Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 0494 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk for Visual Loss in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Anne Bull Haaversen¹, Lene Kristin Brekke², Tanaz Kermani³, Oyvind Molberg⁴ and Andreas Diamantopoulos⁵, ¹Martina Hansens Hospital, Hosle, Norway, ²Haugesund Revmatismesykehus, Haugesund, Nepal, ³University of California Los Angeles, West Hills, CA, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁵Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) involves both the cranial and large vessels. Permanent visual loss is a feared complication reported in up to 19% of…
Abstract Number: 0749 • ACR Convergence 2022
Virtual Care in Rheumatology Ambulatory Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patient/Family and Healthcare Provider Perspectives and Experiences
Whitney Hung, Carina Majaesic, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Aisha Bruce and Elaine Yacyshyn, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: With the expansion of virtual care during COVID-19, a cross-sectional study was designed to explore the experiences of adult patients and their families (PFs),…
Abstract Number: 0785 • ACR Convergence 2022
Humoral Immune Responses Following Four SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Doses or COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases on Immunosuppressive Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study
Hilde Ørbo¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke², Joe Sexton¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Ingrid Egeland Christensen¹, David Warren³, Tore K. Kvien¹, Adity Chopra⁴, Grete Birkeland Kro³, Jørgen Jahnsen², Ludvig A. Munthe³, Espen Haavardsholm¹, Gunnveig Grødeland³, Sella Aarrestad Provan¹, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen², Silje Watterdal Syversen¹ and Guro Løvik Goll¹, ¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on immunosuppressive therapy have impaired humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. This study aimed to assess serologic response…
Abstract Number: 0822 • ACR Convergence 2022
Optimal Use of Colchicine in COVID-19 Management from Rheumatologists’ Perspective: A Monocentric Observational Study During the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Pandemic
Naoto Yokogawa¹, Masahiro Iida², Kae Onishi², Daisuke Asadori², Yoshitaka Ueda², Eisuke Kanematsu², Kazusa Saegusa³, Tomoko Sano², Ryo Morishima⁴, Kentaro Hayashi⁴, Hiroshi Hataya⁵ and Kenji Nishida⁶, ¹Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan, ³Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Fuchu, Japan, ⁵Department of General Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Toshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Colchicine decreases cytokine production by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation and is considered effective in treating COVID-19. Although two randomized controlled trials failed to demonstrate…
Abstract Number: 1198 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of Remote Physical Performance and Cognitive Functioning Measures Among Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Courtney Hoge¹, C. Barrett Bowling², Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas¹, Bradley Pearce¹, S. Sam Lim¹, Cristina Drenkard¹ and Laura Plantinga¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity for researchers to develop and administer remote versions of measures for ongoing studies. In an…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2022
Breakthrough Infections in COVID-19 Vaccinated Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Survival Analysis from a Multicenter International Patient-Reported Survey
Sakir Ahmed¹, Naveen R², John Pauling³, Darpan Thakare², Chris Wincup⁴, Nicoletta Del Papa⁵, Gianluca Sambataro⁶, Fabiola Atzeni⁷, SIMONE PARISI⁸, Marcello Govoni⁹, Elena Bartoloni Bocci¹⁰, Gian Domenico Sebastiani¹¹, Enrico Fusaro¹², Marco Sebastiani¹³, Luca Quartuccio¹⁴, Franco Franceschini¹⁵, Pier Paolo Sainaghi¹⁶, Giovanni Orsolini¹⁷, Rossella De Angelis¹⁸, Maria Giovanna Danielli¹⁹, Vincenzo Venerito²⁰, Parikshit Sen²¹, Minchul Kim²², Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos²³, Akira Yoshida²⁴, James B. Lilleker²⁵, Vishwesh Agarwal²⁶, Sinan Kardes²⁷, Jessica Day²⁸, Mrudula Joshi²⁹, Marcin Milchert³⁰, Tamer A Gheita³¹, Babur Salim³², Ioannis Parodis³³, Albert Selva O’Callaghan³⁴, Elena Nikiphorou³⁵, Tulika Chatterjee²², Ai Lyn Tan³⁶, Arvind Nune³⁷, Lorenzo Cavagna³⁸, Samuel Shinjo³⁹, Nelly Ziade⁴⁰, Johannes Knitza⁴¹, Hector Chinoy⁴², Oliver Distler⁴³, Masataka Kuwana⁴⁴, Rohit Aggarwal⁴⁵, Latika Gupta⁴⁶, Vikas Agarwal² and Ashima Makol⁴⁷, ¹Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India, ²Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ³North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Unità operativa complessa (UOC) Day Hospital Reumatologia via Gaetano Pini 9, Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico, Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ⁶Medico Immunologia e reumatologia presso, Artoreuma S.R.L., Cors S, Mascalucia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, ⁸Italian Society for Rheumatology, Turin, Italy, ⁹S. Anna Hospital and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit. Department of Medicine, Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ¹¹U.O.C. Reumatologia, Ospedale San Camillo-Forlanini,, Roma, ¹²Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹³Azienda Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ¹⁴Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DAME), ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁶Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Novara, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Verona, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁹Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Università Politecnica delle, Marche, Italy, ²⁰Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations-Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ²¹Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, ²²University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, IL, ²³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁶Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Lucknow, India, ²⁷Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁸Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁹Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India, ³⁰Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ³¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ³²Fauji foundation hospital Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ³³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³⁴Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁵Leiden University Medical Center & King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³⁷Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, United Kingdom, ³⁸Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ³⁹Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴⁰Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴²The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ⁴³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴⁴Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴⁶Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴⁷Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) are considered more susceptible to break through infection (BI) following vaccination due to their immunosuppressed status and…
Abstract Number: 1870 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Outcomes Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Vaccination in Patients with Anti-Melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene 5 (MDA5) Antibody Positive Dermatomyositis
Richard Seto¹, Sangmee Bae¹ and Christina Charles-Schoeman², ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with dermatomyositis (DM) and antibodies (ab) to melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 (MDA5) share similar clinical characteristics to patients infected with the severe…
Abstract Number: 2178 • ACR Convergence 2022
BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine Against Covid 19, Humoral Response, Safety and Efficacy in Scleroderma Patients
Yolanda Braun-Moscovici¹, Marielle Kaplan¹, Maya Braun², Doron Markovits³, Sami Giryes³, Kohava Toledano³, Yonit Tavor³, Katya Dolnikov³, Rula Daood³ and Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁴, ¹Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, ²Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bioinformatics, Jerusalem, Israel, ³Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: In the begining of pandemic and till spring 2021 there were no clinical and laboratory data regarding sefety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines against…
Abstract Number: 0141 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Rituximab Associated with Worse Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients? A Meta-analysis
Yasmin Gerais¹, Chenyu Sun¹, Bethany King², Scott Lowe³, Biniyam Mohammed¹, Rachel Bentley³, Yaru Li⁴, Binyu Wei⁵ and Chuanhui Xu⁶, ¹Ascension Saint Joseph hospital, Chicago, IL, ²MercyOne Des Moines Medical center, Des Moines, IA, ³College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas, MO, ⁴Swedish Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Rituximab targets the CD20 antigen to deplete B cells and is indicated for a number of autoimmune diseases and other conditions. Accumulating data suggest…
Abstract Number: 0508 • ACR Convergence 2022
Detecting the Critical Factors in the Pathogenesis of Anti-melanoma Differentiation-associated Gene 5–positive Dermatomyositis (MDA5 DM) by Gene Expression Analysis of Peripheral Blood
