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  • Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Addressing Gaps in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Systematic Literature Review

    Shelley Fritz1, Angela Degrassi2, Kelly Gavigan2, Ruohan Hong3, Santiago Munoz Perez2, Esteban Rivera4, Erik Stone5, Laura Stradford6, Ambika Vartak2, Anne Sydor2 and Shilpa Venkatachalam3, 1Global Healthy Living Foundation, Kalaheo, HI, 2Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, 3Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, 4Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, 5Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, 6Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY

    Background/Purpose: This systematic literature review on polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and PMR with giant cell arteritis (GCA) evaluates existing literature on disease burden, management, and treatment…
  • Abstract Number: 2001 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Complications and Treatment Use Associated with Long-term Oral Corticosteroid Therapy Among Patients with Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis

    Rohit Aggarwal1, Qian Cai2, Daniel Labson3, Concetta Crivera4 and Federico Zazzetti5, 1Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Global Market Access RWE, Titusville, NJ, 3Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Global Market Access RWE, Raritan, NJ, 4Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Immunology Market Access, Horsham, PA, 5Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA

    Background/Purpose: Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare systemic autoimmune conditions mainly characterized by muscle weakness, rash and involvement of various organs. Dermatomyositis…
  • Abstract Number: 0810 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Glucocorticoids in Pregnancy and Lactation: Results of the Systematic Review Informing the EULAR Task Force on Antirheumatic Drugs in Reproduction, Pregnancy and Lactation

    Sabrina Hamroun1, Andrea Pluma2, Linda Rüegg3, Malte Kramer4, Yvette Meissner5, Axel Finckh6 and Frauke Foerger7, 1Cochin University Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 2Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, 3Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, 4German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Berlin, Germany, 5Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, 6Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, 7University hospital Bern /Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: The management of women with musculoskeletal disorders during pregnancy and lactation presents many challenges. Since the first EULAR points to consider for the use…
  • Abstract Number: 2046 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Duration of Disease and Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Difficult-to-treat Recurrent Pericarditis: A Chronic Condition Treated with NSAIDs, Colchicine, Corticosteroids, and Anti-IL-1 Agents

    Antonio Brucato1, Elisa Ceriani2, Francesco Agozzino3, Silvia Berra4, Antonio Gidaro2, Silvia Macchi5, Letizia Vena5, Paolo Bindi5, Alberto Pavarani6, Francesco Moda7, Ludovico Luca Sicignano8, Celeste Murace8, Elena Verrecchia8, Caterina Chiara Decarlini9, Silvia Maestroni10, Gabriella Marinaro4, Lucia Trotta3, Massimo Pancrazi3, Lisa Serati3, Enrica Negro3, Claudia Gabiati3, Elisa Calabrò3, Angela Mauro11, Luisa Carrozzo3, Emanuele Bizzi3 and Massimo Imazio12, 1Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milano, Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Fatebeneratelli, Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italy, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano, Milan, Italy, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Fatebeneratelli, Milano, Milan, Italy, 4Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Fatebeneratelli, Milano, Milano, Italy, 5University of Milano, Milan, Italy, 6University of Milano, Milan, 7Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 8Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Rome, Italy, 9Cardiology Division, Cardiovascular Department, San L. Mandic Hospital, Merate, Lecco, Italy, 10Internal Medicine Department, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, 11Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Childhood and Developmental Medicine, Fatebenefratelli-Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy, 12University of Udine, and Cardiothoracic Department, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Milan, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Recurrent pericarditis (RP) challenges pts and clinicians in terms of long-term management. Objective of this study was to evaluate the remission rate (drug-free for…
  • Abstract Number: 0939 • ACR Convergence 2024

    A Joint-targeting Peptide Enhances the Therapeutic Efficacy of Liposomal Drug Delivery in Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Hemalatha Nanjaiah, Rakeshchandra Meka, Bodhraj Acharya, Shivaprasad Venkatesha and Kamal Moudgil, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease of synovial joints, and it affects over 1 per cent of the population worldwide. Uncontrolled or…
  • Abstract Number: 2394 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Perioperative Stress Dose vs Therapeutic Dose Comparison: One-Month Postoperative Outcomes in Moderate and Major Surgeries for Systemic Lupus Erythematous and Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Diana Gavilanes1, Alex Jakubiak2, Jhon. F Martinez3 and Anas Atrash4, 1UPMC Health Plan - Harrisburg Pa, Harrisburg, PA, 2Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 3BaylorScott&White Health, Waco, TX, 4UPMC Health Plan - Harrisburg Pa, Harrisburg, PA

