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Abstracts tagged "classification criteria"

  • Abstract Number: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2021

    To What Extent Do Clinical Features of PsA Predict Achievement of Minimal Disease Activity at Week 24: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase III Clinical Trial Program of Guselkumab in a Bio-naïve Patient Population

    Marijn Vis1, Pascal Richette2, Ramirez Julio3, Marlies Neuhold4, Robert Wapenaar5, Elke Theander6, Wim Noel7, May Shawi8, Alexa Kollmeier9 and William Tillett10, 1Erasmus MC, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, 2Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, 3Hospital Universitari Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 4Janssen-Cilag, Zug, Switzerland, 5Janssen-Cilag BV, Breda, Netherlands, 6Janssen Cilag, Lund, Sweden, 7Janssen Pharmaceutica, Vilvoorde, Belgium, 8Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, 9Janssen Research & Development, LLC, La Jolla, CA, 10Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a human monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin-23p19-subunit, has demonstrated efficacy across joint and skin endpoints at Week 24 (W24) in the Phase…
  • Abstract Number: 0348 • ACR Convergence 2021

    The New EULAR/ ACR 2019 SLE Classification Criteria: A Predictor of Long-term Outcomes

    Laura Whittall-Garcia1, Dafna Gladman2, Murray Urowitz3, Jiandong Su4, Zahi Touma5 and Sindhu Johnson6, 1University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada, 6University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: We recently demonstrated that a EULAR/ACR classification Criteria score ≥ 20 predicts a higher disease activity throughout the first 5 years after diagnosis. Given…
  • Abstract Number: 1882 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Clinical Characteristics and Reliability of a Self-Reported Diagnosis of Large-Vessel Vasculitis

    Tannaz Kermani1, Jason Springer2, Dianne Shaw3, Kalen Young4, Cristina Burroughs5 and Peter Merkel6, 1University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Franklin, TN, 3Vasculitis Foundation, Chapel Hill, NC, 4Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 5Health Informatics Institute, Tampa, FL, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: To compare the clinical characteristics and determine the reliability of a self-reported diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) from an…
  • Abstract Number: 0349 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Performance of the 2019 EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Predominantly African American Cohort

    Jessica English1, Dulaney Wilson2, Gary Gilkeson2, Jim Oates2 and Diane Kamen2, 1Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, 2Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were recently published by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) to…
  • Abstract Number: 1888 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Usefulness of 2019 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria (AECC) for IgG4-Related Disease Differs Between Clinical Phenotypes of IgG4-RD

    Gözde Kübra Yardımcı1, Bayram Farisogulları2, Gizem Ayan1, Levent Kilic1, Sule Apraş Bilgen1 and Omer Karadag3, 1Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 3Hacettepe University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: ACR/EULAR Classification criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) newly published [1]. On the other hand, four distinctive phenotypes of IgG4-RD have been described [2]. We…
  • Abstract Number: 0355 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Utilization of a Clinical Data Research Network to Assess Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Classification Criteria Attributes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Noah Forrest1, Kathryn Jackson2, Al'ona Furmanchuk2, Anika Ghosh2, Jennifer Pacheco2, Vesna Mitrovic2, Abel Kho2, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman2 and Theresa Walunas2, 1Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by a heterogenous clinical phenotype that may present differently over time and between patients, which…
  • Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Efficacy of Upadacitinib on Psoriatic Arthritis with Axial Involvement Defined by Investigator Assessment and PRO-Based Criteria: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies

    Xenofon Baraliakos1, Roberto Ranza2, Andrew Ostor3, Francesco Ciccia4, Laura Coates5, Simona Rednic6, Jessica Walsh7, Tianming Gao8, Apinya Lertratanakul8, In-Ho Song8, Fabiana Ganz8, Kevin Douglas8 and Atul Deodhar9, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, 2Hospital de Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, 3Monash University, Cabrini Hospital, and Emertius Research, Malvern, Australia, 4University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy, 5Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Rheumatology and Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 7Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 8AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, 9Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

    Background/Purpose: Patients with PsA and axial involvement have higher disease activity and greater reductions in quality of life;1 however, there are no accepted criteria for…
  • Abstract Number: 0652 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Application of a GCA Probability Score to Patients Referred to a GCA Fast Track Clinic

    Mmoloki Mathake1, Julia Murdoch2, Andrew Taylor3, Jean-Louis deSousa2, Kathy Jao2, Rachel Li2 and Helen Keen4, 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Beckenham, Australia, 2Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia, 3Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia, 4Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia

    Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common large vessel vasculitis, and may be associated with irreversible blindness(1). It is therefore essential to make…
  • Abstract Number: 1162 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Comparison of Clinicopathologic and Imaging Features Between Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis and Its Mimickers: A Multi-national 450 Case-Control Study

    Yongdong Zhao1, Raymond Naden2, Melissa Oliver3, Zhaoyi Wang4, Eveline Wu5, Cassyanne Aguiar6, Jonathan Akikusa7, Ozge Basaran8, Kevin Cain1, Martina Capponi9, Nathan Donaldson10, Emily Fox11, Antonella Insalaco12, Annette Jansson13, Ummusen Kaya Akca14, Tzielan Lee15, Edoardo Marrani16, Kamran Mahmood17, Elizabeth Murray18, Farzana Nuruzzaman19, Karen Onel20, Manuela Pardeo12, Lauren Potts21, Nathan Rogers10, Anja Schnabel22, Gabriele Simonini23, Jennifer Soep10, Sara Stern24, Alexander Theos25, Yujuan Zhang26, Polly Ferguson27, Christian Hedrich28, Fatma Dedeoglu29, Hermann Girschick30, Ronald Laxer31 and Seza Ozen32, 1University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2Department of Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 3Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Riley Children's Hospital, Carmel, IN, 4University of Washington, Bothell, WA, 5UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 6Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters/EVMS, Norfolk, VA, 7PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, 8Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, 9IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, 10Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 11Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 12Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, 13Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany, 14Hacettepe University, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 15Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 16University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, 17Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, 18CRMO Patient Partner, New York, NY, 19Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, 20Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 21CRMO Patient Partner, Fort Collins, CO, 22Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 23Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, 24University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 25Georgetown University, DERWOOD, MD, 26Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 27University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 28University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 29Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 30Vivantes Children’s Hospital, Wuerzburg, Germany, 31The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 32Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO)/chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) predominantly affects children and young adults. Classification criteria are not available and diagnostic criteria that have…
  • Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2020