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Yu Nakai¹ and Moe Sakamoto¹, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: MDA5 DM is a distinct subtype of DM that is characterized by high mortality due to rapid progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). MDA5 is…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accessing Telehealth and In-Person Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Smruthi Ramachandran¹, Jenny Leese², Stephanie Therrien³, Catherine L. Backman¹, Jasmin Ma⁴, Kelly English⁵, Eileen Davidson⁶, Shanon McQuitty⁷, Alison Hoens⁵, Cheryl Koehn⁸, James Gavin⁹, jo Adams⁹ and Linda Li¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Canada/University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ⁷Arthritis Patient Advisory Board of Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁸Arthritis Consumer Experts, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁹University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided opportunity to increase integration of virtual healthcare with in-person medical practices. Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) continue to self-manage…
Abstract Number: 0786 • ACR Convergence 2022
Humoral and T-cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carolina A Isnardi¹, Osvaldo Luis Cerda¹, MARGARITA LANDI², Leonel Cruces³, Emilce Edith Schneeberger¹, Claudia Calle montoro², Maria Agustina Alfaro⁴, Brian Manases roldan⁴, Andrea Belen Gomez Vara¹, Pamela Giorgis⁴, Roberto Alejandro Ezquer⁴, María G Crespo Rocha⁴, Camila R Reyes Gómez⁴, maria de los angeles correa⁴, Marcos Rosemffet⁵, Virginia Carrizo Abarza⁴, Santiago Catalan Pellet⁶, Miguel Perandones⁴, Cecilia Reimundes⁷, Yesica Longueira³, Gabriela Turk³, María Florencia Quiroga³, Natalia Laufer³, Rosana Quintana⁸, Maria De la Vega⁹, Nicolás Kreplak¹⁰, Marina Pifano¹⁰, Pablo Maid², Guillermo Pons-Estel¹¹ and Gustavo Citera¹, ¹Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica (IREP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Austral University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Universidad de Buenos Aires. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y Sida (INBIRS). Facultad de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, ⁶Austral University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Lincoln, Argentina, ⁷Austral University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Pilar, Argentina, ⁸Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas. Grupo Oroño (GO CREAR) and Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹¹CREAR, Rosario, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune mediated diseases achieve lower seroconversion rates to COVID19 vaccines compared to healthy controls, which is why these patients are a prioritized…
Abstract Number: 0838 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is SARS-CoV-2 Associated with Worse Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty?
Lisa Mandl¹, Benjamin Swett¹, Robyn Lipschultz¹, Myriam Lin¹, Alison Zhao², Carola Hanreich¹, Dongmei Sun¹, Kethy Jules-elysee¹ and Friedrich Boettner¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Over 520 million people have been infected by SARS-CoV-2. In 10-40%, disabling symptoms such as fatigue and dyspnea can persist. Risk factors for poor…
Abstract Number: 1201 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autoimmune Serologies, Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products, and Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Symptoms After COVID-19 Infection
Emily G Oakes¹, Jack Ellrodt¹, Roberta Alexander², John Conklin², May Choi³, Hongshu Guan¹, Sara Tedeschi¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Siobhan Case⁵, Tiffany Hsu¹, Daniel Solomon¹, Anna Jonsson¹ and Karen Costenbader¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Exagen, Inc., Vista, CA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Onset of autoimmune connective tissue disease (CTD) after COVID-19 infection has been reported and complement activation has been implicated. We examined common autoimmune rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 1591 • ACR Convergence 2022
Overall and Post-vaccination Prevalence of Severe COVID-19-related Events Among Commercially Insured Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the General U.S. Population
Sandra Sze-jung Wu¹, Gelareh Atefi², Meghan Moynihan³, Kristin Evans³, Liisa Palmer³, Michael Pollack², Christine Dube⁴ and Cassandra Calabrese⁵, ¹AstraZeneca, Hockessin, DE, ²AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ³Merative, Cambridge, MA, ⁴AstraZeneca, Torrington, CT, ⁵Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: To assess the prevalence of severe COVID-19 (COVID) overall and following vaccination among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the general population, and…

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