Abstracts tagged "Drug toxicity"

Abstract Number: 1160 • ACR Convergence 2021
Evaluation of HCQ Side Effects in New and Prevalent Users over a 20 Year Period Using a Large Database
Diana Meyler¹, Sofia Pedro², Alan Erickson³, Patricia Katz⁴ and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹UNMC, Omaha, NE, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite being used for more than 70 years as a conventional (cs) DMARD, very little is known about the overall side effect (SE) profile…
Abstract Number: 1161 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient Preferences for Hydroxychloroquine in Systemic Lupus (SLE)
Jennifer Dollinger¹, Celline Brasil¹, Marcus Wong¹, Glen Hazlewood², Ryan Dollinger¹, Wendy Singer³, Christian Pineau⁴, Evelyne Vinet⁵, Ann Clarke², Jennifer Lee¹ and Sasha Bernatsky⁴, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University Health Centre, Mont Royal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been shown to reduce SLE flares, concerns exist regarding side effects from long-term use. Very little information is available on…
Abstract Number: 1517 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Patients with Melanoma Who Develop Rheumatic Immune Related Adverse Events During Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Blockade
Sophia Weinmann¹, Amanda Eudy² and David Pisetsky¹, ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patients with malignancy who develop rheumatic immune related adverse events (IRAEs) during immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) are commonly autoantibody negative. The change from chemotherapy…
Abstract Number: 1518 • ACR Convergence 2021
Elucidating Activated Osteoarthritis as an Emerging Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicity: A Descriptive Observational Study
Pankti Reid¹, David Liew², Rajshi Akruwala³, Anne Bass⁴ and Karmela Kim Chan⁵, ¹University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ³SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a type of immunotherapy used for cancer management. ICI toxicities can challenge the ability to safely continue ICI therapy…
Abstract Number: 1522 • ACR Convergence 2021
Potential Predictors of Persistence in Immune Check Point Inhibitor Induced Arthritis
Anu Desai¹, Lakshmi Priya Shadananan¹, Adam Croft², Lalit Pallan¹, Neil Steven³ and Benjamin Fisher⁴, ¹University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²University of Birmingham, Halesowen, United Kingdom, ³Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy/University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Immune Check Point Inhibitors (ICIs) are widely used in Oncology and are associated with multiple autoimmune and systemic inflammatory reactions called immune-related adverse events.…
Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Drug Withdrawal on Interleukin-1 or Interleukin-6 Inhibitor Associated Diffuse Lung Disease
Vivian Saper¹, Sampath Prahalad², Scott Canna³, Rabheh Abdul-Aziz⁴, Marcela Alvarez⁵, Catherine Bingham⁶, Brigitte Bader-Meunier⁷, Imelda Balboni⁸, Roberta Berard⁹, Roxana Bolaria¹⁰, Alexis Boneparth¹¹, Alicia Casey¹², Elaine Cassidy¹³, Joyce C. Chang¹⁴, Michal Cidon¹⁵, Kathleen Collins¹⁶, Aileen M. Dickenson¹⁷, Graciela Espada⁵, Martha Fishman¹², Elaine Flanagan¹⁸, Timothy Hahn¹⁹, Ankur K. Jindal²⁰, Ozgur Kasapcopur²¹, Marisa Klein-Gitelman²², Timothy Klouda¹², Mikhail Kostik²³, Carol Lake²⁴, Mariana Marques²⁵, Michael Ombrello²⁶, Karen Onel²⁷, Omkar Phadke²⁸, Angelo Ravelli²⁹, Adam Reinhardt³⁰, Amanda D. Robinson³¹, Kelly Rouster-Stevens³², Nadine Saad²⁷, Grant Schulert³³, Susan Shenoi³⁴, Cory Stingl¹⁴, Anjali Sura³⁵, Melissa Tesher³⁶, Jessica Tibaldi³⁷, Kathryn Torok³⁸, Cathy Tsin³⁹, Natalia Vasquez-Canizares⁴⁰, D. Sofia Villacis-Nunez⁴¹, Ben Whitehead⁴², Holly Wobma¹², Lawrence Zemel⁴³ and Elizabeth Mellins¹, ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁵Hospital de Niños Dr Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Penn State Children's Hospital, Allentown, PA, ⁷Pediatric Immuno-hematology, Necker Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁸Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Self, Victoria, BC, Canada, ¹¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Medical Education, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴Children's Hospital of Phildelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁵Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁶LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, ¹⁷Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁸Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁹Penn State Childrens Hospital, Hershey, PA, ²⁰Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, İstanbul, Turkey, ²²Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²³Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, ²⁴National Institutes of Health, Gaithersburg, MD, ²⁵UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁶National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²⁸EMORY, Atlanta, GA, ²⁹Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ³⁰Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, ³¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³²Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³⁴Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³⁵SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³⁶University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³⁷IRCSS Istituto G. Gaslini University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ³⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³⁹Stanford University, Stanford, ⁴⁰Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, ⁴¹Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴²Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴³CCMC, Hartford, CT
