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Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2024
Non-classical Organ Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis
Javier Narvaez-García¹, paola Vidal¹, Pol Maymó², Judith Palacios³, Martí Aguilar Coll¹, Monserrat Roig Kim¹, Laia De Daniel¹ and Joan Miquel Nolla¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ³Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The increasing use of imaging techniques, particularly 18F-FDG PET-CT, has significantly expanded our understanding of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Our aim was to examine…
Abstract Number: 2643 • ACR Convergence 2024
Integrated Bulk and Single Cell RNA Sequencing Defines Key Pathways Regulating Myofibroblast Differentiation Across ANA Subgroups in Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
Kristina Clark¹, Corrado Campochiaro², Emma Derrett-Smith³, Voon Ong⁴, Christopher Buckley⁵ and Christopher Denton⁶, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ³University College London Division of Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London, London, England, United Kingdom, ⁵Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Myofibroblasts are key cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). TGFβ is a key growth factor driving myofibroblast formation in SSc. The main…
Abstract Number: 0373 • ACR Convergence 2024
Enhancing Lupus Patient Education and Support at Kings County Hospital
Dmytro Gatsak¹, Jayashree Gandhi¹, Aleksander Feoktistov², Eugeniya Golub³ and Michael Trevisonno⁴, ¹Kings County Hospital/ SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Kings County Hospital Center/ H+H NYC, Brooklyn, NY, ³Kings County Hospital/ SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, ⁴State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: Kings County Hospital, located in Brooklyn, New York, sees an estimated 243 patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) annually. The patient demographic is predominantly…
Abstract Number: 0381 • ACR Convergence 2024
Two- and 3-Year Outcomes of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance FROST Study of New-onset Systemic JIA Treatment
Timothy Hahn¹, George Tomlinson², Yukiko Kimura³, Vincent Del Gaizo⁴, Carlos Valdes⁵ and Timothy Beukelman⁶, and for the CARRA FROST Investigators, ¹Penn State Childrens Hospital, Hershey, PA, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁵Genentech, Davie, FL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Background/Purpose: The FiRst Line Options for sJIA Treatment (FROST) trial was a prospective observational study designed to compare the effectiveness of 4 Childhood Arthritis and…
Abstract Number: 2455 • ACR Convergence 2024
Improvement Across Multi-organ Domains and Patient Reported Outcomes in Refractory Juvenile-Onset Systemic Sclerosis (jSSc) up to 4 Years After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT)
Jonathan Li¹, Paulina Horvei², Franziksa Rosser³, Kirsten Rose-Felker⁴, Vibha Sood⁵, Adam Olson⁶, Vickie Vandergrift⁷, Nicole Hogue², Lauren Farver⁸, Devin Mcguire⁹, Haley Havrilla⁷, Jessie Alexander¹⁰, Shawna McIntyre², Paul Szabolcs² and Kathryn Torok¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ³Division of Pulmonology Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁵Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁶Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁸Department of Physical Therapy, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁹Pediatric Behavioral Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ¹⁰Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies, Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Pittsburgh, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and multiorgan fibrosis leading to significant morbidity and early mortality. Autologous stem…
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: 0391 • ACR Convergence 2024
Using Machine Learning to Predict Inactive Disease in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Mei-Sing Ong¹, Marc Natter², Laura Schanberg³ and Yukiko Kimura⁴, and CARRA Registry Investigators, ¹Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Duke University Medical Center, DURHAM, NC, ⁴Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Optimizing treatment of JIA continues to be a challenge. Biologic DMARD (bDMARD) therapies have significantly improved outcomes but is costly, may be more difficult…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Citrullinated Histone Antibody CIT-013 Targets NETs in Inflamed Joints and Halts NET-mediated Joint Deterioration
Leonie Middelink¹, Annemarie Kip², Maarten van der Linden³, Sangeeta Kumari², Stephanie van Dalen², Josephine Stein⁴, Tirza Bruurmijn², Martyn Foster⁵, Peter van Zandvoort², Patrick Round², Eric Meldrum², Helmuth van Es² and Renato Chirivi², ¹Citryll, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, ²Citryll BV, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, ³Citryll BV, Oss, Netherlands, ⁴Citryll BV, Oss, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, ⁵Experimental Pathology Consultancy, Benfleet, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) contribute to the pathophysiology of many immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). Though NETosis-targeting therapeutics have shown potential as effective treatments, currently…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sustained Drug-free Remission in Giant Cell Arteritis: Results Results of the Spanish ARTESER Registry