    Background/Purpose: Major and moderate surgeries are more common in patients with autoimmune diseases. However, there is limited data available regarding the use of standard doses…
  • Abstract Number: 1051 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Healthcare Costs and Resource Utilization Associated with Long-term Medium-to-high Dose Oral Corticosteroid Use in Patients with Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis

    Daniel Labson1, Qian Cai2, Concetta Crivera3 and Federico Zazzetti4, 1Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Global Market Access RWE, Raritan, NJ, 2Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Global Market Access RWE, Titusville, NJ, 3Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Immunology Market Access, Horsham, PA, 4Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA

    Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are rare autoimmune conditions primarily characterized by muscle weakness and inflammation. Real-world evidence on economic outcomes of patients with…
  • Abstract Number: 2438 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Reduction in Oral Corticosteroid Use During Anifrolumab Therapy: Observations from a Real-world Cohort of Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Vasileios Kyttaris1, Gelareh Atefi2, Dan Persons3, Dana Withrow3 and Mawuena Binka4, 1BIDMC, Boston, MA, 2AstraZeneca, Media, PA, 3Trio Health, Louisville, CO, USA, Louisville, 4BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE

    Background/Purpose: Oral corticosteroids (OCS) are a mainstay in the clinical management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, prolonged use may result in systemic side effects.1…
  • Abstract Number: 1186 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Does the Dose Matter?

    Neenu Sukumaran1 and John Waterman2, 1University of Connecticut, Avon, CT, 2Veterans Administration, Simsbury, CT

    Background/Purpose: Intra-articular(IA) corticosteroid injections for knee osteoarthritis (OA) have been performed for over 60 years. However, the appropriate dose of IA corticosteroids has not been determined. To…
  • Abstract Number: 2503 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Suppression by Prednisolone Reversed by the 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Inhibitor Clofutriben

    Frank S Czerwiec1, Irina Bancos2, Paul M Stewart3, Ketan Desai1 and David A Katz1, 1Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portland, OR, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Approximately 1% of the population rely on chronic glucocorticoid (GC) prescription to control autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. Risk of GC induced adrenal insufficiency (GC-AI)…
  • Abstract Number: 1193 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injection versus Iontophoresis in Rhizarthrosis: A Prospective Comparative Multicentric Study

    Olga Rusinovich1, Andrea Liso Andrino2, Maria Concepcion Sanchez3, Pilar Navarro Alonso4, Miguel Cantalejo Moreira5, ALBERTO DIAZ OCA4, Pablo Navarro Palomo6, Maria Machattou7, Maria Alonso de Francisco3, Carlota Navarro Joven8, Alejandro Martinez Rodado3, laura Ramos Ortiz de Zarate9, hildegarda Godoy Tundidor10, Maria Carmen Barbadillo Mateos7, Blanca Garcia-Magallon7, Jose Campos7, Mónica Fernández Castro11, JESUS SANZ SANZ6 and Jose Luis Andreu6, 1Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Boadilla del Monte, Spain, 2Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, 3Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Majadahonda, Spain, 4Fuenlabrada University Hospital, Fuenlabrada, Spain, 5Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada. Madrid, Spain, 6Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Majadahonda, Spain, 7Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Madrid, Spain, 8Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Spain, 9Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda University Hospital, Majahonda, Spain, 10Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, IDIPHISA , Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 11Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda., Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis is a common degenerative disease that causes pain and thumb dysfunction. It affects 16-25% of the population, mainly middle-aged women.  Treatment modalities…
  • Abstract Number: 2679 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Predictors of Fracture in SLE: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

    Kristen Chao1, Andrea Fava2, Daniel Goldman3, Laurence Magder4 and Michelle Petri3, 1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, 4University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

    Background/Purpose: Fractures are one of the most common damage items in the SLICC/ACR Damage Index. Although commonly attributed to corticosteroid use, the complexity of ways…
  • Abstract Number: 1243 • ACR Convergence 2024

    A Patient-Focused Program for Using Steroids Wisely

    John Stone1, Michelle Petri2, Jeffrey Gelfand3, Camille Kotton4, Jane McDowell5, George Papaliodis6, meredith Marinaro7, Matt Wilkinson8, Walter Lentfert9 and Martha Stone10, 1Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, 3University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 5Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Ireland, 6Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Novartis, Hartford, CT, 8UpThereEverywhere, London, United Kingdom, 9UpThereEverywhere, Wilmington, NC, 10Steritas, LLC, CONCORD, MA

