Abstracts tagged "Damage Index"

Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2023
Inflammatory Markers and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Audrey Hagiwara, Moumita Bose, Marianne Bernardo, Michael Nelson, Mariko Ishimori, Daniel Berman, C. Noel Bairey Merz, janet wei and Caroline Jefferies, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Women with SLE have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. Many women with SLE frequently report chest pain in the absence of obstructive coronary…
Abstract Number: 1459 • ACR Convergence 2023
Unveiling the Impact of Neuropsychiatric Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Damage Accrual
Dionysis Nikolopoulos¹, Nursen Cetrez², Julius Lindblom² and Ioannis Parodis², ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The link between neuropsychiatric involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) and heightened morbidity, mortality, and organ damage, as well as detrimental impacts on health-related…
Abstract Number: 1462 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Occurs at Early Stages of the Disease. Chronological Analysis of Damage Accrual in a Large Cohort from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry (RELESSER)
Sara garcia Perez¹, Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa², Irene Altabás González¹, Norman Jiménez³, Victor Del campo Perez⁴, JULIA MARTINEZ BARRIO⁵, Maria Galindo-Izquierdo⁶, Jaime Calvo- Alén⁷, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁸, Eva Tomero Muriel⁹, Mercedes Freire González¹⁰, Victor Martinez-Taboada¹¹, Paloma Vela¹², Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹³, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués¹⁴, Javier Narvaez¹⁵, Raúl Menor-Almagro¹⁶, Gregorio Santos Soler¹⁷, José Ángel Hernández Beriain¹⁸, Javier Manero ruiz¹⁹, Elena Aurrecoechea Aguinaga²⁰, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena²¹, Carlos Montilla-Morales²², Gema Bonilla²³, Vicente Torrente-Segarra²⁴, Ana Paula Cacheda²⁵, Maria J. García-Villanueva²⁶, Clara Moriano Morales²⁷, Concepción Fito Manteca²⁸, Cristina Bohórquez²⁹, Nuria Lozano Rivas³⁰ and Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Vigo. IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Vigo, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, ³IIRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute., Vigo, Spain, ⁴Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital of Vigo, IRIDIS Group (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Diseases), Vigo, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Gregorio Marañon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital of 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, University Hospital of Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹³Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Marina Baixa Villajoyosa, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ²¹Galdakao-Usansolo University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moises Broggi,, Sant Joan Despí, Spain, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, ³⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, ³¹Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) survival has improved during recent decades, so other outcomes like damage accrual become more relevant. Damage represents that clinical feature…
Abstract Number: 0982 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Cumulative Hydroxychloroquine Dose on Prevention of Damage Progression and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jordan Jacquez¹, Lisa Zhu¹, Manpreet Singh¹, Caroline Siegel², Lori Sahakian¹, Brian Skaggs¹, Jennifer Grossman¹ and Maureen McMahon¹, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has demonstrated benefit in multiple outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including disease activity, flare rates, survival, and thrombotic events. Previous studies,…
Abstract Number: 1528 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) and Organ Damage: Data from the SENSCIS Trial
Janet Pope¹, Susanna Proudman², Wendy Stevens³, Joerg Henes⁴, Rozeta Simonovska⁵, Margarida Alves⁶ and Yannick Allanore⁷, ¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Auto-inflammatory Diseases (INDIRA), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, ⁵mainanalytics GmbH, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC-DI) was developed to quantify organ damage in patients with SSc. We assessed outcomes in the SENSCIS…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of Behçet’s Disease Overall Damage Index (BODI) for Retrospective Studies and a Proposal for Modification
Yeliz Yagiz Ozogul¹, Yesim Ozguler², Didar Ucar³, Ugur Uygunoglu⁴, Zekayi Kutlubay⁵, Vedat Hamuryudan⁶ and gulen Hatemi⁷, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Damage accrual in Behçet syndrome (BS) may progress over the years and an index that can be scored using retrospective data may be useful…
