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Abstract Number: 2656 • ACR Convergence 2024
Short-Term Effectiveness of a Walk with Ease Program Delivered by Telephone on Arthritis-Related Symptoms, Function, and Physical Activity
Christine Pellegrini, Sara Wilcox, Yesil Kim, Katherine Devivo, Scott Jamieson, Kailyn Horn and Daniel Heidtke, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Background/Purpose: Walk With Ease (WWE) is a 6-week arthritis-appropriate evidence-based physical activity program traditionally offered in a face-to-face format. However, as many populations encounter participation…
Abstract Number: 2652 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics of Relapse and Therapeutic Management in Giant Cell Arteritis in Modern Era, NEWTON Study
Geoffroy Peyrac¹, Natalie Lomba Goncalves¹, Aïcha Kante², Patrice Cacoub³, Karim Sacré⁴, David Saadoun⁵, Thomas Papo⁴, Jean-François Alexandra⁶, Valentin Pagis⁷, Venceslas Bourdin¹, Pascal Richette⁸, Arnaud Vanjak⁹, Augustin Latourte¹⁰, Dikélélé Elessa⁷, William Bigot¹, Ruxandra burlacu⁷, Karine Champion¹, Blanca Amador Borrero⁷, Amanda Lopes¹, Audrey Depond⁷, Peggy Reiner¹¹, Homa Adle-Biassette¹², Aude Couturier¹³, Philippe Bonnin¹⁴, Alexandre Boutigny¹⁵, Frédéric Paycha¹⁶, Anne Couvelard¹⁷, Alexis Régent¹⁸, Benjamin Chaigne¹⁹, Yann Nguyen²⁰, Agnès lefort²⁰, Olivier Bory²¹, Elisabeth Aslangul²², stephane mouly¹, Damien Sène¹, Viet-Thi Tran²³ and Cloé Comarmond¹, and Groupe d'étude français de l'artérite à cellules géantes (GEFA), ¹Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, ⁴Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Department of internal medicine, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁶INSERM U959, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁸Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Rheumatoloy, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁰AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Neurology, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹²Department of Pathology, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹³Department of ophthalmology, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁴Department of physiology, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁵Department of physiology, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁶Department of nuclear medicine, Saint-Louis Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹⁷Department of Pathology, Bichat Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁸National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ¹⁹Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares d'Ile de France de l’Est et de l’Ouest, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²⁰Department of Internal medicine, Beaujon Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, ²¹Department of internal medicine, Louis Mourier Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Colombes, France, ²²Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Colombes, France, ²³Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS) and Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: The management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) has evolved with the arrival of tocilizumab (TCZ) and the use of PET/CT. In modern era, a…
Abstract Number: 2673 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Mortality Risk After Stopping Glucocorticosteroids – a Population-based Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diane Lacaille¹, Coraline Danieli², Kasra Moolooghy¹ and Michal Abrahamowicz³, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Research Institute of McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC), Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Verdun, Canada
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticosteroid (GC) use is associated with increased mortality risk, especially from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and infections, with dose and duration of use influencing risk.…
Abstract Number: 2683 • ACR Convergence 2024
Optical Coherence Angiography: A Non-invasive, Safe Method for Assessing the Systemic Sclerosis Related Vasculopathy Beyond Nailfold Capillaries
Pavel Nikitin¹, Harshdeep Chawla¹, Manmohan Singh¹, Samuel Theodore², Salavat Aglyamov¹, Meng Zhang², Brian Skaug², Maureen Mayes², Kirill Larin¹ and Shervin Assassi², ¹University of Houston, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Vascular involvement is a prominent feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Safe and non-invasive methods to visualize cutaneous blood vessels beyond nailfold capillaries are lacking.…
Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2024
Whispers of Resilience: Navigating Life with Rheumatism
Vinchelle Hardison and Vinchelle Hardison, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: “What’s wrong with me mom? Why am I always slow and hurting? Why can’t I play without being in pain like the other kids?”…
Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2024
Living Well with Chronic Illness: Decades with MCTD
Carol KAMINSKI, HP (Hewlett Packard) Retired, Wilmington, NC
Background/Purpose: In the fall of 1985, I was not feeling well. I attributed my tiredness, weakness and malaise to stress and carried on. Walking upstairs I…
Abstract Number: 2641 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Systemic Sclerosis Intrinsic Subtypes in the ASSET Clinical Trial Using PBC Gene Expression
