Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 2081 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 Infections, Morbidity, and Seroreactivity in SLE Patients Following Initial Vaccination Series and Additional Dose Through the New York City Omicron BA.1 Wave
Amit Saxena¹, Alexis Engel², Brittany Banbury¹, Ghadeer Hasan³, Nicola Fraser¹, Devyn Zaminski¹, Mala Masson⁴, Rebecca Haberman⁵, Jose Scher², Gary Ho⁶, Jammie Law³, Paula Rackoff¹, Chung-E Tseng⁵, H Michael Belmont¹, Robert Clancy¹, Jill Buyon⁷ and Peter Izmirly⁷, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY, ⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at high risk for severe disease from COVID-19 and decreased vaccine efficacy, due to inherent immune perturbations…
Abstract Number: 0108 • ACR Convergence 2022
Study of the Level of Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine in a Minority Population with Rheumatological Disorders
Tanushree Bhatt, Snigdha Gadireddy, Pravash Budhathoki and Giovanni Franchin, Bronxcare Health System, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Multiple studies have shown reduced immunogenicity of mRNA covid vaccines in patients with rheumatological disease. The waning antibody levels in this population group, whether…
Abstract Number: 0440 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 in Patients with ANCA Associated Vasculitis – Single Center Experience
Alojzija Hocevar¹, Matija Tomšič² and Ziga Rotar¹, ¹University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²UMC Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: In patients with ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) a higher mortality rate due to COVID-19 has been observed compared to general population. We aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mapping Long COVID-19 Patient Journeys for Rheumatic Disease Patients
Yomei Shaw¹, Beth Wallace², Hallie Chabrier³, Charlotte Cochrane³, Christina Kim³, Katherine Taylor³, Armaan Patel³, Nima Keyvan⁴, Vinayak Swaroop³, Nina Nguyen³, Sara Hustek⁵, Meriah Moore⁴, Andrew Admon⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Santa Fe, NM, ²Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan Division of Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan Division of Rheumatology, Mount Clemens, MI, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: One-third of individuals who contract COVID-19 develop 'long COVID' symptoms that persist after their initial illness. Long COVID can cause fatigue, chronic pain, and…
Abstract Number: 0784 • ACR Convergence 2022
Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Immune Mediated Disease Patients Undergoing B Cell Depleting Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Cassandra Calabrese¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², M. Elaine Husni³, Brandon Moss², Anthony Fernandez², Yuxuan Jin³ and Leonard Calabrese³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Immunocompromised patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) undergoing therapy with B cell depleting agents (BCDT) are among the most vulnerable to severe COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0817 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictive Severity Factors of COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatic Immune Mediated Diseases
David Martínez-López¹, Ivan Ferraz Amaro², Diana Prieto-Peña³, Fabricio Benavides Villanueva¹, Cristina Corrales¹, Lara Sánchez-Bilbao¹, Alba Herrero-Morant⁴, Carmen Alvarez Reguera¹, martín Trigueros-Vazquez¹, Reinhard Wallmann⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Ricardo Blanco⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ³Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Ontinyent, Spain, ⁵Servicio Cántabro de Salud, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 has become a common disease in patients with rheumatic immune-mediated diseases (R-IMID). A risk stratification of the patients at COVID-19 onset is important…
Abstract Number: 1197 • ACR Convergence 2022
Folic Acid and Methotrexate Use and Their Association with COVID-19 Diagnosis and Mortality: An Analysis from the UK Biobank
Ruth Topless¹, Ralph Green², Sarah L Morgan³, Philip Robinson⁴, Tony Merriman¹ and Angelo Gaffo³, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of California Davis at Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: Folate metabolism is implicated in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. The current study seeks to determine if methotrexate (an antifolate) or folic acid prescription were associated with…
Abstract Number: 1489 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Herpes Zoster Events After the Three Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine in Patients with Spondyloarthritis
Devy Zisman¹, Noa Hayat¹, Amir Haddad², Joy Feld³, Tal Gazitt¹, Idit Lavi¹, Ilan feldhamer⁴, ARNON DOV COHEN⁴ and Walid Saliba¹, ¹Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Carmel Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ³Carmel and Zvulun Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: The importance and efficacy of anti COVID-19 vaccine in coping with the pandemic are well established, but inconsistencies remain in the data regarding side…
Abstract Number: 1857 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing Proportion of MDA-5 Associated Conditions in a Tertiary Myositis Centre Following Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Hannah¹, Saadia Sasha Ali¹, Sloni Arora¹, John Cazabon¹, James Galloway¹ and Patrick Gordon², ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis is a clinical subtype of DM that is strongly associated with a rapidly progressive phenotype of interstitial lung disease resulting in a…
Abstract Number: 2084 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 Vaccination in Autoimmune Diseases Study: Vaccine Safety in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Naveen R¹, Elena Nikiphorou², Mrudula Joshi³, Parikshit Sen⁴, Vishwesh Agarwal⁵, Sinan Kardes⁶, James B. Lilleker⁷, Hector Chinoy⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Minchul Kim¹⁰, Ai Lyn Tan¹¹, Samuel Shinjo¹², Babur Salim¹³, Tamer A Gheita¹⁴, Nelly Ziade¹⁵, Tsvetelina Velikova¹⁶, Tulika Chatterjee¹⁰, Arvind Nune¹⁷, Marcin Milchert¹⁸, Abraham Edgar Gracia-Ramos¹⁹, Albert Selva O’Callaghan²⁰, Miguel Angel Saavedra Salinas²¹, Lorenzo Cavagna²², Masataka Kuwana²³, Johannes Knitza²⁴, Jessica Day²⁵, Ashima Makol²⁶, Rohit Aggarwal²⁷, Vikas Agarwal¹, Latika Gupta²⁸, Lisa S Traboco²⁹, CoVAD Study Group³⁰ and Ioannis Parodis³¹, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Leiden University Medical Center & King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India, ⁴Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, ⁵Mahatma Gandhi Missions Medical College, Lucknow, India, ⁶Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸The University of Manchester, Sale, United Kingdom, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Peoria, IL, ¹¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹²Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³Fauji foundation hospital Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁵Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ¹⁶Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ¹⁷Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ¹⁹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²⁰Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹IMSS, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ²²Università di Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Italy, ²³Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁴Department 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, ²⁵Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ²⁷Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁸Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁹St Luke's Medical Center - BGC, Manila, Philippines, ³⁰CoVAD study group, Wolwehampton, United Kingdom, ³¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune diseases (COVAD) study is a large-scale real-world survey on COVID-19 vaccine safety in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs), including systemic…
Abstract Number: 0134 • ACR Convergence 2022
Combination Treatment with Baricitinib and Pulse Steroids in Severe COVID19: A
Francesco Ferro¹, Elena Elefante², Italiano Nazzareno², Gaetano La Rocca³, Davide Schilirò², Michele Moretti², Roberto Mozzo⁴, De Simone Luigi⁴, Chiara Baldini⁵ and Marta Mosca², ¹Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ⁴Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Unit/Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence from RCTs and real-life experiences has highlighted important similarities between severe COVID19 and rapidly progressive interstitial lung diseases (RP-ILD) occurring in connective…
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…

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