Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2058 • ACR Convergence 2025
Organ-specific disease activity and serological patterns in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A descriptive study in a Hispanic cohort
valeria cantu¹, Emmanuel Dominguez-Chapa², Rebeca L. Polina-Lugo¹, Ana Cecilia Bardan Inchaustegui³, fernanda m. garcia-Carrillo⁴, Ericka S. Reyna-Hernandez⁵, Daniela A. Mejia-Rodriguez⁵, Rosa Arvizu-Rivera⁶, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza⁷, Miguel Villarreal-Alarcón⁸ and Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ²Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ³Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González" UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁶Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁷Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁸Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are rare diseases that involve chronic muscle inflammation, weakness, and pain. Autoantibodies in IIM play a central role in disease…
Abstract Number: 1499 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of Proteinuria Flares in Biopsy Positive Lupus Nephritis
Michelle Petri¹, Andrea Fava², Daniel Goldman¹ and Laurence Magder³, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Over 20% of lupus nephritis (LN) patients progress to end stage kidney disease. One of the most important predictors is renal flare.Methods: The analysis…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effectiveness of new initiators of tofacitinib and other biologic/targeted synthetic DMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Katherine Liao¹, Chandrasekar Gopalakrishnan², Jinoos Yazdany³, Griffith Bell⁴, Suraj Mothi⁵, Genevieve Gauthier⁶, Arne Yndestad⁷ and Milena Gianfrancesco⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ²OM¹ Inc, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, Boston, MA, ⁵OM¹ Inc, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁶Pfizer Canada ULC, Kirkland, QC, Canada, Montreal, Canada, ⁷Pfizer Inc, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Though the efficacy and safety profile of tofacitinib in RA has been established in prior trials, the effectiveness of tofacitinib in routine care settings…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cervical Cancer and HPV Screening in Women with Lupus vs Healthy Control Group: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Referral Center
Mahnoor Javed¹, Deepak Jagannath², Alma Aveytia Camacho³, Alwyn Mathew³, Konrad Harms³, Soudabeh Daliri³ and Myriam Guevara⁴, ¹Houston Methodist, Richmond, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Sugar Land, TX, ³Houston Methodist, Houston, ⁴Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Women with SLE are at an increased risk of developing cervical cancer, primarily by human papillomavirus (HPV) and immunosuppression. This elevated risk has been…
Abstract Number: 0778 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical significance of non-infectious increased procalcitonin in Still’s disease: A predictor of macrophage activation syndrome
Erdem Bektas¹, Burcu Ceren Uludogan², Büşra Fırlatan Yazgan³, Ozgur Can Kilinc⁴, Beste Acar⁴, Oguzhan Omer Kizilkaya⁴, Aysenur Yilmaz⁵, Busra Yuce⁶, serdal Ugurlu⁷, Umut Kalyoncu³, Timucin Kasifoglu² and Cemal Bes⁸, ¹Istanbul University, Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Immunology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁸University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Still's disease (SD) is a autoinflammatory disease (AID) characterized by a wide range of clinical manifestations and can exhibit life-threatening macrophage activation syndrome (MAS).…
Abstract Number: 0443 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between pan-immune-inflammation and synovitis as assessed by ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis
Elvira E Aguilar-Oliva¹, Luis M Amezcua-Guerra², ismael valenzuela³, Carina Soto-Fajardo⁴, Karina Arias⁵, Alejandra Espinosa⁶, Carlos Pineda⁴ and Luis H Silveira⁷, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, TLALPAN, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico city, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, TLALPAN, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁴National Rehabilitation Institute " Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra ", Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Tlalpan, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ⁶National Rehabilitation Institute " Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra ", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The pan-immune-inflammation value (PIV) is a novel composite biomarker derived from blood count parameters, reflecting the systemic balance of immune-inflammatory activity. Although it has…
Abstract Number: 0221 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Multimodal Intervention Improves the Quantity and Quality of Disease Activity Measures Collection in a Multi-Centered National Rheumatoid Arthritis Network
Grant Cannon¹, Beth Wallace², Deana Lazaro³, Pascale Schwab⁴, Paul Monach⁵, Ankoor Shah⁶, Gail Kerr⁷, Andreas Reimold⁸, Joshua Baker⁹, Gary Kunkel¹⁰, Katherine Wysham¹¹, Liron Caplan¹², John Richards¹³, Aleksander Lenert¹⁴, Andrew Jones¹⁵, Ted Mikuls¹⁶, Maria I. ("Maio") Danila¹⁷, Bryant England¹⁶, Brian Sauer¹⁸, Jorge Rojas¹⁹ and Isaac Smith²⁰, ¹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³VA New York Harbor Healthcare system, Short Hills, NJ, ⁴VA Portland and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁵VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁶Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁷Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁸Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ¹²Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC, Aurora, CO, ¹³Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁵VA Saint Louis and Washington University, Saint Louis, ¹⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁸Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁹VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ²⁰Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Clinical guidelines recommend the use of disease activity measures (DAMs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Measurement of DAMs is also a critical component of…
Abstract Number: 2564 • ACR Convergence 2025
