Abstracts tagged "Cohort Study"

Abstract Number: 1255 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lung Transplantation Outcomes for Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Compared to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Single Institution Multisite Experience
Reena Yaman¹, Lisa Balistreri², Maximiliano Diaz Menindez³, Sehreen Mumtaz¹, Megan Sullivan³, Alexander Hochwald¹ and Florentina Berianu¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Lee Health, Cape Coral, FL, ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary disease is present in most sarcoidosis cases with up to 10% of patients progressing to advanced lung disease.1 Pulmonary sarcoidosis accounted for 2.5%…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Hydroxychloroquine Usage on QTc in Veterans with Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Disease
Malika Ibrahim¹, Samuel Good², Victor Tran³, David Chetrit⁴, Michael McClean⁵, Myung Shin Sim⁶, Hannah Kang¹, Jennifer Barton⁷, Meika Fang⁸, Angelo Gaffo⁹, fadi Hage¹⁰, cynthia Jackevicius⁵, Michael Pillinger¹¹, gabriela Schmajuk¹², Jasvinder Singh¹³, Alberta Warner¹⁴, Neal Yaun¹⁵ and John FitzGerald¹⁶, ¹David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ³David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Costa Mesa, CA, ⁴Carolina Health Specialists, Myrtle Beach, SC, ⁵Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, ⁶West LA VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, ⁷VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁸VA Greater Los Angeles/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰VA Birmingham health care, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ¹²University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ¹³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹⁴VA Greater Los Angeles/UCLA, Los Angeles, ¹⁵UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, ¹⁶UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is widely used for rheumatic diseases, but data on its cardiac safety, particularly QTc prolongation, remains limited. Concerns about HCQ inducing QTc…
Abstract Number: 0547 • ACR Convergence 2025
Determinants of Difficult-to-Manage Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
Patricia Remalante-Rayco¹, Laura Passalent², Manal Alnasser³, Tina Chim¹, Robert Inman¹, Nigil Haroon⁴ and Denis Poddubnyy⁵, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) group has recently introduced a consensus-based definition for difficult-to-manage (D2M) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to identify patients with…
Abstract Number: 0318 • ACR Convergence 2025
Plasma Lipoprotein Subclasses and Risk of Incident Knee Osteoarthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Cheng Li¹, Jing wu², Yuqing Zhang³, Hongyi He⁴, Ying Hu⁵, Jie Wei⁶, Guanghua Lei⁶ and Chao Zeng⁶, ¹Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ²Xiangya Hospital, chagnsha, Hunan, China (People's Republic), ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁴Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ⁵Xiangya School of Public Health Central South University, changsha, China (People's Republic), ⁶Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Lipoprotein subclasses play diverse roles in health and disease. Although lipoproteins have been implicated in knee osteoarthritis (KOA), the relationship between lipoprotein subclasses and…
Abstract Number: 2606 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Impact of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence on Illness Perception and Treatment Adherence in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Egla Samantha Sanchez-Peralta¹, Pablo Gamez-Siller¹, Angel Kevin Garza-Elizondo¹, Fabiola Alejandra Fuentes-Rios¹, Gemma Alely Garcia-Ramos¹, Derek de Jesus Gauna Leal¹, Ariana Silva-de Leon¹, Nathalia Valdez-Benavides¹, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza², Margarita Isabel Alarcon-Jarquin³, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado⁴ and Diana E. Flores-Alvarado¹, ¹Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Social media (SM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are common sources of health information for patients with chronic diseases. Seeking medical information from unreliable sources…
Abstract Number: 2338 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Outcomes of Combined Tofacitinib and TNF Inhibitor Therapy in Refractory Inflammatory Arthritis: A Tertiary Care Experience from India
Aashish Agrawal and Balakrishnan Canchi, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Background/Purpose: The use of combination biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs remains controversial due to safety concerns, yet may offer benefit in refractory inflammatory arthritis. This…
Abstract Number: 2054 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Changing Paradigm: Reassessing the Role of Muscle Biopsy in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in a Single-Center Cohort
Ami Purohit¹, Najia Shakoor², Dmitriy Cherny¹ and Juan Schmukler¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) encompass a heterogenous group of autoimmune diseases characterized by inflammation of muscle and other target organs. Muscle biopsy was historically…
Abstract Number: 1721 • ACR Convergence 2025
Excess Mortality in SLE Is Concentrated in Lupus Nephritis and aPL-Positive Subsets: A population-based inception cohort study
Mario Bautista-Vargas¹, Erika Navarro-Mendoza¹, Jaime Flores-Gouyonnet¹, Ali Ardekani¹, Maria Cuellar-Gutierrez¹, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra², Mariana Gonzalez-Treviño³, Jose Antonio Meade-Aguilar⁴, Alain Sanchez-Rodriguez⁵, Andrew C. Hanson¹, Cassondra Hulshizer⁶, Cynthia Crowson⁷ and Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Boston University/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵ABC Medical Center, Ciudad de México, Federal District, Mexico, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, ⁷Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN
Background/Purpose: Five-year survival in SLE has plateaued since the 1990s. Most epidemiologic studies pool all SLE phenotypes; It is possible that the excess mortality observed…
Abstract Number: 1533 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab Is Associated with Early Improvement in Disease Activity Measures Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the US
Yan Chen¹, Maral DerSarkissian¹, Shumin Rui¹, Justin Clark¹, Daniel Moldaver², Jeffrey J. Ellis³, Karen Worley³ and Aarat M Patel⁴, ¹Analysis Group, Los Angeles, CA, ²GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA, ⁴GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL), a B-cell modulator mAb that selectively inhibits soluble B-lymphocyte stimulator and reduces autoreactive B cells that drive lupus disease activity, is approved…
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…

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