Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2187 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association Between Illness Perception, Anxiety and Depression State, Disease Activity and Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Sjӧgren’s Syndrome
Chiara Baldini¹, Elena Elefante², Inmaculada Conception Navarro Garcia², Francesco Ferro³, Gaetano La Rocca⁴, Giovanni Fulvio¹, Silvia Fonzetti⁵, Michele Moretti⁶ and Marta Mosca², ¹University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of clinical and experimental medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁵AOUP, Pisa, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Sjӧgren's syndrome (SS) may affect several aspects of patients' daily lives, leading to impairment of quality of life and patient functioning. Aims of this…
Abstract Number: 2317 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of SLE-DAS Remission on Quality of Life in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Cross-sectional Validation Study
Fung Lam¹, Chi Hung To¹ and Chi Chiu Mok², ¹Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: The SLE Disease Activity Score (SLE-DAS) has been developed and validated in Italian patients with SLE. The objective of this study was to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 2559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Manifestations and Immunomodulatory Treatment in Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Roger Yang¹, Rennie Rhee², Kaitlin Quinn³, Naomi Amudala², Peter Grayson⁴, Peter Merkel², Marcela Ferrada⁵ and Shubhasree Banerjee², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ⁵NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease without standard treatment guidelines. This study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics, current treatment approaches,…
Abstract Number: 0220 • ACR Convergence 2023
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir Plus Ritonavir) in Patients with Underlying Rheumatological Diseases, in Preventing COVID-19 Related Hospitalization and Death
Faiza Javed, Tony Mangino and Paramarajan Piranavan, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Background/Purpose: The benefits of antiviral therapy in the COVID-19 patients with underlying rheumatic disease with or without immunosuppression are not entirely clear. The goal of…
Abstract Number: 0445 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of the Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of a Proposed Biosimilar MSB11456 with Tocilizumab Reference Product in Moderate-to-severe Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Randomized Double-blind Study
Anna Zubrzycka-Sienkiewicz¹, Maria Misterska-Skora², Małgorzata Socik Pojawa³, Kamilla Klama⁴, Martin Ullmann⁵, Corinne Petit-Frere⁵, Andras Illes⁵, Peter Baker⁵, Joëlle Monnet⁵ and Jan Brzezicki⁶, ¹Reumatika - Centrum Reumatologil, Warsaw, Poland, ²Centrum Medyczne Oporów, Wrocław, Poland, ³MICS Centrum Medyczne Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Solumed Centrum Medyczne, Poznań, Poland, ⁵Fresenius Kabi SwissBiosimilars, Eysins, Switzerland, ⁶Centrum Kliniczno Badawcze, Elbląg, Poland
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab is an anti‑interleukin‑6 receptor monoclonal antibody indicated for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory diseases. MSB11456 is a proposed biosimilar to US‑licensed…
Abstract Number: 0587 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of up to 24 Months Intravenous (IV) Belimumab (BEL) Treatment on Steroid Use and Disease Activity in Patients with SLE in Clinical Practice: Additional Post Hoc Pooled Analysis of Multicountry OBSErve Cohort Data
Daniel Moldaver¹, Seth Anderson², Marguerite Bracher³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Holly A. Quasny⁵, Robert Wood⁶, Rosie Wild⁶, Alexandra Cusmano⁶ and Elke Rottier⁶, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Ontario, Canada, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Collegeville, PA, ³GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Research & Development, Durham, NC, ⁶Adelphi Real World, Real-World Evidence, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The clinical effectiveness of 6-month IV BEL use in SLE has previously been described in a post hoc pooled analysis from six OBSErve cohort…
Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identifying Important Clinical Features for Predicting Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologics Using Machine Learning Model
Ahmad Alsaber¹, Adeeba AlHerz², Balqees Alawadhi³, Parul Setiya⁴, KHULOUD MOHAMMED⁵, Adel Al-Awadhi⁶, Waleed Al-Kandari⁷, Eman Hasan⁸, Khaled Mokaddem⁹, Aqeel Ghanem¹⁰, Youssef Bartella¹¹, Mohammed Hussain⁸, Naser Alhadhood¹², Yaser Ali¹³, Ebrahim Nahar¹³, Ali Aldei⁸, Ahmad Alenizi¹⁴, Sawsan Hayat¹⁵, Fatemah Abutiban¹⁶ and Fatemah Abutiban¹¹, ¹American University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ²Al-Amiri Hospital, Al Asimah Governate, Kuwait, ³The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ⁴GBPUAT, Department of Agrometerology, Pantnagar, India, ⁵Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait, ⁶Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ⁷Farwaniya Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait, ⁸Amiri Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ⁹Al-Amiri Hospital, Rheumatoid, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ¹⁰Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ¹¹Farwaniya Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Kuwait, Kuwait, ¹²Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait, ¹³Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Jabriya, Kuwait, ¹⁴Jahra Hospital, Al Jahra, NY, Kuwait, ¹⁵Ministry of Health - Kuwait, Jabriya, Kuwait, ¹⁶Jahra Hospital, Department of Medicine, Al Jahra, Kuwait
