Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 0725 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sinonasal Symptom Profiles Associated with Disease Activity in an International Cohort of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Rennie Rhee¹, Christine Yeung², Darrin White³, Mary Gibson³, Jessica Nguyen⁴, Cristina Burroughs⁵, Jennifer Gordon⁶, Noam A. Cohen⁴, Jeffrey Morris⁴ and Peter Merkel¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network, Philadelphia, PA, ³². Patient Research Partner, Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁵University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁶Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: Sinus and nasal symptoms are common and associated with a higher risk of relapse in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Previously, our group found…
Abstract Number: 0440 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Painful Truth: Non-Articular Pain’s Impact on Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment after Initiating a new DMARD for Active Disease
Charis Meng¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya muhammad³, Caci Julia⁴, Tuhina Neogi⁵, Marcy Bolster⁶, Wendy Marder⁷, Clifton Bingham⁸ and Yvonne Lee⁹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, MN, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: RA-related pain is typically thought of as pain in the joints. However, non-articular pain (NAP) is also common, persisting in 1/3 of patients with…
Abstract Number: 0199 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain Phenotypes and Social Determinants of Health in Chronic Chikungunya Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abebawork Adem¹, Alfonso Sucerquia², Jose Forero³, Juan Alzate², Larry Moreland⁴, Gary Firestein⁵, Andres Cadena⁶ and Aileen Chang⁷, ¹George Washington University, Washington, DC, DC, ²The George Washington University, Arlington, ³The George Washington University, Arlington, VA, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁶Clinica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, ⁷The George Washington University, Washington
Background/Purpose: Chronic chikungunya arthritis (CCA) is a long-term sequela of chikungunya virus infection marked by persistent pain, disability, and reduced quality of life. While nociplastic,…
Abstract Number: 2430 • ACR Convergence 2025
Disease Activity Independently Correlates with Cognitive Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Steven Beiser¹, Asma Qureshi¹, Komel Safdar², Zachary Orban¹, Mary Carns², Vanessa Manada De Lobos¹, Cecilia Stumpf³, Mohammad Daud Khan¹, Tyler Therron⁴, Anh Chung¹, Katherine Puev¹, Neil Pillai¹, Kathleen Aren⁵, John F Seagrist², Jing Song⁶, Jason Ross¹, Harris R Perlman², Yvonne Lee², Deborah Rachelle Winter⁷, Borna Bonakdarpour¹, Mariam Siddiqui⁸, Laura Arneson², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁹, Lutfiyya muhammad⁹, Mary Mahieu⁹, Irene Blanco¹⁰, Eric Larson¹, Elena Grebenciucova¹ and Carla Marie Cuda², ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ⁴Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, MN, ⁷Northwestern University, Skokie, IL, ⁸Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Northwestern University, Oak Park, IL
Background/Purpose: Mechanisms driving cognitive impairment (CI) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remain poorly understood; conflicting results exist regarding the relationship between CI and disease activity.…
Abstract Number: 2278 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neuroimmune modulation for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results at 12 months from a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Double-Blind Study
John Tesser¹, Angela Crowley², Jane Box³, Joshua June⁴, Pendleton Wickersham⁵, Guillermo Valenzuela⁶, Norman Gaylis⁷, Gordon Lam⁸, Leroy Pacheco⁹, David Ridley¹⁰, Gineth Pinto-Patarroyo¹¹, Stuart Novack¹², Melvin Churchill¹³, Minna Kohler¹⁴, Eric Lee¹⁵, Jose A Pando¹⁶, Glenn R. Parris¹⁷, Jeff Peterson¹⁸, Tina Shah¹⁹, Atul Singhal²⁰, Victoria Vuong²¹, Jeffrey Curtis²² and David Chernoff²³, ¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ²Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Hinsdale Orthopaedics, Hinsdale, IL, ³DJL Clinical Research, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Great Lakes Center of Rheumatology, Lansing, MI, ⁵Arthritis Associates PA, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Specialties, Aventura, FL, ⁸Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Cornelius, NC, ⁹Albuquerque Ctr for Rheumatology, Albuquerque, NM, ¹⁰Saint Paul Rheumatology, Eagan, MN, ¹¹Annapolis Rheumatology, Herndon, VA, ¹²Nuvance Health network, NORWALK, CT, ¹³Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁵Inland Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Medical Group, Upland, CA, ¹⁶Delaware Arthritis, Lewes, DE, ¹⁷PARRIS & ASSOCIATES, Lilburn, GA, ¹⁸Western Washington Arthritis Clinic, Seattle, WA, ¹⁹Kansas City Physician Partners, Kansas City, MO, ²⁰SouthWest Arthritis Research Group, Mesquite, TX, ²¹Long Island Regional Arthritis & Osteoporosis Care, Hicksville, NY, ²²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²³SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: Neuroimmune modulation by electrical stimulation of the left cervical vagus nerve represents a novel treatment option for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We present 12-month efficacy…
Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2025
Classification of Relapses of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis After Two-Years of Treatment with Anti-Interleukin-5/Receptor Therapy
Christian Pagnoux¹, Arnaud Bourdin², Bernhard Hellmich³, Nader Khalidi⁴, David Jackson⁵, David Jayne⁶, Parameswaran Nair⁷, Ulrich Specks⁸, Benjamin Terrier⁹, Lena Börjesson Sjö¹⁰, Priya Jain¹¹, Aadarsh Lal¹², Sofia Necander¹³, Claire Walton¹⁴, Michael Wechsler¹⁵ and Peter Merkel¹⁶, ¹Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, and Canadian Vasculitis Research Network (CanVasc), Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospitals, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, Montpellier, France, ³Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Pneumologie, Nephrologie und Diabetologie, Medius Kliniken, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada, ⁵Guy’s Severe Asthma Centre, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London, and School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Late-stage Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca,, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹¹BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹²Respiratory & Immunology, AstraZeneca, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ¹³Late-stage Respiratory & Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹⁴Late-Stage Respiratory and Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Results from the ongoing open-label extension (OLE) of the MANDARA trial (NCT04157348) have demonstrated the efficacy of two years of anti-interleukin-5/receptor (anti-IL-5/R) therapies in…
