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Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Assessment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Skin Toxicity in Individuals with Rheumatic Diseases
Tania Chiha¹, Jiaqi Wang², Isha Jha³, Grace McMahon³, John Stone⁴ and Naomi Patel³, ¹Mount Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, BOston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA

Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are used to treat various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, though despite widespread use, real-world data on skin-specific GC toxicity are limited. To…
Abstract Number: 0807 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Synovitis in Systemic Sclerosis
Celina Geiss¹, Miranda Houtman¹, Camino Calvo Cebrian¹, Raphael Micheroli², Melpomeni Toitou¹, Yannis Djeffal³, Alexandra Khmelevskaya¹, Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj¹, Sam Edalat¹, Thomas Rauer⁴, Kristina Bürki⁵, Chantal Pauli⁶, Michael Bonelli⁷, Thomas Karonitsch⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Caroline Ospelt¹ and Muriel Elhai¹⁰, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³INSERM, IMRB, Université Paris Est Créteil, Paris, France, ⁴³Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁸Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Synovitis is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), driving disability and predicting disease progression and mortality. Current immunosuppressive strategies, largely extrapolated from rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0505 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of Upadacitinib in Real-World Clinical Practice: Patient Characteristics and Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effect
Virginia Ruiz-Esquide¹, Lourdes Mateo², Carolina Pérez García³, Hye Sang-Park⁴, Susana Holgado⁵, María Aparicio⁶, Beatriz Frade⁷, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁸, Annika Nack⁹, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia¹⁰, José Gomez-Puerta¹¹ and Raimon Sanmartí¹, ¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²Hospital Trías i Pujol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Germans Trías i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Hospotal Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: While clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of upadacitinib (UPA), real-world data are essential to understand patient characteristics and assess its effectiveness in routine…
Abstract Number: 0764 • ACR Convergence 2025
Frequency of large vessel vasculitis in giant cell arteritis with and without adventiitis of temporal artery – Is the presence of temporal arteritis sufficient to diagnose giant cell arteritis?-
Yoichiro Akiyama, Jun Nakamura, Ayako Kokuzawa, Hiroi Kusaka, Sho Tani, Fuminori Taniguchi, Kohei Morikawa, Haruka Kondo, Shotaro Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Kamata and Kojiro Sato, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) belong to the large vessel vasculitis group. Differences between the two diseases have been reported based…
Abstract Number: 0774 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal peripheral blood multi-omic profiling in at-risk individuals uncovers immune signatures and predictive models for future rheumatoid arthritis conversion
Jun Inamo¹, Aleksandra Bylinska², Miles Smith², Lauren Vanderlinden³, Christian Wright⁴, Tayte Stephens⁵, Marie Feser⁶, Christopher Striebich⁷, James O'Dell⁸, Jeffrey Sparks⁹, John Davis¹⁰, Jonathan Graf¹¹, Maureen McMahon¹², Elizabeth Solow¹³, Lindsy Forbess¹⁴, Athan Tiliakos¹⁵, David Fox¹⁶, Maria I. Danila¹⁷, Diane Lewis. Horowitz¹⁸, Jonathan Kay¹⁹, Judith James², V. Michael Holers²⁰, Kevin Deane²¹, Joel Guthridge² and Fan Zhang²², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Monument, CO, ⁴University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁷University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁸University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Emory University, Roswell, GA, ¹⁶University of Michigan, Dexter, MI, ¹⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ¹⁸Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, ¹⁹UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²⁰University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, ²¹University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²²The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

Background/Purpose: Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has an at-risk stage identifiable by elevations of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP). Identifying the immunologic factors that distinguish…
Abstract Number: 0498 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pharmacokinetic Similarity of DRL_AB, a Proposed Biosimilar Abatacept (Orencia®): Results from a Randomized, Single Dose, Double-Blind, Parallel Arm, Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Subjects by the Intravenous Route.
