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Abstract Number: 1521 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Follow-Up of Participants of the Phase II Study That Evaluated Subcutaneous Abatacept vs. Placebo in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (ASSET Trial)
Nadine Sarsam¹, Sindhu R. Johnson², Lorinda Chung³, Suzanne Kafaja⁴, Janet Pope⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶, Maureen Mayes⁷, Nora Sandorfi⁸, Virginia Steen⁹, Flavia Castelino¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Suiyuan Huang¹ and Dinesh Khanna¹², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABA) is a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated molecule-4 immunoglobulin fusion protein which has been shown to induce regression of dermal fibrosis in patients with systemic…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: Association of Medication Use on Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in Early Disease
Sarah Luebker¹, Tracy Frech¹, Shervin Assassi², Jessica Gordon³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Virginia Steen⁵, Ami Shah⁶, Laura Hummers⁷, Carrie Richardson⁸, Dinesh Khanna⁹, Flavia Castelino¹⁰, Lorinda Chung¹¹, Faye Hant¹², Vicki Shanmugam¹³, John VanBuren¹⁴, Jessica Alvey¹⁴, Monica Harding¹⁴, Luke Evnin¹⁵ and Nora Sandorfi¹⁶, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ⁶Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁵Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) symptoms are common amongst systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients.1 The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium University of California Los Angeles Gastrointestinal Tract Questionnaire…
Abstract Number: 1512 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Is the Best Referral Strategy for Axial Spondyloarthritis? A Prospective Multicenter Study of 515 Patients with Suspicious Chronic Low Back Pain
Nelly Ziade¹, Avin Maroof², Bassel Elzorkany³, Nizar Ani⁴, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA⁵, Ahmed Abogamal⁶, Sahar Saad⁷, Lina El Kibbi⁸, Samar Al emadi⁹, Atheer Al Ansari¹⁰, Antonella Abi Najm¹, Tonine Younan¹, Khalil Kharrat¹, Joseph Maarrawi¹, Amer Sebaaly¹, Rami El Rachkidi¹, Torsten Witte¹¹ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹², ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Rizgary Teaching Hospital - Erbil, Erbil, Iraq, ³Department of Rheumatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁴Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁵Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁶Saudi German Hospital Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁷King Hamad University Hospital, Al Sayh, Bahrain, ⁸Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁹Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ¹⁰Mediclinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ¹¹MH-Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ¹²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is often delayed, due to the referral issues and, in certain regions of the world, the low prevalence…
Abstract Number: 1520 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rituximab and Tocilizumab and Their Effect on Lung Disease Progression in Scleroderma. a Retrospective Cohort Study at a Single Centre
Nina Goldman¹, Aoife Tynan², Shivani Shah², Claire Beesley¹, Rizgar Mageed³, Chris Denton¹ and Voon Ong⁴, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Division of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Emerging evidence suggests a beneficial effect of tocilizumab…
Abstract Number: 1533 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Body Mass Index in Prediction of Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Systemic Sclerosis Revealed by Decision Trees
Alexandru Garaiman¹, Carina Mihai¹, Rucsandra Dobrota¹, cosimo bruni², Muriel Elhai¹, Suzana Jordan¹, Lea Stamm³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-vold⁴, Oliver Distler¹ and Mike Becker¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Some gastrointestinal (GI) and nutritional factors are associated with the presence of interstitial lung disease related to systemic sclerosis (SSc-ILD). However, there are many…
Abstract Number: 1527 • ACR Convergence 2022
Maintained Complete B Cell Depletion Is Associated with Rituximab Efficacy in Connective Tissue Disorder Interstitial Lung Disease
Jérôme Avouac¹, Roba Ghossan², Omar Al Tabaa³, Alice Combier², Alexia Steelandt², Marion Thomas⁴ and Yannick Allanore⁵, ¹University of Paris, Paris, France, ²Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ³Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The benefit of RTX has been suggested for interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue disorders (CTD). Preliminary data have suggested that B…
Abstract Number: 1529 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Nailfold Capillaroscopy Using Dinolite Microscope in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Krishnasai Abhishek Madathanapalli¹, Alyssa Williams², Baran Ilayda Gunes², Francis Perry Wilson³, John Pauling⁴, Robyn Domsic⁵, Lan Yu⁶ and Monique Hinchcliff⁷, ¹University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT, ²Yale University, New Haven, CT, ³Yale school of medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, ⁷Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: The clinical importance of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) has grown since its inclusion in the 2013 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc), yet few…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2022
Breakthrough Infections in COVID-19 Vaccinated Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Survival Analysis from a Multicenter International Patient-Reported Survey
Sakir Ahmed¹, Naveen R², John Pauling³, Darpan Thakare², Chris Wincup⁴, Nicoletta Del Papa⁵, Gianluca Sambataro⁶, Fabiola Atzeni⁷, SIMONE PARISI⁸, Marcello Govoni⁹, Elena Bartoloni Bocci¹⁰, Gian Domenico Sebastiani¹¹, Enrico Fusaro¹², Marco Sebastiani¹³, Luca Quartuccio¹⁴, Franco Franceschini¹⁵, Pier Paolo Sainaghi¹⁶, Giovanni Orsolini¹⁷, Rossella De Angelis¹⁸, Maria Giovanna Danielli¹⁹, Vincenzo Venerito²⁰, Parikshit Sen²¹, Minchul Kim²², Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos²³, Akira Yoshida²⁴, James B. Lilleker²⁵, Vishwesh Agarwal²⁶, Sinan Kardes²⁷, Jessica Day²⁸, Mrudula Joshi²⁹, Marcin Milchert³⁰, Tamer A Gheita³¹, Babur Salim³², Ioannis Parodis³³, Albert Selva O’Callaghan³⁴, Elena Nikiphorou³⁵, Tulika Chatterjee²², Ai Lyn Tan³⁶, Arvind Nune³⁷, Lorenzo Cavagna³⁸, Samuel Shinjo³⁹, Nelly Ziade⁴⁰, Johannes Knitza⁴¹, Hector Chinoy⁴², Oliver Distler⁴³, Masataka Kuwana⁴⁴, Rohit Aggarwal⁴⁵, Latika Gupta⁴⁶, Vikas Agarwal² and Ashima Makol⁴⁷, ¹Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ³North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Unità operativa complessa (UOC) Day Hospital Reumatologia via Gaetano Pini 9, Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico, Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ⁶Medico Immunologia e reumatologia presso, Artoreuma S.R.L., Cors S, Mascalucia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, ⁸Italian