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Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2024
Constructing and Using a Novel Nucleotide Transformer for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shant Ayanian, Collin Osborne, Marc Blasi, Daniel Darveaux, Eric Klee and Elena Myasoedova, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Applying the methods of artificial intelligence (AI) to genomic data for clinical outcome prediction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an area of growing research.…
Abstract Number: 0545 • ACR Convergence 2024
Missing Data in Observational Studies: Investigating Cross-sectional Single Imputation Methods for Assessing Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Marion Pons², Simon Horskjær Rasmussen², Merete Hetland³, Louise Linde², Daniela DiGuiseppe⁴, Brigitte Michelsen⁵, Johan Karlsson Wallman⁶, Tor Olofsson⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸, Jakub Závada⁸, Bente Glintborg⁹, Anne Gitte Loft¹⁰, Catalin Codreanu¹¹, Daniel Melim¹², Diogo Esperança Almeida¹³, Tore K. Kvien¹⁴, Vappu Rantalaiho¹⁵, Ritva Peltomaa¹⁶, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁷, Olafur Palsson¹⁸, Ovidiu Rotariu¹⁹, Ross MacDonald¹⁹, Ziga Rotar²⁰, Katja Perdan-Pikmajer²⁰, Karin Laas²¹, Florenzo Iannone²², Adrian Ciurea²³, Mikkel Ostergaard²⁴ and Lykke Oernbjerg¹, ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ⁵Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ⁷Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹DANBIO, Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ¹⁰Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ¹¹University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ¹²Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹³Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal, ¹⁴Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University and Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ¹⁶Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁷Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁸University of Iceland and Skåne University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²¹East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ²²Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, ²³University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In observational studies, several longitudinal methods have been proposed to impute missing data of an individual by using the available information of the same…
Abstract Number: 0570 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence of Comorbidities and Racial Disparities in Anterior Uveitis Risk Among Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients
Halah Alfatlawi¹, abdulmajeed alharbi², eun seo kwak², rawnag el sheikh² and nezam altorok², ¹the university of toledo, Toledo, OH, ²the university of toledo, Toledo
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory condition primarily affecting the axial spine, commonly associated with extra-articular manifestations such as anterior uveitis (AU). Racial…
Abstract Number: 0561 • ACR Convergence 2024
Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients with Comorbid Fibromyalgia Feel Worse, Work Less and More Often Try Multiple Biological DMARDs − Results from a Population-Based Cohort
Annie Brink¹, Elisabeth Mogard², Elisabet Lindqvist², Jonas Sagard², Johan Karlsson Wallman¹ and Tor Olofsson², ¹Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ²Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: A growing arsenal of biologic/targeted synthetic DMARDs often makes inflammation control an attainable target in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Yet, many patients keep suffering from…
Abstract Number: 0551 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Instruments Assessing Peripheral Arthritis in Spondyloarthritis: An Analysis of the ASAS-perSpA Study
Dafne Capelusnik¹, Anna Molto², Clementina López Medina³, Desiree van der Heijde⁴, Robert Landewé⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶, Joachim Sieper⁷ and Sofia Ramiro⁸, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, INSERM (U1153), Paris, France, ⁷Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The optimal instrument to assess peripheral arthritis and related disease activity in SpA has not yet been identified. In the recent update of the…
Abstract Number: 0555 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Clinical Outcomes and Structural Damage in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Sinead Maguire¹, Nigil Haroon², Robert Inman³, Melanie Anderson⁴, Evelyne Gendron⁵ and Sindhu R. Johnson⁶, ¹University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Toronto, Canada, ²Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Institute for Education Research, Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic progressive inflammatory disease characterized by the involvement of the axial skeleton. Alcohol consumption (AC) is a modifiable lifestyle…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Two-year Comparison of Spinal and Hip Mobility Between Axial Spondyloarthritis and Chronic Back Pain Patients in the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) Cohort
Ana Bento da Silva¹, Sofia Ramiro², Miranda van Lunteren¹, Mary Lucy Marques³, Marleen Van De Sande⁴, Camilla Fongen⁵, Sofia Exarchou⁶, Roberta Ramonda⁷, Desiree van der Heijde⁸ and Floris van Gaalen⁹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Coimbra, Zuid-Holland, Portugal, ⁴Amsterdam Institute for Infection & Immunity and Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Lund University, Åkarp, Sweden, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Italy, Padova, Italy, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁹LUMC, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) frequently leads to reduced spinal and hip mobility, though evidence pertains mostly to patients with longstanding disease and radiographic damage. More…
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: 0539 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Expression of Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Its Association with HLA-B27 in European and Ibero-American Populations: Data from the REGISPONSER and RESPONDIA Registries
Maria Angeles Puche-Larrubia¹, María Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda², Pilar Font³, Rubén Burgos Vargas⁴, Percival Sampaio-Barros⁵, José Maldonado Cocco⁶, Anabela Barcelos⁷, Jordi Gratacos Masmitja⁸, Xavier Juanola⁹, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras³, Janitzia Vázquez Mellado⁴, Iván Arias-de la Rosa¹⁰, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez¹¹ and Clementina López Medina¹², ¹Reina Sofía University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ³IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General de México and Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology, Buenos Aires University School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, ⁸University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Service, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Service, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14012, Spain, ¹²Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: To date, few comparative studies have explored how ethnic and geographical differences impact the clinical presentation and management of Spondyloarthritis (SpA). Moreover, no studies…
