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  • Abstract Number: 0523 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Distinct Peripheral Blood Immune Cell Sub-population Signatures at Baseline of Tofacitinib or Adalimumab Initiation Are Associated to Clinical Responses at 6 Months

    Panagiota Goutakoli1, Eirini Sevdali1, Elpida Neofotistou-Themeli1, Argyro Repa2, Nestor Avgoustidis3, Sofia Pitsigavdaki4, Eleni Kalogiannaki2, George Bertsias5, Nikolaos Paschalidis6, Panayotis Verginis7 and Prodromos Sidiropoulos8, 1University of Crete, Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Heraklion, Greece, 2University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Heraklion, Greece, 3University Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Heraklion, Greece, 4Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, Heraklion, Greece, 5Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Heraklion, Greece, 6Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, 7Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 8University of Crete, Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece, HERAKLIO, Greece

    Background/Purpose: Biomarkers to predict response to tofacitinib or adalimumab are not clinically available. Herein we aimed to characterize peripheral blood immune cell subsets with a…
  • Abstract Number: 0496 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Dissecting Early RA Patient Trajectories Through Time-independent Disease State Identification Identifies Distinct Patterns Dissected by Inflammation in Blood or Joints

    Nils Steinz1, Tjardo Maarseveen2, Andrew Cope3, John Isaacs4, Aaron Winkler5, Thomas Huizinga6, Yann Abraham7 and Rachel Knevel1, 1Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wormerveer, Netherlands, 3King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 4Translational and Clinical Research Institute, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 5Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, 6Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, 7Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: Patients with RA display different trajectories in the improvement of disease activity. Discerning the RA trajectories, how they differ between patients and which factors…
  • Abstract Number: 0504 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Janus Kinase Inhibitors Persist Longer Than Biologics in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Retrospective Analysis of Real-world Outpatient Data from the German Rhadar Database

    Linus Maximilian Risser1, Torsten Witte2, Matthias Englbrecht3, Patrick-Pascal Strunz4, Matthias Froehlich5, Marc Schmalzing6, Michael Gernert7, Peter Bartz-Bazzanella8, Cay von Der Decken9, Kirsten Karberg10, Georg Gauler11, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper12, Christoph Kuhn13, Wolfgang Vorbrueggen14, Martin Welcker15 and Stefan Kleinert16, 1Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 2Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, 3Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, 4University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, 5Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, 6University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 7Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, 8Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany, 9Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinik Wuerselen, Würselen, 10Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, 11rheumapraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, 12Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, 13Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 14Verein zur Foerderung der Rheumatologie e.V, Wuerselen, Germany, 15Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany, 16Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Numerous biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) have been approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), rituximab, abatacept,…
  • Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Discontinuation of Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Agents in Older Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Retrospective Analysis of Medicare Data

    Yinan Huang1, Shadi Bazzazzadehgan2, Sebastian Bruera3 and Sandeep Agarwal3, 1University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, MS, 2University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, 3Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may discontinue b/tsDMARDs due to treatment failure, adverse events or costs. Little is known about b/tsDMARDs discontinuation among Medicare…
  • Abstract Number: 0516 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Management of Elederly Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Tocilizumab : Comparison of Patients over and Under 75 Years Old

    Bruno Fautrel1, Alain SARAUX2, Isabelle Idier3, Henri Bonnabau4, Geoffray Bizouard5 and BERNARD COMBE6, 1INSERM, UMRS 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Sorbonne University – Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 2CHU Brest, Brest, France, 3Chugai Pharma france, Puteaux, Ile-de-France, France, 4IQVIA France, Bordeaux, France, 5IQVIA France, La Defense, Ile-de-France, France, 6Montpellier University, LA GRANDE MOTTE, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

    Background/Purpose: Few real-life long-term data are available in RA patients initiating tocilizumab (TCZ) depending on age. The objective of this study was to compare the…
  • Abstract Number: 0503 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Use of Janus Kinase Inhibitors Before and After European Medicines Agency Safety Recommendations

    Patrick-Pascal Strunz1, Linus Maximilian Risser2, Matthias Englbrecht3, Torsten Witte4, Matthias Froehlich5, Marc Schmalzing6, Michael Gernert7, Peter Bartz-Bazzanella8, Sebastian Hueper9, Cay von Der Decken10, Georg Gauler11, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper12, Christoph Kuhn13, Kirsten Karberg14, Wolfgang Vorbrueggen15, Martin Welcker16 and Stefan Kleinert17, 1University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, 2Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 3Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, 4Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, 5Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, 6University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 7Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, 8Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany, 9Praxis für Rheumatologie und Osteologie, Hildesheim, Germany, 10Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinik Wuerselen, Würselen, 11rheumapraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, 12Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, 13Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 14Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, 15RheumaDatenRhePort GbR, Wuerselen, Germany, 16Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany, 17Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Safety recommendations for Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) issued by the European Medical Agency (EMA) in 2023 could potentially influence prescription patterns for drugs used…
  • Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Cartilage Damage or (sub)luxation of Finger Joints: Impact on Physical Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Takehisa Ogura1, Yasuto Minegishi2, Chihiro Imaizumi1, Reina Maezawa1, Takaharu Katagiri1 and Hideto Kameda1, 1Toho university, Tokyo, Japan, 2Toho University, Tokyo

