Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 1816 • ACR Convergence 2020
Urine Biomarkers of Tubulointersitital Damage in Lupus Nephritis
Brianna Lally¹, Shudan Wang², Sammy Chalmers³, Wenzhu Mowrey³, Tamar Rubinstein⁴, Beatrice Goilav⁵ and Anna Broder⁶, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, White Plains, NY, ⁵The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial disease (TID), defined as tubulointerstitial inflammation (TII) or interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IFTA), is associated with progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) in…
Abstract Number: 1991 • ACR Convergence 2020
Abatacept Treatment Reduces Cutaneous and Joint Activity in Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Sarah Ishaq², Mary Buckley³, Kathryn Torok⁴, Barbara Edelheit⁵, Kaleo Ede⁶, Christopher Liu⁷ and C. Egla Rabinovich⁸, ¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, ²Montclair State University, Montclair, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Conneticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, ⁶Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ⁷U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ⁸Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is an autoimmune disease commonly associated with damage. Damage includes dyspigmentation, tissue atrophy, arthropathy, hemiatrophy, vision loss, and seizures. To…
Abstract Number: 0186 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Number of Associated Comorbidities Can Impact Disease Activity Scores Independently from Objective Measures of Inflammation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Magali Zanotti-Cavazzoni¹ and Gabriela Avila², ¹Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatología, Asunción, Paraguay, ²Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatologia, Asuncion, Paraguay
Background/Purpose: Disease activity scores (DAS) are used as tools to assess persistent inflammation and need for therapeutic escalation in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One…
Abstract Number: 0315 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of Ultrasound for the Assessment of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Fibromyalgia
Ari Polachek¹, Victoria Furer², Mirna Zureik³, Sharon Nevo³, Liran Mendel⁴, David Levartovsky², Jonathan Wollman³, Valerie Aloush², Mark Berman², Ilana Kaufman⁵, Reut Tzemach⁴, Marina Anouk⁶, Ofir Elalouf⁷, Hagit Padova⁴, Or Carmi⁸, Tali Eviatar⁹, Yael Lahat goldstein², Hagit Sarbagil-Maman¹⁰, Sara Borok Lev-Ran², Adi Broide³, Lihi Eder¹¹, Daphna Paran² and Ori Elkayam³, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁴Souraaky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel, ⁶Souraaky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Souraaky Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, ⁸Souraaky Medical Center, herzelia, Israel, ⁹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Givataim, Israel, ¹⁰Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Kiryat Ono, Israel, ¹¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The presence of fibromyalgia (FMS) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients increases the scores of the clinical measures of disease activity. The aim of this…
Abstract Number: 0721 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of New Antirheumatic Drug Use as a Proxy for Increased JIA Disease Activity
Avinash Gabbeta¹, Evan Mulvihill², Timothy Beukelman³, James Lewis⁴, Carlos Rose⁵, Brian Strom⁶ and Daniel Horton⁷, ¹St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, ²Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmingon, DE, ⁶Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, ⁷Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Administrative claims databases are valuable tools for studying treatment effects in large JIA populations but do not contain direct measures of disease activity, limiting…
Abstract Number: 0829 • ACR Convergence 2020
International Comparison of Japanese and US Cross Country Utilization of RA Medications
Hisashi Yamanaka¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto², Kazuhisa Nakano³, Kenta Misaki⁴, Yuji Yamanishi⁵, Hiroaki Dobashi⁶, Masamitsu Natsumeda⁷, Toshiaki Miyamoto⁸, Koichi Amano⁹, Akira Sagawa¹⁰, Norihiko Koido¹¹, Corrona Japan Consortium¹², Leslie Harrold¹³, Tin-chi Lin¹³, Jeffrey Greenberg¹⁴ and Yoshiya Tanaka³, ¹Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁴Kitaharima Medical Center, Ono, Japan, ⁵Hiroshima Rheumatology Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Haematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Mabi Memorial Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan, ⁸Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan, ⁹Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe, Japan, ¹⁰Sagawa Akira Rheumatology Clinic, Sapporo, Japan, ¹¹Kawasaki RA & IM Clinic, Kawasaki, Japan, ¹²Corrona Japan Consortium, Japan, Japan, ¹³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ¹⁴Corrona, LLC and NYU School of Medicine, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Little is known regarding differences in DMARD utilization across countries. A better understanding is needed to contextualize findings from different countries.1 Using the same…
Abstract Number: 0989 • ACR Convergence 2020
Withdrawal of MMF Is Safe in Quiescent Renal and Non-Renal SLE: Results from a Multi-Center Randomized Trial
Eliza Chakravarty¹, Tammy Utset², Diane Kamen³, Gabriel Contreras⁴, W. Joseph McCune⁵, Kenneth Kalunian⁶, Cynthia Aranow⁷, Megan Clowse⁸, Elena Massarotti⁹, Ellen Goldmuntz¹⁰, Jessica Springer¹⁰, Lynette Keyes-Elstein¹¹, Bill Barry¹¹, Ashley Pinckney¹¹ and Judith James¹², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IN, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁸Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁹Brigham and Women's hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰NIH/NIAID, Rockville, MD, ¹¹Rho, Durham, NC, ¹²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
