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Abstract Number: 1054 • ACR Convergence 2022
Distinct Differences in Complement Perturbation Between Scleroderma-related Interstitial Lung Disease with and Without Emphysema
Claire Beesley¹, Alice Cole², Nina Goldman¹, Odewale Oluwakorede¹, Joseph Barnett², David Abraham¹, Chris Denton¹, Rizgar Mageed³ and Voon Ong⁴, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Free Hospital, 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: Aberrant complement activation is associated with autoimmune diseases including systemic sclerosis (SSc). As a leading cause of death in SSc, interstitial lung disease (ILD)…
Abstract Number: 1057 • ACR Convergence 2022
Usefulness of REVEAL 2.0 Score as a Prognosis Tool of All-Cause Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Multicentric Study
Ivette Casafont-Solé¹, Laura Calvo², Anne Riveros-Frutos³, Carlos De la Puente Bujidos⁴, Pau Alcubilla⁵, Lourdes Mateo¹ and Ivan Castellví⁶, ¹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to a progressive right heart failure and death.PAH is a leading cause of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). To…
Abstract Number: 1056 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characterization of a Cohort of Patient with Sclerotic-type Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease with Fascial/joint Involvement
Cristina Hidalgo¹, Concepción Roman², Olga Compan³, Sonia Pastor Navarro⁴, Marta Ibañez⁵, Belen Miguel⁶, Maria Dolores Sanchez⁷, Lucía Pantoja⁸, Carlos Montilla⁵ and Lucía López-Corral², ¹Hospital Universitario Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²Universitary Hospital, Salamanca, Spain, ³Complejo asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Carbajosa De La Sagrada, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁵Complejo asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ⁶University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain, ⁷Universitary Hospital, Valladolid, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Hospital General, Segovia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the most frequent complication after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Its chronic form usually involves a multisystemic syndrome that reflects…
Abstract Number: 1055 • ACR Convergence 2022
Associations of Potential Risk Factors with Severe Outcomes in Scleroderma Renal Crisis: Results from a Single Center Study
Alex Luta¹, Saloni Godbole¹ and Virginia Steen², ¹Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC) is a severe and life-threatening complication of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Given the rare nature of SSc, it is challenging to…
Abstract Number: 1060 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: Data from the International EUSTAR Database
Alain Lescoat¹, Suiyuan Huang², PATRICIA E CARREIRA³, Elise Siegert⁴, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra⁵, Jörg Distler⁶, Vanessa Smith⁷, Branimir Anic⁸, Francesco Del Galdo⁹, Nemanja Damjanov¹⁰, Simona Rednic¹¹, camillo Ribi¹², Dominique Farge Bancel¹³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-vold¹⁴, Armando Gabrielli¹⁵, Oliver Distler¹⁶, Dinesh Khanna¹⁷ and Yannick Allanore¹⁸, ¹CHU Rennes - University Rennes 1, Rennes, France, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³HOSPITAL 12 DE OCTUBRE, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital – Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium – Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Gent, Belgium, ⁸Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹¹Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ¹²Service of Immunology and Allergy / CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹³Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁵Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to characterise the main clinical features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) sine scleroderma (ssSSc) in comparison with the limited cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Calcinosis in Portuguese Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – a Multicenter Study
Beatriz Samões¹, Diogo Fonseca¹, Tiago Beirão¹, Flavio Costa¹, Romana Vieira¹, Georgina Terroso², Raquel Ferreira², Rafaela teixeira³, André Saraiva⁴, Maria João Henriques⁵, Ana Catarina Duarte⁶, Ana Cristina Cordeiro⁶, Paulo Vilas-Boas⁷, Inês Genrinho³, Ana Bento da Silva⁸, Laura Gago⁸, Catarina Resende⁹, Patricia Martins⁹, Nathalie Madeira¹⁰, Sara Paiva Dinis¹⁰, Maura Couto³, Inês Santos³, Filipe Araújo¹¹, Ana Filipa Mourão¹¹, Miguel Guerra¹², Margarida Oliveira¹², Alexandra Daniel¹³, Marília Rodrigues¹³, Catarina Soares¹⁴, Hugo Parente¹⁵, Carolina Furtado¹⁶, Tomás Fontes¹⁶ and Joana Abelha-Aleixo¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia / Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, ²Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ³Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, ⁴Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal, ⁸Rheumatology department, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹Rheumatology department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹⁰Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda - Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal, ¹¹Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Unit, Hospital de Sant´Ana, SCML, Lisboa, Portugal, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário da Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal, ¹³Rheumatology department, Hospital Distrital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal, ¹⁴Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, ¹⁵Rheumatology department, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, Portugal, ¹⁶Rheumatology department, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a challenging problem among Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with a reported prevalence of 18-49%. We aim to define the prevalence of clinical…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Potentiality and Comparison with Other Imaging Techniques
