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Abstract Number: 0639 • ACR Convergence 2020
Immunological Abnormalities in a SARS-CoV-2-Cytokine Release Syndrome Rheumatology Cohort
Patil Injean¹, Sandy Lee¹, Neha Chiruvolu², Muntarin Karim³, Loomee Doo⁴, Deepa Ragesh Panikkath⁵, Donna Jose⁴, Micah Yu⁴, Anna Lafian⁴, Vaneet Sandhu⁶, Karina Torralba⁷, Christina Downey¹, Marven Cabling⁸ and Mehrnaz Hojjati⁹, ¹Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA, ²UC Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, ³Loma Linda University Health System, Loma Linda, CA, ⁴Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, ⁵Loma Linda University Health, Department of Rheumatology, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁷Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Redlands, CA, ⁸Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, ⁹Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Background/Purpose: Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a condition characterized by a sepsis-like condition and laboratory abnormalities such as high ferritin, low ESR, and low fibrinogen…
Abstract Number: 0640 • ACR Convergence 2020
Covid-19 and Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease Patients: Infection Rates, Attitudes and Medication Adherence
Kieran Murray¹, Sean Quinn², Matthew Turk², Anna O'Rourke³, Eamonn Molloy¹, Lorraine O'Neill⁴, Anne Mongey⁵, Ursula Fearon⁶ and Douglas Veale⁷, ¹Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland, ²Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ³Saint James' University Hospital, Dublin 6, Ireland, ⁴Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Co Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Covid-19 has caused >400,000 deaths. The relationship between RMDs, immunosuppressive medications and Covid-19 is unclear. This study explores Covid-19 prevalence, DMARD adherence, information sources…
Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cohort of Rheumatic Patients Treated with Rituximab and COVID-19: Does Rituximab Treatment Increases the Severity of SARS-COV2 Infection?
Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando López-Gutiérrez¹, Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: There are very few studies reporting COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases, without clear evidence supporting more frequent or severe disease in these patients.…
Abstract Number: 0642 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Infection in Rheumatologic Patients on Treatment with Targeted Therapies
Marta González Fernández¹, Orlando Pompei fernández², Joaquín María Belzunegui Otano³, Paula García Escudero¹, Claudia Stoye², Juan Ramón De Dios², Belén Álvarez Rodríguez², Elena Garmendia Sánchez¹, Susana Gil², Ana Ruibal-Escribano⁴, Margarida Vasques Rocha², Francisco García Llorente⁵, César Antonio Egües⁶, Edurne Guerrero⁷ and Jaime Calvo-Alén², ¹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Hospital Alfredo Espinosa, Urduliz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Galdakao, Galdakao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁷Hospital Alto Deba, Arrasate, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS COV 2 pandemic has been an issue which has challenged the health care systems around the world. Rheumatology has been involved in two…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of Biologic Treatment and Risk to Be Admitted for COVID-19 Infection
Carlos González¹, Luis Menchén¹, Indalecio Monteagudo¹, Ofelia Baniandrés², Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzalez¹, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez¹, Ana Herranz-Alonso¹, Carmen Lobo-Rodríguez¹, Amparo López-Esteban¹, Ana López¹, Arantza Ais-Larisgoitia¹, Esther Chamorro de Vega¹, Paloma Morales de los Ríos¹, Maria Jesús Lizcano¹, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia¹ and Sonia García de San-José¹, ¹CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To analyze the risk of admission for COVID19 infection and outcome of patients treated with b/tsDMARD from our center, to compare with all patients…
Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterizations of Cytokine Storm Associated with COVID19
Ofer Perzon¹, Avi Abutbul¹, Sigal Sviri¹ and Dror Mevorach¹, ¹Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
Background/Purpose: COVID-19, the name given to the clinical syndrome associated with the newly recognized virus SARS-CoV-2 has become pandemic with mortality estimated based on reports…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Clinical Features of COVID-19 in a Large Cohort of 199 Patients with Sarcoidosis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Cindy Marques¹, Leila Lefèvre¹, Serge Barmo¹, Camille Lorenzo¹, Mathilde Leclercq¹, Gaëlle Leroux¹, Chloé Comarmond¹, Catherine Chapelon-Abric¹, Fanny Domont¹, David Saadoun¹ and Patrice Cacoub¹, ¹AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013, Paris, France, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares et Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prevalence, clinical features and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among sarcoidosis patients.Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical features, treatments and outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0646 • ACR Convergence 2020