Background/Purpose: Severe delayed hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) are under-recognized in inflammatory conditions, particularly drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). Previous work has shown this…
Abstract Number: 0116 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Side Effects Among Individuals with Rheumatic Disease
Kaleb Michaud¹, Adam Cornish², Alison Freifeld¹, Patricia Katz³ and Kristin Wipfler², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Over 135 million Americans were fully vaccinated to COVID-19 by June 2021, yet there was a paucity of data on side effects for those…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2021
Baseline Body-mass-index and Risk for Obesity in Children with Rheumatic Disease on Moderate to High-dose Prednisone Therapy
Roberta Berard¹, Michael Rieder², Erkan Demirkaya², Michael Miller³ and Renee Pang², ¹London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, Children's Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Prednisone is a glucocorticoid (GC) medication commonly used in moderate ( >7.5 mg per day) to high doses (≥ 1 mg/kg/day) for children with…
Abstract Number: 0146 • ACR Convergence 2021
Improving Medication Toxicity Lab Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Akrithi Udupa¹, Catherine Sims², Poorva Apte², Megan Milne², Isaac Smith¹, D Ryan Anderson¹, Mithu Maheswaranathan², Jayanth Doss² and David Leverenz², ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the rapid implementation of telehealth in rheumatology with unknown implications for medication toxicity lab monitoring. The purpose of this…
Abstract Number: 1753 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels Are Associated with Reduced SLE Disease Activity and Improvements in Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Laurence Magder¹, Michelle Petri² and Daniel Goldman², ¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: In SLE, treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been shown to be associated with reduced SLE flares and reduced risk of damage in several different…
Abstract Number: 0206 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hydroxycloroquine-Induced Atrioventricular Block in Inmune-Mediated Diseases. Single University Center Study of 293 Patients
Alba Herrero-Morant¹, Adrián Margarida-de Castro¹, Raquel Pérez-Barquín², Jon Zubiaur-Zamacola¹, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, ³Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is an extensively used drug in immune-mediated diseases (IMID). Despite its general safety, HCQ can cause serious toxicity such as heart conduction…
Abstract Number: 1762 • ACR Convergence 2021
Hydroxychloroquine Alone Does Not Increase QTc in the Absence of Other QT-prolonging Medications
Haihui Wang, Upstate Medica University, Fayetteville, NY
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is one of the widely used immunomodulator in rheumatology. Its temporary trendy use during the early phase of COVID pandemic stresses its…
Abstract Number: 0306 • ACR Convergence 2021
Allergic Disorders in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Compared with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Misako Higashida-Konishi¹, Keisuke Izumi², Tatsuya Shimada³, Satoshi Hama⁴, Mitsuhiro Akiyama⁵, Hisaji Oshima⁴ and Yutaka Okano⁶, ¹Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Meguroku, Japan, ²Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center/Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center/ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, ⁴Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center/ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Kawasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Allergic disorders are occasionally seen in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) [1]. Risk factors are unclear for allergic disorders.We aimed to compare the…
Abstract Number: 0439 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictors of Rheumatic Immune-related Adverse Events and de Novo Inflammatory Arthritis After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-treatment for Cancer
Amy Cunningham-Bussel¹, Jiaqi Wang², Lauren Prisco³, Lily Martin², Kathleen Vanni², Alessandra Zaccardelli², Mazen Nasrallah⁴, Lydia Gedmintas², Lindsey MacFarlane⁵, Nancy Shadick⁶, Mark M. Awad⁷, Osama E. Rahma⁷, Nicole LeBoeuf⁸, Ellen Gravallese⁹ and Jeffrey Sparks², ¹Brigham and Women's, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pound Ridge, MA, ⁴MGH, Somerville, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Background/Purpose: Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are a frequent and serious complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment for cancer, which can resemble primary rheumatic diseases.…
Abstract Number: 0646 • ACR Convergence 2021
Dark Adaptometry Screening for Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy: A Pilot Study
Robert Yood¹, Elinor Mody¹, Bradley Daines¹, Kathryn Deliso², Eugenio Candal¹, Ahmed Ramram¹, Stephen Brimer³, Alondra Msallem² and Larry Baitch², ¹Reliant Medical Group, Worcester, MA, ²MCPHS University, Worcester, MA, ³Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is widely used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. The use of HCQ is complicated by HCQ-induced retinopathy, which may lead to…

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