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Abstract Number: 2215 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with Immunomodulators: A Single Blind Randomized Active Comparator Trial Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daniel Solomon¹, Jon Giles², Katherine Liao¹, Paul Ridker¹, Pamela Rist¹, Robert Glynn¹, Rachel Broderick³, Fengxin Lu¹, Meredith Murray¹, Kathleen Vanni¹, Leah Santacroce¹, Shady Abohashem⁴, Philip Robson⁵, Zahi Fayad⁶, Venkatesh Mani⁵, Ahmed Tawakol⁴ and Joan Bathon⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Columbia University, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁶Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁷Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Recent large-scale randomized trials demonstrate that immunomodulators reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events among the general population with atherosclerosis. However, it is uncertain…
Abstract Number: 2219 • ACR Convergence 2022
Time-Dependent Evaluation of Glucocorticoid Exposure Duration and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², H. Myra Kim³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Ted Mikuls⁵, Daniel Clauw⁶, Bryant England⁷, Joshua Baker⁸, Brian Sauer⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Shirley Cohen-Mekelberg¹, Wyndy Wiitala², Jeremy Sussman¹, Rodney Hayward¹ and Akbar Waljee¹, ¹University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Michigan Department of Anesthesia, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Three-quarters of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) at some point to manage RA symptoms. Prior work suggests recent GC use is associated with major…
Abstract Number: 2220 • ACR Convergence 2022
Recurrence of Herpes Zoster Reactivation After Events of Herpes Zoster in Patients Receiving JAK Inhibitors in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-based Study
YoungEun Kim¹, Ye-Jee Kim², Seonok Kim², Soo Min Ahn¹, Ji Seon Oh³, Yong Gil Kim¹, Chang Keun Lee¹, Bin Yoo¹, Sang Hyoung Park⁴ and Seokchan Hong¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Information Medicine, Big Data Research Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are known to increase the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) reactivation; however, studies on the risk of HZ recurrence when…
Abstract Number: 2214 • ACR Convergence 2022
Deep Immune Profiling Uncovers Novel Associations with Variable Clinical Phenotypes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Christopher Redmond¹, Moses Kitakule², Riccardo Castagnoli³, Francesco Licciardi⁴, Cihan Oguz⁵, Maria Cecilia Poli⁶, Aran Son⁵, Sarah Weber⁵, Luigi Notarangelo⁷, Helen Su⁸ and Daniella Schwartz⁹, ¹National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁴OSPEDALE REGINA MARGHERITA, Torino, Italy, ⁵National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Roberto del Rio, Santiago, Chile, ⁷NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁹National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is a systemic inflammatory condition that follows SARS-CoV2 infection or exposure in children. Clinical presentations are highly variable…
Abstract Number: 2096 • ACR Convergence 2022
Role of Cell-Bound Complement Fragments as Biomarkers to Determine Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Marcela Muñoz Urbano¹, Diana C. Quintero-González¹, Mauricio Rojas², Joaquín Rodelo¹, Alba Luz León Álvarez¹, Luis Gonzalez¹ and Gloria Vásquez³, ¹Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, ²Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, GICIG, and Unidad de citometría de flujo, Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, ³Grupo de Inmunología Celular e Inmunogenética, GICIG and Grupo de Reumatología, Universidad de Antioquía, Medellín, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The prompt identification of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at risk of or in flare strongly influences the prognosis of the disease. Cell-bound…
Abstract Number: 2160 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Role of CCL21 in Serum Samples from Systemic Sclerosis Patients
Henriette Didriksen¹, Øyvind Molberg², Adi Mehta³, Suzana Jordan⁴, Håvard Fretheim³, Einar Gude³, Thor Ueland³, Cathrine Brunborg³, Vyacheslav Palchevskiy⁵, Torhild Garen³, Øyvind Midtvedt³, Arne Andreassen³, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen³, Oliver Distler⁴, John Belperio⁵ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold³, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Chemokines appear to be important for the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Humans may generate antibodies targeting chemokines leading to inhibition of signaling and driving…
Abstract Number: 2206 • ACR Convergence 2022
Understanding Inter-rater Variability in Scoring of Entheseal Lesions: Results from the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study
