Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 0297 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Serum Proteomic Profiles – A Step Closer to Personalized Monitoring in Dermatomyositis
Natasha Le Blanc¹, Marie Hudson¹, Ana Cristina Gonzalez Sanchez², Lina Marcela Diaz Gallo² and Valerie Leclair³, ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a multisystemic immune mediated disease presenting with heterogeneous clinical features. Disease monitoring in DM relies in part on biomarkers of muscle…
Abstract Number: 2649 • ACR Convergence 2025
Simultaneous Assessment of Complementary Lupus-Specific Immune Mediator-Informed Indexes Improves Their Ability to Concurrently Discern Current Disease Activity And Future Flare Risk In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Derek Blankenship², Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Bernard Rubin², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana⁴, Joel Guthridge⁴, Stan Kamp⁴, Nancy Redinger⁴, Teresa Aberle⁴, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yangfen Li⁵, Hu Zeng⁵, Stephanie Dezzutti⁶, Peter Izmirly⁷, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Diane Kamen⁸, Jill Buyon⁹, Judith James⁴ and Eldon Jupe², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ⁹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune dysregulation propels systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis. Capturing it as lab-based screening tests could help prioritize SLE patients for early intervention and proactive…
Abstract Number: 2322 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender-related Differences in Peripheral and Axial Spondyloarthritis
Mehmet Tuncay Duruöz¹, Halise Hande Gezer¹, İlknur Aktaş², Servet Akar³, Nilay Şahin⁴, Özgür Akgül⁵, Sami Hizmetli⁶, Meltem Alkan Melikoğlu⁷, Umut Kalyoncu⁸, Erhan Çapkın⁹, fatma Gülçin Ural¹⁰, Figen Yılmaz¹¹, Sebnem ATAMAN¹² and İlhan Sezer¹³, ¹Marmara University Medical School PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, PMR, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Medicine, Izmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Balikesir University School of Medicine, PMR, Turkey, Balıkesir, Turkey, ⁵Manisa Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Manisa, Turkey, ⁶Sivas Cumhuriyet University School of Medine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Sivas, Turkey, ⁷Erzurum Atatürk University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Erzurum, Turkey, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ⁹Karadeniz Teknik University School of Medicine, PMR, Turkey, Trabzon, Turkey, ¹⁰Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University School of Medicine, PMR, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹¹Istanbul Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, PMR, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹²Ankara University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹³Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Antalya, Turkey
Background/Purpose: This study sought to compare clinical characteristics between female and male patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) in a Turkish population.Methods: This study included 489 peripheral…
Abstract Number: 2096 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gamification and Social Incentivization to Promote Physical Activity in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: Results from a Multi-Site Randomized Trial
Kimberly Hayes¹, Bryant England², Katherine Wysham³, Mercedes Quinones⁴, Marianna Olave⁵, Sarah Wetzel⁶, Hannah Brubeck⁷, Rachel Gillcrist⁸, Criswell Lavery⁹, Natalie Keller¹⁰, Bibiana Ateh¹¹, Bridget Kramer², Rui Xiao⁹, Kaitian Jin⁹, Alexis Ogdie¹², Daniel K. White¹³, Tuhina Neogi¹⁴, Carla Scanzello⁹ and Joshua Baker⁹, ¹Teachers College, Columbia University, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Brown University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Drexel University, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ⁸Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰University of Oklahoma, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, ¹²Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, DE, ¹³University of Delaware, Newark, DE, ¹⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Promotion of physical activity is important in the management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), though effective strategies for behavioral change to promote exercise are lacking.…
Abstract Number: 1533 • ACR Convergence 2025
Belimumab Is Associated with Early Improvement in Disease Activity Measures Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the US
Yan Chen¹, Maral DerSarkissian¹, Shumin Rui¹, Justin Clark¹, Daniel Moldaver², Jeffrey J. Ellis³, Karen Worley³ and Aarat M Patel⁴, ¹Analysis Group, Los Angeles, CA, ²GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA, ⁴GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL), a B-cell modulator mAb that selectively inhibits soluble B-lymphocyte stimulator and reduces autoreactive B cells that drive lupus disease activity, is approved…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influence of Age on Daily Impairment, Patient Empowerment, Activation and Engagement in Patients with Sjögren’s Disease