Zhiyun Gong¹, Timothy Sullivan², Tammara Wood³, David Fox⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁶, ¹Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴University of Michigan, Dexter, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is molecularly heterogeneous and distinct subtypes of patients have been identified based on gene expression in skin. Although treatments have improved,…
Abstract Number: 2651 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vasculitis Associated with VEXAS Syndrome
Megan Sullivan¹, Kambiz Kalantari², Carolyn Mead-Harvey³, Yael Kusne⁴, Mrinal Patnaik², Abhishek Mangaonkar², Ronald Go², Daniel Montes², Kaaren Reichard², Horatiu Olteanu², Melanie Bois², Alexander Hines², Julio Sartori-Valinotti⁵, Kenneth Warrington² and Matthew Koster², ¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rohester, MN
Background/Purpose: VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a recently defined clinical entity that causes hematologic and autoinflammatory symptoms. Since its initial description…
Abstract Number: 2675 • ACR Convergence 2024
Which Arthralgia Patients at Risk for RA Benefited from Treatment with Methotrexate?; Results from the TREAT EARLIER Trial
Stijn Claassen¹, Quirine Dumoulin², Kasper Glas³, Esmeralda Molenaar⁴, Hanna van Steenbergen¹ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁵, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Reumazorg Zuid West Nederland, Goes, The Netherlands, Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands, ⁴Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, Gouda, The Netherlands, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ⁵LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: A one-year methotrexate treatment in CSA has been shown to induce sustained reduction in subclinical inflammation during 2-years follow-up. We aim to study if…
Abstract Number: 2682 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Forgotten Costs of SLE: Estimating Indirect Costs in a National SLE Cohort
Ann E. Clarke¹, Yvan St-Pierre², Megan Barber¹, Sasha Bernatsky³, Evelyne Vinet⁴, Christian Pineau⁵, Murray Urowitz⁶, Dafna Gladman⁷, Christine Peschken⁸, John Hanly⁹, Alexandra Legge¹⁰ and Paul Fortin¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁰Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Economic analyses of SLE often include only direct healthcare costs. Indirect costs, particularly those attributable to lost productivity in unpaid labour, are often overlooked,…
Abstract Number: 2649 • ACR Convergence 2024
Defining Clinical Subgroups of Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis: A Latent Class and Decision Tree Analysis in Two Independent Prospective Cohorts
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Carol McAlear², Peter Merkel³, Peter Grayson⁴ and Marcela Ferrada⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ⁵University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Lack of awareness and disease heterogeneity are common factors associated with diagnosis delay in patients with Relapsing polychondriytis (RP). Using latent class analysis (LCA),…
Abstract Number: 2669 • ACR Convergence 2024
Dysferlin Autoantibodies Compromise Sarcolemmal Repair Capacity and Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Immune Myopathies
Hannah Bulgart¹, Kassidy Banford², Shane Bruckner³, Kevin McElhanon², Nicholas Young¹, Brian Paleo², Eric Beck², Rohit Aggarwal⁴, Chester Oddis⁵, Braden Zeno⁶, Wael Jarjour⁷ and Noah Weisleder³, ¹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, ³Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Ohio State University, upper arlington, OH, ⁷The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic immune myopathies (IIMs) are a group of autoimmune diseases that produce chronic inflammation and degeneration of skeletal muscle structure and function. One process…
Abstract Number: 2679 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Fracture in SLE: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Kristen Chao¹, Andrea Fava², Daniel Goldman³, Laurence Magder⁴ and Michelle Petri³, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁴University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Fractures are one of the most common damage items in the SLICC/ACR Damage Index. Although commonly attributed to corticosteroid use, the complexity of ways…
Abstract Number: 2684 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Skin in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using High Frequency Ultrasound : A Comparative Study with Histology and Clinical Parameters of Skin Disease
Ruhani Desai¹, Filemon Tan², Minghua Wu³, Jefferey Browning⁴, Samuel Theodore³, Meng Zhang³, Brian Skaug³, Maureen Mayes³ and Shervin Assassi³, ¹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, DeLand, FL, ²University of Texas at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁴Boston Univeristy, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The extent of skin involvement and its rate of progression can provide prognostic information for systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related morbidity and mortality. Moreover, skin assessment…
Abstract Number: 2687 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Choices in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, a Survey of International Experts
Michael Macklin¹, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura¹ and Dinesh Khanna², ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic options for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) have evolved rapidly, with recent guidelines released by the ACR and American Thoracic Society…

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