Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1495 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Does Body Mass Index Affect Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes and Safety in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis? – Real World Data from a German Observational Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Jan Brandt-Juergens², Peter Kästner³, Elke Riechers⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵, Christina Budden⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ³Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁴Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Medizinische Klinik II - Rheumatologie/Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Obesity is a risk factor for worse overall health in people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)1. The German non-interventional study AQUILA provides real-world data in…
Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2022
Combined Orbital and Cranial Vessel Wall MRI for Diagnosis and Longitudinal Monitoring of Giant Cell Arteritis
Rennie Rhee, Shubhasree Banerjee, Vatsal Bhatt, Madhura Tamhankar, Quy Cao, Naomi Amudala, Sherry Chou, Morgan Burke, Laurie Loevner, Peter Merkel and Jae Song, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: In giant cell arteritis (GCA), there is a critical need to identify patients at risk for vision loss ("ocular GCA"). MRI evaluates neurovascular anatomy…
Abstract Number: 2043 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Does Isolated Anti-Ro52 Antibody Positivity Mean in Sjögren’s Syndrome?
Eléonore Bettacchioli¹, Alain Saraux², Alice Tison³, Divi CORNEC⁴, Maryvonne Dueymes¹, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme⁵ and Valerie Devauchelle⁶, ¹Immunology and Immunotherapy Laboratory, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ²CHU Brest, Brest, France, ³Rheumatology Department, CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁴CHRU Brest, Brest, France, ⁵Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ⁶Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a triad of dryness, pain and fatigue in affected patients. Its diagnosis is…
Abstract Number: 2229 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultrasound Localization Microscopy as a New Tool for Takayasu’s Arteritis Activity Assessment, a Deep Insight Within Carotid Wall Inflammation
Guillaume Goudot¹, Anatole Jimenez², Nassim Mohamedi³, jonas Sitruk³, Lina Khider¹, Hélène Mortelette³, Clément Papadacci², Fabien Hyafil⁴, Mickaël Tanter², Emmanuel Messas¹, Mathieu Pernot² and Tristan Mirault¹, ¹Vascular medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U970 PARCC, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM U1273, ESPCI Paris, CNRS FRE 2031, PSL Research University, Paris, France, ³Vascular medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Nuclear medicine department, Georges Pompidou European hospital, APHP, Universite Paris Cite, INSERM U970 PARCC, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Use of sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles (MB) with ultrasound allow to assess arterial wall vascularization through signal enhancement. The use of ultrafast imaging with MB…
Abstract Number: 0331 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-dsDNA Antibodies by Multiplex Flow Immunoassay and Critihidia Luciliae Assays in NYU Lupus Registry: Discordance, Association with Nephritis, and Disease Flare Predictive Value
Devyn Zaminski¹, Amit Saxena¹, Peter Izmirly², Jill Buyon² and H Michael Belmont¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE is characterized by autoantibody production. The most common lupus-specific serology is the anti-dsDNA antibody (anti-DNA). Traditionally, anti-DNA is measured by an enzyme immunoassay…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cellworks Biosimulation Model (CBM) for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Accurately Captures Patient’s Disease Activity at the Molecular Level Using Their Omics Data and Can Bring Personalization to Treatment Selection in RA
Himanshu Grover¹, Ansu Kumar¹, Anushua Chakraborty¹, Susheel George Chandy¹, Vivek Patil¹, Swati Khandelwal¹, Vishwas Joseph¹, Deepak Anil Lala¹, Prashant Ramachandran Nair¹, Karthik Sundara Raju¹, Kunal Ghosh Roy¹, Shahabuddin Usmani¹, Aftab Alam¹, Swaminathan Rajagopalan¹, Yatin Mundkur¹ and Andrew Concoff², ¹Cellworks Group Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²United Rheumatology, Hauppauge, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA demonstrate varied individual responses to the many treatment options available. In the absence of accurate, precision prediction of medication response, current…
Abstract Number: 0930 • ACR Convergence 2022
Delayed Response to Methotrexate Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Folic Acid Supplementation
Alberto Sulli, Tamara Vojinovic, Lercara Adriano, Emanuele Gotelli, sabrina Paolino, Alessandri Elisa and Maurizio Cutolo, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: MTX is the first line conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and folic acid (FA) supplementation is frequently co-prescribed…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2022
Relationships Between Work Productivity, Activity Impairment, and Select Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Post Hoc Analysis of Two Placebo-Controlled Trials
Marina Magrey¹, James Cheng-Chung WEI², Arne Yndestad³, Andrew Bushmakin⁴, Joseph Cappelleri⁴, Oluwaseyi Dina⁵ and Atul Deodhar⁶, ¹Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Richfield, OH, ²Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ³Pfizer Inc, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ⁶Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with AS often experience impaired work productivity.1 In pts with AS receiving tofacitinib (oral Janus kinase inhibitor), improvements were observed in work…
Abstract Number: 1497 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Does Time to Diagnosis and Gender Affect Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Psoriatic Arthritis? – Real World Data from a German Observational Study with Secukinumab
Karolina Benesova¹, Oliver Hansen², Uta Kiltz³, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁴, Peter Kästner⁵, Elke Riechers⁶, Daniel Peterlik⁷, Christina Budden⁷, Annika Boas⁷, Stefanie Welle⁷ and Hans-Peter Tony⁸, ¹University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ²Medizinische Abteilung V - Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum, Heidelberg, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁶Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁸Medizinische Klinik II - Rheumatologie/Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In both, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), women typically have a longer delay in diagnosis.1,2 There is scientific evidence that prognosis for…
