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  • Abstract Number: 1909 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Impact of Antimalarial Adherence on Cardiovascular Mortality Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-based Study

    Md Rashedul Hoque1, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta2, Diane Lacaille2, Mary De Vera3, Yi Qian3, John Esdaile4 and Hui Xie5, 1Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, 3University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Literature has shown poor adherence to antimalarial (AM) medications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, with the percentage of adherers…
  • Abstract Number: 1903 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Does Limited Stair Climbing Lead to Poor Future Health? The Relationship Between Short-term Trajectories of Stair Climbing Frequency and Incident Slow Gait Speed over 1 and 2 Years in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis

    Jason Jakiela1, Yuqing Zhang2, Dana Voinier1, Thomas Bye1, Jennifer Copson1 and Daniel White1, 1University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA

    Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of functional limitation in older adults, and difficulty with climbing stairs is one of the first limitations…
  • Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis with an Artificial Neural Network in Patients with Suspicion of Axial Spondyloarthritis

    Denis Poddubnyy1, Fabian Proft2, Kay-Geert Hermann2, Laura Spiller2, Stefan Niehues2, Lisa Adams2, Mikhail Protopopov2, Valeria Rios Rodriguez2, Burkhard Muche2, Judith Rademacher2, Murat Torgutalp2, Keno Bressem2 and Janis Vahldiek2, 1Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, 2Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is still recommended as the first imaging method for the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA). In many…
  • Abstract Number: 1918 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Don’t Forget About the Arthritis in RA-ILD! Impact of Pulmonary and RA Disease Severity on Survival

    Rebecca Brooks1, Joshua Baker2, Yangyuna Yang1, Punyasha Roul1, Gail Kerr3, Andreas Reimold4, Gary Kunkel5, Katherine Wysham6, Namrata Singh7, Deana Lazaro8, Paul Monach9, Jill Poole1, Dana Ascherman10, Ted Mikuls1 and Bryant England1, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, 4University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Dallas, TX, 5University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 6VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 7University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, 8VA New York Harbor Healthcare system, Brooklyn, NY, 9Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 10University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Long-term outcomes following a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) are poor, with a median survival estimated between 3 to 8…
  • Abstract Number: 1914 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Immunomodulatory and Immunosuppressive Medication Modification Among Rheumatology Patients at the Time of COVID-19 Vaccination

    Jonah Levine1, Deanna Jannat-Khah1, Vivian Bykerk2, Lisa Mandl1 and Medha Barbhaiya1, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY

    Background/Purpose: Due to concerns about underlying immune dysregulation and immunosuppression, patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) may have modified their medications at the time of…
  • Abstract Number: 1921 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Axial Psoriatic Arthritis: Correlation Between Whole Spine MRI Abnormalities and Clinical Findings

    Pamela Diaz1, Iris Eshed2, Joy Feld3 and Lihi Eder1, 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 3Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) typically affects peripheral joints, but in some patients the disease can involve the spine. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an…
  • Abstract Number: 1925 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Risk of Heart Failure in Patients with Inflammatory Disease: A Population-Based Study

    Sahil Koppikar1, Bindee Kuriya2, Jacob Udell3, Bing Yu4, Anna Chu4, Laura Ferreira-Legere5, Douglas Lee3, Jessica Widdifield6 and Lihi Eder3, 1Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5ICES, Toronto, Canada, 6Sunnybrook Research Institute; ICES; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with inflammatory diseases (ID) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, frequently compared to that of diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the magnitude of…
  • Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Has the Incidence of Total Joint Arthroplasty in Rheumatoid Arthritis Decreased in the Era of Biologics Use? A Population-based Incident Cohort Study 1995–2015

    Vivienne Zhou1, Diane Lacaille1, Na Lu2, Jacek Kopec3, Don Garbuz1, Yi Qian4, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta1, John Esdaile2 and Hui Xie1, 1Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, 4University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is an undesirable long-term outcome of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to joint damage from uncontrolled inflammation. Although biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic…
  • Abstract Number: 1920 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Association of C-reactive Protein and Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs with Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Time-dependent Cox Regression Analysis

    Ho Man Lam1, Ho So2, Isaac Cheng1, Edmund Li1, Priscilla Wong3, Tena Li1, Alex Lee1 and Lai-Shan Tam4, 1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2CUHK, Hong Kong, China, 3Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 4Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis due to underlying inflammation. Whether inflammatory burden and drugs used to suppress inflammation over time are…
  • Abstract Number: 1917 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Sputum TGF-β1 Is Elevated in Subclinical and Clinically Significant Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Correlates with Soluble IL-6R Levels

