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  • Abstract Number: 2164 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Real-world Persistence of Initial Targeted Therapy Strategy in Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Carlos Sánchez-Piedra1, Lorena Expósito2, PALOMA VELA3, Manuel José Moreno Ramos4, Cristina Campos5, Cristina Bohorquez6, Jerusalem Calvo7, Zulema Plaza8, Marta Domínguez9 and Jose Federico Diaz-Gonzalez10, 1Health Technology Assessment Agency (AETS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 2Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, 3Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 4Rheumatology Department Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar Murcia, Spain, 5Rheumatology Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 6Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 7Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, 8Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 9Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, 10Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Clinical practice guidelines, based on information from clinical trials, provide different recommendations for the use of combination therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis…
  • Abstract Number: 1739 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Mass Spectrometry Identified Rheumatoid Arthritis-Specific Modified Proteins and the Discovery of Antigen-Specific Hidden Autoantibodies

    Khetam Ghannam1, Marieluise Kirchner2, Holger Bang3, Thomas Häupl4, Sarah Ohrndorf1, Jan Zernicke1, Ulrike Kuckelkorn5, Philipp Mertins6, Eugen Feist7 and Gerd Burmester8, 1Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2Proteomics Platform at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany, 3Orgentec Diagnostika GmbH, Mainz, Germany, 4Helios Department of Rheumatology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, 5Institute of Biochemistry, Berlin, Germany, 6Proteomics Platform at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany, 7Helios Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, 8Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and systemic autoimmune disease characterized by synovial inflammation and progressive joint destruction. Given the presumed pathophysiologic role of…
  • Abstract Number: 1735 • ACR Convergence 2023

    An Unorthodox HLA-DRhiCD15+ ‘Hybrid’ Population in Rheumatoid Arthritis Characterized Using Spectral Cytometry

    Christian Geier1, Haani Qudsi2, Jihad BenGabr1, Robert Winchester3 and Andras Perl4, 1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 2Norton College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 3Columbia University, New York, NY, 4SUNY, Syracuse, NY

    Background/Purpose: A variant of HLA-DR confers the strongest genetic risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suggesting that DRhi cells are important in RA. We previously found…
  • Abstract Number: 1665 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Endothelial Response to Type I Interferon Contributes to Vasculopathy and Fibrosis and Predicts Disease Progression of Systemic Sclerosis

    Hanlin Yin1, Oliver Distler2, Bin Li3, Qingran Yan4 and Liangjing Lu1, 1Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China, 2Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 3Shanghai institute of immunology, Shanghai, China, 4Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong Univeisty School of medcine, Shanghai, China

    Background/Purpose: Type I interferon (IFN-1) signature is a hallmark of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, its significance in clinical stratification and contribution to deterioration…
  • Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Measurement of Sinonasal Disease Activity in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

    Roger Yang1, Ellen Romich2, Shubhasree Banerjee3, Naomi Amudala3, Peter Merkel3, Joshua Baker3 and Rennie Rhee3, 1University of Pennsylvania, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: In granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), sinonasal inflammation can be severe and significantly impact quality of life. Little is known about the most effective local…
  • Abstract Number: 2162 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Safety and Efficacy of Filgotinib: An Update from the DARWIN 3 Phase 2 Long-term Extension with a Maximum of 8.2 Years of Exposure

    René Westhovens1, Rieke Alten2, Lorenzo Dagna3, Arthur Kavanaugh4, Kevin Withrop5, Jane Barry6, Robin Besuyen7, Claudio Corallo8, Dick de Vries9, Nicolas Martin10, Chris Watson6, Mark C. Genovese11, Alberto Spindler12, Mykola Stanislavchuk13, Maria Greenwald14 and Paul Emery15, 1Department of Rheumatology, KU Leuven, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium, 2Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Schlosspark Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 3Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, 4Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 5Oregon Health & Science University, Schools of Medicine and Public Health,, Portland, OR, 6Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7Clinical Development, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, 8Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biopharma Italy S.R.L., Milan, Italy, 9Research and Development, Clinical Research, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, 10Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, 11Clinical Development, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA, 12Rheumatology Section, Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, 13Rheumatology, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 14Rheumatology, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA, 15Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: DARWIN 3 (NCT02065700) is a long-term extension (LTE) study assessing the safety and efficacy of filgotinib (FIL) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and…
  • Abstract Number: 2169 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Cost-utility of a Progressive Spacing of Tocilizumab or Abatacept in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission: A Medico-economic Analysis of the Towards the Lowest Efficacious Dose Trial

    Joanna Kedra1, Benjamin Granger2, Lina El Houari3, Florence Tubach4 and Bruno Fautrel5, 1Sorbonne Université, IPLESP, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, 2Sorbonne Université, INSERM, and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, 3Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, 4Centre de pharmaco-épidémiologie de l'APHP, Paris, France, 5Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (bDMARDs) progressive tapering is a real opportunity in people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) having achieved remission both from…
  • Abstract Number: 2168 • ACR Convergence 2023

    The Potential of Autologous Patient-derived Circulating Extracellular Vesicles to Improve Drug Delivery in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Gilad Halpert1, Ori Moskovitch1, Adi Anaki2, Tal Caller1, Omer Gendelman1, Abdulla watad1, Ruty Mehrian-Shai1, Rachella Popovtzer2, Boris Guilbord1, Ori Segal1 and Howard AMITAL1, 1Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Background/Purpose: The use of biological treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can induce non-specific immune suppression, which might result in higher rates of infections.…
  • Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Smoking as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exclusive Association with IgA Autoantibodies

