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  • Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Patient-Reported Adverse Events, Quality of Life and Treatment Adherence in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Analysis of Two Large International Cohorts

    Alessandra Alongi1, Maria Trachana2, Valda Stanevicha3, Laura Marinela Ailioaie4, Elena Tsitsami5, Angelo Ravelli6, Alessandro Consolaro6 and Nicolino Ruperto7, 1IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, 2Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece, 3Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, 4Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, 5Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, Athens, Greece, 6Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, 7Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients may experience significant medication-related adverse effects (AEs), which may adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL), daily activities and…
  • Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Tofacitinib for the Treatment of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An Interim Analysis of Data up to 5.5 Years from an Open-label, Long-term Extension Study

    Hermine I Brunner1, Jonathan Akikusa2, Eslam Al-Abadi2, John Bohnsack3, Alina Lucica Boteanu2, Gaelle Chedeville4, Ruben Cuttica2, Wendy De La Pena4, Lawrence Jung4, Ozgur Kasapcopur2, Katarzyna Kobusinska2, Grant Schulert1, Claudia Neiva2, Rafael Rivas-Chacon4, Juan Cruz Rizo Rodriguez2, Monica Vazquez-Del Mercado2, Linda Wagner-Weiner4, Jennifer E Weiss1, Carine Wouters2, Ricardo M Suehiro5, Holly Posner6, Ann Wouters6, Keith S Kanik7, Zhen Luo8, Alberto Martini2, Daniel J Lovell1 and Nicolino Ruperto2, 1PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, 3University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 4PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 5Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, 6Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, 7Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, 8Pfizer Inc, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)

    Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral JAK inhibitor that is being investigated for JIA. We report the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of tofacitinib in patients (pts)…
  • Abstract Number: 1496 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Outcomes of an Evidence Based Guideline for the Treatment of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome

    Kacie Hoyt1, Olha Halyabar2, Joseph Han3, Siobhan Case4, Margaret Chang1, Craig Platt5, Ezra Cohen1, Megan Day-Lewis5, Fatma Dedeoglu1, Jonathan Hausmann6, Erin Janssen2, Pui Lee7, Jeffrey Lo1, Gregory Priebe5, Mindy Lo1, Esra Meidan8, Peter Nigrovic9, Jordan Roberts1, Mary Beth Son1, Robert Sundel2, Mark Gorman1, Barbara Degar10, Melissa Hazen1 and Lauren Henderson11, 1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 4Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, 6Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, 71.Boston Children's Hospital;2.Brigham and Women's Hospital;3.Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, 8Boston Children's Hospital, Somerville, MA, 9Division 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, 10Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, 11Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA

    Background/Purpose: Rapid identification of HLH/MAS coupled with a multidisciplinary approach to management is essential to improve patient outcomes. We describe our experience with a newly…
  • Abstract Number: 1497 • ACR Convergence 2020

    COVID-19 in Pregnant Patients with Rheumatic Disease: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance

    Bonnie Bermas1, Megan Clowse2, Milena Gianfrancesco3, Jonathan Hausmann4, Pedro M Machado5, Emily Sirotich6, Helen Robinson7, Anja Strangfeld8, Jinoos Yazdany9 and Philip Robinson10, 1UTSouthwestern.edu, Dallas, TX, 2Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, 3University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, 5University College London, London, United Kingdom, 6McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 7University of Queensland School of Medicine, HERSTON, Queensland, Australia, 8German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 9UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 10University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

    Background/Purpose: The impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy in patients with rheumatic disease is unknown. We describe COVID-19 outcomes in pregnant rheumatic disease patients reported to…
  • Abstract Number: 1498 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis – a First Analysis of a European Collaboration of Pregnancy Registries

    Yvette Meissner1, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau2, Frauke Foerger3, Doreen Goll4, Anna Molto5, Rebecca Özdemir6, Marianne Wallenius7, Anja Strangfeld8 and Rebecca Fischer-Betz9, 1Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, 2APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France, 3University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, 4Patient Research Partner, Berlin, Germany, 5Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, Paris, France, 6Patient Research Partner, Duisburg, Germany, 7University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 8German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 9Department of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit Rheumatology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) can affect women in their childbearing age. Data on pregnancy in axSpA patients are mainly retrospective and highly heterogeneous [1]. The…
  • Abstract Number: 1499 • ACR Convergence 2020