Background/Purpose: Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) offer promising results for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in general, but a substantial percentage of patients do not respond…
Abstract Number: 1292 • ACR Convergence 2023
Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Exhibit an Altered Serum Lipidomic Profile Directly Linked to Disease Activity, Which Is Reversed by Biologic and Targeted Synthetic DMARD
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera², Beatriz Vellón², Rocio Guzman², Tomás Cerdó², Rafaela Ortega Castro³, Jerusalem Calvo⁴, Mª Angeles Aguirre⁵, Pedro Segui², Ivan Arias de la Rosa⁶, Maria del Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁷, Desiree Ruiz-Vilchez², Christian Merlo-Ruiz², Jose Javier Perez-Venegas⁸, Javier Godoy⁹, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos¹⁰, Carmen Dominguez⁸, Carlos Rodriguez-Escalera¹¹, Carmen Romero-Barco¹², Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹², Natalia Mena Vazquez¹³, Julia Uceda Montañez¹⁴, Charo Santos¹⁴, Nuria Barbarroja¹⁵, Eduardo Collantes Estévez¹⁶, Mª del Mar Malagon², Alejandro Escudero Contreras⁴ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez¹⁷, ¹IMIBIC - Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Reina Sofía University Hospital/ Rheumatology Department, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba. Rheumatology service. Cordoba. Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁸Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ⁹Jaen University Hospital, Jaen, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ¹¹Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Malaga, Spain, ¹²Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹³IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁵University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁶Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁷IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Lipid metabolism impacts immune cell plasticity, activation, differentiation, and function, making the analysis of the lipidomic profile crucial in understanding chronic inflammatory diseases like…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes Through 6 Months of Guselkumab Treatment in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Real-World Data from the CorEvitas Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis (PsA/SpA) Registry
Philip J. Mease¹, Alexis R Ogdie², John Tesser³, Natalie shiff⁴, Iris Lin⁵, Soumya Chakravarty⁶, Mike Kelleman⁷, Rhiannon Dodge⁷, Robert McLean⁷, Aaron Broadwell⁸, Arthur Kavanaugh⁹ and Joseph F. Merola¹⁰, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Immunology, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / Adjunct, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Horsham, PA, ⁵Janssen, Horsham, PA, ⁶Immunology, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / Division of Rheumatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Villanova, PA, ⁷CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Specialists, Shreveport, LA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS) has demonstrated significant efficacy across disease domains in controlled clinical trials of patients (pts) with active PsA.1,2 Recent CorEvitas PsA/SpA Registry analyses…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2023
SLE Disease Activity Is a More Important Risk Factor Than Immunosuppression for Acquiring Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Zehra Kazmi¹, Carlos Lorenzo² and Agustin Escalante³, ¹University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²UT Heath San Antonio, Shavano Park, TX, ³UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: SLE patients have increased rates of HPV infection and cervical cancer. Although some factors are recognized for HPV infection in SLE, the relationship with…
Abstract Number: 2198 • ACR Convergence 2023
Which Factors Are Associated with Clinically High Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis? Results from the International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS)
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán², Fernando Sommerfleck³, Christine Bundy⁴, Souzi Makri⁵, Jose Correa Fernandez⁶, Shashank Murlidhar Akerkar⁷, Jo Davies⁸, Elie Karam⁹, Asif Siddiqui¹⁰ and Denis Poddubnyy¹¹, ¹University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Sanatorio Julio Mendez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁵Cyprus League for People with Rheumatism (CYLPER), Nicosia, Cyprus, ⁶Universidad de Sevilla, Health & Territory Research (HTR), Sevilla, Spain, ⁷Mumbai Arthritis Clinic, Mumbai, India, ⁸Axial Spondyloarthritis International Federation (ASIF), London, United Kingdom, ⁹Canadian Spondylitis Association (CSA), Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Active axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is associated with poorer physical and mental health outcomes. This study aims to assess the prevalence of clinically active disease…
Abstract Number: 2321 • ACR Convergence 2023
Does the Perspective of SLE Patients Match the Expert Opinion and Definitions of Remission and Low Disease Activity State? Prospective Analysis of 500 Patients from a Spanish Multicenter Cohort
