Abstracts tagged "Eye Disorders"

Abstract Number: 1781 • ACR Convergence 2024
Tear Proteomics as a Classifier of Disease Type and Activity Status in Pediatric Uveitis
Melissa Lerman¹, Devlin Eckardt¹, Stefanie Davidson² and Edward Behrens³, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania/CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, West Chester, PA
Background/Purpose: Measurement of proteins from tear fluid represents a non-invasive means to assess the local biology of ocular autoimmune disease such as uveitis. Pediatric uveitis…
Abstract Number: 1853 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mutated Nod2 Enhances Pathogenic Th17 Responses That Promote Experimental Blau Syndrome
Leah Huey¹, Emily Vance¹, Kofi Asare-Konadu² and Ruth Napier³, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Blau syndrome, a pediatric rheumatological disease characterized by uveitis, arthritis, and dermatitis, is caused by a single point mutation in the gene NOD2. Nod2…
Abstract Number: 0373 • ACR Convergence 2023
Potential Tear-Based Uveitis Biomarkers in Children with JIA: A Pilot Study
Ilaria Maccora¹, Mekibib Altaye², Tiffany Nguyen³, Kenneth Greis⁴, Wendy Haffey⁴, Theresa Hennard⁵, Alyssa Sproles², Sherry Thornton², Virginia Miraldi Utz⁵ and Sheila Angeles-Han², ¹PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Children with oligoarticular JIA are at increased risk of developing uveitis. JIA category, ANA positivity, ≤4 years JIA duration, and < 6 years old…
Abstract Number: 2474 • ACR Convergence 2023
Uveitis as Predictor of Disease Flare After the First Course of Anti-TNF Withdrawal in Oligo and Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Multicentric Italian Experience
Ilaria Maccora¹, Valerio Accardo², Marco Cattalini³, ilaria Pagnini⁴, Andrea Taddio⁵, Edoardo Marrani⁶, francesco La Torre⁷, Matteo Trevisan⁸, Maria Vincenza Mastrolia⁹ and Gabriele Simonini¹⁰, ¹PhD student, in the Area of Drugs and Innovative Treatments, NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence. Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, IRCCS Burlo Garofalo, Trieste, Italy, ⁶University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁷Giovanni XXIII Pediatric Hospital, University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁸IRCCS Burlo Garofalo, Trieste, Italy, ⁹NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReConnet Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence Italy. NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: TNF inhibitors (TNFi) have dramatically changed the prognosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). However, once achieved disease remission, it is not clear how and…
Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multicentre Study of Uveitis in Spondyloarthritis: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognosis
Nikolaos Kougkas¹, Konstantina Magiouf², Chrysoula Gialouri³, Gerasimos Evangelatos⁴, Maria Pappa², Afroditi Mpitouli⁵, Alexios Iliopoulos⁶, Theodoros Dimitroulas⁷, Anastasios Karamanakos⁸, Aikaterini Dimouli⁸, Maria Tektonidou², Petros Sfikakis⁹ and George Fragoulis¹⁰, ¹4th Internal Department, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University of Thesaaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ³National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology Department, 417 Army Share Found Hospital (NIMTS), Athens, Greece, ⁵Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁶NIMTS Veterans Hospital, Zografou, Greece, ⁷Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁸“Evangelismos” General Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Athens, Greece, ⁹National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹⁰"Laiko" Hospital - First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Data are still scarce about risk factors predicting the occurrence and course of uveitis in spondyloarthritis (SpA). We aimed to examine associations between demographic,…
Abstract Number: 2548 • ACR Convergence 2023
Low Uveitis Rates in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated with Bimekizumab: Pooled Results from Phase 2b/3 Trials
