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Abstract Number: 1076 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Tolerability of Cyclophosphamide Versus Mycophenolate for Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Elizabeth R. Volkmann¹, Michael Roth², Robert Elashoff³, Philip J. Clements¹, Daniel E. Furst², Dinesh Khanna⁴, Jonathan Goldin⁵, Donald Tashkin¹ and Scleroderma Lung Study II Group, ¹Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although cyclophosphamide (CYC) demonstrated beneficial treatment effects at…
Abstract Number: 1077 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Levels of CCL-18 Are Associated with Deterioration of Lung Function, Increased Annual Fibrosis Progression Rate and Decreased Survival in Systemic Sclerosis
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold^1,2, Anders Heiervang Tennøe², Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Torhild Garen³, May Brit Lund⁴, Trond Mogens Aalokken⁵, Cathrine Brunborg⁶, Thor Ueland² and Øyvind Molberg⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Institute of clinical medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Respiratory Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) carries high risk for progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD), but biomarkers for individual risk stratification are largely missing. There is an…
Abstract Number: 1078 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CXCL4 Does Not Predict Extent or Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Elizabeth R. Volkmann¹, Donald P. Tashkin¹, Michael Roth¹, Chi-hong Tseng¹, Holly LeClair², Philip J. Clements¹, Daniel E. Furst³, Maureen D Mayes⁴, Julio Charles⁵, Dinesh Khanna⁶, Robert Elashoff⁷, Shervin Assassi⁸ and Scleroderma Lung Study II Group, ¹Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Increased circulatory levels of the chemokine CXCL4 have been associated with the presence of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) by HRCT in an observational study of…
Abstract Number: 1079 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Potential Effect on Recruitment of Restricting Skin Scores Eligibility Criteria in Early Diffuse Scleroderma Trials
Robyn T. Domsic¹, Dinesh Khanna², Mary Lucas³, Virginia D. Steen⁴, Daniel E. Furst⁵, Robert Lafyatis⁶ and Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁷, ¹Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Scleroderma Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁵Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: There is increasing interest in cohort enrichment for clinical trials of early diffuse SSc (dcSSc). Recent EUSTAR database analysis (Maurer et al. 2015)…
Abstract Number: 1080 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modified Rodnan Skin Score Thresholds for the Optimization of Cohort Enrichment in Clinical Trials in Skin Fibrosis in Patients with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Britta Maurer¹, Nicole Graf², Suzana Jordan³, Carmen Marina Mihai⁴, Otylia Kowal-Bielecka⁵, Yannick Allanore⁶, Oliver Distler¹ and EUSTAR co-authors, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²graf biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Paris Descartes and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is the major outcome measure for skin fibrosis in clinical trials (CT) in diffuse cutaneous scleroderma (dcSSc). Traditionally,…
Abstract Number: 1081 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Administration of Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments By Computer Adaptive Testing in Patients with Systemic Vasculitis
Gunnar Tomasson¹, John T. Farrar², David Cuthbertson³, Carol McAlear⁴, Susan Asdown⁵, Don Gebhart⁶, Georgia Lanier⁷, Nataliya Milman⁸, Jacqueline Peck⁹, Joanna Robson¹⁰, Simon Carette¹¹, Gary S. Hoffman¹², Nader A. Khalidi¹³, Curry L. Koening¹⁴, Carol A. Langford¹², Larry W. Moreland¹⁵, Paul A. Monach¹⁶, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Ulrich Specks¹⁷, Antoine G. Sreih¹⁸, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁹ and Peter A. Merkel⁴, ¹Dept of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykiavik, Iceland, ²Universitiy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵NONE, Branbury, United Kingdom, ⁶NONE, Columbus, OH, ⁷NONE, Framingham, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁹Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹³McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Division of rheumatology, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Salt Lake City and University of Utah, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁷Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁹Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Currently-used outcome measures in vasculitis insufficiently capture the life impact of systemic vasculitis from patients' perspectives. The Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System…
Abstract Number: 1082 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ANCA-Negative and Myeloperoxidase-ANCA-Positive Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Clinical Manifestations and Risk of Relapse
Eli Miloslavsky¹, Na Lu², Sebastian Unizony³, Hyon K. Choi³, Peter A. Merkel⁴, Philip Seo⁵, Robert F. Spiera⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Gary S. Hoffman⁷, Cees Kallenberg⁸, E. William St.Clair⁹, Nadia Tchao¹⁰, Fernando Fervenza¹¹, Paul A. Monach¹², Ulrich Specks¹³ and John H. Stone¹⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology/Clin Immunol AA21, Univer Med Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁰ITN, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹²Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹³Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Recent studies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) have suggested that classification based on ANCA type (PR3 versus MPO) may represent a more clinically relevant division…
