Abstracts tagged "antiphospholipid syndrome"

Abstract Number: 0071 • ACR Convergence 2021
Damage Accrual Measured by DIAPS in Antiphospholipid Antibody (aPL)-positive Patients: Results from AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Gustavo Balbi¹, Yasaman Ahmadzadeh², Maria Tektonidou³, Vittorio Pengo⁴, Savino Sciascia⁵, Amaia Ugarte⁶, H. Michael Belmont⁷, Maria Gerosa⁸, Paul R Fortin⁹, Chary lopez-pedrera¹⁰, Lanlan Ji¹¹, Tatsuya Atsumi¹², Hannah Cohen¹³, Guilherme Ramires de Jesus¹⁴, D. Ware Branch¹⁵, Cecilia Nalli¹⁶, Nina Kello¹⁷, Michelle Petri¹⁸, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz¹⁹, Giuseppe Barilaro²⁰, Jason Knight²¹, Bahar Artim-Esen²², Rohan Willis²³, Maria Laura Bertolaccini²⁴, Robert Roubey²⁵, Doruk Erkan², Danieli De Andrade¹ and on Behalf of APS ACTION², ¹University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³FORZAFORTE HELLAS LTD, Athens, Greece, ⁴Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, ⁵University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ⁶Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁹CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁰IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹²Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹³Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁶ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁷Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Clínic Barcelona - Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²²Istanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey, ²³University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁵University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Damage Index in APS (DIAPS) is a scoring system developed to assess long-term damage in thrombotic primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS), which also correlates with…
Abstract Number: 0951 • ACR Convergence 2021
Associations Among Antiphospholipid Antibody Types, Isotypes, and Titers: Results from the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Elena Gkrouzman¹, Danieli Andrade², Maria Tektonidou³, Vittorio Pengo⁴, Amaia Ugarte⁵, H. Michael Belmont⁶, Cecilia Chighizola⁷, Paul R Fortin⁸, Tatsuya Atsumi⁹, Maria Efthymiou,¹⁰, Guilherme Ramires de Jesus¹¹, D. Ware Branch¹², Laura Andreoli¹³, Michelle Petri¹⁴, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz¹⁵, Ricard Cervera¹⁶, Jason Knight¹⁷, Emilio Gonzalez¹⁸, Elisa Bison¹⁹, Ian Mackie²⁰, Hannah Cohen²¹, Maria Laura Bertolaccini²², Doruk Erkan²³, Robert Roubey²⁴ and on behalf of APS ACTION²³, ¹University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA, ²Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³FORZAFORTE HELLAS LTD, Athens, Greece, ⁴Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, ⁵Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁸CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ⁹Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁰Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸University of Texas Medical Branch (utmb Health), Galveston, TX, ¹⁹University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ²⁰University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²¹Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Several antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) profiles are associated with a higher risk for the clinical manifestations of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). These include “triple positivity”…
Abstract Number: 0072 • ACR Convergence 2021
Immunosuppression Use in Primary Antiphospholipid Antibody Positive Patients: Descriptive Analysis of the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Zeynep Belce Erton¹, Rebecca Karp- Leaf², Danieli Andrade³, Maria Tektonidou⁴, Vittorio Pengo⁵, Savino Sciascia⁶, Amaia Ugarte⁷, H. Michael Belmont⁸, Maria Gerosa⁹, Paul R Fortin¹⁰, Chary lopez-pedrera¹¹, Lanlan Ji¹², Tatsuya Atsumi¹³, Hannah Cohen¹⁴, Guilherme Ramires de Jesus¹⁵, D. Ware Branch¹⁶, Cecilia Nalli¹⁷, Nina Kello¹⁸, Michelle Petri¹⁹, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz²⁰, Ricard Cervera²¹, Jason Knight²², Bahar Artim-Esen²³, Rohan Willis²⁴, Maria Laura Bertolaccini²⁵, Robert Roubey²⁶, Doruk Erkan¹ and on Behalf of APS ACTION¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴FORZAFORTE HELLAS LTD, Athens, Greece, ⁵Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, ⁶University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ⁷Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁸NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹¹IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹²Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹³Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁷ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁸Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²³Istanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁴University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²⁵King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁶University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: The APS ACTION Registry was created to study the natural course of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) over 10 years in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positive…
