Abstracts tagged "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)"

Abstract Number: 0384 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Tough Cell: The Argument for a Biomarker of Clinical and Imaging Outcomes in Spondyloarthritis: The Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio and the Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio
Rouhin Sen¹, Emmeline Kim², Elizabeth Cheng³, Kavya Ganuthula⁴, Meika Fang⁵, Gail Kerr⁶, Jessica Walsh⁷, Elizabeth Chang⁸, Siba Raychaudhuri⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰ and Liron Caplan¹¹, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine/Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Denver, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC, Aurora, CO, ⁴Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁵David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA/West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁷Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸Phoenix Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Phoenix, AZ, ⁹Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of California-Davis Health, Davis, CA, ¹⁰University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Dallas, TX, ¹¹Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Biomarkers of disease activity/severity and imaging outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remain a challenge. The most common relevant biomarker is the C-Reactive Protein (CRP),…
Abstract Number: 0900 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Phenomenon of Fused Sacroiliac Joints but Absent Syndesmophytes in Long Standing Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients: Data from a Prospectively Followed Cohort
Lauren Ridley¹, Mark Hwang², John Reveille³, Lianne Gensler⁴, Mariko Ishimori⁵, Matthew Brown⁶, Mohammad Rahbar⁷, Amirali Tahanan⁸, Michael Ward⁹, Michael Weisman¹⁰ and Thomas Learch¹¹, ¹McGovern Medical School, Katy, TX, ²McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Division of Rheumatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁸McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁹Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, Rockville, MD, ¹⁰Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis describes disorders of inflammation and damage to the spine and sacroiliac (SI) joints. Clinicians have observed, on occasion, AS subjects with fused…
Abstract Number: 0923 • ACR Convergence 2021
Minimal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient-Reported Disease Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Receiving Bimekizumab: Post Hoc Analyses from a Phase 2b Study
Philip Robinson¹, Pedro Machado², Nigil Haroon³, Lianne Gensler⁴, John Reveille⁵, Vanessa Taieb⁶, Thomas Vaux⁶, Carmen Fleurinck⁷, Marga Oortgiesen⁸, Natasha de Peyrecave⁷ and Atul Deodhar⁹, ¹University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston, Australia, ²Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸UCB Pharma, Raleigh, NC, ⁹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that inhibits both interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F, has been demonstrated to be efficacious and well tolerated in patients…
Abstract Number: 1322 • ACR Convergence 2021
Body Mass Index (BMI) Underestimates Obesity in Females with Axial Spondyloarthropathy
Sinead Maguire¹, Wilson Fiona², Phil Gallagher³ and Finbar (Barry) O'Shea¹, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Worldwide prevalence of obesity has been steadily increasing, despite public health campaigns to raise awareness. In axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) obesity has been shown to…
Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Influence of Age on the Prevalence of Inflammatory and Post-inflammatory MRI Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with and Without Axial Spondyloarthritis
Xenofon Baraliakos, Styliani Tsiami, Anna Kühn, Martin Fruth and Jürgen Braun, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is clinically characterized by chronic inflammatory back pain and by inflammatory and structural changes in the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) as assessed…
Abstract Number: 0385 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Diagnostic Utility of Serum interleukin-22 in Patients with Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis
Michal Sagiv¹, Abid Awisat², Aniela Shouval², Regina Peri³, Mohammad Adawi⁴, Firas Sabbah⁴, Itzhak Rosner², Aharon Kessel³ and Gleb Slobodin², ¹Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Puria Medical Center, Tiberias, Israel
Background/Purpose: There is an unmet need for a reliable biomarker for the diagnosis and differentiation of AxSpA from its multiple mimickers. Serum levels of IL-22,…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low Dose Dual Energy CT Scan for the Detection of Bone Marrow Edema and Erosions in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Jonathan Chan¹, Savvas Nicolaou¹, Yet Yen Yan², Mahomed Osman³, Hugue Ouellette¹ and Sabeena Jalal⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Changi General Hospital, Singapore, ³Queensland X-ray, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow edema (BME) and erosions of the sacroiliac (SI) joints are key imaging features in the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). MRI with…
Abstract Number: 0927 • ACR Convergence 2021
Whole Blood Transcriptional Changes Following Treatment with Filgotinib in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Yihua Liu², William Barchuk³, Robin Besuyen⁴, René Galien⁵, Yuan Tian², Vlad Malkov² and Angie Hertz², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ³Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁴Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Galapagos NV, Romainvulle, France
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) – also referred to as radiographic axial spondyloarthritis – is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the sacroiliac joints and spine.…
Abstract Number: 1361 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impact of Intermediate Treatment Interruption on Secukinumab Efficacy in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Interim Analysis Results from the SERENA Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Petros Sfikakis², Nicola Gullick³, Gkikas Katsifis⁴, Anna Kandyli⁵, Jan Brandt-Jrgens⁶, Philippe Goupille⁷, Nicola Maiden⁸, Karl Gaffney⁹, Maher Aassi¹⁰, Barbara Schulz¹⁰, Effie Pournara¹⁰ and Piotr Jagiello¹⁰, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Clinic Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, Iaso General Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁶Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁷University hospital of Tours, Rheumatology department, Tours, France, ⁸Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern Health & Social Care Trust, Portadown, Craigavon BT63 5QQ, Craigavon, United Kingdom, ⁹Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab (SEC) has demonstrated long-lasting efficacy and a favorable safety profile in patients (pts) with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) across Phase…
Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2021
Structural Damage in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Is There a Preferred Way to Assess Progression over Time?
