Abstracts tagged "ANCA"

Abstract Number: 887 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intravenous Immunoglobulin As Immunomodulating Agent in ANCA-Associated Vasculitides: A French Nationwide Study of 92 Patients
Etienne Crickx¹, Irène Machelart², Estibaliz Lazaro³, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn⁴, Fleur Cohen⁵, Thierry Martin⁶, Alexandre Mania⁷, Pierre-Yves Hatron⁸, Gilles Hayem⁹, Claire Blanchard-Delaunay¹⁰, Claire De Moreuil¹¹, Guillaume Le Guenno¹², Frédéric Vandergheynst¹³, Francois Maurier¹⁴, Bruno Crestani¹⁵, Robin Dhote¹⁶, Nicolas Martin Silva¹⁷, Yann Ollivier¹⁸, Anas Mehdaoui¹⁹, Bertrand Godeau²⁰, Xavier Mariette²¹, Jacques Cadranel²², Pascal Cohen²³, Xavier Puéchal²³, Claire Le Jeunne²⁴, Luc Mouthon²⁵, Loïc Guillevin²⁶ and Benjamin Terrier²³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Hôpital Pellegrin, Pessac, France, ³Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France, ⁵Internal Medicine Dpt 2, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁶Cnrs UPR9021, IBMC, Strasbourg, France, ⁷Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁸Service de Médecine Interne, Centre National de Référence des Maladies Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, Lille, France, ⁹Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne Billancourt, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier, Niort, France, ¹¹CHU, Brest, France, ¹²Internal Medicine department, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹³Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgium, ¹⁴HP Metz Belle Isle Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Metz, France, ¹⁵Pneumology, Bichat Claude-bernard, Universitary Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁶Internal Medicine, Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France, ¹⁷CHU Caen, caen, France, ¹⁸Hôpital Cote de Nacre, Caen, France, ¹⁹Hôpital Eure Seine, Evreux, France, ²⁰Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ²¹Université Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Paris, France, ²²Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, ²³Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, Paris, France, ²⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Referent Center for Necrotizing Vasculitis and Systemic Sclerosis, Paris-Descartes University, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²⁶Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Despite recent therapeutic advances in treating ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAVs), some patients relapse or require long-term immunosuppression, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. IVIg represents…
Abstract Number: 1754 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral CD5⁺b-Cells in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sebastian Unizony¹, Noha Lim², Vincent Carey³, Deborah J. Phippard², Nadia Tchao², Eli M. Miloslavsky⁴, Peter A. Merkel⁵, Paul Monach⁶, William St. Clair⁷, Robert F. Spiera⁸, Adam Asare², Philip Seo⁹, Carol A. Langford¹⁰, Gary S. Hoffman¹¹, Cees Kallenberg¹², Ulrich Specks¹³ and John H. Stone⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ³Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Vasculitis Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁷Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Rheumatic & Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹³Frederichs Dr NW, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose We explored the utility of peripheral CD19+ CD5+ B-cells (CD5+ B-cells) as biomarkers in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) Methods CD5+ B-cells were measured longitudinally by…
Abstract Number: 1764 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Other Differences Observed Between Cocaine Induced and Non-Cocaine Induced Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Positive Vasculitis
Santhi Penmetsa¹, N. Suzanne Emil², Joshua Duchesne¹, Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.³, Arthur Bankhurst⁴ and Roderick Fields⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health sciences center, Albuquerque, NM, ²Rheumatology, Presbyterian Medical Group, Rio Rancho, NM, ³Rheumatology, University of New mexico health sciences center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Rheum/ MSC 105550, University of NM Med Ctr, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico health Sciences center, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose Objective: To compare various factors including clinical manifestations, laboratory data and mortality in between two groups of patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive…
Abstract Number: 804 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vasculitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Study of 32 Patients with Both Conditions and Systematic Review of the Literature
