker¹, Jude AlMasoud¹, Jaime Guzman², Andrea Human¹, David Cabral³, Angela How⁴, Wendy Wong⁵ and Jennifer Corpuz⁶, ¹BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Surrey, BC, Canada, ⁶UBC, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Graduating from child and family-oriented to adult-oriented health care is a vulnerable time when youth with chronic disease drop out of, or disengage from,…
Abstract Number: 0365 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Characteristics and Psychosocial Outcomes of Patients with UCTD Compared to SLE
Caroline Siegel¹, Yongjay Kim², Lucy Masto³, Neha Nagpal¹, Amaya Smole⁴, Dongmei Sun¹, Haley Slosberg¹, Margaret Minett⁵, Joann Vega¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jane Salmon¹, Michael Lockshin⁶, Lisa Sammaritano¹ and Medha Barbhaiya¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While UCTD is considered less clinically severe than SLE, our prior qualitative study reported that patients with UCTD experience significant psychosocial challenges (J Clin…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2025
Chronic PPI Use Association with Development of Autoimmune Conditions: Retrospective Cohort Study
Nanuka Tsibadze¹, Irakli Tskhakaia¹, Rusudan Tskitishvili² and Fabian Rodriguez³, ¹Jefferson Health - Einstein, Philadelphia, PA, ²Virtua Health, Camden, NJ, ³Jefferson Health - Einstein, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are one of the most prescribed medications around the world. Recent research has increasingly identified adverse reactions in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0374 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Attitudes and Barriers to Vaccination in Pediatric Rheumatic
Merav Heshin Bekenstein¹, Rebecca Hetrick², Vidya Sivaraman³, Beth Rutstein⁴, Albert Chow⁵, Peter Chiraseveenuprapund⁶, Vincent Del Gaizo⁷, Melanie Kohlheim⁸, guy Brock⁹, Sapuni Chandrasena⁹, Chloé Janse van Rensburg¹⁰ and Marina Gad El Sayed¹¹, ¹Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wynnewood, PA, ⁵Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁸CARRA, Granville, OH, ⁹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹¹University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA
Background/Purpose: Vaccine-preventable diseases pose greater risk to children with rheumatic diseases treated with immunosuppressive therapies and to those with underlying immune dysregulation. Despite the importance…
Abstract Number: 0280 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sera from dermatomyositis patients induce muscle weakness via activation of type I interferon (IFN) receptors.
Suchada Kaewin¹, Cecilia Leijding², Kristofer Andreasson², Helene Alexanderson³, Stefano Gastaldello¹, Ingrid Lundberg² and Daniel C. Andersson², ¹Karolinska Institutet, inst fysiologi och farmakologi, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a major subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and characterized by muscle weakness, systemic inflammation and cutaneous lesions. Expression of type…
Abstract Number: 0237 • ACR Convergence 2025
Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases and undefined autoinflammatory syndrome in Western Mediterranean adults: clinical, genetic, and therapeutic insights
Alba Maria Torrat Noves¹, José Ivorra Cortes², Alejandro Jose Mateo Vendrell², ELENA GRAU GARCIA³, Pablo Muñoz Martinez², Laura Mas Sanchez⁴, Daniel Ramos Castro⁵, Iago Alcántara Álvarez⁶, Belen Villanueva Manes⁷, Andres perez Hurtado², Miguel Simeo Vinaixa², inmaculada Calvo Penades⁸, Berta López Montesinos⁸, Lucia Lacruz-perez⁸ and José Andrés Román Ivorra⁹, ¹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, València, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari i Politénic La Fe, València, Spain, ⁷Hospital La Fe, València, Spain, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases are rare innate immunity disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and systemic inflammation. They are most often described in childhood,…
Abstract Number: 0372 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development and Implementation of a Remote Educational Program to Optimize Safe Medication Use in Older Veterans with Rheumatic Diseases
Maria Romero Noboa¹, Hannah Howell², Angelo Gaffo³ and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Symptomatic treatment in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) – including glucocorticoids (GCs) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – can result in improved quality of…
Abstract Number: 0369 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Persistence of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Biologic-Experienced Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Emily Holladay², Nick McCormick³, Yujie Su⁴, Fenglong Xie¹ and Alexis Dineen⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Edmond, OK, ³Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birimingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Self, Portola Valley, CA
Background/Purpose: Over the last decade, Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKs) for RA have been increasingly used as a treatment option for patients who do not respond…
Abstract Number: 0370 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient Preferences for Treatments of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Discrete Choice Experiment Evaluating Preference for Advanced Drug Therapies and Neuroimmune Modulation Device
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Joshua Baker², Shilpa Venkatachalam³, Sherry Danese⁴, Julie Ulloa⁵ and Ankit Shah⁶, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁴OutcomesInsights, Calabasas, CA, ⁵OutcomesInsights, Calabasas, ⁶SetPoint Medical, Valencia, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite broadening treatment options for RA, several challenges and unmet needs remain. The 2021 ACR guideline for the treatment of RA marked a significant…

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