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Abstract Number: 0187 • ACR Convergence 2025
Message Testing in Online Recruitment Advertisements for a National Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis Study
Matthew Kearney¹, Sarah Hopkins Gillespie¹, Stephanie Chen¹, Tyler Cavin², Christine Lindsay³, Christopher Ritchlin⁴, Jennifer Seifert⁵, Susan Goodman⁶, Jessica Fishman¹ and Alexis Ogdie⁷, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³Self, prosper, TX, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ⁵University of Colorado and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Aurora, CO, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Study recruitment procedures have increasingly included paid advertisements using social media. However, it is unclear which types of message framing will be the most…
Abstract Number: 0195 • ACR Convergence 2025
Utility of Repeat ANA Testing
Michael Luggen¹ and Sila Mateo Faxas², ¹University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The ANA by immunofluorescence is a sensitive screening test for most systemic auto-immune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). A negative result is oftentimes sufficient to exclude…
Abstract Number: 0156 • ACR Convergence 2025
Heat Exposure and Acute Care Utilization among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions: A Time Series Framework for Identifying Delayed Associations
Leah Santacroce¹, Jamie Collins¹, Ana Valle², Rebecca Summit³, Paul Dellaripa⁴ and Candace Feldman¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Temperature and air pollution are increasing each year across the US. There is growing interest in studying how the effects of high temperature impact…
Abstract Number: 0208 • ACR Convergence 2025
Current practices and challenges in tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment among patients with rheumatic diseases: A multiregional physician survey in China
Xu Wang, Lifan Zhang and Lidan Zhao, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to assess the current clinical practices of tuberculosis (TB) infection screening and TB preventive treatment (TPT) among patients with rheumatic diseases,…
Abstract Number: 0169 • ACR Convergence 2025
The High Disease Burden of Connective Tissue Disorder-Interstitial Lung Disease in the USA Demonstrates an Unmet Need for Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment
Sally Wetten¹, George Mu², Keele E. Wurst³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Ben Newth⁵, Svetlana I. Nihtyanova⁶ and Elaine Irving⁷, ¹GSK, Epidemiology, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²GSK, Statistics, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Immunology and Emerging Epidemiology, Durham, NC, ⁴GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, London, United Kingdom, ⁶GSK, Clinical Sciences, Research & Development, London, United Kingdom, ⁷GSK, Clinical, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious pulmonary manifestation that can occur across all connective tissue disorders (CTD). Aberrant immune-mediated inflammation and fibrosis leads…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2025
Integration of the 5Ms of Geriatrics in a Novel Geri-Rheumatology Clinic
Justin Levinson¹ and Christie Bartels², ¹University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Geriatric integrative care models, such as the Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) initiative, have shown improved outcomes (PMID: 29299599), yet there remains limited…
Abstract Number: 0207 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Feasibility and Clinical Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Diet Intervention In Patients Diagnosed With Long COVID (Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS CoV-2, PASC)
Suzi Hong¹, Marcos Monteon², Kathleen Bundy³, Chloe Delgado Ramirez³, Phoebe Senowitz³, Monica Guma⁴, Nina Acebo⁵, Chris Pruitt⁶, Tanya Shekhtman³, Shahrokh Golshan⁷ and Susan Lee⁸, ¹Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science UCSD; Department of Psychiatry UCSD, San Diego, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ³Department of Family Medicine, Center for Integrative Health, Krupp Endowment Fund, UCSD, La Jolla, ⁴University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁵University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, ⁶Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, UCSD, La Jolla, ⁷Department of Pyschiatry, UCSD, La Jolla, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: There have been over 777 million cases of acute COVID-19 infections worldwide as of April 2025. Although many patients recover, an estimated 10-30% of…
Abstract Number: 0154 • ACR Convergence 2025
Incidence and Prevalence of Connective Tissue Diseases with Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) in the United States
Diana Martins¹, George Mu², Elaine Irving³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Nisha Bhatt⁵ and Keele E. Wurst⁶, ¹GSK, Epidemiology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²GSK, Statistics, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Clinical, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GSK, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GSK, Immunology and Emerging Epidemiology, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the high disease burden and reduced quality of life for patients with CTD-ILD, data on its incidence and prevalence – particularly by CTD…
Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prenatal and Early-Life Environmental Exposures in Juvenile-Onset Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Takuma Ohnishi¹, Megan Zhao¹, Min Shi², Adam Schiffenbauer³, Sharon Jackson³, Anna Jansen¹, Nastaran Bayat⁴, Payam Farhadi¹, Christine Parks², Clarice Weinberg², Frederick Miller⁵ and Lisa Rider⁶, ¹National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, ³National Institute of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), including juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), and systemic sclerosis (SSc), are characterized…
