Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 0111 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Hospitalization, Admission to Intensive Care and Mortality Due to COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Population-based Matched Cohort Study
Ana Michelle Avina-Galindo¹, Shelby Marozoff¹, Zahra Fazal¹, Jessie Kwan¹, Na Lu¹, Alison Hoens², Diane Lacaille³, Jacek Kopec⁴, Hui Xie⁵ and J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Arthritis Research Canada Arthritis Patient Advisory Board, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: New cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to occur even one year since the declaration of a global pandemic. Although most people…
Abstract Number: 0485 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Rheumatology Trainee Health and Wellbeing: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Trainee Survey
Kristen Young¹, Su-Ann Yeoh², Michael Putman³, Sebastian Sattui⁴, Richard Conway⁵, Elizabeth Graef⁶, Adam Killian⁷, Maximilian Konig⁸, Jeffrey Sparks⁹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹⁰, Laura Upton¹¹, Francis Berenbaum¹², Suleman Bhana¹³, Jonathan Hausmann¹⁴, Pedro Machado¹⁵, Philip Robinson¹⁶, Emily Sirotich¹⁷, Paul Sufka¹⁸, Jinoos Yazdany¹⁹, Jean Liew²⁰, Rebecca Grainger²¹, Zachary Wallace²² and Aruni Jayatilleke²³, ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵St. James's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁸The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Melbourne, FL, ¹²Sorbonne Universit - hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France, ¹³Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ¹⁴Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁶University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston, Australia, ¹⁷McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁸HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ¹⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰Boston University, Boston, MA, ²¹University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ²²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²³Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare delivery and education of physicians, including rheumatology trainees. Our objective was to assess the impact of the COVID-19…
Abstract Number: 0882 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Impact Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jose Rubio¹, Suzanne krishfield¹ and Vasileios Kyttaris², ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²BIDMC, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Initial studies of SLE patients with COVID-19 revealed an increased risk for severe disease in people with distinct demographic features such as advanced age…
Abstract Number: 1084 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Among Patients with Inflammatory Arthropathies Participating in the RHUMADATA Clinical Database and Registry
Denis Choquette¹, Louis Bessette², Loïc Choquette Sauvageau¹, Boulos Haraoui¹, Isabelle Ferdinand¹, Frédéric Massicotte¹, Valerie Nadon¹, Jean-Pierre Pelletier¹, Jean-Pierre Raynauld¹, Marie-Anaïs Rémillard¹, Diane Sauvageau¹, Edith Villeneuve¹ and Louis Coupal³, ¹Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, ³Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Saint-Lambert, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world since 2019. The province of Québec in Canada has not escaped this plague. Our goal is to…
Abstract Number: 1531 • ACR Convergence 2021
New-Onset IgG Autoantibodies in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
Sarah Chang¹, Allan Feng¹, Wenzhao Meng², Sokratis Apostolidis², Elisabeth Mack³, Maja Artandi¹, Linda Barman¹, Kate Bennett⁴, Saborni Chakraborty¹, Iris Chang¹, Peggie Cheung¹, Sharon Chinthrajah¹, Shaurya Dhingra¹, Evan Do¹, Amanda Finck⁴, Andrew Gaano⁴, Reinhard Gessner⁵, Heather Giannini⁴, Joyce Gonzalez⁴, Sarah Greib³, Margrit Gündisch³, Alex Hsu¹, Alex Kuo¹, Monali Manohar¹, Rong Mao¹, Indira Neeli⁶, Andreas Neubauer³, Oluwatosin Oniyide², Abigail Powell¹, Rajan Puri¹, Harald Renz³, Jeffrey Schapiro⁷, Payton Weidenbacher¹, Rich Wittman¹, Neera Ahuja¹, Ho-Ryun Chung³, Pras Jagannathan¹, Judith James⁸, Peter Kim¹, Nuala Meyer², Kari Nadeau¹, Marko Radic⁶, William Robinson⁹, Upinder Singh¹, Taia Wang¹, John Wherry⁴, Chrysanthi Skevaki³, Eline Luning Prak⁴ and Paul Utz¹⁰, ¹Stanford, San Francisco, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Marburg University, Marburg, Germany, ⁴UPenn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ⁶UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ⁷KPNC Regional Laboratory, Berkeley, ⁸Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including autoimmune features…
Abstract Number: 1549 • ACR Convergence 2021
Experience from a Diverse Rheumatology Cohort with COVID-19: Are We Doing Better Than We Expected?
