Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 1117 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prediction Model for Progression to Different Find-Grained MRI-Based Osteoarthritis Severity States: The Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis (VALSEKO)
Jolanda Cibere¹, Ali Guermazi², Savvas Nicolaou³, Jacek Kopec⁴, John Esdaile⁵, Hubert Wong⁶, Joel Singer⁶, Anona Thorne⁶ and Eric Sayre⁷, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ⁷Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To develop a novel, fine-grained MRI osteoarthritis (OA) severity score, based on cartilage, osteophytes and meniscus (OA-COM) scores and to predict the progression to…
Abstract Number: 1620 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hepatitis B Screening Practices When Prescribing Tocilizumab or Tofacitinib in Real World Practice
Naomi Serling-Boyd¹, Amir Mohareb², Arthur Kim², Emily Hyle² and Zachary Wallace³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation can complicate treatment with immunosuppressive medications. Reactivation risk varies by the status of HBV infection but has been reported…
Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2020
Factors Associated with Disease Activity Remission and Recurrence in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Stephanie Florez-Pollack¹, Syed Rizvi², Benjamin Chong² and Linda Hynan², ¹University of Pennsylvania, PHILADELPHIA, PA, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a photosensitive skin disorder that can occur with systemic lupus erythematosus. As CLE often fluctuates in disease activity, little…
Abstract Number: 0718 • ACR Convergence 2020
Obesity Impairs Achievement of Clinical Inactive Disease (CID) in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Treated with TNF Inhibitors
Fabio Basta¹, Denise Pires Marafon², Angela Aquilani³, Maria Isabella Petrone⁴, Andrea Uva⁵, Hanan Jadoun⁶, Aurora Puccacco², Rebecca Nicolai⁶, Silvia Magni Manzoni² and Fabrizio De Benedetti⁷, ¹1 Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy 2 University Center of Autoimmunity, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany 3 Acura Rheumatology Center Rhineland Palatinate, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, ²Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Lazio, Italy, ⁴Dipartimento Pediatrico Universitario Ospedaliero, Tor Vergata University, Roma, Italy, ⁵Dipartimento Materno-Infantile e Scienze Urologiche, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Lazio, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Laboratory of Immuno-Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: to assess prevalence and disease features associated with obesity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to evaluate the impact of obesity on the achievement…
Abstract Number: 1145 • ACR Convergence 2020
Implementation of Web-Based Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in SLE Clinical Care: A Multi-Center Prospective Cohort Study
Shanthini Kasturi¹, Lori Lyn Price¹, David Curtis², William Nowell³, Norma Terrin¹, Jane Salmon⁴, Lisa Mandl⁴ and Timothy McAlindon¹, ¹Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are powerful tools which can highlight the patient experience of illness. Although PROMs are standard metrics in SLE clinical research,…
Abstract Number: 1668 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-Term Outcomes in Children Born to Anti-Ro and/or Anti-La Positive Mothers
Talia Diaz¹, Daniela Dominguez², Edgar Jaeggi³, Andrea Knight⁴, Carl A. Laskin⁵, Lawrence Ng⁶, Franklin Silverio¹, Earl D. Silverman⁷ and Linda Hiraki⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³Fetal Cardiac Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus (NLE) is an acquired autoimmune disorder associated with the transplacental passage of maternal anti-Ro and/or anti-La antibodies. Previous studies have suggested…
Abstract Number: 0264 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Isolated Neutropenia in Outpatients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nouf Alhammadi¹, Murray Urowitz² and Dafna Gladman³, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Leukopenia in SLE is defined as leukocyte count below 4,000/mm3 on two or more occasions according to the ACR criteria and may include a…
Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2020
Paediatric Sarcoidosis: Phenotype of a Retrospective Cohort of Biopsy-proven Patients
Kerstin Nott¹, Veronica Nott² and Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne¹, ¹Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom, ²Imperial College, ANDOVER, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Paediatric sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory condition characterised by the formation of non-caseating granulomata that may lead to end-organ damage. Diagnosis is challenging as…
Abstract Number: 1186 • ACR Convergence 2020
