Abstracts tagged "Crystal-induced arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0284 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Using Ultrasonography in Patients with a Suspected Diagnosis of Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joanna Potera¹, Angelo Gaffo², Alvin Day³, Mariana Urquiaga² and Amanda Alexander⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Irondale, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Lexington, SC, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease is a common condition that can cause chronic polyarticular inflammatory joint disease, which sometimes resembles rheumatoid arthritis. Misdiagnosis is especially…
Abstract Number: 1071 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rapid Access Microscopy and Real Time Case Discussion via a Secure Messaging App Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Management of Acute Hot Swollen Joints
Anouchka Lewis¹, John Stack², Oisin Corish², Callum Swift², Tomás Breslin², Frank Lyons², Eavan Muldoon², Cian McDermott², Sharon Cowley², Helina Alemayehu², Oliver Boughton², Khaled Taha² and Geraldine McCarthy², ¹The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Patients with acute swollen joints are often presumed to have septic arthritis, leading to treatment with intravenous antibiotics and arthroscopic washout. Previously at our…
Abstract Number: 1083 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparison of a Handheld Ultrasound Device with Cart-Based Ultrasound for the Assessment of Gout Lesions in People with Established Gout
Rachel Murdoch¹, Lene Terslev², Julia Martin³, Borislav Mihov¹, Gregory Gamble¹, Søren Torp-Pedersen⁴, Anne Horne¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Rigshospitalet-Glostrup & COPECARE, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound is frequently used in rheumatology practice to assist with the diagnosis of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. In patients with gout, it allows visualization…
Abstract Number: 1092 • ACR Convergence 2024
Chronic Kidney Disease Is Associated with Increased Glucose Uptake-associated Metabolic Activity of Visceral Adipose and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Gout Patients
Shunya Kaneshita¹, Sho Fukui², Soheil Niku³, KWANGHOON LEE⁴, Ernest Belezzuoli³, Robert Terkeltaub⁵ and Monica Guma⁶, ¹UCSD, Miyazu city, Kyoto, Japan, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³UCSD, La Jolla, ⁴UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁵Retired, San Diego, CA, ⁶UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout, a condition characterized by elevated uric acid levels, is linked to multiple complications, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.…
Abstract Number: 1094 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Analysis of Serum Urate in Prediabetic Phase
Javier Marrugo¹, Leah Santacroce¹, Misti Paudel², Sho Fukui³, Sara Tedeschi¹ and Daniel Solomon⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: More than 460 million people worldwide are currently living with prediabetes, a condition that not only predisposes individuals to diabetes (DM) but also to…
Abstract Number: 1095 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Incidence of Gout Among Individuals with Hyperuricemia over Time – an Insight from a Nationwide Cohort Study
Shay Brikman¹, Amir Bieber², Liel Serfaty, MA³, Ran Abuhasira, MD, PhD⁴, Nadav Rappoport⁵ and Naomi Schlesinger⁶, ¹Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, ²Emek Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Raanana, Israel, ³Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel, ⁴Clinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Be'er Sheva, Israel, ⁵Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, ⁶University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia is considered the most important risk factor for developing Gout, the most common adult inflammatory arthritis. Hyperuricemia is defined by a serum urate…
Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat in Patients with Gout or Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Roba Ghossan¹, Ouidade Aitisha Tabesh², Fouad Fayad², Pascal Richette³ and Thomas Bardin⁴, ¹COCHIN HOSPITAL, Paris, France, ²Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To this date, a causal relationship between febuxostat and cardiovascular disease remains controversial as comparison between trials can be challenging and may lead to…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2023
Monosodium Urate Crystals Activate an Immune Tolerance Program That Restrains the Activation of Inflammatory Signaling in Macrophages During Gout Flares
Mohnish Alishala¹, Stephen Calderon¹, Anyan Chen¹, Monica Guma², Christopher glass¹ and Isidoro Cobo¹, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most frequent form of inflammatory arthritis, with episodes of self-resolving acute inflammation in the joint caused by the deposition of monosodium…
Abstract Number: 0246 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety & Efficacy of SEL-212 in Patients with Gout Refractory to Conventional Treatment: Primary Outcomes from Two Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Phase 3 Studies
