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Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2025
Structural Damage Progression in the Spine in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study
Fadi Kharouf¹, Pankti Mehta², Virginia Carrizo Abarza³, Shangyi Gao⁴, Daniel Pereira⁵, Dafna D. Gladman⁶, Vinod Chandran⁷ and Denis Poddubnyy⁸, ¹University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Gladman-Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial involvement is one of the key features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is associated with increased disease burden. However, rates and predictors of…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of parenteral compared to oral glucocorticoids in early rheumatoid arthritis is superior for chance ofbeing off steroids and escalation of therapy at 1 year
Andreu Fernandez Codina¹, Marie-France Valois², Susan J. Bartlett³, Mishquatul Wahed⁴, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Glen Hazlewood⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Bindee Kuriya⁹, Vivian Bykerk¹⁰ and Janet Pope¹¹, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ⁴Western University, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁵Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁶Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) emphasizes theimportance of limiting the dose and duration of glucocorticoids (GC) used in…
Abstract Number: 1431 • ACR Convergence 2025
Radiographic Sacroiliitis in Psoriatic Arthritis: Clinical, Laboratory, and Spinal Radiographic Correlates in an Indian Cohort
SUBIN PHILIP¹, RITESH KUMAR MISHRA², RIZWANA NAUSHAD¹, Lovely Kumari³, Vishnu Koneru⁴, Aishwarya Gopal⁵, Christina Mariaselvam⁶, Chengappa Kavadichanda⁷, Ananthakrishnan Ramesh¹, Molly Thabah¹ and VIR SINGH NEGI¹, ¹JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUDUCHERRY, Puducherry, India, ²JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Bhubaneswar, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research,PUDUCHERRY, PUDUCHERRY, Puducherry, India, ⁴JIPMER, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ⁵Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁶Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁷Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, pondicherry, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is variable and influences treatment choices. Data on axial PsA in Indian patients, especially its clinical and radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1345 • ACR Convergence 2025
Upregulated TLR Signaling Identified in Difficult-to-Treat RA: A Propensity Score–Matched Transcriptome Study
YOSHINORI NISHIURA¹, YOSHIHARU SATO², YU NAKAI¹, MOE TOKUNAGA¹, KENTA SHIDAHARA¹ and YOSHINOBU KOYAMA³, ¹Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama-shi, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, ³Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T-RA) represents a clinically challenging RA subset defined by failure to achieve disease control despite multiple conventional and advanced therapies. The…
Abstract Number: 1285 • ACR Convergence 2025
Investigating the Relationship Between Brain Injury Markers and Brain Volume in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Healthy Controls
Ganesh Ramanathan¹, Diana Valdes Cabrera², Oscar Mwizerwa³, Justine Ledochowski², Tala El Tal⁴, Sarah Mossad⁵, Ibrahim Mohamed¹, Joanna Law⁶, Lawrence Ng⁷, Paris Moaf², Asha Jeyanathan⁶, Adrienne Davis⁶, Ann Yeh⁶, Linda Hiraki², Deborah Levy², Zahi Touma⁸, Joan Wither⁹, Busisiwe Zapparoli¹⁰, Ashley Danguecan⁵ and Andrea Knight⁵, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Brampton, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Hospital for Sick Children, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) are at high risk for neuropsychiatric involvement as disease onset typically occurs during the critical period of…
Abstract Number: 1432 • ACR Convergence 2025
Long-term Radiographic Progression in Early versus Established Axial Spondyloarthritis: A 12-Year Observational Study
Tae-Hwan Kim¹, Bora Nam², Jung Ho Yang³, So-Young Bang⁴, Ji Hui Shin⁵, Seunghun Lee⁶ and Tae-jong Kim⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, ⁴Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwang-Ju, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study evaluates the impact of the ASAS definition of early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) on radiographic progression over a 12-year period, utilizing the Modified…
Abstract Number: 1439 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bimekizumab in Psoriatic Arthritis. A real-world prospective study. Comparison of its efficacy in bDMARD-naive and IL-17A-experienced patients
Vassiliki Poulia¹, Eleni Sampatakaki², Dimitrios Katsifis-Nezis³, Maria Pappa³, Evangelia Mole⁴, Sousana Gazi⁴, Elpida Skouvaklidou⁵, Nikolaos Kougkas⁵, Maria Polyzou⁶, Loukia Koutsogeorgopoulou⁶, Ioannis Xynogalas⁷, Anastasios Karamanakos⁷, Konstantinos D Vassilakis¹, Evangelos Papadimitriou⁸, Charalampos Papagoras⁸, Gerasimos Evangelatos⁹, Nafsika Gerolymatou¹⁰, Paraskevi V Voulgari¹⁰ and George E Fragoulis¹, ¹First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology department, KAT General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁵⁴th Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁶Department of Pathophysiology, Joint Academic Rheumatology program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ⁸First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece, ⁹Third Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab, a dual IL-17 A and F blocker, has recently been added in the therapeutic rheumatologist’s armamentarium of PsA, but real-world evidence is lacking.…
Abstract Number: 1367 • ACR Convergence 2025
Molecular Signature Response Classifier Identifies Contribution of GLP-1 Therapy to TNF Inhibitor Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Lixia Zhang¹, Angus Wong², Alex Jones², Sherry Guardiano², Reginald Seeto² and Ryan T, Phan³, ¹Scipher Medicine, Plainsboro, NJ, ²Scipher Medicine, Waltham, ³Scipher Medicine, Los Gatos
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFi) are extensively utilized in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Therapeutic responses remain highly heterogeneous. Emerging evidence suggests glucagon-like…
Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR Convergence 2025
Self-Reported and Actigraphic Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruptions in Patients with Sjögren’s Disease: Associations with Disease Activity and Patient-Reported Outcomes