    The Frequency of Contraception Documentation in Women with Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Within the RISE Registry

    Megan Clowse1, Jing Li2, Amanda Eudy3, Mehret Birru Talabi4 and Gabriela Schmajuk5, 1Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3Duke University, Durham, NC, 4University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 5University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA

    Background/Purpose: Several of the most commonly prescribed anti-rheumatic medications for women with rheumatic disease are known teratogens, posing a risk for pregnancy loss and birth…
  • Abstract Number: 1500 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Electrocardiographic QT Intervals in Infants Exposed to Hydroxychloroquine Throughout Gestation

    Deborah Friedman1, Mimi Kim2, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau3, Robert Clancy4, Joshua Copel5, Colin Phoon6, Bettina Cuneo7, Rebecca Cohen6, Mala Masson6, Benjamin Wainwright6, Noel Zahr8, Amit Saxena4, Peter Izmirly9 and Jill Buyon10, 1New York Medical College, Valhalla, 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 3APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France, 4NYU School of Medicine, New York, 5Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, 6New York University School of Medicine, New York, 7University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, 8Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, 9Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Based on inhibition of viral replication and limited reports on clinical efficacy, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was initially considered as a prophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19. …
  • Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Obstetrical Outcome and Thromboses in a Multicentric Cohort of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Patients with Severe Preeclampsia: An Analysis of APS Classification Criteria

    Maddalena Larosa1, Nathalie Morel2, Meriem Belhocine3, Amelia Ruffatti4, Nicolas Martin Silva5, Romain Paule6, Luc Mouthon7, Michel Dreyfus8, Jean-Charles Piette9, Odile Souchaud-Debouverie10, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux11, Vassilis Tsatsaris12, Emmanuelle Pannier Metzger13, Gaëlle Guettrot-Imbert14, Veronique Le Guern15, Andrea Doria16 and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau17, 1Rheumatology Unit-Department of Medicine-University of Padova, Italy, Padova, Veneto, Italy, 2AP-HP, université René-Descartes Paris V, hôpital Cochin, centre de référence maladies auto-immunes et systémiques rares, pôle médecine, service de médecine interne, Paris, France., Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 3Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal , Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy, 5Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, 6Foch Hospital, Paris, France, 7Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, 8CHU de Caen, Caen, France, 9Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France, 10CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE LA MILETRIE, poitiers, France, 11INSERM U1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris Descartes University , Paris , France, Paris, France, 12Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, 13Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, 14Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, paris, France, 15Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, 16University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 17APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: According to APS classification criteria1, clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) consist in thrombotic and obstetric events, including severe preeclampsia (PE). Because little is…
  • Abstract Number: 1502 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Composite of Relevant Endpoints for Sjögren’s Syndrome (CRESS)

    Suzanne Arends1, Liseth de Wolff2, Jolien van Nimwegen3, Gwenny Verstappen2, Jelle Vehof2, Arjan Vissink4, Neelanjana Ray5, Frans Kroese2 and Hendrika Bootsma2, 1University Medical Centre Groningen and Medical centre Leeuwarden, Groningen, Netherlands, 2University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 3University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 4University Medical Centre Groningen, Leek, Netherlands, 5Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville

    Background/Purpose: Several recent randomized controlled trials that used the validated ESSDAI as primary endpoint failed, partly explained by relatively large response rates in the placebo…
  • Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Ultra High‐resolution Ultrasound (UHFUS) of Labial Salivary Glands Might Help to Avoid Unnecessary Lip Biopsy in Patients with Sicca Syndrome

    Chiara Baldini1, Francesco Ferro1, Rossana Izzetti2, Saverio Vitali3, Giacomo Aringhieri3, Silvia Fonzetti4, Marta Mosca1, Valentina Donati5, Stefano Bombardieri1 and Davide Caramella3, 1Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2Department of Surgical Pathology, Medicine, Molecular and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, 3Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, 4Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, 5Pathology Unit, AOUP, Pisa

