Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1317 • ACR Convergence 2024
Serum (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Levels in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Yasmine LAMROUS, Camille LEGLISE, Audrey VANRENTERGHEM, Taieb CHOUAKI and Djamal-Dine DJEDDI, CHU AMIENS PICARDIE, AMIENS, France
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) encompasses the most common chronic rheumatologic manifestations in children. It results from the interplay of genetic, environmental, and infectious factors.…
Abstract Number: 1369 • ACR Convergence 2024
Persistence, Effectiveness and Treatment Patterns of Upadacitinib in over 2600 Australian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Retrospective Analysis from the OPAL Dataset
Peter Youssef¹, Sabina Ciciriello², Talib Tahir³, Tegan Smith⁴, Catherine O'Sullivan⁴, Joanna Leadbetter⁵, Belinda Butcher⁵, Nicole Walsh⁶, Miriam Calao⁶ and Geoffrey Littlejohn⁷, ¹Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, ²The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ³Coburg Rheumatology Service, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, ⁴OPAL Rheumatology Ltd, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, ⁵WriteSource Medical Pty Ltd, Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia, ⁶AbbVie Pty Ltd, Mascot, New South Wales, Australia, ⁷Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: To describe the real-world treatment patterns, response and persistence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (pts) treated with upadacitinib (UPA).Methods: This retrospective, non-interventional, multicenter cohort…
Abstract Number: 1593 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Increasing the Dose of Mepolizumab in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Federica Pallotti¹, Philippe Bonniaud², Perrine SMETS³, stephanie Habib⁴, Amandine Perier⁵, Alban Deroux⁶, Julie Mankikian⁷, Antoine Neel⁸, Clémentine Rousselin⁹, Raphaele Seror¹⁰, Camille Taille¹¹, Etienne Crickx¹², Candice La Croix¹³, Philippe Blanche¹⁴, Loïc Guillevin¹⁵, Xavier Puéchal¹⁶ and Benjamin Terrier¹⁷, and French Vasculitis Study Group, ¹Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France, ²Centre de Référence Constitutif des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares de l'Adulte, Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Dijon-Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ³Clermont Ferrand University Hospital - National reference center for autoimmune disease, Internal Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, APHP Centre et Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵CH de Niort, Niort, France, ⁶Clinique Universitaire de Médecine Interne, Department of Internal Medicine, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France, ⁷CHRU Tours, Service de Pneumologie et d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Tours, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁹Service de médecine interne et néphrologie, centre hospitalier de Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ¹⁰Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile-de-France, France, ¹¹Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ¹²Service de Médecine Interne, Centre national de référence des cytopénies auto-immunes de l'adulte, Hôpital Henri Mondor, APHP, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Otolaryngology, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, National Referrence Center for Systemic and Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁵National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁶National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ¹⁷Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) patients frequently develop glucocorticoid (GC)-dependent asthma and/or ENT manifestations, leading to long-term GC requirement and side effects. Mepolizumab, an…
Abstract Number: 1912 • ACR Convergence 2024
Greater Glucocorticoid and Less Biologic/Targeted Therapy Use in Midwest PsA Patients Despite Prevalent Comorbidity
Brittany Banbury¹, Sharon Dowell², Christopher Jenkins³, Emily Holladay⁴, Cassie Clinton⁵, Fenglong Xie⁵, Jingyi Zhang⁵, Grace Wright⁶, Jeffrey Curtis⁷ and Gail Kerr⁸, ¹Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Brooklyn, NY, ²NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, JONESBORO, AR, ³Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Edmond, OK, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: There is regional variation in the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients with inflammatory arthritis in the US. Despite a higher reported prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-term Efficacy of Filgotinib Monotherapy and Combination Therapy: Interim Results from a Post Hoc Analysis of the FINCH 4 Study
Maya H. Buch¹, Patrick Verschueren², Roberto Caporali³, Thomas Huizinga⁴, Edmund V. Ekoka Omoruyi⁵, Dick de Vries⁶, Jeffrey Ritsema⁷, Francesco De Leonardis⁸ and Daniel Aletaha⁹, ¹Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁶Clinical Development, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Medical Affairs, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Medical Affairs, Galapagos GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL) is a preferential Janus kinase 1 inhibitor for the treatment of moderate to severe RA. FINCH 4 (NCT03025308) is an ongoing, open-label,…
Abstract Number: 2415 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterizing the Population with Suspected Lupus Nephritis in Care of a Community Rheumatology Network
Nehad Soloman¹, Jawad Bilal², Romy Cabacungan³, Scott Milligan⁴, Andrew Sharobeem⁵, John Tesser⁶ and Henry Leher⁷, ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Glendale, AZ, ²University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ³Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, P.C., Tucson, AZ, ⁴Trio Health, Louisville, CO, ⁵AARA, Peoria, AZ, ⁶Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁷Aurinia Pharma, Stowe, VT
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) has been estimated to develop in up to 40% of all patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with higher rates in…
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.…
Abstract Number: 1331 • ACR Convergence 2024
Does Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis Status Matter in Modeling Patient Global Assessment Trajectories over 20 Years in a Large US Registry?
