Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 0542 • ACR Convergence 2023
Two-Year Treatment Adherence and Clinical Response to Secukinumab Compared to TNF Inhibitors in Axial and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis Patients: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Study
Irini Flouri¹, Argyro Repa², Nestor Avgoustidis², Sofia Pitsigavdaki³, Katerina Pateromichelaki², Maria Terizaki², George Bertsias⁴ and Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁴, ¹University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece, ²Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ³Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Background/Purpose: Anti-IL17 agent secukinumab (SEC) has been proven effective and is widely used in the treatment of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients alternatively to tumor necrosis factor…
Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increase in Major Osteoporotic Fractures After Therapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, Carrie Ye², Bo Zhao³, Juan Ruiz³, Hui Zhao³, Noha Abdel-Wahab⁴ and William Leslie⁵, ¹MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Manitoba, Internal Medicine, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have revolutionized the treatment of cancer. Despite their efficacy on tumor outcomes they can cause severe and sometimes long-standing immune-related…
Abstract Number: 1543 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association of Frailty with Outcomes in Patients with Vasculitis
Sebastian Sattui¹, John Stadler², Renee Borchin³, Cristina Burroughs³, Christine Yeung⁴, Peter Merkel⁴ and Robert Spiera⁵, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes including increased risk of hospitalizations, infections, and fractures. In the baseline survey of the VascStrong study, we…
Abstract Number: 2304 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disparity in Healthcare in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Single-Center Study
Joshua Reed, Anam Nazir, Khalid Alghamdi and Catherine Ivory, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is variable in clinical presentation and has fluctuating disease severity. Health outcomes in SLE have been linked to both genetic…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Area Deprivation Index and Organ Damage Accumulation in a Statewide Incident Lupus Cohort
Jonathan Katz¹, Bryn Sutherland², Ang Yu³, Jenna Cormier², Yiran Jiang², David Gazeley⁴, Felix Elwert³ and Christie M. Bartels⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous systemic autoinflammatory disease that disproportionately effects young women and minoritized populations. Disparities are multifactorial with genetic, hormonal,…
Abstract Number: 0561 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frequency of Anti-Ro Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Insights from Multicenter and National Registry
Lucia Margarita Mendoza Martinez¹, Joan Manuel Dapeña¹, Juan Manuel Bande¹, Maria Alejandra Medina¹, Silvia Papasidero¹, José caracciolo¹, Rosana Quintana², Lucila Garcia², Carla Andrea Gobbi², Sandy Sapag Durán², Alberto Spindler², Analia Patricia Alvarez², Cecilia Pisoni², Catalina Gomez², Raúl Hector Paniego², María Julia Santa cruz², Luciana Gonzalez Lucero², Rodrigo Aguila Maldonado², Sergio Gordon², Julia Romero², Gretel Rausch², Alberto Allievi², Alberto Omar Orden², johana zacariaz hereter³, Roberto Baéz², Andrea Vanesa González², Juan Manuel Vandale², Mario Alberto Goñi², Victor Caputo⁴, María Silvia Larroudé², Graciela Gómez², Josefina Marin², Victoria Collado², Gazzoni María Victoria², Marcos David Zelaya², Mónica Sacnún², Romina Rojas Tessel², Maira Alejandra Arias Saavedra², Maximiliano Machado Escobar², Pablo Astesana², Ursula Vanesa Paris², Bernando A. Pons-Estel² and Mercedes García⁵, ¹Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Study Group of the Argentine Society of Rheumatology for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Militar Central, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos José de San Martín, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ro antibodies can be detected in 40% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and have been associated with various clinical manifestations of the…
Abstract Number: 1075 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Immunosuppression on the Safety and Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatic Autoimmune Disease: Experience from the Canadian Research Group of Rheumatology in Immuno-Oncology (CanRIO)
Lourdes Gonzalez Arreola¹, Carrie Ye², Marie Hudson³, Janet Roberts⁴, Janet Pope⁵, Thomas Appleton⁵, Sabrina Hoa⁶, Aurore Fifi-Mah⁷, Nancy Maltez⁸, Alexandra Saltman⁹, Megan Himmel⁹, Ines Colmegna¹⁰, Alexandra Ladouceur¹¹, Anthony Obrzut¹, Jeremiah Tan¹², David Moon², Tatiana Nevskaya⁵, Emma Schmidt¹³, Lindsay Cho⁴, Nader Toban¹⁴ and Shahin Jamal¹⁵, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal, Brossard, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology of McGill University and CHU-Bordeaux, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁴Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, Canada, ¹⁵Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have changed the landscape of treatment for many cancers. However, most cancer clinical trials for ICI excluded patients with pre-existing…
