Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 0919 • ACR Convergence 2023
Investigating the Role of Interferon in Promoting Flares of SLE at a Single Cell Level
Zoha Faheem¹, Giselle Boukhaled², Kieran Manion¹, Carolina Munoz-Grajales³, Carol Nassar¹, Michael Kim¹, Dafna Gladman⁴, Murray Urowitz⁵, Zahi Touma⁶, David Brooks² and Joan Wither⁷, ¹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³UHN/TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute; University of Toronto Lupus Clinic; Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with unpredictable flares interspersed with prolonged periods of disease quiescence. Interferon (IFN) is a hallmark…
Abstract Number: 1252 • ACR Convergence 2023
Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Does the Approach Matter?
Ekemini Ogbu¹, Hermine Brunner², Jennifer Huggins³, Angela Merritt³, Megan Quilan-Waters³, Catherine Robben³, Chen Chen³, Daniel J Lovell⁴ and Bin Huang³, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity (PhGA) are commonly used outcome measures in pediatric rheumatology. For childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE), the traditional visual…
Abstract Number: 1391 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rates of Remission in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated in Tertiary Care
Franziska Neinert¹, Imke Redeker², Styliani Tsiami¹, David Kiefer¹, Barbara Guminski¹, Xenofon Baraliakos³, Juergen Braun¹ and Uta Kiltz⁴, ¹Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Achieving remission is the treatment target for patients (pts.) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).Remission rates over longer periods in a real-life setting have not been…
Abstract Number: 1530 • ACR Convergence 2023
Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Following Lung Transplantation: An Italian Multicentre Experience
Claudia Iannone¹, Maria Rosa Pellico¹, Letizia Corinna Corinna Morlacchi², Valeria Rossetti², Marco Vicenzi², Paolo Airò³, Marta Saracco⁴, Annamaria iagnocco⁴, Lorenzo Beretta⁵, Adriana Severino⁵, Eleonora Zaccara⁶, paola Faggioli⁶, Fabio Cacciapaglia⁷, Stefano Stano⁸, Silvia Cavalli⁹, Antonina Minniti⁹, giorgia Trignani⁹, francesco Blasi⁵, Roberto F. Caporali¹⁰ and Nicoletta Del Papa¹¹, ¹ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milan, Italy, ²Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴AO Mauriziano di Torino, Torino, Italy, ⁵Policlinico di Milano, Milano, Italy, ⁶Legnano-ASST-Ovest Milanese, Legnano, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁸Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, and Department of Rheumatology and Medical Sciences, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹¹Scleroderma Clinic, Dipartimento di Reumatologia, ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Lung transplantation (LT) is gaining ground in managing advanced ILD in SSc patients. However, concerns remain among surgeons due to SSc's complexity, multiorgan involvement…
Abstract Number: 2117 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frailty Is Associated with Mortality in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sayuli Bhide¹, Punyasha Roul², Namrata Singh³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Ted R Mikuls⁶, Bryant England², Dolores Shoback⁷, Patti Katz⁸, Jose Garcia⁹, Ariela Orkaby¹⁰, Joshua Baker¹¹ and K Wysham¹², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁷San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁸University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ⁹VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Frailty is established as an important predictor of mortality in the general population.1Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with higher rates of frailty than the…
Abstract Number: 2280 • ACR Convergence 2023
The LFA-REAL Clinician Reported Outcome Predicts Damage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Data from a Prevalent Latin American Lupus Cohort
Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹, Rocío Gamboa-Cárdenas², Victor Pimentel-Quiroz², Cristina Reategui-Sokolova³, Claudia Elera-Fitzcarrald⁴, Erika Noriega⁵, Cesar Pastor-Asurza⁶, Zoila Rodriguez-Bellido⁶, Risto Perich-Campos⁶ and Graciela S Alarcón⁷, ¹Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ²Universidad Cientifica del Sur/Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ³Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud/Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru, ⁴Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud/Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima, Peru, ⁵Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ⁶Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud/Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, ⁷Heersink School of Medicine. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The Lupus Foundation of America Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (LFA-REAL) clinican-reported outcome (ClinRO) correlates well with other disease activity indices such us…
Abstract Number: 2551 • ACR Convergence 2023
Remission and Low Disease Activity (LDA) in Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL): Results from a Large Integrated Analysis
