Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1566 • ACR Convergence 2020
Onset and Disease Course of Inflammatory Arthritis in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy at a Single Institution
Christina Boutsicaris¹, Angelo Ciliberti², Elizabeth Lockerman¹, Faizah Siddique³ and Rochella Ostrowski¹, ¹Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ²Loyola University Medical Center, Oak Park, IL, ³Loyola University Medical Center, Lombard, IL
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have improved outcomes for many types of cancer, but the therapy is known to cause immune-related adverse events (IRAE). ICI…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Antimalarial-Induced Retinal Toxicity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Rheumatic Diseases
Gemma Cramarossa¹, Hsin-Yen Liu² and Janet Pope³, ¹Western University, Kleinburg, ON, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) are antimalarial (AM) medications prescribed for a variety of rheumatic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many patients will…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis (“RP”) and an Advocate Manufactured Custom Cloth Masks to Combat COVID-19: This Mask Project Provided a Sense of Purpose, Created Unity, Increased Awareness of RP, Facilitated Research, and Generated Hope
Isabel Bautista¹ and Michael Linn², ¹Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, Wilmington, CA, ²Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation, New York, NY

Background/Purpose: In 2013, I was diagnosed with Relapsing Polychondritis ("RP"), a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that can be fatal. The disease affects multiple…
Abstract Number: 0087 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hemophagocytic Syndrome. Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of a Series of 30 Clinical Cases
César Antonio Egües Dubuc¹, Jaime Calvo-Alén², Andrea de Diego Sola³, Elizabeth Patricia Cabrera-Miranda⁴, Nerea Alcorta⁵, Luis Lopez Dominguez⁶, Olga Maiz⁵, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁶, Jorge Cancio Fanlo⁷, Jesus Alejandro Valero Jaimes⁶ and Joaquín Belzunegui¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebasti�n, Spain, ⁴Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is classified into primary and secondary. The secondary form is mainly associated with hematological malignancies (HN) such as lymphomas, and autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0452 • ACR Convergence 2020
Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Study of 622 Patients
Tiphaine Lenfant¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², Rula Hajj-ali³, Leonard Calabrese³ and Cassandra Calabrese³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rocky River, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) was FDA-approved in 2017 but patients with rheumatic diseases were excluded from initial pivotal trials because of theoretical…
Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 Among Patients with Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases: A Descriptive Study
Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando López-Gutiérrez¹, Veronica Garcia², Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) have a higher risk of infections related to their disease, comorbidities or immunosuppressive treatments, but recent studies addressing…
Abstract Number: 0988 • ACR Convergence 2020
Two-Year Results from a Randomized, Controlled Study of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Richard Furie¹, Gustavo Aroca², Analia Alvarez³, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo⁴, Elizabeth Zuta Santillan⁵, Brad Rovin⁶, Paul Brunetta⁷, Thomas Schindler⁸, Imran Hassan⁹, Matthew Cascino¹⁰, Jay Garg¹⁰ and Ana Malvar¹¹, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ²Simon Bolivar University y Clinica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, ³CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Ginecología y Reproducción, Lima, Peru, ⁶The Ohio State University, Columbus, ⁷Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, ⁸F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, Canada, ¹⁰Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Organizacion Medica de Investigacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: NOBILITY demonstrated improved renal responses and complete B-cell depletion with the humanized type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab (OBI) compared with placebo (PBO) through…
Abstract Number: 1087 • ACR Convergence 2020
Plasma-derived Extracellular Vesicles Induced STING-mediated Proinflammatory Effects in Dermatomyositis
Yubin Li¹, Christina Bax², Jay Patel³, Adarsh Ravishankar³, Krisha Desai⁴, Majid Zeidi⁴, Muhammad Bashir⁴ and Victoria Werth¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, ³University of Pennsylvania and the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is an acquired inflammatory myopathy characterized by chronic skin inflammation. The pathogenesis of DM is still unclear. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid…
Abstract Number: 1401 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Mutation That Weakens ZAP70 Autoinhibition Enhances Responses to Weak and Self Ligands
Lin Shen¹, Mehrdad Matloubian¹, Theresa Kadlecek² and Arthur Weiss¹, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: ZAP70, a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase, is critical for TCR signaling and T cell development. Complete loss of function of ZAP70 in humans causes…
Abstract Number: 1567 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Blood Count Biomarkers and Clinical Features with Immune Related Adverse Events (irAEs) in Patients with Cancer Treated with Checkpoint Inhibitors (CPI)
Despina Michailidou¹, Ali R Khaki², Guangyu Wang³, Leonidas Diamantopoulos² and Petros Grivas², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Patients with cancer treated with CPI can develop irAEs. Since immune changes may impact blood counts and ratios, we hypothesized that those would be…
Abstract Number: 1836 • ACR Convergence 2020
Alternative Renal Response Definitions in a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Obinutuzumab for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Zahir Amoura¹, Philippe Remy², Luis Fernando Quintana Porras³, Laurent Chiche⁴, Dominique Chauveau⁵, Dario Roccatello⁶, Richard Furie⁷, Thomas Schindler⁸, Jay Garg⁹, Matthew Cascino⁹, Brad Rovin¹⁰ and Andrea Doria¹¹, ¹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, ²APHP Groupe Hospitalier Henri-Mondor, Creteil, France, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁴Hôpital Européen, Marseille, France, ⁵Hôpital Rangueil, Centre Hospitalier Univ de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ⁶S Giovanni Hospital, Univ of Turin, Turin, Italy, ⁷Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁸F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰The Ohio State University, Columbus, ¹¹University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Obinutuzumab, a type II anti-CD20 mAb, resulted in rapid and complete B-cell depletion and improved renal responses in proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) in the…
Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2020
“Knitting a Community of Hope”- Supporting, Empowering and Educating Those Living with Lupus, and Overlapping Conditions and Their Loved Ones via in Person and Virtual Support Groups That Include Art Therapy, and Wellness Techniques Is Key; Mental Health Is as Important as Physical Health
Juana Mata¹ and Ma. Estela Mata-Carcamo², ¹Looms for Lupus, La Puente, CA, ²Looms for Lupus, Baldwin Park, CA