Sofia Pedro¹, Kristin Wipfler², Urbano Sbarigia³, Federico Zazzetti⁴, Anna Sheahan⁵, Patti Katz⁶ and Kaleb Michaud⁷, ¹Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ⁵Janssen, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Refractory rheumatoid arthritis (reRA) is characterized by an inadequate response to multiple DMARDs. Many factors including environment, comorbidities, sociodemographics, and the treatment itself influence poor…
Abstract Number: 1378 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tocilizumab Effect on the Three Pathways of the Complement System in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marta Hernández-Díaz¹, Iván Ferraz-Amaro², Sergio Santos-Concepción³, Javier Castro³, Vanesa Hernandez⁴, Beatriz Tejera Segura⁵, Cristina Luna⁶, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías² and Federico Diaz-González², ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ³Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las palmas, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, Santa Cruz, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is used in diseases characterized by markedly elevated inflammatory markers and elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis and…
Abstract Number: 1596 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy of Eosinophil-Targeting Therapies According to Disease Severity in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Bernhard Hellmich¹, Peter Merkel², David Jayne³, Benjamin Terrier⁴, Florence Roufosse⁵, Parameswaran Nair⁶, Nader Khalidi⁶, David J. Jackson⁷, Shunsuke Furuta⁸, Lena Börjesson Sjö⁹, Sofia Necander⁹, Anat Shavit¹⁰, Claire Walton¹¹ and Michael Wechsler¹², ¹Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Pneumologie, Nephrologie und Diabetologie, Medius Kliniken, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶McMaster University and St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Guy’s Severe Asthma Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust; School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ⁹Late-Stage Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹⁰BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹¹Late-Stage Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹²National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by asthma, eosinophilia, and small-to-medium size vessel vasculitis, with individual manifestations widely ranging…
Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2024
Electronic Health Literacy and Its Association with Disease Activity in RMD Patients – a Cross Sectional Study
Nasim Nakhost Lotfi¹, Helga Lechner-Radner², Daniela Sieghart¹ and Paul Studenic¹, ¹Medical University Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ²Medical University Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In the evolving landscape of healthcare, the reliance on digital tools for patient education and management is growing. The effectiveness of these digital resources…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2024
Depletion of Citrullinated Vimentin-reactive Follicular Helper T Cells with Treatment-induced Remission of Recent-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis When Compared to Non-remission at 6 Months
Jia Yi Hee¹, Hendrik Nel², Yann Abraham³, Katrina Chakradeo⁴, Michelle Roch⁴, Tom Lynch⁵, Lyn March⁵, Mihir Wechalekar⁶, Helen Keen⁷ and Ranjeny Thomas⁸, ¹The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia, ²Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ³Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium, ⁴The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁶Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ⁷Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia, ⁸University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: More than 50% of people with new-onset RA may achieve remission within the first year on conventional synthetic (cs)-DMARDs. Sustained remission confers better long-term…

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