    Background/Purpose: It has been reported that radiographic joint space narrowing (JSN) score affects the health assessment questionnaire-disability index (HAQ-DI) score in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.…
  • Abstract Number: 0534 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Patient Reported Outcomes and Disease Activity from a Phase 1 Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Alexandre Matar1, Maya Breitman2, Tracey Bonfield3, Maricela Haghiac4, Jane Reese3, Emma Barnboym5, Steven Lewis6, Hillard Lazarus7 and Nora Singer8, 1MetroHealth, Westlake, OH, 2MetroHealth Medical Center,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 3Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 4Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 5The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, 6Case Western University, MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH, 7Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, 8MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem (stromal) cells (MSCs) constitute an emerging therapeutic strategy for several human diseases. Small non-randomized studies have shown that MSCs may be a…
  • Abstract Number: 0474 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Association Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Survival After Cancer: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis

    Joshua Hsieh1, Avneet Kaur2, Hemant Khandelia3, Teresa Jewell4, Aman Singh5, Lauren Barkley6, Ishan Bansal7, Simmi Oberoi8 and Namrata Singh9, 1Lakeside High School, Seattle, WA, 2SUNY Upstate, Buffalo, NY, 3AIIMS, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 4University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 5Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India, 6Brandeis University, Boston, MA, 7Yale University, New Haven, CT, 8Rajindra Hospital, New Delhi, India, 9University of Washington, Bellevue, WA

    Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation, a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is associated with an elevated risk of cancer and can influence cancer outcomes.…
  • Abstract Number: 0517 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Characterizing Infusion-Related Reactions in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic DMARDs: Observations from the KOBIO Registry

    Ji-Won Kim1, Ju-Yang Jung2, Chang-Hee Suh3 and Hyoun-Ah Kim1, 1Ajou university school of medicine, Suwon, South Korea, 2Ajou University of medical school, Suwon, South Korea, 3Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea

    Background/Purpose: The use of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) has revolutionized the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), despite their efficacy being occasionally limited by infusion-related…
  • Abstract Number: 0538 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Factors Associated with Upadacitinib Persistence and Risk Minimization Measures in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in a Real-world Setting. UPAreal Study

    Alicia Garcia Dorta1, Cristina Rodríguez-Regalado2, Andrea Hernández-Martín3, Sonia Peña-Montelongo4, Cristina Martínez-González1, Elena Naveda-González5, Enrique González-Dávila6, Federico Diaz-González7 and Vanesa Hernández-Hernández8, 1Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Ntra Sra de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas, Spain, 4Hospital Virgen de la Peña, Fuerteventura, Spain, 5Hospital Universitario Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 6Departamento de Matemáticas, Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad La Laguna, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain, 7Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, 8Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Canarias, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), a Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) with three years of market experience, has not yet been the subject of a significant number of…
  • Abstract Number: 0468 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Plasma Calprotectin Assessed in Multiple Biological Treatment Strategies for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis over 48 Weeks

    David Stevens1, Lene Sundbakk2, Amirhossein Kazemi2, Marte Heiberg3, Tuulikki Sokka-Isler4, Bjorn Gudbjornsson5, Kristina Lend6, Anna Rudin7, Michael Nurmohamed8, Jon Lampa9, Merete Hetland10, Mikkel Ostergaard11, Ronald Van Vollenhoven12, Tillmann Uhlig2, Espen Haavardsholm2 and Hilde Hammer3, 1St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway, 2Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 4University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 5Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 6Amsterdam UMC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 7Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 8Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9Karolinska University Hospital, Hässelby, Sweden, 10Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, 11Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, 12Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Plasma calprotectin is a sensitive biomarker of inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and reflects activation of granulocytes and macrophages. Calprotectin has not…
  • Abstract Number: 0456 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Use of Machine Learning to Evaluate Incremental Value of Actigraphy Data for Classifying Treatment Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jeffrey Curtis1, Yujie Su2, Cassie Clinton3, David Curtis4, Laura Stradford5, Patrick Zueger6, William Benjamin Nowell7, Pankaj Patel8, Esteban Rivera9, Kelly Gavigan4, Shilpa Venkatachalam10 and Fenglong Xie3, 1FASTER Medicine, Hoover, AL, 2Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, 5Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, 6AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, 7Regeneron, New York, NY, 8AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, 9Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, 10Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Digital health technology to collect electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) and biosensor data are increasingly used to generate real-world data in pharmacoepidemiology. However, the…
  • Abstract Number: 0541 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Measurement Properties of Disease Activity Instruments in Peripheral Spondyloarthritis. an Analysis in the CRESPA Trial

    Clementina López Medina1, Anna Molto2, Dafne Capelusnik3, Philippe Carron4, Casper Webers5, Filip Van den Bosch6, Annelies Boonen7 and Sofia Ramiro8, 1Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, 2Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, 3Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 4UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium, 5Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 7Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center; Care and Public Health Research Institute (Caphri), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 8Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Understanding the best-performing disease activity measure and response criterion in peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) is crucial for the development of future meaningful clinical studies. The…
  • Abstract Number: 0484 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Cluster Analysis Based on Joint Characteristics: A Study of Joint Involvement Profiles in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERA) Patients in China

    Yafang Deng1, Chen Yu2, Lin Qiao1, Nan Jiang1, Yanhong Wang3, Xinping Tian1, Qian Wang1, Mengtao Li4 and Xiaofeng Zeng1, 1Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 2Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Dong Cheng Qu, China (People's Republic), 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 4Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China 2National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Ministry of Science & Technology, Beijing, China

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder characterized by aggressive articular damage, and articular symptoms are often the initial and significant clinical…
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