Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2020
Low Cost Composite Markers to Differentiate Infection from Disease Activity in a Febrile Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Pankti Mehta¹, Komal Singh¹, Amita Aggarwal¹ and Seema Sharma¹, ¹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Background/Purpose: Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) are at an increased risk of infection owing to immunosuppressive therapy along with coexistent immune dysregulation. It is…
Abstract Number: 1540 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association Between Disease Activity and Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study
Elías Abraham Rodríguez¹, Dionicio Ángel Galarza-Delgado², José Ramón Azpiri López³, Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza⁴, Salvador Lugo Pérez³, Itzel Corina Zárate Salinas³, Paola Fernanda Frausto Lerma⁴, Alejandra Pérez Villar⁴, Mayra Alejandra Reyes Soto⁴ and Raymundo Vera⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario "José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁵Cardiology Service Hospital Universitario "José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis(RA) have a higher prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), which is the most common cause of death in this group. Disease…
Abstract Number: 1731 • ACR Convergence 2020
Development of a Disease Activity Index for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Using the HandScan
Maxime Verhoeven¹, Paco Welsing¹, Janneke Tekstra¹, Jacob van Laar¹, Floris Lafeber¹, Johannes Jacobs¹ and Anton Westgeest², ¹UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Máxima MC Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is usually measured by an index like DAS28,1 a composite measure consisting of 28 swollen and/or tender…
Abstract Number: 1829 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Disease Activity After Cessation of Anifrolumab Treatment During the Phase 2b MUSE Trial Follow-up Period
Richard Furie¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Joan Merrill³, Gabriel Abreu⁴ and Raj Tummala⁵, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, ²School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg
Background/Purpose: In the randomized, double-blind, phase 2b MUSE trial, anifrolumab reduced disease activity vs placebo across multiple endpoints in patients with moderately to severely active…
Abstract Number: 0247 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Low Disease Activity State Achievement Is Important for Reducing Adverse Outcomes in Pregnant Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ji-Won Kim¹, Ju-Yang Jung¹, Hyoun-Ah Kim¹ and Chang-Hee Suh¹, ¹Ajou university school of medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to examine the frequency and risk factors of complications during pregnancy in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods: The medical records…
Abstract Number: 0360 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does Smoking Affect Secukinumab Treatment Outcomes and Safety in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis? – Real World Data from German Observational Study
Elke Riechers¹, Uta Kiltz², Jan Brandt-Jürgens³, Peter Kästner⁴, Daniel Peterlik⁵ and Hans-Peter Tony⁶, ¹Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Ambulantes Rheumazentrum, Erfurt, Germany, ⁵Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Several studies have shown an negative association between smoking status and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) clinical outcomes1,2. The German non-interventional study AQUILA provides real-world data…
Abstract Number: 0746 • ACR Convergence 2020
HDL-bound yRNA-derived Small RNAs Are Altered in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Qiong Wu¹, Quanhu Sheng¹, Joseph Solus¹, Danielle Michell¹, Kasey Vickers¹, Ryan Allen¹, C. Michael Stein¹ and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Small RNAs (sRNAs), including microRNAs (miRNAs) and yRNA-derived sRNAs (yDRs), are important gene regulators and markers of disease. HDL, while known for its anti-atherogenic…
Abstract Number: 0871 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Dose Reduction and SLE Flares
April Jorge¹, Gary Ho², Michael Wu², Karen Costenbader³ and Hyon Choi⁴, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: 2016 ophthalmology guidelines recommend using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) dosages < 5mg/kg/day, which is lower than the traditional 400mg/day for the majority of SLE patients. However,…
Abstract Number: 1141 • ACR Convergence 2020
Reversing Seasonal Decline of T2T Outcome in RA Patients Under Double Hits by Chinese New Year and COVID-19 Epidemic via Online Interaction with SSDM