Abstract Number: 1083 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nationwide Trends in Hospitalization and in-Hospital Mortality Associated with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)
Zachary Wallace¹, John H. Stone², Hyon K. Choi³, Na Lu³, Sebastian Unizony³ and Eli Miloslavsky⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hopsital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is associated with severe end-organ damage (e.g., renal failure) and treatment-related complications (e.g., severe infection) which often lead to hospitalization…
Abstract Number: 1084 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improved Survival in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A General Population-Based Study
Zachary Wallace¹, Sebastian Unizony², Na Lu², Hyon K. Choi² and John H. Stone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Advances in diagnosis and treatment strategies are thought to improve outcomes in…
Abstract Number: 1085 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Levamisole Triggers Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation through Muscarinic Receptors in Patients with Drug-Induced Vasculitis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera², Meryl Waldman³, Karran Phillips⁴, Venkataraman Subramaniam⁵, Paul Thompson⁶, Jonathan D. Graf⁷ and Mariana J. Kaplan¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch/ NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIDA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ⁶Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Masshachussetts, Worcester, MA, ⁷Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Levamisole, an anti-helminth drug, has been implicated in cases of drug-induced autoimmunity in humans exposed to adulterated cocaine. Clinical manifestations of levamisole-induced autoimmunity include…
Abstract Number: 1086 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Adding Azathioprine to Glucocorticoid Induction Increase the Remission Rate and Prevent Relapses in Patients with Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides without Poor-Prognosis Factors? a Multicenter, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Xavier Puéchal¹, Christian Pagnoux², Gabriel Baron³, Thomas Quémeneur⁴, Antoine Néel⁵, Christian Agard⁵, François Lifermann⁶, Eric Liozon⁷, Marc Ruivard⁸, Pascal Godmer⁹, Nicolas Limal¹⁰, Arsène Mékinian¹¹, Thomas Papo¹², Anne-Marie Ruppert¹³, Anne Bourgarit-Durand¹⁴, Boris Bienvenu¹⁵, Loïck Geffray¹⁶, Jean-Luc Saraux¹⁷, Elisabeth Diot¹⁸, Bruno Crestani¹², Xavier Delbrel¹⁹, Laurent Sailler²⁰, Pascal Cohen¹, Véronique Le Guern²¹, Benjamin Terrier¹, Matthieu Groh²¹, Claire Le Jeunne²¹, Luc Mouthon²¹, Philippe Ravaud³ and Loïc Guillevin for The French Vasculitis Study Group²¹, ¹Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, ⁴CH Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ⁵CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁶CH Dax, Dax, France, ⁷CHU Limoges, Limoges, France, ⁸CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont–Ferrand, France, ⁹CH Vannes, Vannes, France, ¹⁰CHU Créteil, Créteil, France, ¹¹Service de médecine interne. Hôpital Saint-Antoine., Paris, France, ¹²CHU Bichat, Paris, France, ¹³CHU Tenon, Paris, France, ¹⁴CHU Bondy, Bondy, France, ¹⁵Internal Medicine, Hospital Caen, Caen, France, ¹⁶CH Lisieux, Lisieux, France, ¹⁷CH Eaubonne, Eaubonne, France, ¹⁸CHU Tours, Tours, France, ¹⁹CH Pau, Pau, France, ²⁰CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ²¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) achieve remission in most patients with systemic necrotizing vasculitides (SNVs) without poor-prognosis factors based on the 1996 Five-Factor Score (FFS; comprising creatininemia…
Abstract Number: 1087 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
“It Was Just My Right Pace”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Yoga Practice in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Heather Greysen, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Physical activity is reported to improve physical function and reduce disease symptoms in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however adults with RA are less…
Abstract Number: 1088 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Training on Knee Torsional Stiffness and Its Relationship to Tibial Compressive and Anterior Shear Forces in Recreational Female Runners
Bhushan Thakkar¹ and D. S. Blaise Williams III², ¹PHYSICAL THERAPY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND, VA, ²Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: 42 million Americans participate annually in running. In 2014, the half marathon was the most popular distance with a total of 61% females (1.2…
Abstract Number: 1089 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Responsiveness of Physical Activity Measures Following Exercise Intervention in Individulas after Total Knee Arthroplasty
Gustavo J. Almeida¹, James J. Irrgang² and Sara R. Piva¹, ¹Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Few instruments that measure physical activity (PA) can accurately quantify PA performed at light and moderate intensities, which is particularly relevant to older adults…
Abstract Number: 1090 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics and Trajectories of Child Pain, Function, and Psychological Outcomes Associated with Conversion Disorder in Intensive Interdisciplinary Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation
Cara Hoffart¹ and Dustin Wallace², ¹Rheumatology and Integrative Pain Management, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Integrative Pain Management and Developmental and Behavioral, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Given the degree of compromise in quality of life, there is a critical need to identify the natural history of pain and disability in…

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