Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 2654 • ACR Convergence 2025
Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis
Ellen Romich¹, Alexis Ogdie², Alisa Stephens Shields², Peter Merkel², Jessica Alvey³, Shervin Assassi⁴, Elana Bernstein⁵, Sonali Bracken⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Jessica Gordon¹¹, Faye Hant¹², Monica Harding¹³, Laura Hummers¹⁴, Dinesh Khanna¹⁵, Kimberly Lakin¹¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹³, Yiming Luo⁵, Ashima Makol¹⁶, Maureen Mayes¹⁷, Zsuzsanna McMahan¹⁸, Jerry Molitor¹⁹, Duncan Moore²⁰, Carrie Richardson²¹, Ami Shah¹⁴, Ankoor Shah²², Brian Skaug²³, Virginia Steen²⁴, John VanBuren¹³, Elizabeth Volkmann²⁵, Carleigh Zahn¹⁵ and Nora Sandorfi², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Utah Data Coordinating Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁵Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁶Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA, Apex, NC, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁷UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ¹⁸UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²⁰Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²²Duke University, Durham, NC, ²³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²⁴Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: To determine the frequency and extent of discordance between patient and physician global assessments of disease in early systemic sclerosis and identify factors associated…
Abstract Number: 2347 • ACR Convergence 2025
Bimekizumab Treatment Resulted in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Maintaining Their Clinical Responses Over 3 Years: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies and Their Open-Label Extension
Fabian Proft¹, Désirée Van Der Heijde², Sergio Schwartzman³, Vanessa Taieb⁴, Sarah Kavanagh⁵, Gaëlle Varkas⁶, Victoria Navarro-Compan⁷ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁸, ¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴UCB, Colombes, France, ⁵UCB, Morrisville, NC, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease which requires optimal management.1 In clinical trials, Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society ≥40% improvement (ASAS40) is…
Abstract Number: 2131 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transition from Juvenile Dermatomyositis to Spondyloarthritis: A Novel Overlapping Inflammatory Phenotype
Austen Grooms¹, Ioannis Karageorgiou², Kerry Mychaliska² and James Birmingham³, ¹William Beaumont University Hospital, Auburn Hills, MI, ²William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, ³River City Rheumatology, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare inflammatory disease primarily affecting muscle, skin, and vasculature. Characterized by muscle weakness, distinctive skin lesions, and autoantibodies, it…
Abstract Number: 1550 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Outcomes of Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients at Toronto Lupus Program
Virginia Carrizo Abarza¹, Qixuan Li², Teresa Semalulu³, Justin Smith³, Pankti Mehta⁴, Fadi Kharouf⁵, Dafna D. Gladman⁶, Laura Whitall Garcia⁷ and Zahi Touma³, ¹Toronto Western Hospital - University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Gladman Krembil Psoriatic Arthritis Research Program, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Anifrolumab (ANI) is a human monoclonal antibody targeting the type I interferon receptor subunit 1 (IFNAR1), blocking interferon activity and reducing disease activity in…
Abstract Number: 1410 • ACR Convergence 2025
Examining the Interchangeability of Two Different Patient-Reported Global Assessment Measures in an Observational Axial Spondyloarthritis Cohort
Connor Vershel¹, Mark Hwang², John Reveille³, Seokhun Kim⁴, Matthew A. Brown⁵, Michael Weisman⁶, Mariko Ishimori⁶ and Michael Ward⁷, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, ⁴UTHealth Houston, Houston, ⁵Genomics England, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LOS ANGELES, CA, ⁷National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: In axial spondyloarthritis cohorts, patient reported outcomes are vital for tracking disease progression and response to therapy. However, many cohorts enrolled prior to the…
Abstract Number: 1212 • ACR Convergence 2025
Relapse in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: insights from extended MyoCite and Italian Consortia
Maria Rosa Pellico¹, Cristina Bochicchio², Claudia Iannone³, Lekshmi Minikumari Rahulan⁴, Marco Fornaro⁵, Ilaria Cavazzana⁶, Edoardo Conticini⁷, Masataka Kuwana⁸, Akira Yoshida⁹, Silvia Cavalli², Silvia Grazzini⁷, Alessia Gatti¹⁰, Giulio Lopinto¹¹, Paolo Semeraro¹², Thomas Patrick Sheeran¹³, Florenzo Iannone¹⁴, Vikas Agarwal¹⁵, Roberto Caporali¹⁶, Nicoletta Del pAPA¹ and Latika Gupta¹⁷, ¹ASST Pini-CTO, Clinical Rheumatology Unit, Milano, Italy, ²ASST Pini-CTO, Clinical Rheumatology Unit, Milan, Italy, ³University of Milan, Gaetano Pini CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical sciences Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ⁵Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, Area Jonica (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Italy., Bari, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Clinical and Experimental Sciences Department, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Italy, Siena, Italy, ⁸Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁰Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit – ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy, ¹¹Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, Area Jonica (DiMePRe-J), University of Bari, Italy., Bari, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Clinical and Experimental Sciences Department, ERN ReCONNET, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Brescia, Italy, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK; Rheumatology Department, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, UK, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Rheumatology DiMePReJ, University of Bari, School of Medicine, Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ¹⁵Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ¹⁶University of Milan and ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy, ¹⁷School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham; Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester; Francis Crick Institute, London, Birmingham, UK, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare and heterogeneous diseases. One of the greatest challenges in IIM management is defining and predicting…