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Valeria Rios Rodriguez², Murat Torgutalp², Anil Dilbaryan², Hildrun Haibel³, Maryna Verba⁴, Joachim Sieper³, Jürgen Braun¹, Martin Rudwaleit⁵ and Denis Poddubnyy⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁵University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the modified Stokes Ankylosing Spondylitis Scoring System (mSASSS) in assessing spinal radiographic damage…
Abstract Number: 0386 • ACR Convergence 2021
Delay to Diagnosis in Axial Spondyloarthritis: The Gap Is Closing, but Persistent Association with Severe Disease
Maria McWalter¹, Conall MacGearailt¹, Sinead Maguire², Finbar (Barry) O'Shea² and Gillian Fitzgerald³, ¹Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ²St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) presents a challenge in the management of the condition, despite increased awareness. Reducing the gap between symptom onset…
Abstract Number: 0902 • ACR Convergence 2021
Does Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joint and Spine Differ in Patients Presenting with Undiagnosed Back Pain and Psoriasis, Acute Anterior Uveitis, and Colitis: An Inception Cohort Study
Walter Maksymowych¹, Ulrich Weber², Jonathan Chan³, Raj Carmona⁴, James Yeung⁵, Sibel Zehra Aydin⁶, Jodie Reis⁷, Liam Martin⁸, Ariel Masetto⁹, Olga Ziouzina⁸, Dianne Mosher⁸, Stephanie Keeling¹⁰, Sherry Rohekar¹¹, Rana Dadashova¹², Joel Paschke¹², Amanda Carapellucci¹² and Robert Lambert¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ⁵James Yeung Rheumatology, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁶University of Ottawa , Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁷Polmed Research Inc, Saskatoon, Canada, ⁸University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁹Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹¹University of Western Ontario - London, London, ON, Canada, ¹²CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis and classification of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) relies considerably on imaging evidence of sacroiliitis which has led to the development of classification criteria which…
Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2021
Filgotinib Treatment Results in Reduction of Inflammatory and Matrix Remodeling Biomarkers Associated with Disease in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Walter Maksymowych¹, Yuan Tian², Jingting Xu², William Barchuk³, René Galien⁴, Robin Besuyen⁵, Yihua Liu², Vlad Malkov² and Angie Hertz², ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ³Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁴Galapagos NV, Romainvulle, France, ⁵Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) – also referred to as radiographic axial spondyloarthritis – is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the sacroiliac joints and spine.…
Abstract Number: 1691 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-Term Safety Profile of Upadacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, or Ankylosing Spondylitis
Gerd Burmester¹, Stanley Cohen², Kevin Winthrop³, Peter Nash⁴, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁵, Atul Deodhar³, Ori Elkayam⁶, Eduardo Mysler⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka⁸, Jianzhong Liu⁹, Ana Paula Lacerda⁹, Bosny Pierre-Louis⁹, Tim Shaw¹⁰ and Philip Mease¹¹, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ³Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵Kantonspital St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ⁶Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Organización Medica de Investigación, Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁹AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹⁰AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, ¹¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of the oral Janus kinase inhibitor, upadacitinib (UPA), has been evaluated for several rheumatic diseases. The objective of this analysis…
Abstract Number: 0357 • ACR Convergence 2021
Identifying Predictors of Unemployment in Axial Spondyloarthropathy: Data from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Registry of Ireland
Sinead Maguire¹, Wilson Fiona², Phil Gallagher³ and Finbar (Barry) O'Shea¹, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is an inflammatory arthritis of the axial skeleton. Persistent disease activity can result in significant disability and affect ability to maintain…

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