Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2556 • ACR Convergence 2023
End-of-Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Beset by Increased Flares and Higher Treatment Burden: Data from a Prospective Large Multinational Cohort
Jiacai Cho¹, Liang Shen², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake³, Vera Golder³, Worawit Louthrenoo⁴, Yi-Hsing Chen⁵, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁶, Shue-Fen Luo⁷, Yeong-Jian J Wu⁸, Leonid Zamora⁹, Zhanguo Li¹⁰, Sargunan Sockalingam¹¹, Yasuhiro Katsumata¹², Masayoshi Harigai¹², Yanjie Hao¹³, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁴, BMDB Basnayake¹⁵, Madelynn Chan¹⁶, Jun Kikuchi¹⁷, Tsutomu Takeuchi¹⁸, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁹, Shereen Oon²⁰, Sean O’Neill²¹, Fiona Goldblatt²², Kristine Ng²³, Annie Law²⁴, Nicola Tugnet²⁵, Sunil Kumar²⁶, Cherica Tee²⁷, Michael Tee²⁷, Naoaki Ohkubo²⁸, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁸, Sandra Navarra⁹, Chak Sing Lau²⁹, Alberta Hoi³⁰, Mandana Nikpour³¹, Eric Morand³² and Aisha Lateef³³, ¹National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Clayton, Australia, ⁴Chiang Mai University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁵Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁶Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bandung, Indonesia, ⁷Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁸Chang Gung University, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan, ⁹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines, ¹⁰Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹¹University of Malaya, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹²Tokyo Women's Medical University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³The University of Melbourne Department of Medicine at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁴Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ¹⁵Division of Nephrology, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Adelaide, Australia, ¹⁶Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁷Keio University, Keio, Japan, ¹⁸Keio University School of Medicine and Saitama Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Department of Rheumatology, Seoul, South Korea, ²⁰Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, ²²Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²³Waitemata DHB, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Singapore General Hospital; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁵Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁶Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁷University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, ²⁸University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁹University of Hong Kong, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ³¹The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia, ³²Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ³³National University Hospital, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: SLE patients suffer high symptom burden at the end-of-life. However, the course of disease and treatment burden in the last year of life have…
Abstract Number: 0189 • ACR Convergence 2023
Influence of Social Support on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Outcomes in a Health Disparity Population
Sarah Smith, Chloe Mattila, Lori Ann Ueberroth, L. Quinnette King, Diane L. Kamen, Paula Ramos and bethany wolf, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: SLE disproportionately impacts African American women. Social support may have a positive impact in SLE and as such could potentially reduce disease burden. However,…
Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-World Effectiveness of Upadacitinib in Patients with Moderate/Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis: 6-Month Data from the Observational UPHOLD Study
Andrew Östör¹, Eugen Feist², Prodromos Sidiropoulos³, Jérôme Avouac⁴, Martin Rebella⁵, Rajaie Namas⁶, Bruno Frediani⁷, Song-Chou Hsieh⁸, Tianming Gao⁹, Nasser Khan¹⁰, Sander Strengholt¹¹, Ivan Lagunes-Galindo¹⁰ and Susan Attar¹², ¹Monash University & Emeritus Research; Australian National University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Helios Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ³Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ⁴Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre – Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República; Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, MUCAM, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁶Medical Subspecialties Institute, Division of Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁷Santa Maria alle Scotte General Hospital, Siena, Italy, ⁸National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁹AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety, AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹¹AbbVie B.V., Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹²King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of upadacitinib (UPA), an oral reversible Janus kinase inhibitor, have been shown in patients (pts) with moderate/severe RA in the…
Abstract Number: 0575 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Real-World Utility of a Lupus Activity Monitoring Panel in the United States Community Rheumatologist Practice
Andrew Concoff¹, Laura Moore-Schiltz², Vijay Nadipelli³, Tyler O'Malley¹, Karen Worley⁴, Allison Petrilla², Debra Zach¹, Scott B. Robinson², Sara Taiyari⁵, Barton Jones² and Bernard Rubin⁶, ¹Exagen, Vista, CA, ²Inovalon, Bowie, MD, ³GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, US Value Evidence and Outcomes, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline, US Medical Affairs and Immuno-inflammation, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with active SLE have periods of uncontrolled disease activity that are associated with a greater risk for developing irreversible organ damage. Current standard…
Abstract Number: 0974 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of Boolean 2.0 Criteria for Assessing Remission and Predicting Quality of Life in Korean Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Targeted Therapy
Soo-Kyung Cho¹, Yeo-Jin Song¹, Jungyong Han², Hye Won Kim³, Eunwoo Nam³ and Yoon-Kyoung Sung¹, ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Hanyang University Institute for Rheumatology Research, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focuses on achieving remission as a treatment goal. The updated ACR/EULAR remission definition (Boolean criteria 2.0) has raised…
Abstract Number: 1276 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multimorbidity Burden Predicts Lower Likelihood of Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cynthia Crowson, Chanakya Kodishala, Tina Gunderson, Atkinson Elizabeth, Vanessa Kronzer, John Davis, Courtney Arment, Delamo Bekele, Thomas Mason, Lynne Peterson, Kerry Wright and Elena Myasoedova, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Seropositivity has historically been associated with poor disease outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seronegative RA is on the rise and is associated…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Disease Activity on Functional Impairment in Patients with Spondyloarthritis Is Different According to the Degree of Radiographic Progression: Result from SNUH-AS Cohort
Ji In Jung¹, Ju Yeon Kim², Jin Kyun Park³, Eun Young Lee³, Eun Bong Lee² and Jun Won Park², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Although previous studies suggested that physical functioning is largely driven by disease activity in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), its relationship to radiographic progression has…
Abstract Number: 1672 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of COVID-19 Vaccinations with Flares of Systemic Rheumatic Disease: A Case-Crossover Study
Genna Braverman¹, Medha Barbhaiya², Minerva Nong¹, Vivian Bykerk³, Nathaniel Hupert⁴, Colby Lewis V⁴ and Lisa Mandl², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Fear of flare contributes to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD). Accurately ascertaining post-vaccine SRD flares and differentiating them from…
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…

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