Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 1017 • ACR Convergence 2024
Non-Adherence and Missed Appointments in Rheumatology: Pre and Post COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
Daniela Alejandra Salcedo-Soto¹, Ana Cecilia Bardan-Inchaustegui², Pablo Gamez-Siller³, Deynna Montserrat Lara Mendez⁴, Diana Elsa Flores-Alvarado⁵, Jorge Esquivel-Valerio⁶, Jesus Cardenas-de la Garza² and Dionicio Galarza-Delgado⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ³Facultad de Medicina UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario Dr José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁵Hospital Universitario Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, MONTERREY, Mexico, ⁷UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases (RDs) require consistent management with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and regular medical follow-up. However, non-adherence to medication and unattended appointments are common…
Abstract Number: 2025 • ACR Convergence 2024
Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction Common Among Patients with Long COVID:Diagnosis and Treatment Implications
Norman Gaylis¹, Odence DeLaRosa², Joanne Sagliani¹ and Andrew Holman³, ¹Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ²Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties., Aventura, FL, ³Inmedix, Inc, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Up to 70% of the 236 million people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 develop some post-COVID symptoms, i.e. post-acute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC)…
Abstract Number: 0208 • ACR Convergence 2024
Unlocking COVID-19 Vaccination Choices in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from a Monocentric Study
Hajar Elhani¹, abderrahim majjad², Leila Taoubane³, Najlae Elouardi¹, Hamza Toufik⁴ and AHMED BEZZA⁵, ¹Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ²military hospital of rabat, rabat, Morocco, ³Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, ⁴Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rheumatology, Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ⁵Hopital Militaire Med V RABAT, Rabat, Morocco
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened concerns regarding the susceptibility of immunocompromised patients, particularly those with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Early recommendations from…
Abstract Number: 1104 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Positive Cryofibrinogen Test During the COVID-19 Era
Carmen Lasa Teja¹, Amparo Sánchez-López², María Enriqueta Peiró³, Mónica Renuncio-García⁴, Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez⁵, Carmen Secada Gómez⁶, Juan Irure-Ventura⁷, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos⁸ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Riotuerto, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunology, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: There have been increasing reports of cutaneous manifestations during COVID‐19 pandemic. An increase in awareness by physicians made them to increase the number of…
Abstract Number: 2044 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Practice Patterns, Rilonacept Appropriate Use for Recurrent Pericarditis
Jessica Farrell¹, Michael Allen², Lee Shapiro³, Victoria Michaels⁴, Arifa Javed⁵, Nabiha Qureshi⁶, Summia Matin Afridi⁷, Shahad Almahmoud⁸, Getzabeth Bosques Gomez⁹ and Khoa Richard Ngo¹⁰, ¹Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences/Albany Medical Center, Delmar, NY, ²Albany Medical Center, Delmar, NY, ³Albany Medical College, Stillwater, NY, ⁴Albany Medical Center, Wynantskill, NY, ⁵Albany Medical Center, Rensselaer, NY, ⁶Albany Medical Center, Menands, NY, ⁷Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ⁸Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences/Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ⁹Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences/Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ¹⁰Albany Medical Center, Voorheesville, NY
Background/Purpose: Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardial sac which can be of infectious or non-infectious etiology, commonly associated with rheumatic diseases. Pericarditis is defined as…
Abstract Number: 0238 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Assessment of CD8+ T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Pre- and Post-breakthrough Infection and Its Association with COVID-19 Severity in Immunosuppressed Individuals
Aljawharah Alrubayyi¹, Aaron Shulkin¹, Judith James², Meggan Mackay³, Dinesh Khanna⁴, Amit Bar-Or⁵, Susan Macwana⁶, Ellen Goldmuntz⁷, James McNamara⁸, Sean McCarthy⁹, Matthew Sherman⁸, William Barry¹⁰, Ashley Pinckney¹¹, Sarah Walker¹⁰, Sara Tedeschi¹², Jeffrey Sparks¹³, Zachary Wallace¹⁴ and Gaurav Gaiha¹⁵, ¹Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁷NIAID/ NIH, Washington, DC, ⁸NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹DAIT/NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ¹⁰Rho, Durham, NC, ¹¹Rho, St Louis Park, NC, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 have greatly reduced COVID-19 morbidity and mortality through the induction of neutralizing antibody responses. However, T cell responses are also induced…
Abstract Number: 1110 • ACR Convergence 2024
Microvascular Abnormalities in COVID-19 Survivors and LONG COVID
Rosanna Campitiello¹, Emanuele Gotelli², Elvis Hysa³, Carmen Pizzorni⁴, Alberto Sulli⁵, Sabrina Paolino⁶, Alessandro Pinelli⁷, Tamara Vojinovic², vanessa smith⁸ and Maurizio Cutolo², ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Liguria, Italy, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ³Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy., Genova, Italy, ⁶Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties (Di.M.I.), University of Genova; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Liguria, Italy, ⁷Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties (Di.M.I.), University of Genova; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infective disease known to cause mainly respiratory symptoms along with a wide range of systemic manifestations [1]. Long…
Abstract Number: 2056 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deucravacitinib Treatment Did Not Impact Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines and Infection in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis: Results from the Phase 3 POETYK Long-Term Extension Trial
Kevin Winthrop¹, Joseph Merola², Akimichi Morita³, Diamant Thaçi⁴, Jianzhong Zhang⁵, Aditi Basu Ba⁶, Ian M. Catlett⁷, John Schwarz⁶ and Yi Luo⁶, ¹School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Newton, MA, ³Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, ⁴Institute and Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, ⁵Department of Dermatology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, ⁷Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, is approved in the US, EU, and other countries for treatment of adults with moderate…
Abstract Number: 0239 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neutralising Antibody Responses to Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines and Hybrid Immunity in Patients on TNF Inhibitors: A Prospective Cohort Study
