Abstracts tagged "Eye Disorders"

Abstract Number: 0396 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantifying Burden of Uveitis Care for Pediatric Uveitis Patients and Caregivers
Catherine Lavallee¹, Samuel Garfinkle², Devlin Eckardt³, Stefanie Davidson⁴, Melissa Lerman⁵, Nicole Reitz⁶ and Kerry Hurlbut⁵, ¹St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, ²Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁴University of Pennsylvania/CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Mental Health, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Chronic noninfectious uveitis (CU) in pediatric patients is often asymptomatic and can cause vision loss, requiring frequent ophthalmologist visits and long-term treatment. This survey…
Abstract Number: 1722 • ACR Convergence 2025
Defining Safe Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels: Time to Switch to Precision Monitoring for Optimized Lupus Care
Shivani Garg¹, Benoit Blanchet², Yann Nguyen³, Fauzia Hollnagel⁴, Ada Clarke⁵, Michelle Petri⁶, Murray Urowitz⁷, John Hanly⁸, Caroline Gordon⁹, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁰, Juanita Romero-Diaz¹¹, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹², Ann Clarke¹³, Sasha Bernatsky¹⁴, Daniel Wallace¹⁵, David A. Isenberg¹⁶, Anisur Rahman¹⁶, Joan Merrill¹⁷, Paul Fortin¹⁸, Dafna D. Gladman¹⁹, Ian Bruce²⁰, Ellen Ginzler²¹, Mary Anne Dooley²², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²³, Susan Manzi²⁴, Andreas Jönsen²⁵, Graciela Alarcón²⁶, Ronald van Vollenhoven²⁷, Cynthia Aranow²⁸, Murat Inanc²⁹, Meghan mackay³⁰, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza³¹, S. Sam Lim³², Murat Inac³³, Kenneth Kalunian³⁴, Søren Jacobsen³⁵, Christine Peschken¹¹, Diane Kamen³⁶, Anca Askanase³⁷, Jill Buyon³⁸, Julie Chezel⁵, Alicja Puszkiel³⁹ and Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau⁴⁰, ¹University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²National Referral Centre for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP Nord, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, Clichy, France, ⁴University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁹Department of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ¹¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹²Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹⁴Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁵Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Studio City, CA, ¹⁶University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, ¹⁸Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁹Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁰Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, ²¹SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY, ²²UNC physician network, Chapel Hill, NC, ²³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁵Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁸Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁹Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³¹Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain, ³²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³³Istanbul University, Istanbul, ³⁴UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³⁵Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ³⁷Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁸NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³⁹Cochin Hospital, Paris, ⁴⁰Inserm DR Paris ⁵, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines recommend using hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) dose ≤5.0 mg/kg for managing SLE. However, 6-fold higher SLE flares, including those requiring hospitalizations, are noted with…
Abstract Number: 0394 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of quality of Life in a longitudinal cohort of patients with Uveitis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and JIA-associated uveitis
andressa Guariento Ferreira Alves¹, Amy Cassedy², Virginia Miraldi Utz³, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁴, Nicole Reitz⁵, Sheila Angeles-Han⁶ and Melissa Lerman⁷, ¹The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Cincinnati Children's hospital medical center, cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁵Department of Mental Health, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) greatly influence children's quality of life (QOL). Our aim is to identify demographic, disease, and…
Abstract Number: 1665 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effectiveness of Biologic Versus Conventional Therapy in Uveitis with Systemic Rheumatic Diseases: Real-World Evidence from a Propensity-Matched Cohort
Hanieh Akbari¹ and shahrzad Abdollahi², ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Medical Center, Norristown, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelpha, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is a vision-threatening manifestation of systemic rheumatic diseases. While conventional immunosuppressants are typically first-line, biologics are often reserved for refractory cases. Long-term real-world…
