Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 087 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Delays in Care, Declines in Health, and Food Insecurity in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rebecca Hetrick¹, Maria Pereira² and Marietta De Guzman³, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic created dramatic societal disruptions. Social distancing and measures to reduce disease spread rapidly reshaped healthcare delivery. Recognizing the burden of frequent…
Abstract Number: 097 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Survey of Covid-19 Immunization and Infection in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult Onset Still’s Disease
Mariana Correia Marques¹, Paul Subrata², Carol Lake³, Ly-Lan Bergeron⁴, Rashmi Sinha⁵, Luciana Peixoto⁶, Marinka Twilt⁷ and Michael Ombrello⁸, ¹Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/Children`s National Hospital, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAID Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (NCBR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, GAITHERSBURG, MD, ⁴NIH/NIAMS, Vienna, VA, ⁵Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, ⁷Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Immunization is one of the most important tools for the control of the Covid-19 pandemic. The safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 immunizations have…
Abstract Number: 099 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Tresa Ambooken¹, Sangati Kadakia¹, Tara Lozy¹, Brianna Bulbin², Suhas Ganguli³, Dawn Wahezi⁴ and Sivia Lapidus¹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ³Department of Pediatrics, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, NJ, ⁴Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is theorized to occur in a genetically susceptible individual as a response to an environmental trigger, leading to autoimmunity and inflammation.…
Abstract Number: 105 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Awareness of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Lyndsey Cole¹, E. Adrianne Hammershaimb², Yuanyuan Liang², Megan Hendrich³, Dhiman Das³, Robert Petrin³, James Campbell², Sean O'Leary¹ and Jessica Cataldi¹, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Ipsos US Public Affairs, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Little is known about parental awareness of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but severe sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 110 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Medications Affect Antibody Responses to COVID-19 Vaccinations in Children with Autoimmune Diseases
Janna Shapiro¹, Florence Choi², Amy Xu³, Trang Duong⁴, Tania Watts¹, Anne-Claude Gingras⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶, Susanne Benseler⁷ and Rae Yeung⁸, ¹Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital of Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology; Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, ⁶Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, ⁸The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: To compare antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccines among children with autoimmune diseases taking different classes of immunosuppressantsMethods: A prospective observational study was conducted at…
Abstract Number: 117 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
A Descriptive Study of Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Alexis Begezda, Penn State, State College, PA
Background/Purpose: Children with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) experience more severe disease than their adult counterparts, in addition to high rates of clinical depressive symptoms…
Abstract Number: 128 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Share Clinical Phenotypes and Genetic Contributions
Paul Tsoukas¹, Hua Lu², Marla Mendes de Aquino², Michael Ombrello³, Lisa Strug² and Rae Yeung⁴, ¹The Hospital of Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Division of Rheumatology; Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, MD, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a novel clinical entity presenting following SARS CoV2 infection. This study describes a subgroup of MIS-C patients…
Abstract Number: L08 • ACR Convergence 2022
Breakthrough Acute COVID-19 Infection During the US Omicron Surge Following Administration of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab in Immunocompromised Patients with Rheumatologic Disorders
Christopher Podgorski¹ and Deborah Parks², ¹BJC/Washington University Consortium, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Treatment with Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab 150/150 mg was authorized by the FDA on 12/8/21 under an Emergency Use Authorization as pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19 infection. The…
Abstract Number: 0253 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Teleconsultation During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jérôme Avouac¹, Anna Molto², Camelia Frantz³, sarah wanono³, elise descamps⁴, olivier fogel⁴, Alice Combier⁵, lucile poiroux⁵, Corinne MIceli⁶ and Yannick Allanore⁷, ¹University of Paris, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin,Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁶APHP, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The sudden emergence of SARS-CoV-2 onto the world stage has accelerated a major change in the management of patients with chronic rheumatic diseases and…
Abstract Number: 0705 • ACR Convergence 2022
Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Breakthrough Infections in Patients with Rheumatic Immune-mediated Inflammatory Diseases and Healthy Controls: Data from a Prospective Cohort Study
Laura Boekel¹, Yaëlle Besten¹, Femke Hooijberg¹, Rosa Wartena¹, Maurice Steenhuis², Erik Vogelzang³, Maureen Leeuw¹, Sadaf Atiqi¹, Sander Tas⁴, Willem Lems⁵, Marieke van Ham², Filip Eftimov³, Eileen Stalman³, Luuk Wieske³, Taco Kuijpers³, Alexandre Voskuyl⁶, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁷, Martijn Gerritsen¹, Charlotte Krieckaert¹, Theo Rispens², Maarten Boers⁸, Michael Nurmohamed⁹ and Gertjan Wolbink¹, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with substantially lower hospitalization rates compared with previous variants of SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., Wildtype, Alpha [B.1.1.7] and…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2022
Additional Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Improves Cross-Variant Neutralization Titers in Immunosuppressed Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Michael Paley¹, Parakkal Deepak², Wooseob Kim³, Monica Yang⁴, Vinay Chandrasekaran³, Guadalupe Oliva Escudero³, Katherine Huang³, Zhuoming Liu³, Lily McMorrow⁵, Mahima Thapa³, Matthew Ciorba³, Mehrdad Matloubian⁶, Lianne Gensler⁷, Mary Nakamura⁸, Sean Whelan³, William Buchser³, Ali Ellebedy³ and Alfred Kim⁵, ¹Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, ³Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁴UCSF, SF, CA, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁶UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Most immunosuppressed patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) mount total anti-Spike (S) IgG responses following vaccination with mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Less is known, however,…
Abstract Number: 0794 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Vaccination on Post-acute Sequelae of SARS CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
Naomi Patel¹, Yumeko Kawano², Xiaosong Wang², Xiaoqing Fu³, Claire Cook³, Kathleen Vanni², Grace Qian², Emily Banasiak², Emily Kowalski², yuqing zhang⁴, Jeffrey Sparks⁵ and Zachary Wallace³, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) refers to persistent symptoms after the resolution of acute infection and is estimated to affect over 20% of COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0991 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prior Use of Autoimmune Disease Treatments Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Myositis Hospitalized with COVID-19
Cassandra Calabrese¹, Gelareh Atefi², Kristin Evans³, Meghan Moynihan³, Liisa Palmer³ and Sandra Sze-jung Wu⁴, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ³Merative, Cambridge, MA, ⁴AstraZeneca, Hockessin, DE
Background/Purpose: To compare use of autoimmune disease treatments between patients with and without severe COVID-19 (COVID) in cohorts of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),…
Abstract Number: 1339 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative (OBRI)
Matthew Wong-Pack¹, Elliot Hepworth², Mohammad Movahedi³, Bindee Kuriya¹, Janet Pope⁴, Edward Keystone⁵, Carter Thorne⁶, VANDANA AHLUWALIA⁷, Angela Cesta⁸, Carol Mously⁸, Claire Bombardier¹, Arthur Lau⁹ and Sibel Aydin¹⁰, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁸University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 Pandemic created challenges for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including accessing the health care system, transition to unplanned virtual care, reduction in…
Abstract Number: 1776 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 Cases in Patients Treated with Secukinumab: Analysis from the Global Safety Database
Atul Deodhar¹, Andrew Blauvelt², Philip J Mease³, Effie Pournara⁴, Piotr Jagiello⁴, Weibin Bao⁵ and Abhishek Sharma⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Medical Research Center, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR, ³Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁶Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India
Background/Purpose: Although patients (pts) with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking immunosuppressive therapies are not at a significantly greater risk of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory…

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