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Abstract Number: 0236 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety and Efficacy of T Cell Engager Therapy in patients with refractory Autoimmune Disease
Laura Bucci¹, Sebastian Böltz¹, Melanie Hagen¹, Danae-Mona Nöthling¹, Tobias Rothe², Carlo Tur¹, Andreas Wirsching¹, Janina Auth³, jochen wacker¹, Markus Eckstein⁴, Stefano Alivernini⁵, Aline Bozec¹, Christina Bergmann¹, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁶, Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Georg Schett⁷ and Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer⁸, ¹Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlagen, Germany, ³Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁴Institute of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center EMN, Friedrich-Alexander- Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁷Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: T cell engagers (TCEs) are a promising therapeutic strategy to treat autoimmune diseases (AID). However, long-term data remain limited.Methods: Patients with treatment-refractory AID were…
Abstract Number: 0291 • ACR Convergence 2025
Acute onset inflammatory myositis: Clinical features and survival.
Gollakota Nandita¹, Madhuri Challa², Phani Kumar D³, Meghna Gavali⁴ and Liza rajasekhar⁵, ¹NIMS, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ²Nizams institute of medical sciences, hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, ³NIMS, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ⁴nizam's institute of medical sciences ,Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ⁵Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are characterized by subacute onset symmetric proximal muscle weakness, with occasional extra-muscular involvement, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Acute…
Abstract Number: 0081 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trans-endothelial Trafficking of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes Amplifies Synovial Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jaeyeon Kim¹, Sanaz Panahandeh², Hieu Nguyen³, Kainat Mian⁴, Hadijat Makinde⁴, Kyoung Jae Won⁵, Arminja Kettenbach³, Harris R Perlman⁴, Costantino Pitzalis⁶ and Nunzio Bottini⁷, ¹Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶QMUL, Bromley Kent, United Kingdom, ⁷Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA
Background/Purpose: The discovery of circulating fibroblast-like synoviocyte (FLS), known as PRIME cells, in RA patients suggests that synovial FLS may enter the circulation through blood…
Abstract Number: 0317 • ACR Convergence 2025
“No matter how great my doctor is, he hasn’t had a knee replacement, he doesn’t understand all that pain” Program Evaluation of the Moving Well Peer Coach Intervention for Total Knee Replacement
Cara Murphy¹, Sarah Young², Vanessa Madrigal³, Noelia Hernandez⁴, Daniel Garcia⁵, Yuliana Dominguez Paez⁶, Monika Safford³, Iris Navarro-Millan⁷ and Mackenzie Brown⁸, ¹HSS, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, Johnson City, NY, ³Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Weill Cornell, Brooklyn, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY, ⁷Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁸Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: Moving Well was a pre-habilitation peer coach intervention aimed at reducing levels of anxiety, depression, and pain among individuals undergoing total knee replacement (TKR)1.…
Abstract Number: 0290 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison of Organ Damage and Survival in Anti-synthetase Syndrome and Other Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: An Analysis of Patients from Turkey
Ezgi Sahin¹, Omer Uludag², yasemin yalcinkaya³, Bahar Artim Esen⁴, Ahmet Gul³ and Murat Inanc³, ¹Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are rare autoimmune diseases characterized by muscle weakness, often involving other organs such as the skin, lungs, and heart. Defined…
Abstract Number: 0212 • ACR Convergence 2025
Biomarker-Guided Therapeutic Calculator for Personalized Management in Pregnant Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Noe Macias-Segura¹, Rodolfo Martinez-Canales¹, Andres M. Ortiz-Rios², Braulio R. Avalos-Garcia², Eva Abigaid Galindo-Calvillo², Mario Cesar Salinas-Carmona¹, Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado³ and Cassandra Michele Skinner-Taylor², ¹Immunology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic decisions during pregnancy in women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) such as SLE, APS, RA, and Sjögren’s syndrome require a personalized approach due…
Abstract Number: 0191 • ACR Convergence 2025
Advanced therapy use in RA patients with moderate disease activity in a large NHS Foundation Trust in South London, UK
Aoibhinn Kelly¹, Maddalena Rupnik², Nasra Ahmed¹, Mrinalini Dey³ and Elena Nikiphorou⁴, ¹King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Moderate disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is defined as a 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28) of 3.2-5.1(MDAS). As per the National Institute for Health…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2025
Initial Results From a Single-Center Quality Improvement Initiative Using the Shingrix Rheumatology Immunization Dashboard Within the Veterans Health Administration
Alexandra Do¹, Lisa Matsumoto¹, Cherish Wilson², Gary Tarasovsky³, gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jennifer Barton⁵, ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are used to treat many rheumatologic diseases by modulating the patient’s immune system. However, patients on DMARDs are more susceptible…
