Abstracts tagged "Disease Activity"

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…
Abstract Number: 0907 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Outcomes with Filgotinib, an Oral Selective Janus Kinase 1 Inhibitor: 100-week Data from an Open-label Extension (OLE) Study in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
Laura Coates¹, Dafna Gladman², Filip Van den Bosch³, Philip Helliwell⁴, Anna Rychlewska-Hańczewska⁵, Mykola Stanislavchuk⁶, Leen Gilles⁷, Lien Gheyle⁷, Ke Liu⁸, Mona Trivedi⁸, Muhsen Alani⁹, Robin Besuyen¹⁰ and Philip Mease¹¹, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Ai Centrum Medyczne, Poznań, Poland, ⁶National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine, ⁷Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁸Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁹Gilead Sciences, Inc. and University of Washington, Foster City, CA, ¹⁰Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹Seattle Rheumatology Associates, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: EQUATOR (NCT03101670) was a randomized, 16-week, Phase 2, multicenter, double-blind, placebo (PBO)‑controlled trial of filgotinib (FIL) in patients with active PsA ( Mease P,…
Abstract Number: 1185 • ACR Convergence 2020
Performance of the MBDA-based CVD Risk Score in RA Patient Groups of Clinical Interest
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Cynthia Crowson³, Eric Sasso⁴, Elena Hitraya⁴, Cheryl Chin⁵, Richard Bamford⁵, Rotem Ben-Shachar⁵, Alexander Gutin⁵, Darl Flake⁵, Brent Mabey⁵ and Jerry Lanchbury⁵, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ⁴Myriad Autoimmune, South San Francisco, CA, ⁵Myriad Genetics, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: A novel risk prediction score combines serum biomarkers from the multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA) test with clinical information to predict 3-year risk for a…
Abstract Number: 1321 • ACR Convergence 2020
Central Sensitization, Disease Perception and Obesity Should Be Taken into Account When Interpreting Disease Activity in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Stan Kieskamp¹, Davy Paap², Marllies Carbo¹, Freke Wink³, Reinhard Bos⁴, Hendrika Bootsma¹, Suzanne Arends⁵ and Anneke Spoorenberg⁵, ¹University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ², Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁴Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, ⁵University Medical Centre Groningen and Medical centre Leeuwarden, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Up to 40% of ankylosing spondylitis patients report persistently high pain scores of >4 (scale of 0-10) even after responding to long-term TNF-α blocking…
Abstract Number: 1665 • ACR Convergence 2020
Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Childhood-Onset SLE Disease Activity in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Emily Smitherman¹, Rouba Chahine¹, Timothy Beukelman¹, Andrea Knight², AKM Rahman¹, Mary Beth Son³, Jeffrey R Curtis⁴ and Aimee Hersh⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City
Background/Purpose: Patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) are at high risk for early morbidity and mortality, but predictors of moderate/high cSLE disease activity have…
Abstract Number: 1794 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Geomagnetic Disturbances: A Time Series Analysis
George Stojan¹, Flavia Giammarino² and Michelle Petri³, ¹Johns Hopkins University, BALTIMORE, MD, ²Deutsche Bank, London, United Kingdom, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: To examine the influence of solar cycle and geomagnetic effects on SLE disease activity.Methods: The data used for the analysis consisted of 327 observations…
Abstract Number: 1892 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pattern and Influential Factors in Promoting Treat-to-Target (T2T) for F Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) Patients with the App of Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM): A Cohort Study from China
Jing Xue¹, Hongzhi Wang², Hongbin Li³, Hui Song⁴, Yasong Li⁵, Xiaofei Shi⁶, Hongjun Zhao⁷, Feng Wei⁸, Bing Wu⁹, Hui Xiao¹⁰, Yuhua Jia⁹, Fei Xiao⁹ and Huaxiang Wu¹, ¹The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University school of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China (People's Republic), ³The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China (People's Republic), ⁴Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of science and technology, Luoyang, China (People's Republic), ⁷Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ⁸Jiangmen Central Hospital Affiliated Jiangmen Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Jiangmen, China (People's Republic), ⁹Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰Shanghai Gothic Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) is adopted to evaluate the degree of disease activity and the inflammatory response in AS patients. ASDAS score…
Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2020
Relationships Between Disease Patterns in RA and Rheumatology Treatment
Kelly O'Neill¹, Kathryne Marks², John Davis³ and Cynthia Crowson⁴, ¹Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Orlando, FL, ²Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: We previously showed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients report diversity in disease activity (DA) patterns that may be associated with treatment response. Patients who describe…
Abstract Number: 0303 • ACR Convergence 2020
SLE Patients Stratify into Distinct Clusters Based on Their Peripheral Blood Immunologic Phenotype During Acute Flare
Kieran Manion¹, Carolina Munoz-Grajales², Michael Kim³, Kirubel Goliad⁴, Dennisse Bonilla⁵, Dafna Gladman¹, Murray Urowitz⁶, Zahi Touma⁷ and Joan Wither⁵, ¹Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto-UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Insitute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto-UHN, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto Lupus Clinic, Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease in which periods of quiescence are interspersed with acute flares of disease activity that produce much of the…

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