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Abstract Number: 2614 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Risk of Diabetes in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maureen Dubreuil¹, Young Hee Rho², Ada Man¹, Yanyan Zhu³, Yuqing Zhang², Thorvardur Love⁴, Alexis Ogdie⁵, Joel Gelfand⁶ and Hyon Choi⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁴Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁵Rheumatology and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The potential impact of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the risk of incident diabetes remains unclear. Studies have shown that patients…
Abstract Number: 2615 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Levels of Citrullinated Vimentin Fragments Are Diagnostic and Prognostic in Ankylosing Spondylitis; Evidence for Disease-Related Citrullination
Anne C. Bay-Jensen¹, Morten Asser Karsdal², Efstathios Vassiliadis³, Stephanie Wichuk⁴, Zheng Zhao⁵, Robert GW Lambert⁶, Rik Lories⁷, Claus Christiansen⁸ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁹, ¹Cartilage Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience A/S, Herlev, Denmark, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of Alberta and PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China, Beijing, AB, China, ⁶Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Laboratory of Tissue Homeostasis and Disease - SBE Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁸CCBR, Ballerup, Denmark, ⁹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered an anti-CCP positive disease whereas ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is considered an anti-CCP negative disease. Anti-CCP has prognostic capacity in…
Abstract Number: 2616 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Transition From Psoriasis (Ps) to Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Is Associated with Elevated Circulating Osteoclast Precursors (OCP) and Increased Expression of DC-STAMP
Ya-Hui Chiu¹, Edward M. Schwarz², Dafna D. Gladman³, Sharon Moorehead⁴, Michelle Smith⁴, Rick Barrett⁴ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁴, ¹Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Approximately 20% of psoriasis (Ps) patients (pts) develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Early diagnosis and therapy of PsA can limit bone and joint damage; however,…
Abstract Number: 2617 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcomes Associated with Belimumab in Black/African American Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous in Clinical Practice Settings in the United States
Christopher E. Collins¹, Siva Narayanan², Maria Dall'era³, Greg Dennis⁴, Alan Oglesby⁵, Mark B. McGuire⁶, Ramesh Pappu⁷, Charles T. Molta⁸ and Greg Keenan⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Washington Hospital Ctr, Washington, DC, ²Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research and Epidemiology, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, ³Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁶Medical Data Analytics, Parsippany, NJ, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, USA, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Effectiveness of belimumab in black/African American (AA) patients (pts) with Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is yet to be adequately demonstrated. The objective of this…
Abstract Number: 2618 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupus Disease Activity Severely Impairs Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 Vaccine Immune Response in Patients without Therapy
Eduardo F. Borba¹, Sandra G. Pasoto¹, Ana L. Calich¹, Ricardo Fuller¹, Vilma S.T. Viana¹, Margareth Vendramini¹, Joao Miraglia², Maria A. Ishida³ and Eloisa Bonfa⁴, ¹Rheumatology Division, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Instituto Butantan, Fundação Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: To determine the influence of disease activity without the effect of drugs in pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) vaccine immune response in untreated systemic…
Abstract Number: 2619 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Effect of Vitamin D3 On the Interferon Signature in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cynthia Aranow¹, Maria Dall'era², Elena M. Massarotti³, Meggan C. Mackay⁴, Andreea Coca⁵, Fotios Koumpouras⁶, Marc C. Levesque⁷, W. Winn Chatham⁸, Megan E. B. Clowse⁹, Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber¹⁰, Sherri Callahan¹¹, Ellen A. Goldmuntz¹², Lynette Keyes-Elstein¹³, Betty Diamond¹⁴ and Diane L. Kamen¹⁵, ¹Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Autoimmune & Musculoskeletal Disease, The Feinstein Institute, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶Lupus Center of Excellence, West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, ¹¹Dait, NIAID/NIH Rm 6807, Bethesda, MD, ¹²DAIT, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁴Autoimmune & Musculoskeletal, Feinstein Institute Med Rsch, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁵Department of Medicine, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Exposure of normal PBMCs to1,25 OH vitamin D reverses the stimulatory effects of activating SLE sera on the interferon signature. Given that IFN is…
