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Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: PP16 • ACR Convergence 2022
Please Hear Me: How Effective Provider-Patient Communication Improved My Psoriatic Arthritis
Ashley Krivohlavek, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: At age 12, I was diagnosed with psoriasis (PsO) followed by a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) at age 30. I'm now 38. In…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Advocating for My Autoimmune Disease Led Me to Desire to Pursue a Career in Rheumatology
Brooklyn Johnson¹ and Kathleen Collins², ¹Memphis, TN, ²LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: The summer before my senior year, I developed a faint rash on my face and my arms. At a dermatology appointment, I pointed this…
Abstract Number: PP25 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Denial of Spondyloarthritis to Becoming a Support Group Leader and Medical Doctor of Rheumatology: A Patient’s Perspective
Shung Chiu¹ and Mei Nee Chiu², ¹Spondylitis Association of America, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, ²University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Background/Purpose: From being a table tennis champion to getting into medical school, I thought my life was smooth sailing. But little did I know it…
Abstract Number: 2236 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of microRNA-30b Plasma Expression with Fibromyalgia Clinical Features and with Corneal Small Nerve Fiber Pathology
Laura Aline Martínez Martínez¹, Fausto Sánchez Muñoz¹, Manuel Ramírez Fernández², Yaneli Juárez Vicuña¹, Mario Peña-Peña¹, Carlos Alfonso Guzman Martin¹, Itzel Palafox Sosa¹ and Manuel Martínez-Lavín¹, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²APEC Hospital de la ceguera, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: There is a clear association between fibromyalgia and small fiber neuropathy. Dorsal root ganglia contain the small nerve fiber nuclei. Severe fibromyalgia is associated…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Matter of Life and Death: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Matter for Health Care Providers
Tonya Horton, Rutgers University, Cherry Hill, NJ
Background/Purpose: In 2017, I went from exercising daily to hardly able to walk due to severe knee pain. My primary care doctor ordered x-rays and…
Abstract Number: 1954 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of the Patient-Important Outcomes Data Repository (PIONEER) for Rheumatic Diseases; An Enhanced Database Combining Electronic Medical Data with Insight from Chart Reviews
Simon Helfgott¹, Kent Kwas Huston², Jasvinder singh³, Nehad Soloman⁴, Jeremy Broestl⁵, Kimmi Cox⁵, Kelsey Milligan⁵ and Colin Edgerton⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Kansas City Physician Partners Center for Rheumatic Disease, Kansas City, MO, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Peoria, AZ, ⁵Trio Health, Louisville, CO, ⁶Articularis Healthcare, Sullivans Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Clinical and non-clinical forces contribute to real-world treatment effectiveness, yet most studies focus on efficacy in an idealized setting. To identify factors impacting clinical…
Abstract Number: 2140 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exposure-Adjusted Incidence Rate for Adverse Events of Special Interest in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with Apremilast
Philip J Mease¹, Dafna Gladman², Georg Schett³, Maria Paris⁴, Sue Cheng⁵, Sven Richter⁵, Lichen Teng⁵ and Arthur Kavanaugh⁶, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Amgen Inc., Westfield, NJ, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory musculoskeletal disease. The potential relationship between PsA therapies and specific safety events such as major adverse…
Abstract Number: PP19 • ACR Convergence 2022
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Rural Farming Community: How I Found a Rheumatologist and Got Targeted Treatment
Vanessa Kerr, Mexico, MO
Background/Purpose: I'm Vanessa and I've been married to James, a farmer, for 27 years. We have 5 children and when my fourth was born, I…
Abstract Number: 2250 • ACR Convergence 2022
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Austin Wheeler¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Joshua Baker², Jill Poole¹, Dana Ascherman³, Gail Kerr⁴, Andreas Reimold⁵, Gary Kunkel⁶, Grant Cannon⁷, Katherine Wysham⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Deana Lazaro¹⁰, Paul Monach¹¹, S. Louis Bridges, Jr.¹², Ted Mikuls¹³ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁵University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰VA New York Harbor Healthcare system, Short Hills, NJ, ¹¹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is an extra-articular manifestation of RA causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Genetic risk variants, such as the MUC5B rs35705950…
Abstract Number: 2154 • ACR Convergence 2022
An Exploratory Phosphoproteomic and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and Downstream Signaling Pathways in Systemic Sclerosis Skin
Elizabeth Bundschuh¹, Rebecca Fine², Miruna Carnaru³, Sanchit Kumar⁴, Francis Perry Wilson², Alyssa Williams¹, Shannon Teaw⁴, Ian Odell⁴ and Monique Hinchcliff⁵, ¹Yale University, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Rocky Hill, CT, ⁴Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and others including PDGFRs, FGFRs, and VEGFRs are implicated in systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
Abstract Number: 1968 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dysregulation of γδ-T Cells in Individuals at Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Klára Prajzlerová¹, Olga Kryštůfková², Nora Petrovská², Petra Hánová¹, Hana Hulejová¹, Jiří Vencovský², Ladislav Šenolt² and Mária Filková², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Non-conventional T cells (γδ-T and NK-T cells) and natural killer (NK) cells are involved in the regulation of the immune system, and their alteration…
Abstract Number: 1955 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictive Factor of Spontaneous Regression in Methotorexate-associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders with RA Patients
Tomohiro Kameda¹, shusaku nakashima², Masayuki Inoo³, Ikuko Onishi³, Noriyuki Kurata³, Hiromi Shimada¹, Risa Wakiya¹, Mikiya Kato¹, taichi miyagi⁴, Yusuke Ushio⁵, Rina Mino⁶, Kanako Chujo⁷, norimitsu Kadowaki⁸ and Hiroaki Dobashi⁹, ¹Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ³Utazu Hospital, Yayauta-gun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁷Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁸Kagawa University, Kita-Gun, Japan, ⁹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs), including malignant lymphoma, are known to occur in RA patients treated with disease modified antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). In particular, LPD associated…
Abstract Number: 1953 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Changing Causes and Predictive Factors. Study of a Cohort Followed Prospectively
Cristina Corrales¹, Fabricio Benavides Villanueva¹, Ivan Ferraz Amaro², Nuria Vegas Revenga³, Virgi Portilla⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Alfonso Corrales⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ³Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁴Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) present an increased risk of mortality. In the last decades, mortality rates tended to decrease but cardiovascular (CV) events…
Abstract Number: 1956 • ACR Convergence 2022
Functional Disabilities in Hands Precede Those in Feet in Patients Progressing from Clinically Suspect Arthralgia to Rheumatoid Arthritis; A Longitudinal Observational Study
Sarah J.H. Khidir¹, Bastiaan van Dijk², Marloes Verstappen¹, Elise van Mulligen³ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁴, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ³Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the pre-arthritis phase of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), symptoms resulting in physical disabilities already occur. It is unknown whether functional disabilities start in hands…

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