Abstract Number: 1602 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) PET-CT for Depicting Inflammatory Joint Damage in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Simon Rauber¹, Hashem Mohammadian², Chrstian Schmidkonz³, Armin Atzinger³, Maria Gabriella Raimondo¹, Hannah Labinsky⁴, Christoph Treutlein², Johannes Knitza¹, Simone Maschauer², Frank Roemer⁵, Olaf Prante², Torsten Kuwert³, Juan Canete⁶, Georg Schett⁷ and Andreas Ramming¹, ¹Department 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, ²Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Unidad de Artritis Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is characterized by substantial mesenchymal tissue activation in the context of inflammation leading to structural damage. Measuring mesenchymal tissue activation in…
Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nailfold Videocapillaroscopic Abnormalities Correlate with Disease Activity Measures and Cutaneous Damage in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Diane Zisa¹, Aliza Bloostein¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH¹, Maurizio Cutolo², Vanessa Smith³ and David Fernandez¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital – Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium – Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is a non-invasive tool used to evaluate the microcirculation of patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). A specific combination of NVC…
Abstract Number: 2067 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Organ Damage Accrual by Domains
Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake¹, Ning Li¹, Vera Golder¹, Worawit Louthrenoo², Yi-Hsin Chen³, Jiacai Cho⁴, Aisha Lateef⁵, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁶, Luo Shue Fen⁷, Yeong-Jian Wu⁷, Sandra Navarra⁸, Leonid Zamora⁹, Zhanguo Li¹⁰, An Yuan¹¹, Sargunan Sockalingam¹², Yasuhiro Katsumata¹³, Masayoshi Harigai¹³, Yanjie Hao¹⁴, Zhouli Zhang¹⁵, Madelynn Chan¹⁶, Jun Kikuchi¹⁷, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹⁸, Shereen Oon¹⁹, Sang-Cheol Bae²⁰, Fiona Goldblatt²¹, Sean O'Neill²², Kathy Gibson²², Kristine Ng²³, Hui Nee Annie Law²⁴, Duminda Basnayake²⁵, Nicole Tugnet²⁶, Sunil Kumar²⁷, Cherica Tee²⁸, Michael Tee²⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁹, Chak Sing³⁰, Mandana Nikpour³¹, Alberta Hoi³² and Eric Morand³³, ¹Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ²Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ³Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁴National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁵National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁶Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, ⁷Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁸University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, ⁹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines, ¹⁰People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, ¹¹Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, ¹²University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁵Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹⁶Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁷Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Keio University and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia, ²⁰Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²¹Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²²Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²³North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁵Teaching Hospital Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka, ²⁶Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁷Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁸University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, ²⁹University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ³⁰The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, ³¹The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ³²Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, ³³Monash University, Victoria; Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Prevention of organ damage is one of the main treatment goals in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).The SLICC/ACR Damage Index (SDI) is used to quantify…
Abstract Number: 2071 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC), American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Damage Index Revision – Item Generation Phase
Burak Kundakci¹, Megan R W Barber², Ann E Clarke², Sindhu R. Johnson³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Jiacai Cho⁵, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁶, Ellen M. Ginzler⁷, John Hanly⁸, Abida Hasan⁷, Murat İnanç⁹, Naureen Kabani⁷, Alexandra Legge¹⁰, Kaitlin Lima¹¹, Livia Lindoso¹², Anselm Mak¹³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman¹¹, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza¹⁴, Clovis A. Silva¹², Farah Tamirou¹⁵, Vitor C. Trindade¹², Evelyne Vinet¹⁶ and Ian N. Bruce¹, ¹Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁶Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁷SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center (Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Site) and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Arthritis Research Canada, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ¹²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁴Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Cruces, UPV/EHU, Barakaldo, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁶McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The SLICC, ACR and LFA embarked on a data- and expert-driven project to develop a revised systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) organ damage index (SDI).…
