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Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia"

  • Abstract Number: LB03 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Effectively Reduces Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial Embedded in Physical Therapy Practice

    Leslie Crofford1, Dana Dailey2, Barbara Van Gorp2, Carol Vance2, Andrew Post3, Ruth Chimenti2, Ezgi Yarasir2, Elizabeth Johnson1, Kari Vance2, Bridget Zimmerman2, Fangfang Jiang2, David-Erick Lafontant2, Maxine Koepp2, Dixie Ecklund2, Emine Bayman2 and Kathleen Sluka2, 1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 2University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 3Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic widespread pain that is often exacerbated by movement. FM is associated with enhanced central pain transmission, while transcutaneous…
  • Abstract Number: 2437 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Bupropion for Lupus-Induced Fatigue Treatment (B-LIFT): A Retrospective Analysis

    Aaron Smith1, Thuyvan Phan2, Leah Luizza3, Anthony Trujillo3, Becki Cleveland1, Shruti Saxena Beem4, Tessa Englund5, Claire Timon4 and Saira Sheikh5, 1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 3University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 4University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 5University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multi-system autoimmune disease with heterogenous presentation. Most patients with SLE report fatigue or brain fog, which often…
  • Abstract Number: 1226 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Preliminary Findings in the Validation of the Modified Pain and Symptom Assessment Tool in Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome

    Daniella Schocken1, Mark Connelly2, Sabrina Gmuca3, Andrea Ramirez4, Mary Ellen Riordan5, Tracy Ting6, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck7 and Jennifer Weiss8, 1Children's Mercy Kansas City, Tampa, FL, 2Children’s Mercy Kansas City/University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, 3Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 4Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 5Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, 6Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 7University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 8Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ

    Background/Purpose: Diagnosing juvenile fibromyalgia (JFM) in youth with chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is challenging in the absence of a validated diagnostic tool. The Pain and…
  • Abstract Number: 2378 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Factors Associated With Fatigue In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data From The Almenara Lupus Cohort

    Alvaro Oyarce-Calderón1, Rocío Gamboa-Cárdenas2, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz3, Samira Garcia-Hirsh4, Zoila Rodríguez-Bellido5, Cesar Pastor-Asurza6, Risto Perich-Campos7, Graciela Alarcón8 and Manuel Ugarte-Gil9, 1Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, San Miguel, Lima, Peru, 2Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, 3Universidad Científica del Sur, San Isidro, Peru, 4Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru, 5Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 6Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Pakistan, 7Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, La Molina, Peru, 8The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, 9Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, Lima, Peru

    Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, fatigue being one of them; it is…
  • Abstract Number: 1225 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Association between Anxiety and Tender Swollen Joint Difference in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Clarice Lin1, Burcu Aydemir2, Jing Song3, Lutfiyya muhammad2, Clifton Bingham4, Tuhina Neogi5, Wendy Marder6, Marcy Bolster7, Daniel Clauw8, Dorothy Dunlop9 and Yvonne Lee1, 1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, MN, 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 5Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 6University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 7Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, 8Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 9Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

    Background/Purpose: Some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have pain, despite normalization of inflammatory markers and reduced swollen joint counts. Among these patients, the number of…
  • Abstract Number: 2189 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Physician Practices and Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Fibromyalgia: A US Chart Review Study

    Daniel Clauw1, Parul Houston2, Zhao Yang2, Todd Grinnell2 and Lesley Arnold3, 1Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Axsome Therapeutics, Inc, New York, NY, 3University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, widespread pain disorder driven by dysregulated central pain processing, which impairs daily function and quality of life. Current understanding…
  • Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Comparative Effectiveness of Duloxetine versus Pregabalin in Fibromyalgia: A Large-Scale, Real-World Study Across 300,000 Patients

    Chukwuemelie Okeke1, Queeneth Edwards2, Ufuoma Mamoh3, Justin Riley Lam4 and Chekwubejah Uwakwe5, 1Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 3Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, 4Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 5Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria

    Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, debilitating condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive disturbances. Despite the availability of FDA-approved treatments, real-world comparative effectiveness…
  • Abstract Number: 2098 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Responder Phenotype Analysis for Intra-Articular Injections: Secondary Analysis from a Large Multi-Site Crossover Clinical Trial

    Natalie Keller1, Bryant England2, Katherine Wysham3, Mercedes Quinones4, Marianna Olave5, Sarah Wetzel6, Hannah Brubeck7, Rachel Gillcrist6, Criswell Lavery8, Bibiana Ateh9, Bridget Kramer2, Kimberly Hayes6, Rui Xiao8, Kaitian Jin8, Alexis Ogdie8, Daniel K. White10, Tuhina Neogi11, Carla Scanzello12 and Joshua Baker8, 1University of Oklahoma, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, 4Howard University Hospital and Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 5Brown University, Philadelphia, PA, 6Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, 7VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, 8University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 9Washington VA Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 10University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 11Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 12University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Background/Purpose: Intra-articular (IA) corticosteroid injections are commonly utilized for pain management in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). However, clinical characteristics associated with a greater benefit from corticosteroid…
  • Abstract Number: 1221 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Oxytocin pathway gene BST1 polymorphism rs4273468 genotype GG is negatively associated with Fibromyalgia