Abstract Number: 0097 • ACR Convergence 2025
Aberrant histone marks increase the inflammatory phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA FLS) by suppressing NUB1 induction
Yosuke Ono¹, Camilla R.L. Machado², Eunice Choi¹, Wei Wang¹, David Boyle¹ and Gary Firestein², ¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a central role in cartilage destruction and cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Neddylation, a post-translational modification involving NEDD8 conjugation,…
Abstract Number: 0323 • ACR Convergence 2025
Automated Effusion-Synovitis Volume is Prognostic and Responsive to Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Jeffrey Driban¹, Kate Lapane², Shao-Hsien Liu², Jonggyu Baek², Grace Lo³, Matthew Harkey⁴, Charles Eaton⁵, James Mackay⁶, Timothy McAlington⁷, Mohammad Chowdhury⁸, Zhen Cao⁹, Juan Shan¹⁰ and Ming Zhang¹¹, ¹University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Marlborough, NH, ²UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Baylor College of Medicine / MEDVAMC, Houston, TX, ⁴Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁵Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁶University of Cambridge; Norwich Medical School, San Diego, CA, ⁷UMass Chan School of Medicine, Arlington, MA, ⁸Pace University, New York City, NY, ⁹Boston University, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Pace University, New York, NY, ¹¹Boston University, Westford, MA
Background/Purpose: Semi-quantitative and semi-automated quantitative measurements of effusion-synovitis (ES) are prognostic for knee OA progression. Changes in these metrics relate to changes in knee pain.…
Abstract Number: 0282 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Meaningfulness and Improvement Thresholds of Myositis Core Set Measures: Association with Patient-Reported Outcomes
Shiri Keret¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Irada Choudhuri³, Eugenia Gkiaouraki³, Tanya Chandra³, Nantakarn Pongtarakulpanit³, Shreya Sriram³, Niladri Bhowmick³, Vaidehi Kothari³, Kaushik Sreerama Reddy³, Eaman Alhassan⁴, Anushka Aggarwal⁵, Maha Almackenzie⁶, Siamak Moghadam-Kia⁴, Dana Ascherman⁷, Chester V. Oddis⁷ and Rohit Aggarwal⁸, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Atlit, Israel, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁶Medical Cities of the Ministry of the Interior, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁷University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The six myositis core set measures (CSMs) are widely utilized to assess disease activity in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). However, their association with how…
Abstract Number: 0281 • ACR Convergence 2025
Anti-IL-6 Autoantibodies and IL-6 Signalling in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Anja Srpcic¹, Manca Ogric¹, Sasa Cucnik¹, Sergej Pirkmajer², Katja Lakota¹ and Katja Perdan Pirkmajer¹, ¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of systemic autoinflammatory diseases that affect muscle tissue, often leading to muscle atrophy, weakness and myalgia.…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety, Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Methotrexate in Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Mohamed Abdelsalam¹, Maryam Lasheen², Hadeer Hafez³, Bassant Elaraby Elsayed Badwy⁴, Omar Sameh Nabil El Sedafy¹ and Mohamed Reda Awad⁵, ¹Misr University For Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ²Misr University For Science and Technology, Helwan, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ³⁶th October University, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁴Misr University For Science and Technology, Nasr City, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁵Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX), traditionally used for inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, has well-established anti-inflammatory properties, recently gained interest as a potential therapeutic option for osteoarthritis…
Abstract Number: 0254 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Outcomes in MAGIC Syndrome versus Relapsing Polychondritis Alone: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
Justin Riley Lam¹, Emmanuel Otabor², Laith Alomari², Michael Hamilton², Maxim Barnett², Shahrzad Abdollahi³ and Irene Tan⁴, ¹Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: MAGIC syndrome, a rare overlap of relapsing polychondritis (RP) and Behçet’s disease manifestations, remains poorly characterized compared to isolated RP. Behçet’s-associated features such as…
Abstract Number: 0309 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Composite Cumulative Cartilage Damage Metric Predicts Incident Symptomatic Knee OA: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Julieann Patarini¹, Timothy McAlington², Jonggyu Baek¹, Emily Kirillov³, Nhung Vo³, Michael Richard³, Ming Zhang⁴, Matthew Harkey⁵, Grace Lo⁶, Shao-Hsien Liu¹, Kate Lapane¹, Charles Eaton⁷, James Mackay⁸ and Jeffrey Driban⁹, ¹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²UMass Chan School of Medicine, Arlington, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Westford, MA, ⁵Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, ⁶Baylor College of Medicine / MEDVAMC, Houston, TX, ⁷Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁸University of Cambridge; Norwich Medical School, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Marlborough, NH
Background/Purpose: Cartilage defects are a hallmark of OA progression. We previously developed a composite MRI-based metric that combines cartilage damage from 6 anatomical regions throughout…

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