Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1890 • ACR Convergence 2020
Daily Management of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Self-monitoring of Disease Activity with a Smartphone App Is Feasible – a Proof of Concept Study
Uta Kiltz¹, Robin Kempin¹, Jutta Richter², Anna Schlegel¹, Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Styliani Tsiami³, Ioana Andreica¹, Bjoern Buehring⁴, David Kiefer¹ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Velbert, Germany
Background/Purpose: Assessment and monitoring of disease activity and functioning is of major importance for the course of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). This is equally important for…
Abstract Number: 0139 • ACR Convergence 2020
Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data (RAPID) 3 as a Predictor of Weight Reduction in Rheumatology Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
John Byun¹, Meenakshi Jolly², Todd Beck¹ and Sobia Hassan², ¹Rush University, Chicago, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Obesity is associated with higher disease activity in many rheumatologic diseases with evidence of improvement following bariatric surgery. Despite the impressive average weight loss…
Abstract Number: 0275 • ACR Convergence 2020
Paradoxical Relationship Between Disease Activity and Satisfaction with Care in Lupus
Sana Afroz¹, Ailda Nika², Winston Sequeira³, Joel Block⁴, Patricia Katz⁵ and Meenakshi Jolly², ¹RUMC, chicago, IL, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University Medical Center, Oak Brook, IL, ⁴Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA
Background/Purpose: Satisfaction with care (SC) is increasingly being used as a surrogate of QOC, with growing emphasis on optimizing SC/patient experience in health care. We…
Abstract Number: 0459 • ACR Convergence 2020
Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Behçet’s Disease: A Retrospective Survey of Patients Treated in Europe, on the Behalf of the Autoimmune Diseases Working Party of the European Society for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Mathieu Puyade¹, Patel Amit², Yeong Jer Lim³, Norbert Blank⁴, Manuela Badoglio⁵, Francesca Gualandi⁶, David D Ma⁷, Raffaella Greco⁸, Natalia Maximova⁹, Tobias Alexander¹⁰ and John A Snowden¹¹, ¹Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses ,CIC-1402 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ²The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Internal Medicine V, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Eppelheim, Germany, ⁵EBMT ADWP Office, Paris, France, ⁶U.O. EMATOLOGIA Centro Trapianti Midollo - OSPEDALE POLICLINICO SAN MARTINO, GENOVA, Italy, ⁷Department of Haematology and BM Transplantation, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁸Ematologia Trapianto Midollo San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ⁹Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy, ¹⁰Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany, ¹¹Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s Disease (BD) is a rare autoimmune disease mostly presenting with recurrent oral and genital aphtosis, ulcers, and uveitis. Rare patients are refractory to…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effectiveness of Electronic Drug Monitoring Feedback in Order to Increase Adherence in RA Patients Starting with a Biological DMARD
Renske Hebing¹, Wouter Bos¹, Mike Nurmohamed² and Bart van den Bemt³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Medication non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with disease flares, increased disability and increased costs. Electronic Monitoring Feedback (EMF) to improve adherence has…
Abstract Number: 0905 • ACR Convergence 2020
Probability of Achieving Low Disease Activity or Remission with Apremilast Treatment Among DMARD-Naive Subjects with Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Philip Mease¹, Arthur Kavanaugh², Alexis Ogdie³, Alvin Wells⁴, Martin Bergman⁵, Dafna Gladman⁶, Frank Behrens⁷, Sven Richter⁸, Michele Brunori⁹, Lichen Teng⁸, Benoit Guerette⁸ and Josef Smolen¹⁰, ¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, ²UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, ³Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Aurora Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center, Franklin, ⁵Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷CIRI/Rheumatology & Fraunhofer IME, Research Division Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, ⁸Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, ⁹Amgen Europe GmbH, Rotkreuz, Switzerland, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Apremilast (APR) is associated with comparable ACR response rates in DMARD-naive vs DMARD-experienced patients (pts) with PsA (Wells AF, et al. Rheumatology. 2018;57:1253-63; Kavanaugh…
Abstract Number: 1184 • ACR Convergence 2020
In a Prospective RA Cohort, Higher Baseline Disease Activity Is an Independent Predictor of Decline in Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
Elizabeth Park¹, Kazato Ito², Christopher Depender¹, Jon Giles¹ and Joan Bathon¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients are at nearly 50% increased risk of heart failure (HF) compared to non-RA patients, despite adjusting for the presence of…
Abstract Number: 1319 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Activity and Mental Health of as Patients: A Cross-section Study with Self-assessments Based on Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM) Mobile Tools