CORAL Mourino Rodriguez¹, Jose-Maria Pego-Reigosa², Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa³, Francisco Rubino⁴, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁵, Raúl Menor-Almagro⁶, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya⁷, Eva Tomero Muriel⁸, TAREK CARLOS SALMAN MONTE⁹, MARIA IRENE CARRION BARBERA⁹, Maria Galindo¹⁰, Esther Rodriguez almaraz¹⁰, Norman Jiménez¹¹, Luis Ines¹² and Irene Altabas Gonzalez¹³, ¹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo. IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁵Hospital do Meixoeiro. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Jerez, Puerto De Santa María, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Donostia, Donostia, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹IIRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute., Vigo, Spain, ¹²Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coímbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹³Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, IRIDIS (Investigation in Rheumatology and Immune-Mediated Diseases) Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute, Vigo, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is no information available regarding whether the patient's perception of disease activity aligns with current definitions of DORIS 2021 remission and Lupus Low…
Abstract Number: 0275 • ACR Convergence 2023
No Cumulative Effect of Infection Rates in Children Receiving Long-term Canakinumab Treatment in Autoinflammatory Periodic Fever Syndromes − Data from the RELIANCE Registry
Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner¹, Joerg Henes², Birgit Kortus-Goetze³, Prasad T. Oommen⁴, Anne Pankow⁵, Tilmann Kallinich⁶, Tobias Krickau⁷, Catharina Schuetz⁸, Gerd Horneff⁹, Ivan Foeldvari¹⁰, Juergen Rech¹¹, Frank Weller-Heinemann¹², Ales Janda¹³, Markus Hufnagel¹⁴, Florian M. Meier¹⁵, Frank Dressler¹⁶, Michael Borte¹⁷, Ioana Andreica¹⁸, Peter Wasiliew¹⁹, Michael Fiene²⁰, Daniel Windschall²¹, Martin Krusche²², Tania Kuempfel²³, Julia Weber-Arden²⁴ and Norbert Blank²⁵, ¹med.uni-tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany, ²University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology,University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany, ⁴Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Center for Child and Adolescent Health,Medical Faculty Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁷Pediatrics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Pediatrics, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus,Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁹Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Bonn, Germany, ¹⁰Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, ¹¹University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Prof. Hess Children's Hospital, Bremen, Bremen, Germany, ¹³Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ¹⁴Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹⁵Department of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ¹⁶Department of Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ¹⁷Hospital for Children & Adolescents, St. Georg Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, ¹⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ¹⁹Division of Pediatric Rheumatology and autoinflammation reference center Tuebingen, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²⁰Rheumatology Center Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, ²¹Clinic of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst, Northwest German Center for Rheumatology, Sendenhorst, Germany, ²²UKE, Hamburg, Germany, ²³Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Biomedical Center and University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Muenchen, Germany, ²⁴Novartis Innovative Medicines, Nuernberg, Germany, ²⁵University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory diseases (AID) have been treated safely and effectively with the interleukin-1β inhibitor canakinumab (CAN) in controlled trials and routine clinical practice. The most…
Abstract Number: 0454 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Indices Assess More Than Inflammation: 29%-36% of Patients with Moderate or High DAS28–ESR or CDAI Have 0 or 1 Swollen Joints, but Positive Screens on MDHAQ FAST4 (fibromyalgia Assessment Screening Tool) And/or MDS2 (MDHAQ Depression Screen) Indices
Theodore Pincus¹, Nicholas Rodwell² and Rahel Hunter¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) therapy is recommended to be intensified according to treat-to-target if DAS28 (disease activity score 28) or CDAI (clinical disease activity index)…
Abstract Number: 0592 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-World Treatment Patterns in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis of the SLE Prospective Observational Cohort Study (SPOCS)
Martin Aringer¹, Laurent Arnaud², Richard A. Furie³, Eric Morand⁴, Christine Peschken⁵, Barnabas Desta⁶, Eleni Rapsomaniki⁷, Jonatan Hedberg⁸, Tina Grünfeld Eén⁸, Alessandro Sorrentino⁹, Canna Ghia⁹, Stephanie Chen¹⁰ and Bo Ding⁸, ¹Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ²University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁴Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁹Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁰BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: The international SLE Prospective Observational Cohort Study (SPOCS) collected data on patients with moderate to severe SLE disease activity from June 2017 through November…

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