Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2022
PECOS (Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 MIS-C Long-term Outcomes Study): Preliminary Results
Gina Montealegre Sanchez¹, Roberta DeBiasi², Lauren Arrigoni², Kevin Rubenstein³, Jason Liang⁴, James Bost², Marcin Gierdalski², Max Wolff³, Mallory Barrix², Maureen Edu², Saira Huq², Shera Weyers³, Patricia Bandettini⁵, Dorothy Bulas², Tom Burklow⁶, Marcus Chen⁵, Sanchita Das⁶, Robin Dewar³, Joseph Fontana⁵, Ashraf Harahsheh², Linda Herbert², Anastassios Koumbourlis², Andrew Lipton⁵, Laura Olivieri², Dinesh Pillai², Vandana Sachdev⁵, Craig Sable², Audrey Thurm⁷, Evrim Turkbey⁶, Alexandra Yonts², Jonathan Zember², Eric Vilain², Meghan Delaney², Luigi Notarangelo⁴, David Wessel⁸ and Karyl Barron⁴, ¹NIAID/NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ²Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, ⁴NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶CC/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Children's National Hospital, Washington, MD
Background/Purpose: The long-term complications of SARS-CoV-2 and MIS-C in children are unknown. PECOS, a joint study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center…
Abstract Number: 2249 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Interstitial Lung Disease on COVID-19 Severity Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter Comparative Study
Gabriel Figueroa Parra¹, Emily Gilbert², Maria Valenzuela Almada¹, Sebastian Vallejo¹, Matthew Neville³, Naomi Patel⁴, Claire Cook⁵, Xiaoqing Fu⁵, Ramla Hagi⁵, Gregory McDermott⁶, Michael Dilorio⁶, Lucy Masto⁶, Kathleen Vanni⁶, Emily Kowalski⁶, Grace Qian⁶, Zachary Wallace⁵, Ali Duarte-Garcia¹ and Jeffrey Sparks⁷, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with severe COVID-19, but few studies have investigated outcomes in RA phenotypes such as interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD),…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2022
Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in a Predominantly Black Population with Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Sophia Lutgen¹, S. Sam Lim², Laura D. Aspey², Gaobin Bao³, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Jessica N. Williams² and Cristina Drenkard², ¹Mount Sinai Morningside-West, New York, NY, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Due to demographic and disease-related factors, patients with lupus are deemed to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection than the general population, but they…
Abstract Number: 0702 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fourth SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Dose in Rituximab Treated Patients: An Open Label Extension Study
Daniel Mrak¹, Elisabeth Simader¹, Daniela Sieghart¹, Peter mandl², Helga Radner¹, Thomas Perkmann³, Helmuth Haslacher³, Margareta Mayer⁴, Maximilian Koblischke⁴, Philipp Hofer⁵, Lisa Göschl¹, Felix Kartnig¹, Thomas Deimel⁶, Andreas Kerschbaumer⁶, Thomas Hummel¹, Barbara Kornek⁶, Renate Thalhammer³, Karin Stiasny⁴, Stefan Winkler⁷, Josef Smolen⁶, Judith Aberle⁴, Daniel Aletaha⁸, Leonhard Heinz¹ and Michael Bonelli¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁸Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Humoral immune response to COVID-19 vaccination is vastly diminished in B-cell depleted patients, resulting in lower antibody titers in patients with a potential higher…
Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2022
Heterologous Vector versus Homologous mRNA COVID-19 Booster Vaccination in Non-seroconverted Immunosuppressed Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Daniela Sieghart¹, Daniel Mrak¹, Elisabeth Simader¹, Selma Tobudic², Helga Radner¹, Peter Mandl³, Lisa Göschl¹, Maximilian Koblischke⁴, Nikolaus Hommer⁵, Lukas Hartl⁶, Philipp Hofer⁷, Felix Kartnig¹, Thomas Hummel¹, Andreas Kerschbaumer³, Thomas Deimel³, Antonia Puchner¹, Renate Thalhammer⁸, Andreas Zuckermann⁹, Karin Stiasny⁴, Thomas Perkmann⁸, Helmuth Haslacher⁸, Markus Zeitlinger⁵, Ursula Wiedermann¹⁰, Judith Aberle⁴, Daniel Aletaha¹¹, Leonhard Heinz¹ and Michael Bonelli¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁸Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Patients under immunosuppressive therapy have a high risk for severe COVID-19 disease courses. However, efficacy of vaccination and therefore the right vaccination strategy remains…
Abstract Number: 0792 • ACR Convergence 2022
Post-mRNA Vaccine Flares in Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Results from the COronavirus National Vaccine Registry for ImmuNe Diseases SINGapore (CONVIN-SING)