Abstract Number: 0268 • ACR Convergence 2025
Multicenter study and literature review of JAK inhibitor treatment in refractory uveitis due to different immune-mediated inflammatory pathologies
Nuria Barroso Garcia¹, Lara Sánchez Bilbao², José Luis Martín-Varillas³, Vanesa Calvo-Río², Mar Esteban Ortega⁴, Santiago muñoz Fernández⁵, José Luis Álvarez-Vega⁶, Emma Beltran⁷, Vega Jovaní⁸, Olga Maiz Alonso⁹, raúl Veroz González¹⁰, Angel Garcia-Aparicio¹¹, marta Garijo Bufort¹² and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Universitario, Universidad de Málaga UMA, Málaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital de Laredo. IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group. Santander, Spain., Laredo, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology and Ophthalmology. Hospital Infanta Sofía. Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology and Ophthalmology. Hospital Infanta Sofía, Madrid. Spain, Madrid, ⁶Rheumatology. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain., Badajoz, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology. Hospital del Mar. Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Reumatología, Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology. Hospital de Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain., San Sebastián, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology. Hospital de Mérida. Mérida, Spain., Mérida, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Sagunto, Spain, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Non-infectious uveitis may be related to several immune-mediated diseases (IMIDs). Those that are refractory to conventional therapy or biologics may lead to severe ocular…
Abstract Number: 1389 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Of Dry Eye Severity With Salivary Flow In Patients With Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Janett C. Riega-Torres¹, Karina Palomo-Arnaud², Jose Martinez-Delgado³, Fernando Morales-Wong³, Jesus Mohamed-Hamsho³, Valeria Mata-Riega², Irma Cantu-Zapata², Luis Medina-Gomez², Miguel Betancourt-De la Torre², Aritze Chong-Amezcua², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado⁴ and Karim Mohamed-Noriega³, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez”, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Rheumatology, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Ofthalmology, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease that causes hypofunction of salivary and lacrimal glands, manifesting in xerostomia and xerophthalmia among other systemic…
Abstract Number: 0264 • ACR Convergence 2025
Seeing Beyond the Eye: Subclinical Audio-Vestibular Involvement in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy, Rania Yacoub, Sarah Sheta, Rana Hussein Amin and Noha Khalil, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKH) is a systemic disease that affects the central nervous system, ocular, and integumentary system. It causes bilateral granulomatous uveitis, dysacusia ranging…
Abstract Number: 1106 • ACR Convergence 2025
Faster Ellipsoid Zone Loss in Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy with Tapering versus Discontinuation: A Longitudinal Optical Coherence Tomography Study from a Single Center in Taiwan
Ko-Jen Li¹, Ting-Wei Chang², Tso-Ting Lai³, Jui-Hung Kao⁴, TING-YUAN LAN⁵, Tai-Ju Lee⁶, pei-Hsinq lai⁷, Shao-Yu Pai⁸, Chiehyu Shen⁹ and Song-Chou Hsieh¹⁰, ¹National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ²National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Taichung, Taiwan, ³Naitional Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁴Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁵National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, ⁶National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁷Taipei City Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁸National Taiwan University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan (Republic of China), ⁹National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan, ¹⁰National Taiwan Unuversity Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy is a progressive, vision-threatening retinal disease. While HCQ is typically discontinued after toxicity is detected, some patients undergo tapering due to…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Of Choroidal Sub-foveal Thickness With Skin Manifestations And Serum Monocyte HDL Ratio In Patients With Systemic Sclerosis-A Case Control Study
Tejaswini Ramineni¹, Vijaya prasanna Parimi², Radhika M³ and Narsimulu Gumdal³, ¹Esic Medical College And Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ²ESIC Medical College and Super Specilaity Hospital, hyderabad, Telangana, India, ³ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Background/Purpose: The vascular hypothesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) posits that vasculopathy is the initial inciting event that triggers inflammation and subsequent fibrosis in the progression…
Abstract Number: 0888 • ACR Convergence 2025
