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  • Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID-19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in United States Patients: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance

    Manuel Ugarte-Gil1, Graciela Alarcn2, Andrea Seet3, Zara Izadi3, Ali Duarte-Garcia4, Emily Gilbert5, Maria Valenzuela-Almada6, Leanna Wise7, Jeffrey Sparks8, Tiffany Hsu9, Kristin D'Silva10, Naomi Patel10, Emily Sirotich11, Jean Liew12, Jonathan Hausmann13, Paul Sufka14, Rebecca Grainger15, Suleman Bhana16, Wendy Costello17, Zachary Wallace18, Lindsay Jacobsohn19, Anja Strangfeld20, Elsa Frazão Mateus21, Kimme Hyrich22, Laure Gossec23, Loreto Carmona24, Saskia Lawson-Tovey22, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet25, Martin Schaefer26, Pedro Machado27, Philip Robinson28, Milena Gianfrancesco3 and Jinoos Yazdany3, 1Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 5Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 6Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 7LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, 8Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 9Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, 10Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 11McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 12Boston University, Boston, MA, 13Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, 14HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, 15University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, 16Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, 17Irish Children's Arthritis Network, Bansha, Ireland, 18Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, 19University of California San Francisco, Antioch, CA, 20Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 21Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal, 22University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 23Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, 24Instituto de Salud Musculoesqueltica (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, 25Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 26German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 27Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 28Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Hispanic and African American race/ethnicities have been associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in the general population and in rheumatic disease patients within the COVID-19…
  • Abstract Number: 1934 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Intra-Individual Change in Cognitive Function Among Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Markov Analysis over 7 Years

    Stefan Perera1, Richard Cook2, Ker-Ai Lee2, Patricia Katz3 and Zahi Touma4, 1Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment is a prevalent neuropsychiatric manifestation of SLE. Studies have primarily focused on the prevalence of cognitive impairment cross-sectionally; however, there remain gaps…
  • Abstract Number: 1935 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Skewed Escape from X-inactivation: Insights into the Female Bias of Sjögren’s Syndrome

    Teressa Shaw1, Wei Zhang2, Sara McCoy3, Xueer Qiu1, Adam Pagenkopf1, Robert Hal Scofield4, Jacques Galipeau3 and Yun Liang1, 1University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 2University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 3University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Many autoimmune diseases feature increased prevalence in females, with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) being the most female-predominant autoimmune disease with a female-to-male ratio of…
  • Abstract Number: 1936 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Neutrophil Degranulation Signature Identifies Proliferative Lupus Nephritis

    Andrea Fava1, Jessica Li1, Daniel Goldman2, Brendan Antiochos1, Jose Monroy-Trujillo1, Derek Fine1, Mohamed G. Atta1, Jill Buyon3, Joel Guthridge4, Judith James4, Michelle Petri2 and Accelerating Medicines Partership (AMP) RA/SLE Network5, 1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 4Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 5Brigham and Women's Hospital, Everett, MA

    Background/Purpose: The identification of intrarenal pathological processes is key to develop better diagnostic and treatment strategies in lupus nephritis (LN). But the direct comprehensive study…
  • Abstract Number: 1937 • ACR Convergence 2021

    IL-16 Is Linked to Lupus Nephritis Activity

    Andrea Fava1, Deepak Rao2, Chandra Mohan3, Ting Zhang3, Avi Rosenberg1, Paride Fenaroli4, H. Michael Belmont5, Peter Izmirly6, Robert Clancy7, Jose Monroy-Trujillo1, Derek Fine1, Arnon Arazi8, Celine Berthier9, Anne Davidson10, Judith James11, Betty Diamond12, Nir Hacohen13, David Wofsy14, Soumya Raychaudhuri2, Accelerating Medicines Partership (AMP) RA/SLE Network15, Jill Buyon5, Michelle Petri16 and The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE17, 1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3University of Houston, Houston, TX, 4Universita` degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy, 5NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 6New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 7NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 8Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Melrose, MA, 9University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 11Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 12Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 13Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 14University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 15Brigham and Women's Hospital, Everett, MA, 16Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 17Multiple Institutions, Multiple

    Background/Purpose: There is a pressing need to identify novel therapeutic targets in lupus nephritis. Multiomic approaches hold great potential for discovery. We integrated urine proteomics…
  • Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2021

    A Phenome-Wide Association Study of Genes Associated with COVID-19 Severity Reveals Shared Genetics with Rheumatic Conditions