Margaret Ma¹, Amelia Santosa¹, Kok Ooi Kong², Chuanhui Xu², Gim Gee Teng¹, Johnston GX Tang², Anselm Mak³, Frank Tay¹, Victoria WW Ng⁴, Joshua ZE Koh⁴, Warren Fong⁵, Li-Ching Chew⁶, Andrea Low⁷, annie law⁸, Yih Jia Poh⁸, Siaw Ing Yeo⁶, Ying Ying Leung⁹, Wei-Rui Goh⁶, Nur Emilia Roslan¹⁰, Tyng Yu Chuah¹⁰, Stanley Angkodjojo¹¹, Thaschawee Arkachaisri¹², Kai Liang Teh¹³, Kee Fong Phang¹⁴, Melonie Sriranganathan¹⁵, teck Choon Tan¹⁶, Peter Cheung¹ and Manjari Lahiri¹, ¹National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd (SHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁶Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁸SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁰Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹¹Sengkang General Hospital / Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, ¹²KK Women's and Children's Hospital, SingHealth, Singapore, Singapore, ¹³KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁴Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁵Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁶Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Published data suggest no increased rate of flare of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination; however, the studies are limited by…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accelerated Waning of Protective Immunity After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Patients Treated with Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
Elisabeth Simader¹, Selma Tobudic², Thomas Deimel³, Peter mandl⁴, Helmuth Haslacher⁵, Thomas Perkmann⁵, Lisa Schneider⁶, Thomas Nothnagl⁷, Helga Radner¹, Florian Winkler⁸, Heinz Burgmann⁸, Karin Stiasny⁹, Gottfried Novacek¹⁰, Walter Reinisch¹¹, Daniel Aletaha¹², Stefan Winkler² and STEPHAN BLUEML¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁵Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, ⁷Second Medical Department, Korneuburg-Stockerau Hospital, Lower Austrian Centre for Rheumatology, Stockerau, Austria, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹²Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the duration of humoral antibody levels after two SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations in patients with immunosuppression. During this ongoing global epidemic,…
Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of COVID-19 Severity on Bone Mineral Density, Sarcopenia and Physical Performance Among Older Adults Following Hospitalization: A Pilot Study
Diego Cabrera¹, Clara Wong², Andrew Cohen³, Lauren Ferrante³, Alexandra Hajduk³ and Evelyn Hsieh¹, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Altered bone mineral density (BMD), muscle mass and physical performance has been associated with adverse outcomes, however, the effect of COVID-19 on the musculoskeletal…
Abstract Number: 1763 • ACR Convergence 2022
Different Humoral but Similar Cellular Responses of Patients with Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Under Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs After COVID-19 Vaccination
Ioana Andreica¹, Arturo Blazquez-Navarro², Jan Sokolar³, Moritz Anft⁴, Uta Kiltz⁵, Stephanie Pfaender⁶, Elena Vidal Blanco⁷, Timm Westhoff⁸, Nina Babel⁸, Ulrik Stervbo⁹ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹⁰, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Marienhospital Herne - Klinik Mitte Medizinische Klinik I - Gastroenterologie, Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Center for Translational Medicine and Immune Diagnostics Laboratory, Medical Department I, Herne and Ruhr-Universit t Bochum, Medical Department I, Bochum, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Medical Department I, Bochum, Germany, ⁷Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Bochum, Germany, ⁸Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁹Marienhospital Herne - Klinik Mitte Medizinische Klinik I - Gastroenterologie, Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Center for Translational Medicine and Immune Diagnostics Laboratory, Medical Department I, Herne and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Medical Department I, Bochum, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: The interplay between humoral and cellular response after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in patients (pts.) with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) remains unknown. To investigate…
Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2022
Current Approach to COVID-19 and Other Vaccinations in Children with Previous Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C): An International Survey
