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Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2020
Maintenance of Remission After Withdrawal of Etanercept or Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sustained Remission on Combination Therapy: Results from a Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Paul Emery², Elaine Karis³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Vivian Bykerk⁵, Priscilla Yen³, Gregory Kricorian⁶ and James Chung³, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁴Rheumatology Institute of Montréal, Montreal, Canada, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (pts) in remission on combination therapy (Combo) of methotrexate (MTX)+etanercept (ETN) face ongoing medication burden and long-term safety/tolerability concerns related…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides Central Pain Sensitization Is Strictly Associated with Functional Disability
Giovanni Adami¹, Angelo Fassio¹, Elisabetta Gerratana², Alessandro Giollo¹, Camilla Benini¹, Luca Idolazzi¹, Elisabetta Vantaggiato¹, Davide Gatti¹ and Maurizio Rossini¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Background/Purpose: Long-term nociceptive pain, as in inflammatory arthritides, can cause Central Sensitization (CS) to pain. CS Inventory (CSI) is a validated screening instrument for clinicians to…
Abstract Number: 0941 • ACR Convergence 2020
MDHAQ/RAPID3 (multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire/routine Assessment of Patient Index Data) Levels Are Elevated in Rheumatology Patients Who Meet 2011 Fibromyalgia (FM) or MDHAQ/FAST3 (fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tool) Criteria
Juan Schmukler¹, Tengfei Li², Kyle Schroeder³ and Theodore Pincus³, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago, IL, Chicag, IL, ²Georgetown University, Washigton, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: RAPID3 (routine assessment of patient index data) on an MDHAQ (multiple multidimensional health assessment questionnaire) was developed initially to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0942 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of Medical Cannabis by Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles¹, Emmanouil Rampakakis², Yoram Shir¹, John Sampalis², Martin Cohen¹, Michael Starr¹ and Winfried Häuser³, ¹McGill University, montreal, Canada, ²JSS Medical Research, St-Laurent, QC, Canada, ³Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Treatment strategies for chronic widespread pain (CWP)/fibromyalgia (FM) are imperfect with only a modest effect from medications. Due to the many symptoms experienced by…
Abstract Number: 0943 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reliability and Validity Issues in Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Frederick Wolfe¹, Johannes Rasker² and Brian Walitt³, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases & University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS, ²Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, Enschede, Netherlands, ³National Institute of Nursing Research, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a widely recognized and commonly diagnosed disorder that has also been the subject of thousands of research studies. There is no…
Abstract Number: 0944 • ACR Convergence 2020
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Meta-analysis
Nouran Eshak¹, Wasawat Vutthikraivit¹, Asmaa Beltagy² and John Pixley³, ¹Texas Tech Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, ²Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, alexandria, egypt, Egypt, ³Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder prevalent in about 3% of the population, mostly in females. A common complaint is non-restorative sleep. Obstructive sleep…
Abstract Number: 0945 • ACR Convergence 2020
Neutrophils Mediate Kidney Inflammation Following Acute Skin Exposure to UV Light
Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, Joyce Tai², Xizhang Sun², Lena Tanaka², James Kuchenbecker², Tomas Mustelin¹ and Keith Elkon², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) light affects up to 80% of SLE patients and can exacerbate systemic disease flares, including lupus nephritis (LN). Our findings…
Abstract Number: 0946 • ACR Convergence 2020
ENPP1 Regulates UV Light Triggered Type I Interferon Response in the Skin
Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner¹, Joyce Tai², Xizhang Sun² and Keith Elkon², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have a prominent type I interferon (IFN-I) signature in both the lesional and non-lesional skin. We recently showed that…
Abstract Number: 0947 • ACR Convergence 2020
STING Gain-of-Function in Radio-resistant Cells Supports a Lymphocyte Dependent Auto-inflammatory Lung Disease
Kevin Gao¹, Mona Motwani¹, Ann Marshak-Rothstein² and Katherine Fitzgerald¹, ¹University of Massachusetts medical school, worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts medical school, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: cGAS-STING is a cytosolic dsDNA sensing pathway whose regulation is vital to immune homeostasis. Pediatric patients with constitutively active STING mutations develop an autoinflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0948 • ACR Convergence 2020
Mass Cytometry Reveals Activation Heterogeneity of Circulating Neutrophils in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer¹, Joshua Keegan², Peter Nigrovic³, James Lederer⁴ and Deepak Rao², ¹Department of Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Heidelberg, Germany, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, ⁴BWH Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are important effector cells in systemic immune-mediated diseases. Neutrophil phenotypes vary depending on their age, maturity, activation state, and local environment; however, differences…
Abstract Number: 0949 • ACR Convergence 2020
SLAMF7 Engagement Drives Monocyte Super-Activation in Acute and Chronic Inflammation
Daimon Simmons¹, Hung Nguyen², Emma Gomez-Rivas³, YunJu Jeong⁴, William Apruzzese⁵, Edy Kim⁶ and Michael Brenner⁷, ¹Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital,, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵., Boston, ⁶Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Monocytes orchestrate immune responses that protect against microbes but can also drive pathological inflammation and autoimmune disease. Monocytes are thought to be activated primarily…
Abstract Number: 0950 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association Between Gout and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: Assessment and Recalibration of Individual-level Primary Prevention Risk Prediction Equations in Approximately 450,000 New Zealanders
Ken Cai¹, Billy Wu², Nicola Dalbeth², Rod Jackson² and Katrina Poppe², ¹University of Auckland, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ²University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Some studies have reported that gout is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Individual-level cardiovascular risk prediction equations have been developed and…
Abstract Number: 0951 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Comparative Effect of Exposure to Various Risk Factors on the Risk of Hyperuricaemia: Diet Has a Weak Causal Effect
Ruth Topless¹, Tanya Major¹, Jose Florez², Joel Hirschhorn³, Murray Cadzow¹, Nicola Dalbeth⁴, Lisa Stamp⁵, Phillip Wilcox¹, Richard Reynolds⁶, Joanne Cole² and Tony Merriman¹, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁴University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁵University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁶University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham
Background/Purpose: Prevention of hyperuricaemia (HU) is critical to the prevention of gout. Therefore, understanding the causal relationships and relative contributions of various risk factors to…
Abstract Number: 0952 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reducing Immunogenicity of Pegloticase (RECIPE) with Concomitant Use of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Refractory Gout—a Phase II Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Puja Khanna¹, Dinesh Khanna¹, Gary Cutter², Jeffrey Foster², Joshua Melnick³, Sara Jaafar¹, Stephanie Biggers², AKM Rahman², Hui-Chen Kuo², Michelle Feese² and Kenneth Saag⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Vestavia Hills, AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Pegloticase, a recombinant, pegylated uricase, is used for treatment of gout in patients who fail oral urate lowering therapy (ULT). Despite successful reduction of…
Abstract Number: 0953 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor Treat to Target Urate Lowering Therapy Coordinately Re-wires the Mononuclear Leukocyte Mitochondrial and Inflammatory Proteome in Gout
Jacob Wozniak¹, Ru Bryan², David Gonzalez³ and Robert Terkeltaub⁴, ¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UCSD, San Diego, CA, ³UC San Diego, San Diego, CO, ⁴VA Medical Center/UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: In gout, long-term xanthine oxidase inhibitor treat to target urate lowering therapy (XOIT2T) markedly reduces flares and synovitis, despite delayed resolution of tissue crystal…

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