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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: 2670 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sera from Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Induces Muscle Weakness, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Induction of Cytokines in Isolated Skeletal Muscle
Cecilia Leijding¹, Suchada Kaewin², Kristofer Andreasson¹, Tomas Schiffer¹, Angeles Galindo-Feria³, Begum Horuluoglu¹, Mattias Carlstrom¹, Stefano Gastaldello¹, Helene Alexanderson⁴, Ingrid Lundberg⁵ and Daniel Andersson⁶, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ³Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of systemic autoimmune inflammatory muscle disorders characterized by symmetrical skeletal muscle weakness and accelerated fatigue. Although signs…
Abstract Number: 2572 • ACR Convergence 2024
Biomarker-guided Treatment-and-stop-strategy for Recombinant IL-1Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra) in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Remco Erkens¹, Gerda Den Engelsman¹, Sytze De Roock¹, Dörte Hamann¹, Dieneke Schonenberg-Meinema², Merlijn van den Berg², Mariken Gruppen³, Wineke Armbrust⁴, Elizabeth Legger⁵, Sylvia Kamphuis⁶, Marleen Verkaaik⁷, Ellen Schatorjé⁸, Esther Hoppenreijs⁸, Thomas Vogl⁹, Johannes Roth⁹, Petra Hissink Muller¹⁰, Joost Swart¹, Marc Jansen¹, Jorg van Loosdregt¹¹ and Sebastiaan Vastert¹, ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Hospital Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁶Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁸University Medical Center Radboud, Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁹University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ¹⁰Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹University Medical Center Utrecht, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Early initiation of treatment with the recombinant Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), anakinra, in Still’s disease (SD), specifically systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, patients is…
Abstract Number: 2636 • ACR Convergence 2024
Multi-centre Validation of a Serum Protein Biomarker Signature (RAPsA Dx), Which Discriminates Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Stephen Pennington¹, Ruoyi Zhou², Jonathan Brady², Bruna Wundervald², Andrew Parnell³, Ciarán Duffy², Robert Perryman², James Waddington⁴, Neil McHugh⁵, Deepak Jadon⁶, David Simon⁷, Filippo Fagni⁸, Georg Schett⁹, Fraser Morton¹⁰, Aurelie Najm¹⁰, Stefan Siebert¹¹, Laura Coates¹² and Oliver FitzGerald¹³, ¹UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Atturos, DUBLIN, Dublin, Ireland, ³NUIM, Maynooth, Ireland, ⁴Agilent, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁶Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷Charité - Universittsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹¹School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹²University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹³UCD, Dublin 6, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: In a previous study, we reported the discovery and evaluation of a serum protein (22 peptide) signature (RAPsA Dx) which, when using random forest machine…
Abstract Number: 2654 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adapting and Testing a Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention Tailored for People with Systemic Sclerosis: Acceptability, Feasibility, & Impact on Health-related Outcomes
Yen Chen¹, Mary Alore², Dinesh Khanna¹ and Susan Murphy³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Self-employed, TROY, MI, ³University of Michigan, Plymouth, MI
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction affects up to 87% of individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc), often significantly impairing their work and daily activities and exacerbating other symptoms…
Abstract Number: 2626 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identifying Homogeneous Endophenotypes in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Similarity Network Fusion
Nicholas C Chan¹, Nicholas Gold², Deborah Levy², Andrea Knight³, Earl Silverman⁴, Daniela Dominguez⁵, Lawrence Ng², Lauren Erdman² and Linda Hiraki², ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Silverman, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) is a clinically heterogeneous autoimmune disease. We hypothesized that similarity network fusion (SNF) a data driven method would identify…
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: 2657 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, and Fatigue in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1014 Cases
Gabriela Anais Madrid-Lopez¹, Maria Corral-Trujillo², Amado Arturo Diaz-Guerrero³, Luisa Fernanda Mata-Torres³, Eva Galindo Calvillo⁴, Jesus Cardenas-de la Garza², Ivan Hernandez Galarza⁵, Miguel Angel Villarreal-Alarcon⁶ and Dionicio Galarza-Delgado⁷, ¹Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ²Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ³Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, ⁵University Hospital, UANL, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁷UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Individuals diagnosed with rheumatic diseases (RD) have an elevated susceptibility to mental health disorders. A study conducted among patients with RD revealed a prevalence…
Abstract Number: PP01 • ACR Convergence 2024
An OCEAN of Change: The Impact of an RA Diagnosis on My Big Five Personality Traits
Laura Sambursky¹ and Lauren Sambursky², ¹Patient, Sarasota, FL, ²Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Until age 32, I was a healthy, confident, extraverted, and creative person. I moved hundreds of miles away for college and then earned a…
Abstract Number: 2583 • ACR Convergence 2024
Apremilast Reduces Axial Inflammation in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis as Assessed by CANDEN MRI Scoring: Results from a Phase 4 Study
Mikkel Ostergaard¹, Walter Maksymowych², Robert Lambert², Mikael Boesen³, Guillermo J. Valenzuela⁴, Michael R. Bubb⁵, Olga Kubassova⁶, Xenofon Baraliakos⁷, Carlo Selmi⁸, Stephen Colgan⁹, Yuri Klyachkin¹⁰, Cynthia Deignan¹¹, Zhenwei Zhou¹¹ and Philip Mease¹², ¹Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Guillermo Valenzuela MD PA/ IRIS Rheumatology, Plantation, FL, ⁵University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁶Image Analysis Group, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁸Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy, ⁹Amgen, Halton Hills, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Amgen, Lexington, KY, ¹¹Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ¹²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Apremilast is an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor with a unique immunomodulatory mechanism of action and is approved for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Although…
Abstract Number: 2693 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk Factors for Relapse in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Among Patients with Relapse After Induction of Remission with Rituximab
Ellen Romich¹, Joshua Baker², Ian Green², Rennie Rhee², Carol McAlear², Ulrich Specks³, Rona Smith⁴, David Jayne⁴ and Peter Merkel², and the RITAZAREM Investigators, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Relapses are common in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), both i) during maintenance treatment after induction of remission, and ii) after immunosuppressive treatment is discontinued. Relapses…
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: 2648 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis by 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients on Glucocorticoid Therapy: Importance of Delayed Imaging
Vicente Aldasoro¹, Vicky Betech-Antar², Santos Castañeda³, Eugenio De Miguel⁴, Juan José Rosales⁵ and Maria Jose García Velloso⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyse the diagnostic value of the delay images at 180 minutes in positron emission tomography (PET) performed in…
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: 2466 • ACR Convergence 2024
Ranked Composite Important Difference (RCID) Scores in Patients with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Francesco Del Galdo¹, Lesley-Anne Bissell², Rozeta Simonovska³ and Margarida Alves⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³mainanalytics GmbH, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: The ACR Composite Response Index in diffuse cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) was developed to measure the probability of improvement in response to treatment in…

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