Hilde S. Ørbo¹, Taissa M. Kasahara², Asia-Sophia Wolf³, Kristin H. Bjørlykke⁴, Joseph Sexton⁵, Ingrid Jyssum⁵, Anne Therese Tveter⁵, Guri Solum³, Ingrid Fadum Kjønstad³, Andreas Lind⁶, Veselka Petrova Dimova-Svetoslavova⁶, Tore K. Kvien⁷, Jørgen Jahnsen⁸, Espen A. Haavardsholm¹, Ludvig A. Munthe⁹, Sella A. Provan⁵, John Torgils Vaage⁹, Siri Mjaaland³, Kristin K. Jørgensen⁴, Gunnveig Grødeland⁹, Silje W. Syversen¹⁰ and Guro L. Goll¹⁰, ¹Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Section for Immunology, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Akershus University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Lørenskog, Norway, ⁵Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Oslo University Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Akershus University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Lørenskog, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Oslo University Hospital, Department of Immunology, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Health and Society, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates continuously, posing challenges for patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). These patients often have…
Abstract Number: 1146 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of COVID-19 on Myositis Testing Trends
Angel Kevin Garza-Elizondo¹, Rosa Icela Arvizu-Rivera², Pablo Gamez-Siller³, Daniela Alejandra Salcedo-Soto⁴, Jesus Cardenas-de la Garza⁵, Gisela Garcia-Arellano⁶, Miguel Angel Villarreal-Alarcon² and Dionicio Galarza-Delgado⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, ²Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Facultad de Medicina UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁶Hospital Universitario \"Dr. José Eleuterio González\", Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁷UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), also known as myositis, are a group of heterogeneous autoimmune disorders that lead to muscle injury. Autoantibodies help make the…
Abstract Number: 2091 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Analgesic Prescriptions for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Derek Ochi¹, Dagoberto Pina², Manmeet Kaur³, Jeffery Fine⁴, Daniel Black⁵ and Barton Wise⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ²School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁴Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁵Innovation Technology - Data Center of Excellence, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California Davis and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramneto, CA
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability. The 2019 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Arthritis Foundation (AF) Guideline for the Management of OA recommends…
Abstract Number: 0240 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cellular and Humoral Responses Following a Fifth, Updated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Dose and Hybrid Immunity in Patients on TNF Inhibitors: A Prospective Cohort Study
Hilde S. Ørbo¹, Asia-Sophia Wolf², Taissa M. Kasahara³, Kristin H. Bjørlykke⁴, Ingrid Jyssum⁵, Joseph Sexton⁵, Anne Therese Tveter⁵, Guri Solum², Ingrid Fadum Kjønstad², Ingrid E. Christensen⁵, Tore K. Kvien⁶, Jørgen Jahnsen⁷, Espen A. Haavardsholm¹, Ludvig A. Munthe⁸, Sella A. Provan⁵, John Torgils Vaage⁸, Kristin K. Jørgensen⁴, Gunnveig Grødeland⁸, Siri Mjaaland², Silje W. Syversen⁹ and Guro L. Goll⁹, ¹Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ²Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Section for Immunology, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ³University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Akershus University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Lørenskog, Norway, ⁵Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Akershus University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Lørenskog, Norway and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Oslo University Hospital, Department of Immunology, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Health and Society, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on immunosuppressive therapies have attenuated humoral vaccine responses and are prone to more severe infections. Assessing the persistence…
Abstract Number: 1201 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of COVID-19 Vaccinations with Osteoarthritis Flares: A Case-Crossover Study
Minerva Nong¹, Colby Lewis V², Genna Braverman³, Vivian Bykerk³, Nathaniel Hupert², Medha Barbhaiya³ and Lisa Mandl³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Tampa, FL, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: People with osteoarthritis (OA) commonly experience periods of increased pain and stiffness (“flares”), which can be distressing and disabling. Despite the prevalence of OA…
Abstract Number: 2182 • ACR Convergence 2024
PECOS (Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 MIS-C Long-term Outcomes Study): Preliminary Results
Gina Montealegre Sanchez¹, Lauren Arrigoni², Kevin Rubenstein³, Max Wolff⁴, Mallory Barrix², C. Jason Liang⁵, James Bost⁶, Meghan Delaney⁷, Luigi Notarangelo⁸, Karyl Barron⁹ and Roberta DeBiasi¹⁰, and PECOS Study Team, ¹Division of Clinical Research (DCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²Center for Cancer and Immunology Research (CCIR), Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC, ³Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate (CMRPD), National Cancer Institute Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, ⁴Clinical Research Directorate (CRD), National Cancer Institute Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, ⁵Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Division of Biostatistics and Study Methodology and Center for Translational Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC, ⁷Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁸Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology (LCIM), NIAID, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Division of Clinical Research (DCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰Children's National Hospital and Research Institute, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: The long-term sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children are unknown. PECOS is a large prospective observational cohort study with the main objective to characterize…
Abstract Number: 0241 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Spike Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2-Vaccinated SLE Patients
Rebecca Sadun¹, Dan Crair¹, Emmanuel Walter¹, Eugene St.Clair², David Pisetsky², Amanda Eudy³, Megan Clowse⁴, Jennifer Rogers⁵, Kai Sun¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁶, Mithu Maheswaranathan⁶, Jayanth Doss¹, Sarah Valencia¹ and M. Athony Moody⁷, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Duke, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁷Duke University School of Medicine, Durham
Background/Purpose: The ACR recommends SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for all patients with rheumatic diseases, but it is unknown how patients with SLE will respond to the vaccine,…

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