Red Cell Distribution Width and Absolute Lymphocyte Count Associate with Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sofi Damjanovska¹, Lenche Kostadinova², Ibtissam Gad³, Sameena Syed⁴, Alyssa Lange⁵, Corinne Kowal⁶, Carey Shive⁷, Christopher Burant⁸, Brigid Wilson⁹, Taissa Bej⁹, Nora Singer¹⁰, David Canaday⁴, Maya Mattar¹¹, David Zidar⁴ and Donald Anthony¹², ¹Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²(1) Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Highland Heights, OH, ³Case Western Reserve/ Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, ⁵Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, ⁶Case western reserve university/Cleveland VA Medical Center, ohio, ⁷(2) Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, ohio, ⁸Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, ⁹Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Cleveland, ¹⁰The MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ¹¹Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Cleveland, OH, ¹²Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland VA Medical Center/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Peripheral blood red cell distribution width (RDW) and absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) are associated with aging, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality in the general…
Abstract Number: 1674 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pediatric and Adolescent One Year Protocol Kidney Biopsies Should Be Performed, Even in Patients with Complete Remission of Their Lupus Nephritis
Peter Yorgin¹, Suhas Radhakrishna¹, Caitlin Carter¹, Johanna Chang¹, Katayoon Shayan¹, Lieuko Nguyen¹, Peter Chiraseveenuprapund¹ and Robert Sheets², ¹UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: The value of one-year protocol kidney biopsies in children who have proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) is unclear, particularly in patients who meet CARRA criteria…
Abstract Number: 0307 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Analysis of the Patient Pathways to Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis
Alexis Ogdie¹, Martin Rozycki², Theresa Arndt², Cheng Shi³, Nina Kim⁴ and Peter Hur³, ¹Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²HVH Precision Analytics, LLC, Wayne, PA, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁴The University of Texas at Austin; Baylor Scott and White Health, Austin, TX
Background/Purpose: In developing algorithms within claims databases that may inform how to find patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) prior to diagnosis, it is important to…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2020
Joint Space Narrowing Precedes Erosive Radiographic Damage in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Gabriela Supp², Farideh Alasti¹, Josef Smolen² and Daniel Aletaha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna,, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized through symmetric polyarthritis leading to joint destruction over time in many patients. Radiographic damage is…
Abstract Number: 1241 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Tofacitinib or Biological DMARDs in Real Life Conditions in Two Latin America Countries
Hugo Madariaga¹, Juan Reyes², Magda Gutierrez³, Dario Ponce de Leon⁴, Tatjana Lukic⁵ and Luisa Amador², ¹Centro Medico CEEN, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, ²Pfizer, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia, ³Pfizer, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile, ⁴PFIZER, LIMA, Peru, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The objective of this study was to describe the efficacy, safety and patient reported outcomes in Latin-American patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) treated with…
Abstract Number: 1727 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patterns of Fatigue in Early RA over 10 Years: Results from the ESPOIR Cohort
Samantha Rodriguez-Muguruza¹, Bernard Combe², Oliver Valero³, Francis Guillemin⁴, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués⁵, Bruno Fautrel⁶, Ramon Fontova¹ and Cédric Lukas⁷, ¹Joan XXIII Hospital, Tarragona, Spain, ²University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ³Department of Statistics, Autonoma de Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Universite de Lorraine CIC INSERM, Nancy, France, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Sorbonne University, INSERM, IPLES; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷CHU Montpellier and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: to determine and characterize fatigue trajectories over 10 years of follow-up in a cohort of early RA patients. Methods: We selected patients fulfilling the 2010…
Abstract Number: 0338 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increased Risk of Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Psoriatic Arthritis
Eugenia Chen¹ and Maida Wong², ¹Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that involves musculoskeletal and skin manifestations. Such autoimmune disease has been associated with increased lymphoproliferative disease…

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