Esra Sevimli¹, Berceste Polat², Busra Sari³, Can Akmansoy², Burcu Aksoy⁴, Omur Mumcu⁵, Hatice Kalender³, Aysegul Avcu⁶, Mustafa Erdogan⁷, Nur Sisman⁸, Farida Fortune⁹, Gonca Mumcu¹⁰ and Nevsun Inanc⁷, ¹¹Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Department of Health Management, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Department of Health Management, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Department of Health Management, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Yeditepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁸Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁹Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre Immunobiology and Regenerative Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Patient-centred care and improvement of daily life are the main components in chronic disease management. The aim of the study was to determine associations…
Abstract Number: 1159 • ACR Convergence 2025
IL-18 Correlates with Pouchot Score and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Adult-Onset Still’s Disease: Insights From a Repeated Measures Study
Hadeel Abdul-Rehman¹, Karen Gambina² and Bella Mehta³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, Islip, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ
Background/Purpose: Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels are significantly elevated in AOSD patients¹ and may be a promising…
Abstract Number: 0834 • ACR Convergence 2025
Heterogeneity in the Association of Genetic Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Resultant Rheumatoid Arthritis Phenotypes
Thomas Riley¹, Austin Wheeler², Bryant England², Grant Cannon³, Brian Sauer⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Katherine Wysham⁶, Beth Wallace⁷, Paul Monach⁸, Andreas Reimold⁹, Gail Kerr¹⁰, Isaac Smith¹¹, John Richards¹², Iris Lee¹³, Geoffrey Thiele², Rui Xiao¹, Scott Damrauer¹⁴, Michael Levin¹⁴, Michael George¹, Ted Mikuls² and Joshua Baker¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁷Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁹Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹²Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹³Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania / Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The impact of genetic risk factors on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) phenotype is incompletely understood. Comparing individual genetic variants associated with RA susceptibility to a…
Abstract Number: 0473 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study of Peresolimab for Adults with RA
Jay Tuttle¹, Kirstin Griffing², Mark Genovese², Hyungmin Rha², So Young Park², Pia Yachi¹, Ajay Nirula¹, LANCE PFEIFER², Tami Jo Rayle², Jesus Abraham Simón-Campos³, Clifton Bingham⁴, Kevin Winthrop⁵, Daniel Aletaha⁶, Iain McInnes⁷, Yu Xue⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka⁹, Roy Fleischmann¹⁰, Paul Emery¹¹ and Michael Weinblatt¹², ¹Lilly Biotechnology Center, San Diego, CA, ²Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ³Köhler & Milstein Research, UADY School of Medicine, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁶Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁷University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁸Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁹University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ¹²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Peresolimab, a humanized IgG1 mAb, activates programmed cell death protein 1. In a phase 2a study, peresolimab demonstrated efficacy in participants (pts) with RA…
Abstract Number: 0295 • ACR Convergence 2025
Multidimensional Analysis of Fatigue in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Clinical, Psychological, and Sociodemographic Determinants
Manali Sarkar¹, Meera Shah², Vincenzo Venerito³, Vikas Agarwal⁴ and Latika Gupta⁵, ¹Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ²Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ³Univeristy of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy, Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁵School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham; Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Francis Crick Institute, London, Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fatigue significantly impacts quality of life in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) but remains poorly understood. This study aimed to identify the key determinants of…
Abstract Number: L09 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients with Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Hermine Brunner¹, Caifeng Li², Kogie Chinniah³, Yosef Uziel⁴, Olga Synoverska⁵, Sujata Sawhney⁶, Inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Ingrid Clara Louw⁸, Meiping Lu⁹, Pooja Nikunj Patel¹⁰, Pamela F. Weiss¹¹, Cheng Chang¹², Ivana Vranic¹³, Shixue Liu¹⁴, Annette Diehl¹⁵, Jose L. Rivas¹⁶, Carol A. Connell¹⁷, Gary G. Koch¹⁸, Alberto Martini¹⁹, Daniel J. Lovell¹, Nicolino Ruperto²⁰ and the PRINTO and PRCSG investigators, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Bejing, China, ³Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Kwa-Zulu, and Enhancing Care Foundation, Durban, South Africa, ⁴Pedriatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meir Medical Center and