    Anurag Verma1, Noah Tsao1, Lauren Thomann2, Yuk-Lam Ho2, Rotonya Carr1, Dana crawford3, Jimmy efird4, Jennifer Huffman2, Adriana Hung5, Kerry Ivey2, Sudha Iyengar3, Michael Levin6, Shiuh-Wen luoh7, Julie Lynch8, Pradeep Natarajan9, Saiju Pyarajan10, alexander Bick11, Lauren Costa2, Giulio Genovese12, Richard Hauger13, Ravi madduri14, Gita Pathak15, Renato polimanti15, Benjamin Voight1, Marijana Vujkovic1, Maryam Zekavat15, Hongyu Zhao15, Marylyn Ritchie1, Kyong-Mi Chang16, Kelly Cho2, Juan casas2, Phil Tsao17, J. Michael Gaziano2, Christopher ODonnell2, Scott Damrauer1 and Katherine Liao18, 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 3Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 4DVAHCS, Durham, 5Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 7Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, 8VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, 9Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 10Partners, Boston, 11Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 12Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 13University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 14Argon National Lab, Chicago, IL, 15Yale University, New Haven, CT, 16VA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 17VA Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, 18Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a broad range of clinical conditions. International efforts have led to the identification of risk alleles…
  • 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: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Malignancies in Patients Aged ≥ 50 Years with RA and ≥ 1 Additional Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Results from a Phase 3b/4 Randomized Safety Study of Tofacitinib vs TNF Inhibitors

    Jeffrey Curtis1, Kunihiro Yamaoka2, Yi-Hsing Chen3, Levent M Gunay4, Naonobu Sugiyama5, Carol A Connell6, Cunshan Wang6, Joseph Wu6, Sujatha Menon6, Ivana Vranic7 and Juan J Gomez-Reino8, 1Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2School of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan, 3Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), 4Pfizer Inc, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, 6Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, 7Pfizer Inc, Tadworth, Surrey, United Kingdom, 8Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Background/Purpose: ORAL Surveillance (NCT02092467) was a post-authorization safety study to assess the relative risk of tofacitinib vs TNF inhibitors (TNFi), based on observed increases in…
  • Abstract Number: 1941 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The Risk of Venous Thromboembolic Events in Patients with RA Aged ≥ 50 Years with ≥ 1 Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Results from a Phase 3b/4 Randomized Safety Study of Tofacitinib vs TNF Inhibitors

    Christina Charles-Schoeman1, Roy Fleischmann2, Eduardo Mysler3, Maria Greenwald4, Cunshan Wang5, All-shine Chen5, Carol A Connell5, John C Woolcott6, Sujatha Menon5, Yan Chen7, Kristen Lee7 and Zoltan Szekanecz8, 1Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 3Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, CA, 5Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, 6Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, 7Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, 8Division of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary

    Background/Purpose: ORAL Surveillance (NCT02092467) was a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority, Phase 3b/4 study that assessed the relative risk of major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events (MACE) and…
  • 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: 1943 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Post-inflammatory and Degenerative Changes in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Manifestations: Post-hoc Analysis from a Double-blind, Randomized, Phase 3b Trial

    Xenofon Baraliakos1, Effie Pournara2, Laura Coates3, Victoria Navarro-Compán4, Roisin White5, Barbara Schulz2 and Robert Landewé6, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 4Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, 5Novartis Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland, 6Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the only one of the PsA manifestations, still not clearly defined, with no currently available universally acceptable clinical and…
  • Abstract Number: 1944 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Sustained Remission/Low Disease Activity Is Feasible in the Long Term in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated with IL-23/12 Inhibition with Ustekinumab (STELARA®) and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in a Real-World, Multicenter Study

    Josef Smolen1, Paul Bergmans2, Kurt de Vlam3, Elisa Gremese4, Beatriz Joven-Ibáñez5, Tatiana Korotaeva6, Wim Noël7, Michael Nurmohamed8, Petros Sfikakis9, Stefan Siebert10, Elke Theander11 and Laure Gossec12, 1Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2Janssen-Cilag BV, Breda, Netherlands, 3University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 4Fondazione Policlinico A Gemelli-IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, 5University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 6VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, 7Janssen Pharmaceutica, HEMAR Department, Beerse, Belgium, 8Reade and Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, 10University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 11Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, 12Sorbonne Université and Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Among treatment options for PsA, IL-23/12 inhibition with ustekinumab (UST) was the first new biologic after TNF inhibitors (TNFi). Few data compare long-term effectiveness…
  • 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: 1946 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Compared to Standard Infliximab Therapy in Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Silje Watterdal Syversen1, Guro Goll1, Kristin Jørgensen2, Marthe Brun1, Øystein Sandanger3, Kristin Hammersbøen2, Joseph Sexton1, Inge Olsen3, Johanna Gehin4, David Warren3, Rolf Anton Klaasen3, Trude Bruun5, Maud Kristine Ljoså6, Anne Haugen7, Rune Njålla8, Brigitte Michelsen9, Camilla Zettel10, Yngvill Bragenes11, Svanaug Skorpe12, Eldri Strand13, Pawel Mielnik14, Cato Mørk15, Tore Kvien1, Jørgen Jahnsen2, Nils Bolstad16 and Espen Haavardsholm1, 1Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 2Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, 3Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4Oslo University Hospital, Lillehammer, Nepal, 5The University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, 6Dept. of Rheumatology, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway, 7Østfold Hospital Trust, Moss, Norway, 8Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodø, Bodø, Norway, 9Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, 10Betanien Hospital, Skien, Norway, 11Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway, 12Haugesund Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Norway, 13Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, 14Førde Hospital Trust, Førde, Norway, 15Akershus Dermatology Center, Lørenskog, Norway, 16Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), a treatment strategy based on scheduled assessments of serum drug levels, has been proposed to optimize efficacy and safety…
  • 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,…
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