Caterina Di Pede¹, Alessandro Colitta², Marco Di Galante³, Simone Bruno⁴, Stefano Donati¹, Beatrice Dei¹, Giovanni Fulvio¹, Gaetano La Rocca⁵, Rosaria Talarico⁶, Marta Mosca¹, Chiara Baldini⁷ and Ugo Faraguna⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ²Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ³Sleepacta srl, Montacchiello, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ⁴Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa., Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁷University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Patients with Sjögren’s Disease (SjD) frequently report debilitating symptoms such as pain, fatigue, and dryness, significantly impacting health-related quality of life. Although sleep disturbances…
Abstract Number: 1346 • ACR Convergence 2025
Preliminary Result of Investigating the Response of Conventional Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (cDMARDs) Associated SNPs: One Cohort Study
YU Chen¹, Chien-Sheng Wu², Jacob Shujui Hsu³ and Pei-Lung Chen⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C. Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., New Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C., New Taipei city, Taiwan (Republic of China), ³Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Taipei city, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁴Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Multiple Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), including those in the methotrexate and azathioprine metabolic pathways, are associated with poor response to conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cDMARDs)…
Abstract Number: 1296 • ACR Convergence 2025
Liver Biopsy Findings in Pediatric SLE: A Large Tertiary Center Experience
Meredith Rae¹, Dawn Gist², Kaylani Patel³, Krupa Mysore³, Andrea Ramirez², Marietta De Guzman² and Eyal Muscal², ¹Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
Background/Purpose: Distinguishing lupus hepatitis (LH) from autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in SLE is clinically challenging but critical for guiding treatment duration. The mechanisms differ; AIH results…
Abstract Number: L14 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Withdrawal Study of Colchicine in Behçet Syndrome
Basak Sirin¹, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu², Hasan Yazıcı³ and Gulen Hatemi⁴, ¹Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul,Türkiye/Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Academic Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul,Türkiye/Istanbul University- Cerrahpaşa, Behcet's Disease Research Center, Istanbul,Türkiye, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Previous randomized controlled studies reported conflicting results regarding the effectiveness of colchicine on oral ulcers in Behçet syndrome (BS). A randomized drug discontinuation design…
Abstract Number: L09 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Hermine Brunner¹, Caifeng Li², Kogie Chinniah³, Yosef Uziel⁴, Olga Synoverska⁵, Sujata Sawhney⁶, Inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Ingrid Clara Louw⁸, Meiping Lu⁹, Pooja Nikunj Patel¹⁰, Pamela F. Weiss¹¹, Cheng Chang¹², Ivana Vranic¹³, Shixue Liu¹⁴, Annette Diehl¹⁵, Jose L. Rivas¹⁶, Carol A. Connell¹⁷, Gary G. Koch¹⁸, Alberto Martini¹⁹, Daniel J. Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto²⁰ and the PRINTO and PRCSG investigators, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Bejing, China, ³Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Kwa-Zulu, and Enhancing Care Foundation, Durban, South Africa, ⁴Pedriatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meir Medical Center and Israel Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁵Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, ⁶Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁷Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁹Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China, ¹⁰Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ¹³Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Pfizer Inc, Shanghai, China, ¹⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁶Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ¹⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁹University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ²⁰Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, and IRCCS Fondazione San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOF) has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of polyarticular course JIA, including systemic JIA (sJIA) without active systemic features. Here…
Abstract Number: L10 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neuroimmune Modulation in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Biological or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Results at 12 and 24 Weeks from a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Double-Blind Pivotal Study
John Tesser¹, Joshua June², Pendleton Wickersham³, Jane Box⁴, Guillermo Valenzuela⁵, Angela Crowley⁶, Nikila Kumar⁷, Norman Gaylis⁸, Gordan Lam⁹, David Ridley¹⁰, Gineth Paola Pinto-Patarroyo¹¹ and David Chernoff¹², ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²Great Lakes Center of Rheumatology, Lansing, MI, ³Arthritis Associates PA, San Antonio, TX, ⁴DJL Clinical Research, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, ⁵Guillermo Valenzuela MD PA/ IRIS Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, ⁶Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Hinsdale Orthopaedics, Hinsdale, IL, ⁷Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁸Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ⁹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consults of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹⁰St. Paul Rheumatology, Eagan, MN, ¹¹Annapolis Rheumatology, Fairfax, VA, ¹²SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of an implantable, cervical vagus nerve stimulation device for treatment of RA. Methods: This randomized,…
Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anifrolumab Long-Term Treatment Is More Effective Against Organ Damage Than Standard of Care Alone: Results from an External Control Arm Study on Organ Damage in Phase 3 Clinical Trials and the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic Cohort
Zahi Touma¹, Ian Bruce², Richard A. Furie³, Eric Morand⁴, Raj Tummala⁵, Shelly Chandran⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷, Jacob Knagenhjelm⁷, Kellyn Arnold⁸, Hopin Lee⁸, Eleanor Ralphs⁸, Danuta Kielar⁹, Aleksander Bedenkov⁹ and Miina Waratani⁹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶Astrazeneca, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁸IQVIA, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Biopharmaceuticals Medicine, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In SLE, persistent disease activity, disease flares and long-term glucocorticoid (GC) use all contribute to organ damage accrual. The effects of novel therapies on…

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