Abstract Number: 2620 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Studies of P140 Peptide in Mannitol (Lupuzor) and Trehalose (Forigerimod) in Patients with SLE
Robert Zimmer¹, Daniel J. Wallace² and Sylviane Muller³, ¹ImmuPharma France, Mulhouse, France, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Advances in the understanding of autoimmune diseases pathogenesis have led to the development of peptide-based therapies that aim to potentially reinstate tolerance to self…
Abstract Number: 2621 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Disease Improvement and Safety Profile Over 1745 Patient-Year Experience (7 years) with Belimumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Joan T. Merrill¹, Richard A. Furie², Daniel J. Wallace³, William Stohl⁴, W. Winn Chatham⁵, Arthur Weinstein⁶, James D. McKay, Ellen M. Ginzler⁸, Z. John Zhong⁹, William W. Freimuth⁹ and Michelle Petri¹⁰, ¹Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, NY, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, ⁷Rheumatology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁸Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, ⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: To update belimumab safety and efficacy data over 7 y in patients with active SLE. Methods: 449 SLE patients with SELENA-SLEDAI scores ≥4 were enrolled…
Abstract Number: 2622 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Rontalizumab (Anti-Interferon Alpha) in SLE Subjects with Restricted Immunosuppressant Use: Results of A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study
K. Kalunian¹, Joan T. Merrill², R. Maciuca³, Wenjun Ouyang³, J. M. McBride³, Michael J. Townsend³, E. Park³, J. Li³, X. Wei³, A. Morimoto³, R. Boismenu³, John C. Davis Jr.³ and William P. Kennedy³, ¹UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of interferon alpha (IFN) activity and/or signaling is implicated in systemic lupus (SLE). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two part Phase 2 study (ROSE)…
Abstract Number: 2623 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Taking Charge of Systemic Sclerosis: A Pilot Study of an Internet Self-Management Program
Janet L. Poole¹, Dinesh Khanna², Betty Skipper³ and Cindy F. Mendelson⁴, ¹Occupational Therapy Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, NM, ⁴College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease with serious implications for quality of life. The disease is challenging due to the variable…
Abstract Number: 2624 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Leisure Participation in Persons with Systemic Sclerosis
Cindy F. Mendelson¹, Jessica Greaves² and Janet L. Poole³, ¹College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Occupational Therapy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³Occupational Therapy Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Little attention has been devoted to understanding the difficulties and limitations people with systemic sclerosis (SSc) experience with leisure participation. A qualitative interview study…
Abstract Number: 2625 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of Sexual Difficulties in Women with Scleroderma and Interpersonal Relationships
Tanaka Ngcozana¹, Louise Parker¹, Christopher P. Denton² and Voon Ong³, ¹Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Diseases, UCL Medical School and Royal Free Hosp, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, UCL Medical School, London, England
Background/Purpose: Sexual problems are common in women with systemic sclerosis (SSc). SSc is a complicated condition linked to a number of complications including sexual dysfunction.…
Abstract Number: 2586 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tendon and Ligament Involvement in Gout: A Dual Energy Computed Tomography Study
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Ramanamma Kalluru², Opetaia Aati³, Fiona M. McQueen⁴ and Anthony Doyle⁵, ¹Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁵University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: The involvement of bone and joints is widely recognized in gout. However, soft tissue involvement is less well defined. Dual energy computed tomography (DECT)…
Abstract Number: 2587 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Practice Makes Perfect: Assessment of Proficiency of Rheumatology Fellows in Specific Joint Procedural Skills
Tara J. Rizvi¹, Min Xu¹ and Nancy Searle², ¹Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology training programs require fellows to be proficient in joint procedural skills as a requirement for graduation. However, specific procedures required to attain proficiency…
Abstract Number: 2588 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Standardized Patient Simulation Improves Internal Medicine Resident Musculoskeletal Examination Skills
Floranne C. Ernste¹, Uma Thanarajasingam¹, Courtney Shourt², Andrew Halvorsen³ and Furman S. McDonald³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ³Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Few studies have addressed use of simulation-based education (SBE) to teach musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine to Internal Medicine (IM) residents. Our purpose was to obtain…

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