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Abstract Number: 0147 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Characteristics and Biomarkers Associated with Detectable High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ilana Usiskin¹, Mary Jeffway¹, Feng Liu¹, Nancy Shadick¹, Michael Weinblatt², Brittany Weber³ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA
Background/Purpose: General population-based cardiovascular (CV) risk estimators are known to underestimate CV risk in RA. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), typically measured during a work-up…
Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis Testing Patterns by Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers from a National Commercial Laboratory, 2014 – 2023
Karis Lee¹, Min Kyung Lee², David Alfego³, Kristen Clark⁴ and Stanley Naides⁵, ¹Labcorp, Orlando, FL, ²Labcorp, San Diego, CA, ³Labcorp, Carlsbad, CA, ⁴Labcorp, Raleigh, NC, ⁵Labcorp, Dana Point, CA
Background/Purpose: With the commercialization of new diagnostic and monitoring tests for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an increasing number of advanced practice providers (APPs) in the…
Abstract Number: 0203 • ACR Convergence 2024
Agreement of Administrative Pharmacy Dispensing with Patient-Reported Use of Oral Glucocorticoids in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Beth Wallace¹, Bryant England², Joshua Baker³, Sauer brian⁴, Jorge Rojas⁵, Punyasha Roul⁶, Michael George⁷, Katherine Wysham⁸, Hannah Brubeck⁹, Isaac Smith¹⁰, Liron Caplan¹¹, Paul Monach¹², Gail Kerr¹³, Gary Kunkel¹⁴, Tawnie Braaten¹⁵, Ted Mikuls² and grant Cannon¹⁶, ¹Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Seattle VA, Mexico, Mexico, ⁶UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Duke Department of Medicine; VA Durham Healthcare System, Durham, NC, ¹¹Univ of Colorado School of Medicine/Rocky Mtn Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO, ¹²VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹³Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁴University of Utah/VA Salt Lake City Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Administrative claims are often used to evaluate oral glucocorticoid (GC) use in RA for clinical and research purposes, despite limited evidence to support their…
Abstract Number: 0208 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unlocking COVID-19 Vaccination Choices in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from a Monocentric Study
Hajar Elhani¹, abderrahim majjad², Leila Taoubane³, Najlae Elouardi¹, Hamza Toufik⁴ and AHMED BEZZA⁵, ¹Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ²military hospital of rabat, rabat, Morocco, ³Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, ⁴Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ⁵Hopital Militaire Med V RABAT, Rabat, Morocco
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened concerns regarding the susceptibility of immunocompromised patients, particularly those with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Early recommendations from…
Abstract Number: 0164 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sleep Quality Is Associated with Perceived Memory Performance in Females with Osteoarthritis: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study
Linda Li¹, Hui Xie², Leo Lu³, Helen Prlic³, Diane Lacaille⁴, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, Jolanda Cibere⁵ and John Esdaile³, and PRECISION Team, ¹Arthritis Research Canada & University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with increased risks of cognitive impairment. Cognitive health is affected by an interplay of lifestyle, metabolic, and biological factors; however,…
Abstract Number: 0207 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Delays in Cancer Screening in RA
Rebecca Brooks¹, Cassondra Hulshizer², Andrew C. Hanson³, Vanessa Kronzer¹, John Davis¹, Elena Myasoedova¹ and Cynthia Crowson¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Utica, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown that RA patients have increased mortality due to cancer. Despite the increased mortality, few studies have investigated the completion of…
Abstract Number: 0377 • ACR Convergence 2024
Improving Self-Management Support in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Julia Harris¹, Leslie Favier², Emily Fox³, Michael Holland³, Cara Hoffart⁴, Maria Ibarra³, Jordan Jones⁴, Susan Parish², Kara Remick-Erickson² and Ashley Cooper⁴, ¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ²Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, ³Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Self-management support (SMS) is one of the key elements of the Chronic Care Model as it is an important aspect of the care for…
Abstract Number: 0204 • ACR Convergence 2024
Making Rheum for Palliative Care in Rheumatology: Perspectives of Rheumatology and Palliative Care Clinicians
Shannon Herndon¹, Jack Kimball¹, Christopher Jones¹ and David Leverenz², ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Palliative care is underutilized in patients with severe rheumatic disease. We sought to describe the perspectives of rheumatology and palliative care clinicians on the…
Abstract Number: 0140 • ACR Convergence 2024
Estimation of 10-year Cardiovascular (CV) Risk and Traditional CV Risk Factors Distribution in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from Three Italian Macro-areas