    Background/Purpose: Patients have no comprehensive, curated resource on steroid use to facilitate effective collaboration in their own care. Consequently, truly shared decision making around steroid…
  • Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Real-World Reduction in Disease Flares and Oral Corticosteroid Use with Anifrolumab Therapy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Claims-Based Study

    Mawuena Binka1, Rana Muhammad Qasim Khan2, Joseph Tkacz3, Donna McMorrow3, Laurence Gozalo3 and Gail Kerr4, 1BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, 2BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, 3Inovalon, Bowie, MD, 4Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Georgetown and Howard University Hospitals, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, chronic autoimmune disease characterized by frequent episodes of disease activity (flares) of varying severity.1 SLE flares are…
  • Abstract Number: 1511 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Lupus Nephritis and Response to Treatment in Latin America

    Rosana Quintana1, Romina Nieto2, Diana Carolina Fernández Ávila3, Rosa Serrano Morales4, Guillermina Harvey5, Lucia Hernandez6, Karen Roberts7, Marina Scolnik8, Carmen Funes Soaje9, Paula Alba10, Veronica Saurit11, Mercedes Garcia12, Guillermo Berbotto13, VERONICA BELLOMIO14, Wilfredo Patiño Grageda15, Graciela Gómez16, Cecilia Pisoni17, Ana Malvar18, Vicente Juarez19, Nilzio A. Da Silva20, ODIRLEI MONTICIELO21, Henrique Ataide Mariz22, Francinne Machado Ribeiro23, Eduardo Borba24, Luciana Parente24, Edgard Torres25, Oscar Neira26, Loreto Massardo27, Gustavo Aroca Martínez28, Carlos A. Cañas Davila29, Gerardo Quintana López30, Carlos Enrique Toro-Gutierrez31, Mario Moreno32, Andres Zuñiga33, Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas34, Margarita Portela Hernandez35, Hilda Fragoso-Loyo36, Luis H. Silveira Torre37, Ignacio García De La Torre38, Carlos Abud Mendoza39, Marcos Fonseca Hernández40, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio41, Isabel Acosta Colman42, Jhonatan Losanto43, Claudia Selene Mora Trujillo44, Katiuzka Zuñiga Corrales45, Roberto Muñoz Louis46, Martin Rebella47, Álvaro Danza48 Manuel Ugarte-Gil49, Graciela Alarcon50, Urbano Sbarigia51, Federico Zazzetti52, Ashley Orillion53, Guillermo Pons-Estel54 and Bernardo Pons-Estel54, 1Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, 2Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas. GO-CREAR, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, 3Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, 4Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas del Grupo Oroao., Rosario, Argentina, 5Escuela de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, 6Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, 7Sección Reumatología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9Hospital Italiano, Cordoba, Argentina, 10Hospital Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 11hospital privado universitario de cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina, 12HIGA San Martin, La Plata, Argentina, 13Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes, Hospital Escuela Eva Perón, ROSARIO, Argentina, 14Hospital Padilla, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, 15Hospital General de Agudos Dr Ramos Mejia, CABA, Argentina, 16Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari, Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Salta, Argentina, 20Hospital das Clinicas, Universidad Federal de Goias, Goias, Goias, Brazil, 21HOSPITAL DE CLINICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE, PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 22Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, 23Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 25Universidad Federal São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 26Hospital del Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 27Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, San Sebastián, Chile, 28Universidad Simón Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia, 29Fundación Valle del Lili, Unidad de Reumatología, Cali, Colombia, 30Universidad de Los Andes, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, 31Reference Center for Osteoporosis & Rheumatology, Cali, Colombia, 32Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 33Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 34División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, CDMX, Mexico, 35Departamento de Reumatología del Hospital de especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico, Mexico, 36Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, 37Department of Rheumatology , Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez., Mexico City, Mexico, 38Depto. de Inmunología y Reumatología; Centro de Estudios de Investigación Básica y Clínica, Guadalajara, Mexico, 39Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, SLP, México, SLP, Mexico, 40Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 41Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, MONTERREY, Mexico, 42Hospital de Clínicas I, Asunción, Paraguay, 43Hospital de Clínicas I, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, 44Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliatti Martins, Lima, Peru, 45Hospital Cayetano Heredia. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 46Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 47Unidad Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistemicas, Clinica Medica C-Hospital de Clinicas, UDELAR Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 48Médica Uruguaya Corporación de Asistencia Médica (MUCAM). Clínica Médica - Facultad de Medicina - UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay, 49Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, 50The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 51Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, 52Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, 53Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Spring House, PA, PA, 54Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Background/Purpose: The Latin American Group for the Study of Lupus (GLADEL) 2.0 is an observational prevalent and incident cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…
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