Abstract Number: 0962 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Antiphospholipid Antibodies with Thromboembolic Events and Severe Outcomes in COVID-19
Arielle Mendel¹, Marvin Fritzler², Yvan St.Pierre¹, Joyce Rauch³, Sasha Bernatsky³ and Evelyne Vinet⁴, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Centre, Mont Royal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although several studies indicate that patients with COVID-19 produce antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), it is unclear which aPL subtype predominates and whether aPL correlates with…
Abstract Number: 0073 • ACR Convergence 2021
Anti-Domain 1 Antibody Fluctuation over Time in Patients with Persistently Positive Antiphospholipid Antibodies: Results from the Aps Action Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Cecilia Chighizola¹, Francesca Pregnolato², Danieli De Andrade³, Maria Tektonidou⁴, Vittorio Pengo⁵, Amaia Ugarte⁶, H. Michael Belmont⁷, Paul R Fortin⁸, Tatsuya Atsumi⁹, Maria Efthymiou,¹⁰, Guilherme Ramires de Jesus¹¹, D. Ware Branch¹², Cecilia Nalli¹³, Michelle Petri¹⁴, Esther Rodriguez-Almaraz¹⁵, Ricard Cervera¹⁶, Yu Zuo¹⁷, Rohan Willis¹⁸, Elisa Bison¹⁹, Ian Mackie²⁰, Hannah Cohen²¹, Robert Roubey²², Doruk Erkan²³ and Maria Laura Bertolaccini²⁴, ¹University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Joint Rheumatology Program, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁵Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, ⁶Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ⁹Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁰Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹³ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ¹⁹University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ²⁰University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²¹Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²²UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, ²³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Data on fluctuation of antibodies against domain 1 (anti-D1) of β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) are scarce. Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and all three criteria…
Abstract Number: 1285 • ACR Convergence 2021
Major Determinants of Prolonged Remission in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Retrospective Study over a 41-Year Period
Goncalo Durao-Carvalho¹, Raquel Fernandez², Bethan Goulden³, Filipa Farinha⁴ and David Isenberg⁵, ¹Servico de Medicina Interna, Centro Hospitalar do Oeste – Unidade de Caldas da Rainha, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, ²Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University College London Hospitals and Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Disease activity is a major determinant of mortality whereas prolonged remission contributes to improving health outcomes in SLE patients (pts). Remission is thus a…
Abstract Number: 0074 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Anti-phospholipid Antibodies (aPL) with Poor Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
David Yaich¹, Brandon Ptak¹, Emma Roellke¹, Erin Miller¹, Juliet Kim¹, Juan Gaztanaga¹, Wendy Drewes¹, James Ciancarelli², Jasmin Divers¹, Megan Winner¹, Amy Rapkiewicz¹ and Steven Carsons³, ¹NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, Mineola, NY, ²NYU Hospital Hospital- Long Island, Mineola, NY, ³NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Critically ill patients with COVID-19 infection have a profound hypercoagulable state and can often develop thromboses in many different vascular beds. Given the presence…
Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR Convergence 2021
Molecular Modelling Predicts Inhibition of Functional Effects of Anti-thrombin III on Factor Xa Mediated Complement Activation by Anti- Factor Xa IgG in SLE and APS
Thomas McDonnell¹, Raj Amarnani², Valentina Spiteri², Carina Spicer³, Charis Pericleous⁴, Bahar Artim-Esen⁵, Ian Mackie¹, Marina Botto⁴, Anisur Rahman¹ and Ian Giles¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, ³Merck, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Istanbul University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The significance of antibodies directed against activated Factor (FXa) and thrombin (Thr) found in ~40% of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and/or Antiphospholipid…
Abstract Number: 0075 • ACR Convergence 2021
Endothelial Cell-activating Antibodies in COVID-19
Hui Shi¹, Yu Zuo², Sherwin Navaz², Alyssa Harbaugh², Claire Hoy², Alex Gandhi², Gautam Sule², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi², Kelsey Gockman², Jacqueline Madison², Jintao Wang², Melanie zuo², Yue Shi³, Michael Maile², Yogendra Kanthi² and Jason Knight², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Shanghai Sports School, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Patients with COVID-19 are at high risk for occlusion of vascular beds of all sizes. Considering endothelial cell activation has regularly been described as…
