Abstracts tagged "Clinical practice guidelines"

Abstract Number: 2619 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety Outcomes of Routine Blood Tests for Monitoring of Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Therapies in Inflammatory Arthritis Patients
Tali Eviatar¹, Iftach Sagy², Elad Brav², Amir Bieber³, Victoria Furer⁴ and Ori Elkayam⁵, ¹Tel Aviv Medical Center, Ramat Gan, HaMerkaz, Israel, ²Soroka Medical Cenrter, beer sheva, Israel, ³Emek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Raanana, Israel, ⁴Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Patients treated with biologic or targeted synthetic (b/ts) DMARDs are recommended to perform safety blood monitoring every 3 months in the absence of strong…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating the Usage of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Rheumatology and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Risk
Knkush Hakobyan¹, Talar Acob², Mesrop Aleksanyan³, Tigran Kakhktsyan³, Omar Jumaah³ and Sajina Prabhakaran⁴, ¹Capital Health medical center, Princeton, NJ, ²College of medicine-university of Baghdad, Plainsboro Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, ⁴Capital health Rheumatology specialists, Newtown, PA
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been widely used in treatingrheumatological conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Despite theirefficacy, there are concerns regarding major…
Abstract Number: 2687 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Choices in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, a Survey of International Experts
Michael Macklin¹, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura¹ and Dinesh Khanna², ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic options for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) have evolved rapidly, with recent guidelines released by the ACR and American Thoracic Society…
Abstract Number: 0657 • ACR Convergence 2024
Data-driven Bayesian Network Analysis for Predicting Difficult-to-treat (DTT) Lupus Nephritis
Jagan K L¹, Augustine Jose², Vishnupriya G¹, Dellan S¹, Dhanush S¹, Samskruthi Reddy Tokala¹, Bhavana Mashetty¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda³, Sachith ganapathy¹, Aishwarya Gopal⁴, Rithik Roshan¹, Sareddy Sai vignesh Reddy¹, Sonal Mehra⁵, Molly Thabah¹ and Vir Singh Negi⁶, ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ²Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Gorimedu, Puducherry, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁴Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁵JAYPEE HOSPITAL, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁶AIIMS, Bilaspur, Puducherry, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with 14-33% failing to respond to standard treatments. This study assesses treatment…
Abstract Number: 0692 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of the New Criteria for Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Miriam Retuerto Guerrero¹, Clara Moriano², cristiana sieiro santos³, Laura Sierra Herranz⁴, Javier Juan Garcia⁴, Ivan Castellvi Barranco⁵ and elvira Diez álvarez⁴, ¹Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Leon, Spain, ²Hospital León, LEON, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain, Leon, Spain, ⁴Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, ⁵Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Recently,…
Abstract Number: 0761 • ACR Convergence 2023
EULAR / PreS Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) and Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
Bruno Fautrel¹, STEPHANE MITROVIC², Arianna De Matteis³, Sara Bindoli⁴, Jordi Anton⁵, Alexandre Belot⁶, Claudia Bracaglia³, Tamas Constantin⁷, Lorenzo Dagna⁸, Alessandro de Bartolo⁹, Eugen Feist¹⁰, Dirk Foell¹¹, Marco Gattorno¹², Sophie Georgin-Lavialle¹³, Roberto Giacomelli¹⁴, Alexei Grom¹⁵, Yvan Jamilloux¹⁶, Katerina Laskari¹⁷, Calin Lazar¹⁸, Francesca Minoia¹⁹, Peter Nigrovic²⁰, Filipa Oliveira Ramos²¹, Seza Ozen²², Pierre Quartier Dit Maire²³, Piero Ruscitti²⁴, Erdal Sag²⁵, Sinisa Savic²⁶, Marie-Elise Truchetet²⁷, Sebastiaan Vastert²⁸, Tanita Wilhelmer²⁹, Carine Wouters³⁰, Loreto Carmona³¹ and Fabrizio De Benedetti³², ¹Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ²Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Sorbonne University, APHP, Paris, France, ³IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, department of Medicine,University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospices Civils de Lyon, Collonges au mont d'or, France, ⁷Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ⁸Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ⁹PReS Patient Research Partner, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Helios Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ¹¹University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ¹²UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genoa, Italy, ¹³AP-HP, Tenon hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁴Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy, ¹⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁶Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁷Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹⁸University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ¹⁹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy, ²⁰Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²¹Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, ²²Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, ²³Necker Hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France, ²⁴University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ²⁵Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, ²⁶Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁷Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ²⁸University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²⁹EULAR Patient Research Partner, Bludenz, Austria, ³⁰Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium, ³¹Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ³²Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) are supposed to be age counterparts of the same disease, but no consensus has…
Abstract Number: 1006 • ACR Convergence 2023
Use of Implementation Strategies to Promote Adherence of Knee Osteoarthritis Guidelines and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Michelle Ramirez¹, Rebecca Fillipo¹, Connor Drake¹, Lesley Skalla², Kelli Allen³, Amanda Nelson⁴ and Maggie Horn¹, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives, Durham, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the development of care models and practice guidelines the translation of knee osteoarthritis guidelines to practice remains suboptimal. Theoretically informed implementation strategies may…
Abstract Number: 1086 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increase Shingrix Vaccination Rate in Patients on JAK Inhibitors: A Quality Improvement Project at the Rheumatology Practice of an Urban Institution
Jin Feng¹ and Kristaq Koci², ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside and West, New York, NY, ²Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2022 ACR guidelines for vaccination strongly recommend recombinant VZV vaccination for all patients > 18 years old who are taking immunosuppressive medication. Studies…
