Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1872 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relative Associations of Sociodemographic, Clinical and HLA-B Alleles with Enthesitis and Peripheral Arthritis in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Benjamin Naovarat¹, Lianne Gensler², Michael Ward³, Mark Hwang⁴, Matthew Brown⁵, Amirali Tahanan⁶, Mohammad Rahbar⁶, Mariko Ishimori⁷, Michael Weisman⁸ and John Reveille⁹, ¹The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Guy's and St Thomas, NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, ⁶McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, ⁷Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Previous studies from Latin America have shown an association with peripheral arthritis in patients with spondyloarthritis with HLA-B*15 (as opposed to HLA-B27). We aimed…
Abstract Number: 0025 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical and Psychological Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Real World Study
Tian Liu¹, Chao Gao¹ and Lihong Chen¹, ¹hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To assess the clinical features and psychological status of the rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients with fibromyalgia(FM) in a real-world observational setting.Methods: Between December 2018 to…
Abstract Number: 0265 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluation of the Lupus Foundation of America-Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus as a Measure of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Disease Activity from the Clinician and the Patient Perspective: Experience from an Italian Cohort
Elena Elefante¹, Chiara Tani², Viola Signorini², Virginia Poli², Chiara Stagnaro², Alice Parma², Dina Zucchi², Linda Carli², Francesco Ferro², Anca Askanase³ and Marta Mosca², ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa; Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena, Pisa, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Multiple indices are available to measure disease activity in SLE patients, but are often considered too complex and time consuming for use in routine…
Abstract Number: 0427 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of Physician Global Assessment as an Outcome Measure in Relapsing Polychondritis
Emily Rose¹, Marcela Ferrada¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Wendy Goodspeed¹, Laurent Arnaud³ and Peter C. Grayson⁴, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, BETHESDA, MD, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ³Department of rheumatology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg and French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune diseases, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of cartilage that lacks validated disease activity measures. Physician global assessment (PhGA) is a measure…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2020
ACPA and Cholesterol Titers as Predictors of Good Clinical Response at One Year in an Argentine Cohort
Rodrigo Garcia Salinas¹, Alvaro Ruta¹, Santiago Ruta¹, Einer Sanchez Prado¹, Jessica Torres Chichande¹ and Sebastian Magri¹, ¹Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody positivity, erosions, activity level, and functional capacity were classically defined as poor prognosis. Paradoxically, many of them also predict a good response to…
Abstract Number: 0893 • ACR Convergence 2020
Is It Feasible to Achieve Recommended Therapeutic Target Objective in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis in Clinical Practice? Data from the SpA-paz Cohort
Karen Franco Gomez¹, Chaimada Plasencia-Rodriguez¹, Marta Novella Navarro¹, Diego Benavent Nunez¹, Patricia Bogas¹, Romina Nieto², Irene Monjo³, Laura Nuño¹, Alejandro Villalba⁴, Diana Peiteado¹, Alejandro Balsa-Criado¹ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁵, ¹HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ, MADRID, Spain, ²hospital intendente carrasco, Rosario, Argentina, ³Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital- IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz IdiPaz, Madrid, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: to analyze the frequency of patients with axSpA achieving maintained remission (R) or low disease activity (LDA) after receiving biological therapy. Secondary objectives included:…
Abstract Number: 1168 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reliability and Validity of a New Skin Activity Measure for Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Mara Becker², Sandy Hong³, Polly Ferguson⁴, Themba Nyrienda¹, Tracy Andrews⁵, Katie Stewart⁶, C. Egla Rabinovich⁷, Robert Fuhlbrigge⁸, Thomas Mason⁹, Elena Pope¹⁰, Maria Ibarra¹¹, Fatma Dedeoglu¹², Gloria Higgins¹³, Ronald Laxer¹⁴, Marilynn Punaro⁶, Kathryn Torok¹⁵ and CARRA Investigators¹⁶, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ⁴University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Rutgers, Newark, ⁶UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁷Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁸University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰Hospital For Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³Nationwide Childrens Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁶CARRA, Durham
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrosing disease. Treatment is directed towards controlling disease activity to minimize risk for functional impairment…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Patterns of Anxiety Symptomology Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Remain Stable over Time and Do Not Associate with SLE Disease Activity
Daphne Lew¹, Xinliang Huang², Sara Kellahan², Hong Xian³, Seth Eisen⁴ and Alfred Kim⁵, ¹Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²Division of Rheumatology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, ⁴Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Almost 40% of patients with SLE have comorbid mental health conditions.1 Though depression is most commonly reported (24% to 30%), many SLE patients also…
Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of a Clinical Dashboard Improves the Documentation of Disease Severity Scores and May Facilitate the Implementation of Treat to Target Therapy
Taylor Nelson¹, Gary Kunkel² and Grant Cannon², ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ²Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) management guidelines recommend the collection of Disease Activity Measures (DAMs) to direct therapy as a component of a “treat-to-target” (T2T) strategy. …
Abstract Number: 1760 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association Between the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Observational Study
Masaru Yoshimura¹, Yuichiro Fujieda², Michihito Kono², Masaru Kato², Kenji Oku², Olga Amengual² and Tatsuya Atsumi³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapparo, Hokkaido, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune-mediated synovial disease with chronic inflammation. Systemic inflammation is considered one of risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), which…
Abstract Number: 1887 • ACR Convergence 2020
Spinal Mobility and Function: How Closely Do They Associate in Axial Spondyloarthropathy?
Sinead Maguire¹, Phil Gallagher² and Finbar O'Shea¹, ¹St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis affecting the axial skeleton. Persistent disease activity can result in restricted spinal mobility over time,…
Abstract Number: 0042 • ACR Convergence 2020
Racial and Ethnic Differences in a Multiple Biochemical Measure of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Rahaf Baker¹, Jonathan Graf², Laura Trupin², Sarah Goglin³, Patricia Katz⁴, Jennifer Barton⁵, Jean Liew⁶ and Katherine Wysham⁷, ¹Highland Hospital Internal Medicine, Oakland, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, Burlingame, CA, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁵VAPORHCS/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁶University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Although management of RA has improved greatly over the past two decades with the advent of novel therapeutics, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities persist. Traditional…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Correlation Between Pregnancy, Disease Activity and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomesin Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cigdem Cetin¹, Tugba Sarac Sivrikoz¹, Muge Ates Tıkız¹, Ege Sinan Torun¹, Sibel Zarali¹, Yasemin Yalcinkaya¹, Ahmet Gül¹, Murat İnanç¹, Mahdume Lale Öcal², İbrahim Kalelioğlu¹ and Bahar Artim Esen¹, ¹İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can present with acute disease flares/exacerbations during pregnancy and postpartum period1. These flares can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0428 • ACR Convergence 2020
Enrichment of Clinical Trial Recruitment Using Advanced Molecular Imaging in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Mark Ahlman², Emily Rose³, Peter Merkel⁴ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, ²National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Definitions of disease activity are not standardized in Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK), which can lead to difficulty in determining whether a patient should be enrolled…
Abstract Number: 0795 • ACR Convergence 2020
Minimum Clinically Important Improvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Associates with Gut Microbiome
Vinod Gupta¹, Kevin Cunningham², Benjamin Hur¹, John Davis¹ and Jaeyun Sung¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Within the past decade, there have been several major discoveries in cross-sectional gut microbiome studies suggesting that dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is a…

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