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Abstract Number: 1117 • ACR Convergence 2023
Serum Urate Change Among Gout Patients Initiating Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter Type 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) vs. Sulfonylureas: A Comparative Effectiveness Analysis
Chio Yokose¹, Gregory Challener², Baijun Zhou², Natalie McCormick², Sruthi Tanikella², Kila Panchot², Minna Kohler³, Janeth Yinh², Yuqing Zhang⁴, David Bates⁵, James Januzzi², Meghan Sise², Deborah Wexler² and Hyon K. Choi⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are currently indicated as second-line therapy for type 2 diabetes and are also approved for the treatment of…
Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Burden of Multimorbidity in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Cohort Study
Zachary Wallace¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Shruthi Srivatsan², Zachary Williams², Claire Cook², Jennifer Hanberg², John Stone³, Hyon K. Choi⁴ and Yuqing Zhang⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: With improvements in the risks of relapse and mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), a better understanding of disease- and treatment-related complications is necessary to…
Abstract Number: 2377 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Chronologic versus Biologic Age on the Risk of Severe Infection, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Death in Older Adults with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sebastian Sattui¹, Xiaoqing Fu², Claire Cook², Shruthi Srivatsan², Yuqing Zhang² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Older adults with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) have distinct clinical presentations and outcomes when compared to younger adults. Despite a high incidence of AAV in…
Abstract Number: 0318 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development and Validation of Algorithms to Identify Cutaneous Lupus Patients Using Diagnostic Codes and Prescription Data
Lisa Guo¹, Jordan Said², Vinod Nambudiri³ and Joseph Merola³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of epidemiological studies of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), which may be due in part to the lack of well-validated methods…
Abstract Number: 0446 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Burden of Coronary Artery Calcification in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Anushri Parakh¹, Claire Cook¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, sandeep hedgire¹, John Stone², Hyon Choi³, Michael Lu¹ and Zachary Wallace¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, with MPO- AAV conferring a higher risk of CV events than…
Abstract Number: 0700 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accurate Identification of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Cases from Clinical Notes Using Machine Learning
Liqing Wang¹, John Laurentiev¹, Claire Cook², Eli Miloslavsky², Hyon Choi³, Li Zhou¹ and Zachary Wallace², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare disease associated with substantial morbidity and mortality.1 To enable outcomes and comparative effectiveness studies using large, phenotypically diverse…
Abstract Number: 1087 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Novel Proteomic Biomarkers of Disease Activity in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Using a High Throughput Approach
Zachary Wallace¹, Amit Joshi¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Claire Cook¹, yuqing zhang² and Hyon Choi³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ³MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Identifying novel biomarkers may reveal new therapeutic targets and clinically useful biomarkers of disease…
Abstract Number: 1091 • ACR Convergence 2022
IgG Antibody Subclass Glycan Modifications in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in Active vs Remission States – a Proof-of-Concept Study
Zachary Wallace¹, Tina Motazedi¹, Michelle Conroy¹, Claire Cook¹, John Stone², Hyon Choi³ and Robert Anthony¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: The Fc portion of IgG tends to be hypogalactosylated among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) compared with healthy controls1,2,3. Glycan modifications may affect antibody…
Abstract Number: 1654 • ACR Convergence 2022
Hydroxychloroquine Dosing Less Than 5 Mg/kg/day Leads to Increased Hospitalizations for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flares
Jacquelyn Nestor¹, Christian Mancini¹, Baijun Zhou¹, Yuqing Zhang², Karen Costenbader³, Hyon Choi⁴ and April Jorge¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is the backbone of SLE therapy, due to its benefits on increasing survival and decreasing lupus flares. In 2011, ophthalmology guidelines recommended…
Abstract Number: 0418 • ACR Convergence 2021
Longitudinal Patterns of Renal Function in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Claire Cook², John Stone³, Hyon K. Choi⁴ and Zachary Wallace⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Renal involvement is common in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Prior analyses show that end stage renal disease (ESRD) in AAV may be multifactorial. Little is…
Abstract Number: 0787 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Hemoglobin Levels and Radiographic Progression in the BRASS Registry
Nancy Shadick¹, Owen Hagino², Amy Praestgaard³, Stefano Fiore², Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Gerd Burmester⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: To evaluate baseline hemoglobin (Hb) and radiographic progression over time for patients in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Rheumatoid Arthritis Sequential Study (BRASS) registry.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1103 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Associations with Very High Serum IgG4 Concentrations: A Retrospective Multi-Center Study
Matthew Baker¹, Claire Cook², Xiaoqing Fu³, Cory Perugino³, John Stone⁴ and Zachary Wallace⁵, ¹Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Serum IgG4 concentrations are used as part of the evaluation for suspected IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), but the specificity of this test, especially at very…
Abstract Number: 1262 • ACR Convergence 2021
Fish Oil Supplementation and Pro-inflammatory and Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators in Patients with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
May Choi¹, Nancy Cook², Emma Stevens², Natalya Gomelskaya², Gregory Kotler³, JoAnn Manson³, Jessica Lasky-Su², Raju Tatituri², Samia Mora², I-Min Lee³, Charles Serhan² and Karen Costenbader⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA
Background/Purpose: Omega-3 fatty acid-derived “specialized pro-resolving mediators” (SPM) are low-abundance lipid mediators (LM) central to inflammation resolution. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated whether fish…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Current State of Expedited Referral Systems Incorporating Vasculitis Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in Rheumatology Practices in the United States
Mark Matza¹, Karina Torralba² and Minna Kohler³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University Healthcare, Loma Linda, CA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Expedited referral systems or “fast-track” clinics incorporating vasculitis ultrasound (VUS) into the evaluation of patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA) have shown reduced…
Abstract Number: 0545 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Use of Tocilizumab and Tofacitinib in Patients with Resolved Hepatitis B Infection: A Case Series
Naomi Serling-Boyd¹, Amir Mohareb², Arthur Kim², Emily Hyle² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: The use of immunosuppressive medications in patients with a history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with an increased risk of HBV…

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