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Abstract Number: 0828 • ACR Convergence 2025
Two Common AI Models Create Poor Rheumatology Board Style Questions
Catherine Deffendall¹, Narender Annapureddy², Kevin Byram², Erin Chew² and Tyler Reese³, ¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Madison, TN
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology fellows frequently prepare for board examinations using case-based, multiple-choice questions. However, there are few resources with enough questions to prepare and those currently…
Abstract Number: 0804 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Risk of All-Cause Mortality with Belimumab versus Oral Immunosuppressant Use in Patients with Non-Renal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Grace Haeun Lee¹, Sara Barmettler², Lingxiao Zhang³ and April Jorge², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: Belimumab is a monoclonal antibody targeting B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) used in the treatment of active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our objective was to investigate…
Abstract Number: 0747 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patterns of Macrophage Polarization Induced by Serum from Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis and Takayasu’s Arteritis
Irene Carrión-Barberà¹, Ryan D. Stultz², David Cuthbertson³, Nader Khalidi⁴, Curry Koening⁵, Carol Langford⁶, Carol McAlear⁷, Paul Monach⁸, Larry Moreland⁹, Christian Pagnoux¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Kenneth Warrington¹², Peter Merkel⁷ and Christian Lood¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology. Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle, WA, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁴Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada, ⁵University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Moreland Hills, OH, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁹University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁰Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, and Canadian Vasculitis Research Network (CanVasc), Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Mayo Clinic, ROCHESTER, MN, ¹³University of Washington, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Macrophages play a central role in the pathogenesis of large-vessel vasculitides, including giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK). Characterizing patterns of macrophage…
Abstract Number: 0887 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dynamics of cytotoxic and regulatory CD8 T cells underlies outcome in ICI-myotoxicity
Runci Wang¹, Chunyan Xiang², Adrien Procureur³, Julian Sanchez-Dal Cin³, Qing Wang⁴, Xinyue Lian⁵, Michelle Rosenzwajg³, Yves Allenbach⁶, Deepak Rao⁷, Qiong Fu⁸, Nan Shen⁹, Joe-Elie Salem³ and Shuang Ye¹⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Institute of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUSM), shanghai, China (People's Republic), ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁴Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁵Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁶SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, Paris, France, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China, ⁹Shanghai Jiang Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies for cancer can induce immune-related adverse events (irAEs) involving musculoskeletal (MSK) systems. ICI myotoxicity (ICI-M) can present as a…
Abstract Number: 0889 • ACR Convergence 2025
Potentially pathogenic memory CD4 T cells with a B cell helper phenotype expand in ACPA+ individuals during progression to rheumatoid arthritis
Ziyuan He¹, Marla Glass¹, Pravina Venkatesan², Alexandra Ferrannini³, Marie Feser⁴, Christy Bennett¹, David Boyle⁵, Kristen Demoruelle⁶, Kristine Kuhn⁷, Fan Zhang⁸, Thomas Bumol⁹, Ananda Goldrath³, Peter Skene³, V. Michael Holers¹⁰, Xiaojun Li¹, Adam Savage¹, Gary Firestein¹¹, Kevin Deane¹², Troy Torgerson¹³ and Mark Gillespie¹, ¹Allen Institute for Immunology, Seattle, WA, ²Allen Insitute, Seattle, WA, ³Allen Institute for Immunology, Seattle, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁶University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Golden, CO, ⁷²⁰²² - ²⁰²³ / Adult/ University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁸The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁹Allen Institute for Immunology, San Diego, CA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ¹²University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ¹³Allen Institute for Immunology, Enumclaw, WA