Abstract Number: 1632 • ACR Convergence 2023
Incident Malignancies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Daily Rheumatological Care
Martin Schaefer¹, Yvette Meissner¹, Bernhard Manger², Sylvia Berger³, Karin Rockwitz⁴, Anne Regierer⁵ and Anja Strangfeld¹, ¹German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Rheumatologist, Naunhof, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologist, Goslar, Germany, ⁵Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In 2021, the European and US-American regulatory agencies EMA and FDA issued warnings about malignancy risk associated with the Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) tofacitinib…
Abstract Number: 2308 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association Between Poverty and SLE Disease Burden: Experiences from a Saint Lucian Cohort
Amanda King¹, Catherine Brown², Cleopatra Altenor¹, Timothy Niewold³ and Ashira Blazer³, ¹Bay Medical Centre, Castries, Saint Lucia, ²The University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Poverty increases non-communicable disease risk, however its influence on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) burden is poorly understood. Non-White racial/ethnic groups, particularly of African origin,…
Abstract Number: 0209 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines as a Second Booster Dose in Arthritis Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapies
Hilde Ørbo¹, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Ingrid Christensen¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke², Grete B. Kro³, Tore Kvien¹, Gunnveig Grødeland⁴, Ludvig A. Munthe⁵, Siri Mjaaland⁶, John Torgils Vaage⁵, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen², Sella Provan⁷, Silje Watterdal Syversen¹ and Guro Goll¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Safety and efficacy of updated bivalent vaccines, containing both the original vaccine variant of SARS-CoV-2 Spike and either Omicron variants BA.1 or BA.4/5, are…
Abstract Number: 0576 • ACR Convergence 2023
Enhancing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosis: Comparative Performance Characteristics of TC4d and Anti-T-Cell Antibodies with Conventional Biomarkers
Andrew Concoff¹, Vasileios Kyttaris², Vaneet Sandhu³, Tyler O'Malley⁴, Giorgio Casaburi⁴, Sudha Kumar⁴, Chau Ching Liu⁵, Susan Manzi⁶ and Joeseph Ahearn⁵, ¹Exagen, Los Angeles, CA, ²BIDMC, Boston, MA, ³Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ⁴Exagen, Vista, CA, ⁵Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease, affecting multiple organ systems with varying severity among patients. SLE presents a diagnostic challenge…
Abstract Number: 1109 • ACR Convergence 2023
Genetic Risk Variants in Hyperuricemia and Gout: Common Disease, Multiple Common and Rare Variant Hypothesis
Blanka Stiburkova¹, Katerina Pavelcova², Jana Masinova¹, Marketa Pavlikova³ and Karel Pavelka⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ³Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institut of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia is a central feature in the pathogenesis of gout. Hyperuricemia results from an imbalance between endogenous production and excretion of urate; however, the…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identifying Distinct Phenotypes in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Study from the Psoriatic Arthritis Research Consortium (PARC) Cohort
Paras Karmacharya¹, Daniel W. Byrne², Alisa Stephens-Shields³, Leslie Crofford⁴, M. Elaine Husni⁵, Jose Scher⁶, Ethan Craig³, Robert Fitzsimmons³, Soumya Reddy⁷, Marina Nighat Magrey⁸, Jessica A Walsh⁹ and Alexis R Ogdie³, ¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Melbourne, AR, ⁵Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ⁶New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ⁹Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Despite an increasing number of therapeutic options, less than one-third of patients with PsA achieve remission. A major cause of non-response is that PsA…
Abstract Number: 2351 • ACR Convergence 2023
Health Outcomes Among Patients (Pts) with SLE Initiating Belimumab (BEL) with and Without the Use of Immunosuppressants in the Previous 2 Years
Yan Chen¹, Karen Worley², Brendan Rabideau¹, Bernard Rubin³, Benson Wu¹, Rose Chang¹ and Maral DerSarkissian¹, ¹Analysis Group, Boston, MA, ²GlaxoSmithKline, US Value Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ³GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: BEL efficacy in pts with SLE has been previously demonstrated in clinical and real-world studies.1 However, there are limited data on differences in outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0273 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disease Characteristics and Pancreatic Damage in IgG4-Related Disease with Pancreatic Involvement
Guy Katz¹, Liam Harvey², Yasmin Hernandez-Barco¹, Ana Fernandes¹, Grace McMahon¹, Isha Jha¹, Zachary Wallace³, Cory Perugino¹ and John Stone⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, New Haven, CT, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic immune-mediated fibroinflammatory disease that can affect nearly every organ system. Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is among the most common…

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