An illustration-based patient-reported outcome measure reveals concealed symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the factor contributing to the discrepancy between patient and evaluator global assessments
Mie Fusama¹, Hideko Nakahara², Megumi Okada³, Kayoko Sakagami⁴, Ikuyo Noguchi⁵, Harumi Matsumura⁶, Hiroaki Ito⁴, Kosaku Oda⁵, Yoshitaka Shinto³, Kenshi Higami⁶, Satomi Higami⁶ and Tetsuya Tomita⁷, ¹Kansai University of International Studies, Miki, Japan, ²Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, ³Shinto Orthopaedics and Rheumatology Clinic, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Infusion Clinic, Osaka, Japan, ⁵Oda Orthopedic Surgery Rheumatology Clinic, Nishinomiya, Japan, ⁶Higami Clinic of Rheumatology and Diabetology, Kashihara, Japan, ⁷Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: RA patients frequently encounter challenges in effectively communicating their symptoms to medical professionals. Recently, the “Okomarigoto Sheet” (OS), an illustration-based patient-reported outcome measure for…
Abstract Number: 2292 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety and Humoral Response to Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in immunosuppressed Sjögren’s Disease Patients: Results From a Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Study
Sandra G Pasoto¹, Talita Ribeiro², Nadia Emi Aikawa³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Bruno Borges², Andre Franco⁴, Henrique Silva², Eloisa Bonfa⁵ and Clovis Artur Silva⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressed Sjögren’s disease (SjD) patients are at increased risk of herpes zoster (HZ). Despite this vulnerability, data on safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant…
Abstract Number: 1973 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating the Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Integration on Patient Care Outcomes in a Private Rheumatology Clinic
Madana Kamineni¹, Janelle Vircks¹, Jessica Lynton¹, Clarisse Purvis¹ and Brittany Panico², ¹Optum, Gilbert, AZ, ²Summit Rheumatology, Gilbert, AZ
Background/Purpose: Existing data demonstrate that clinical pharmacist integration in rheumatology clinics improves provider satisfaction, patient outcomes, medication adherence, and RAPID-3 (Routine Assessment of Patient Index…
Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing the 0-10 Physician Global Assessment Scale to Categorical Disease Activity States among Pediatric Patients with SLE
Livie Timmerman¹, Melissa Mannion² and Emily Smitherman², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: The Physician Global Assessment (PGA) is used to measure disease activity on a 0–10 scale for many pediatric rheumatic conditions. However, the thresholds at…
Abstract Number: 1332 • ACR Convergence 2025
Mid‐Infrared Spectroscopy for Enhanced Diagnosis of Rheumatic Diseases
Gilad Halpert¹, Yair Dankner², Eri Govrin¹, Abdulla Watad³, Omer Gendelman¹, Shlomo Segev¹, Yehuda Shoenfeld¹ and Howard Amital¹, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramar Gan, Israel, ³Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: Spectral analysis of liquid biopsies has recently emerged as a promising, non-invasive approach to improve the diagnosis of various pathologies. Our objective was to…
Abstract Number: 1028 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhanced Assessment of Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Progression Using cDAPSA plus the Contrast of Patient Reported Pain and Global Assessment versus Joint Counts
Ning Meng¹, Scott Zeger², John Miller¹, Uzma Haque³, Thomas Grader-Beck⁴, Laura Hummers⁵, Clifton Bingham¹, Ami Shah⁵, Ana-Maria Orbai⁶ and Ji Soo Kim⁷, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Reisterstown, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The clinical Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (cDAPSA) score is widely used to assess PsA disease activity and its trajectory. cDAPSA sums four measures:…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS-DAI)
Kevin Byram¹, Herman Mann², Danielle Hammond³, Sinisa Savic⁴, Yohei Kirino⁵, Carmelo Gurnari⁶, Mael Heiblig⁷, Thibault Comont⁸, Arsène Mekinian⁹, Mrinal Patnaik¹⁰, Lachelle D. Weeks¹¹, Gary Ho¹², Onima Chowdhury¹³, Adam Al-Hakim¹⁴, Scott Goldberg¹⁵, Marcela ferrada¹⁶, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁷, Peter Grayson¹⁸, Emma Groarke¹⁹, Bhavisha Patel²⁰, Megan Sullivan²¹, Sarah A. Buckley²², Bryan G. harder²², Sandra Goble²², Matthew Koster¹⁰ and David Beck²³, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Praha ², Czech Republic, ³The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁶Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Translational Hematology and Oncology Research Department, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Clevland, OH, Rome, Italy, ⁷Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Paris and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Toulouse Institut Universitaire du Cancer Toulouse Oncopole, Toulouse, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ¹²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY, ¹³Oxford University Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine,, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁶University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁷Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ¹⁸National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ¹⁹National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²⁰National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Beltsville, MD, ²¹Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ²²Sobi Inc., Waltham, MA, ²³Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: VEXAS syndrome is a recently described severe disease characterized by a complex overlap of inflammatory and hematologic features. Due to the severity and refractory…
Abstract Number: 0441 • ACR Convergence 2025
Charting the Course of Worsening: Utilizing Standard Outcomes to Define Worsening for Pathophysiological Insights into RA
Charis Meng¹, Caci Julia², Kelsey Gripp², Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Yvonne Lee³, Susan J. Bartlett⁴, Clifton Bingham⁵ and Vivian Bykerk¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: RA disease worsening contributes to joint damage and cardiovascular disease. While measures of improvement are established in RA, we do not have uniform definitions…

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