- Abstract Number: 1871 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Identifying Pain Sites Highly Associated with the Fibromyalgia (FM) PhenotypeBackground/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is challenging to diagnose given its overlapping symptoms with other chronic pain conditions. The most characteristic feature of FM is widespread pain, operationalized…
- Abstract Number: 1872 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - The Effect of EEG-Amygdala-Related-Neurofeedback on REM Latency in Patients with FibromyalgiaBackground/Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a condition characterized by widespread pain, sleep disturbance and chronic fatigue, and mood disorder .FMS was suggested to represent a…
- Abstract Number: 1873 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Evaluating Pain Related Disability in Fibromyalgia: A Comparison of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and the Polysymptomatic Distress ScaleBackground/Purpose: Both the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) and the polysymptomatic distress scale (PSD) have been proposed as measures of FM impact and severity. It is…
- Abstract Number: 1874 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Development of an Ultrasonographic Enthesitis Score for Psoriatic Arthritis PatientsBackground/Purpose: Enthesitis affects approximately a third of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is often considered the earliest site of inflammation. The accuracy of clinical…
- Abstract Number: 1875 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Assessment of Structural Damage of the Thumb Base in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis: Comparing the Newly Developed Omeract Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring System with Standard RadiographyBackground/Purpose: Thumb base osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by structural damage, most commonly evaluated by radiography. However radiography is insensitive. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging could be…
- Abstract Number: 1876 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - A Non-Invasive Ultrasound Surface Wave Elastography Technique for Assessing Interstitial Lung DiseaseBackground/Purpose: Surface wave elastography is an ultrasound based noninvasive technique to measure tissue viscoelasticity (“stiffness”). Preliminary studies in assessing scleroderma associated skin thickening have been…
- Abstract Number: 1877 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - The Performance of MRI Using the 3D Volumetric Interpolated Breath-Hold Sequence (VIBE) Technique to Detect Structural Changes in Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis in Comparison to Conventional Radiography and Computed TomographyBackground/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for detection of inflammation in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) of patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA),…
- Abstract Number: 1878 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - The Utility of the Omeract Ultrasound Tenosynovitis Scoring System in Multicenter Clinical TrialsBackground/Purpose :Tenosynovitis is very common in patients with RA and is associated with lower physical function. Several studies have confirmed the limitations of clinical examination…
- Abstract Number: 1879 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Majority of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission As Defined By DAS-28, CDAI, SDAI and RAPID-3 Have No Signal on Ultrasound Power DopplerBackground/Purpose: Remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is often assessed using the following indices: disease activity scores (DAS-28), clinical disease activity index (CDAI), Simplified Disease Activity…
- Abstract Number: 1880 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Cancer Immunotherapy in Patients with Preexisting Rheumatologic Disease: The Mayo Clinic ExperienceBackground/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of advanced malignancies. By blocking T-cell inhibition these drugs result in immune targeting of tumor cells and…
- Abstract Number: 1881 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - The Utility of Autoimmune Serologies in Recurrent and Chronic Inflammatory Eye DiseaseBackground/Purpose: Inflammatory eye diseases such as scleritis and uveitis are associated with systemic autoimmune disease (SAD) and can be the initial manifestation of a concurrent…
- Abstract Number: 1882 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Thymus and Activation-Regulated Chemokine (TARC) As Biomarker for IgG4-Related DiseaseBackground/Purpose: TARC, also known as chemokine ligand 17 (CCR17), is expressed in the thymus and is produced by dendritic cells, endothelial cells, keratinocytes and fibroblasts.…
- Abstract Number: 1883 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Patterns of Osteoarticular Involvement in SAPHO Syndrome: A Cluster Analysis Based on Whole Body Bone Scintigraphy in 157 PatientsBackground/Purpose: The aim was to explore patterns of osteoarticular involvement in SAPHO syndrome using cluster analysis of lesions revealed by whole body bone scintigraphy. Methods:…
- Abstract Number: 1884 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Mepolizumab for the Treatment of Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Post-Hoc Results of a Phase III Randomized, Placebo-Controlled TrialBackground/Purpose: In a recent Phase III study (NCT02020889) in patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) the anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody mepolizumab showed significant benefit when…
- Abstract Number: 1885 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting - Epidemiology of Hospitalized Adult Onset Still’s Disease in United StatesBackground/Purpose: There is a dearth of epidemiological studies on Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) and no consensus on its incidence and prevalence. Most studies report…