Abstract Number: 1667 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pre-existing Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Cancer Treatment: A Comparative Cohort Study Investigating RA Flare and Mortality
Kaitlin McCarter¹, Taylor Wolfgang¹, Senada Arabelovic¹, Xiaosong Wang¹, Kazuki Yoshida¹, Emily Banasiak¹, Grace Qian¹, Emily Kowalski¹, Kathleen Vanni¹, Nicole LeBoeuf¹, Elizabeth Buchbinder¹, Lydia Gedmintas¹, Lindsey MacFarlane¹, Deepak Rao¹, Nancy Shadick¹, Ellen Gravallese² and Jeffrey Sparks³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: For patients with pre-existing RA, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for cancer treatment may trigger RA flares or other immune-related adverse events. Underlying altered immunity…
Abstract Number: 2064 • ACR Convergence 2022
Trajectories of Disease Activity in a Longitudinal Registry of Pediatric SLE
Siobhan Case¹, Larry Hill², Anne Dennos³, Thomas Phillips⁴, Laura Schanberg⁵, Emily von Scheven⁶, Andrea Knight⁷, Aimee Hersh⁸ and Mary Beth F. Son⁹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁶University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) is associated with significant morbidity and multiorgan dysfunction. Single-center studies have described disease activity and damage trajectories for pSLE,…
Abstract Number: 2274 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Disease Flare Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases – Results from the Physician-Reported EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) Registry
Bayram Farisoğulları¹, Saskia Lawson-Tovey², Kimme Hyrich³, Laure Gossec⁴, Loreto Carmona⁵, Anja Strangfeld⁶, Elsa Mateus⁷, Martin Schaefer⁸, Ana Maria Rodrigues⁹, Eric Hachulla¹⁰, Jose A Gomez-Puerta¹¹, Marta Mosca¹², Patrick Durez¹³, Ludovic Trefond¹⁴, Tiphaine Goulenok¹⁵, Martina Cornalba¹⁶, Emoke Šteňová¹⁷, Inita Bulina¹⁸, Eva Strakova¹⁹, Julija Zepa²⁰, Nicolas Roux²¹, Olivier Brocq²², Viellard Eric²³, Bernd Raffeiner²⁴, Gerd Burmester²⁵, Xavier Mariette²⁶ and Pedro Machado²⁷, ¹Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ²Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK AND National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁵Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ⁶Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷EULAR, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Reuma.pt, Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰University of Lille, LILLE, France, ¹¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁴Université Clermont Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, INSERM U1071, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹⁵APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁶Dipartimento di Reumatologia e Scienze Mediche, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia, ¹⁸Center of Rheumatology, Paul Stradins Clinical University hospital, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty Hospital Prešov, Presov, Slovakia, ²⁰Riga Stradins University, Latvia, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Centre of Rheumatology, Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia, ²¹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Robert Schuman, Metz, France, ²²Rheumatology- CH Princesse Grace, Monaco, Monaco, ²³Private practice, St. Malo, France, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ²⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁶Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ²⁷University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To investigate the frequency and factors associated with disease flare following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in people with inflammatory/autoimmune rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMD).Methods: The…
Abstract Number: 0065 • ACR Convergence 2021
Altered Expression of Several miRNAs in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients with High Disease Activity
Jiri Baloun¹, Kristyna Bubova¹, Aneta Pekacova¹, Monika Gregova², Sarka Forejtova¹, Jana Horinkova¹, Michal Tomcik³, Jindriska Gatterova¹, Jiri Vencovsky¹, Karel Pavelka³ and Ladislav Senolt³, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Rheumatology Institute Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in various disorders, including immune mediated inflammatory diseases. Therefore, we studied relationship between miRNA…
Abstract Number: 0359 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient Journey with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Critical Issues from the Patient Perspective. Results from the European Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (EMAS)
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera¹, Denis Poddubnyy², Christine Bundy³, Laura Christen⁴, Raj Mahapatra⁵, Souzi Makri⁶, Carlos Jesús Delgado-Domínguez⁷, Sergio Sanz-Gomez⁷, Pedro Plazuelo-Ramos⁸ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁹, ¹Health & Territory Research (HTR), University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ³Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Axial Spondyloarthritis International Federation (ASIF), London, United Kingdom, ⁶Cyprus League Against Rheumatism (CYPLAR), Limassol, Cyprus, ⁷Health & Territory Research (HTR), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, ⁸Spanish Federation of Spondyloarthritis Associations (CEADE), Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The journey of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) for most patients is slow and arduous. The goal of this analysis is to assess the journey to…
Abstract Number: 0757 • ACR Convergence 2021
Different Versions of the Patient Global Question in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Does It Really Matter? – Results of a Multi-center Observational Study
Paul Studenic¹, Aliaksandra Baranskaya², Stanley Cohen³, Nancy Shadick⁴, Christine Iannaccone⁵, Maria Dahl Mjaavatten⁶, Elisabeth Lie⁷, Tore Kvien⁸, Josef Smolen⁹, Daniel Aletaha¹⁰ and Helga Radner⁹, ¹Karolinska Institute; & Medical University of Vienna, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Topsfield, MA, ⁶Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Haslum, Norway, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁸Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: The patient global assessment (PGA), typically assessed as 'Considering all of the ways your arthritis has affected you, how do you feel your arthritis…

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