Abstracts tagged "Administrative Data"

Abstract Number: 0959 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessing the Association Between Hydroxychloroquine and Preeclampsia Risk in SLE Pregnancies Using Administrative Claims Data
Amadeia Rector¹, Ivana Marić², Yashaar Chaichian³, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Miranda Cantu⁵, Michael Weisman⁶, Gary Shaw⁷, Maurice Druzin⁷ and Julia Simard¹, ¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, ³Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Global Lupus Support Group, Portage, MI, ⁶Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto
Background/Purpose: Preeclampsia risk is higher among pregnancies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a common first-line treatment, is encouraged in SLE pregnancies…
Abstract Number: 2216 • ACR Convergence 2022
JAK Inhibitors and Risk of Cancer
Amandine Gouverneur¹, Jérôme Avouac², Clément Prati³, Jean-Luc Cracowski⁴, Thierry schaeverbeke⁵, Antoine Pariente¹ and Marie-Elise Truchetet⁵, ¹Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ²University of Paris, Paris, France, ³Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁴Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, ⁵CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Background/Purpose: Recent concerns have been raised about potential increase of cancer risk under JAK inhibitors (JAKi) especially tofacitinib. Discrepant findings have been given by randomized…
Abstract Number: 0076 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real World Rheumatology Practice of Biologic Monotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Four-year Cohort Study Using a National Claims Database
Ko-Jen Li¹, Kuo-Cherh Huang², Chia-Cheng Lin³ and Chia-Li Chang², ¹National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³Chugai Pharma Taiwan Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: There is a growing concern over the rise of polypharmacy, arguably one of the most pressing prescribing challenges. The option of biologic monotherapy is…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2022
Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Use in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Treated with Rituximab
Arielle Mendel¹, Hassan Behlouli², Cristiano Moura², Evelyne Vinet¹, Jeffrey Curtis³ and Sasha Bernatsky², ¹McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) prophylaxis is recommended during induction of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) to prevent pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), and may also reduce the risk…
Abstract Number: 0226 • ACR Convergence 2022
Linguistics Biases in Letters of Recommendation Written for Rheumatology Fellowship Applicants
Margaret Kramer¹, Amy Cannella¹, Harlan Sayles² and Michelene Hearth-Holmes¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center/Division of Rheumatology, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The importance of letters of recommendation (LoR) grow each year. It is more important than ever that LoR are written in an unbiased manner…
Abstract Number: 1101 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex and Racial Differences in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among U.S. Adults in the All of Us Research Program
Rachel Elam¹, Deepak Ayyala¹, Adria Madera-Acosta¹, Stephen Bell¹, Anam Qureshi¹, Christopher Rice², Laura Carbone¹, Steven Coughlin¹ and Hong Shi³, ¹Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ²Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Augusta, GA, ³Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Vascular Biology Center, Augusta, GA
Background/Purpose: Most persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are women, and men with SLE are an understudied demographic. The purpose of this study was to…
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: 1189 • ACR Convergence 2022
Natural Language Processing of Chest CT Reports as a Novel Method of Identifying RA-ILD in Real-World Data
Brent Luedders¹, Punyasha Roul², Yangyuna Yang¹, Brendan Cope¹, Matt DeVries¹, W. Scott Campbell¹, Daniel Hershberger¹, Jorge Rojas³, Grant Cannon⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Joshua Baker⁶, Jeffrey Curtis⁷, Ted Mikuls⁸ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Algorithms incorporating diagnostic and procedural codes have recently been developed to identify rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) in administrative and electronic health record…
Abstract Number: L06 • ACR Convergence 2021
Comparative Safety of Gout “Treat-to-target” and “Usual Care” Treatment Strategies on Cardiovascular Outcomes Using Observational Data: Causal Inference Approach
Kazuki Yoshida, Jun Liu, Daniel Solomon, Robert J Glynn and Seoyoung Kim, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology societies recommend serum-urate (SU)-driven treat-to-target (TTT) strategies for the management of gout. However, cardiovascular (CV) safety of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) has been questioned.…
Abstract Number: L11 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cardiovascular Risk of Hydroxychloroquine in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
ELVIRA D'ANDREA¹, Rishi Desai², Mengdong He³, Robert Glynn⁴, Hemin Lee², Michael Weinblatt², Daniel Solomon⁵ and Seoyoung Kim², ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a commonly used 1st-line disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the U.S., while methotrexate (MTX) is…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2021
Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Post-vaccination Among Immunocompromised Patients with Autoimmune or Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis from a U.S. Nationally-sampled Electronic Medical Record Data Repository
Jasvinder Singh¹, Namrata Singh², Alfred Anzalone³, Amy Olex⁴, Jing Sun⁵, Vithal Madhira⁶ and Rena Patel⁷, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Palila Software, Reno, NV, ⁷Unviersity of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: National U.S. data on breakthrough COVID-19 infection in people with autoimmune or inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) are limited. Our objective was to assess whether breakthrough COVID-19 infections were increased post-COVID-19-vaccination…
Abstract Number: 0143 • ACR Convergence 2021
Economic and Healthcare Resource Use Burden of Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, Dan Furst², Justin Li³, Qian Meng⁴, Tamara Lesperance⁵, Kenyatta Peoples⁶, Farah Ali⁵, Brian LaMoreaux⁵ and Stephanie Taylor⁷, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Trinity Partners, Waltham, MA, ⁴Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA, ⁵Horizon Therapeutics plc, Deerfield, IL, ⁶Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ⁷Horizon Therapeutics plc, Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose: The clinical burden of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is substantial and typically characterized by progressive skin, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and cardiovascular complications and premature death. The…
Abstract Number: 1896 • ACR Convergence 2021
Initial Results from the Implementation of a National Hydroxychloroquine Safe Prescribing Dashboard Within the Veterans Health Administration
Anna Montgomery¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Iziegbe Ehiorobo³, Mary Whooley², Jennifer Barton⁴, Khushboo Sheth⁵, Kimberly Reiter⁶, Meredith Keller⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Lori Bennett⁹, Jo Dana², Elizabeth Wahl¹⁰ and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹Department of Veterans Affairs, Tiburon, CA, ²San Francisco VA Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Portland VA Healthcare System, Portland, OR, ⁵Stanford University/VA Palo Alto, Atherton, CA, ⁶Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, ⁸Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Charleston VAHCS, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a commonly used medication for patients with lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune conditions. However, HCQ daily doses of ≥…
Abstract Number: 0144 • ACR Convergence 2021
Healthcare Utilization and Costs Following Kawasaki Disease in Ontario, Canada
Cal Robinson¹, Rahul Chanchlani², Anastasia Gayowsky³, Elizabeth Darling², Hsien Seow² and Michelle Batthish², ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³ICES, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The incidence of Kawasaki Disease (KD) has increased by nearly 50% in Ontario, Canada over the past two decades. Little is known about the…
Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2021
Has the Incidence of Total Joint Arthroplasty in Rheumatoid Arthritis Decreased in the Era of Biologics Use? A Population-based Incident Cohort Study 1995–2015
Vivienne Zhou¹, Diane Lacaille¹, Na Lu², Jacek Kopec³, Don Garbuz¹, Yi Qian⁴, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta¹, John Esdaile² and Hui Xie¹, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is an undesirable long-term outcome of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to joint damage from uncontrolled inflammation. Although biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic…

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