Abstract Number: 0238 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Effectiveness of Mepolizumab on Gastrointestinal Involvement in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
Alessia Gatti¹, Francesca Regola¹, Giulia Fontana², Jacopo Mora², Mario Andrea Piga³, Gianluca Moroncini³, Rossella Acquaviva⁴, Palma Carlucci⁴, Silvia Noviello⁴, Angelo Vacca⁴, Paolo Delvino⁵, Enrico Heffler⁶, Emanuele Nappi⁶, Jakub Moll⁷, Jan Schroeder⁷, Laura Losappio⁷, Federica Davanzo⁸, Roberto Padoan⁹, Paolo Cameli¹⁰, Edoardo Conticini¹¹, Greta Pacini¹², Alvise Berti¹², Lorenzo Vrola¹³, Paola Tomietto¹³, Benedetta Fazzi¹⁴, elena treppo¹⁵, Luca Quartuccio¹⁴, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert¹⁶, Sabrina Arnold¹⁷, Prof. Dr. med. Peter Lamprecht¹⁸, Florence Roufosse¹⁹, Ilaria Cavazzana¹, Franco Franceschini²⁰, Giacomo Emmi²¹ and Paola Toniati²², ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit – ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit – ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy, ³Università Politecnica delle Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ⁴Section of Internal Medicine 'Guido Baccelli', Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy, ⁶Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI) and Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano, Italy, ⁷Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, ASST GOM Niguarda, Milano, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹⁰University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Italy, Siena, Italy, ¹²Santa Chiara Hospital and University of Trento, Unit of Rheumatology, Trento, Italy, ¹³UCO Medicina Clinica, ASUGI, Cattinara Teaching Hospital, Trieste, Italy, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DMED), University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lubeck, Germany, ¹⁸University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles - Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, ²⁰University of Brescia, Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²¹Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, ²²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit – ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs) are a group of disorders characterized by marked eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract resulting in organ dysfunction and…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2025
Initial Results From a Single-Center Quality Improvement Initiative Using the Shingrix Rheumatology Immunization Dashboard Within the Veterans Health Administration
Alexandra Do¹, Lisa Matsumoto¹, Cherish Wilson², Gary Tarasovsky³, gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jennifer Barton⁵, ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are used to treat many rheumatologic diseases by modulating the patient’s immune system. However, patients on DMARDs are more susceptible…
Abstract Number: 0178 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and factors associated with virtual rheumatology care utilization in a national population of Veterans with RA
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg² and Akbar Waljee², ¹Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Center, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: Up to half of RA patients receive virtual rheumatology care, which is associated with high satisfaction but potentially lower quality. We aimed to identify…
Abstract Number: 0001 • ACR Convergence 2025
ATG-201, a Novel Steric Hindrance-based Masking CD19xCD3 T-cell Engager (TCE) for the Treatment of B Cell-related Autoimmune Diseases
Gang Bian¹, Tengteng Li¹, Huiling Liu², Zaoshun Hu², Peng Chen¹, Jay Mei³ and Bing Hou³, ¹Shanghai Antengene Corporation Limited, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Antengene (Hangzhou) Biologics, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (People's Republic), ³Antengene Corporation, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: CD19-targeted therapies, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T or T-cell engagers (TCE), have been approved for the treatment of B cell malignancies. By depleting…
Abstract Number: 0123 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prognosis of Cardiac Involvement in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Juliette Guiraud Chaumeil¹, david saadoun², Laurent Alric¹, Laurent Sailler¹, Sébastien De Almeida Chaves¹, Olivier Lairez¹, Patrice CACOUB³ and Grégory Pugnet⁴, ¹CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ²APHP, neuilly sur seine, France, ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁴CHU Toulouse Rangueil Service de Medecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Toulouse, France
Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvement in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) includes valvular, coronary, and myocardial manifestations. Valvular involvement is the most frequent, affecting approximately 30% of patients, while…
Abstract Number: 0134 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neutrophil Gasdermin D Pores as Potential Therapeutic Targets in APS-Associated Thromboinflammation
NaveenKumar Somanathapura¹, Thalia Newman¹, Chao Liu², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi³, Cyrus Sarosh⁴, Jacqueline Madison¹, Ajay Tambralli¹, Yu (Ray) Zuo¹ and Jason S. Knight¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Superior Charter Twp, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁴University of Michigan, Temperance, MI
Background/Purpose: Emerging evidence implicates neutrophil activation and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation (i.e., NETosis) in amplifying APS-associated thromboinflammation. Gasdermin D (GSDMD), a substrate of inflammatory…

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