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Abstract Number: 1785 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence and Incidence of PsA in Germany – a Cohort Study with 65 Million Participants
Madeline Denke¹, Matthias Schneider², Ralph Brinks¹ and Philipp Sewerin³, ¹Department for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Policlinic & Hiller Research Unit Rheumatology, UKD, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Department and Hiller Research Unit of Rheumatology, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients suffering from Psoriatic-Arthritis (PsA) can experience a substantial burden of disease, which may result in a significant reduction of their quality of life.…
Abstract Number: 1641 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-term Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Following Kawasaki Disease in Childhood: A Systematic Review
Francis Lao¹, Cal Robinson², Megan Schlorff¹, Jocelyne Ewusie³, Karen Beattie¹ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a common vasculitis of childhood, with an annual North American incidence of 20-26 per 100,000 children (< 5 years of…
Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2021
Peripheral Blood Cell Gene Expression Profiling Predicts Response to Mycophenolate in Systemic Sclerosis Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Shervin Assassi¹, Wenjin Zheng², Elizabeth Volkmann³, Xuan Wang⁴, Holly Wilhalme⁵, Marka Lyons⁶, Michael Roth⁵ and Donald Tashkin⁵, ¹University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ²School of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Response to immunosuppression is variable in systemic sclerosis (SSc) related interstitial lung disease (ILD). Contrary to pulmonary tissue, peripheral blood cell (PBC) RNA can…
Abstract Number: 1843 • ACR Convergence 2021
Perceptions and Concerns Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort
Jessica Gordon¹, Kimberly Showalter¹, Yin Wu², Linda Kwakkenbos³, Marie-Eve Carrier⁴, Richard Henry², Nora Østbø², Julia Nordlund², Angelica Bourgeault², Mara Canedo Ayala², Marie-Nicole Discepola², Andrea Carboni Jiménez², Christopher Denton⁵, Luc Mouthon⁶, Brett Thombs⁷ and Robert Spiera¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Department of Clinical Psychology, Radboud University Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, ⁷Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccination exists among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, but previous studies have not assessed this specifically in patients with systemic…
Abstract Number: 1841 • ACR Convergence 2021
Presence of Autoantibodies to Dense-Fine-Speckled 70 (DFS70) Do Not Necessarily Rule out Connective Tissue Diseases
Louisa-Marie Mockenhaupt¹, Ramona Dolscheid-Pommerich¹, Charlotte Behning¹, Birgit Stoffel-Wagner², Peter Brossart¹ and Valentin Schäfer¹, ¹University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²University Hospital Bonn, Bonn
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are serological markers for the presence of connective tissue diseases [1]. In some patients, a pattern can be detected in ANA…
Abstract Number: 1840 • ACR Convergence 2021
Can Dual-energy CT Lung Perfusion Detect Abnormalities at the Level of Lung Circulation in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) ? Preliminary Experience in 101 Patients
Vincent Koether¹, Antoine Dupont², Julien Labreuche³, Paul Felloni⁴, Thierry Perez⁵, Pascal Degroote⁵, Jacques Remy⁴, Martine Remy-Jardin⁵ and David Launay⁶, ¹CHU Lille, Service de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de référence des maladies autoimmunes systémiques rares du Nord et Nord-Ouest de France (CeRAINO), Lille, France, ²CHRU de Lille, Hopital Calmette, Lille, France, ³CHU Lille, Lille, ⁴CHU Lille; Hopital Calmette, Lille, France, ⁵CHU Lille, Lille, France, ⁶Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Service de Médecine Interne, U1286 - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France, Lille Cedex, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder that is characterized by a interplay of vascular abnormalities, immune system activation and an uncontrolled fibrotic response…
Abstract Number: 1835 • ACR Convergence 2021
Secukinumab Effects on Cardiometabolic Risk and Systemic Inflammation in Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from Post Hoc Analyses of Pooled Data from 19 Phase 3/4 Clinical Studies
Joseph Merola¹, Iain McInnes², Atul Deodhar³, Erhard Quebe-Fehling⁴, Maher Aassi⁴, Michael Peine⁴ and Nehal Mehta⁵, ¹Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ²University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵NHLBI/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (PsO), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) and Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) requiring long-term treatment. Systemic inflammation in these IMIDs is…