Herbert Baraf¹, Alan Kivitz², Sheri Rhodes³, Sheldon Leung⁴, Olu Folarin⁴, Tania Gonzalez-Rivera⁵, Joanna Sobierska⁵, Jacquie Christie⁵, Anand Patel⁶, Wesley DeHaan⁴, Rehan Azeem⁴ and Peter Traber⁷, ¹The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, George Washington University, Rheumatology, Bethesda, MD, ²Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ³Selecta Biosciences, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Selecta Biosciences, Inc., Watertown, MA, ⁵Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi), Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Pioneer Research Solutions, Houston, TX, ⁷Selecta Biosciences, Gladwyne, PA
Background/Purpose: In patients with refractory gout, the inability to maintain serum uric acid (sUA) levels < 6 mg/dL leads to severe clinical manifestations for which…
Abstract Number: 0315 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Calcium Crystals in End-Stage Osteoarthritis with Raman Spectroscopy
Tom Niessink¹, Tim Welting², Matthijs Janssen³, Cees Otto⁴ and Tim Jansen⁵, ¹University of Twente, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²MUMC+, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Viecuri MC / Venlo, Wijgmaal, Belgium, ⁴University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁵VieCuri MC, Venlo, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Calcium containing crystals in osteoarthritis (OA) are of interest as they potentially stimulate the NRLP-3 inflammasome and may become treatable with novel therapeutics. Previous…
Abstract Number: 0812 • ACR Convergence 2023
Length of Synovial Fluid Monosodium Urate Crystals According to Sonographic Articular Deposits: Advancing in the Crystallization Process
Elena Sansano¹, Mª Carmen López-González², Cristina Rodríguez-Alvear³, Irene Calabuig-Sais³, Agustín Martínez-Sanchís³, Eliseo Pascual³ and Mariano Andrés³, ¹Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain, ²General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alacante, Spain, ³Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: We described bands of fibers having deposited orderly arrayed monosodium urate (MSU) crystals suggesting the need for protein templates to start crystallization [PMID 9709185].…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2023
Treat-to-target Urate-lowering Therapy Reduces Gout Flare Burden: Post-hoc Analysis of a Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Non-inferiority Trial
Joshua Qu¹, Lindsay Helget¹, Maria Androsenko², Hongsheng Wu³, Bridget Kramer¹, Jefferey Newcomb⁴, Mary Brophy³, Anne Davis-Karim⁵, Bryant England¹, Ryan Ferguson³, Michael Pillinger⁶, Tuhina Neogi⁷, Paul Palevsky⁸, James O'Dell¹ and Ted R Mikuls⁹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Department of VA, Newton, MA, ³Boston VA, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, ⁵Albuquerque VA, Albuquerque, NM, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: To optimally manage gout, the ACR recommends a treat-to-target (T2T) strategy, which entailsthe titration of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) to achieve and maintain a serum…
Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intermittent Fasting Reduces Crystal-induced Inflammation
Nghia Pham¹, Twinu Wilson Chirayath², Florence Castelli³, François Fenaille³, Anvi-Laetitia Nguyen³, François Brial⁴, Augustin Latourte⁴, Frédéric Lioté⁴, Pascal Richette⁵, Thomas Bardin⁶ and Hang Korng EA⁷, ¹INSERM 1132, BIOSCAR, Lariboisière hospital, Paris, France, ²INSERM, Paris, France, ³Laboratoire d’études du métabolisme des médicaments UMS 28, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, ⁴INSERM 1132, BIOSCAR, Paris, France, ⁵Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁷INSERM-BIOSCAR, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Inflammation induced by monosodium urate (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals depends on interleukin (IL)-1β activated by the NLRP3 inflammasome. The inflammatory response can…
Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Comparison of Characteristics of Patients with Crystalline and Septic Arthritis Confirmed by Synovial Fluid Analysis: Towards the Development of a Diagnostic Rule
Maria Salgado Guerrero¹, Mariana Urquiaga¹, Nishah Panchani² and Angelo Gaffo³, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Arlington, TX, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Distinguishing crystalline from septic arthritis is a common challenge in patients admitted with acute joint inflammation. Arthrocentesis for synovial fluid analysis is considered the…
Abstract Number: 1101 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Inflammation Associated with Silent Deposition of Monosodium Urate Crystals in Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia
Maria-Luisa Peral-Garrido¹, Paula Boix-Navarro², Silvia Gómez-Sabater³, Rocío Caño-Alameda³, Alejandra Bermúdez-García⁴, Teresa Lozano⁴, Ruth Sanchez-Ortiga⁴, Miguel Perdiguero⁴, Elena Caro-Martínez⁵, Carolina Ruiz-García⁶, Eliseo Pascual⁴, Rubén Francés² and Mariano Andrés⁴, ¹Vinalopó University Hospital, Novelda, Spain, ²Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, Dr. Balmis University General Hospital, Alicante. Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain, ⁴Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain, ⁵San Vicente Hospital-HACLE, San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain, ⁶Campoamor Health Centre, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Whether the presence of subclinical monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposition leads to a pro-inflammatory state in asymptomatic hyperuricemia (AH) is unknown. We aimed to…

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