Abstract Number: 0076 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predicting the Transitions Between Lupus Anticoagulant Status and Thrombosis in SLE Using a Multi-state Markov Model
Selcan Demir¹, Jessica Li², Laurence Magder³ and Michelle Petri⁴, ¹Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with SLE and lupus anticoagulant (LAC) positivity is the best predictor…
Abstract Number: 0077 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Lupus Nephritis and Other Clinical Features with Antiphospholipid Antibody Positivity Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Prarthana Jain, Jim Oates, Dulaney Wilson and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positivity is associated with elevated risk of thrombosis among patients with SLE, but other clinical associations are less well-known. The goal…
Abstract Number: 0078 • ACR Convergence 2021
Frequency and Clinical Characteristics of Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Georgia Lupus Registry
Jinan al-naqeeb¹, Gaobin Bao², Cristina Drenkard² and S Sam Lim³, ¹Emory University, Decatur, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Although APS was originally described in those with SLE, the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of secondary APS (2APS) has not been well described in…
Abstract Number: 0079 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Preconception Complement Levels and Use of Hydroxychloroquine with Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Carriers of Antiphospholipid Antibodies: An International Multicenter Study
Daniele Lini¹, Cecilia Nalli², Laura Andreoli³, Francesca Crisafulli¹, Micaela Fredi¹, Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Viktoria Bitsadze⁴, Antonia Calligaro⁵, Valentina Canti⁶, Roberto Caporali⁷, Francesco Carubbi⁸, Cecilia Chighizola⁹, Paola Conigliaro¹⁰, Fabrizio Conti¹¹, Caterina De Carolis¹², Teresa Del Ross⁵, Maria Favaro⁵, Maria Gerosa⁹, Annamaria Iuliano¹³, Jamilya Khizroeva⁴, Alexander Makatsariya⁴, Pier Luigi Meroni¹⁴, Marta Mosca¹⁵, Melissa Padovan¹⁶, Roberto Perricone¹⁰, Patrizia Rovere Querini⁶, Gian Domenico Sebastiani¹³, Chiara Tani¹⁷, Marta Tonello¹⁸, Simona Truglia¹¹, Dina Zucchi¹⁵, Franco Franceschini¹ and Angela Tincani¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ³University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁶Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, ⁷Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy, ⁸Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁹University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of "Medicina dei Sistemi", University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, ¹¹Lupus Clinic, Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Internistiche, Anestesiologiche e Cardiovascolari, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, ¹²Polymedical Center for Prevention of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, Rome, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, ASST.G Pini, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁸BSC, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹⁹ASST Spedali Civili-University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy
Background/Purpose: APS is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by thrombotic events and/or pregnancy morbidities in the presence of confirmed positivity for aPL. Complement was demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2021
One Point Increase in the Initial Damage as Measured by the Damage Index for Antiphospholipid Syndrome Predicts Mortality in a Multi-Ethnic Group of Thrombotic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients
Pedro Gaspar¹, Filipa Farinha², Zara Sayar³, Maria Efthymiou,⁴, Hannah Cohen³ and David Isenberg², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 2, University Hospital of Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ²Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Haematology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Haemostasis Research Unit, Department of Haematology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The chronic and recurrent nature of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) leads to damage accrual that impairs long-term functional status and survival. The Damage Index for…
Abstract Number: 0081 • ACR Convergence 2021
Thrombin Generation Assay and Lupus Anticoagulant Identify Different Populations of Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Massimo Radin¹, Alice Barinotti¹, Irene Cecchi², Silvia Grazietta Foddai¹, Elena Rubini¹, Dario Roccatello¹, Elisa Menegatti¹ and Savino Sciascia¹, ¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Background/Purpose: Risk stratification in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) remains a clinical challenge. We aim to evaluate the role of Thrombin Generation Assay (TGA) in…

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