“An Apple Pie a Day Does Not Keep the Doctor Away”. Fictional Depictions of Gout in Contemporary Film and Television
Rachel Murdoch¹, Christina Derksen², Keith Petrie¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Views about gout as a self-inflicted condition of dietary excess can contribute to stigma and lead to ineffective management strategies. Fictional portrayals of illness…
Abstract Number: 0647 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual-energy CT versus Ultrasound, Alone or in Combination, for the Diagnosis of Gout: A Diagnostic Performance Study
Jasvinder Singh¹, Fabio Becce², Jean--Francois Budzik³ and Tristan Pascart⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³University of Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Ghicl, Hôpital Saint-Philibert, department of rheumatology, Lomme, France
Background/Purpose: To examine the diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) vs. ultrasound or their combination for the diagnosis of gout.Methods: Using data from an…
Abstract Number: 0648 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual Energy CT Has Additional Prognostic Value over Clinical Measures in Gout Including Tophi: Best Evidence Synthesis
Sally Stauder¹ and Paul Peloso², ¹Tulane University, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²Horizon Therapeutics plc, Gurnee, IL
Background/Purpose: Dual Energy CT Scan (DECT) can detect monosodium urate crystals in joints and periarticular tissues. EULAR gout guidelines (Richette, 2020) recognized DECT's value in…
Abstract Number: 0649 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Multicenter, Open-Label, Efficacy and Safety Study of Pegloticase in Patients with Uncontrolled Gout Who Have Undergone Kidney Transplantation: Early Data Report
Abdul Abdellatif¹, Lin Zhao², Paul Peloso³, Katya Cherny², Brad Marder², John Scandling⁴ and Kenneth Saag⁵, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Houston, TX, ²Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ³Horizon Therapeutics plc, Gurnee, IL, ⁴Stanford Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Stanford, CA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Gout’s high prevalence in kidney transplant (KT) recipients has been associated with heavy residual urate burden, decreased urate excretion related to reduced renal function,…
Abstract Number: 0650 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Vertebral Fractures at Lateral Chest Radiographies in Patients with Gout
Marco Ferrández-Jiménez¹, Irene Calabuig², Maria Luisa Peral², Miguel Gómez-Garberí¹ and Mariano Andrés², ¹Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario de Alicante-ISABIAL and Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis causes significant morbidity and mortality through the development of fragility fractures, including vertebral fractures (VF). Patients with gout may show an increased risk…
Abstract Number: 0651 • ACR Convergence 2020
Readmission Risk and Quality of Care in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Gout Flares
Luigi Brunetti¹, Janaki Vekaria¹, Peter Lipsky² and Naomi Schlesinger³, ¹Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, piscataway, NJ, ²AMPEL BioSolutions LLC., Charlottesville, VA, ³Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and its economic burden is substantial, with estimates for the overall cost exceeding $20 billion (US) annually.…
Abstract Number: 0652 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changes in Serum Urate, in the First 6-months of Initiation or Change of Urate-Lowering Therapy, Associate with Immediate Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in People with Gout
Ruth Topless¹, Tony Merriman¹, Siamak Noorbaloochi² and Jasvinder Singh³, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Few studies, if any, have found association of the biochemical cause of gout (high serum urate) with functional limitation and health-related quality of life…
Abstract Number: 0653 • ACR Convergence 2020
Nutrient Content of Gout Flare Trigger Foods
Tanya Major¹, Ruth Topless¹, Elsa Sanchez-Lopez², Jennie Harré Hindmarsh³, Lisa Stamp⁴, Nicola Dalbeth⁵, Monica Guma⁶, Robert Terkeltaub⁷ and Tony Merriman¹, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Ngāti Porou Hauora, Te Puia Springs, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷VA/UCSD, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: A wide variety of foods are reported by patients to be triggers of gout flares. Some of these foods have been associated with serum…

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