Abstract Number: 0892 • ACR Convergence 2025
Relapse and Immune Dysregulation in Giant Cell Arteritis Are Linked to Mosaic Loss of the Y Chromosome
Simon M. Petzinna, Sophie-Marie Kirch, Maike S. Adamson, De Xi, Claus-Jürgen Bauer, Lena Kreis, Pantelis Karakostas, Rayk Behrendt, Sebastian Zimmer, Raul N. Jamin and Valentin S. Schäfer, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Mosaic loss of the Y chromosome (mLOY) is the most common acquired somatic mutation. Epidemiological studies have linked mLOY to malignancies, as well as…
Abstract Number: 0487 • ACR Convergence 2025
Efficacy of sarilumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of different disease activity at treatment initiation: a post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3 trial of sarilumab in Japan
Hideto Kameda¹, Toshiya Takahashi², Naoki Soeda² and Yoshiya Tanaka³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Medical Affairs, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of sarilumab (SAR) and methotrexate (MTX) in patients (pts) in Japan with moderate-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inadequate response…
Abstract Number: 0302 • ACR Convergence 2025
Urine Kynurenine Pathway Biomarkers Correlate with Disease Activity and Damage Core Set Measures in JDM
Shannon O'Connor¹, Hermine Brunner¹, Josh Gunn², Payam Farhadi³, Carley Phillips⁴, Lisa Rider⁵, Alexei Grom¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Ethos R&D, Newport, KY, ³National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁵National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is an autoimmune vasculopathy affecting muscle, skin, and vasculature. Core set measures (CSM) assess disease activity and damage, and guide treatment.…
Abstract Number: 2650 • ACR Convergence 2025
LFA-REAL Outperforms SLEDAI and BILAG in Detecting Clinical Change in Lupus Activity
Alberto Nordmann-Gomes¹, Leila Khalili², Cynthia Aranow³, Meghan mackay⁴, Mimi Kim⁵, Diane Kamen⁶, Cristina Arriens⁷, Maya Souvignier⁸, Wei Tang⁹, Stephen Suh⁸, Maria Dall'Era¹⁰, Joan Merrill¹¹ and Anca Askanase², ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, ⁹Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma
Background/Purpose: Disease activity measures in SLE have important limitations that restrict their performance in clinical practice and research. The Lupus Foundation of America-Rapid Evaluation of…
Abstract Number: 2332 • ACR Convergence 2025
Development and validation of a Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis based on 44 joints: DAPSA44
Dafne capelusnik¹, Clementina López Medina², Désirée Van Der Heijde³, Daniel Aletaha⁴, Josef Smolen⁵, Anna Molto⁶ and Sofia Ramiro⁷, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine ³, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have highlighted the potential of composite scores such as the DAPSA for assessing peripheral arthritis in axSpA and pSpA. However, the swollen…
Abstract Number: 2124 • ACR Convergence 2025
Reliability and Validation of the Physician’s Global Assessment of Lung Disease (PGALD) in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis -Associated Lung Disease (SJIA-LD)
Eileen Rife¹, Guihua Zhai², Mekibib Altaye³, Jennifer Andringa⁴, Hermine Brunner⁵, Scott Canna⁶, Lauren Henderson⁷, Yukiko Kimura⁸, Scott Lieberman⁹, Mona Riskalla¹⁰, Tiphanie Vogel¹¹, Holly Wobma¹² and Grant Schulert⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, birmingham, AL, ²UAB, Birmingham, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA, ⁸Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, ¹¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The physician global assessment of lung disease (PGALD) is a recently proposed disease activity measure for patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated lung disease…
Abstract Number: 1536 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Remission Among Patients Initiating Belimumab in a Real-World Setting in the USA
Aarat M Patel¹, Renee L. Gennarelli², Temitope Bello², Ali Bonakdar² and Karen Worley³, ¹GSK, US Medical Affairs, Durham, NC, ²Cencora, Real-World Evidence, Conshohocken, PA, ³GSK, Global Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes Research, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: The Definition Of Remission In SLE (DORIS) criteria were developed to provide alignment on defining remission in patients with SLE.1,2 Belimumab (BEL) treatment increases…
Abstract Number: 1409 • ACR Convergence 2025
The impact of depression in axial spondyloarthritis: Epidemiological insights from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Registry of Ireland (ASRI)
Conall Mac Gearailt¹, Rebecca O'Farrell², Mohamed Eltahir³, Brian Hallahan³, Andrew Smyth⁴, Finbar O'Shea⁵ and Gillian Fitzgerald³, ¹Galway University Hospital, Galway, Galway, Ireland, ²Sligo University Hospital, Sligo, Ireland, ³Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland, ⁴University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, ⁵St James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The burden of comorbidities in Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is increasingly recognised and contributes to the concept of difficult-to-treat axSpA (D2T-axSpA). The need to assess…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cutaneous and Muscular Disease Trajectories in Adult Patients with Dermatomyositis
Jesus Valencia¹, Will Kelly¹, Sean Tackett², Amanda Finney¹, Jemima Albayda¹, Julie Paik³, Lisa Christopher-Stine¹ and Chris Mecoli⁴, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by cutaneous manifestations and proximal muscle inflammation.1,2 Notably, the clinical course of muscular and cutaneous disease…

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