Javier Narvaez-García¹, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro², Eva Galíndez-Agirregoikoa³, Javier Mendizabal⁴, lydia Abasolo Alcazar⁵, Javier Loricera⁶, Noemí Garrido-Puñal⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸, Patricia Moya⁹, Carmen Larena¹⁰, Paula Estrada-Alarcón¹¹, Carlos Galisteo¹², Anne Riveros Frutos¹³, Francisco Ortiz Sanjuan¹⁴, Tarek Carlos Salman Monte:¹⁵, Margarida Vasques Rocha:¹⁶, Carlota Laura Iniguez Ubiaga¹⁷, Maria Garcia-Gonzalez¹⁸ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso¹⁹, and ARTESER Project Collaborative Group, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁵IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ¹⁷SERV. REUMATOLOGIA, Lugo, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario de Canarias, SC Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ¹⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the frequency and timing of sustained drug-free remission (SDFR) in a Spanish cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to…
Abstract Number: 2667 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Mi2 Autoantibodies in Dermatomyositis Patients Also Recognize Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) Protein
Jon Musai¹, Sahana Jayaraman², katherine Pak³, Iago Pinal-Fernandez⁴, Sandra Muñoz-braceras⁵, Maria Casal-Dominguez⁶, Eric Cho⁵, Fa'alataitaua Fitisemanu⁵, jose milisenda⁷, Lisa Rider⁸, Adam Schiffenbauer³, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan⁹, Thomas E Lloyd¹⁰, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹¹, Peter Burbelo¹², Benjamin Larman¹¹ and Andrew Mammen¹³, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, Bethesda, MD, ⁶NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ⁹Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Lutherville, MD, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD, ¹³NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Many myositis patients have myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSA) that define unique clinical phenotypes. For instance, dermatomyositis (DM) patients with anti-Mi2 autoantibodies have weaker muscles, higher…
Abstract Number: 0797 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Discordance of Disease Activity Indices and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Clarice Lin¹, Burcu Aydemir¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, Wendy Marder⁵, Clifton Bingham⁶, Marcy Bolster⁷, Daniel Clauw⁸, Dorothy Dunlop⁹ and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Worthington, MN, ³Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Michigan, Whitmore Lake, MI, ⁹Northwestern University, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Approximately one-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience nociplastic pain, a type of pain that occurs due to abnormalities in the way the…
Abstract Number: 0379 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Safety of Baricitinib for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis or Chronic Anterior Antinuclear Antibody Positive Uveitis in Children
Athimalaipet Ramanan¹, Catherine Guly², Gabriele Simonini³, Stuart Keller⁴, Priyanka Sen⁴, Thorsten Holzkaemper⁴ and PIERRE QUARTIER⁵, ¹Bristol Royal Hosp for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS; University of Florence, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Université Paris-Cite, IMAGINE Institute, Necker Children’s Hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib could target multiple cytokine pathways associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis (JIA-U) and antinuclear antibody (ANA)-positive uveitis, providing a novel therapeutic approach.…
Abstract Number: 0371 • ACR Convergence 2024
This Is Caring: Enhancing Patient Education Materials for Individuals with Morphea Through Qualitative Inquiry
Jennifer Foster¹, Robin Higashi², Priya Sarlashkar¹ and Heidi Jacobe¹, ¹The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Dallas, TX, ²2UT Southwestern Medical Center, Peter O’Donnell Jr School of Public Health, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Patient education materials (PEMs) are essential for conveying disease and treatment information, empowering patients to actively participate in their care. However, PEMs for rare…
Abstract Number: 0384 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pharmacokinetics of Ustekinumab in Patients with Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis in a Real‑World Opportunistic Study
Corey J. Bishop¹, Edwin Lam², Sophia G. Liva³, Jocelyn H. Leu², Amy S. Paller⁴, Lucia Z. Diaz⁵, Laura Wine Lee⁶, Cory Rubin⁷, Ruy Carrasco⁸, Lisa Imundo⁹, Azadeh Majlessi¹⁰, Katherine Berezny¹, Kathleen G. Lomax¹, Valerie Smith¹, Renping Zhang¹ and hermine brunner¹¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, Spring House, PA, ²Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, Spring House, PA, PA, ³Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Spring House, PA, ⁴Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Dell Children’s Medical Center; Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷Michigan Dermatology Institute, Waterford, MI, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology Consultants of Austin, Austin, TX, ⁹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁰Newport Huntington Medical Group, Huntington Beach, CA, ¹¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Ustekinumab (UST), an interleukin‑12/23p40 antagonist, is currently approved for juvenile psoriatic arthritis (jPsA) solely in the United States (US). Although a phase 3 study…
Abstract Number: 0390 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treatment Effectiveness Following Switching from Initial TNF Inhibitor in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Mei-Sing Ong¹, Sarah Ringold², Melissa Mannion³, Marc Natter⁴ and Yukiko Kimura⁵, ¹Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Boston, MA, ²Washington University, Seattle, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Although the increasing availability of biologic therapies has significantly improved outcomes for patients with JIA, a substantial proportion of patients require switching from the…

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