Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 0100 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines After First Vaccination in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in a Patient Reported Survey
Rebecca Hasseli¹, Bimba Franziska Hoyer², Hanns-Martin Lorenz³, Alexander Pfeil⁴, Jutta Richter⁵, Anne Regierer⁶, Tim Schmeiser⁷, Anja Strangfeld⁸, Reinhard Voll⁹, Andreas Krause¹⁰, Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹¹, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹² and Christof Specker¹³, ¹Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Universittsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ³University Hospital Heidelberg Germany, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁴Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Private Practice, Cologne, Germany, ⁸Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁰Immanuel Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹²JLU Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Dept. Rheum & Clin Immunol, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹³Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and their treating physicians, concerns prevail about the effectiveness and safety of vaccination against COVID-19, especially…
Abstract Number: 0203 • ACR Convergence 2021
Chemoprophylaxis in Latent Tuberculosis Associated with Rheumatic Immune-mediated Diseases. Study of 240 Patients from a Single University Hospital
David Martinez-Lopez¹, Javier Rueda-Gotor¹, Joy Osorio-Chávez¹, Carmen Álvarez-Reguera¹, Virginia Portilla², Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) may be increased with biologic therapy (BT). Diagnosis and treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) is the best strategy to prevent TB.…
Abstract Number: 0455 • ACR Convergence 2021
Abatacept Reverses Subclinical Arthritis in Patients with High-risk to Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis -results from the Randomized, Placebo-controlled ARIAA Study in RA-at Risk Patients
Juergen Rech¹, Mikkel Ostergaard², Koray Tascilar³, Melanie Hagen⁴, Larissa Valor Mendez⁴, Arnd Kleyer⁴, Gerhard Kroenke⁴, David Simon⁵, Verena Schoenau⁴, Axel Hueber⁶, Stefan Kleinert⁷, Xenofon Baraliakos⁸, Martin Fleck⁹, Andrea Rubbert-Roth¹⁰, Frank Behrens¹¹, David Kofler¹², Martin Feuchtenberger¹³, Michael Zaenker¹⁴, Reinhard Voll¹⁵, Cornelia Glaser¹⁶, Eugen Feist¹⁷, Gerd Burmester¹⁸, Kirsten Karberg¹⁹, Johannes Strunk²⁰, Juan D Cañete²¹, Esperanza Naredo²², Maria Filkova²³, Ladislav Senolt²⁴ and Georg Schett²⁵, ¹Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuernberg and Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen Department of Medicine-3 Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuernberg and Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen, Medical Department 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nrnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶sozialstiftung-bamberg.de, Bamberg, Germany, ⁷Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁹Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach Klinik und Poliklinik für Rheumatologie/ Klin. Immunologie, Bad Abbach, Germany, ¹⁰Kantonspital St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ¹¹Rheumatology & Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Fraunhofer Cluster Immune-Mediated Diseases (CIMD), Fraunhofer Cluster Immune-Mediated Diseases (CIMD), Frankfurt/Main, Germany, ¹²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department I of Internal Medicine; University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ¹³MED | BAYERN OST GmbH Fachbereich Rheumatologie, Burghausen, Germany, ¹⁴Immanuel Klinikum Bernau Herzzentrum Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁶Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁷Helios Department of Rheumatology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ¹⁸Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁹Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁰Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein GmbH Rheumaklinik, Köln (Porz), Germany, ²¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain, ²³Institute of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Research Laboratory, Department of Rheumatology of First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²⁵Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a preclinical phase that is characterized by the presence of antibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPA), subclinical arthritis and pain. ACPA…
Abstract Number: 0654 • ACR Convergence 2021
Assessing Provider Knowledge and Opinions of the 2017 Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medications in a Single Academic Center
Andrew Shaffer¹, Erica Mulcaire-Jones², Michael Battistone³, Jeremy Gililland⁴, Victor Carlson⁴, Joshua Zimmerman⁴, Kevin Lammert⁴ and Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina⁴, ¹University of Utah, Sandy, UT, ²Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Guidelines for perioperative management of antirheumatic medications were released by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2021
Manipulation of B7 Family Member Expression Demonstrates Synovial Macrophage Plasticity and Possible Future Targets for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Annabelle Small¹, Katie Williams², Antonio Ferrante³, Malcolm Smith², Susanna Proudman⁴, Helen Weedon¹ and Mihir Wechalekar⁵, ¹Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia, ²Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, ³SA Pathology; University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴University of Adelaide, Medindie, Australia, ⁵Flinders Medical Centre, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Bedford Park, Australia
Background/Purpose: Infiltration of monocyte-derived macrophages into the synovial tissue (ST) is a hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These infiltrating cells lead to inflammation, local joint…
Abstract Number: 1301 • ACR Convergence 2021
Early Increase in Circulating Memory B Cells Portends Clinical Response to Treatment in Pooled Data from Three Phase III Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Alvaro Gomez², Julius Lindblom², Alexander Borg², Sharzad Emamikia² and Mariele gatto³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Belimumab blocks soluble B cell activating factor (BAFF) and is the only to date approved targeted treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Identification of…