Naveen Reddy¹, Narendra Maharaj¹, Pramod Kumar Reddy¹, Mansi Dhananjaya Jakhade¹, Maria Velinova² and Vendel Kemény³, ¹Biologics, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India, ²ICON – Early Development Services Van Swietenlaan ⁶ ⁹⁷²⁸ NZ, Groningen, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands, ³ICON Magyarország Kft. Fázis I-es Klinikai Farmakológiai Vizsgálóhely Rottenbiller utca ¹³ ¹⁰⁷⁷, Budapest, Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Background/Purpose: Dr. Reddy’s-abatacept (DRL_AB) is being developed as a biosimilar to the reference product (RP) (RP-US licensed Orencia®) and the reference medicinal product (RMP) (RMP-EU…
Abstract Number: 0816 • ACR Convergence 2025
Persistent Pain Despite Inflammatory Control in RA: A Pooled Analysis of 7 RCTs
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Marlene Steiner², William H. Robinson³, Josef Smolen⁴ and Daniel Aletaha⁵, ¹Stanford University / Medical University of Vienna, Stanford, CA, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Wien, Austria, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Joint swelling and tenderness are clinical hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and central to disease assessment. Regardless of treatment type, stringent remission based on…
Abstract Number: 0754 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is There a Seasonal Pattern in Giant Cell Arteritis? Revisiting the Evidence in a Large Monocentric Cohort of 1203 patients
Milena Bond¹, Philipp Bosch², Aaron Juche³, Hans Bastian³ and Wolfgang Schmidt⁴, ¹South Tyrol Health Trust and Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ²Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ³Rheumaklinik Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Whether the disease onset in giant cell arteritis (GCA) exhibits a seasonal pattern remains unclear. Previous studies have yielded conflicting evidence: some report no…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Significance of Anti-MDA5 Epitope Antibodies as Prognostic Indicators for Interstitial Lung Disease With or Without Dermatomyositis
Tsuneo Sasai¹, Ran Nakashima², Motohiro Nonaka³, Norimichi Nomura⁴, Atsubumi Ogawa¹, Yasuhiro Nohda¹, Mirei Shirakashi², Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Hideaki Tsuji¹, Hajime Yoshifuji², Shogo Matsuda⁵, Masao Katsushima⁶, Michinori Ishitoku⁷, Yusuke Yoshida⁷, Yasuyuki Todoroki⁸, Satoshi Kubo⁹, Tomohiro Handa¹⁰, Hiromi Tomioka¹¹, Ryo Tachikawa¹², Keisuke Tomii¹², Kiminobu Tanizawa¹³, Toru Arai¹⁴, Takuya Kotani¹⁵, Motomu Hashimoto¹⁶, Shintaro Hirata⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁷, Tsuneyo Mimori¹⁸ and Akio Morinobu¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Rheumatology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁸Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁹Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies (DMTT), University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure and Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ¹¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹²Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹³Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Clinical Research Center, NHO Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁶Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁸Takeda Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁹Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) is a cytoplasmic RNA sensor and activates the innate immune response. Autoantibodies against MDA5 are associated with rapidly progressive…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2025
Veteran Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Care Delivery, and Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty
Nina Carson¹, Jeremy Graber², Shane O'Malley³, Dennis Hanse⁴, Amy Peters⁵, Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley⁶ and Michael Bade⁶, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus & the VA Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation, Aurora, CO, ³Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, ⁴Eastern Colorado Health Care System & University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵Eastern Colorado Health Care System and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus & Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Compared to the general population, Veterans have higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, comorbidities, activities of daily living limitations, and healthcare utilization following total knee…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2025
Citrullination of neutrophil serine proteases enhances proteolytic activity, stability and autoantigenicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mario Navarrete Lagos, Ramiza Zaman, Jun Kim, Jeba Atkia Maisha, Hani El-Gabalawy and Liam O'Neil, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: In Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), autoantibodies develop against endogenous proteins containing the amino acid citrulline, which results from a post-translational modification of arginine catalyzed by…