Martin Rudwaleit¹, Matthew A. Brown², Floris Van Gaalen³, Nigil Haroon⁴, Lianne Gensler⁵, Carmen Fleurinck⁶, Alexander Marten⁷, Ute Massow⁸, Natasha De Peyrecave⁹, Thomas Vaux¹⁰, Katy White¹⁰, Atul Deodhar¹¹ and Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma¹², ¹University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ²Genomics England, London, United Kingdom, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁶UCB Pharma, Oosterzele, Belgium, ⁷UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁸UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹¹Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ¹²Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Acute anterior uveitis ('uveitis'), or 'iritis', is a common extra-musculoskeletal manifestation among patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).1 IL-17 has been implicated in the…
Abstract Number: 0524 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol in Preventing Anterior Uveitis Flares Compared with Standard Non-Biologic Treatment: A Matched Control Study in High-Risk Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Nigil Haroon¹, Zeynep Baskurt², Tina Chim³, Robert Inman⁴, Diana Paez⁵, Thomas Kumke⁶, Rachel Tham⁷, Mindy Kim⁸, Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma⁹ and Lianne Gensler¹⁰, ¹University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁶UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁷UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁸UCB Pharma, Atlanta, GA, ⁹Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁰University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Acute anterior uveitis (AAU) is the most common extra-musculoskeletal manifestation in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), affecting more than a third of patients. However, long-term interventional…
Abstract Number: 2550 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Incidence of Uveitis in Patients with Axial Spondylarthritis Treated with Biologics or Targeted Synthetics: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Zijing Yang¹, Maryam Adas¹, Bechman Katie¹, Deepak Nagra¹, Ali Soykan Uguzlar¹, Mark Russell¹, Nicky Wilson², Sophia Steer¹, Sam Norton¹ and James Galloway¹, ¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anterior uveitis (AU) is one of the commonly observed extraspinal manifestations in Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). Data on the protective effects of targeted immunomodulatory therapies…
Abstract Number: 1062 • ACR Convergence 2023
Antiretinal Autoantibodies in Hydroxychloroquine Eye Toxicity
Samuel Good¹, Grazyna Adamus², Michael Gorin³, Jordan Jacquez¹, Jennifer Grossman¹, Brian Skaggs¹, Ashira Hasan² and Maureen McMahon⁴, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) is a disease process in which circulating autoantibodies (AAbs) against retina-specific antigens cause local inflammation and can lead to blindness. Hydroxychloroquine…
Abstract Number: 1099 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving Hydroxychloroquine Dosing and Eye Screening Compliance in Patients with Connective Tissue Disorder
Maria Salgado Guerrero¹ and Angelo Gaffo², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a key treatment for patients with lupus and other rheumatic diseases. To minimize the risk of retinal toxicity, the American College…
Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR Convergence 2023
Factors Associated with Vision-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Non-infectious Uveitis: A Longitudinal Analysis
Maria Paula Alvarez Hernandez¹, Inés Pérez Sancristóbal¹, Alfredo Madrid García², Lara Borrego Sanz³, Cristina Hormigos martín¹, Beatriz García Tirado³, Mayte Ariño Gutiérrez³, Cristina lajas Petisco¹, Pedro Arriola Villalobos³, Esperanza Pato Cour³ and Luis Rodríguez Rodríguez¹, ¹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ²Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) are characterized by inflammation of the middle layer of the eye wall and have a significant impact on patients' visual-related quality…
Abstract Number: 1130 • ACR Convergence 2023
Interobserver Reliability and Sensitivity to Change of a Composite Ocular Inflammatory Activity Index: UVEDAI
