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  • Abstract Number: 2071 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Impact of Diagnostic Delay on Disease Activity and Cumulative Damage in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in a Third-level Hospital in Mexico

    valeria cantu1, Rebeca L. Polina-Lugo1, Emmanuel Dominguez-Chapa2, Ana Cecilia Bardan Inchaustegui3, Fernanda M. Garcia-Carrillo4, Daniela A. Mejia-Rodriguez4, Ericka S. Reyna-Hernandez4, Rosa Arvizu-Rivera5, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza6 and Miguel Villarreal-Alarcón7, 1Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 2Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 3Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 4Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 5Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico, 6Rheumatology Service, University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, Monterrey, Mexico, 7Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a rare and heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases marked by inflammation of muscle tissue and extramuscular manifestations. Their atypical…
  • Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Discordance Between Physician and Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity in a Large Multicenter Prospective SLE Cohort in the U.S. and Canada

    Romy Kallas1, Naiva Manuela Piatchou Donfack1, Deanna Jannat-Khah1, Cynthia Aranow2, Cristina Arriens3, Jill Buyon4, Megan Clowse5, Maria Dall'Era6, Richard Furie7, Ellen Ginzler8, Jennifer Grossman9, Kenneth Kalunian10, Diane Kamen11, Kichul Ko12, William McCune13, Brad Rovin14, Francisco Sanchez-Guerrero15, Saira Sheikh16, Kyriakos Kirou1 and Timothy Niewold17, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 3Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 4NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 5Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, 6Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 7Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, 8SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY, 9UCLA, Sherman Oaks, CA, 10UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 11Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, 12The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 13U Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 14The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 15University Health Network/Sinai Health system, Toronto, ON, Canada, 16University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 17Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York

    Background/Purpose: Understanding the discordance between patient- and physician-reported disease assessment scores is essential for incorporating patient-reported outcomes into disease activity measures and identifying gaps between…
  • Abstract Number: 1364 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Efficacy Of Ayurvedic Treatment Versus Placebo, Each In Combination With Methotrexate In Early RA Over 20 Weeks: An Exploratory Randomized Control Trial

    Prativa Priyadarshani Sethi1, Venkatesh Srinivasa Pai2, Rajat Ranka2, Avneet Kumar Gupta3, Ashish Baweja4, ritu sangwan5, Abhishek Rai6, Sryla Punjadath1 and Nithya Maskani2, 1All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 2AIIMS RISHIKESH, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 3AIIMS RISHIKESH, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 4Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 5AIIMS ,Rishikesh, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 6AIIMS ,RISHIKESH, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India

    Background/Purpose: Early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a critical therapeutic window where prompt treatment targeting remission or low disease activity can significantly reduce long-term disability and…
  • Abstract Number: 1103 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Validation of the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis

    Kayla Chubbs1, Carrie Ye2, Shahin Jamal3, Marie Hudson4, Janet Pope5, Tom Appleton6, Sabrina Hoa7, Alexandra Saltman8, Megan Himmel8, Nancy Maltez9, Faiza Khokhar10, Alexandra Ladouceur11, Ines Colmegna12, May Choi13, Manar Elsayed2 and Janet Roberts1, 1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 3University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, 5University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 6Western University, London, ON, Canada, 7University of Montreal, Brossard, QC, Canada, 8University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 9Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada., Ottawa, ON, Canada, 10Hamilton Ontario, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 11University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 12The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, 13University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Background/Purpose: The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) continues to increase with an expanding number of indications across varying cancer types and stages. ICIs can…
  • Abstract Number: 0803 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Improved Efficacy and Safety Outcomes in Patients with SLE Treated with Belimumab (BEL) Versus Immunosuppressants (IS), in Addition to Antimalarials (AM) and Glucocorticoids (GC): A Post Hoc Summary of Five Phase 3 Trials

    Mariele Gatto1, Karen H. Costenbader2, Andreas Schwarting3, Julia Harris4, Ciara O'Shea5, Roger A. Levy6 and Andrea Doria7, 1Academic Rheumatology Centre, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy, 2Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University Medical Centre, Mainz, Germany, 4GSK, Biostatistics, London, United Kingdom, 5Global Medical Affairs, GSK, Dublin, Ireland, 6GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, 7University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Chronic GC and IS use increases damage accrual and mortality. The 2023 EULAR SLE recommendations support initiation of biologics such as BEL, a human…
  • Abstract Number: 0448 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Implementing Artificial Intelligence to Identify Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Electronic Medical Records Processed with Privacy-Preserving Large Language Models: A Pilot Study

    Ioannis Koulas1, Nikolaos Tsaftaridis2, Marios Gkionis3, Giancarlo Paternoster4, Sunit Jariwala5 and Konstantinos Loupasakis6, 1Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 2The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, 3NTNU, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Trondheim, Norway, 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 5Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 6Montefiore Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

