Abstracts tagged "Biomarkers"

Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development of a Remote Patient Monitoring System Based on a Novel Digital Biomarker for Swelling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marc Blanchard¹, Cinja Koller², Jules Maglione³, Patrick Hermann¹ and Thomas Hügle³, ¹Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, ²Doctoral School, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Genève, Vaud, Switzerland, ³Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care faces challenges due to a shortage of healthcare providers, an increasing patient population and the remote locations of many patients.…
Abstract Number: 1113 • ACR Convergence 2024
2nd Analysis of IgG4-Related Disease in a Diverse Long Island Population: Utilizing Serological and Histological Markers for Assessing Treatment Response
Young Min Cho¹, Alejandro Quintero Villegas², Matt Means³, Zanos Theodoros², Lara El Khoury⁴ and Galina Marder³, ¹Northwell, Glen Cove, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³Northwell, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Division of Rheumatology/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Background/Purpose: IgG4-RD presents various clinical manifestations, making it challenging to assess treatment responses. B-cell depletion agents such as Rituximab (RTX) are used in refractory cases.…
Abstract Number: 1357 • ACR Convergence 2024
Kidney Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate Using Creatinine versus Cystatin C in a Secondary Analysis of the TARGET Trial
Sho Fukui¹, Lesley Inker², Leah Santacroce³, Jon Giles⁴, Katherine Liao³, Joan Bathon⁵ and Daniel Solomon⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Columbia University, NEW YORK, NY, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is difficult to measure in patients with RA since creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFRcr) may overestimate GFR due to…
Abstract Number: 1638 • ACR Convergence 2024
Calprotectin, a Mechanistically Informed Biomarker for Clinically Isolated Aortitis
Katarina Kmetova¹, Emily Chong², NaveenKumar Somanathapura K³, Kavya Sugur², Lyndsay Kluge², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi³, Julia Ford³, Ora Singer⁴ and Yu Zuo³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann arbor, Ann arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Huntington Woods, MI
Background/Purpose: Clinically isolated aortitis (CIA) is aortitis in patients without evidence of systemic disease, infection, or involvement of other vascular territories. CIA is discovered incidentally…
Abstract Number: 1839 • ACR Convergence 2024
PPP2R3C Overexpression Suppresses TCR -mediated CD4+ T Cell Abnormal Activation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus via JNK and AKT-mTOR Pathways
Xuan Fang, Xiangpei Li and Xiaomei Li, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China., He Fei, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is distinguished by immune system dysfunction, leading to heightened activation of T and B cells. This increased activity leads to…
Abstract Number: 2232 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-RA33 Autoantibodies Are Unique, Sensitive Biomarkers for the Identification of Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis in a U.S. Cohort
Andrew Concoff¹, Touba Warsi², Sepehr Taghavi², Sudha Kumar², Abigail Patalinghug², Christine Schleif², Brittany Partain³, Joseph Ahearn⁴, Nicole Wilson⁵, Susan Manzi⁵, Veena Joy⁶ and Tyler O'Malley⁷, ¹Exagen, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, ²Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ³Exagen, Boston, MA, ⁴Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ⁵Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶ThermoFisher, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Exagen, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose: Novel autoantibodies (Ab) capable of identifying unique subgroups of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (SN-RA) while providing specificity for RA comparable to ACPA reflects an opportunity…
Abstract Number: 2400 • ACR Convergence 2024
Predicting Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: External Validation of the PROMISSE Model Using Multiple Independent Cohorts
Melissa Fazzari¹, Jane Salmon², Marta Guerra², Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau³, Veronique LE GUERN⁴, Gaëlle Guettrot-Imbert⁴, Marta Mosca⁵, Dina Zucchi⁶, Chiara Tani⁷, Rebecca Fischer-Betz⁸, Isabell Haase⁹, Anna Broder¹⁰, Navneet Kaur¹¹, Jill Buyon¹², Brooke Cohen¹², Diane Kamen¹³, Jessica English¹⁴, Anna Arar¹³ and Mimi Kim¹⁵, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁴Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ⁵University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁷University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Uniklinik Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁹Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ¹⁰Hackensack Network, Hackensack, NJ, ¹¹Touro University Medical Group, Sacramento, CA, ¹²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ¹⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Larchmont, NY
Background/Purpose: Nearly 20% of pregnancies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients result in an adverse pregnancy outcome (APO); early identification of those at high APO…
Abstract Number: 2594 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Therapeutically Active CSF-1R Agonist Promotes Tissue Macrophages Inflammation Resolution and Induces Tissue Repair Pathways
Saul Kivimae¹, Sandip Mukherjee², Phi Quach³, Rhoneil Pena⁴, Olga Zemska³, Michal Olszewski⁵, Jicai Huang³, Michael Labson⁶, Donald Walker¹, Mekhala Maiti⁷, Chakrapani Tripathi⁸, Thomas Chang³, Suresh Adapala⁹, Damon Hamel³, Katherine Brendza³, Takahiro Miyazaki³ and Jonathan Zalevsky¹, ¹Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ²Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, ³Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, ⁴Sutro Biopharma, South San Francisco, ⁵Vaxcyte, San Francisco, ⁶Guardant Health, Palo Alto, ⁷Alumis, Inc, South San Francisco, ⁸Theragent Inc, Arcadia, CA, ⁹Inotiv, Rockville, MD
Background/Purpose: Current standard of care chronic inflammatory disease therapies are designed to suppress inflammation and are not optimized for inflammation resolution and restoration of tissue…
Abstract Number: 0319 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Novel Autoantibody and Biomarker Research Utilizing Proteome Microarray and Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Analysis
