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Abstract Number: 0458 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-Term Outcomes in Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bradly Kimbrough¹, Cynthia Crowson², Sara Achenbach³ and Elena Myasoedova², ¹Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a heterogenous disease distinct from seropositive RA regarding genetic risk factors, pathobiology, and prognosis. Notably, recent studies have shown…
Abstract Number: 0417 • ACR Convergence 2024
Contraception in Community Rheumatology Practices
Megan Clowse¹, Julie Chiesa², Pamela Freeman³, Bansari Gujar⁴, Kelley Jones⁵, Richard Jones⁶, Ann Marslett⁷, Amanda Snyderman⁵ and Leah Zulig⁸, ¹Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ²InfoDirectors, Durham, NC, ³Rheumatology Associates of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, ⁴Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore, Towson, MD, ⁵Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, ⁶Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Northport, AL, ⁷Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Most prior studies of contraception in women with rheumatic disease focused on academic centers. In this study of non-academic rheumatology practices, we sought to…
Abstract Number: 0477 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Global Prevalence of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Hari Prasanna¹, Charles Inderjeeth², Johannes Nossent³ and KHALID ALMUTAIRI⁴, ¹University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ²SCGH and OPH Group & University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ³University of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, ⁴The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that severely impacts the health outcomes of RA patients. Despite this, the…
Abstract Number: 0231 • ACR Convergence 2024
Imaging Characteristics and Demographic Variations in Patients with Axial Spondylarthritis, Axial Psoriatic Arthritis, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Related Arthritis with Axial Involvement: Insights from a Single Center at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Rajaie Namas¹, Ahlam Almarzooqi², Sarah Al Qassimi³ and Esat Memisoglu³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Detroit, MI, ²Emirates Health Services, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, ³Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) are a group of seronegative, inflammatory arthritides, including axial spondylarthritis (ax-SpA), axial psoriatic arthritis (ax-PsA), and inflammatory bowel disease related arthritis with…
Abstract Number: 0215 • ACR Convergence 2024
BP Connect Improves Follow-up of High Blood Pressure in Urban Rheumatology and Non-Rheumatology Clinics
Alexa Figueroa Baiges¹, David Gazeley², Monica Messina¹, Bret Hanlon³, Edmond Ramly⁴, Ann Rosenthal⁵, Laura Stewart⁶, Makeba Williams⁷, Heidi W. Brown⁸ and Christie Bartels⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ³Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN, ⁵Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁶Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁷Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁸Division of Health Services Research & Implementation Science, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Hypertension accounts for >54% of modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and although 49% of US outpatient visits occur in specialty clinics, only 10% of…
Abstract Number: 0456 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Machine Learning to Evaluate Incremental Value of Actigraphy Data for Classifying Treatment Response in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Yujie Su², Cassie Clinton³, David Curtis⁴, Laura Stradford⁵, Patrick Zueger⁶, William Benjamin Nowell⁷, Pankaj Patel⁸, Esteban Rivera⁹, Kelly Gavigan⁴, Shilpa Venkatachalam¹⁰ and Fenglong Xie³, ¹FASTER Medicine, Hoover, AL, ²Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁶AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ⁷Regeneron, New York, NY, ⁸AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, ¹⁰Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Digital health technology to collect electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) and biosensor data are increasingly used to generate real-world data in pharmacoepidemiology. However, the…
Abstract Number: 0429 • ACR Convergence 2024
Exploring the Impact of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases on Human Milk Macronutrient Composition
Rashmi Dhital¹, Kerri Bertrand², Essi Heinonen³ and Christina Chambers⁴, ¹UC San Diego, Brentwood, TN, ²UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, San Diego, CA, ⁴University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic inflammation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) may alter human milk composition, akin to changes observed in other inflammatory states, indirectly impacting infant health,…
Abstract Number: 0441 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Qualitative Improvement Project to Incorporate the Mycophenolate Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies in an Academic Lupus Clinic