Background/Purpose: Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) is standard of care therapy for long term treatment of lupus nephritis and other manifestations of SLE. However, it is associated…
Abstract Number: 1232 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Low Hemoglobin with Efficacy and Patient-reported Outcomes in Three Phase III Studies of Sarilumab (TARGET, MOBILITY and MONARCH)
Andrea Rubbert Roth¹, Daniel Furst*², Stefano Fiore³, Amy Praestgaard⁴, Vivian Bykerk⁵, Clifton Bingham III⁶ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁷, ¹Klinik für Rheumatologie, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Anemia is a common comorbidity in patients (pts) with RA, and changes in hemoglobin (Hb) levels are associated with changes in inflammatory disease activity. Since…
Abstract Number: 1393 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Sclerosis: Subclinical Aterosclerosis and Morbimortality
Miriam Retuerto¹, Jose Luis Rosales², Maria Martin¹, Beatriz Joven¹ and Patricia E Carreira¹, ¹Hospital universitario 12 de octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospiten Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, and an increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This process is mediated by classic cardiovascular risk factors…
Abstract Number: 1724 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Feasible and Efficient Approach to Implementing Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Measure in a Busy Rheumatology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project
Ali H.Ali¹, Amani Elghafri², Mosaab Mohameden³, Mandeep Sidhu² and Candice Reyes Yuvienco⁴, ¹University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, CA, ²University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, ³University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of California San Francisco Fresno, Clovis, CA
Background/Purpose: The treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has witnessed a substantial change over last the 20 years, with disease remission becoming an achievable goal. Treat-to-target…
Abstract Number: 1818 • ACR Convergence 2020
IgG and IgA Autoantibodies Against L1 ORF1p Expressed in Granulocytes Correlate with Granulocyte Consumption and Disease Activity in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kennedy Ukadike¹, Kathryn Ni¹, Victoria Carter¹, Martin Taylor², John LaCava³, Lauren Pachman⁴, Xiaoxing Wang¹, Mary Eckert⁵, Anne Stevens¹, Christian Lood¹ and Tomas Mustelin¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology; The CureJM Center of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research and Care, The Stanley Manne Children's Research Center of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL, ⁵Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: To quantitate autoantibodies against the RNA-binding p40 (ORF1p) protein encoded by the L1 retroelement, expression of p40 itself, and markers of neutrophil death in…
Abstract Number: 2031 • ACR Convergence 2020
Which Disease Activity Outcome Measure Discriminates Best in Axial Spondyloarthritis? A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis
Augusta Ortolan¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán², Alexandre Sepriano³, Robert Landewé⁴, Désirée van der Heijde⁵ and Sofia Ramiro⁶, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Padova, Italy, ²Hospital Universitario La Paz IdiPaz, Madrid, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Center & Zuyderland Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Several disease activity response and status criteria are used to assess treatment efficacy in RCTs in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Response criteria include: the Assessment…
Abstract Number: 0198 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Prospective Cohort Study of Vehicle Control as a Measure of Driving Performance in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kaleb Michaud¹, Jennifer Merickel¹, Yeongjin Gwon¹, Harlan Sayles¹, Haley Kampschnieder¹, Rebecca Hiebert¹, Alison Petro¹, Bryant England¹, Matthew Rizzo¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Automobile driving is an instrumental activity of daily living. Owing to symptoms and functional impairment, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) rely disproportionately on driving…
Abstract Number: 0320 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessment of Implementation of Treat to Target Concept Using Validated Composite Scores in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Tal Gazitt¹, Muhanad Abu Elhija¹, Amir Haddad¹, Idit Lavi¹, Muna Elias¹ and Devy Zisman¹, ¹Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: To assess the implementation of the “Treat-to-Target” (T2T) concept using validated composite disease activity scores in daily management of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).Methods: A retrospective…
Abstract Number: 0725 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Data Science Evaluation of the Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR) Questionnaire for Improving Management of JIA Patients
Humbert Quesada-Masachs¹, Michalis Faloutsos², Shomit Ghose³, Sara Marsal⁴, Consuelo Modesto⁴ and Estefania Quesada-Masachs⁵, ¹University of California Riverside, San Diego, ²University of California Riverside, Riverside, ³University of California Berkeley, San Francisco, ⁴Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, San Diego
Background/Purpose: The Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR) is a questionnaire developed to comprehensively assess Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients. Despite being translated into 54…

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