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Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Systemic Sclerosis: Correlations with Morphological and Functional Peripheral Microvascular Status
Carlo Alberto Cutolo¹, Elvis Hysa², Andrea Cere³, Paola Toma¹, Tommaso Cannavacciuolo¹, Chiara Toma¹, Serena Balito⁴, Veronica Gerli⁴, Alberto Sulli³, Vanessa Smith⁵, Carlo Enrico Traverso¹, Massimo Nicolò¹ and Maurizio Cutolo⁶, ¹Ophthalmology Clinic DiNOGMI, IRCCS Ophthalmology Unit San Martino Polyclinic, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, ³Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy - IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁶Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare and complex autoimmune disease featured by a progressive microvascular damage. The involvement of the ocular microvasculature has been…
Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) Treated with Nintedanib
Vanessa Smith¹, Christopher Denton², Ariane Herrick³, Carina Ittrich⁴, Margarida Alves⁵ and Maurizio Cutolo⁶, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, ⁵Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Microvascular damage is part of the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis and is associated with internal organ involvement. Nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved…
Abstract Number: 0673 • ACR Convergence 2023
Reporting of Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Gender, Socioeconomic Status and Representativeness of Race and Ethnicity in ANCA-associated Vasculitis Randomized Trials
Michele Iudici¹, Juan C. Rueda² and Xavier Puéchal³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, Colombia, Chia, Colombia, ³National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To assess how and to what extent race, ethnicity, sex, gender and socioeconomic status of participants are reported in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) randomized controlled…
Abstract Number: 0663 • ACR Convergence 2023
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Hospitalized Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Nationwide Cohort Analysis
Saman Tanveer, Chun Pan and Faria Sami, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue disorders, including systemic sclerosis (SSc), are associated with an increased risk of infections. Infections are the most common diagnosis during hospitalizations and…
Abstract Number: 0635 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Characteristics and Longitudinal Outcomes of Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Sclerosis at a Tertiary Center
Jessica Nguyen¹, Andrea Ramirez², Maria Pereira², Eyal Muscal³, Manuel Silva-Carmona² and Marietta De Guzman², ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Manvel, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune multisystemic condition with immune, fibrotic, and vascular manifestations. Although progress has been made in recognizing this…
Abstract Number: 0658 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluating the Associations Between Autonomic Dysfunction, Clinical Phenotype and Gastrointestinal Transit in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez¹, Brittany Adler², Jamie Perin³, Michael Hughes⁴ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, ¹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Care Organisation, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Lutherville, MD
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the second most commonly impacted organ in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the pathogenesis and clinical expression of GI involvement…
Abstract Number: 0684 • ACR Convergence 2023
Report on Twelve Patients with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Phase 3 Trial of Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Ulrich Specks¹, David Jayne² and Peter Merkel³, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Although respiratory tract involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is frequent and associated with increased mortality, studies focusing on diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) in AAV…
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: 0693 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of the Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Vasculitis and Diabetes Mellitus
Ana Belen Arevalo¹, Harshvardhan Zala², Andrea Ramirez Gomez¹ and Kichul Ko³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ³The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been reported as the most common cause of death in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV)1,2. Systemic inflammation, in addition to traditional risk…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors for Hypogammaglobulinemia and Association with Relapse and Severe Infections in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Retrospective Single-Centre Cohort Study
Johanne LIBERATORE¹, Yann Nguyen², Jerome HADJADJ³, Pascal Cohen⁴, Luc Mouthon⁵, Xavier Puéchal⁶, Loic Guillevin⁷ and Benjamin Terrier⁸, ¹Centre Hospitalier ANGOULEME, Angouleme, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, France., Montmorency, France, ³Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴CHU Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, ⁶National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ⁷University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: B-cell depletion induced by rituximab (RTX) in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a risk factor for hypogammaglobulinemia. Aggregating data on the kinetics of gammaglobulin levels…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2023
Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis Does Not Predict Further Progression
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Liubov Petelytska², Havard Fretheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken³, Mike Becker⁴, Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær⁵, Cathrine Brunborg⁶, Cosimo Bruni⁷, Christian Clarenbach⁸, Phuong Phuong Diep⁹, Rucsandra Dobrota⁷, Michael Durheim¹⁰, Muriel Elhai¹¹, Thomas Frauenfelder¹², Suzana Jordan⁷, Emily Langballe¹³, Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Carina Mihai⁷, Oyvind Molberg¹⁴ and Oliver Distler⁷, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Dept of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand & University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁸Dept of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Dept of Respiratory diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹University Hospital zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹²Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹³Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, we often wait for progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) to initiate or escalate therapy. Similarly, progressive…
Abstract Number: 0666 • ACR Convergence 2023
Troponin I Levels in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Myocardial Involvement
Eva Hoekstra¹, Sophie Liem¹, Nivine Levarht¹, Cynthia Fehres¹, Saad Ahmed¹, Nina Ajmone Marsan², Thomas Huizinga¹ and Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As primary myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with worse prognosis, research on diagnostic tools for recognition is essential. Troponin I was…
Abstract Number: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2023
Alterations in Composition and Function of Gut Microbiota in Patients with Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Adam Mayer¹, Weiming Hu², Kyle Bittinger², Rui Liang³, Naomi Amudala³, Shubhasree Banerjee³, Peter Merkel³ and Rennie Rhee³, ¹University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The gut microbiome has a critical role in immune homeostasis and there is growing interest in understanding the relationship between the microbiome and autoimmunity.…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact and Cardiovascular Outcomes of Large Vessel Vasculitis in Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalization: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study
Sabahat Usmani¹, Yanint Raksadawan¹, Amro Taha¹, Harigopal Sandhyavenu¹, Jalpan Patel¹, Thatiana Schulze Goni¹, Hafiz Muhammad Waqar Younas¹ and Irisha Badu², ¹Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly treated cardiac arrhythmia, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recent research is suggestive that autoimmunity and inflammation might…
Abstract Number: 0701 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incidence of Neurobehçet Disease in Northern Spain 1999-2019. a Population-based Study
Fabricio Benavides¹, Alba Herrero-Morant², Jose Luis Martin-Varillas³, Carmen Alvarez Reguera¹, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao⁴, David Martinez-Lopez⁵, Raul Fernandez¹, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁶, Jose Luis Hernandez¹ and Ricardo Blanco⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ³Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital de Sierrallana, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s Disease (BD) incidence varies widely worldwide. Neurobehcet’s disease (NBD) is one of the most severe manifestations of BD. Data on NBD incidence is…

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