Michael Grant¹, Matas Orentas², Sobia Hassan¹, Sonali Khandelwal¹, Donyea Moore³ and Najia Shakoor¹, ¹Rush University, Chicago, IL, ²RUMC, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly concerning for patients with rheumatologic conditions because they are potentially predisposed to more severe outcomes. Studies have suggested…
Abstract Number: 1590 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sleep Disturbance Improves with SARS-COV2 Vaccinations in Patients with Rheumatologic and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Niti Pawar¹, Kimberly E. Taylor¹, Monica Yang¹, Parakkal Deepak², Wooseob Kim², Michael Paley³, Mehrdad Matloubian¹, Alex Carividi¹, Matthew Ciorba², Emanuel Demissie¹, Alia A. El-Qunni,², Katherine Huang², Baylee Kinnett², Lily E. McMorrow², Diana Paez¹, Abbey Rose², Rebecca E. Schriefer², Ali H Ellebedy², Alfred Kim², Mary Nakamura⁴, Patricia Katz¹ and Lianne Gensler⁵, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University in St. Louis, Olivette, MO, ⁴UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, people across the world experienced a psychological burden with social confinement, concerns about health, potential infection, jobs, financial difficulty,…
Abstract Number: 1607 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Health Literacy and Numeracy on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in SLE
Rebecca Sadun¹, Mithu Maheswaranathan¹, Megan Clowse², Kai Sun¹, Jennifer Rogers¹, Jayanth Doss¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber³ and Amanda Eudy¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The ACR has issued guidance recommending COVID-19 vaccine for all patients with rheumatic diseases. Vaccine hesitancy research prior to the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 1719 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pandemic-Associated Complications in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Diana Johnson, Hiral Dave, Yunjun Luo and Christina Chambers, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Pregnant women with rheumatic diseases may have been particularly vulnerable to the various consequences of the current pandemic, whether or not they were infected…
Abstract Number: 0095 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk Factors for “Long Haul” COVID-19 in Rheumatology Outpatients in New York City
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jonah Levine¹, Huong Do¹, Jessica Gordon¹, Vivian Bykerk² and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ are individuals who experience persistent symptoms after COVID-19 diagnosis. Whether this is of particular concern for rheumatic disease patients, due to their…
Abstract Number: 0113 • ACR Convergence 2021
Reactogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Associates with Immunogenicity in Patients with Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disease
Monica Yang¹, Kimberly E. Taylor¹, Diana Paez¹, Alex Carividi¹, Emanuel Demissie¹, Niti Pawar¹, Alia A. El-Qunni,², Lily E. McMorrow², Rebecca E. Schriefer², Katherine Huang², Baylee Kinnett², Wooseob Kim², Ali H Ellebedy², Matthew Ciorba², Michael Paley³, Parakkal Deepak², Alfred Kim², Patricia Katz¹, Mehrdad Matloubian¹, Mary Nakamura⁴ and Lianne Gensler⁵, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University in St. Louis, Olivette, MO, ⁴UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the reactogenicity and related SARS-CoV-2 vaccine response in patients with chronic inflammatory disease (CID). While researchers have hypothesized increased symptomatology…
Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2021
Immunogenicity of a Single Dose of Covid-19 Vaccination in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis with or Without Immunosupression
Vishal Kakkar¹, Rebecca Ross², Ranjitha Karanth³, Sumit Lahiri⁴, Panji Mulipa¹, Pamela Hughes⁵, Brendan Clarke⁵, Clive Carter⁵, Mark Lobb⁵, Sinisa Savic⁶ and Francesco Del Galdo¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²LIRMM University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, LTHT, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Transplant and Cellular Immunology, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a rare connective tissue disease with multi-systemic involvement, which at times requires the use of immunosuppressive medication. None of the…
Abstract Number: 0886 • ACR Convergence 2021
Determinants of Accessing Social and News Media and Experiencing Negative Impacts During COVID-19 in an International SLE Sample
Francesca Cardwell¹, Susan Elliott², Ricky Chin³, Leigha Rowbottom⁴, Yvan St.Pierre⁵, May Choi³, Murray Urowitz⁶, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza⁷, Sasha Bernatsky⁸, Michelle Petri⁹, Susan Manzi¹⁰, Christine Peschken¹¹, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹², Paul R Fortin¹³, Jungmin Shin¹⁴, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁵, Jiacai Cho¹⁶, Anselm Mak¹⁷, John Hanly¹⁸, Anca Askanase¹⁹, Juanita Romero-Diaz²⁰, Romina Nieto²¹, Bernardo A. Pons-Estel²², Ian N. Bruce²³, Daniel Wallace²⁴ and Ann Clarke⁴, ¹University of Waterloo, Burlington, ON, Canada, ²University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Hospital Universitario Cruces, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain, ⁸McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ¹¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹³CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁵Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁶National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁷National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁸Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²⁰Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Federal District, Mexico, ²¹Hospital Provincial de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, ²²Grupo Oroo - Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ²³University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁴Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The spread of COVID-19 misinformation through social/news media is a health risk in SLE. We assessed the determinants of SLE patients accessing health information…
Abstract Number: 1085 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID 19 Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Immune-mediated Diseases in a Single University Hospital: Matched Case-control Study
David Martinez-Lopez¹, Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Lara Sánchez-Bilbao¹, Carmen Álvarez-Reguera¹, Alba Herrero-Morant¹, Fabricio Benavides-Villanueva¹, Cristina Corrales-Selaya¹, Martin Trigueros-Vazquez¹, Reinhard Wallmann², Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Cantabria Health Service, Santander, Spain, ³Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: COVID19 may present different degrees of severity. It is generally thought that viral infections in patients with rheumatic inflammatory diseases (R-IMID) or receiving immunosuppressive…
Abstract Number: 1532 • ACR Convergence 2021
Methotrexate Hampers Immunogenicity to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease
Rebecca Haberman¹, Ramin Herati¹, David Simon², marie Samanovic¹, Michael Tuen¹, Rebecca Blank³, Sergei Koralov¹, Raja Atreya⁴, Koray Tascilar⁵, Joseph Allen¹, Rochelle Castillo⁶, Amber Cornelius¹, Paula Rackoff³, Gary Solomon⁷, Samrachana Adhikari¹, Natalie Azar⁸, Pamela Rosenthal⁹, Peter Izmirly¹⁰, Jonathan Samuels¹¹, Brian Golden¹², Soumya Reddy⁹, Markus Neurath⁴, Steven B. Abramson¹⁰, Georg Schett¹³, Mark Mulligan¹ and Jose Scher¹⁰, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Department of Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nrnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Deutsches Zentrum fur Immuntherapie, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen Department of Medicine-3 Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁷NYU Langone School of Medicine, Hartsdale, NY, ⁸NYU Langone, New York, NY, ⁹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY, ¹²NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ¹³Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs) have an inherently heightened susceptibility to infection and may be considered high risk for developing COVID-19. While…

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