    Timothy Wilson1, Kevin Deane2, Joyce Lee1, Christopher Collora3, Marie Feser3, Mariana Kaplan4, Joshua Solomon5 and Kristen Demoruelle6, 1University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 3University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, 4National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 5National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 6University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

    Background/Purpose: Increased levels of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in the lung have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several fibrotic lung diseases, but their…
  • Abstract Number: 1906 • ACR Convergence 2021

    IL-13Ra1-Mediated Signaling Regulates Age-Associated/Autoimmune B-Cell Expansion and Lupus Pathogenesis

    Danny Flores Castro1, Zhu Chen2, Sanjay Gupta3, Michela Manni3, Juan Rivera Correa3, Max Chao4, Yurii Chinenov4, Tania Pannellini5, Habib Zaghouni6, Rolf Jessberger7 and Alessandra Pernis8, 1Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, Palisades Park, NJ, 2Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (People's Republic), 3Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 4David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 5Research Division and Precision Medicine Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 6Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 7Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany, 8Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Age-associated B cells (ABCs) are an emerging B cell subset that aberrantly expand in SLE. ABC generation and differentiation exhibit marked sexual dimorphism and…
  • Abstract Number: 1928 • ACR Convergence 2021

    In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence for DOCK8 as a Risk Allele for Cytokine Storm Syndrome, Including COVID-19 and MIS-C

    Randy Cron1, Mingce Zhang1, Niansheng Chu2, Devin Absher3, John Bridges1, Amanda Schnell1, Anshul Vagrecha4, Shannon Lozinsky4, Suchitra Acharya4, Carolyn Levy4, Winn Chatham1 and Edward Behrens2, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, 4Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY

    Background/Purpose: Cytokine storm syndromes (CSS) are frequently fatal complications of a variety of oncologic, rheumatic, and infectious diseases. Many patients with CSS possess heterozygous missense…
  • Abstract Number: 1927 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Heterogeneity of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Correlates to Disease Progression and Provides Compelling Diagnostic Data

    Megan Simonds1, Kathleen Sullivan2, Carlos Rose3 and AnneMarie Brescia4, 1Nemours, Wilmington, DE, 2The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3Thomas Jefferson University/duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, 4Nemours/A.I.duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) induces growth disturbances in affected joints. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a crucial role in JIA pathogenesis; however, the mechanisms by…
  • Abstract Number: 1930 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Single-Cell Genomics Reveals a Shared Monocyte Interferon Program in a Subset of Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Lung Disease

    Emely Verweyen1, Kairavee Thakkar2, Kashish Chetal2, Sanjeev Dhakal3, Alexei Grom2, Nathan Salomonis2 and Grant Schulert2, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 3Cincinnati Children hospital, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) is a clinically heterogenous disease and can be complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and lung disease (LD) thought…
  • Abstract Number: 1932 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Identifying Clusters of Longitudinal Autoantibody Profiles Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Outcomes

    May Choi1, Irene Chen2, Ann Clarke3, Marvin Fritzler3, Katherine Buhler3, Murray Urowitz4, John Hanly5, Caroline Gordon6, Yvan St.Pierre7, Sang-Cheol Bae8, Juanita Romero-Diaz9, Francisco Sanchez-Guerrero10, Sasha Bernatsky11, Daniel Wallace12, David Isenberg13, Anisur Rahman14, Joan Merrill15, Paul R Fortin16, Dafna Gladman17, Ian N. Bruce18, Michelle Petri19, Ellen Ginzler20, Mary Anne Dooley21, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman22, Susan Manzi23, Andreas Jnsen24, Graciela Alarcn25, Ronald van Vollenhoven26, Cynthia Aranow27, Meggan Mackay27, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza28, S Sam Lim29, Murat Inanc30, Kenneth Kalunian31, Sren Jacobsen32, Christine Peschken33, Diane Kamen34, Anca Askanase35, David Sontag2 and Karen Costenbader36, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 3University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 4Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 6Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 7Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, 8Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 9Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Federal District, Mexico, 10University Health Network/Sinai Health system, Toronto, ON, Canada, 11McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, 12Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, 13Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 14University College London, London, United Kingdom, 15Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 16CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, 17Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 18University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 19Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 20SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, 21Raleigh Neurology Associates, Chapel Hill, NC, 22Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 23Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, 24Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 25University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 26Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 28Hospital Universitario Cruces, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain, 29Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 31UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 32Copenhagen Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 33University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 34Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 35Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 36Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA

    Background/Purpose: Prior studies of SLE clusters based on autoantibodies have utilized cross-sectional data from single centers. We applied clustering techniques to longitudinal and comprehensive autoantibody…
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