Israel Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁵Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, ⁶Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, ⁷Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁹Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China, ¹⁰Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ¹³Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Pfizer Inc, Shanghai, China, ¹⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁶Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ¹⁸University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁹University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ²⁰Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, and IRCCS Fondazione San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib (TOF) has been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of polyarticular course JIA, including systemic JIA (sJIA) without active systemic features. Here…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2024
Analysis of Gout Remission Definitions in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Colchicine Prophylaxis for People with Gout Initiating Allopurinol
Dansoa Tabi-Amponsah¹, Lisa Stamp², Anne Horne³, Jill Drake⁴, Sarah Stewart⁵, Gregory Gamble³, Keith Petrie¹ and Nicola Dalbeth³, ¹The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: To investigate the effect of colchicine prophylaxis on gout remission when commencing urate lowering therapy (ULT), and illness perceptions of people in remission, using…
Abstract Number: 0545 • ACR Convergence 2024
Missing Data in Observational Studies: Investigating Cross-sectional Single Imputation Methods for Assessing Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Marion Pons², Simon Horskjær Rasmussen², Merete Hetland³, Louise Linde², Daniela DiGuiseppe⁴, Brigitte Michelsen⁵, Johan Karlsson Wallman⁶, Tor Olofsson⁷, Karel Pavelka⁸, Jakub Závada⁸, Bente Glintborg⁹, Anne Gitte Loft¹⁰, Catalin Codreanu¹¹, Daniel Melim¹², Diogo Esperança Almeida¹³, Tore K. Kvien¹⁴, Vappu Rantalaiho¹⁵, Ritva Peltomaa¹⁶, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁷, Olafur Palsson¹⁸, Ovidiu Rotariu¹⁹, Ross MacDonald¹⁹, Ziga Rotar²⁰, Katja Perdan-Pikmajer²⁰, Karin Laas²¹, Florenzo Iannone²², Adrian Ciurea²³, Mikkel Ostergaard²⁴ and Lykke Oernbjerg¹, ¹Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, ⁵Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ⁷Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁹DANBIO, Rigshospitalet Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ¹⁰Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ¹¹University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ¹²Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹³Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal, ¹⁴Center 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, ¹⁵Tampere University Hospital, Tampere University and Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Tampere, Finland, ¹⁶Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁷Landspitali University Hospital and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁸University of Iceland and Skåne University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ²¹East-Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, ²²Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT, Bari, Italy, ²³University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²⁴Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: In observational studies, several longitudinal methods have been proposed to impute missing data of an individual by using the available information of the same…
Abstract Number: 0626 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of the Lupus Foundation of America Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (LFA-REAL) Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients from the Almenara Lupus Cohort
Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹, RV, Gamboa-Cardenas², Victor Pimentel-Quiroz³, Cristina Reategui⁴, Claudia Elera Fitzcarrald⁵, Samira García-Hirsh⁶, José Alfaro-Lozano⁶, Cesar Pastor-Asurza⁶, Zoila Rodriguez-Bellido⁶, Risto Perich-Campos⁶ and Graciela Alarcon⁷, ¹Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, ²Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, ³Universidad Científica del Sur/Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Magdalena del Mar, Peru, ⁴Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud/Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁵Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen/Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru, ⁶Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: Physician-reported disease activity has a modest association with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2024
Development of a Remote Patient Monitoring System Based on a Novel Digital Biomarker for Swelling in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marc Blanchard¹, Cinja Koller², Jules Maglione³, Patrick Hermann¹ and Thomas Hügle³, ¹Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, ²Doctoral School, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Genève, Vaud, Switzerland, ³Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care faces challenges due to a shortage of healthcare providers, an increasing patient population and the remote locations of many patients.…

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