Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1295 • ACR Convergence 2021
Belimumab Reduces Severe Flares in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Across Multiple Patient Subgroups: Results of a Large Integrated Analysis
Michelle Petri¹, Norma Lynn Fox², Mathew Gibb³, Tania Gonzalez-Rivera², Anne Hammer², Holly Quasny⁴, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁵ and David Roth², ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ³Veramed Ltd., Twickenham, United Kingdom, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Belimumab (BEL) is a disease-modifying systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treatment that inhibits B-lymphocyte stimulator. BEL has demonstrated a consistent efficacy profile across 4 pivotal…
Abstract Number: 1653 • ACR Convergence 2021
Positron Emission Tomography-Detected Uptake of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose in Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Is Associated with Articular Disease Activity and Arterial Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jon Giles¹, Joan Bathon², Hadil Zureigat³ and Ahmed Tawakol⁴, ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) from people with RA contains more macrophages and expresses higher levels of cytokines, chemokines, and other inflammatory mediators compared with…
Abstract Number: 1879 • ACR Convergence 2021
Delayed Diagnosis of IgG4 Related Disease Is Associated with Worse Outcome: A Retrospective, Real-life Observational Study
Elisheva Pokroy-Shapira¹, Iftach Sagy², Katya Meridor³ and Yair Molad⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, and Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel, ²Clinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, DVIRA, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel, ⁴Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, and Tel Aviv University, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize clinical and pathological features as well as disease outcome of an Israeli incident cohort of patients…
Abstract Number: 0033 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impaired Adipose Tissue Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association with Autoimmunity, Disease Activity and Therapeutic Response
Iván Arias de la Rosa¹, alejandro Escudero², Cristobal Román-Rodriguez², Rocio Guzmán-Ruiz², Maria del Mar Malagón², Carlos Pérez-Sánchez³, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez⁴, Ana Martinez-Feito⁵, Maria del Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera², Alejandra Patiño-Trives⁶, Jerusalem Calvo², Rafaela Ortega², Eduardo Collantes-Estevez², Chary Lopez-Pedrera² and Nuria Barbarroja¹, ¹University of Cordoba/IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ³IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research-IdiPAZ, Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵ImmunoRheumatology Department, IDIPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: 1) to evaluate the relationship among adipose tissue dysfunction, autoimmunity and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients; 2) to analyze the direct effect…
Abstract Number: 0344 • ACR Convergence 2021
Anti-gAChR Antibody as a Novel Biomarker for Lupus Enteritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kuniyuki Aso¹, Michihito Kono¹, Keita Ninagawa¹, Nobuya Abe¹, Yuichiro Fujieda¹, Masaru Kato¹, Olga Amengual¹, Kenji Oku¹ and Tatsuya Atsumi², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-ganglionic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (gAChR) antibody (Ab) is associated with widespread autonomic dysfunction in autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy. Although it is also detected in several…
Abstract Number: 0754 • ACR Convergence 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Disease-Related Outcomes in Lupus – a Feasibility Study
Shivani Garg¹ and Christie Bartels², ¹UW Madison, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE have significantly worse health-related quality of life (QOL) at an earlier age compared to patients with other chronic diseases. This highlights…
Abstract Number: 0874 • ACR Convergence 2021
Serum Galectin-9 and CXCL-10 but Not Their Urinary Levels Reflect Lupus Activity
Pankti Mehta, Pratibha Singh and Amita Aggarwal, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: SLE is characterized by increased type I IFN signature in the blood and immune cells. Traditionally, type I IFN signature is measured by gene…
Abstract Number: 1218 • ACR Convergence 2021
Unsupervised Clustering Identifies Unique Subsets of Patients in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Gabriella Lui¹, Namrata Singh², James Andrews³, Jonathan Graf⁴ and Katherine Wysham⁵, ¹University of Washington Department of Bioengineering, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Ucsf, San Francisco, CA, ⁵VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Single biomarkers have limited utility to date in guiding clinical care in RA. There is growing interest in applying machine learning algorithms to combine…
Abstract Number: 1316 • ACR Convergence 2021
Vitamin D Deficiency and Disease Activity in Patients with Spondyloarthritis
Maria Rato¹, Filipe Pinheiro¹, Salomé Garcia¹, Bruno Fernandes², Ana Martins¹, Daniela Oliveira¹, Frederico Martins³, Diogo Fonseca⁴, Alexandra Bernardo¹, Miguel Bernardes¹ and Lúcia Costa¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João EPE, Porto, Portugal, ²Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João EPE, Braga, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve EPE, Algarve, Portugal, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, EPE, Gaia, Portugal
Background/Purpose: There are increasing data about vitamin D immunomodulatory potential in different rheumatologic disorders. Deficiency of vitamin D is frequent in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA)…
Abstract Number: 1666 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Objectively Measured Sleep Characteristics with Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Patricia Katz¹, Sarah Patterson², Mary Nakamura³, Aric Prather¹, Laura Trupin⁴, Stephanie Rush¹ and Katie Stone¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, Pacifica, CA, ³UCSF/SFVAHCS, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: A large proportion of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), between 45%-70%, report sleep problems. Despite frequent reports of sleep problems, however, studies using objective…
Abstract Number: 1887 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evidence-Based Behçet’s Disease Activity Scale (EBDA) – A New Instrument with Improved Acuity for Major Organ Disease Activity and Remission Depth Assessment
Maria Caterina Lagdameo¹, Hyungrok Do² and Johannes Nowatzky¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Most current Behçet’s disease (BD) activity assessment tools are strongly based on patient-reported symptoms and findings allowing a wide range of observer-dependent interpretations and…
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…
Abstract Number: 0877 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of HCQ Blood Levels with Type 1 and 2 SLE Activity
Kai Sun¹, Amanda Eudy², Jennifer Rogers¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber¹, Rebecca Sadun², Jayanth Doss², Kelley Brady³, Roberta Alexander³, John Conklin³, Rory Bloch³ and Megan Clowse⁴, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Exagen Inc., Vista, CA, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: HCQ levels reflect adherence and have been shown to correlate with SLE outcomes. However, HCQ levels have not been studied in the context of…

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