Hui Song¹, Hua Wei², Miaojia Zhang³, Lijun Wu⁴, Zhenbiao Wu⁵, Aichun Chu⁶, Bei Wang⁷, Wenqiang Fan⁸, Xiaohan Wang⁹, Xiaoqi Chen¹⁰, Henglian Wu¹¹, Wenyu Zhou¹², Fei Xiao¹³, Hui Xiao¹⁴, Yuhua Jia¹³, Bing Wu¹³ and Jing Lu¹⁵, ¹Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China (People's Republic), ³Jiangsu Province Hospital, The first affiliated hospital of Nanjing medical university, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), ⁴People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China (People's Republic), ⁵The First Affiliated Hospital of The Air Force Medical University, Xi＇an, Shanxi, China (People's Republic), ⁶Remin Hospital of Wuhan University Hubei General Hospital, Wuhan, China (People's Republic), ⁷Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁸Central Hospital of XinXiang, Xinxiang, China (People's Republic), ⁹Anyang district hospital, Anyang, Henan, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (People's Republic), ¹¹Dongguan Donghua Hospital, Dongguan, Guangdong, China (People's Republic), ¹²Wuhan No. 4 Hospital, Wuhan, China (People's Republic), ¹³Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁴Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁵First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: WHO survey showed that the prevalence of anxiety and depression in Chinese population and Chinese patients with chronic diseases were between 3.1% - 4.2%…
Abstract Number: 1632 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients with Autoinflammatory Periodic Fever Syndromes – First Interim Analysis of the FMF-TRAPS-HIDS/MKD Subgroup of the RELIANCE Registry
Joerg Henes¹, Norbert Blank², Michael Borte³, Ivan Foeldvari⁴, Gerd Horneff⁵, Markus Hufnagel⁶, Tilmann Kallinich⁷, Birgit Kortus-Goetze⁸, Catharina Schuetz⁹, Frank Weller-Heinemann¹⁰, Julia Weber-Arden¹¹ and Jasmin Kuemmerle-Deschner¹², ¹Department of Internal Medicine II, Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany, Tuebingen, Germany, ²Department of Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Internal Medicine V, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Eppelheim, Germany, ³ImmunoDeficiencyCenter Leipzig (IDCL), Hospital St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Germany, ⁴Head of the Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Budapest, Hungary, ⁵Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁶Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg, Germany, ⁷Charite, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Germany, Marburg, Germany, ⁹Department of Pediatric Immunology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Dresden, Germany, ¹⁰Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, Bremen, Germany, ¹¹Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, ¹²University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Autoinflammatory periodic fever syndromes characterized by excessive interleukin(IL)-1ß release and severe systemic and organ inflammation have been successfully treated with the anti-IL-1ß inhibitor canakinumab.…
Abstract Number: 1789 • ACR Convergence 2020
Time to Renal Insufficiency Based on 25(OH)-Vitamin D Levels
Michelle Petri¹, Jessica Li² and Daniel Goldman¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D is correctly classified as a sterol-hormone rather than a vitamin (Semin Nephrol 1986;6:4-20). It has multiple immunomodulatory effects, as well as cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 1891 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Utilising Smart Phone Application in Ankylosing Spondylitis: SMART- as Study
Ashit Syngle¹, Nidhi Garg² and Kanchan Chauhan¹, ¹Healing Touch City Clinic, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the axial skeleton and characterized by inflammatory back pain, leading to decreased mobility,…
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Arthritis Global Assesment: What Differences Exist Between Patients and Physicians?
Cristina Valero¹, Noelia Garcia¹, Juan Pablo Baldivieso², Ana Ortiz³, Sebastian Rodriguez² and Isidoro González-Álvaro³, ¹Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, UAM, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: In recent years there is increasing evidence of the relevance of including the assessment of the different aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the…
Abstract Number: 0302 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Study of Acute SLE Flare Reveals Dynamic Changes in Multiple Immune Cell Subsets
Kieran Manion¹, Dennisse Bonilla², Dafna Gladman¹, Murray Urowitz³, Zahi Touma⁴ and Joan Wither², ¹Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In SLE, periods of relative quiescence are punctuated by flares in disease activity that can lead to extensive tissue damage and morbidity. Existing studies…
Abstract Number: 0479 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early DAS Response After DMARD-start Increases Probability of Achieving Sustained DMARD-free Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marloes Verstappen¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet², Xanthe Matthijssen², Saskia le Cessie² and Annette van der Helm - van Mil³, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sustained DMARD-free remission (SDFR) is increasingly achievable. The pathogenesis underlying SDFR-development is unknown and patient-characteristics at diagnosis poorly explain whether SDFR will be achieved.…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2020
Real-World DMARD Experience and Outcomes for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Japan: Effectiveness
Yoshiya Tanaka¹, Hisashi Yamanaka², Leslie Harrold³, Tin-chi Lin³, Ekta Agarwal⁴, Jose L Rivas⁵, Naonobu Sugiyama⁶, Jeffrey Greenberg⁷ and Mitsumasa Kishimoto⁸, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴Pfizer, Inc., Princeton Jct, NJ, ⁵Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Corrona, LLC and NYU School of Medicine, Waltham, MA, ⁸Department Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: There are several conventional synthetic, targeted synthetic and biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic medications (DMARDs) approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan. Little…

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