Abstract Number: 1092 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving Screening of Lupus Nephritis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Lilian Otalora Rojas¹, Gurjit S Kaeley² and Myint Thway³, ¹University of Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ³UF Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra, FL
Background/Purpose: Nephritis remains one of the most devastating complications of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus nephritis (LN) significantly reduces overall survival to approximately 88% at…
Abstract Number: 1350 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of ACR Guidelines for SLE Pregnancy Care in the Electronic Health Record
Noah Forrest¹, Joshua Waytz², April Barnado³, Megan Clowse⁴, Theresa Walunas¹ and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁵, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: SLE is an autoimmune disease with an increased risk for poor outcomes in pregnancy. In 2020, ACR specified several recommendations to assist clinicians in…
Abstract Number: 1701 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treatment Regimens and Mortality in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Light of the 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines
Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær¹, Cosimo Bruni², Cathrine Brunborg³, Patricia Carreira⁴, Paolo Airò⁵, Carmen Pilar Simeon-Aznar⁶, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁷, Alessandro Giollo⁸, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁹, Mickael Martin¹⁰, Christopher Denton¹¹, Armando Gabrielli¹², Havard Fretheim¹³, Imon Barua¹³, Helle Bitter¹⁴, Oyvind Midtvedt¹³, Torhild Garen¹⁵, Kaspar Broch¹⁶, Arne Andreassen¹⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁸, Gabriela Riemekasten¹⁹, Ulf Müller-Ladner²⁰, marco Matucci Cerinic²¹, Iván Castellvi²², Elise Siegert²³, Eric Hachulla²⁴, Oliver Distler² and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand & University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Spedali Civili di Brescia, Scleroderma UNIT, UOC Reumatologia ed Immunologia Clinica, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebronh, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁸University of Verona, Rheumatology Section, Department of Medicine, Verona, Italy, Verona, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of |Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, INSERM U1313, Poitiers University, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France, ¹¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹²Ospedali Riuniti Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Sorlandet sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway, ¹⁵Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁶Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, KG Jebsen center, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁹University Clinic Schleswit-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany, ²⁰Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²¹Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²²Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, Charité Platz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany, ²⁴University of Lille, Lille, France
Background/Purpose: The 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines recommend upfront combination therapy for low- and intermediate-risk, and triple therapy for high-risk patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated pulmonary arterial…
Abstract Number: 1802 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatologic Disorder Diagnostic Testing Patterns:Real World Evidence from a National Laboratory Database
David Alfego¹, Quinn Hlatky², Stanley Naides³, Karis Lee⁴, Jennifer Ennis⁵ and Kristen Clark⁶, ¹LabCorp, San Diego, CA, ²LabCorp, Philadelphia, PA, ³Labcorp, Dana Point, CA, ⁴LabCorp, Orlando, FL, ⁵LabCorp, Chicago, IL, ⁶LabCorp, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologic disorders can take years to diagnose. Diagnosis often requires a combination of specific symptoms, examination findings and laboratory testing, rather than a single…
Abstract Number: 1904 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treat-to-Target in RA Clinical Practice: Global Evidence of Practice Gaps and Educational Needs
Douglas White¹, Maya Buch², Suzanne Murray³, Diane Caballero⁴, Orsolya Nagy⁵ and Tsutomu Takeuchi⁶, ¹Waikato Clinical School, University of Auckland, Hamilton, New Zealand, ²University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³AXDEV Group Inc, Brossard, QC, Canada, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Budapest, Hungary, ⁶Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target (T2T) is a widely established and accepted approach in RA management, but its real-world implementation is suboptimal1. Further primary research is required to…
Abstract Number: 1909 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identifying and Addressing Suboptimal Urate Lowering Therapy in Gout Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Lena Eder¹ and David Leverenz², ¹Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are often not appropriately managed with goal-directed urate-lowering therapy (ULT). To address deficits in management of…
Abstract Number: 2395 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recommendations for Early Referral of Patients with Suspected Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Initiative from the International Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica Study Group
Kresten Keller¹, Chetan Mukhtyar², Andreas Wiggers Nielsen³, Andrea Hemmig⁴, Sarah Mackie⁵, Sebastian Sattui⁶, Ellen Margrethe Hauge³, Anisha Dua⁷, Toby Helliwell⁸, Lorna Neil⁹, Daniel Blockmans¹⁰, Valerie Devauchelle¹¹, eric Hayes³, Annett Jansen Venneboer¹², Sara Monti¹³, Cristina Ponte¹⁴, Eugenio De Miguel¹⁵, Mark Matza¹⁶, Kenneth Warrington¹⁷, Kevin Byram¹⁸, Kinanah Yaseen¹⁹, Christine Peoples²⁰, Mike Putman²¹, Lindsay Lally²², Michael Finikiotis²⁰, Simone Appenzeller²³, Ugo Carmori²³, CARLOS ENRIQUE TORO GUTIERREZ²⁴, Elisabeth Backhouse²⁵, Maria Camila Guerrero²⁶, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz²⁷, Helen Keen²⁵, Claire Owen²⁸, Thomas Daikeler²⁹, Annette De Thurah³, Wolfgang Schmidt³⁰, Elisabeth Brouwer¹² and Christian Dejaco³¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ⁹Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland, Perth, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹¹UBO, Brest, France, ¹²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹⁷Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁸Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²⁰University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²³UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ²⁴Centro de Estudios de Reumatología y Dermatología SAS, Cali, Colombia, ²⁵University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ²⁶General practice, Cali, Colombia, ²⁷Universidad Cientifica del Sur/Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ²⁸Austin Health, Malvern East, Australia, ²⁹Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³⁰Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ³¹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Existing EULAR/ACR guidelines on polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are focused on the management by rheumatologists. However, there is no consensus regarding early referral and evaluation…

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