Background/Purpose: Juana was Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in April 2009. In May 2009 she ended up in the hospital with a variety of symptoms and…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2020
Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Autoimmune Disease and Paraproteinemia Influence the Presentation of a Cohort of 150 Pernicious Anemia Patients Diagnosed in a Rheumatology Clinic
Michael Lovy¹, Norma Daniela Aguirre Vega¹ and Crystal Escobar¹, ¹Desert Oasis Healthcare, Palm Springs, CA
Background/Purpose: The most familiar presentation of pernicious anemia is an elderly Northern European woman with hematologic and neurologic manifestations. More recently the influence of Helicobacter…
Abstract Number: 0460 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lymphocyte Clonal Expansion Distinguishes Different Forms of Uveitis
Michael Paley¹, Lynn Hassman¹, Philip Ruzycki¹, Ekaterina Esaulova¹, Grace Paley¹, Jennifer Laurent¹, Luke Springer¹, Lacey Feigl¹, Maxim Artyomov¹ and Wayne Yokoyama², ¹Washington University, Saint Louis, ²Washington University, St Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Anterior uveitis is a form of ocular inflammation associated with rheumatologic disease and can be categorized as granulomatous or non-granulomatous. Whether different ocular manifestations…
Abstract Number: 0633 • ACR Convergence 2020
Vitamin D Serum Status in a Cohort of COVID-19 Patients
Alberto Sulli¹, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Sabrina Paolino¹, Andrea Casabella¹, Carmen Pizzorni¹, Elisa Alessandri¹, Vanessa Smith² and Maurizio Cutolo¹, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic, Genoa, Italy, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, VIB Inflammation Research Centre Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D serum levels have been inversely associated with risk of pulmonary infections and autoimmune inflammatory disease activity and severity [1,2]. A possible role…

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