Abstract Number: 2089 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Implication of Skin Involvement on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients
Alicia Van¹, Vibeke Strand², Jiandong Su¹, Nicole Anderson¹, Cheryl F Rosen³, Sherief Marzouk⁴, Lee S Simon⁵ and Zahi Touma¹, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵SDG LLC, West Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Skin involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) occurs in 50-85% of patients making it one of the most commonly affected organs in SLE. Previous…
Abstract Number: PP17 • ACR Convergence 2022
Engaging with the Spoon Theory: How I Make Decisions Using a Cost-Benefit Analysis That Works to Improve My Mental Health While Living with RA
Stephanie Aleite, AiArthritis, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Patients living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often also live with comorbid mental health conditions. Regardless of diagnosed mental health condition, living with a chronic…
Abstract Number: 0098 • ACR Convergence 2022
Delays in Access to Specialized Care and Diagnosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Alain Sanchez-Rodriguez¹, Jose A Meade-Aguilar², Jeffrey X. Yang², Gabriel Figueroa Parra², Shirley-Ann Osei-Onomah², Rachel Giblon³, Hannah Langenfeld⁴, Alanna Chamberlain², Cynthia Crowson⁵ and Ali Duarte-Garcia², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ⁴Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Delays in access to specialized care and diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are associated with poor outcomes. Prior studies rely mostly on cross-sectional…
Abstract Number: 0160 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sarcopenia in Myositis Patients: A Marker of Muscle Damage Associated with Myositis Severity and Disability
Margherita Giannini¹, Léa Debrut², Anne-Laure Charles², Mégane Pizzimenti², Rose-Marie Javier³, Bernard Geny⁴ and Alain Meyer¹, ¹Service de Physiologie et explorations fonctionnelles, CHU, Strasbourg ; Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, CHU, Strasbourg ; UR3072, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²UR3072 Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³Service de Rhumatologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁴Service de Physiologie et explorations fonctionnelles, CHU, Strasbourg ; UR3072 Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Myositis are autoimmune diseases characterized by muscle inflammation and weakness. Even when disease is no longer active, a great proportion of patients does not…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2022
Severe Non-adherence to Hydroxychloroquine Is Associated with Flares, Early Damage, and Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data from 660 Patients from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Inception Cohort
Yann Nguyen¹, Benoît BLanchet², Murray Urowitz³, John Hanly⁴, Caroline Gordon⁵, Sang-Cheol Bae⁶, Juanita Romero-Diaz⁷, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero⁸, Ann E Clarke⁹, Sasha Bernatsky¹⁰, Daniel Wallace¹¹, David Isenberg¹², Anisur Rahman¹³, Joan Merrill¹⁴, Paul R Fortin¹⁵, Dafna Gladman¹⁶, Ian N. Bruce¹⁷, Michelle Petri¹⁸, Ellen M. Ginzler¹⁹, Mary Anne Dooley²⁰, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²¹, Susan Manzi²², Andreas Jönsen²³, Graciela Alarcón²⁴, Ronald van Vollenhoven²⁵, Cynthia Aranow²⁶, Veronique Le Guern²⁷, Meggan Mackay²⁶, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁸, S. Sam Lim²⁹, Murat Inanc³⁰, Kenneth C Kalunian³¹, Soren Jacobsen³², Christine Peschken³³, Diane Kamen³⁴, Anca Askanase³⁵, Jill Buyon³⁶ and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau³⁷, ¹AP-HP.Centre Universit Paris Cit Hôpital Cochin, Montmorency, France, ²Biologie du médicament-Toxicologie, AP-HP Centre – Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, ³University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center (Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Site) and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion SZ, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁸Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹³Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁵Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ¹⁶Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁷Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²⁰Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ²²Allegheny Health Network, Lupus Center of Excellence, Wexford, PA, ²³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, ²⁵Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁷Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²⁸Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Cruces, UPV/EHU, Barakaldo, Spain, ²⁹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istambul, Turkey, ³¹University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, ³²Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³⁷Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of antimalarials, especially hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), in preventing flares of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is well demonstrated, but its effectiveness is impaired by…

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