Alice Sy¹, Natasha Dehghan², Nader A. Khalidi³, Lillian Barra⁴, Simon Carette⁵, David Cuthbertson⁶, Gary S. Hoffman⁷, Curry L Koening⁸, Carol A. Langford⁹, Carol McAlear¹⁰, Paul A. Monach¹¹, Larry W. Moreland¹², Philip Seo¹³, Ulrich Specks¹⁴, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁵, Gert Van Assche¹⁶, Peter A. Merkel¹⁰ and Christian Pagnoux⁵, ¹Medicine Division, London, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology Division, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁷Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Division of rheumatology, George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Salt Lake City and University of Utah, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ¹²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹³Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵Rheumatology Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁶Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Small case series suggested that vasculitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; Crohn’s disease [CD] or ulcerative colitis [UC]) can co-occur more commonly than the…
Abstract Number: 2903 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Outcomes in Pediatric Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis (AAV)
Kimberly Morishita¹, Susanne Benseler², Rae S.M. Yeung³, Thomas Mason II⁴, Dawn Wahezi⁵, Kenneth N. Schikler⁶, Erica F. Lawson⁷, Susan Nielsen⁸, Sirirat Charuvanij⁹, Paul Dancey¹⁰, Susan Shenoi¹¹, Linda Wagner-Weiner¹², Angelyne Sarmiento¹, David A. Cabral¹³ and For the PedVas Initiative¹, ¹BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology - Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, Univ of Louisville Schl of Med, Louisville, KY, ⁷Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Pediatric rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Janeway Children's Hospital, St. John's, NL, Canada, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Seattle Childrens Hospital, seattle, WA, ¹²Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹³Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Childhood AAV is rare and outcome studies are limited. The PedVas Study is an international initiative collecting clinical data (to A Registry of Childhood…
Abstract Number: 85 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protective Association of HLA-DRB1*13:02 Against MPO-ANCA Positive ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in a Japanese Population
Naoyuki Tsuchiya¹, Narumi Hasebe¹, Ken-ei Sada², Shigeto Kobayashi³, Hidehiro Yamada⁴, Hiroshi Furukawa⁵, Kunihiro Yamagata⁶, Takayuki Sumida⁷, Nobuyuki Miyasaka⁸, Seiichi Matsuo⁹, Shigeto Tohma⁵, Shoichi Ozaki¹⁰, Hiroshi Hashimoto¹¹, Hirofumi Makino², Masayoshi Harigai¹² and Aya Kawasaki¹, ¹Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Koshigaya Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁵Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara Hospital, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁸Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ¹¹Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Pharmacovigilance, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose Epidemiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) – associated vasculitis (AAV) is substantially different between European and Asian populations. In the Japanese population, the majority…
Abstract Number: 2278 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Orbital Pseudotumor As the Presenting Symptom of Pediatric ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Amanda Schlefman¹, Maureen Leffler², AnneMarie C. Brescia³ and Carlos D. Rose⁴, ¹A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ²Rheumatology, AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University/ AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ⁴Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Ocular involvement, particularly orbital pseudotumor, has been reported as the initial manifestation of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in the adult population, predominantly in granulomatosis with…
Abstract Number: 2186 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Immunologic Correlates in Cocaine Users with Serum Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Christian Lood and Grant C. Hughes, Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Illicit cocaine use is associated with the development of serum anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) and a variety of clinical manifestations. However, the mechanisms linking…
Abstract Number: 1863 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CCX168, an Orally Administered C5aR Inhibitor for Treatment of Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Pirow Bekker¹, David Jayne², Annette Bruchfeld³, Matthias Schaier⁴, Kazimierz Ciechanowski⁵, Lorraine Harper⁶, Michel Jadoul⁷, Mårten Segelmark⁸, Daina Selga⁹, Istvan Szombati¹⁰, Michael Venning¹¹, Christian Hugo¹², Paul L. van Daele¹³, Ondrej Viklicky¹⁴, Antonia Potarca¹⁵ and Thomas J. Schall¹⁵, ¹Medical & Clinical Affairs, Chemocentryx, Inc., Mountain View, CA, ²Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrookes Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁵Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁶Nephrology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁷Cliniques Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Nephrology, Linkobing University, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden, ⁹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁰Budaclinic, Budapest, Hungary, ¹¹Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹²Dresden University, Dresden, Germany, ¹³Erasmus Medical Center, Immunology, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Instit of Clin and Exp Med, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁵ChemoCentryx, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Background/Purpose: CCX168 is a potent, specific C5aR inhibitor in clinical development for ANCA-associated vasculitis. The initial focus of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was…
