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  • Abstract Number: 1370 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Abatacept in the Treatment of Refractory Juvenile Dermatomyositis

    Gulnara Mamyrova1, William Nguyen2, Hassan Awal1, Derek Jones1, Alison Ehrlich3, Kathleen Brindle4, Shahriar Haji-Momenian4, Robert Sheets5, Adeline Y. Chin6, Shajia Lu7, Massimo Gadina7, Hanna Kim8, Olcay Y. Jones9, Lisa G Rider10 and Rodolfo V Curiel1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 3Department of Dermatology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 4Department of Radiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 5Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, 6Juvenile Myositis Therapeutic and Translation Studies Unit, PTRB, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 7Translational Immunology Section, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 8Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Juvenile Myositis Therapeutic and Translation Studies Unit, PTRB, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 9Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Pediatric Rheumatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 10Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Background/Purpose: This open-label 24-week study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of abatacept in patients with refractory juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).Methods: Ten patients of…
  • Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Juvenile Eosinophilic Fasciitis: A Single-Center Cohort

    Leigh Stubbs1, Oluwaseun Ogunbona2, Adekunle Adesina1, Sara Anvari1, Emily Beil1, Jamie Lai1, Andrea Ramirez1, Vibha Szafron1, Matthew Ditzler1 and Marietta DeGuzman1, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare fibrosing disease. Since described in 1975, less than 30 pediatric cases have been reported. EF presents with painful…
  • Abstract Number: 1383 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Differences in Clinical and Patient-reported Outcomes in Juvenile Dermatomyositis by Race and Ethnicity

    Rebecca Olveda, Jessica Neely and Susan Kim, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Previous studies in juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) have shown that patients from minoritized ethnicities and those with lower family income are more likely to have…
  • Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Increased Patient Contact May Mitigate Flares Among jSLE Patients

    Jessica Fennell, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH and karen onel, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Optimizing jSLE management is crucial to prevent flares as the damage sustained during flares contributes to lifelong morbidity and mortality. The onset of the…
  • Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Julie Samuels1, Rula Issa2, Lauren Robinson3 and Rebecca Trachtman1, 1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 3Hospital for Special Surgery/New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: The importance of patient-reported outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly recognized in healthcare. Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) have poor…
  • Abstract Number: 1394 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Identification of Joint Locations in an Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort as a Characteristic of Disease Severity: DATA from the ERA-UCLouvain Brussels Cohort

    Laura Bricman1, Emilie Sapart2, Tatiana Sokolova3, Aleksandra avramovska2 and Patrick Durez4, 1Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Belgium, 2Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, 3Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, 4Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium

    Background/Purpose: Early RA patients (ERA pts) often present with different areas of joint involvement, but limited data exist to identify which specific joint locations may…
  • Abstract Number: 1388 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Updating and Validating the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index to Incorporate ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes

    Anthony Dolomisiewicz1, Hanifah Ali2, Punyasha Roul3, Yangyuna Yang1, Grant Cannon4, Joshua Baker5, Ted Mikuls6, Kaleb Michaud1 and Bryant England1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2UNMC, Omaha, 3UNMC, Omaha, NE, 4Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake city, 5University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, 6Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: The Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index (RDCI) was designed to quantify comorbidity burden for risk stratification of health outcomes in patients with rheumatic disease. Developed…
  • Abstract Number: 1390 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Distinct Patterns of Multimorbidity Are Associated with Longitudinal Disease Activity and Functional Status in a Multicenter, Prospective Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort

    Sarah Dutt1, Punyasha Roul2, Yangyuna Yang3, Kaleb Michaud3, Brian Sauer4, Grant Cannon5, Joshua Baker6, Jeffrey Curtis7, Ted Mikuls8 and Bryant England3, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 2UNMC, Omaha, NE, 3University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 4Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 5Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake city, 6University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, 7Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 8Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) predisposes to the development of other chronic conditions such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and lung disease. Previously, we used unsupervised machine…
  • Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Association of Depression with Executive Function Skills and Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Busisiwe Zapparoli1, Sarah Mossad1, Stephanie Fevrier2, Victoria Lishak3, Tala El Tal4, Lawrence Ng1, Paris Moaf1, Joanna Law1, Ibrahim Mohamed5, Linda Hiraki6, Deborah Levy7, ashley Danguecan1 and Andrea Knight4, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5The Hospital for Sick Children, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Research Institute, ON, Canada 3Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Brampton, ON, Canada, 6The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, 7Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Child Health Evaluative Services, SickKids Research Institute; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Depression is a frequent symptom in childhood-onset SLE (cSLE), and is likely multifactorial. Executive function (EF) refers to conscious and volitional efforts to regulate…
  • Abstract Number: 1397 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Impact of Disease Activity on Patient-Reported Cognitive Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Ozlem Pala1, Dimitrios Pappas2, George Reed3 and Joel Kremer4, 1University of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2Corrona Research Foundation; CorEvitas, LLC, Albany, NY, 3University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 4The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory disease, and its burden extends beyond joint disease. RA is not commonly associated with central nervous system…
  • Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Risk of Hospitalized Infections in Older Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological/Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Evaluation Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database

    Masayoshi Harigai1, Takao Fujii2, Ryoko Sakai3, Ataru Igarashi4, Ayako Shoji5, Hiroko Yamaguchi6, Katsuhiko Iwasaki6, Misako Makishima7, Amika Yoshida7, Norihiro Okada7, Katsuhisa Yamashita7 and Yutaka Kawahito8, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, 3Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, 4Department of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, 5Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Healthcare Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, 6Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, 7Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 8Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Safety evidence of biological or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) is still insufficient in older elderly ( >=75 years old (y/o)) patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
  • Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Myokine Myostatin Is a Novel Predictor of One-year Radiographic Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jian-Zi Lin, Li-Juan Yang, Hong-Gui Li, Ai-Qi Zeng, Kui-Min Yang and Lie Dai, Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Background/Purpose: Associations between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and reduced skeletal muscle have been studied, and we firstly reported myopenia independently predict one-year radiographic progression in RA.…
  • Abstract Number: 1340 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Nutrition-Related Behaviors and Beliefs – A Survey of Rheumatic Disease Patients

    Sandy Lee1, Leanna Wise2 and Stavros Savvas3, 1University of Southern California, Walnut, CA, 2LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, 3Keck Medicine of USC, Glendale, CA

    Background/Purpose: Diet and nutrition have long been of interest to both patients and providers in the treatment of chronic disease. The literature is relatively sparse…
  • Abstract Number: 1289 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Evaluating Peri–operative Preferences of Bariatric Surgeons in the Management of Immunosuppressive Therapy During Bariatric Surgery

    Suguni Aushadhi Loku Galappaththy1 and Nicole Fearing2, 1University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 2HCA Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, KS

    Background/Purpose: As the number of bariatric procedures increases, surgeons will encounter more patients on long-term immunosuppressive medications that may increase post-operative complications. Currently, there are…
  • Abstract Number: 1145 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Prostate Plays a Role in Serum Urate Levels and the Risk of Gout in Men

    Mariana Urquiaga1, Megan Leask1, Nicholas Sumpter1, Brooke Maxwell2, Sara Lewis2, Eric E. Kelley2 and Tony Merriman3, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 3University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Background/Purpose: Men have higher serum urate (SU) and increased prevalence of gout compared to pre-menopausal women. Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), encoded by the XDH gene, is…
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