Rong Mu¹, Hongbin Li², Zhanyun Da³, Anbin Huang⁴, Hongzhi Wang⁵, Jing Lu⁶, Jianhong Wu⁷, Shengtao Zhang⁸, Yikai Yu⁹, Chun Li¹⁰, Shouxin Li⁹, Peng Ji¹¹, Hua Wei¹², Bin Wu¹³, Zhenbin Li¹⁴, Lingxun Shen¹⁵, Yanping Zhao¹⁶, Yi Zhao¹⁷, Xiaoqiang Hou¹⁸, Hui Xiao¹⁹, Yuhua Jia²⁰, Bing Wu²⁰, Yonggang Zhao²⁰, Xin Chen¹⁹, Miaomiao Song²⁰, Fei Xiao²⁰ and Zhanguo Li²¹, ¹People's Hospital, Beijing University Medical School, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China (People's Republic), ³The affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Union Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, WuHan, China (People's Republic), ⁵The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China (People's Republic), ⁶First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China (People's Republic), ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁸Tongji Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (People's Republic), ⁹Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of HUST, Wuhan, Hubei, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰People's Hospital, Beijing University Medical School, beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹¹The first affiliated hospital of xinjiang medical university, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China (People's Republic), ¹²Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China (People's Republic), ¹³Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, chongqing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁴Chinese people ’s liberation army joint service support force 980 hospital, shijiazhuang, Jiangxi, China (People's Republic), ¹⁵Union Hospital Affiliated Tongji Medical College of HUST, Wuhan, Hubei, China (People's Republic), ¹⁶First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (People's Republic), ¹⁷Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁸Yichang Central People's Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁹Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²⁰Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²¹Peking University People’s Hospital, Xicheng, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target (T2T), achieving a DAS28 below 3.2 is the main management strategy for RA. The Chinese New Year is a long holiday started in…
Abstract Number: 1286 • ACR Convergence 2020
Personalizing Cardiovascular Risk Prediction for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity
May Choi¹, Emma Stevens², Hongshu Guan², Daniel Li³, Jack Ellrodt⁴, Benjamin Kargere⁴, Tianrun Cai², Kazuki Yoshida⁵, Brendan Everett² and Karen Costenbader⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard, Columbus, OH, ⁴Williams College, Williamstown, ⁵Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including myocardial infarction and stroke, is higher in SLE than in the general population. The excess risk of…
Abstract Number: 1548 • ACR Convergence 2020
Blood Pressure, BMI and Sex Affect Optical Spectral Transmission Imaging Measurements of the Hands
Annelies Blanken¹, Conny van der Laken² and Mike Nurmohamed³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Optical spectral transmission imaging (OST) is a new imaging method designed to measure inflammation in the hands of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The device…
Abstract Number: 1732 • ACR Convergence 2020
Machine Learning Coupled with Patient Reported Outcome Data to Classify & Predict RA Disease Activity
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Shelly Kafka³ and Shawn Black³, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham, PA
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcome (PRO) data have assumed increasing importance in the care of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, physician-derived disease activity measures such as…
Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR Convergence 2020
Different Disease Activity Trajectories in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis Lead to Significantly Different Long-term Outcomes : A Cluster-based Analysis of the DESIR Cohort
Benattar Leslie¹, Anna Molto², Laure Gossec³ and Resche Rigon Matthieu⁴, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Sorbonne University, INSERM; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴INSERM (UFR 1153), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: AxSpA is a heterogeneous disease, leading to different treatment and follow-up modalities depending on the presentation, along with other elements (socio-economic, gender, etc..). In a…
Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Cytokine Profiles and COVID Serology in Patients on Immunosuppression to Guide Care Recommendations
Quinn Pritchett¹, Rebecca Overbury¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹, Julie Thomas¹, Tawnie Braaten², Stacey Clardy¹, Marc Elgort³, Emily Spivak¹, Patricia Slev³, Lisa Peterson³ and Tracy Frech⁴, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ³ARUP, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic is especially terrifying for patients on immunosuppression for autoimmune disease. With the exception of social isolation, experts do not have clear…
Abstract Number: 0249 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of the SIMPLE Index for Disease Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Chinese Patients
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Ling Yin Ho¹, Kar Li Chan² and Meenakshi Jolly³, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The SIMPLE (SIMple Disease Assessment for People with Lupus Erythematosus) index is a composite numeric tool that captures disease activity from patients’ self-assessment with…

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