Society for Rheumatology, Turin, Italy, ⁹S. Anna Hospital and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit. Department of Medicine, Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹¹U.O.C. Reumatologia, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini,, Roma, ¹²Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹³Azienda Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ¹⁴Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DAME), ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁶Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Novara, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Verona, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁹Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Università Politecnica delle, Marche, Italy, ²⁰Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations-Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²¹Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, ²²University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁶Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Lucknow, India, ²⁷Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁸Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁹Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India, ³⁰Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ³¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³²Fauji foundation hospital Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ³³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³⁴Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁵Leiden University Medical Center & King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³⁷Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, United Kingdom, ³⁸Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ³⁹Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴⁰Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴²The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ⁴³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴⁶Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴⁷Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) are considered more susceptible to break through infection (BI) following vaccination due to their immunosuppressed status and…
Abstract Number: 1536 • ACR Convergence 2022
Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease Is Frequent Also in Late Disease Stages in Systemic Sclerosis Patients from EUSTAR
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Cathrine Brunborg¹, Paolo Airò², Lidia P. Ananyeva³, László Czirják⁴, Serena Guiducci⁵, Eric Hachulla⁶, MENGTAO LI⁷, Carina Mihai⁸, Gabriela Riemekasten⁹, Petros P. Sfikakis¹⁰, Gabriele Valentini¹¹, Otylia Kowal-Bielecka¹², Yannick Allanore¹³ and Oliver Distler⁸, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, ³V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ⁴Medical school of Pécs, Pecs, Hungary, ⁵University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁶University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Ministry of Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Ministry of Science & Technology, Beijing, China, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Luebeck, Germany, ¹⁰Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, ¹¹Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Napoli, Italy, ¹²Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ¹³Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Short disease duration is a well known predictor for progressive systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), but studies assessing ILD progression in later disease…
Abstract Number: 1538 • ACR Convergence 2022
Decreased Prevalence of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Aya abugharbyeh, Sadik Khuder and bashar Kahaleh, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggest that autoimmune diseases tend to coexist at a higher rate than expected, reflecting a common pathogenetic pathway. However, data sets have shown…
Abstract Number: 1535 • ACR Convergence 2022
Frequency of Arrhythmias, Abnormal Electrocardiography and Sudden Cardiac Death in Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Jessica Fairley¹, Laura Ross², Alannah Quinlivan³, Dylan Hansen⁴, Elizabeth Paratz⁵, Wendy Stevens⁴, Peter M Kistler⁶, Andre La Gerche⁷ and Mandana Nikpour⁸, ¹The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ²The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital, Brunswick, Australia, ³St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵The Baker Institute; St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; The University of Melbourne; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc) Heart Involvement (SHI) is an under recognised complication of SSc and may manifest as arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death(SCD). The incidence of…
Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2022
Proteomic Profiling of Plasma Microvesicles Isolated from Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Line Iversen¹, Ole Østergaard², Tina Friis³, susanne Ullman⁴, Søren Jacobsen⁵ and Jesper Olsen², ¹Department of Dermatology, Odense University Hospital., Odense, Denmark, ²Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Autoimmunology and Biomarkers, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In the current work, we used a mass spectrometry based proteomics workflow to analyze isolated plasma microvesicles from systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and from…
Abstract Number: 1027 • ACR Convergence 2022
Low Dose Computed Tomography Hounsfield Units: A Reliable Methodology for Assessing Changes in Vertebral Bone Density in Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Mary Lucy Marques¹, Nuno Pereira da Silva², Désirée van der Heijde³, Monique Reijnierse⁴, Juergen Braun⁵, Xenofon Baraliakos⁶, floris van Gaalen⁴ and Sofia Ramiro⁴, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Coimbra, Portugal, ²Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: In radiographic axial Spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), low dose Computed Tomography (ldCT) Hounsfield Units (HU) were shown to cross-sectionally reliably assess bone density at each vertebra…
Abstract Number: 1479 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Neuromyelitis Optica and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Analysis of National Inpatient Sample 
Faria Sami and Shilpa Arora, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), also known as Devic's disease, is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder causing myelitis and optic neuritis. While there have been reports…
Abstract Number: 1428 • ACR Convergence 2022
Molecular and Clinical Profiling of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Predicts the Response to Rituximab
Daniel Toro-Domínguez¹, José Linares-Blanco¹, Raúl López-Domínguez², Pilar S. López-Garrido², Georgina Galicia-Rosas¹, Pedro Carmona-Sáez² and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most prevalent rheumatic diseases, mainly characterized by chronically painful, swollen joints that can severely impair physical function…

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