Background/Purpose: Prior to the onset of clinically apparent inflammatory arthritis (IA)/synovitis (clinical RA), ACPA+ ‘at-risk’ individuals (ARI) show alterations in the abundance of effector T…
Abstract Number: 0847 • ACR Convergence 2025
Interferon Score Effectively Stratifies for Time to Clinically Significant Event Accrual in Systemic Sclerosis Independently of Cutaneous Subset
Stefano Di Donato¹, Rebecca Ross², Marco Minerba³, Vishal Kakkar⁴, Enrico De Lorenzis⁵, Philip Yee⁶, Christopher Denton⁷ and Francesco Del Galdo⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Canosa Sannita, Chieti, Italy, ²Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Taranto, Taranto, Italy, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ⁶UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by vascular damage, immune dysregulation, and fibrosis. It is typically classified into limited cutaneous (lcSSc)…
Abstract Number: 0821 • ACR Convergence 2025
Flipping The Switch – Classical Complement Activation closely linked to IFN-signalling in Stills Disease
Freya Huijsmans¹, Alejandra Bodelón de Frutos¹, Lyanne Sijbers¹, Susanne Benseler², Joost Swart³, Rae Yeung⁴, Sebastiaan Vastert⁵ and Jorg van Loosdregt¹, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Stills disease (SD) is an autoinflammatory syndrome characterized by severe innate immune dysregulation. The complement system, an essential component of innate immunity, can drive…
Abstract Number: 0811 • ACR Convergence 2025
SSc Skin Cell Atlas: a Scalable Web Portal for scRNA-Seq Analysis
Helen Jarnagin¹, Zhiyun Gong¹, Rachael Bogle², Alex Tsoi², Rezvan Parvizi³, Madeline Morrisson⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵, Johann Gudjonsson⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁶, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ³Dartmouth, lebanon, NH, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Despite the recent popularity and utility of modern high-resolution sequencing technologies, leveraging publicly available single-cell studies remains hampered by the need for substantial computational…
Abstract Number: 0555 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phase 3 Results From an Innovative Trial Design of Treating Plaque Psoriasis Involving Difficult-to-Treat, High-Impact Sites With Icotrokinra, a Targeted Oral Peptide That Selectively Inhibits the IL-23–Receptor
Melinda J. Gooderham¹, Edward Lain², Robert Bissonnette³, Yu-Huei Huang⁴, Charles Lynde⁵, Matthias Hoffmann⁶, Joseph F Merola⁷, Eingun J. Song⁸, Jessica H. Rubens⁹, Amy M. DeLozier⁹, Ming-Chun Hsu⁹ and Richard B. Warren¹⁰, ¹SKiN Centre for Dermatology, Queen's University, & Probity Medical Research, Peterborough, ON, ON, Canada, ²Austin Institute for Clinical Research, Sanova Dermatology, Austin, TX, USA, Austin, TX, ³Innovaderm Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, Montreal, QC, ⁴Chang Gung Memorial Hospital & Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁵University of Toronto, Lynde Institute for Dermatology & Lynderm Research Inc, Markham, ON, Canada, ON, Canada, ⁶Dermatology Practice Dr. M Hoffmann, Witten, Germany, Witten, Germany, ⁷Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Frontier Derm, Mill Creek, WA, USA, WA, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Dermatology Centre, Northern Care Alliance, NHS Foundation Trust & Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Icotrokinra (ICO), a first-in-class, targeted oral peptide that binds and inhibits the interleukin (IL)-23R, was evaluated in ICONIC-TOTAL (NCT06095102).Methods: This Phase 3 trial included…
Abstract Number: 0841 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing the Impact of GLP-1 Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors on Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹ and Irene Tan², ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious complications of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) characterized by an attack of the kidneys by the…
Abstract Number: 0558 • ACR Convergence 2025
Early Systemic and Skin Pharmacodynamic Effects of Icotrokinra in Participants with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Results Through Week 24 of the Phase 3, ICONIC-LEAD Study
Julianty Angsana¹, Marta Polak¹, Sharan Nischal¹, Elizabeth Chen¹, Deepika Balakrishna², Ching-Heng Chou¹, Christopher Sisk³, Lynn Tomsho¹, Arun Kannan¹, Cynthia DeKlotz¹, Megan Miller⁴, Joseph Cafone³, Paul Newbold¹, Ya-Wen Yang¹, Monica Leung¹, Dawn Waterworth¹, Nina Sabins¹, Anna Perillo⁵, Andreas Pinter⁶ and Robert Bissonnette⁷, ¹Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, ²Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, USA, ³Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, CA, ⁴Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA,, CA, ⁵The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY, ⁶Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷Innovaderm Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, Montreal, QC