Dahima Cintron¹, Jennifer Rogers², Rebecca Sadun¹, Mithu Maheswaranathan³, Kai Sun¹, Jayanth Doss¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber³ and Megan Clowse⁴, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke, Durham, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Mycophenolate Mofetil/Mycophenolic acid (MMF) is an immunosuppressant used to treat SLE. Due to the teratogenic effects of MMF, the FDA recommended universal risk evaluation…
Abstract Number: 0483 • ACR Convergence 2024
Obesity, Prednisone Use, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Are Predictors of Becoming Difficult-to-Treat in an RA Population Treated with a First-Line Biologic DMARD
Misti Paudel¹, Shravani Chitineni¹, Ruogu Li², Chinmayi Naik³, Nancy Shadick³, Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Daniel Solomon⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have evaluated the risk factors for difficult-to-treat RA (D2T-RA) but have not applied EULAR’s full criteria for D2T-RA in a longitudinal data…
Abstract Number: 0338 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-MDA5 Antibody-positive Dermatomyositis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease – Survival Benefit of Treatment with Rituximab, Janus Kinase Inhibitor and Glucocorticoid Combination in a Prospective Cohort
Cheryl Chun Man Ng¹, Kitty Yan Kwok¹, Chup-Hei Ho¹, Tze-Chung Ho¹, Chu-Oi Ciang² and Moon-Ho Leung¹, ¹Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²QEH, Hong Kong., Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 antibody associated dermatomyositis (Anti-MDA5 DM) is known to be an aggressive disease. Earlier cohorts reported a 1-year mortality of 38%-57%, with rapidly…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2024
Global Ultrasound Scoring Systems for Assessing Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Peter Mandl¹, Clara Watschinger¹, Enrico De Lorenzis², Brigitte Wildner³, Lene Terslev⁴, Irina Gessl¹, Helen Keen⁵, Carlos Pineda⁶ and Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino⁷, and OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, vienna, Austria, ²Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ³Central Library, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵University of Western Australia, Daglish, Western Australia, Australia, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is widely regarded as a valuable tool for assessing the full extent of synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In…
Abstract Number: 0345 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treatment Patterns and Glucocorticoid Burden of Dermatomyositis Patients: A Cohort Study in the University of Pittsburgh’s Myositis Registry
Chester Oddis¹, Jan Feifel², Dana Ascherman³, Diane Carol Koontz⁴, Caroline Foch², Luisa Henkel⁵, Jeffrey M. Muir⁶, Deborah Denis⁷ and Rohit Aggarwal⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Merck Healthcare Germany GmbH, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Weiterstadt, Germany, ⁶Cytel, Inc., Toronto, Canada, ⁷EMD Serono, Rockland, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) in high doses remain the first-line treatment for dermatomyositis (DM). One or more immunosuppressive agents are given concomitantly as steroid-sparing agents to…
Abstract Number: 0465 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of the Adalimumab Biosimilar (AMJEVITA™, Adalimumab-atto) Using Originator Adalimumab and Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Assays
Monique Bastidas¹, Lythou Yeo¹, Susie Magpantay¹, Judah Scott¹, Mike Zikry¹, Wayne Galdamez¹, Jane Yang² and Kelly Chun¹, ¹Labcorp, Calabasas, CA, ²LabCorp, Weston, MA
Background/Purpose: Treatment of RA with biologic TNF inhibitors is effective in reducing disease activity and improving radiographic progression outcomes. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of adalimumab…
Abstract Number: 0426 • ACR Convergence 2024
Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Contraception Screening and Documentation for Reproductive-Aged Women Prescribed Teratogenic Medications in an Academic Rheumatology Center
Caroline Siegel¹, Avi Mikhaylov¹, Emily Wu², Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Erika Abramson³, Lisa Sammaritano⁴ and Nancy Pan⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Rochester, NY, ³Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Scarsdale, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology patients prescribed teratogenic medications often are not prescribed effective contraception. Efforts to improve this important quality indicator are limited by inadequate and poorly…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predictors of Long-term Radiographic Changes in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Using Quantitative Imaging Analysis: Real World Experience from a Single Center Longitudinal Cohort
Sangmee Bae¹, Daniela Macrovic², Auguestine Chung², Jessica Channick², Andrea Oh¹, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian², Tiffany De Leon², Yuna Lee², Grace Kim², Donald Tashkin², Jonathan Goldin² and christina Charles-Schoeman³, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a key modality…

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