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Abstract Number: 0921 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – A Psychometric and Factor Analysis in a Monocentric Cohort
Alexandru Garaiman¹, Carina Mihai¹, Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Suzana Jordan¹, Britta Maurer², Jan Flemming³, Oliver Distler⁴ and Mike Oliver Becker¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, ³Department of Consultation-Liaison-Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a screening tool used in patients with different medical conditions. However, its validity, reliability and responsiveness…
Abstract Number: 0927 • ACR Convergence 2020
Care Gap in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with CXR Findings Suggestive of Fibrosis
Sandeep Dhillon¹, Jessica Kapralik², Curtis Sobchak³, Nader Khalidi⁴, Martin Kolb⁵, Nathan Hambly², Gerard Cox², Karen Beattie⁴ and Maggie Larche⁴, ¹McMaster University, Burlington, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ³McMaster University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵McMaster University and Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamliton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Lung involvement, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). High resolution CT (HRCT) is…
Abstract Number: 0926 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Fractures and Osteoporosis Among Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in a United States Cohort
Sina Famenini¹, Jamie Perin², Kristin Wipfler³, Kaleb Michaud⁴ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁵, ¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²JHUSPH, Baltimore, ³FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Background/Purpose:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with several risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures due to malabsorption or malnutrition, physical disability, chronic inflammation, and use of…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2020
Skeletal Muscle Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis Predisposes to Severe Gastrointestinal Tract and Cardiac Muscle Disease
Reshad Mahmud¹, Lei Zhu², Maureen Laffoon², Thomas Medsger³ and Robyn Domsic⁴, ¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, ⁴University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Tissues containing muscle cells are affected in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients in different organ systems: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle. …
Abstract Number: 0934 • ACR Convergence 2020
Warfarin Use and Risk of Knee and Hip Replacements
Priyanka Ballal¹, Christine Peloquin¹, Cindy Boer² and Tuhina Neogi¹, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Vitamin K is an essential co-factor in the post-translational gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid to form gamma-carboxy-glutamic acid (Gla) residues. This confers functionality to vitamin…
Abstract Number: 0929 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Effect of Mycophenolate Mofetil on Pulmonary Function Tests in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease, and the Difference Between the African Americans versus Non-African Americans
Afroditi Boulougoura¹, Shannon Lance², Duncan Moore³, Haijun Wang⁴, Julio Huapaya⁵ and Virginia Steen³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA., Washington, DC, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA., Washington, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA, Washington, ⁵Department of Critical Care Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA., Bethesda
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) is a pulmonary fibrosing disorder characterized by systemic inflammation and progressive scarring of the lungs that leads to respiratory…
Abstract Number: 0924 • ACR Convergence 2020
Towards Systemic Sclerosis Rehabilitation via Videogames
Marica Doveri¹, Marco Trombini², Federica Ferraro³, Rossana Galli¹, Anna Laura Bargeri⁴, Simone Rando¹, SIlvana Dellepiane² and Gerolamo Bianchi¹, ¹Hospital La colletta Arenzano(Genoa), Arenzano, Liguria, Italy, ²Department of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, GENOVA, Liguria, Italy, ³Department of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, Ponsacco, Liguria, Italy, ⁴Hospital La colletta Arenzano(Genoa), Arenzano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The excessive production and accumulation of collagen in systemic sclerosis (SSc) leads to the gradual loss of mobility which affects the quality of life…
Abstract Number: 0937 • ACR Convergence 2020
Late Cardiovascular Outcomes in Children with Kawasaki Disease: A Population-based Cohort Study