Abstract Number: 1472 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characteristics and Predictors of LLDAS in Survivors of Early Active Lupus: Insights from a Decade-Long Cohort
Amirtha Gopalan¹, keerthi vardhan yerram², Mahesh Gaikwad² and Liza rajasekhar³, ¹Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ²Nizams institute of medical sciences, hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, ³Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Background/Purpose: LLDAS is a desirable state in lupus, with ongoing global reports on its durability and outcomes. The relationship between LLDAS, baseline characteristics, and drug…
Abstract Number: 1318 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic Delay in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Impact on Radiographic Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 100,066 Patients
Mohamed Abdelsalam¹, Menat Alla Ayman Ali Mahdy², Bassant Elaraby Elsayed Badwy², Maryam Lasheen³, Omar Sameh Nabil El Sedafy¹, Hadeer Hafez⁴ and Mohamed Reda Awad⁵, ¹Misr University For Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ²Misr University For Science and Technology, Nasr City, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ³Misr University For Science and Technology, Helwan, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁴⁶th October University, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁵Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Timely diagnosis is the cornerstone of effective rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management, with early treatment shown to significantly improve outcomes through a treat-to-target strategy. While…
Abstract Number: 0900 • ACR Convergence 2025
Profiling of Novel Autoantibodies for Prediction of Disease Activity in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Charlotta Preger¹, Maria Aspenberg¹, Metta Berenpas¹, Armita Dwivedi², Juliana Bordignon Draibe³, Peter Nilsson¹, Mark A. Little² and Elisa Pin¹, ¹Department of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Trinity Kidney Centre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Nephrology, Bellvitge University Hospital, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are a heterogenous group systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by necrotizing inflammation of small blood vessels requiring prompt initiation of immunosuppressive treatment…
Abstract Number: 0514 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transitional Monocytes and Innate T Cell Populations Help Distinguish Ro Seropositive vs Ro Seronegative Sjögren’s Disease Using Whole Blood Immunophenotyping
Nicholas Bauer¹, Rufei Lu¹, Carla Guthridge¹, Tayte Stephens², Benjamin Jones³, Wade DeJager⁴, Susan Macwana¹, Caroline Shiboski⁵, Alan Baer⁶, Christopher Lessard¹, Astrid Rasmussen¹, Stephen Shiboski⁵, Judith James¹, Linda F. Thompson¹, Blake M. Warner⁷, A. Darise Farris¹ and Joel Guthridge¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Blood immunophenotyping reveals systemic immune alterations and therapeutically actionable molecular endotypes in Sjögren’s Disease (SjD). Reported changes include reduced memory B cells, plasmacytoid dendritic…
Abstract Number: 0439 • ACR Convergence 2025
Osteoarthritis and Other Degenerative Musculoskeletal Disorders Are Common and Often Associated with Active Inflammation in Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Cohort
Blanche QUERE¹, Grégoire CORMIER², LE GOFF Benoit³ and Adrien LE PLUART⁴, ¹CHU de Nantes, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France, ²Centre Hospitalier département de Vendée, La Roche Sur Yon, France, ³CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁴CHU Nantes, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in therapeutic strategies, a subset of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) continues to experience persistent symptoms. In 2022, the EULAR proposed a…
Abstract Number: 0191 • ACR Convergence 2025
Advanced therapy use in RA patients with moderate disease activity in a large NHS Foundation Trust in South London, UK
Aoibhinn Kelly¹, Maddalena Rupnik², Nasra Ahmed¹, Mrinalini Dey³ and Elena Nikiphorou⁴, ¹King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Moderate disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is defined as a 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28) of 3.2-5.1(MDAS). As per the National Institute for Health…
Abstract Number: 2423 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Diagnostic Delays in Pediatric Lupus Patients
Michaela Harter¹, Rebecca Hetrick², James Slaven³ and Martha Rodriguez⁴, ¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Zionsville, IN, ³Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, ⁴Riley Hospital For Children At Indiana University, Carmel, IN
Background/Purpose: Early recognition and treatment of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) improves outcomes and prevents disease-related mortality. This study examines the contributions of clinical factors…
Abstract Number: 2263 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparison of a Patient-Reported Disease Activity Measure with Physician-Based Indices in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Nigeria
Uchechukwu Tralagba¹, Courage Uhunmwangho², Olufemi Adelowo³, Henry Nwankwo⁴, Dasetima Altraide¹, Ejiehi Aigbokhan⁵, Ako Itam⁶, Omokhowa Asekhame⁴ and Hakeem Olaosebikan³, ¹University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria, ²Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria, ³Lagos state university teaching hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, ⁴Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria, ⁵University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin, Edo, Nigeria, ⁶University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of synovial joints with extra articular manifestations. Disease activity indices in Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1679 • ACR Convergence 2025
Does First-Line b- or tsDMARDs Choice Influence Progression to Difficult-to-Treat Rhumatoid arthritis? Insights from our longitudinal RA UCLouvain Brussels cohort
Cécile VAN MULLEM¹, Francesco NATALUCCI¹, Stéphanie DIERCKX¹, Aleksandra AVRAMOVSKA¹, Tatiana SOKOLOVA² and Patrick Durez¹, ¹Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Belgium, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has markedly advanced, enabling the achievement of disease control and remission. Nevertheless, a proportion of patients remains refractory…

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