    Background/Purpose: Although Large Language Models (LLMs) have been successfully used in the analysis of data from Electronic Health Records (EHRs), their implementation in the field…
  • Abstract Number: 1450 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The Novel Digital Therapeutic Axia Improves Disease Activity, Functionality, and Quality of Life in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial (Bechterew-App Trial)

    Patrick-Pascal Strunz1, Tobias Heusinger2, Maxime Le Maire2, Anna Fleischer3, Karsten Sebastian Luetkens4, Patricia Possler2, Michael Gernert1, Hannah Labinsky5, Robert Leppich6, Astrid Schmieder7, Ludwig Hammel8, Billy Sperlich9, Matthias Fröhlich1 and Marc Schmalzing10, 1University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology, Wuerzburg, Germany, 2University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, 3University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Medicine II, Psychosomatics, Wuerzburg, Germany, 4University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Wuerzburg, Germany, 5University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 6University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Chair of Software Engineering (Informatik II), Department of Computer Science, Wuerzburg, Germany, 7University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology, Wuerzburg, Germany, 8Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e. V., Schweinfurt, Germany, 9Integrative and Experimental Exercise Science and Training, Institute for Sports Science, Wuerzburg, Germany, 10Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology,University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Bayern, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Axia is a novel digital therapeutic (DTx) specifically designed for patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), in compliance with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR).…
  • Abstract Number: 2616 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-World Implication of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Utilization on Treatment Decisions and Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Ryan Clark1, Sally Almahdawi1, Carolina Alvarez2, Rumey Ishizawar3 and Thuyvan Phan4, 1UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, 3UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and TARC, Chapel Hill, NC, 4UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: The University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals Rheumatology Clinic is utilizing the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) per…
  • Abstract Number: 2308 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Physical Function Mediates Most—but Not All—of the Effect of Disease Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Analysis

    AUGUSTA ORTOLAN1, Désirée Van Der Heijde2, Laure Gossec3 and Sofia Ramiro4, 1Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, 2Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Sorbonne Universite and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France, 4Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an overarching outcome in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and is considered influenced by disease activity and physical function. However,…
  • Abstract Number: 2062 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Immune Cell Signatures Associated with Disease Activity in Dermatomyositis Across Autoantibody Subtypes

    Jeffrey Sagun1, Melissa Leeolou1, Nicholas Geraci2, Andrew Bender3, Fatima Strand2, David Fiorentino1 and Kavita Sarin1, 1Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 2EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, 3AbbVie, Worcester, MA

    Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis (DM) is a heterogeneous multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the skin, muscle, and lung. Identifying the immune cells that drive disease…
  • Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Lupus Disease Activity Adversely Affects the Quality of Life but not Intimate Relationship and Sexual Function in Indian Female Lupus Patients

    Ranjan Gupta, Nilanchali Singh, Nisha Jawaliya, Rudra Prosad Goswami, Soniya Dhiman and Parul baisoya, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) disease activity can affect the normal functioning of the patients. This functioning in various domains can be assessed using quality…
  • Abstract Number: 1357 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Measuring Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes Using Machine Learning Imputed Disease Activity Scores

    Jue Hou1, Feiqing Huang2, Gregory McDermott3, Jun Wen4, Mary Jeffway3, Ying Qi5, Yunqing Han3, Tianrun Cai6, Florence Bourgeois4, Katherine Liao7 and Tianxi Cai2, 1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, 5Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, 6Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Validated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity measures such as the Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS28) are used in clinical trials but not universally recorded in…
  • Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Insurance, Gender, and COVID-19’s Effects on Health Inequity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 12-Year Long Population Assessment

    Ramsha Riaz1, Lifang Zhang2, Andrea Berger2, Hema Srinivasan2, Lisa Schroeder3 and Jonida Cote4, 1Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 2Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, 3Geisinger, Danville, PA, 4Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA

    Background/Purpose: Recognizing health care disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis is crucial to improving outcomes. This study analyzes factors contributing to RA care inequities.Methods: We examined RA…
  • Abstract Number: 0791 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Disagreements in Disease Activity Measures in an Evaluation of SLE Outcome Measures in Telemedicine

    Leila Khalili1, Cynthia Aranow2, Mimi Kim3, Diane Kamen4, Cristina Arriens5, Alberto Nordmann-Gomes6, Maya Souvignier6, Wei Tang7, Stephen Suh8, Maria Dall'Era9, Meghan mackay10 and Anca Askanase1, 1Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, 3Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 4Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, 5Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 6Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 7Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 8Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, 9Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 10Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY

    Background/Purpose: We previously described the top-line results of our study and the high correlations between virtual SLE disease activity measures (DAM) and those obtained during…
  • Abstract Number: 0444 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Low Disease Activity: Good Enough?

    Emily Thoman1, Sebastiano Porcu1 and Martin Bergman2, 1Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, 2Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia

    Background/Purpose: Treat-to-target is the guiding principle and therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. Escalation of treatment is based on the regular assessment of disease…
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