Abstract Number: 1862 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Low-Density Granulocytes with Disease Activity and Response to Treatment in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera¹, Lijing Xu², Noha Lim², Adam Asare², Deborah J. Phippard², Mariana J. Kaplan³, Peter A. Merkel⁴ and Paul A. Monach⁵, ¹NIAMS Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Section of Rheumatology, Vasculitis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: To discover new pathways involved in the pathophysiology of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and identify potential clinical biomarkers through use of whole-genome gene expression profiling.…
Abstract Number: 1777 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Carriage and Relapses, Bvas, ANCA-Positivity and Cotrimoxazole Use in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Boun Kim Tan¹, Yoann Crabol¹, Jason Tasse^2,3, Frederic Laurent^2,3, Xavier Puechal^4,5, Christine Vinter⁶ and Loïc Guillevin^1,5, ¹Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, University Paris V Descartes, Paris, France, ²Laboratoire de Bactériologie de l'hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, National Reference Centre for Staphylococci, Lyon, France, ³INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, International Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Lyon, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG), Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medecine, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
Background/Purpose Staphylococcus aureus (SA) nasal carriage has been reported to be more frequent and associated with persistent ANCA-positivity and relapse in patients with granulomatosis with…
Abstract Number: 1776 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Predictive of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Relapse in Patients Given Rituximab-Maintenance Therapy
Benjamin Terrier¹, Christian Pagnoux², Guillaume Geri³, Alexandre Karras⁴, Chahéra Khouatra⁵, Olivier Aumaitre⁶, Pascal Cohen⁷, Francois Maurier⁸, Olivier Decaux⁹, Hélène Desmurs-Clavel¹⁰, Pierre Gobert¹¹, Thomas Quemeneur¹², Claire Blanchard-Delaunay¹³, Pascal Godmer¹⁴, Xavier Puéchal⁷, Luc Mouthon⁷ and Loïc Guillevin for the French Vasculitis Study Group⁷, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Nephrology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, APHP, Paris, France, ⁵CHU Louis Pradel, Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁶Internal Medicine, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁷National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ⁸HP Metz Belle Isle Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Metz, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France, ¹⁰University of Lyon, LYON, France, ¹¹Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier d'Avignon, Avignon, France, ¹²Internal Medicine, CH, Valenciennes, France, ¹³Internal Medicine, Hôpital de Niort, Niort, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique de Vannes, Vannes, France
Background/Purpose Rituximab (RTX) was shown to be as effective as cyclophosphamide to induce remission in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). The prospective MAINRITSAN trial compared…
Abstract Number: 1775 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predicting Relapse in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis – the Potential Use of Monitoring in Vitro ANCA Production
Judith Land¹, Wayel H. Abdulahad¹, Coen A. Stegeman², Peter Heeringa³ and Abraham Rutgers¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) suffer from frequent disease relapses, with up to 50% of patients relapsing within 5 years. Several risk factors…
Abstract Number: 1773 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Otolaryngologic Lesions Are Not Rare and Closely Related with Pachymeningitis and Cranial Neuropathy in MPO-ANCA Associated Vasculitis
Takahiro Nunokawa¹, Naoto Yokogawa², Kota Shimada¹ and Shoji Sugii², ¹Department of Rheumatic diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Recently several case reports of serous otitis media (SOM), hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) and cranial neuropathy (CN) have been reported in connection with MPO-ANCA associated…
Abstract Number: 1766 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Clinicopathologically- and Serologically-Based Classification Systems for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Sebastian Unizony¹, Eli M. Miloslavsky¹, Miguel Villarreal², Peter A. Merkel³, Paul Monach⁴, E. William St. Claire⁵, Cees Kallenberg⁶, David Ikle², Robert F. Spiera⁷, Nadia Tchao⁸, Deborah J. Phippard⁸, Linna Ding⁹, Carol A. Langford¹⁰, Philip Seo¹¹, Gary S. Hoffman¹², John H. Stone¹ and Ulrich Specks¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Immune Tolerance Network, Bethesda, MD, ⁹NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹²Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ¹³Frederichs Dr NW, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose Genome-wide association studies suggest that PR3-ANCA-positive ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is genetically distinct from MPO-ANCA AAV. We evaluated patients enrolled in the RAVE trial according…

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