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom¹, Roger A. Levy², Margherita Zen³, Nursen Cetrez¹, Alvaro Gomez⁴, Shereen Oon⁵, Christine Henning⁶, Munther Khamashta⁷, Holly A. Quasny⁸, Deven Chauhan⁹, Anca Askanase¹⁰, Ronald van Vollenhoven¹¹ and Mandana Nikpour¹², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ³University of Padua, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Padua, Italy, ⁴Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Departments of Rheumatology and Medicine, Fitzroy, Australia, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ⁷GSK Gulf, Medical Affairs Department, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Research & Development, Durham, NC, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Value Evidence and Outcomes, Brentford, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center and Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: A key treatment goal in SLE management is the attainment of remission or LDA,1 for which various definitions exist, including “Definitions of Remission in…
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2023
Discovering the Potential of Digital Biomarkers in the Work Process of the Rheumatology Healthcare Professionals, a Design Thinking Approach; Preliminary Results of the Healthcare Professionals Perspective
patty de Groot¹, Jolanda J. Luime¹, Marc r. Kok², marijn vis¹ and ilja Tchetverikov³, ¹Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Albert Sweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: During times of social-distancing, in-person outpatient visits were greatly reduced. Health care professionals (HCPs) were dependent on the patient's reported experience of their disease…
Abstract Number: 0398 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Disease Activity-related miRNAs Through Artificial Neural Network Analysis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Milena Rodriguez Alvarez¹, Lissette Delgado-Cruzata², Anna Tryfonos¹, Nickolas Almodovar², Toni-Ann Bravo² and Naureen Kabani¹, ¹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, ²The City University of New York, John Jay College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is the result of the complex interplay between genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors leading to immune dysregulation, synovial membrane inflammation, and…
Abstract Number: 0554 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Refined Disease Activity Immune Index Informed by Select Immune Mediators That Characterizes Clinical Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Derek Blankenship², Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana³, Joel Guthridge³, Stan Kamp³, Nancy Redinger³, Teresa Aberle³, Eliza Chakravarty³, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yanfeng Li⁵, Hu Zeng⁵, Stephanie Dezzutti⁶, Peter Izmirly⁷, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Diane L. Kamen⁶, Jill Buyon⁸, Judith James³ 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, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease marked by varied disease activity, underscored by complex immune dysregulation, including altered immune mediators and…
Abstract Number: 0933 • ACR Convergence 2023
The ‘Sweet’ in Lupus – IgG Glycosylation in Lupus Nephritis
Rhea Bhargava¹, Rohit Upadhyay², Scott Wenderfer³, Jing Chen² and George Tsokos⁴, ¹Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ²Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) occurs in 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for which we lack biomarkers, and an understanding of its pathogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 1268 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Who Rate Their Global Assessment of Disease Activity Substantially Lower Than Their Physicians (Negative Discordance) Based on a Large RA Database in Japan: A Rare but Important Subgroup
Tetsuji Sawada¹, Susumu Nishiyama², Shohei Yamashita³, Toshihiro Matsui⁴ and Shigeto Tohma⁵, ¹Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan, ²Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, Japan, ³Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku, Japan, ⁴NHO Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁵NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Discordance between patient global assessment (PGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) regarding the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be divided into three…
Abstract Number: 1400 • ACR Convergence 2023
Achieving ASDAS Inactive Disease Status in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sarah Abi Doumeth¹, Omer Pamuk² and Marina Nighat Magrey³, ¹Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: ASDAS-CRP is a composite score that measures disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and is based on patient-reported outcomes and objective measures of inflammation.…
Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2023
Measurement of Sinonasal Disease Activity in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Roger Yang¹, Ellen Romich², Shubhasree Banerjee³, Naomi Amudala³, Peter Merkel³, Joshua Baker³ and Rennie Rhee³, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: In granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), sinonasal inflammation can be severe and significantly impact quality of life. Little is known about the most effective local…
Abstract Number: 2120 • ACR Convergence 2023
Independent and Combined Impact of Interstitial Lung Disease and Airway Disease on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity and Infections
Misaki Yoshida¹, takeshi Zoshima², Ichiro Mizushima² and Mitsuhiro Kawano², ¹Kanazawa University, Fukui, Japan, ²Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: How interstitial lung disease (ILD) and airway disease (AD) independently affect the clinical course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear since previous studies conflated…

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