    Tineke van Wesemael1, Anna Svärd2, Annemarie Dorjee1, Thomas Huizinga1, René Toes1 and Diane van der Woude1, 1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to anti-modified protein autoantibodies (AMPAs) like anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies (AAPA). Smoking is…
  • Abstract Number: 1737 • ACR Convergence 2023

    ACPA, Anti-CarP and AAPA Can Be Detected in Saliva, but Not in Feces of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – Support for Mucosal Involvement in Specific Locations in RA

    Veerle Derksen1, Klara Martinsson2, René Toes1, Daniel Sjöberg3, Thomas Huizinga1, Alf Kastbom4, Anna Svärd3 and Diane van der Woude1, 1Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 3Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden, 4Linköping University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients harbor antibodies against several post-translational modifications (AMPA), for example anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), anti-carbamylated antibodies (anti-CarP) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies…
  • Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2023

    The Occurrence and Phenotype of Autoreactive T Cells in the At-Risk Phase of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Sara Turcinov1, Charlotte de Vries2, Ravi Kumar Sharma2, Christina Gerstner2, Bruno Raposo2, Anatoly Dubnovitsky2, William Kwok3, Karine Chemin2, Vivianne Malmström4 and Aase Hensvold5, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. Theme of Inflammation and Ageing, Medical Unit Gastro, Derma, Rheuma, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 3Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 4Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet. Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: CD4+ T cells recognizing citrullinated epitopes are present in peripheral blood of anti-citrulline protein antibody (ACPA) positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients at time of…
  • Abstract Number: 2165 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Efficacy of Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis- associated Usual Interstitial Pneumonia. National Multicenter Study of 233 Patients During a Long-Term Follow Up

    Belén Atienza-Mateo1, Ana Serrano-Combarro2, Natividad del Val del Amo3, Ivette Casafont-Sole4, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez5, Isabel Serrano-García6, Santos Castañeda7, Jerusalem Calvo8, Natalia Mena Vazquez9, Nuria Vegas Revenga10, Lucía Domínguez-Casas11, Maria Camila Osorio Sanjuan12, Carolina Díez Morrondo13, Lorena Perez-Albadalejo14, Ruben Lopez-Sanchez15, Maria Guadalupe Mazano Canabal16, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia17, Patricia Lopez-Viejo18, Gema Bonilla19, Olga Maiz-Alonso20, Carmen carrasco-Cubero21, Marta Garijo Bufort22, Mireia Moreno23, Ana Urruticoechea24, Sergio Ordonez-Palau25, Carmen Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez26, andrea Garcia-Valle27, Juan Ramon De Dios28, Fernando Lozano29, Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez30, Patricia Carreira29, Juan Maria Blanco-Madrigal31, SARA MARIA ROJAS HERRERA32, Ignacio Brana Abascal33, Jesus Loarce-Martos34, Emilio Giner-Serret35, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy36, Clara ventin-Rodriguez37, Marina Rodriguez-lopez38, Pablo Andujar-Brazal39, Julia Fernandez-Melon40, Lilian Maria Lopez41, carlos Fernandez-Diaz42, Javier Loricera43, Ivan Ferraz Amaro44, Diego Ferrer45, Ricardo Blanco46 and On behalf of the Collaborative Group Members47, 1Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 2Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain, 3Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 4Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 5CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, 6Division of Rheumatology, H. Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain, 7Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, 8Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, 9IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, 10Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, 11Division of Rheumatology, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Spain, 12Division of Rheumatology, H.U. Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, 13Division of Rheumatology, Hospital de León, León, Spain, 14Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 15Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 16Complejo Asistencial de Zamora, Zamora, Spain, 17Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 18Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganéz, Spain, 19Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 20University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, 21Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, 22H. de Sagunto, Valencia, Italy, 23Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, 24Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, 25H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain, 26H. Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, 27Division of Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, 28Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, 29Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 30Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, 31Division of Rheumatology, H. Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, 32Division of Rheumatology, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, 33Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, 34Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 35Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, 36Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, 37Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 38Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, 39Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, 40Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 41Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain, 42Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain, 43Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 44Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 45Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 46Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, 47Spanish Collaborative Group of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spain, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is the most frequent, and severe ILD…
  • Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Epidemiology and Outcome of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in France

    Benjamin Terrier1, Camille Taillé2, Alice Brouquet3, Solenne Tauty3, Francoise Bugnard3, Loic Guillevin4, Xavier Puéchal5 and Vincent Cottin6, 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France, 2AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases and University of Paris Cité, Inserm 1152, Paris, France, 3Steve Consultant, Lyon, France, 4University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, 5National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, 6Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, University of Lyon, INRAE, Lyon, France

    Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly Churg-Strauss) belongs to the group of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV). There are no recent data on…
  • Abstract Number: 1564 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Common Femoral Vein Wall Thickness Measurement as a Diagnostic Test in Suspected Behçet’s Disease

    fatma Alibaz-Öner1, Rabia Ergelen2, Seda Kutluğ Ağaçkıran3, Fatma Temiz4, Tulin Ergun5 and Haner Direskeneli6, 1Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 6Division of Rheumatology, Medical School, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of Behçet's disease (BD) is mainly based on multi-systemic clinical manifestations after ruling out other potential causes. There is no specific diagnostic…
  • Abstract Number: 1142 • ACR Convergence 2023

    A Retrospective Analysis of Radiographic and Serologic Findings in Patients with Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease

    Nikita Jhawar, Claire Wilson, Andy Abril, Li Zhuo and Yaohua Ma, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

    Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma are frequently associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Detection of autoantibodies is crucial in characterizing disease phenotypes, but…
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