Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia"

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: 0797 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Discordance of Disease Activity Indices and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Clarice Lin¹, Burcu Aydemir¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, Wendy Marder⁵, Clifton Bingham⁶, Marcy Bolster⁷, Daniel Clauw⁸, Dorothy Dunlop⁹ and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Worthington, MN, ³Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Michigan, Whitmore Lake, MI, ⁹Northwestern University, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Approximately one-third of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience nociplastic pain, a type of pain that occurs due to abnormalities in the way the…
Abstract Number: 1227 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Patterns of Fibromyalgia Phenotypes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Brooke Cohen¹, Philip Carlucci², Kelly Corbitt³, Mala Masson⁴, Amit Saxena⁵, H Michael Belmont⁵, Chung-E Tseng⁶, Rachel Wu⁷, Hamleini Martinez⁷, George Kenefati⁷, Lisa Doan⁷, Jing Wang⁸, Kamil Barbour⁹, Heather Gold⁷, Jill Buyon¹⁰ and Peter Izmirly¹¹, ¹NYU Langone, NYC, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, El Portal, FL, ⁴NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone Health, Flushing, NY, ⁷NYU Langone Health, NYC, ⁸NYU Langone Health, NYC, NY, ⁹CDC, Alpharetta, GA, ¹⁰NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common comorbidity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a major contributor to poor health related quality of life.…
Abstract Number: 0798 • ACR Convergence 2024
Acute Activation of the Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Nociceptive Cells by the Serum of Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia
Francisco Mercado¹, Pedro Segura-Chama¹, Angélica Almanza¹, Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez² and Manuel Martinez-Lavin³, ¹Instituto Nacional De Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Department - National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A consistent line of investigation proposes fibromyalgia as a stress-evoked sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome. This theory posits dorsal root ganglia (DRG) at the…
Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2024
Frequency of Fibromyalgia Using Validated Measures in a Sample of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Impact on Disease: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study
avin maroof¹, Nelly Ziade², Lina El Kibbi³, Bassel Elzorkany⁴, Nizar Ani⁵, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA⁶, Faiq Gorial⁷, NABAA IHSAN JAWAD AWADH⁸, Nada Al Chama⁹, Chafika Haouichat¹⁰, Fatima Alnaimat¹¹, Suad Mohamed Abdulla Hannawi¹², Suad Hannawi¹³, Saed Atawnah¹⁴, HUSSEIN HALABI¹⁵, Manal Al-Mashaleh¹⁶, Ahmed Abogamal¹⁷, Rachid Bahiri¹⁸, Sahar Saad¹⁹, maha sabkar²⁰, Krystel Aouad²¹, Laure Gossec²², Ihsane Hmamouchi²³, nabaa abbas²⁴, Elyes Bouajina²⁵, Laila Aljazye²⁶ and Laila ayoub²⁷, and ArLAR-ARCH group, ¹University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, ²Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Division of rheumatology / Department of Medicine / Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁶Baghdad Teaching Hospital, baghdad, Iraq, ⁷Rheumatology Unit/Department of Medicine/ College of Medicine/ University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁸Baghdad Teaching Hospital / Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁹Rheumatology Department / Ebn Al Nafiss Hospital / Damascus, Damascus, Syria, ¹⁰Djillali Bounaama university hospital, Algiers, Algeria, ¹¹The University of Jordan, amman, Jordan, ¹²Rheymatology Department / Emirate Health Services / Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹³Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁴Al-Quds University / Alahli Hospital / Hebron ,Palestine, Hebron, Palestinian Territories, ¹⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital / Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁶Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, ¹⁷Dr. Sliman Al Habib Hospital / Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁸El Ayachi Hospital / Medical University Hospital / Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, ¹⁹King Hamad University Hospital / Assiut Medical School of Egypt, Al Sayh, Bahrain, ²⁰King Hamad university Hospital, Arad, Bahrain, ²¹Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ²²Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ²³Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Rabat, Morocco, ²⁴Baghdad teaching hospital, Medical city, Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ²⁵Farhat Hached Hospital of Sousse, Tunisia, Sousse, Tunisia, ²⁶Tripoli / Libya, Tripoli, Libya, ²⁷Rheumatology unit, department of internal medicine, Tripoli Central Hospital. Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, Libya
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain disorder, is more prevalent in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, impacting quality of life and potentially leading to unnecessary treatment escalation. Cultural factors may…

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