Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 1727 • ACR Convergence 2024
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding After Infection Among Patients with Rheumatic Disease Using Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors or Rituximab
Zachary Wallace¹, Li Yijia², Manish Choudhary², Julie Boucau³, Anusha Nathan³, May Yee Liew³, Gregory Edelstein², Owen Glover³, Yumeko Kawano², Rockib Uddin³, Rinki Deo², Caitlin Marino³, Matthew Getz³, Zahra Reynolds⁴, karry Su⁴, Eliza Passell⁴, Mamadou Barry⁴, Rebecca Gilbert⁴, Dessie Tien⁴, Shruti Sagar⁴, Tammy Vyas⁴, Sarah Hammond², Jatin Vyas⁴, Gaurav Gaiha⁴, Jacob Lemieux⁴, Mark Siedner⁴, Jonathan Li², Amy Barczak⁴ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Ragon Institute of MGH, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatic disease receiving certain immunosuppressive agents are at risk for severe COVID-19. However, it is unclear if rheumatic disease treatments affect the…
Abstract Number: 2614 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk of New Onset of Immune-Mediated Diseases After Sars-Cov-2 Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ana Milena Gil¹, Julián Barahona-Correa², Jorge Bruce Flórez-Suárez³, Daniel Fernández-Ávila⁴ and Zulma Cucunubá¹, ¹Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, ²Division of Rheumatology, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia, ³Department of Immunology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, ⁴5Hospital San Ignacio, Colombia, BOGOTA, Colombia
Background/Purpose: The association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the new onset of immune-mediated diseases is a topic of interest given the conflicting evidence available. This systematic…
Abstract Number: 0245 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Impact of COVID-19 and ‘Long COVID’ on Self-Reported Disease Activity, Disability, and Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Zachary Wallace¹, Miao Lin², Shruthi Srivatsan², Andrew King², Xiaosong Wang³, Rathnam Venkat⁴, Naomi Patel², Yumeko Kawano⁵, Abigail Schiff⁵, Jennifer Hanberg², Emily Kowalski⁵, Colebrook Johnson², Kathleen Vanni³, Zachary Williams², Grace Qian³, Caleb Bolden², Kevin Mueller⁵, Katarina Bade⁵, Alene Saavedra⁵ and Jeffrey Sparks⁶, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are at risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes, including…
Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analysis of Short-Term Side Effects Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancies Complicated by Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Shunya Kaneshita¹, Christina Chambers², Diana Johnson¹, Arthur Kavanaugh¹, Richard Garfein¹ and Gretchen Bandoli¹, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Pregnant women are particularly at risk of severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, which is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Abstract Number: 2615 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Developing Long COVID Among Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of National U.S. Data
Namrata Singh¹, Jerrod Anzalone², Lesley Jackson³, Sandra Safo⁴, Zachary Butzin-Dozier⁵, Kaleb Michaud⁶, Holland Stevenson⁶, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁷, Jasvinder Singh⁸ and Rena Patel⁹, ¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Baylor College of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
Background/Purpose: Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (AIRDs) are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes, with greater risk among those with multiple comorbidities, using specific…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2023
COVID-19 Outcome and Association to Anti-Spike Antibody Levels in Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapy; A Prospective Cohort Study
Hilde Ørbo¹, Ingrid Jyssum¹, Joseph Sexton¹, Anne Therese Tveter¹, Ingrid Christensen¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke², Grete B. Kro³, Tore Kvien¹, Ludvig A. Munthe⁴, Gunnveig Grødeland⁵, Siri Mjaaland⁶, Espen Haavardsholm¹, John Torgils Vaage⁴, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen², Sella Provan⁷, Silje Watterdal Syversen¹ and Guro Goll¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on immunosuppressive therapies have attenuated vaccine responses and are prone to severe infections. Knowledge of COVID-19 outcome following…
Abstract Number: 0227 • ACR Convergence 2023
Associations of DMARDs with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Prospective Study
Rathnam Venkat¹, Xiaosong Wang², Naomi Patel³, Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Emily Kowalski², Claire Cook³, Kathleen Vanni², Grace Qian², Katarina Bade⁴, Alene Saavedra², Shruthi Srivatsan³, Zachary Williams³, Zachary Wallace⁵ and Jeffrey Sparks⁶, ¹Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, or "long COVID") is defined by the CDC as COVID-19 symptoms persisting for ≥28 days after infection. Patients with…