Esperanza Pato¹, Lara Borrego-Sanz², Marta Domínguez³, Fernando Alonso⁴, Fayna Rodríguez-Gonazález⁵, Marta Tejera-Santana⁵, María del Mar Esteban-Ortega⁶, Isabel García-Lozano⁷, Lucia Martinez-Costa⁸, Samuel Gonzalez-Ocampo⁸, Maite Sainz de la Maza⁹, Aina Moll-Udina⁹, Zulema Plaza¹⁰, Alejandro Fonollosa-Calduch¹¹, Joseba Artaraz¹¹, Teresa Díaz-Valle¹², María Gurrea-Almela¹², David Diaz-Valle¹³ and Rosalía Méndez-Fernández¹³, ¹Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Ophthalmology, Madrid, Spain, ³Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Doctor Negrín, Ophthalmology, Gran Canaria, Spain, ⁶Hospital Infanta Sofia, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Infanta Sofia, Ophthalmology, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Doctor Peset, Ophthalmology, Valencia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Ophthalmology, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital de Cruces, Ophthalmology, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Hospital De Móstoles, Ophthalmology, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Standardized and validated outcome measures of disease activity are lacking in the treatment and assessment of uveitis, making it difficult to compare efficacy and…
Abstract Number: 1220 • ACR Convergence 2023
Sjögren’s Patients’ Experiences and Content Validity of the Dry Eye Disease Symptom Questionnaire (DED-SQ)
Denise Kruzikas¹, Ann Eldred², Shelly Kafka³, Janet Church⁴, Katherine Hammitt⁴, Patricia Koochaki⁵ and Christina O'Donnell⁶, ¹AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, ³AbbVie, Inc., Norristown, PA, ⁴Sjögren’s Foundation, Reston, VA, ⁵ICON Clinical Research LLC, Raleigh, NC, ⁶ICON plc, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Dry eye is one of the most important and prevalent symptoms experienced by patients with Sjögren's Disease (SJD). The DED-SQ is a 12-item patient…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2023
Therapeutic Approaches and Predictive Factors of Relapse in Severe Ocular Involvement in Behçet’s Disease: A Multicentre Retrospective Study
Audrey Hermant¹, Yann Nguyen², Fleur Cohen³, Antoine Baudet⁴, Alban DEROUX⁵, Vincent Poindron⁶, Cécile-Audrey Durel⁷, Nicolas Girszyn⁸, Noémie Le Gouellec⁹, Benedicte Rouviere¹⁰, Helder Gil¹¹, Francois Maurier¹², Nicolas Noel¹³, Loic Raffray¹⁴, Hubert De Boysson¹⁵, Benoit Faucher¹⁶, Bertrand Godeau¹⁷, Pierre Lozach¹⁸, Claude Bachmeyer¹⁹, Alice Berezne⁴, Gilles Blaison²⁰, Brice Castel²¹, Guillaume Gondran²², Matthieu Groh²³, Stéphane Giorgiutti²⁴, Jeremy Keraen²⁵, Julie Magnant²⁶, Sebastien Monnier²⁷, Philippe Blanche²⁸, Dominique Monnet²⁹, Antoine Brezin²⁹ and Benjamin Terrier³⁰, ¹Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Clichy, France., Montmorency, France, ³Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁴CH Annecy, Annecy, France, ⁵CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, ⁶Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁷CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ⁸Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁹CH Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France, ¹⁰CHU Brest, Brest, France, ¹¹CHU Besancon, Besançon, France, ¹²CH Metz, Metz, France, ¹³CHU Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ¹⁴CHU la Réunion, La Réunion, France, ¹⁵CHU Caen, Caen, France, ¹⁶CHU Marseille, Marseille, France, ¹⁷CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ¹⁸CH Le Mans, Le Mans, France, ¹⁹CHU Tenon, Paris, France, ²⁰Hôpital Louis PASTEUR, Colmar, France, ²¹CH Tarbes, Tarbes, France, ²²CHU Limoges, Limoges, France, ²³National Referral Center for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (CEREO), Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, ²⁴CHRU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²⁵CH Quimper, Quimper, France, ²⁶CHU Tours, Tours, France, ²⁷CH Versailles, Versailles, France, ²⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁹CHU Cochin, Paris, France, ³⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The management of severe ocular involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) is an important issue with major functional implications due to the risk of blindness.…
Abstract Number: 1558 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Posterior Uveitis in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients with Vitreous Cells Without Any Other Posterior Involvement
Didar Ucar¹, Basak Ecem Bircan², Nigar Rustamli², Bilge Batu Oto¹, Vedat Hamuryudan³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³ and Gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: A considerable number of patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) have vitreous cells (VC) on slit lamp examination at the time of diagnosis. However, the…

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