Abstracts tagged "Epidemiology"

Abstract Number: 2586 • ACR Convergence 2025
Estimated Carrier Prevalence of HLA-B*58:01 Across Diverse Populations in the US and Globally
Qiping Xu¹, Joan Bathon² and Yiming Luo², ¹Mayo Clinic, Mankato, ²Columbia University, NEW YORK, NY
Background/Purpose: The HLA-B*58:01 is strongly associated with allopurinol-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions. The 2020 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Management of Gout…
Abstract Number: 2036 • ACR Convergence 2025
JAK1 selective inhibitors versus pan-JAK inhibitors: comparative real-world study of drug retention in chronic inflammatory arthritis
LETICIA LEON¹, Pedro Pablo Bermejo², Leonor Laredo³, José Alberto Peña⁴, María Teresa Benítez⁵, DALIFER FREITES⁶, CLARA DE MIGUEL³ and lydia Abasolo Alcazar⁷, ¹Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IdISSC; Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ²Clinical Pharmacology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clinico San Carlos, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Pharmacy Service San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁵San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) are effective therapeutic agents against chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA). Tofacitinib and baricitinib were defined as pan-JAK inhibitors, while upadacitinib and…
Abstract Number: 1898 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Representation in a Nation-Wide Psoriasis Registry: A Single-Institution Comparison
Evelyn Fagan¹, Joseph McGrath¹, Calla Sullivan¹, Mackenzie Kilton¹, Kaeli Samson², Kaleb Michaud³ and Sarah Lonowski¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Dermatology, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Biostatistics, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Ensuring that data registries include a representative sample is crucial for obtaining findings that can be generalized to the larger population. This comparative observational…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2025
Environmental Heat Exposure and Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jennifer Woo¹, Kaitlyn Lawrence² and Dale Sandler¹, ¹National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC, ²DLH, Corp., Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Environmental heat exposures have been linked to increased morbidity and mortality. Individuals with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) often have heat- and photo- sensitivity, which…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of parenteral compared to oral glucocorticoids in early rheumatoid arthritis is superior for chance ofbeing off steroids and escalation of therapy at 1 year
Andreu Fernandez Codina¹, Marie-France Valois², Susan J. Bartlett³, Mishquatul Wahed⁴, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Glen Hazlewood⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Bindee Kuriya⁹, Vivian Bykerk¹⁰ and Janet Pope¹¹, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ⁴Western University, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁵Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁶Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) emphasizes theimportance of limiting the dose and duration of glucocorticoids (GC) used in…
Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2025
Healthy Dietary Patterns and Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Elena Joerns¹, Jeffrey Sparks², Cynthia Chelf¹, Cynthia Crowson³, John Davis¹ and Vanessa Kronzer¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN
Background/Purpose: Healthy dietary patterns are associated with many health benefits, including lower cardiovascular disease, mortality, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. Therefore, we aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0691 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of Elevated Platelets and CRP With Severe Disease and Poor Survival in Systemic Sclerosis
Brian Lee¹, Shufeng Li¹, Srijana Davuluri², Jennifer Lee¹ and Lorinda Chung², ¹Stanford University, Stanford, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Elevated acute phase reactants such as platelets and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been used as inclusion criteria to enrich systemic sclerosis (SSc) clinical trials…
Abstract Number: 0360 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Content Validity of a New Questionnaire Evaluating Glucocorticoid Toxicity
Timothy Howell¹, anne Skalicky², Louis Matza¹, John Stone³, Martha Stone⁴, Vijayaraghava Rao⁵ and Glenn Phillips⁵, ¹evidera, Washington, DC, ²evidera, Seattle, WA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁴Steritas, LLC, Concord, MA, ⁵argenx, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: While glucocorticoids (GCs) are commonly used to treat a range of inflammatory diseases, the burden of toxicities associated with these medications is significant. The…
Abstract Number: 0154 • ACR Convergence 2025
Incidence and Prevalence of Connective Tissue Diseases with Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD) in the United States
Diana Martins¹, George Mu², Elaine Irving³, Roger A. Levy⁴, Nisha Bhatt⁵ and Keele E. Wurst⁶, ¹GSK, Epidemiology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²GSK, Statistics, Collegeville, PA, ³GSK, Clinical, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴GSK, Specialty Care, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁵GSK, Global Medical Affairs, Collegeville, PA, ⁶GSK, Immunology and Emerging Epidemiology, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Despite the high disease burden and reduced quality of life for patients with CTD-ILD, data on its incidence and prevalence – particularly by CTD…
Abstract Number: 2571 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rare Clinically Significant Methotrexate Toxicity Despite Frequent Laboratory Abnormalities: A Population-Based Study of Methotrexate Monitoring
Griffin Reed¹, Jeffrey Yang¹, Georges El Hasbani¹, Cynthia Crowson², Hannah Langenfeld¹, Jeffrey Sparks³, Bryant England⁴, gabriela Schmajuk⁵, Kaleb Michaud⁴, John Davis¹ and Vanessa Kronzer¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Stewartvillle, MN, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate laboratory monitoring is highly resource intensive, and recent evidence questions whether the true toxicity of methotrexate has been over-estimated. Therefore, we aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2018 • ACR Convergence 2025
Investigating Epidemiology, Clinical associations, and Outcomes of Uveitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Archit Srivastava¹, Jayesh Valecha², Sehreen Mumtaz¹, Caroyln Harvey³, Florentina Berianu¹ and Vikas Majithia⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Saint Vincent Hospital, Worchester, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is a significant cause of visual impairment in the U.S., with a prevalence of 438 per 100,000 persons [1]. It is anatomically classified…
Abstract Number: 1897 • ACR Convergence 2025
Changes in SLE Mortality During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Laura Hernandez¹ and Ram Singh², ¹University of California, Los Angeles, Murrieta, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are vulnerable to infections due to both underlying immune dysfunction and the use of immunosuppressive therapies. Hence, it…
Abstract Number: 1644 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Trajectory Models to Assess Pain and Risk of Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Misti Paudel¹, Leah Santacroce², Nancy Shadick³, Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Daniel Solomon⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have observed that patient-reported outcomes, such as pain, are risk factors for progression to difficult-to-treat RA (D2T-RA), a state of multi-treatment failure.…
Abstract Number: 1351 • ACR Convergence 2025
Are Glucocorticoids Associated with Worse Overall Survival among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors? The Confounding Effect of Dexamethasone
Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Fenglong Xie³, Ashish Saxena⁴ and Anne R. Bass¹, ¹Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that glucocorticoids are associated with worse survival in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). This is an important issue for Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1033 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rethinking ANA in Rheumatoid Arthritis: ICAP Pattern Insights from a Large-Scale Taiwanese Cohort
Tien-Ming Chan, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: ANA prevalence and patterns vary in RA. Using ICAP nomenclature, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of RA across different ANA patterns and…

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