TargetScan Platform Identifies Targets of CD8+ T cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis and Birdshot Uveitis
Adam S. Weinheimer¹, Olivia Pryor², Catalina Burbano³, Tyler Heath³, Livio Dukaj³, Shoshana M.K. Bloom³, Jackson Lirette³, Rachel Lent³, Prachi Dhanania³, Nicole A. Ladd³, Ryan Kritzer³, Hana Husic³, Shobitha Jillella³, Alexander Cristofaro², Chandan K. Pavuluri³, Jenna LaBelle³, Laurie Barefoot³, Shrikanta Chattopadhyay³, Andrew P. Ferretti³ and Cagan Gurer³, ¹TScan Therapeutics, Boston, MA, ²TScan Therapeutics, Waltham, ³TScan Therapeutics, Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Antigen-specific therapies offer a promising approach to selectively modulating autoimmune responses without broad immunosuppression. Strong associations with specific Class I HLA alleles in ankylosing…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2025
HLA-B27 and Axial Involvement as Independent Risk Factors for Uveitis in Spondyloarthritis: New Insights from a 15-Year Real-Life Study
Kent LE¹, Hervé LOCRELLE¹, Myriam NORMAND¹, Irina COMAN¹, Louis DELENTE¹, Tiphany NEEL¹, Adamah AMOUZOUGAN¹, Thierry THOMAS¹ and Hubert Marotte², ¹Service Rhumatologie Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France, ²INSERM ¹⁰⁵⁹/University of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
Background/Purpose: To assess the prevalence, risk factors and treatment-related outcomes of uveitis in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA), using data from a 15-year real-life cohort.Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 0385 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cross-cultural Validation of the “Effects of Youngsters-Eyesight on Quality of Life (EYE-Q)”: A Measure of Vision-related Quality of Life and Function in Childhood Uveitis
sheila Angeles-Han¹, Jordi Anton², Amra Adrovic³, Patricia Costa Reis⁴, Joke De Boer⁵, Séverine Guillaume-Czitrom⁶, Theresa Hennard⁷, Marija Jelusic⁸, Ozgur Kasapcopur⁹, Ilaria Maccora¹⁰, Hana Malcova¹¹, Joseph McDonald¹², Najima Mwase¹³, Gabriele Simonini¹⁴, Waheba Slamang¹⁵, Derrik du Toit¹⁶, Hendrike van Vollenhoven¹⁶ and Ivan Foeldvari¹⁷, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain, ³Deparment of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Department of ophthalmology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶University Hospital of Bicetre, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ¹¹FN Motol, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Meyer Children Hospital IRCCS; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁵University of Cape Town, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa, ¹⁶Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, ¹⁷Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Childhood uveitis leads to sight-threatening complications in 50% of affected children and significantly impacts a child’s quality of life and function. The Multinational Interdisciplinary…
Abstract Number: 2502 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characterization of the Tissue Fibroblast Repertoire in IgG4-Related Ophthalmic Disease
Eduardo Martin Nares, Gabriela Hernández-Molina, Diana Aguilar-León, Norma Ofelia Uribe-Uribe and Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory condition characterized by tissue infiltration with IgG4+ plasma cells. Fibrosis in the target organs is one of…
Abstract Number: 0396 • ACR Convergence 2024
Inflammatory Markers of Autoimmune Uveitis in the Eye, Tears and Blood
Maryrose Hahn¹, Madison Mangin², Kellen Winden³, Pui Lee⁴, Mindy Lo², Bharti Nihalani-Gangwani², Yasmin Massoudi⁵, Tate Valerio⁵, Amanda Colombo⁵, Jessica Scott⁶, Stephen Anesi⁶, C. Stephen Foster⁶, Peter Nigrovic⁷, sheila Angeles-Han⁸, Peter Chang⁶ and Margaret Chang², ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Georgetown, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁵Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, MA, ⁶Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁸Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune uveitis is an inflammatory disorder of the eye that is associated with significant morbidity, including vision-threatening complications and chronic reliance on immunosuppressive therapies.…
Abstract Number: 2574 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tear Biomarkers for Monitoring Disease Activity and Progression of Noninfectious Chronic Anterior Uveitis in Children
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Ilaria Maccora², Mekibib Altaye³, hermine brunner⁴, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters³, Alyssa Sproles¹, Sherry Thornton⁵, Virginia Miraldi Utz³ and sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²?PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Childhood chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) can be idiopathic (iCAU) or associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA-U). Ocular complications occur in 50% of affected children. …

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