Cal Robinson¹, Rahul Chanchlani¹, Anastasia Gayowsky², Sandeep Brar³, Elizabeth Darling⁴, Catherine Demers⁴, Tapas Mondal¹, Rulan Parekh⁵, Hsien Seow⁴ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²ICES McMaster, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³University of California, San Fransisco, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common childhood vasculitis associated with coronary artery aneurysms (CAA). Based on our recent work, the incidence of KD has…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides Central Pain Sensitization Is Strictly Associated with Functional Disability
Giovanni Adami¹, Angelo Fassio¹, Elisabetta Gerratana², Alessandro Giollo¹, Camilla Benini¹, Luca Idolazzi¹, Elisabetta Vantaggiato¹, Davide Gatti¹ and Maurizio Rossini¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Background/Purpose: Long-term nociceptive pain, as in inflammatory arthritides, can cause Central Sensitization (CS) to pain. CS Inventory (CSI) is a validated screening instrument for clinicians to…
Abstract Number: 0941 • ACR Convergence 2020
MDHAQ/RAPID3 (multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire/routine Assessment of Patient Index Data) Levels Are Elevated in Rheumatology Patients Who Meet 2011 Fibromyalgia (FM) or MDHAQ/FAST3 (fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tool) Criteria
Juan Schmukler¹, Tengfei Li², Kyle Schroeder³ and Theodore Pincus³, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago, IL, Chicag, IL, ²Georgetown University, Washigton, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: RAPID3 (routine assessment of patient index data) on an MDHAQ (multiple multidimensional health assessment questionnaire) was developed initially to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0936 • ACR Convergence 2020
Urine Proteomics and Single Cell Transcriptomics Identify IL-16 as a Biomarker for Lupus Nephritis
Andrea Fava¹, Jill Buyon², Chandra Mohan³, Ting Zhang³, H. Michael Belmont⁴, Peter Izmirly⁵, Robert Clancy⁶, Jose Monroy-Trujillo⁷, Celine Berthier⁸, Anne Davidson⁹, Nir Hacohen¹⁰, David Wofsy¹¹, Deepak Rao¹², Soumya Raychaudhuri¹³, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE Network¹⁴, William Apruzzese¹⁵ and Michelle Petri¹⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³UT Houston, Houston, ⁴New York University, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁹Northwell Health, New York, ¹⁰Broad Institute, Boston, ¹¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities, ¹⁵., Boston, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Treatment of lupus nephritis relies on renal histopathological features. However, renal biopsies do not capture patient-specific active biological pathways. Urine proteomic biomarkers could revolutionize…
Abstract Number: 0947 • ACR Convergence 2020
STING Gain-of-Function in Radio-resistant Cells Supports a Lymphocyte Dependent Auto-inflammatory Lung Disease
Kevin Gao¹, Mona Motwani¹, Ann Marshak-Rothstein² and Katherine Fitzgerald¹, ¹University of Massachusetts medical school, worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts medical school, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: cGAS-STING is a cytosolic dsDNA sensing pathway whose regulation is vital to immune homeostasis. Pediatric patients with constitutively active STING mutations develop an autoinflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0944 • ACR Convergence 2020
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Meta-analysis
Nouran Eshak¹, Wasawat Vutthikraivit¹, Asmaa Beltagy² and John Pixley³, ¹Texas Tech Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, ²Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, alexandria, egypt, Egypt, ³Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder prevalent in about 3% of the population, mostly in females. A common complaint is non-restorative sleep. Obstructive sleep…
Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2020
Maintenance of Remission After Withdrawal of Etanercept or Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission on Combination Therapy: Results from a Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Paul Emery², Elaine Karis³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Vivian Bykerk⁵, Priscilla Yen³, Gregory Kricorian⁶ and James Chung³, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Rheumatology Institute of Montréal, Montreal, Canada, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (pts) in remission on combination therapy (Combo) of methotrexate (MTX)+etanercept (ETN) face ongoing medication burden and long-term safety/tolerability concerns related…
Abstract Number: 0831 • ACR Convergence 2020
Sociodemographic, Disease, and Medication Profile of RA Patients Under 65 Years Compared with 65 Years or Older at Registry Enrollment: Real World Results from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Mohammad Movahedi¹, Angela Cesta², Xiuying Li³ and Claire Bombardier⁴, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Age is an important factor that can affect disease course, physical function and treat to target strategy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We…

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