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Abstract Number: PP01 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unicycling for a Cure: My UNIque Physical Activity Intervention for Rheumatoid Arthritis During the COVID19 Pandemic
Dana Guglielmo, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 17. In my 20s, I joined Racing For A Cure of the Arthritis National Research Foundation,…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Upadacitinib on Psoriatic Arthritis with Axial Involvement Defined by Investigator Assessment and PRO-Based Criteria: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Roberto Ranza², Andrew Ostor³, Francesco Ciccia⁴, Laura Coates⁵, Simona Rednic⁶, Jessica Walsh⁷, Tianming Gao⁸, Apinya Lertratanakul⁸, In-Ho Song⁸, Fabiana Ganz⁸, Kevin Douglas⁸ and Atul Deodhar⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Hospital de Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, ³Monash University, Cabrini Hospital, and Emertius Research, Malvern, Australia, ⁴University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Rheumatology and Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania, ⁷Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Patients with PsA and axial involvement have higher disease activity and greater reductions in quality of life;1 however, there are no accepted criteria for…
Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2021
Occurrence of Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin Under Different DMARD Therapies
Imke Redeker¹, Peter Herzer², Cornelia Kühne³, Ilka Schwarze⁴, Martin Schaefer⁵ and Anja Strangfeld⁶, ¹German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ²Scientific Advisory Board, Munich, Germany, ³Rheumatologist, Haldensleben, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist, Leipzig, Germany, ⁵German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Squamous and basal cell carcinomas are the most common malignancies of the skin; they are subsumed under non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). The risk of…
Abstract Number: 1939 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients Treated with Tofacitinib: First Results from the Safety of TofAcitinib in Routine Care Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (STAR-RA) Study
Farzin Khosrow-Khavar, Seoyoung Kim, Hemin Lee, Su Been Lee and Rishi Desai, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Recent reports from a post-marketing safety trial, “ORAL Surveillance”, indicated an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in RA patients treated with tofacitinib. Thus,…
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: 1900 • ACR Convergence 2021
Urate Lowering Therapy in the Treatment of Gout: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Comparison of Allopurinol and Febuxostat Using a Treat-to-Target Strategy
James O'Dell¹, Tuhina Neogi², Michael Pillinger³, Paul Palevsky⁴, Jeff Newcomb¹, Mary Brophy⁵, Hongsheng Wu⁵, Annie Davis-Karim⁶, Ryan Ferguson⁵, David Pittman⁶, Robert Terkeltaub⁷, Amy Cannella¹, Bryant England¹, Lindsay Helget¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Tomas Taylor⁸, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ⁴Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Boston VA, Boston, MA, ⁶Albuquerque VA, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷VA/UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁸White River Junction VA, White River Junction, VT
Background/Purpose: Urate lowering therapy (ULT) is a cornerstone treatment in the management of gout. A paucity of data exists about the relative efficacy and safety…
Abstract Number: PP05 • ACR Convergence 2021
Fighting Health-Related Misinformation Using Social Media / How Creating an Online Group for Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis — and Moderating It with Health Professionals — Helps Spread Reliable and Empowering Information
Michael Linn¹, Spenser Mestel² and Susie Ratledge³, ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY, ²New York, NY, ³Relapsing Polychondritis: Secular Science and Support group, Chattanooga, TN
Background/Purpose: Before I became ill in 2017, I was a registered nurse with a degree in health science who'd often educate patients about how they…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2021
Discovering ‘I’ Through Interaction with Support Group Members: A Place of Empathy That Transcends the Limitations of Words
Noriko Okochi¹, Eiji Oishi² and Mika Ishiguro¹, ¹Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatic Disease and Vasculitis Support Network Japan, Yamaguchi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Since 5-year-old, I have had unexplained symptoms. At the age of 13, my whole body became inflamed. The pain was so intense that I…
Abstract Number: PP13 • ACR Convergence 2021
CreakyKitchen: How the Online Cooking Show I Started is Building Community and Encouraging Better Food Choices for Me and Others Living with Rheumatic and Chronic Disease
Chantelle Marcial, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: At 19, I was mis-diagnosed with Lupus as it was a common condition in my family. My treatment at that time was mainly DMARDs,…
Abstract Number: PP12 • ACR Convergence 2021
Fighting for the Care We Deserve: My Experience as a Latina Patient-Researcher During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guadalupe Torres¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang³, ¹, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls, School of Social Work, St. Paul, MN, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, CreakyJoints, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: I am a 23-year-old first generation Latina with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Despite being disproportionately affected by rheumatic conditions, the perspectives of Latinx remain poorly…
Abstract Number: PP09 • ACR Convergence 2021
Family Planning while Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shannan O'Hara-Levi, Monroe, NY
Background/Purpose: Over the course of my 30+ years living with Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, I have never had long term success on any one biologic treatment,…
Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2021
Navigating Maintenance of a Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ida Hakkarinen, Greenbelt, MD
Background/Purpose: On March 13th, 2020, the President of the United States issued a proclamation declaring that the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a…
Abstract Number: PP06 • ACR Convergence 2021
Collaborative Advocacy Helps Me and Other Patients With Relapsing Polychondritis (“RP”’) / My life improved by helping the RP Foundation and Race for RP facilitate awareness, education, and research to improve the quality of life for patients with RP and advance a cure for this disease.
Michael Linn¹ and Dan Smith², ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY, ²Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Canton, MI
Background/Purpose: In March 2020, I was diagnosed as having relapsing polychondritis ("RP"), an understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated debilitating autoimmune disease that can be fatal if…
Abstract Number: PP02 • ACR Convergence 2021
Leveraging Digital Health Tracking to Improve Arthritis Management
Katie Roberts, Annapolis, MD
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was age 10 in 1986. At that time, my treatment plan consisted of regular application of Eucerin…
Abstract Number: 1907 • ACR Convergence 2021
Increased Otoferlin Expression in B Cells Is Associated with Muscle Weakness in Untreated Juvenile Dermatomyositis: A Pilot Study
Ameera Bukhari¹, Amer Khojah², Wilfredo Marin³, Gabrielle Morgan⁴ and Lauren Pachman⁵, ¹Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare pediatric inflammatory myopathy with a complex pathophysiology. Previously our group showed a significant increase in Otoferlin mRNA expression…

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