Francesca Minoia¹, Federica Lucioni¹, Merav Heshin-Bekenstein², Sebastiaan Vastert³, Christoph Kessel⁴, Yosef Uziel⁵, Lovro Lamot⁶, Nicola Ruperto⁷, Marco Gattorno⁸, Claudia Bracaglia⁹ and Natasa Toplak¹⁰, ¹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy, ²Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Israel, ³Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, WWU Medical Center (UKM), Münster, Germany, ⁵Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁶University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini; PRINTO, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy, ⁸Pediatric Clinic and Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, ¹⁰University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Following the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreaks, the hyperinflammatory condition termed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) has become a healthcare issue worldwide. Since…
Abstract Number: 2272 • ACR Convergence 2022
Temporal Trends in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: From the First Wave to Omicron
Yumeko Kawano¹, Naomi Patel², Xiaosong Wang¹, Claire Cook³, Kathleen Vanni¹, Emily Kowalski¹, Emily Banasiak¹, Grace Qian¹, Michael Diiorio¹, Tiffany Hsu¹, Michael Weinblatt⁴, Derrick Todd¹, Zachary Wallace³ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Advances in prevention, testing, and treatment of COVID-19 have contributed to less severe outcomes in the general population, but whether outcomes have improved for…
Abstract Number: 0215 • ACR Convergence 2022
Online Teaching of Hand Examination Using Student-recorded Videos and Remotely Delivered Feedback: A Pilot Study
Mostafa Ahmad¹, Frances Parry² and Simon Maxwell², ¹Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²MSc Internal Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enhancing physical examination skills improves the identification of clinical findings, decision-making and overall management. Feedback is a crucial factor in achieving effective learning but…
Abstract Number: 0703 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vaccination Against SARS-CoV2 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: A Safety Report from EULAR COVAX Registry
Jose A Gomez-Puerta¹, Ana Lúcia Martins Fernandes², Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy¹, Saskia Lawson-Tovey³, Kimme Hyrich⁴, Laure Gossec⁵, Loreto Carmona⁶, Anja Strangfeld⁷, Elsa Mateus⁸, Ana Maria Rodrigues⁹, Eric Hachulla¹⁰, Marta Mosca¹¹, Patrick Durez¹², Bernd Raffeiner¹³, Nicolas Roux¹⁴, Viellard Eric¹⁵, Olivier Brocq¹⁶, Julija Zepa¹⁷, Eva Strakova¹⁸, Inita Bulina¹⁹, Vanda Mlynarikova²⁰, Emoke Šteňová²¹, Martin Soubrier²², Xavier Mariette²³ and Pedro Machado²⁴, ¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ³Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK AND National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁶Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁷Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸EULAR, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰University of Lille, LILLE, France, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ¹⁴Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Robert Schuman, Metz, France, ¹⁵Private practice, St. Malo, France, ¹⁶Rheumatology- CH Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, ¹⁷Riga Stradins University, Latvia, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Centre of Rheumatology, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Hospital Prešov, Presov, Slovakia, ¹⁹Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Riga, Latvia, ²⁰National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia, ²¹University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia, ²²Gabriel-Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ²³Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ²⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Some concerns have been raised with the use of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (SAD) including the risk of serious…
Abstract Number: 0772 • ACR Convergence 2022
New Onset Rheumatologic Syndromes After Covid-19 Vaccination: Systematic Review
Carina Soto-Fajardo¹, Angélica Peña Ayala², Fernanda Gonzalez², Paola Flores², Ana Cristina Medina², Araceli Bernal², Carlos Pineda², Olga-Lidia Vera-Lastra³ and Luis Javier Jara Quezada², ¹Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Centro Médico La Raza, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: From January 2021 around 60% of the total population has received at least one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. A minority of vaccinated individuals…
Abstract Number: 0793 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction Common Among Patients with Long COVID: An Exploratory Evaluation
Norman Gaylis¹, Odense DeLaRosa¹, Nayak Polissar², Nirnaya Miljacic² and Andrew Holman³, ¹Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ²Mountain Whisper Light, Seattle, WA, ³Inmedix Inc, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Up to 70% of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 develop post-COVID symptoms. (1) This has been defined by the…

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