Fabiola Atzeni¹, Fabio Cacciapaglia², Elena Bartoloni Bocci³, Matteo Piga⁴, Garifallia Sakellariou⁵, Ombretta Viapiana⁶, Alessandro Giollo⁷, SIMONE PARISI⁸, Maria Sole Chimenti⁹, Ennio Giulio Favalli¹⁰, Addolorata Corrado¹¹, Eleonora Celletti¹², Ivan Giovannini¹³, Serena Guiducci¹⁴, Elisa Gremese¹⁵, Andreina Manfredi¹⁶, Francesca Romana Spinelli¹⁷ and Gian Luca Erre¹⁸, and "Cardiovascular Obesity and Rheumatic DISeaases" Study Group of the Italian Society of Rheumatology, ¹University of Messina, Italy, Messina, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit. Department of Medicine, Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy, University of Pavia, and Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia,, Pavia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁷Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, TURIN, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Lombardia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ¹²Medical Clinic, SS. Annunziata Hospital of Chieti, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, G. D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, ¹³Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁴University of Florence, Pistoia, Italy, ¹⁵Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹⁶University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, ¹⁷Sapienza University of Rome, Rome - Italy, Roma, Rome, Italy, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit - University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Background/Purpose: Geographic origins can significantly impact people’s health, particularly in Italy, where regional health disparities are among the most pronounced [1]. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is…
Abstract Number: 0205 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiovascular Event Risks Among Members with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jean Park¹, Cliff Rutter², Elisea Avalos-Reyes³, Mary Anderson⁴, Will Cavers⁵, Dorothea Verbrugge⁶ and Kjel Johnson⁷, ¹CVS Health, Hartford, CT, ²CVS Health, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, ³CVS Health, Highland Village, TX, ⁴CVS Health, Irving, TX, ⁵CVS Health, Palm Beach Gardens, ⁶CVS Health, Salt Lake City, ⁷CVS Health, Tampa
Background/Purpose: A growing body of evidence highlights a link between rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…
Abstract Number: 0375 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient Outcomes During the Implementation of a Patient Decision-Aid for a Diverse Population of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Study in 15 U.S. Rheumatology Clinics
Jasvinder Singh¹, Larry Hearld², Walter Chatham³, Sonali Narain⁴, Narender Annapureddy⁵, Diane Kamen⁶, Kimberly Trotter⁷, vikas Majithia⁸, Zineb Aouhab⁹, Swamy Venuturupalli¹⁰, Daniel Wallace¹¹, rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹², Alfred Kim¹³, Maureen McMahon¹⁴, S. Sam Lim¹⁵, Kalpana Bhairavarasu¹⁶, Alexa Meara¹⁷, Kenneth Kalunian¹⁸ and Cathy Lee Ching¹⁹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, ³University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, ⁴Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁸University of Missisippi Medical Center (UMC), Jackson, MS, ⁹Loyola University Medical Center, Oak Brook, IL, ¹⁰Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹³Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹⁴UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁶Baylor College of Medicine, Sugar Land, TX, ¹⁷The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ¹⁸University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁹UMMC, Jackson, MS
Background/Purpose: To implement a self-administered patient decision-aid (PtDA) for lupus in outpatient clinics, assess its reach/penetration within each clinic, and examine patient outcomesMethods: An effective…
Abstract Number: 0196 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
Zoe Reed¹, Xana Howard¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Teresa Aberle¹, Wade DeJager², Joan Merrill³ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104, OK
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects young women of certain racial and ethnic minority groups with enhanced severity…
Abstract Number: 0195 • ACR Convergence 2024
Screening for Social Determinants of Health in Patients with SLE: A Point-of-Care Feasibility Study
S. Sam Lim¹, Vijay R. Nadipelli², Michelle Bruno³, Daphne Lew⁴, Bernard Rubin⁵, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas⁶, Kristi R. Mitchell³, Lydia Demetriou⁷, Jeffrey Berko³ and Alfred Kim⁸, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²GSK, Medical Evidence Generation, Philadelphia, PA, ³Atlas Clarity, LLC, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Center for Biostatistics and Data Science, Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ⁵Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁷GSK, Global Clinical Operations, Brentford, United Kingdom, ⁸Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Currently, social determinants of health (SDoH; conditions in which people live) are not routinely screened for in US outpatient rheumatology clinics.1 SLE disproportionally affects…
Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Diversity in Lupus Clinical Trials Through Investigator and Research Staff Engagement
Tessa Englund¹, Katherine Holben¹, Simone Frank², Khadeejatul-Kubraa Lawal¹, Julie Hsieh³, Christine Lee³ and Saira Sheikh¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Background/Purpose: Lupus disproportionately affects diverse racial and ethnic minority populations, yet there is a significant disparity between those affected and those enrolled in clinical trials.…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2024
Social Support in African American Women with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Sarah Smith¹, Chloe Mattila¹, Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas², Lusawasra King³, Lori Ann Ueberroth³, Edith Williams⁴, S. Sam Lim⁵, Diane Kamen³, Bethany Wolf³ and Paula Ramos³, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, ⁵Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionately impacts African American women. However, this health disparity population continues to be underrepresented in research. Research suggests that social…

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