Abstracts tagged "ANCA"

Abstract Number: 3179 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Scale Structure and Measurement Properties of a Disease Specific Patient-Reported Outcome for Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Joanna C. Robson^1,2,3, Jill Dawson⁴, Judy A. Shea⁵, Helen Doll⁶, Susan Ashdown⁷, Renee Borchin⁸, Ebony Easley⁹, John T. Farrar¹⁰, Don Gebhart¹¹, Katherine Kellom¹², Georgia Lanier¹³, Raashid Luqmani¹⁴, Carol A McAlear¹⁵, John Mills¹⁶, Nataliya Milman^17,18,19, Jacqueline Peck⁷, Gunnar Tomasson²⁰, Peter F. Cronholm⁹ and Peter A. Merkel²¹, ¹Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Nuffield Department of Population Health HSRU, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Population Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ⁷Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁹Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Columbus, Columbus, OH, ¹²PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United Kingdom, ¹³NONE, Framingham, MA, ¹⁴NDORMS , Rheumathology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁶Vasculitis UK, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁸The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹⁹Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²⁰Dept of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Candidate questionnaire items were produced following in-depth qualitative research in the UK, US, and Canada plus cognitive interviews, extensive piloting and independent linguistic and…
Abstract Number: 980 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Short-Course Glucocorticoids in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Proof of Concept Study
Eli Miloslavsky¹, John Niles², Karen Laliberte², Katherine Cosgrove² and John H. Stone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Despite therapeutic advances in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), patients continue to be exposed to considerable treatment morbidity from long-term glucocorticoid (GC) use. The optimal duration…
Abstract Number: 1943 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Predictive of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Relapse
Maxime Samson¹, Hervé Devilliers², Xavier Puéchal³, Christian Pagnoux⁴, Pascal Cohen³, Luc Mouthon³, Benjamin Terrier⁵ and Loïc Guillevin³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital François Mitterrand, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To identify associations between patients’ clinical and biological characteristics at diagnosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides (AAVs), and their relapse during follow-up. Methods: Long-term…
Abstract Number: 3180 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility of Measurements of Urinary Soluble CD163 & MCP-1 in the Identification of Subtle Renal Flares in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sarah M Moran¹, Michelle Ryan¹, Paul A. Monach², David Cuthbertson³, Simon Carette⁴, Jean Dunne⁵, Gary S. Hoffman⁶, Nader A. Khalidi⁷, Curry L. Koening⁸, Carol A. Langford⁹, Carol A. McAlear¹⁰, Larry W. Moreland¹¹, Christian Pagnoux⁴, Philip Seo¹², Ulrich Specks¹³, Antoine G. Sreih¹⁴, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁵, Lina Zgaga¹⁶, Peter A. Merkel¹⁷, Mark A. Little¹⁸ and the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, ¹Clinical Medicine, Trinity Health Kidney Centre, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Immunology Department, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷McMaster University, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁶Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Prior work has shown that urinary soluble CD163 (usCD163) displays excellent biomarker characteristics for detection of active renal vasculitis using samples from patients with…
Abstract Number: 999 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utility of Neutrophil CD64 Expression & sTREM-1 in Distinguishing Bacterial Infection from Disease Flare in SLE and ANCA Associated Vasculitis
Sajal Ajmani, Harshit Singh, Saurabh Chaturvedi, Mohit kumar Rai and Vikas Agrawal, Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Fever is a common presenting manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV). Treating physician is challenged to differentiate between disease…
Abstract Number: 1944 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disease Activity, Glucocorticoid Exposure, and Rituximab Determine Body Composition Changes during Induction Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Zachary Wallace¹, Eli Miloslavsky², Sebastian H. Unizony³, Na Lu⁴, Gary S. Hoffman⁵, Cees G.M. Kallenberg⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Peter A. Merkel⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Robert F. Spiera¹¹, Eugene William St.Clair¹², Paul Bruntetta¹³, Matthew Cascino¹⁴, Hyon K. Choi¹⁵ and John H. Stone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Univ of Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Med, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell, New York, NY, ¹²Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) treatment includes high dose glucocorticoids (GCs), which are associated with increased body-mass index (BMI), a complication abhorred by patients and associated…
Abstract Number: 1215 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Signature Genes Are Differentially Expressed Between Microscopic Polyangiitis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Peripheral Blood Transcriptomes
Aya Kawasaki¹, Daisuke Tsukui², Yuya Kondo³, Yoshitaka Kimura², Kurumi Asako², Hiroshi Furukawa¹, Hajime Kono², Takayuki Sumida⁴ and Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interferon (IFN) signature has been established in the peripheral blood of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by transcriptome analyses, indicating a role…
Abstract Number: 1945 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms for the Identification of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Large-Vessel Vasculitis in Healthcare Administrative Databases
Antoine G. Sreih¹, Narender Annapureddy², Jason Springer³, Kevin Byram⁴, George Casey⁵, Andy Cruz⁶, Maya Estephan⁷, Vince Frangiosa⁸, Michael D. George⁸, Mei Liu⁹, Mehrdad Maz¹⁰, Adam Parker⁷, Sapna Sangani¹¹, Rebecca Sharim¹² and Peter A. Merkel¹³, ¹Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, & Rheumatology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁴Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ⁵The Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Informational Technology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Rheumatology, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, ⁸Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Informational Technology, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, ¹⁰Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kansas City, KS, ¹¹Penn Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Rheumatology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of vasculitides that consists of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss; EGPA), and microscopic polyangiitis…
