Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 1220 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies : a Retrospective Study of 502 Cases
Wei Bian¹, Jian Hao¹, Na zhang¹, Xiaojing Zhang¹, Fumin Qi¹, Yin Zhao² and Wei Wei¹, ¹Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China (People's Republic), ²Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University, Yunnan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) causes worse prognosis. Some patients develop progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) despite appropriate treatment. Identifying predictors…
Abstract Number: 1038 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Immunosuppressant Treatment Patterns in Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis in the United States
Anisha Patel¹, Alexandra Miller¹, Lisa Lindsay¹, Danny Sheinson¹, Zhiyu Xia¹, William Pendergraft¹ and Maria Dall'Era², ¹Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: LN is a severe manifestation of SLE requiring intensive management. We aimed to characterize real-world treatment patterns in newly diagnosed patients with LN within…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Baseline Characteristics associated with Difficult-to-Manage Axial Spondyloarthritis in the DESIR Cohort
Olivier Fakih¹, Anna Molto², Frank Verhoeven¹, Clément Prati¹ and WENDLING Daniel¹, ¹CHU de Besançon, Besançon, Franche-Comte, France, ²Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Despite a choice of multiple targeted DMARDs, with different modes of action (MoA), a number of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have failed several…
Abstract Number: 0306 • ACR Convergence 2025
Direct Assessment of Intestinal Permeability as a Risk Factor for Multiple Joint Osteoarthritis in Community Cohorts of Humans and Pet Dogs
Liubov Arbeeva¹, Virginia Kraus², Richard Loeser³, Yvonne Golightly⁴, Hiroko Enomoto⁵, Masataka Enomoto⁵, Duncan Lascelles⁵ and Amanda Nelson⁶, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ⁶University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Increased intestinal permeability (IP) is common in chronic inflammatory diseases, and can be measured indirectly (e.g., with blood markers such as lipopolysaccharide, LPS), or…
Abstract Number: 2575 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Women with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases in New York City Assessed Between 2022 and 2024
Yongjay Kim¹, Sandhya Kannayiram², Amaya Smole³, Lucy Masto⁴, Neha Nagpal⁵, Naiva Manuela Piatchou Donfack⁵, Deanna Jannat-Khah⁵, Lisa Mandl⁵, Caroline Siegel⁵, Sarah Lieber⁵, Michael Lockshin⁵, Lisa Sammaritano⁵ and Medha Barbhaiya⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Women with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs), and particularly those on immunosuppressive medications, are at increased risk for serious infections such as influenza and COVID-19.…
Abstract Number: 2331 • ACR Convergence 2025
Coping with Rheumatic Stressors in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Association with Patient Characteristics and Disease Phenotypes and Changes Over Time
Marc van Essen¹, Dafne capelusnik², Désirée Van Der Heijde³, Robert Landewé⁴, Wim van Lankveld⁵, Astrid Van Tubergen⁶, Sofia Ramiro⁷ and Annelies Boonen⁸, ¹Maastricht University, Zeist, Netherlands, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁵HAN University of Applied Sciences, Arnhem, Netherlands, ⁶Maastricht university, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ⁸Maastricht University Medical Centre+ & Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To identify patient characteristics and disease phenotypes associated with coping strategies in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and assess whether coping strategies change over time.Methods: Data…
Abstract Number: 2045 • ACR Convergence 2025
Malignancy in Behçet’s Syndrome: A 24-Year Cohort Study In a Non-Endemicand Multiethnic Country
Pedro Araujo¹, Rafael Bassara Macedo², Fabio Specian², Carolina Ejnisman³, Barbara Bayeh³, Percival Sampaio-Barros⁴, Thiago Freitas⁴, Rafael Cordeiro⁵ and Henrique Giardini⁴, ¹Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome (BS) has been associated with an increased risk of malignancy, particularly in studies from endemic regions such as East Asia and the…
Abstract Number: 1710 • ACR Convergence 2025
Defining sonographic enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis: Developing a data- and expert-driven definition for inflammatory enthesitis at the single enthesis level
Andre Lucas Ribeiro¹, Sibel Aydin², Gurjit Kaeley³, Fahmeen J. Afgani⁴, Catherine Bakewell⁵, Marcos Rosemffet⁶, Minna Kohler⁷, Amir Haddad⁸, Maria S. Stoenoiu⁹, Ari Polachek¹⁰, josefina marin¹¹, Arnon Katz¹², Sahil Koppikar¹³ and Lihi Eder¹⁴, ¹Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, ²Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰Rheumatology Institute of Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²GRAPPA, Seattle, ¹³Women's College Hospital & University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ¹⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Enthesitis affects 30–40% of PsA patients but remains difficult to diagnose due to overlap with non-specific entheseal pain. While OMERACT has standardized ultrasound (US)…
Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2025
Race, Renal Failure, and Risk: A five-to-ten year retrospective cohort study of Racial differences in outcomes of patients with dialysis-dependent Lupus nephritis
Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Queeneth Edwards², Chukwuemelie Okeke³, Justin Riley Lam⁴, Soziema Salia⁵ and Christhopher Haas⁶, ¹Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, ²Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ³Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, MD, ⁶MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority populations, particularly Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino individuals. In…
Abstract Number: 1180 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender-Based Clinical Differences in Behçet’s Syndrome: Findings from a 24-Year Cohort in a Non-Endemic and Multiethnic Country
Rafael Bassara Macedo¹, Pedro Araujo², Fabio Specian¹, Carolina Ejnisman³, Barbara Bayeh³, Percival Degrava Sampaio Barros³, Thiago Freitas⁴, Rafael Cordeiro⁵ and Henrique Giardini⁴, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome (BS) is a multisystemic inflammatory condition that affects both genders, although gender-related differences in disease manifestations may vary across regions. Studies report…
Abstract Number: 0701 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring Calcinosis On Hand X-Rays In Systemic Sclerosis: a Mayo Clinic Cohort
Maximiliano Diaz Menindez¹, Simran Ravindra Nimal², Michael Pham², Caroyln Harvey³, Leroy W. Griffing² and Vivek Nagaraja², ¹Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a vexing manifestation in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with a variable prevalence among cohorts. Up to 86% of calcinosis cases are…
Abstract Number: 0540 • ACR Convergence 2025
Low-Dose CT reveals syndesmophyte progression in axial SpA, particularly in the thoracic spine: Insights from the SPACE cohort covering early and established disease
Manouk de Hooge¹, Mary Lucy Marques², Gizem Ayan³, Miranda van Lunteren⁴, Liese de Bruin⁴, Monique Reijnierse⁵, Désirée Van Der Heijde⁴, Sofia Ramiro⁶ and Floris A. van Gaalen⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; and Coimbra Local Health Unit, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Low-dose computed tomography (ldCT) has not previously been used to assess pt with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) early in their disease course, especially those with…
Abstract Number: 0305 • ACR Convergence 2025
From Movement to Meaning: Exploring Physical Function in IBM with Actigraphy
Vaidehi Kothari¹, Eaman Alhassan², Kevin Renz Ambrocio¹, Bonny Rockette-Wagner³, Chester V. Oddis¹, Kendrea (Focht) Garand¹ and Rohit Aggarwal⁴, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a progressive and severe inflammatory muscle disease that primarily affects adults over 50 years of age. It presents with…
Abstract Number: 2522 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Impact of Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Involvement in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Retrospective Study
Yuko Shirota¹, Misa Oguma², MIki Kubota², Kei Soeda², Yumi Tajima², Ryo Kuwata³, Yumiko Oka², Miki Takeshita², Takao Kodera² and Tomonori Ishii², ¹Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University / Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Sendai, ²Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University / Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Sendai, Japan, ³AIDS Clinical Center of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjyuku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a vasculitis characterized by eosinophilia and granuloma formation, affecting multiple organs. The Five-Factor Score (Medicine, 2011) identifies key…
Abstract Number: 2309 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lifestyle behaviours and disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis: the Dutch south west psoriatic arthritis study
Batoul Hojeij¹, Ilja Tchetverikov², Marijn Vis¹, Marc R Kok³, Yvonne Goekoop-Ruiterman⁴, Jessica Bijsterbosch⁵, Paul Baudoin⁶, Reinhard Bos⁷, Jos H van der Kaap⁸, Petra Kok⁹, Lindy-Anne Korswagen¹⁰ and Jolanda J Luime¹, ¹Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands, ³Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Haga Hospital, the Hague, Netherlands, ⁵Amphia Hospital, Breda, Netherlands, ⁶Reumazorg Zuid West Nederland, Roosendaal, Netherlands, ⁷Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁸Admiraal De Ruyter Hospital, Goes, Netherlands, ⁹Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, Netherlands, ¹⁰Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Comprehensive assessment of multiple lifestyle behaviours and disease activity outcomes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is scarce. We aim to investigate lifestyle behaviours in patients…

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