Abstract Number: 1517 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Patients with Melanoma Who Develop Rheumatic Immune Related Adverse Events During Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Blockade
Sophia Weinmann¹, Amanda Eudy² and David Pisetsky¹, ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with malignancy who develop rheumatic immune related adverse events (IRAEs) during immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) are commonly autoantibody negative. The change from chemotherapy…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2021
Perceptions About COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Enrolled in a National Patient Registry
Maria I. Danila¹, Kelly Gavigan², Esteban Rivera², Michael George³, Jeffrey Curtis⁴, William Nowell² and Shilpa Venkatachalam², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 vaccine confidence is key to promoting vaccination efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among people with rheumatic diseases. The goal of this…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR Convergence 2021
CXCL5 Dampens Inflammation in Murine Lupus by Orchestral Suppression of Effector Cell Proliferation and Leukocyte Extravasation
Xiubo Fan¹, Chin Teck Ng¹, Dianyang Guo¹, Frances Lim¹, Annie Law², Julian Thumboo¹, William Hwang³ and Andrea Low¹, ¹Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, ³National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease characterized by dysregulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. Current therapeutic options are limited,…
Abstract Number: 0101 • ACR Convergence 2021
Herpes Zoster Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Among Adults Age ≥50 Years with Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases in the United States
Jessica Leung¹, Tara Anderson¹, Kathleen Dooling¹, Fenglong Xie² and Jeffrey Curtis³, ¹Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Persons with immune mediated Inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are at increased risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia. In 2018, CDC recommended a…
Abstract Number: 0204 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Patients with Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases Receiving Biologics: Focus on the Timing of Biologics After Prophylactic Anti-viral Agents
Soo Min Ahn¹, Jonggi Choi², Byong Duk Ye², Suk-Kyun Yang², Ji Seon Oh³, Yong-Gil Kim², Chang-Keun Lee², Bin Yoo¹, Sang Hyoung Park² and Seokchan Hong², ¹ASAN MEDICAL CENTER, Seoul, South Korea, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Asan Medical Center, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Prophylactic anti-viral therapy is required in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection receiving biologics because of the high risk of HBV reactivation. However,…
Abstract Number: 0458 • ACR Convergence 2021
Single Cell Profiling Reveals a Wnt-mediated Transcriptional Gradient That Drives Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast Pathology
Alisa Mueller¹, Angela Zou¹, Emily Taylor², Triin Major², David Gardner³, Adam Croft⁴, Roche Fibroblast Network Consortium⁵, Andrew Filer², Christopher Buckley⁶, Kevin Wei¹, Ilya Korsunsky¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹ and Michael Brenner⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Birmingham, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Birmingham, Halesowen, United Kingdom, ⁵Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts are key inflammatory aggressors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that mediate cartilage and bone destruction, yet therapies directly targeting these cells are lacking.…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety and Tolerability of IVIg (Octagam 10%) in Patients with Active Dermatomyositis. Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial
Rohit Aggarwal¹, Christina Charles-Schoeman², Joachim Schessl³, Zsuzsanna Bata-Csorgo⁴, Mazen Dimachkie⁵, Zoltan Griger⁶, Sergey Moiseev⁷, Chester Oddis¹, Elena Schiopu⁸, Jiri Vencovsky⁹, Irene Beckmann¹⁰, Elisabeth Clodi¹⁰, Todd Levine¹¹ and and the ProDERM Investigators¹², ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Friedrich-Baur-Institut/Medical University Munich, München, Germany, ⁴University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Szeged, Hungary, ⁵University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ⁶University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁷First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹⁰Octapharma PPG, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Phoenix Neurological Associates, LTD, Phoenix, AZ, ¹²Different Institutions in several countries, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with characteristic skin rash and muscle weakness. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has long been used as adjuvant…
Abstract Number: 1026 • ACR Convergence 2021
Factors Impacting Likelihood of Discontinuing Immunosuppression in Adult Dermatomyositis: A Single-Center Study
Sung Kyung Cho¹, Lorinda Chung² and David Fiorentino³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Stanford University, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with variable clinical course, but little is known regarding factors associated with remission of disease. We…
Abstract Number: 1303 • ACR Convergence 2021
Associations Between Early Changes in Circulating B Cell Subsets and Severe Flare in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Results from Three Phase III Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Alvaro Gomez², Julius Lindblom², Alexander Borg², Sharzad Emamikia² and Mariele gatto³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden and Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Belimumab is the only approved targeted treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Identification of early predictors of response or non-response to therapy is imperative…

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