    Background/Purpose: Major salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has an established role as a first-line imaging tool in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). Nowadays, however,…
  • Abstract Number: 1504 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Four Distinct Symptom-Based Clusters Identified from the Sjӧgren’s Foundation Survey

    Sara McCoy1, Christie Bartels2, Miguel Woodham1, Noah Maerz1, Esen Akpek3, Ian Saldanha4, Matthew Makara5 and Alan Baer6, 1University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI, 3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 4Brown University, Providence, 5Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Reston, 6Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Relief of symptoms is a sine qua non for successful drug development in Sjӧgren’s syndrome (SS). However, symptom-based patient experience is understudied, particularly how…
  • Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Antibodies Binding Ro/SSA and Muscarinic 3 Receptor in Sjogren’s Syndrome

    R. Scofield1, Syed Quadri2, Valerie Harris2, Biji Kurien2 and Kristi Keolsch2, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s syndrome is characterized by exocrine gland dysfunction and autoantibody production.  Some data suggest autoantibodies binding the muscarinic 3 receptor (M3R) mediate poor function…
  • Abstract Number: 1506 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Correction of Sjögren’s Syndrome Fluid Secretion Deficits in Salivary Gland Acinar Cells by Aquaporin-1 Gene Transfer

    Paola Perez1, Blake Warner2, Sandra Wainer1, Youngmi Ji1, Thomas Pranzatelli1 and Jay Chiorini1, 1Nidcr, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda

    Background/Purpose: The hallmark clinical complaints in Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) are dry mouth and dry eyes related to salivary and lacrimal glands dysfunction. Reduced salivation reflects…
  • Abstract Number: 1507 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Longitudinal Analysis of ANA Assay Performance in SLE from the SLICC Inception Cohort

    May Choi1, Ann Clarke2, Karen Costenbader3, Murray Urowitz4, John Hanly5, Caroline Gordon6, Yvan St. Pierre7, Sang-Cheol Bae8, Juanita Romero-Díaz9, F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero10, Sasha Bernatsky11, Daniel Wallace12, David Isenberg13, Anisur Rahman14, Joan Merrill15, Paul Fortin16, Dafna Gladman17, Ian Bruce18, Michelle Petri19, Ellen M Ginzler20, Mary Anne Dooley21, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman22, Susan Manzi23, Andreas Jönsen24, Graciela Alarcón25, Ronald F Van Vollenhoven26, Cynthia Aranow27, Meggan Mackay28, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza29, S. Sam Lim30, Murat Inanc31, Kenneth Kalunian32, Søren Jacobsen33, Christine Peschken34, Diane Kamen35, Anca Askanase36 and Marvin Fritzler37, 1Brigham and Women's Hospital | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 6University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 7McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 8Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 9Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, 10University Health Network/Sinai Health system, Toronto, ON, Canada, 11The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada, 12Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 13Centre for Rheumatology, University College London and Department of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 14University College London, London, United Kingdom, 15Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 16CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, 17Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 18Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, 19Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, 20SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, 21University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 22Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 23Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 24Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 25Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Alabama, 26Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 28Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 29Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, 30Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 31Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 32University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 33University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 34Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 35Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 36Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 37Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are important biomarkers for the diagnosis and classification of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, emerging data from cross-sectional studies suggest variation…
  • Abstract Number: 1508 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Blood-Brain Barrier Leakage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Is Associated with Gray Matter Loss and Cognitive Impairment

    Lyna Kamintsky1, Steven Beyea2, John Fisk2, Javeria Hashmi2, Antonina Omisade2, Cynthia Calkin2, Tim Bardouille2, Chris Bowen2, Maher Quraan2, Arnold Mitnitski2, Kara Matheson2, Alon Friedman2 and John Hanly3, 1Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 2Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 3Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment is the most frequent manifestation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), yet the mechanisms underlying it remain poorly understood. The purpose of…
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