Marco Di Battista¹, Chiara Romei², Simone Barsotti¹, Mattia Da Rio³, Giammarco De Mattia³, Alessio Milazzo², Annalisa De Liperi², Alessandra Della Rossa³ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Radiology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, PISA, Toscana, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most severe complications in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The diagnosis and monitoring of ILD is based on…
Abstract Number: 1059 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vision Transformer Assisting Rheumatologists in Screening for Capillaroscopy Changes in Systemic Sclerosis: An Artificial Intelligence Solution
Alexandru Garaiman¹, Farhad Nooralahzadeh², Carina Mihai¹, Nikitas Gkikopoulos¹, Nicolas Perez Gonzalez², Mike Becker¹, Oliver Distler¹, Michael Krauthammer³ and Britta Maurer⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: An accurate assessment of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) images has great importance in the diagnosis and prognosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To overcome some of…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2022
Tofacitinib in Refractory Uveitis – an Observational Study
Nikhil Gupta¹ and Deepankur Mahajan², ¹Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatological diseases in Delhi, New Delhi, India, ²Mahajan Eye Centre, New Delhi, India
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the effect of generic tofacitinib in refractory uveitis patients.Methods: It was a prospective observational study of 23 patients of refractory anterior uveitis.…
Abstract Number: 1020 • ACR Convergence 2022
Screening Tools for Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Psoriasis, IBD, and Uveitis – A Scoping Review
Vartika Kesarwani¹, Stephanie Sinnappan², M. Elaine Husni³, Michael Weisman⁴ and Joerg Ermann⁵, ¹University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Extra-articular manifestations of spondyloarthritis (SpA) may precede the development of articular features. Patients seen in dermatology, gastroenterology, and ophthalmology clinics for psoriasis, IBD, or…
Abstract Number: 1067 • ACR Convergence 2022
Analysis of the Transcriptomic Profiles of Rheumatic Skin Diseases Reveals Disease-specific Endotypes
Sneha Shrotri¹, Kathryn Kingsmore Allison¹, Prathyusha Bachali², Amrie Grammer³ and Peter Lipsky¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions, Redmond, WA, ³AMPEL LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic skin diseases such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) can be classified from individuals with healthy skin using…
Abstract Number: 1065 • ACR Convergence 2022
Biosamples from VEDOSS Patients Show Pathological Signs of SSc: Opportunity for a Biololgical Diagnosis of Disease
Rebecca Ross¹, Emily Clarke¹, Will Merchant¹, Panji Mulipa¹, Natalia Riobo-DelGaldo¹ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The VEDOSS study has recently indicated that more than 50% of patients affected by Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) and specific SSc anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) and/or…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2022
Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Use in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Treated with Rituximab
Arielle Mendel¹, Hassan Behlouli², Cristiano Moura², Evelyne Vinet¹, Jeffrey Curtis³ and Sasha Bernatsky², ¹McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) prophylaxis is recommended during induction of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) to prevent pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), and may also reduce the risk…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2022
Discordance of Patient, Physician and Nurse Practitioner Assessment of Disease Burden in Systemic Sclerosis
Maylen Nordgård Carstens¹, Håvard Fretheim¹, Imon Barua¹, Henriette Didriksen², Torhild Garen¹, Øyvind Midtvedt¹, Øyvind Molberg³ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Assessment of disease burden is crucial in the management of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The patient global assessment (PatGA) is a patient self-reported measure widely…
Abstract Number: 1066 • ACR Convergence 2022
Capillaroscopic Findings in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases: Results from 20 Years of Experience in a Training Referral Center
Elvis Hysa, Carmen Pizzorni, Silvia Sammori, Emanuele Gotelli, Andrea Pogna, andrea cere, Carlotta Schenone, Veronica Gerli, sabrina Paolino, Alberto Sulli and Maurizio Cutolo, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) allows the safe and fast detection of different microvascular patterns in patients affected by autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs). The prevalence of…

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