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Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Prediction of Response to Advanced Therapies on a Joint Level in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Interpretation of Tenderness and Doppler Ultrasound
Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz¹, Ummugulsum Gazel², Ricardo Sabido-Sauri², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Amin Zahrai⁴, Catherine Ivory⁴, Elliot Hepworth² and sibel aydin⁵, ¹University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) has emerged as a sensitive method, especially when compared to clinical examination, for evaluating disease activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Several studies…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR Convergence 2023
Vasculitis as an Immune-Related Adverse Event: Unraveling the Complexities at the Intersection of Immunology and Vascular Pathology
Chani-mi Lee¹, Margaret Wang², Aarthi Rajkumar¹, Cassandra Calabrese³ and Leonard Calabrese³, ¹University Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Vasculitis as an immune-related adverse event (irAE) from checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICI) to treat cancer is a rare clinical event, and little is known…
Abstract Number: 1059 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Patients with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Inflammatory Arthritis Using Medicare Claims Data
Anne Bass¹, Fenglong Xie², Alexa Meara³, Deanna Jannat-Khah⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) associated inflammatory arthritis (ICI-IA) has been suggested to occur in approximately 3-6% of ICI-treated patients with cancer1 but most studies…
Abstract Number: 1074 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baseline Clinical Features, but Not Shared Epitope or HLA B27, Predict Severe Outcomes for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-induced Inflammatory Arthritis
Laura Cappelli¹, omer Kamal², Michelle Jones³, Clifton Bingham⁴ and Ami Shah⁵, ¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) can cause inflammatory arthritis (IA) of varying severity. Many patients with ICI-IA require immunosuppression beyond corticosteroids, but there is no…
Abstract Number: 1079 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Myositis Patients Using Electronic Health Records Is Most Successful When Employing Multiple Data Elements
Tawnie Braaten¹, Selene Rubino¹, Brian Sauer², Jorge Rojas Jr³, Gary Kunkel¹, Jessica A Walsh⁴, Shardool Patel⁵ and Grant Cannon⁵, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Puget Sound VA and University of Utah, Seattle, WA, ⁴Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)-induced myositis (ICI-myositis) is a rare, but potentially fatal complication of ICI therapy.Electronic health record (EHR) databases are essential to accrue…
Abstract Number: 0974 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of Boolean 2.0 Criteria for Assessing Remission and Predicting Quality of Life in Korean Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Targeted Therapy
Soo-Kyung Cho¹, Yeo-Jin Song¹, Jungyong Han², Hye Won Kim³, Eunwoo Nam³ and Yoon-Kyoung Sung¹, ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focuses on achieving remission as a treatment goal. The updated ACR/EULAR remission definition (Boolean criteria 2.0) has raised…
Abstract Number: 1089 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Rates Among Immunosuppressed Veterans in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Nagendra Pokala¹, Benjamin Gardner², Avni Amratia¹, Daniel Emesiani³, Jiby Mathew⁴, Rashmi Arora⁵, Una Makris⁶ and Swathi Reddy⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinney, Dallas, TX, ⁴VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, TX, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center; VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, TX, ⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁷UT Southwestern Medical Center / Dallas VA Medical Center, Colleyville, TX
Background/Purpose: Due in part to immunosuppressant medications, patients with rheumatic diseases not only carry a higher risk of herpes zoster reactivation but also worse outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 1087 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterizing Herpes Zoster Vaccination Patterns in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in a Tertiary Care Clinic: A Quality Improvement Approach
Sara Faghihi-Kashani, Arooj Babar and Janice Lin, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face an increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ) infection, notably those on immunosuppressive therapy. Herpes zoster infection is associated…
Abstract Number: 1036 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Prevalence of Shoulder and Hip Joints Ultrasound Findings in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Multicenter International Study
Alojzija Hocevar¹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI², Irene Monjo³, Rositsa Karalilova⁴, Edoardo Conticini⁵, Alessandro Tomelleri⁶, Cristina Ponte⁷, Sara Monti⁸, Giulia Klinowski⁹, Zguro Batalov⁴, Paolo Falsetti¹⁰, Corrado Campochiaro¹¹ and Eugenio De Miguel³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁹IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹⁰San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Siena, Italy, ¹¹IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is a validated method for the objective assessment of the pathological changes occurring in PMR. It assists the diagnosis of the…
Abstract Number: 1068 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multidisciplinary Prospective Study of Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Who Developed Rheumatic Immune-related Adverse Events
Mª Carmen López-González¹, Natividad Martínez Banaclocha², Montserrat García Araque², Yoel Montoyo Pujol² and Mariano Andrés³, ¹General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alacante, Spain, ²General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ³Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), by activating the immune system (specifically, T-cells), foster the reaction against tumor cells. However, parallelly, autoimmune phenomena, known as immune-…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2023
Antiretinal Autoantibodies in Hydroxychloroquine Eye Toxicity
Samuel Good¹, Grazyna Adamus², Michael Gorin³, Jordan Jacquez¹, Jennifer Grossman¹, Brian Skaggs¹, Ashira Hasan² and Maureen McMahon⁴, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is a disease process in which circulating autoantibodies (AAbs) against retina-specific antigens cause local inflammation and can lead to blindness. Hydroxychloroquine…
Abstract Number: 1060 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Troponin Monitoring on Cardiac Outcomes in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Maja Ivanovic¹, Antonia Chan², Miguel Franquiz¹, Sidra Xu³, Carissa Lee³, Muhammad Fazal⁴, Jonathan You¹, Ronald Witteles⁴, Joel Neal⁵, Sean Wu⁴, Sarah Waliany¹ and Han Zhu⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Department of Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵Department of Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are an increasingly used form of anti-cancer therapy, but they have been associated with a range of cardiac immune-related adverse…
Abstract Number: 0991 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trends in Arthroplasty Utilization for Inflammatory Arthritis Including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis in China: Analysis of a Large National Database
Dongxing Xie¹, Qiao Jiang², Yuqing Wang², Huizhong Long², Hu Chen³, Jie Wei⁴, Xiaoxiao Li⁵, Haibo Wang⁶, Chao Zeng⁷ and Guanghua Lei⁷, ¹Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ²Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China, ³Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Hospital, Lhasa, China, ⁴Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁵Key Laboratory of Aging-related Bone and Joint Diseases Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ⁶China Standard Medical Information Research Center, Shenzhen, China, ⁷Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Background/Purpose: For end-stage inflammatory arthritis (IA) including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA), joint arthroplasty is the only treatment option, but is considered to be…
Abstract Number: 1007 • ACR Convergence 2023
Telehealth Conversion: A Strategy for Optimizing Ambulatory Access
Sancia Ferguson¹, Amanda Nanes², Lori Zemlicka² and Christie M. Bartels³, ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²UW Health, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: With the rapid uptake of telehealth at the beginning of the pandemic, our group operationalized a simple strategy to convert appointments for patients who…
Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimizing Rural Rheumatology Access: Collaborative Tele-Health Clinic Between University of North Carolina and Piedmont Health 1 Year Extension and Opportunities for Improvement
Prarthana Jain¹, Eli Tiller², John Doughton³, Rumey Ishizawar⁴ and Alfredo Rivadeneira⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Pittsboro, NC, ²University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Siler City, NC, ³University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Prospect Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Access to healthcare is challenging for racial and ethnic minorities, especially in medically underserved rural areas.1 This issue is particularly prevalent in North Carolina…

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