Lihi Eder¹, Fangya Ma², Josefina Marin³, Minna Kohler⁴, Janeth Yinh⁵, Ari Polachek⁶, Marcos Rosemffet⁷, Ernesto Rodriguez⁸, Ilaria Tinnazzi⁹, Amir Haddad¹⁰, Philippe Carron¹¹, Mariana Alves Ferreira Martins¹², Catherine Bakewell¹³, Fahmeen J. Afgani¹⁴, Richard Cook², Sibel Aydin¹⁵ and Gurjit S. Kaeley¹⁶, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁸Florida Medical Clinic, Tampa, FL, ⁹Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy, ¹⁰Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ¹¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹²São José Do Rio Preto Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, ¹³Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁶UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Variability in scoring of sonographic entheseal lesions may be influenced by patient characteristics and sonographer expertise. We aimed to assess inter-rater agreement in scoring…
Abstract Number: 2031 • ACR Convergence 2022
Efficacy and Safety of Telitacicept in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 2 Trial
Dong Xu¹, Shangzhu Zhang¹, Cibo Huang², Chenghui Huang³, Li Qin⁴, Xiaomei Li⁵, Meiqing Chen⁶, Xiumei Liu⁷, Yi Liu⁸, Zhijun Li⁹, Jiankang Hu¹⁰, Chunde Bao¹¹, wei Wei¹², Jing Tian¹³, Xinwang Duan¹⁴, Jianmin Fang¹⁵ and Xiaofeng Zeng¹⁶, ¹Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China, ³The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ⁴Huzhou Third Municipal Hospital, Huzhou, China, ⁵Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, China, ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, ⁷The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China, ⁸West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, ⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ¹⁰Jiangxi Pingxiang People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China, ¹¹Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, ¹²Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China, ¹³Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China, ¹⁴The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ¹⁵Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Shanghai, China, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in adult patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) in a phase II randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR Convergence 2022
Diagnosing the Cardiovascular Risk of VIOXX: A Place for Rofecoxib in Pain Management
Judith Boice, Mark Corrigan and Bradford Sippy, Tremeau Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: Traditional NSAIDs (tNSAIDs) are effective in treating arthritis pain but can be limited by GI adverse events and general bleeding related to platelet inhibition.…
Abstract Number: 2193 • ACR Convergence 2022
Invasive Fungal Diseases in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases: Prospective Data from a Nationwide French Registry
Simon Galmiche¹, Benjamin Thoreau², Stéphane Bretagne³, Alexandre Alanio³, André Paugam⁴, Valérie Bru⁵, Sophie Cassaing⁶, Jean-Pierre Gangneux⁷, Hélène Guégan⁷, Loïc Favennec⁸, Alida Minoza⁹, Florent Morio¹⁰, Julie Bonhomme¹¹, Guillaume Desoubeaux¹², Odile Eloy¹³, Lilia Hasseine¹⁴, Milène Sasso¹⁵, Laurence Millon¹⁶, Anne-Pauline Bellanger¹⁶, Philippe Poirier¹⁷, Maxime Moniot¹⁷, Taieb Chouaki¹⁸, Antoine Huguenin¹⁹, Frédéric Dalle²⁰, Bernard Bouteille²¹, Muriel Nicolas²², Nicole Desbois-Nogard²³, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux²⁴, François Danion²⁵, Vincent Poindron²⁶, Antoine Néel²⁷, Karine Boukris-Sitbon²⁸, Fanny Lanternier²⁹ and Benjamin Terrier³⁰, ¹Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, ²AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1016, CNR UMR 8104, Paris, France, ³Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, UMR 2000, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴Parasitologie – Mycologie, Université Paris Cité, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁵Institut de parasitologie et de pathologie tropicale, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁶Parasitologie - Mycologie, Université de Toulouse, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁷Université de Rennes, CHU, INSERM, Irset: Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail, UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France, ⁸French National Cryptosporidiosis Reference Center, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France, ⁹Département des agents infectieux, Service de Mycologie-Parasitologie, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹⁰Parasitologe – Mycologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ¹¹Microbiologie, CHU de Caen, Caen, France, ¹²Parasitologie - Mycologie - Médecine tropicale, CHU de Tours, Tours, France, ¹³Microbiologie, Hôpital de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France, ¹⁴Parasitologie – Mycologie, hôpital de l'Archet, CHU Nice, Nice, France, ¹⁵Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Nîmes, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, MiVEGEC, Nîmes, France, ¹⁶Laboratoire de Parasitologie – Mycologie, CHU Besançon, Besançon, France, ¹⁷Parasitologie – Mycologie, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁸Mycologie – parasitologie, CHU d’Amiens, Amiens, France, ¹⁹Parasitologie – Mycologie, hôpital Maison-Blanche, CHU de Reims, Reims, France, ²⁰Parasitologie – Mycologie, Plateforme de Biologie Hospitalo-Universitaire Gérard Mack, Dijon, France, ²¹Parasitologie – Mycologie, Centre de Biologie et de Recherche en Santé, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France, ²²Mycologie – Parasitologie, CHU de Pointe-à-pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, France, ²³Parasitologie – Mycologie, CHU de la Martinique, Fort-de-France, France, ²⁴Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Département Mycologie, Laboratoire de Parasitologie – Mycologie, Service de Microbiologie, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²⁵Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²⁶Immunologie clinique et médecine interne, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²⁷CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ²⁸Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Mycologie Moléculaire, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, UMR 2000, Paris, France, ²⁹Infectious Diseases Unit, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, AP-HP, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, CNRS UMR 2000, Paris, France, ³⁰National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune diseases (AIDs) display a risk of invasive fungal diseases (IFDs), because of the underlying disease or treatments used. Our objective was…
Abstract Number: 2217 • ACR Convergence 2022
Disease Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Across 4 Biologic Therapies Associates with Improvement in Paraoxonase-1 Activity
Amir Razmjou¹, Jennifer Wang¹, Ani Shahbazian¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Dimitrios Pappas³, Joel Kremer⁴ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁵, ¹UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ³CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated enzyme with paraoxonase, lactonase, and arylesterase activities (1). PON1 is integral to the anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic functions of…
Abstract Number: 2202 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Visit-based Retention and Receipt of Serologic Testing with Acute Care Use Among Young Adults with Lupus: A Medicare Cohort Study
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Brad C. Astor², W. Ryan Powell³, Shivani Garg⁴, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁵, Joseph A. Kramer⁶, Amy J. Kind⁷ and Christie Bartels⁸, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: While high quality lupus care is associated with less damage, the impact of care use patterns and care quality on lupus outcomes remains unclear,…
Abstract Number: 2170 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of Ranked Composite Important Difference (RCID) Score in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Francesco Del Galdo¹, Suiyuan Huang², Lesley-Anne Bissell³, sindhu johnson⁴, Daniel Furst⁵ and Dinesh Khanna⁶, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The Ranked Composite Important Difference (RCID) in diffuse cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis ( dcSSc) is a clinically and patient meaningful composite score for outcome of…
Abstract Number: 2109 • ACR Convergence 2022
Domains Contributing to Minimal Disease Activity Non-Achievement in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Receiving Golimumab: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Gordon Lam², Lai-shan Tam³, Natalie Shiff⁴, Youngja Lee⁵, Ana-Maria Bravo Perdomo⁶, May Shawi⁷, Elizabeth Hsia⁸, Emmanouil Rampakakis⁹ and Carlos Enrique Toro Gutiérrez¹⁰, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas; Clinical Affiliate, Atrium Health and the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Cornelius, NC, ³The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ⁴Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA, USA/ Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Immunology Medical Affairs, Janssen Asia Pacific, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Immunology Medical Affairs, Janssen Latin America, Columbia, Colombia, ⁷Immunology Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ⁸Janssen Research and Development, LLC; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Kennett Square, PA, ⁹McGill University, Department of Pediatrics and JSS Medical Research, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Reference Center for Osteoporosis, Rheumatology & Dermatology. Pontificia Javeriana University, Calí, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Sustained minimal disease activity (MDA) is only achieved by a small portion of PsA patients (pts). Levels of disease activity consistent with MDA may…
Abstract Number: 2041 • ACR Convergence 2022
Single Cell Atlas of Minor Salivary Glands Reveals Key Differential Cellular and Functional Players in Sjögren’s and Sicca Syndrome
SABA NAYAR¹, Jason D. turner¹, Saba Asam¹, Charlotte G. Smith¹, Serena Colfrancesco², Ana Teodósio¹, Joe Flint¹, David H Gardner¹, Professor Simon Bowman³, Adam Croft¹, Andrew Filer¹, Benjamin A. Fisher¹, Christopher Buckley⁴ and Francesca Barone⁵, ¹University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ³University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Birmingham, Needham, MA
Background/Purpose: Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) shares a series of symptoms with non-SjS Sicca syndrome, a salivary gland disease characterised by glandular dysfunction and dryness. However, unlike…

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