Abstract Number: 0520 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease Duration Differentially Affects the Clinical Efficacy of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The ANSWER Cohort Study
Yoichi Nakayama¹, Daijiro Kabata², Wataru Yamamoto³, Hidehiko Makino⁴, Koji Nagai⁴, Naofumi Yoshida⁵, Yonsu Son⁵, Masaki Katayama⁶, Hirotaka Yamada⁷, Keisuke Nishimura⁷, Ryota Hara⁸, Ryu Watanabe⁹, Yuki Etani¹⁰, Kosuke Ebina¹¹, Hideo Onizawa¹², Takayuki Fujii¹³, Akira Onishi¹⁴, Kosaku Murakami¹⁵, Koichi Murata¹², Masao Tanaka¹⁴, Shuichi Matsuda¹², Akio Morinobu¹⁶, Ayumi Shintani² and Motomu Hashimoto⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, ²Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine (IV), Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁵First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ⁸Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Nara, Japan, ⁹Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Sports Medical Biomechanics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ¹¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ¹²Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ¹³Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: A delay in initiating disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has been linked to poor outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have implicated…
Abstract Number: 0549 • ACR Convergence 2024
Global Distribution and Determinants of Diagnostic Delay Across Diverse Spondyloarthritis Entities: Data from the International ASAS-Perspa Study
Nelly Ziade¹, Sherif Gamal², Maroun Aoun³, Ihsane Hmamouchi⁴, Clementina López Medina⁵, Maxime Dougados⁶ and Bassel Elzorkany⁷, and ASAS-PerSpA, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco, ⁵Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, INSERM (U1153), Paris, France, ⁷Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic delay (DD) in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is well documented, but most of the available data are reported in patients with axial SpA (axSpA). In…
Abstract Number: 0554 • ACR Convergence 2024
Different Prevalence of Intestinal Inflammation in Radiographic and Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis. Data from EISER Study
Carolina Merino¹, Zulema Plaza², Jordi Gratacos Masmitja³, Iago Rodríguez-Lago⁴, Elisa Trujillo⁵, Ignacio Marin-Jimenez⁶, Eva Perez Pampin⁷, Manuel Barreiro⁸, Vanesa Hernández-Hernández⁹, Marta Carrillo-Palau¹⁰, Maria Luz Garcia Vivar¹¹, Maria Carmen Muñoz¹², María Lourdes Ladehesa-Pineda¹³, Eva Iglesias Flores¹⁴, Yago González-Lama¹⁵, Marta Arevalo Salaet¹⁶, Xabier Calvet¹⁷, Ana Gutierrez-Casbas¹⁸ and JESUS SANZ SANZ¹⁹, and EISER group, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain, ²Fundacion Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ³University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁴Gastroenterology department. Hospital Universitario Galdakao-Usansolo, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Biobizkaia, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain, Galdakao, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain, ⁶Gastroenterology department. Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology department. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁸Gastroenterology department. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Canarias, Spain, ¹⁰Gastroenterology department. Hospital Universitario Canarias, La Laguna, Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ¹¹Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Gastroenterology department. Hospital Universitario Basurto Hospital Universitario Basurto. Bilbao. Spain., Bilbao., Spain, ¹³IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ¹⁴Gastroenterology department. Hospital Reina Sofia, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁵Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Majadahonda, Spain, ¹⁶Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari I3PT, Rheumatology, Medicine Department, UAB, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁷Gastroenterology department. Parc Taulí, Hospital Universitari. Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Sabadell, Spain, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁸Gastroenterology department. Hospital General Universitario de Dr. Balmis de Alicante. ISABIAL y CIBERehd, Alicante, Spain, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Majadahonda, Spain
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) encompasses both non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-AxSpA) and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-AxSpA), also known as ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Although nr-AxSpA is often…
Abstract Number: 0469 • ACR Convergence 2024
SCORE2 Is Superior to SCORE in Predicting the Presence of Carotid Plaques and Intima-media Thickness in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Cross-sectional Study with Carotid Ultrasound
Cristina Campos Fernández¹, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil², Roxana González Mazario³, Pablo Martínez Calabuig⁴, Laura Salvador Maicas⁵, Mireia Lucía Sanmartín Martínez⁶, Iván Jesús Lorente Betanzos⁶, Clara Molina Almela⁶, juan José Lerma Garrido⁷, Amalia Rueda³ and Jose A Román-Ivorra⁸, ¹Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO VALENCIA SPAIN, Ontinyent, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁶Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁷Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) escalates the risk of premature mortality, predominantly through cardiovascular diseases. Although SCORE and its updated version, SCORE2, are employed to assess…
Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discontinuation of Targeted Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Agents in Older Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Retrospective Analysis of Medicare Data
Yinan Huang¹, Shadi Bazzazzadehgan², Sebastian Bruera³ and Sandeep Agarwal³, ¹University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, MS, ²University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Oxford, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may discontinue b/tsDMARDs due to treatment failure, adverse events or costs. Little is known about b/tsDMARDs discontinuation among Medicare…
Abstract Number: 0548 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations and Impact of Kinesiophobia on Patient Reported Outcomes and Performance-based Mobility Measures in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
David Kiefer¹, Juergen Braun², Uta Kiltz³, Niklas Kolle¹, Lucia Schneider¹, Ioana Andreica⁴, Bjoern Buehring⁵, Philipp Sewerin⁶, Imke Redeker⁷, Styliani Tsiami⁸, Susanne Herbold⁹ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁸, ¹Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheuma Praxis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University, D-44649 Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁵Bergisches Rheuma-Zentrum Wuppertal; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Wuppertal, Germany, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Kinesiophobia, defined as the fear of movement, poses a significant barrier to effective rehabilitation, functional recovery, and adequate physical activity. To investigate the impact…

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