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Abstract Number: 0299 • ACR Convergence 2025
Interpreting Myositis Autoantibody Line-Blot Immunoassays in Real-World Settings: Implications for Diagnostic Accuracy for Inflammatory Myopathies
pei-Hsinq lai¹, TING-YUAN LAN², Chiao-Feng Cheng³, Tai-Ju Lee⁴, Ting-Wei Chang⁵, Jui-Hung Kao⁶, Kuan-Yen Lin⁷, Cheng-Hsun Lu⁸, Chiehyu Shen⁹, Ko-Jen Li⁸ and Song-Chou Hsieh¹⁰, ¹Taipei City Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ²National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ³National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁴National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁵National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁶Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁷National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁸National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁹National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan, ¹⁰National Taiwan Unuversity Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) present with diverse clinical features and disease courses. The myositis autoantibody line blot immunoassay (LIA) has advanced IIM diagnostics and…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Baseline Characteristics associated with Difficult-to-Manage Axial Spondyloarthritis in the DESIR Cohort
Olivier Fakih¹, Anna Molto², Frank Verhoeven¹, Clément Prati¹ and WENDLING Daniel¹, ¹CHU de Besançon, Besançon, Franche-Comte, France, ²Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Despite a choice of multiple targeted DMARDs, with different modes of action (MoA), a number of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have failed several…
Abstract Number: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is Methotrexate Tapering Possible In Stable RA? Clinical Observations of Methotrexate Tapering At Two Tertiary Care Centers
Sama Hajizadeh¹, Tarun Sharma¹, Peri Newman², Julio Hernandez², Rayford June³, Erik Lehman², Nicole Wilson¹, Nancy Olsen⁴ and Sharon Banks⁵, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Penn State Health/ Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ³Penn State College of Medicine/Lebanon VA Medical Center, Hummelstown, PA, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁵Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: In our previous Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication TAPering (RheumTAP) cohort study of patients with stable RA in remission on biologics +/- methotrexate at Allegheny Health…
Abstract Number: 0506 • ACR Convergence 2025
Discovery-based Identification of Non-canonical Autoantibody Specificities in Ro Seronegative Sjögren’s Disease Using High-content Human Proteome Arrays
Songyuan Yao¹, Christina Lawrence¹, Hope Christakos², Charmaine Lopez-Davis¹, Bhuwan Khatri¹, Tommi C. Taylor¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Kiely Grundahl², R Hal Scofield¹, Blake M. Warner³, Judith James¹, Joel Guthridge¹, Christopher J. Lessard¹ and A. Darise Farris¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Clinical tests for Sjögren’s disease (SjD) often overlook Ro-seronegative (RoNeg) cases, leading to delayed or missed diagnoses. Identifying additional serum autoantibodies could improve diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 0725 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sinonasal Symptom Profiles Associated with Disease Activity in an International Cohort of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Rennie Rhee¹, Christine Yeung², Darrin White³, Mary Gibson³, Jessica Nguyen⁴, Cristina Burroughs⁵, Jennifer Gordon⁶, Noam A. Cohen⁴, Jeffrey Morris⁴ and Peter Merkel¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network, Philadelphia, PA, ³². Patient Research Partner, Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁵University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁶Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Sinus and nasal symptoms are common and associated with a higher risk of relapse in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Previously, our group found…
Abstract Number: 0543 • ACR Convergence 2025
Unveiling Sacroiliac Joint Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis: MRI, Radiographic, and Clinical Insights from 581 European Routine Care Patients
Nora Vladimirova¹, Anna EF Hadsbjerg², Simon Krabbe³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Kristýna Bubová⁵, Monika Gregova⁵, Michael Nissen⁶, Burkhard Moeller⁷, Raphael Micheroli⁴, Susanne Pedersen⁸, Jakub Zavada⁵, Ziga Snoj⁹, Karlo Pintaric⁹, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁰, Ziga Rotar¹¹, iris Eshed¹², Iwona Iwona Sudol-Szopinska¹³, Kasper Gosvig¹⁴, Torsten Diekhoff¹⁵, Robert G. W. Lambert¹⁶, Manouk de Hooge¹⁷, Maurice Donzallaz¹⁸, Alexander Bernatschek¹⁸, Merete Hetland¹⁹, Lykke Ørnbjerg²⁰ and Mikkel Ostergaard²¹, ¹Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern,, Bern, Swaziland, ⁸Rigshospitalet, København �, Denmark, ⁹Institute of Radiology, UMC Ljubljana,, Ljubliana, Slovenia, ¹⁰Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ziri, Slovenia, ¹²Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer affiliated with School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹³Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁴Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte,, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁵Charite Universitetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁶University of Alberta, Department of Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich,, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²⁰Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²¹Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) is associated with more severe disease and greater pain compared to PsA with only peripheral disease. However, a…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Treatment with Upadacitinib on Biomarkers Identified by Proteomics in Giant Cell Arteritis
Lisa Christ¹, Shalina Taylor², Yilin Xu², Rhiya Sharma², Thierry Sornasse², Yingtao Bi², Heath Guay², Arathi Setty³, Ana Romero⁴, Peter Merkel⁵, Eugenio de Miguel⁶, Christian Dejaco⁷ and Cornelia Weyand⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland., Bern, Switzerland, ²AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, ³AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ⁴AbbVie, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Medical University of Graz, Department of Rheumatology, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interferon-gamma (IFNγ) have been identified as key drivers in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), that promote disease progression. The…
Abstract Number: 0753 • ACR Convergence 2025
