Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 0622 • ACR Convergence 2024
Translation, Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score (SLE-DAS) Version: Partial Results from a Single Centre
Clarice Mata Machado, Cristina Lanna, Juliana Garrido, Fabiana Moura and Rosa Telles, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Background/Purpose: In recent years, several indices of disease activity in SLE have been proposed. The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score (SLE-DAS) showed a high…
Abstract Number: 0845 • ACR Convergence 2024
Weight Loss, Disease Activity, and Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with Musculoskeletal and Autoimmune Diseases Taking Weight Loss Therapies
Thomas Riley¹, Kristin Wipfler², Katherine Wysham³, Michael George⁴, Kaleb Michaud⁵ and Joshua Baker⁴, ¹Hopsital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: With the popularity of medication-assisted weight loss, the current study seeks to characterize the association of weight loss, disease activity, and patient reported outcomes…
Abstract Number: 1295 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Qualitative Survey of Internal Medicine Residents’ Understanding of Appropriate ANA Testing: An 11-Year Update Since the ‘Choosing Wisely’ Campaign
Arushika Yedla¹, Wei Tang², Jaspreet Bhatti², Kyu-In Lee³ and James Miceli³, ¹Westchester Medical Center, White Plains, NY, ²Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, ³Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: ANA testing is recommended when there is a reasonable clinical suspicion for systemic autoimmune disease. Testing in the setting of low pre-test probability, however,…
Abstract Number: 1368 • ACR Convergence 2024
Do CsDMARDs Still Play a Significant Role in Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Current Biologic/JAKI Era? A Prospective Observational Study to Estimate the Extent of Response to Conventional Synthetic DMARDs in RA– Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in South India
Prabhu Vasanth¹, John Mathew² and Divya K³, ¹Christian Medical college , Vellore , India, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, ²Christian Medical college , Vellore , India, Vellore, India, ³Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Background/Purpose: Conventional synthetic DMARDs remained the mainstay of treatment of RA for decades. However, their use has decreased recently due to the emergence of biological…
Abstract Number: 1591 • ACR Convergence 2024
Domains and Outcome Measures for the Assessment of Digital Vasculopathy and Raynaud Phenomenon in Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review
Valerio maniscalco¹, Simone Appenzeller², Jennifer lemon³, Lucy stead⁴, Natalia Vasquez Canizares⁵, Gabriele Simonini⁶, Suzanne Li⁷ and Clare Pain⁸, and IJOG study, ¹Santo Stefano Hospital; Meyer Children Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Toscana, Italy, ²Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil, ³Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, ⁴Liverpool University, Liverpool, ⁵Children's Hospital at Montefiore; Albert Einstein College of Medicine;, New York, NY, ⁶Meyer Children Hospital IRCCS; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ⁸Alderhey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an orphan autoimmune disease that primary affect the vascular system determining multiple organ damage and reducing quality of life…
Abstract Number: 1883 • ACR Convergence 2024
Psoriatic Arthritis Flare Incidence, Definitions and Risk Factors: A Systematic Review
Batoul Hojeij¹, Gonul Hazal Koc², Jolanda Luime¹, Marijn Vis¹, Marc R. Kok³ and Ilja Tchetverikov⁴, ¹Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ³Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Combined assessment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) flare incidence and risk factors has not been conducted before, leading to challenges in effective flare management, especially…
Abstract Number: 2246 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety and Efficacy of Cannabidiol in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Phase 1B Pilot Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial
Veena Ranganath¹, Holly Wilhalme², Nicolette Morris³, Jenny Brook², Mihaela Taylor¹, Howard Yang¹, Tanaz Kermani⁴, Thanda Aung², Brian Skaggs¹, David Elashoff⁵ and ziva Cooper⁶, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA, ⁵UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, ⁶UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Dept of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: There is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and remission rates vary greatly 10-60%; thus, there is an unmet need for safe adjunctive therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 2396 • ACR Convergence 2024
PROMISing Outcomes: Understanding the Concordance Between Provider-assessment and Patient-reported Disease Activity in SLE
Anna Korogodina¹, Erin Sundel¹, Yaroslav Markov², Vasileios Kyttaris³, Julianne O'Connell¹ and Suzanne Krishfield¹, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, ³BIDMC, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: SLE-related outcomes are traditionally assessed by clinician-derived measures. However, these assessments often do not fully capture how patients experience their disease. We assessed the alignment…
Abstract Number: 0232 • ACR Convergence 2024
Subjective and Objective Measures of Disease Activity in Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Baseline and Follow-up After an Advanced Therapy: An Ultrasound Study
Seyyid Bilal Acikgoz¹, Ricardo Sabido-Sauri², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Ummugulsum Gazel², Sylvia Sangwa⁴, Elliot Hepworth² and Sibel Aydin⁵, ¹University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In the era of several advanced therapies and an increasing number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have been failed by multiple therapies,…
Abstract Number: 0534 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient Reported Outcomes and Disease Activity from a Phase 1 Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alexandre Matar¹, Maya Breitman², Tracey Bonfield³, Maricela Haghiac⁴, Jane Reese³, Emma Barnboym⁵, Steven Lewis⁶, Hillard Lazarus⁷ and Nora Singer⁸, ¹MetroHealth, Westlake, OH, ²MetroHealth Medical Center,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ⁵The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Case Western University, MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ⁸MetroHealth System at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem (stromal) cells (MSCs) constitute an emerging therapeutic strategy for several human diseases. Small non-randomized studies have shown that MSCs may be a…
Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2024
Select Patient Reported Outcome Measure Domains Enhance Immune Mediator Based Indexes That Inform Flare Risk and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana³, Joel Guthridge⁴, Stan Kamp³, Nancy Redinger³, Teresa Aberle⁴, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yanfeng Li⁵, hu Zeng⁵, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Judith James⁴ and Eldon Jupe², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: We have recently validated a plasma Lupus Flare Risk Index (L-FRI; Munroe et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024. 83 [Supp 1]: 402) and Lupus…
Abstract Number: 0850 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of Correlation Between Composite Ultrasonographic Index (ECODAS) and Disease Activity Score 28 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Komal Verma Saluja¹, Harshvardhan Khokhar², Amit Sharma³ and Saurabh Chittora², ¹Government Medical college Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India, ²Government Medical college Kota, Kota, India, ³Fortis hospital Jaipur, Jaipur, India
Background/Purpose: Conventional Disease Activity Score 28 has variable sensitivity, subjectivity, inherent bias due to certain variables such as more weightage to joint tenderness and overestimation…
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…

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