Abstract Number: 1923 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Reflects Disease Activity in Patients with Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Yoko Wada¹, Takeshi Kuroda², Masaaki Nakano³ and Ichiei Narita¹, ¹Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, ²Health Administration Center, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Department of Medical Technology, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of systemic vasculitides associated with ANCA specific for myeloperoxidase (MPO) or proteinase-3 (PR3), and includes…
Abstract Number: 1947 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ocular Manifestations of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sophie Cai^1,2, George Papaliodis^2,3, Leo Lu⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵, Ulrich Specks⁶, Peter A. Merkel⁷, Philip Seo⁸, Robert F. Spiera⁹, Carol A. Langford¹⁰, Gary S. Hoffman¹¹, Cees G.M. Kallenberg¹², William St Clair¹³, Nadia Tchao¹⁴, Fernando Fervenza⁶, Paul A. Monach¹⁵, W Joseph McCune¹⁶, John H. Stone¹⁷, Eli Miloslavsky¹⁸ and RAVE-ITN and WGET Research Groups, ¹Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Uveitis and Immunology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, ⁴Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell, New York, NY, ¹⁰Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹³Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹⁴Immune Tolerance Network, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁶Int Med/ Rheum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁷Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Ocular involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) can cause substantial morbidity. We aimed to characterize patterns of ocular involvement in AAV and their response to…
Abstract Number: 1925 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interest of Procalcitonin for the Follow-up of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Data from a Cohort of 99 Patients
Anne Lemaire¹, Roderau Outh¹, Alexandre Mania¹, Geoffroy Marceau², Pauline Berland³, Marc Andre⁴ and Olivier Aumaître⁵, ¹Internal Medicine CHU G Montpied, Internal Medicine, CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, ²Biology, Medical Biochemistry, CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, ³Epidemiology, Epidemiology, CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, ⁴Internal Medicine CHU G Montpied, Internal Medicine, Clermont Ferrand, France, ⁵Division of internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, Clermont–Ferrand, Clermont–Ferrand, France
Background/Purpose: The prognosis of the ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) has improved with the new immunosuppressive treatments but infectious complications remain frequent. Procalcitonin (PCT) is…
Abstract Number: 1949 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Presentation, Prognosis and Clinical-Pathological Correlations of Cutaneous Manifestations in ANCA-Associated Vasculitides
Laure Frumholtz¹, Sara Laurent², Olivier Aumaître³, Francois Maurier⁴, Guillaume Le Guenno⁵, Agnès Carlotti², Alexiane Dallot², Jean-Louis Kemeny⁶, Laurent Antunes⁷, Nicolas Froment⁷, Sylvie Fraitag⁸, Jonathan London⁹, Claire Le Jeunne¹⁰, Benoit Terris², Luc Mouthon¹⁰, Selim Aractingi¹¹, Loïc Guillevin¹⁰, Nicolas Dupin¹¹ and Benjamin Terrier¹², ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Pathology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ³CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière - Department of Internal Medicine 2. Referal center for SLE/APS, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, HP Metz Belle Isle Hospital, Metz, France, ⁵Internal Medicine department, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁶Pathology, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁷Pathology, CH, Metz, France, ⁸Pathology, Necker, Paris, France, ⁹INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Equipe Neutrophiles et Vascularites, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹¹Dermatology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous involvement is frequent during ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and can reveal the disease. However, no large study on presentation and clinical-pathological correlations is available.…
Abstract Number: 1926 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Indications for Testing and Diagnostic Outcome in Patients with Positive ANCA at a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre
Cyrus Chehroudi^1,2, Ronald Booth^3,4 and Nataliya Milman^4,5,6, ¹Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Division of Biochemistry, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are a hallmark of a subset of small vasculitides collectively termed ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). With widespread availability of ANCA testing,…
Abstract Number: 1950 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ANCA-Associated Vasculitides and IgG4-Related Disease: An Overlapping Syndrome? a European Observational Study of 18 Patients
Francois-Xavier Danlos¹, Giovanni Maria Rossi², Daniel Blockmans³, Giacomo Emmi⁴, Andreas Kronbichler⁵, Stéphane Durupt⁶, Claire Maynard⁷, Luminita Luca⁸, Cyril Garrouste⁹, Bertrand Lioger¹⁰, Rachel Mourot¹¹, Robin Dhote¹², Jean-Benoit Arlet¹³, Thomas Hanslik¹⁴, Mikael Ebbo¹⁵, Agnès Carlotti¹⁶, Luc Mouthon¹⁷, Loïc Guillevin¹⁷, Augusto Vaglio¹⁸ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁹, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Nephrology, Parma, Parma, Italy, ³General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵Nephrology, Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶Internal Medicine, CHU, Lyon, France, ⁷Internal Medicine, CH, Chambéry, France, ⁸Internal Medicine, CHU, Poitiers, France, ⁹Nephrology, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁰GICC UMR 7292, University François Rabelais, Tours, France, ¹¹Internal Medicine, CHU, Strasbourg, France, ¹²Service de médecine interne. Hôpital Avicenne, Paris, France, ¹³Service de médecine interne, Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, ¹⁴Internal Medicine, CHU, Boulogne Billancourt, France, ¹⁵Internal Medicine, Aix-Marseille Université, AP-HM, Marseille, France, ¹⁶Pathology, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Nephrology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, ¹⁹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Atypical manifestations have been described in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV), such as periaortic fibrosis, pachymeningitis and orbital mass. Because these…
Abstract Number: 1929 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Two Different ANCA Iif Methods with EIA and Disease Phenotype
Pooja Bhadbhade¹, Mehrdad Maz², Lowell Tilzer³, Fred Plapp³ and Jason Springer¹, ¹Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kansas City, KS, ²Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kansas City, KS, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: ANCAs are used as diagnostic markers in patients with autoimmune vasculitis such as Granulomatosis with polyangitis (GPA), Microscopic polyangitis (MPA), and Eosinophilic granulomatosis with…

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