    2019 Lupus Classification Criteria Score Predicting Cost of Future Hospitalizations

    Saurav Suman1, Amna Batool2, Joshua Keller2 and William Neal Roberts2, 1University of Kentucky, Horseheads, NY, 2University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

    Background/Purpose: The latest 2019 Lupus Classification criteria score (CCS) is based on weighted criteria and has been shown to predict 10-year mortality1. Our previous study…
  • Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Obstetrical Outcome and Thromboses in a Multicentric Cohort of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Patients with Severe Preeclampsia: An Analysis of APS Classification Criteria

    Maddalena Larosa1, Nathalie Morel2, Meriem Belhocine3, Amelia Ruffatti4, Nicolas Martin Silva5, Romain Paule6, Luc Mouthon7, Michel Dreyfus8, Jean-Charles Piette9, Odile Souchaud-Debouverie10, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux11, Vassilis Tsatsaris12, Emmanuelle Pannier Metzger13, Gaëlle Guettrot-Imbert14, Veronique Le Guern15, Andrea Doria16 and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau17, 1Rheumatology Unit-Department of Medicine-University of Padova, Italy, Padova, Veneto, Italy, 2AP-HP, université René-Descartes Paris V, hôpital Cochin, centre de référence maladies auto-immunes et systémiques rares, pôle médecine, service de médecine interne, Paris, France., Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 3Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal , Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy, 5Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, 6Foch Hospital, Paris, France, 7Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, 8CHU de Caen, Caen, France, 9Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, Paris, France, 10CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE LA MILETRIE, poitiers, France, 11INSERM U1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris Descartes University , Paris , France, Paris, France, 12Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, 13Maternité Port-Royal,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, 14Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, paris, France, 15Médecine Interne,Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, 16University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 17APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: According to APS classification criteria1, clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) consist in thrombotic and obstetric events, including severe preeclampsia (PE). Because little is…
  • Abstract Number: 1511 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Clinical Features and Select Dysregulated Immune Parameters Distinguish Blood Relatives Who Remain Clinically Stable or Progress to Incomplete Lupus or Classified SLE in the Lupus Autoimmunity in Relatives (LAUREL) Follow-up Cohort

    Melissa Munroe1, Kendra Young2, Jill Norris3, Joel Guthridge4, Diane Kamen5, Timothy Niewold6, Gary Gilkeson7, Michael Weisman8, Mariko Ishimori9, Daniel Wallace10, David Karp11, John Harley12 and Judith James13, 1Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation/Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, 2University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, 3Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 4Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 5Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 6NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 7Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 8Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, LOS ANGELES, CA, 9Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 10Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 12Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 13Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation;Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK

    Background/Purpose: Identifying populations at risk of SLE is essential to curtail inflammatory damage and identify individuals for prevention trials. Unaffected blood relatives (BRs) of lupus…
  • Abstract Number: 1609 • ACR Convergence 2020

    The Accuracy of Administrative Health Data for Identifying Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Validation Study Using Medical Records in Western Australia

    Khalid Almutairi1, Johannes Nossent1, David Preen1, Helen Keen1, Katrina Rogers2 and Charles Inderjeeth1, 1The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 2Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Background/Purpose: The use of large administrative health datasets is increasingly important in Rheumatology for disease trends and outcome research. We established the West Australian Rheumatic…
  • Abstract Number: 1863 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Clinical History as Tool for Diagnosis and Classification of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (Axial Spondyloarthritis): Evidence from a 35-Year Follow-up Family Study of a Swiss Cohort

    Sjef van der Linden1, Zhixiu Li2, Matthew Brown3, Peter Villiger4, Heinz Baumberger5, Hermine Zandwijk6 and Muhammad Khan7, 1Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, Mortroux, Belgium, 2Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Translational Genomics Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3Guy's and St Thomas, NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, 4Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, 5Retired, Flims, Tajikistan, 6Retired, Mortroux, Belgium, 7Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Westlake, OH

    Background/Purpose: Lack of sensitivity or specificity of symptoms may induce uncertainty in diagnosis and classification of AS/axSpA. We investigated if balanced sensitivity and specificity of…
  • Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Diagnosis of Behçet’s Disease: Comparison of Two Sets of Classification Criteria. Application in 111 Patients of a Well-defined Population

    David Martinez-Lopez1, Alba Herrero Morant2, Carmen Alvarez-Reguera2, Lara Sanchez-Bilbao2, Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon3, José Luis Martín-Varillas4, Guillermo Suarez-Amorin2, Patricia Setien-Preciados2, Cristina Mata-Arnaiz5, Miguel Ángel González-Gay6 and Ricardo Blanco2, 1Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, 2Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 3Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, 4Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, 5Hospital de Laredo, Santander, Spain, 6Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic, chronic, relapsing vasculitis with no pathognomonic diagnostic test. The most widely used classification criteria are those of the…
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