Farbod Moghaddam¹, Mark Tarnopolsky², Valérie Leclair³, marie Hudson³, Ross Mitchell⁴, Katherine Buhler¹, Erin Hatcher⁵, Meifeng Zhang¹, Antoine Dufour¹, Luiz de Almeida¹, Marvin Fritzler⁶ and May Choi¹, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ⁶Mitogen Diagnostics Corp, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is often challenging to diagnose because many patients have no known biomarkers (seronegative). Machine learning was applied to identify…
Abstract Number: 0491 • ACR Convergence 2024
Small Molecule Metabolites, Potential Disease-specific Biomarkers for Predicting Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiayi Xu¹, Yi Zhao², Chenxi Zhu³, Yi Liu⁴, Tao Chen¹, Rui Sun³, Huifang Hu⁵, Zhen Zhou¹ and Yan Liu¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Cheng du, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Sichuan, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, chengdu, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex chronic inflammatory condition primarily affecting joints, presenting a challenge in understanding its causes, varied subtypes, diagnostic indicators, and…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of Clinical, Histological and Biomarker Response After Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Danielle Egypto¹, Edgard Reis Neto², Guilherme Carlesso³, Luis Andrade⁴, Luiz Moura³, Debora Calderaro⁵ and Emília Sato⁶, and Emília Inoue Sato; Edgar Torres dos Reis Neto., ¹Federal University of Paraiba, JOÃO PESSOA, Paraiba, Brazil, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ⁵Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, ⁶Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Background/Purpose: LN occurrs in 50 to 75 percent of SLE patients and is associated with a significant morbimortality. LN presents distinct severity, with frequent flares…
Abstract Number: 0738 • ACR Convergence 2024
Quantitative Vascular US Has Additional Diagnostic and Prognostic Value in GCA
Colm Kirby¹, Rachael Flood¹, Sharon Cowley², Emma Finlay³, Ronan Mullan¹, Grainne Murphy⁴ and David Kane⁵, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, DUBLIN, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Vascular Ultrasound (VUS) performs well in diagnosing Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) but its role in monitoring disease activity and in predicting outcomes is unknown…
Abstract Number: 0871 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease-associated Central Nervous System Activation Predicts Good Clinical Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – “The PreCePRA Study”
Juergen Rech¹, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hess², Koray Tascilar¹, Dr. Hannah Schenker³, verena schönau¹, Marina Sergeeva², Jutta Prade², Silke Kreitz², Mageshva Sulvakumar², Laura Konerth², Sandra Strobelt², Matthias Englbrecht⁴, Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Hueber⁵, Eugen Feist⁶, Prof. Dr. Mario Zaiss¹, Gerd Burmester⁷, Frank Behrens⁸, Dr. Michaela Koehm⁹, Prof. Dr. Christoph Baerwald¹⁰, Dr. Stephanie Finzel¹¹, Dr. Arnd Kleyer¹², Prof. Dr. Reinhard Voll¹¹, Dr. Julie Roesch¹³, Prof. Dr. Arnd Doerfler¹³, Prof. Dr. Nemanja Damjanov¹⁴, Prof. José António P. Da Silva¹⁵ and Georg Schett¹⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Institute for Experimental Pharmacology FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 1 - Gastroenterology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, + Rheumatologie, Klinik für Innere Medizin 5, Klinikum Nürnberg Nord, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Str. 1, 90419, Nürnberg, Deutschland, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Gommern, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁹Goethe-University & Fraunhofer ITMP, Frankfurt, Germany, ¹⁰Medizinische Klinik III - Bereich Rheumatologie, Liebigstraße 20, 04103 Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ¹¹Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Hugstetterstraße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Med. Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie Berlin, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Department of Neuroradiology, Friedrich - Alexander - Universitaet Erlangen - Nuernberg and Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen , Erlangen , Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Belgrade University School of Medicine, Institute Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹⁵Head of Department Reumatologia. Hospitais da Universidade (SRHUC), Coimbra, Portugal, ¹⁶Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an chronic inflammatory disease that is frequently treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). Little is known about predictors of…
Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Single and Multiple Ascending Doses of AMG 329, a Monoclonal Antibody, in Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell-Mediated Rheumatic Diseases
Alan Kivitz¹, Stanley Cohen², Annie Lau-Kilby³, Yajing Sun³, Jiayin Huang³, Atasi Jana³, Susie Kim³, Yanping Wu³, Quinnie Yang³ and Lin Zhao³, ¹Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Metroplex Clinical Research Center, dallas, TX, ³Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: AMG 329 (formerly HZN-1116), a human monoclonal antibody (mAb), binds to soluble and membrane-bound human feline McDonough sarcoma (FMS)-like tyrosine kinase 3 receptor ligand…
Abstract Number: 1359 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jessica Roldan Ortega¹, Francisco Castillo-Castellon², Evelyn Aranda Cano³, Luz Angelica Viruel-Mejia⁴, Itzel Palafox Sosa⁵, David Vera Bustamante⁶, Fausto Sánchez Muñoz², ⁠Yaneli Juárez-Vicuña⁷, Luis H. Silveira Torre⁸ and Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez⁹, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Departement at National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez - Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico, ⁵Escuela Superior de Medicina-Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Inmunología, Investigador en Ciencias Médicas C, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Department of Rheumatology , Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology Department - National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in RA patients [Gravallese EM, Firestein GS. N Engl J Med. 2023;388:529-42]. However, risk calculation has…

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