Abstract Number: 0508 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum immune complexes assessed using a cell-reporter assay are associated with serum IFN-alpha levels, disease activity and the risk of incident lymphoma in the ASSESS prospective cohort
Clementine Pouenat¹, Marine Vierling², Chiara Meier³, Ludivine Robin⁴, Philippe Kolb⁵, Hartmut Hengel⁶, Gaetane Nocturne⁷, Divi Cornec⁸, Valerie Devauchelle⁹, Véronique Le Guern¹⁰, Claire larroche¹¹, Damien Sène¹², Marion Couderc¹³, Eric HACHULLA¹⁴, Philippe Dieude¹⁵, Olivier Vittecoq¹⁶, Jacques Morel¹⁷, Nicolas Meyer¹⁸, Raphaele Seror¹⁹, Reinhard Voll²⁰, Pierre-Marie Duret²¹, Laurent Miguet²², Xavier Mariette²³ and Jacques-eric GOTTENBERG²⁴, ¹IBMC, UPR ³⁵⁷², STRASBOURG, France, ²Strasbourg University Hospital, Department of Public Health, GMRC, Strasbourg, France,, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ³Strasbourg University Hospital, Department ofRheumatology, STRASBOURG, France, ⁴Strasbourg University Hospital, Department of pathology, ⁴CNRS, Immunopathologie et Chimie Thérapeutique/Laboratory of Excellence Medalis, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC), Strasbourg, France Strasbourg, France;, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ⁵INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY Medical Center, Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁶INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY University Hospital Freiburg, FREIBURG, Germany, ⁷University Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile-de-France, France, ⁸LBAI, UMR¹²²⁷, University of Brest, CHU Brest, Brest, France, Brest, Bretagne, France, ⁹UBO, Brest, France, ¹⁰Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne APHP, Bobigny, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹³Service de Rhumatologie CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, ¹⁴CHU Lille, Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Rares du Nord, Nord-Ouest, Méditerranée et Guadeloupe (CeRAINOM), Lille, France, Lille, France, ¹⁵Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bichat APHP, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁶Service de Rhumatologie & CIC-CRB ¹⁴⁰⁴, CHU de Rouen, Université de Rouen, Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹⁷CHU and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ¹⁸Strasbourg University Hospital, Department of Public Health, GMRC, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, National referral center for auto immune disease and Sjogren disease, Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM UMR¹¹⁸⁴: Centre for Immunology of Viral Infections and Autoimmune Diseases, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France., le kremlin bicetre, France, ²⁰University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²¹Colmar General Hospital; Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²²Haemtology, Strasbourg University Hospital, IBMC UPR ³⁵⁷², Strasbourg, France, ²³Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ²⁴Hautepierre Hospital, STRASBOURG, Alsace, France
Background/Purpose: Fc‐gamma receptor (FcγR) activation by soluble IgG immune complexes (sICs) is considered to play a pivotal pathogenic role in B-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases, such as…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2025
Remission from cutaneous manifestations of lupus with enpatoran, a first-in-class oral small molecule toll-like receptor 7/8 inhibitor: pooled post-hoc exploratory analysis from a randomized placebo-controlled Phase II study
Eric Morand¹, Victoria Werth², Richard Furie³, Sanjeev Roy⁴, Ruth Fernandez Ruiz⁵, Summer Goodson⁶, Hans Gühring⁷, Flavie Moreau⁶ and David Pearson⁸, ¹Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁴Ares Trading SA, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Eysins, Switzerland, ⁵EMD Serono, Billerica, PA, ⁶EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁷The healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁸Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous manifestations of lupus are highly prevalent and have a significant impact on patients’ physical and mental health and wellbeing; however, no targeted therapy…
Abstract Number: 0783 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain reduction and functional improvements following a non-invasive biomechanical intervention for gait rehabilitation may explain a reduction in healthcare claims. An observational study
Eric Freeman and William Vanderveer, Redefine Healthcare. Orthopedic Pain & Spine Center,, New Jersey
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions significantly impact public health in the United States, affecting approximately 128 million adults and resulting in over $600 billion in annual…
Abstract Number: 0490 • ACR Convergence 2025
Infection Risks Associated with Monotherapy and Combination Therapies Using Biological or Targeted – DMARD in RA: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Li Liu¹, Xue-Mei Zhang¹, Zhi-Chun Gu¹ and Jia Li², ¹Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School Of Medicine, Pu Dong Xin Qu, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the infection risks in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biological or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs),…

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