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Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2024
Select Patient Reported Outcome Measure Domains Enhance Immune Mediator Based Indexes That Inform Flare Risk and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana³, Joel Guthridge⁴, Stan Kamp³, Nancy Redinger³, Teresa Aberle⁴, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yanfeng Li⁵, hu Zeng⁵, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Judith James⁴ and Eldon Jupe², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: We have recently validated a plasma Lupus Flare Risk Index (L-FRI; Munroe et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024. 83 [Supp 1]: 402) and Lupus…
Abstract Number: 0699 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiac Biomarkers for Predicting Cardiopulmonary Toxicity of Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Systemic Sclerosis
Ross Penglase¹, Samadhi Gunawardhana¹, Graham Jones¹, Andrew Jabbour¹, Eugene Kotlyar¹, Laila Girgis², David Ma¹ and John Moore¹, ¹St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, ²St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Background/Purpose: Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT) is an effective treatment for severe systemic sclerosis (SSc), with demonstrated benefit for pulmonary and cutaneous outcomes and…
Abstract Number: 0743 • ACR Convergence 2024
Higher Baseline FDG Musculoskeletal Uptake at PET/CT Is Associated with a Higher Remission Rate in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective 3-year Observational Study
Elvis Hysa¹, Dario Camellino², Cristina Bernini³, Paolo Vittoriano Clini⁴, Matteo Bauckneht⁵, silvia Morbelli⁶, Gianmario Sambuceti⁵, Emanuele Gotelli⁷, Alberto Sulli⁸, Maurizio Cutolo⁷ and Marco Amedeo Cimmino¹, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Local Health Trust 3, Genoa, Italy, ³Emergency Medicine Department, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy,, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Nuclear Medicine Unit and Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁶University of Torino, Torino, Italy, ⁷Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ⁸Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy., Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are related inflammatory diseases characterized by increased musculoskeletal and vascular uptakes of 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) at positron…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating the Usage of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Rheumatology and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Risk
Knkush Hakobyan¹, Talar Acob², Mesrop Aleksanyan³, Tigran Kakhktsyan³, Omar Jumaah³ and Sajina Prabhakaran⁴, ¹Capital Health medical center, Princeton, NJ, ²College of medicine-university of Baghdad, Plainsboro Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, ⁴Capital health Rheumatology specialists, Newtown, PA
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been widely used in treatingrheumatological conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Despite theirefficacy, there are concerns regarding major…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Correlates of Physical and Mental Health in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Data from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy (CONQUER) Registry
Ashima Makol¹, Isha Lamba², Dinesh Khanna³, John VanBuren⁴, Angela Child⁴, Jessica Alvey⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Elana Bernstein⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Laura Hummers¹², Kimberly Lakin¹³, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹⁴, Yiming Luo¹⁵, Jerry Molitor¹⁶, Duncan Moore¹⁷, Carrie Richardson¹⁸, Nora Sandorfi¹⁹, Ami Shah²⁰, Ankoor Shah²¹, Brian Skaug⁵, Virginia Steen²², Elizabeth Volkmann²³ and Jessica Gordon²⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ²New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Centre, New York, NY, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ¹³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹⁵Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ²¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²³University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Early years of Systemic sclerosis (SSc) are typically the period of peak disease activity and associated with greater pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, physical impairment,…
Abstract Number: 0721 • ACR Convergence 2024
Does Serial ANCA Testing Help Predict the Risk of Relapse in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis? A Single-center Cohort Study
Xavier Puéchal¹, Michele Iudici¹, Elodie Perrodeau², Claire Goulvestre³, Pascal cohen⁴, Alexis Régent¹, Luc Mouthon⁵, Loïc Guillevin⁴, Raphael Porcher⁶ and Benjamin Terrier⁷, ¹National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ²Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France, ³Laboratoire d'immunologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares d'Ile de France de l’Est et de l’Ouest, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Bicêtre AP-HP Hôpital, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a frequently relapsing disease for which a meta-analysis concluded that an increase or persistence of ANCA during remission is only…
Abstract Number: 0736 • ACR Convergence 2024
Treatment of IgG4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD) with Elotuzumab, an Inhibitor of SLAM-F7: Report of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial
John Stone¹, Arezou Khosroshahi², Shounak Majumder³, Cory Perugino⁴, Ana Fernandes⁴, Grace McMahon⁴, Isha Jha⁴, John Varghese², Adriana Delgado³, Guy Katz⁴, Zachary Wallace⁵, Shiv Pillai⁴, William Barry⁶, Ashley Pinckney⁷, Ellen Goldmuntz⁸, Beverly Welch⁹ and Kaitlin McShea⁹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Mayo Clinic, rochester, MN, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Rho, Durham, NC, ⁷Rho, St Louis Park, NC, ⁸NIAID/ NIH, Washington, DC, ⁹Rho, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CD4+ CTLs), plasmablasts, and selected other cells of the T and B cell lineages have been identified as cellular linchpins of…
Abstract Number: 0714 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Dilemmas in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitis: Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, Venous Thromboembolism and Anticoagulation
Elif Ediboglu¹, Samuel Falde¹, Misbah Baqir¹, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba², Robert McBane¹ and Ulrich Specks¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
Background/Purpose: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is an acutely life-threating presentation of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), and patients with AAV are at increased risk of venous thromboembolic…
Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2024
Non-classical Organ Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis
Javier Narvaez-García¹, paola Vidal¹, Pol Maymó², Judith Palacios³, Martí Aguilar Coll¹, Monserrat Roig Kim¹, Laia De Daniel¹ and Joan Miquel Nolla¹, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ³Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The increasing use of imaging techniques, particularly 18F-FDG PET-CT, has significantly expanded our understanding of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Our aim was to examine…
Abstract Number: 0530 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Two-year Follow-up After the “Plants for Joints” Randomized Clinical Trial
Carlijn Wagenaar¹, Wendy Walrabenstein², Marike van der Leeden², Franktien Turkstra², Jos Twisk³, Maarten Boers³, Henriët van Middendorp⁴, Peter Weijs⁵ and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg⁶, ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Reade Center for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The 16-week Plants for Joints (PFJ) multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention, based on a whole-food plant-based diet, physical activity, and stress management, significantly reduced 28-joint Disease…
Abstract Number: 0745 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tocilizumab in Monotherapy vs. Combined in Aortitis Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis. Multicenter Open-label Study of 196 Patients
Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez¹, Javier Loricera², Carmen Secada Gómez³, Javier Narvaez-García⁴, Olga Maíz Alonso⁵, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁶, Susana Romero Yuste⁷, Eugenio De Miguel⁸, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa⁹, ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹⁰, Julio Sánchez-Martín¹¹, Patricia Moya Albarado¹², Cristina Campos Fernández¹³, Fernando Lopez-Gutierrez¹⁴, Santos Castañeda¹⁵ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso¹⁶, and the Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis Spanish Collaborative Group, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵3Hospital Universitario de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁶Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁹BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital de San Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis related to Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA-aortitis) is a frequent and potential severe complication. Tocilizumab (TCZ) was approved in GCA, but the efficacy in…
Abstract Number: 0723 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Clinic Non-attendance and Unscheduled Emergency Care Episodes in ANCA-associated Vasculitis
Warren RG James¹, Corri Black¹, Neil Basu², Mark A Little³ and Rosemary Hollick¹, ¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Increasing evidence suggests that socioeconomic status drives differences in outcomes for people with rheumatic conditions. Individuals with complex, rare rheumatic conditions such as antineutrophil…
Abstract Number: 0761 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Observational Study of Lifetime Prevalence of Thromboembolism Among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Ioannis Koulas¹, Nikolaos Tsaftaridis², Ivana Ilic³, Jack Jnani⁴, Alex Spyropoulos¹ and Lara El Khoury⁵, ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health, Manhasset, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ³Northwell, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine/Northwell Health, Manhasset, ⁵Division of Rheumatology/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Background/Purpose: Studies indicating a higher incidence rate of stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) hint at a possible association between…
Abstract Number: 0540 • ACR Convergence 2024
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Incident Hypertension Among Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Jose Meade Aguilar¹, Jean Liew², Rachael Stovall³, Sofia Ramiro⁴ and Lianne S Gensler⁵, ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have a heightened risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are first line treatment for axSpA,…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Expanded Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Population Regulated by CD155-CD226 in SSc-ILD
Takanori Sasaki¹, Ye Cao², Kathryne Marks³, Richard Ainsworth⁴, Kim Taylor⁵, Nunzio Bottini⁴, Mehreen Elahee⁶, Mari Kamiya³, Edy Kim⁶, Francesco Boin⁴ and Deepak Rao⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to identify circulating immune cells associated…

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