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Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2023
Trends in Systemic Sclerosis- related Mortality by Age, Sex and Race in the United States, 1999-2019
Anum Akhlaq¹, Emily He² and Risha Fayyaz³, ¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ³University of Mississippi Medical Center, Flowood, MS
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare chronic disease characterized by widespread vascular damage and tissue fibrosis of the skin and various internal organs, which…
Abstract Number: 1385 • ACR Convergence 2023
Where Are We with Implementing Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Recommendations and Disease Activity Monitoring in Clinical Practice – Results of an Online Survey Amongst Rheumatology Care Providers
Joerg Ermann¹, Stephanie Sinnappan² and Alexandra Forte³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Several sets of treatment recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis (axSpA/AS) have been published. Clinical practice guidelines are not followed consistently by health…
Abstract Number: 1128 • ACR Convergence 2023
Refractory Inflammatory Ocular Pathology and Treatment with Janus Kinase Inhibitors. Multicenter Study and Literature Review
Carmen Lasa-Teja¹, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao², Jose Luis Martin-Varillas³, Vanesa Calvo Río⁴, José Luis Álvarez-Vega⁵, Emma Beltran-Catalan⁶, María del Mar Esteban-Ortega⁷, Santiago Muñoz⁷, Olga Maiz⁸, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri⁹, Ana Urruticoechea¹⁰, Elia Valls-Pascual¹¹, Raúl Veroz¹², Carmen Alvarez Reguera¹³, Rosalía Demetrio¹³ and Ricardo Blanco¹⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ⁴Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ⁶HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital Infanta Sofia, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain., Donosti, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset. Alicante, Spain., Valencia, Spain, ¹²Hospital de Mérida, Mérida. Spain., Mérida, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory ocular pathology (IOP) includes internal (uveitis) and external [mainly ocular surface pathology such as epi/scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK)] involvement. IOP may…
Abstract Number: 0685 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy and Safety of Avacopan in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Receiving Rituximab in a Phase 3 Trial
Duvuru Geetha¹, Anisha Dua², Huibin Yue³, Carlo Salvarani⁴, David Jayne⁵ and Peter Merkel⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled Phase 3 ADVOCATE trial tested whether avacopan, an oral selective C5a receptor inhibitor approved for the treatment of ANCA-associated…
Abstract Number: 1137 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Findings and sKL-6 Levels in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies–Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Cristiana Sieiro Santos¹, Jose Luis Tandaipan², Diego Castillo², Laura Martínez Martínez², Helena Codes², Luis Sainz-Comas², Berta Paula Magallares-Lopez³, Patricia Moya², Anais Mariscal², Hye Sang Park², Ana Milena Millán Arciniegas², César Díaz-Torné², Ana Laíz Alonso², Sandra Ros², Susana Fernández², Hector Corominas⁴, Elvira Díez Álvarez⁵ and Iván Castellvi², ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Sant Pau, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵CAULE, León, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent pulmonary manifestation in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) (IIM-ILD) and considerably influences morbidity and mortality. Krebs von den…
Abstract Number: 1519 • ACR Convergence 2023
Renal Complications Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis
Malcolm MacKenzie¹, Harry Atkins² and Nancy Maltez¹, ¹The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rapidly progressive diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a devastating autoimmune disease with high morbidity and mortality. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is recognized…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2023
NFKB1 and NFKBIA: Relevant Players in the Pathogenesis of IgA Vasculitis?
Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil¹, Belén Sevilla-Pérez², María Teresa Leonardo³, Norberto Ortego-Centeno⁴, Ana Peñalba³, Javier Narvaez⁵, luis martin penagos⁶, Emilio Rodrigo⁶, Lara Belmar-Vega⁶, Cristina Gomez-Fernandez⁷, Luis Caminal-Montero⁸, Paz Collado⁹, Miren Uriarte-Ecenarro¹⁰, Esther Vicente Rabaneda¹¹, Esteban Rubio¹², Manuel León Luque¹², Juan María Blanco-Madrigal¹³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁴, Santos Castañeda¹⁵, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay¹⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹⁷ and Raquel López-Mejías¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ³Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Dermatology,Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁸Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV) is a B-cell-mediated inflammatory disease. NF-kappa B (NF-kB) plays a key role in autoimmunity and inflammation1. In this regard, the…
Abstract Number: 0453 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk of Lung Cancer in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Use of Conventional versus Biologic or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs
Namrata Singh¹, Alexander Peterson², Aaron Baraff², K Wysham³, Bryant England⁴, Joshua Baker⁵, Nicholas Smith², Ted R Mikuls⁶ and Noel Weiss⁷, ¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Seattle, Seattle, WA, ³VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer compared to the general population. While smoking is a shared risk factor,…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Digital Annular Pulleys: From Ultrasonographical to Anatomical and Histological Evaluation with Special Focus on the Entheses
Luis Coronel¹, Peter Mandl², María Isabel Miguel³, Joan Blasi⁴, Maria Lopez-Lasanta¹, Sara Marsal¹, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino⁵ and Ingrid Moller⁶, ¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Bellvitge, Unitat d’anatomía i embriología humana, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Bellvitge, Histologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome, Courbevoie, France, ⁶Instituto Poal de Reumatología, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The digital annular pulleys (DAP) are anatomical structures of soft connective tissue organized as transverse fibers of variable width, thickness, and configuration that overlay…
Abstract Number: 1524 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Effectiveness of Nintedanib in Treating Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease in Both Scleroderma and Non-scleroderma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Yasmin Khader, Fatima Rawish, Aya Abughrbyeh, Samantha Davis, Sabeen Sidiki, Pejma Safavi and Nezam Altorok, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Nintedanib, an intracellular inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, has shown promise in clinical trials by inhibiting key processes associated with the advancement of lung fibrosis.…
Abstract Number: 0362 • ACR Convergence 2023
Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated with Disease Outcomes in Youth with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Danielle Bullock¹, Ilir Agalliu², Evin Rothschild², Kaveh Ardalan³, Erica Lawson⁴, Natoshia Cunningham⁵, William Soulsby⁴, Nicole Reitz⁶, Laura Bouslaugh⁷, Anna Diggs⁸, Elizabeth Kessler⁹, Sara Kramer¹, Bhupinder Nahal⁴, Cassandra Davis¹⁰, Ashley Kemp¹, Riley O'Connor¹, Tiffany Chinn⁴, Kathy Nguyen⁴, Paige Hill¹ and Tamar Rubinstein¹¹, ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁶CARRA, Allendale, MI, ⁷CARRA, Washington, DC, ⁸CARRA, Tipton, MO, ⁹Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, ¹⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: Adverse childhood events (ACEs) are common in children. ACEs are various stressors, including, but not limited to parental incarceration or food and housing insecurity.…
Abstract Number: 1526 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evusheld Efficacy and Safety in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (AIRD) Treated by B Cell Depeting Therapy or Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: A Prospective Observational Study
Lisa Kaly¹, mark Volevich¹, shiri keret², Abid Awisat³, Aniela Shouval¹, Itzhak Rosner⁴, Michel Rozenbaum¹, Nina Boulman¹ and Doron Rimar¹, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Bnai Zion, Atlit, Israel, ³Bney-Zion Medical Center, Baqa Elgharbiya, Israel, ⁴Bnai Zion Medical Center/Technion, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: B cell depleting therapy (rituximab) and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell transplantation (AHSCT) result in impaired ability to mount a humoral immune response. Evusheld (tixagevimab…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chelation Therapy in the Management of Calcinosis Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Alison Fernandes, Ashraf El-Meanawy and ME Csuka, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a common complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), though effective treatment options are limited. Of the several medical therapies that have been employed…
Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Deep Learning Algorithm for MRI Spinal Inflammation in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Shirley Chiu Wai Chan¹, Ying Ying Lin², Ho Yin Chung¹, Kam Ho Lee³ and Peng Cao², ¹Divison of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Deep learning has achieved wide applications in different areas of medical imaging analysis. Limited studies have explored the use of deep learning for imaging…
Abstract Number: 1148 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Comparative Study of Clinical Phenotype in Relation to NOD2 Sub-genotypes in Yao Syndrome
Ashmia Saif¹, Hafsa Nomani², Frank Hwang², Jie Yang² and Qingping Yao², ¹Stony Brook University Hospital, Syosset, NY, ²Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Yao syndrome (YAOS, OMIM 617321) is formerly designated NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease. A spectrum of NOD2 mutations have been associated with this disease. Most patients…

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