Background/Purpose: Icotrokinra (ICO), a first-in-class targeted oral peptide that blocks the interleukin (IL)-23R and inhibits IL-23 pathway signaling, is being evaluated in the phase 3…
Abstract Number: 0557 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of Upadacitinib in Male and Female Patients with PsA: Results from the SELECT-PsA 1 and 2 Trials
Lihi Eder¹, Axel Hueber², Lucia Novelli³, Tianming Gao³, Jayne Stigler⁴, Zhiyuan Du³, Rodrigo García Salinas⁵, Grace Wright⁶ and Sofia Ramiro⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany, ³AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Round Lake, IL, ⁵Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁶Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Biologic sex can impact both clinical phenotype and therapeutic response in PsA.1–3 Previous studies have suggested that male patients (pts) may achieve better treatment…
Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Icotrokinra (ICO), a Novel Targeted Oral Peptide, in Patients (Pts) With Psoriatic Disease: Exploratory Assessments From a Phase 2 Psoriasis (PsO) Study Informing a Phase 3 Clinical Program in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
Joseph F Merola¹, Philip J. Mease², Laura Coates³, Iain McInnes⁴, Peter Nash⁵, Alexis Ogdie⁶, Lihi Eder⁷, mitsumasa kishimoto⁸, Anna Beutler⁹, Konstantina Psachoulia⁹, Shihong Sheng¹⁰, Bei Zhou¹¹, Mehrdad Javidi¹², Chandni Valiathan¹², Charles Iaconangelo¹⁰, Ya-Wen Yang¹³, Arun Kannan¹³, Chetan S. Karyekar⁹ and Tasneam Shagroni⁹, ¹Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Griffith University and U of Queensland, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, Queensland, Australia, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, ¹⁰Johnson & Johnson, Chesterbrook, PA, USA, Chesterbrook, ¹¹Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹²Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, ¹³Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: PsA affects ~20-30% of pts with PsO, causing articular inflammation/damage, and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). ICO, a novel targeted oral peptide that…
Abstract Number: 0851 • ACR Convergence 2025
Urinary Tenascin C Predicts Kidney Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis
CHEN-YU LEE¹, Sepehr Taghavi², Shangzhu Zhang³, Roopa Madhu⁴, Jasmine Shwetar⁵, Tyler O'Malley⁶, Daniel Goldman⁷, Peter Izmirly⁸, H Michael Belmont⁹, Richard Furie¹⁰, Noa Schwartz¹¹, Chaim Putterman¹², Jennifer Barnas¹³, Jennifer Anolik¹⁴, Sarah French¹⁵, Maria Dall'Era¹⁶, Judith James¹⁷, Joel Guthridge¹⁷, Jacob Vasquez¹⁸, Mike Nerenberg¹⁹, Andrew Concoff²⁰, Christine Schleif²¹, Kevin Wei²², Thomas Eisenhaure²³, Nir Hacohen²³, Rachael Bogle²⁴, Johann Gudjonsson²⁵, Lam Tsoi²⁵, Brad Rovin²⁶, Jill Buyon²⁷, Michelle Petri⁷ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Exagen Inc, Escondido, CA, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁵New York School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁸New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Safed, Israel, ¹³University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ¹⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ¹⁵UCSF, Mill Valley, CA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁸Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, ¹⁹Exagen, DEL MAR, CA, ²⁰Specialty Networks/United Rheumatology, a Cardinal Health Company, N/A, ²¹Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ²²Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²⁴University of Michigan, Holland, OH, ²⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁶The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Kidney survival is the ultimate treatment goal in lupus nephritis (LN), but long-term predictors remain understudied due to the need for extensive follow up.…
Abstract Number: 0565 • ACR Convergence 2025
Combination of Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case-Series
Andre Lucas Ribeiro¹, Virginia Carrizo Abarza², Jensen Yeung³, Khalad Maliyar³, Siddhartha Sood³, Ahmet Bagit³, Muskaan Sachdeva³, Sahil Koppikar⁴, Dafna D. Gladman⁵, Vinod Chandran⁶ and Lihi Eder⁶, ¹Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²Toronto Western Hospital - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treatment, remission remains elusive for many patients. This has prompted growing interest in combining biologic and targeted synthetic…

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