    Zeeshan Ahmed1, Koshy Nithin Thomas2, Shivika Guleria3, Amita Aggarwal4 and Able Lawrence3, 1Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, 3SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 4Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Background/Purpose: Oxytocin, also known as love hormone, is important in contextual memory. Oxytocin secreting parvocellular neurons suppress pain through projections to brain and spinal cord…
  • Abstract Number: 1435 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Impact of Treatment With Upadacitinib on Non-Nociceptive Pain and Its Relevance for the Presence of Residual Symptoms in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Multicountry Observational Study

    Denis Poddubnyy1, Victoria Navarro-Compan2, Neil Basu3, Mohammad Naffaa4, Tianming Gao5, Christopher Saffore6, Jamie Urbanik7, Bhumik Parikh8, Peter Taylor9 and Philip J. Mease10, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, 2Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, 3Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4The Azriel's Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel; The Rheumatology Unity, Galilee Medical Center, Naharyia, Israel, 5AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, 6AbbVie Inc., waukegan, IL, 7AbbVie, Grayslake, IL, 8AbbVie, Hillsborough Township, NJ, 9University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 10Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA

    Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA), an oral JAK inhibitor, has demonstrated improvements in inflammation and nociceptive pain in late phase clinical trials of patients with axSpA.1,2,3 However,…
  • Abstract Number: 1014 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Diagnosis amongst People Meeting Criteria: Results from UK Biobank

    Sung-A Kim, Gary Macfarlane and Marcus Beasley, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to its reliance on patient-reported symptoms, the absence of definitive biomarkers, and numerous overlapping comorbidities. Discrepancies…
  • Abstract Number: 1332 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Mid‐Infrared Spectroscopy for Enhanced Diagnosis of Rheumatic Diseases

    Gilad Halpert1, Yair Dankner2, Eri Govrin1, Abdulla Watad3, Omer Gendelman1, Shlomo Segev1, Yehuda Shoenfeld1 and Howard Amital1, 1Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramar Gan, Israel, 3Tel Hashomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Spectral analysis of liquid biopsies has recently emerged as a promising, non-invasive approach to improve the diagnosis of various pathologies. Our objective was to…
  • Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Pain Patterns in a Multicenter Randomized Trial of Early RA – Link Between Initially Sustained Joint Inflammation and Subsequent Non-inflammatory Pain Outcomes

    Annie Brink1, Johan Karlsson Wallman2, Jon T Einarsson1, Meliha Kapetanovic1, Elisabeth Mogard1, Elisabet Lindqvist1, Carmen Roseman1, Kristina Lend3, Merete Hetland4, Mikkel Ostergaard5, Kim Horslev-Petersen6, Dan Nordstrom7, Tuulikki Sokka-isler8, Bjorn Gudbjornsson9, Gerður María Gröndal9, Marte Heiberg10, Espen Haavardsholm10, Michael Nurmohamed11, Anna Rudin12, Ronald van Vollenhoven13, Till Uhlig10, Jon Lampa14 and Tor Olofsson2, 1Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, 2Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, 3Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, 6Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 7Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, 8Department of Medicine and University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Juväskylä, Finland, 9Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 10Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 11Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade; Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 13Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 14Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Emerging data indicate an uncoupling between pain and inflammation during the RA disease course, and comorbid fibromyalgia – thought to stem from central pain…
  • Abstract Number: 1254 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Symptom Burden and Treatment Experience in Fibromyalgia: Results From a National Patient Survey

    Lesley Arnold1, Zhao Yang2, Parul Houston2, Todd Grinnell2 and Daniel Clauw3, 1University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 2Axsome Therapeutics, Inc, New York, NY, 3Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, widespread pain disorder driven by dysregulated central pain processing which substantially impairs daily function and quality of life. Approved…
  • Abstract Number: 0534 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Prevalence and Impact of Fibromyalgia on Disease Outcomes and Treatment in Axial Spondyloarthritis: 10-year Follow-up Data From the DESIR Cohort

    Clementina López Medina1, Sylvie Chevret2, Cedric Lukas3, Anna Molto4 and Maxime Dougados2, 1Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, 2Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, 3CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 4Assistance Publique Hôpitauxde Paris, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: Concomitant fibromyalgia (FM) can be suspected in patients (pts) with axial SpA (axSpA) using the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST).The objective of this study…
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