Abstract Number: 1849 • ACR Convergence 2021
False Positive Anti-Topoisomerase I (Scl-70) Antibody Results: A Case Series from a Scleroderma Referral Center
Brian Lam¹, Rana Taherian¹, Julio Charles¹, Maureen Mayes², Shervin Assassi³ and Brian Skaug⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Texas McGovern Medical School Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive autoimmune disease with high morbidity and mortality, making early diagnosis and management critical. Anti-Topoisomerase I antibody (anti-Topo I,…
Abstract Number: 1852 • ACR Convergence 2021
Healthcare Utilization and Economic Burden in Systemic Sclerosis
Leonardo Martin Calderon¹, Mitali Chaudhary¹ and Janet Pope², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-system autoimmune disease, characterized by vasculopathy, fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, and autoimmunity with distinct antibodies. SSc…
Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Characteristics and Social Determinants in African Americans with Systemic Sclerosis: A Single Center Experience
Sarah Compton, DeAnna Baker Frost, Richard Silver and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease categorized on the basis of skin involvement as either limited or diffuse cutaneous SSc, the latter…
Abstract Number: 1855 • ACR Convergence 2021
Up-regulation of TNFα Gene in Peripheral Blood Is Useful for Predicting the Development of Exercise-induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Which Is Early Stage of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Tatsuma Shoji², Soichiro Fuke¹, Takatsune Umayahara¹ and Moe Sakamoto¹, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is prominent as a vascular involvement of systemic sclerosis (SSc), which remains a leading cause of death in spite of current…
Abstract Number: 1847 • ACR Convergence 2021
Severity of Gastroesophageal Reflux, but Not the Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors, Is Associated with Radiographic Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Elizabeth Volkmann¹, Donald Tashkin², Mei Leng², Grace Kim², Jonathan Goldin² and Michael Roth², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Esophageal dysmotility is a common feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and aspiration of gastric contents may serve as an inciting and/or exacerbating factor in…
Abstract Number: 1836 • ACR Convergence 2021
Outcomes Linked to Eligibility for Stem Cell Transplantation Trials in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Julia Spierings¹, Svetlana Nihtyanova², Emma Derrett-Smith³, Kristina Clark², Jacob van Laar⁴, Voon Ong⁵ and Christopher Denton⁶, ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) has emerged as an effective treatment for patients with severe diffuse systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) based upon the results…
Abstract Number: 1858 • ACR Convergence 2021
Serum Interferon Score Is a Biomarker of Active Disease in Patients with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis Enrolled in the Prospective Registry of Early Systemic Sclerosis (PRESS) Cohort
Monique Hinchcliff¹, Suiyuan Huang², Shervin Assassi³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Flavia Castelino⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶, Tracy Frech⁷, Jessica Gordon⁸, Faye Hant⁹, Ami Shah¹⁰, Victoria Shanmugam¹¹, Virginia Steen¹², Dinesh Khanna² and Francesco Del Galdo¹³, ¹Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹The George Washington University, Great Falls, VA, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ¹³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Several published studies have demonstrated activation of the interferon type 1 (IFN) pathway in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Specifically, levels of…
Abstract Number: 1860 • ACR Convergence 2021
Three Distinct Transcriptional Profiles of Monocytes Correlate with Disease Activity in SSc Patients
Hadijat Makinde¹, Gaurav Gadhvi¹, Salina Dominguez¹, Miranda Gurra¹, Kathleen Aren², Mary Carns², Tracy Frech³, Dinesh Khanna⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Lutfiyya Muhammad⁶, Carla Cuda¹, Monique Hinchcliff⁷, Deborah Winter² and Harris Perlman¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁷Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Patients with SSc display a complex clinical phenotype.Our group has made important contributions to an emerging understanding of monocytes and macrophages as central to…

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