Incidence of Ischemic Vision Loss Among Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Mary Peng¹, Kylie Carlson², Sebastian E Sattui³ and Michael Putman⁴, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Ischemic vision loss affects up to one quarter of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The incidence of ischemic vision loss among patients with…
Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2025
Intravenous versus subcutaneous administration of Tocilizumab in aortitis associated with giant cell arteritis: multicenter open-label study of 196 patients
Carmen Secada-Gómez¹, Javier Loricera², Adrian Martin-Gutierrez³, Santos Castañeda⁴ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis associated to Giant cell arteritis (GCA) (GCA-aortitis) is one of the most severe manifestation of GCA. Tocilizumab (TCZ) has demonstrated efficacy in large-vessel…
Abstract Number: 0515 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inverse Correlation Between Type I Interferon Pathway Activation And Unstimulated Whole Salivary Flow In Sicca Patients
Nikolaos Marketos¹, Charalampos Skarlis¹, Sylvia Raftopoulou¹, Ada Gjyrezi², Paul Zumbo³, Doron Betel³, Ioanna E. Stergiou⁴, Michael Voulgarelis⁴, Paraskevi Giannakakou⁵ and Clio Mavragani⁶, ¹Molecular Physiology and Clinical Applications Unit, Department of Physiology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, and Department of Physiology , National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, New York, ³Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Applied Bioinformatics Core, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, ⁴Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁵Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, and Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, ⁶National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Oral and ocular dryness are hallmarks in patients with Sjögren’s disease (SjD). Given that activation of interferon (IFN) pathways has been shown to be…
Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Efficacy of Leflunomide in the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Linda Zhu¹, Arielle Mendel², Carolyn Ross³ and Jean-Paul Makhzoum¹, ¹Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Montreal, Longueuil, Canada
Background/Purpose: The objective of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness of leflunomide in the treatment of new-onset, refractory or relapsing giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 0524 • ACR Convergence 2025
Radiographic progression in sacroiliac joints in five years follow up in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis patients and the predictive factors
Esra Erpek¹, Hasan Kocaayan², Elif Ediboğlu³, Ayberk Sinci⁴, Özgür Tosun⁴, Dilek Solmaz³ and Servet Akar⁵, ¹İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Romatoloji Bilim Dalı, İzmir, Izmir, Turkey, ²Izmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, İzmir, Turkey, ³Izmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, İzmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Radyoloji Bilim Dalı, İzmir, Izmir, Turkey, ⁵Department of Medicine, Izmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to assess the rate of progression in sacroiliac joints in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and to identify the predictive factors for…
Abstract Number: 0738 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real World Steroid Burden, Treatment Patterns, and Rheumatologists’ Perceptions on Advanced Therapy in Giant Cell Arteritis
Anisha Dua¹, Aditi Kadakia², Patrick Zueger³, Simran Marwaha⁴, Nathaniel Zerad³, Arathi Setty³, William Jones⁴ and Valerie Devauchelle⁵, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie Inc, Woburn, MA, ³AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL, ⁴Adelphi Real World, Bollington, United Kingdom, ⁵UBO, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in patients 50 years and older. Glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay of treatment for GCA…
Abstract Number: 0746 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Frailty on Mortality in GCA and PMR: A Retrospective Cohort
Fatima Hassan¹, Michael Putman² and Sebastian E Sattui³, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Menomonee Falls, WI, ²The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Frailty, a syndrome associated with decreased physiologic reserve, is associated with adverse outcomes. The prevalence and impact of baseline frailty on the risk of…
Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Real-World Study from the Greater Paris Clinical Data Warehouse
Aïcha Kante¹, Olivier Hassanaly², Geoffroy Peyrac³, David Saadoun⁴, Cacoub Patrice⁴, Alexis REGENT⁵, Benjamin Terrier⁶, Luc Mouthon⁷, Arsène Mekinian⁸, Karim Sacré⁹, Jean-François Alexandra¹⁰, Sébastien Abad¹¹, Robin Dhote¹¹, Cécile goujard¹², Damien Sène¹³, Stéphane Mouly¹⁴, Baptiste Hervier¹⁵, Olivier Bory¹⁶, Elisabeth Aslangul¹⁶, Isabelle Mahé¹⁶, Anne Couvelard¹⁷, Yann Nguyen¹⁸, Agnès Lefort¹⁸, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁹, Olivier Steichen¹⁹, Viet-Thi Tran²⁰ and Cloé Comarmond¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM U⁹⁴², Paris, France, ²Unité de recherche clinique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Louis, F⁷⁵⁰¹⁰, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Sorbonne Universités, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares, Centre national de références Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares et Amylose inflammatoire (CEREMAIA), INSERM, UMR S⁹⁵⁹, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (I³), Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁶Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP); Université Paris ¹³, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, Bobigny, France, ¹²Université Paris Saclay, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, UMR¹¹⁸⁴ Inserm, CEA, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁵Internal Medicine Department, Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France., Paris, France, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Louis-Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France, Colombes, France, ¹⁷Pathology Department, Bichat and Beaujon Hospitals, AP-HP, FHU MOSAIC, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP Nord, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, Clichy, France, ¹⁹Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ²⁰Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAe, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Paris; and Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) relapses are frequent and often require therapeutic intensification in the form of glucocorticoids (GC) increase. GCA management has significantly evolved…

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