Abstract Number: 1203 • ACR Convergence 2023
Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 in Inflammatory Arthritis and Factors Determining Its Decision
Olivier FAKIH¹, Charlotte Bourgoin², Violette Benier¹, Thomas Lohse¹, Cerise Guillochon¹, Elodie Bouvier², Jean-Charles Balblanc¹, Thierry Conrozier¹ and Anne Lohse¹, ¹Service de rhumatologie, Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté, Trévenans, France, ²Unité de recherche clinique, Hôpital Nord Franche-Comté, Trévenans, France
Background/Purpose: DMARDs, which are essential for controlling the progression of inflammatory arthritis (IA), are mostly immunomodulators that significantly increase the risk of severe infections. Therefore,…
Abstract Number: 1800 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with an Electronic Health Record-Based Definition of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 in Patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
Naomi Patel¹, Xiaosong Wang², Yumeko Kawano², Abigail Schiff², Rathnam Venkat², Claire Cook¹, Kathleen Vanni², Grace Qian², Katarina Bade², Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Krishan Guzzo¹, Zachary Williams¹, Emily Kowalski², Alene Saavedra², Jeffrey Sparks³ and Zachary Wallace⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppression for treatment of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) is associated with increased risk of severe acute COVID-19 due to blunted vaccine responses and…
Abstract Number: 2047 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of Baricitinib for COVID-19 Related Hyperinflammation in Pediatric Patients: A Large Tertiary Care Center Experience
Meredith Rae¹, Jessica Nguyen², Marietta DeGuzman³, Catherine Foster¹, Flor Munoz¹ and Eyal Muscal⁴, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Manvel, TX, ³Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: A small proportion of children with acute COVID-19 experienced life-threatening hyperinflammation. It has been proposed that an innate immune recognition of viral RNA triggers…
Abstract Number: 0212 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Immunosuppression on the Humoral Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines in SLE
Rebecca Sadun¹, Dan Crair², Emmanuel B Walter³, Jennifer Rogers¹, Megan Clowse⁴, Amanda Eudy⁵, Kai Sun¹, Jayanth Doss¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁶, Sarah Valencia² and M. Anthony Moody⁶, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ⁶Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The ACR's COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance recommends all patients with rheumatic diagnoses be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. The predominant SARS-CoV-2 vaccines used in the United States…
Abstract Number: 0228 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Comprehensive Retrospective Analysis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Long COVID Patients at an Academic Medical Center in the Midwest
Hanan Ibrahim¹ and Alireza Meysami², ¹Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disorder that predominantly affects older adults. Incidence peaks at 70-80 years old [1] and is more common in…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infraction and Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization in Rheumatic Diseases Patients Evaluation from the 2016-2020 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database
Zi Ying Li¹, Siyi Huang², senay Gokcebel³ and Anthony Reginato⁴, ¹Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, ²UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA, ³School of Public Health | Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were known for increased prevalence and risk of death from cardiovascular disease…
Abstract Number: 1801 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab for the Prevention of COVID-19 in Vaccine-refractory Patients with Autoimmune Diseases: A Prospective Cohort Study
Ioanna Minopoulou¹, Koray Tascilar², Giulia Corte¹, Melek Yalcin Mutlu¹, Katja Schmidt², Daniela Bohr¹, Fabian Hartmann², Bernhard Manger², Arnd Kleyer³, David Simon¹, Thomas Harrer², Georg Schett⁴ and Filippo Fagni¹, ¹Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology / Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) and particularly those treated with B-cell-depleting agents frequently fail to develop humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations and have…
Abstract Number: 2051 • ACR Convergence 2023
Screening Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: Accuracy of SickKids Screening Pathway Compared to ACR Algorithm
Greta Mastrangelo¹, Paul Tsoukas¹, Trent Mizzi², Beth Gamulka³, Amy Xu¹, Arthur Hoi Hin Cheng¹ and Rae Yeung⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), also known as Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS), is one of the most serious…

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