Abstracts tagged "geriatrics"

Abstract Number: 2404 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical features of Elderly-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jessica Dai¹, Erin Carter², Mala Masson³, Amit Saxena⁴, H Michael Belmont⁵, Peter Izmirly⁶ and Jill Buyon⁴, ¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Tenafly, NJ, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³NYU Langone Medical Center- Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁴NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic chronic disease characterized by a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations. It most commonly affects young…
Abstract Number: 2107 • ACR Convergence 2025
Experience of a Fragility Fracture Coordination Unit Integrated Across Two Hospitals: An Innovative Multidisciplinary Model for Optimizing the Management of Geriatric and Non-Geriatric Patients Beyond Surgery After an Osteoporotic Bone Fragility Fracture
César Antonio Egües Dubuc¹, Esther Laso Lucas², Nerea Alcorta Lorenzo³, Carlos Maria Lizasoain Alustiza⁴, Leire Unanue Pumar⁴, Gabriela Jimenez Clemente², Claudia Murillo Erazo², Vicente Lavilla Garcia², Ander Alberdi Arbelaiz⁴, Elena Zubillaga Azpiroz⁴, Imanol Gabarain Morcillo⁴, Jorge Jesus Cancio Fanlo⁵, Maria Ariztia Sarratea², Iñaki Maria Arruabarrena Echeverria⁴, Gaspar de La Herran Nuñez⁴, Antonio Martin Garcia⁴ and LUIS LOPEZ DOMINGUEZ⁶, ¹Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Spain, ²Matia Hospital, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³University Hospital Donostia, san sebastian, Spain, ⁴Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁵Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, ⁶Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
Background/Purpose: Fracture Coordination Units typically function within a single hospital using a multidisciplinary approach. Our unit, established in February 2024, pioneers a model coordinating care…
Abstract Number: 1072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inclusion of Older Adults in Pharmacologic Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials of Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Review
Manuel Carpio Tumba¹, Raisa Lomanto Silva², Lily Sung³, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo⁴, Sneha Gupta⁵, Jeenah Gwak⁶, Aida Mohamadi⁷, Diana Louden⁸, Rachael Stovall⁸, Namrata Singh⁹, Didem Saygin¹⁰, Sarah Lieber¹¹, Jiha Lee¹² and Sebastian E Sattui¹³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Hayward, CA, ⁴St. Barnabas Hospital, New York, NY, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center McKeesport, McKeesport, PA, ⁶Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ⁸University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹⁰Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: A growing number of older adults are living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) as the global population is aging. And yet, they remain underrepresented…
Abstract Number: 1698 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of the Remission Maintenance After Tocilizumab Withdrawal in Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients Receiving a 6-month Treatment
Baptiste Chevet¹, Aghiles Souki², nowak emmanuel², Guillermo CARVAJAL ALEGRIA³, Emmanuelle Dernis⁴, Christophe Richez⁵, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁶, DANIEL WENDLING⁷, ERIC TOUSSIROT⁸, aleth Perdriger⁹, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹⁰, Renaud FELTEN¹¹, Bruno Fautrel¹², laurent chiche¹³, Anne Walliser-Lohse¹⁴, Pascal Hilliquin¹⁵, Catherine Le Henaff¹⁶, Benjamin Dervieux¹⁷, Guillaume Direz¹⁸, Isabelle Valckenaere¹⁹, Divi Cornec²⁰, Dewi Guellec²¹, Thierry Marhadou²², Alain SARAUX²³ and Valerie Devauchelle²⁴, ¹University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France, ²Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire (CHU) de Brest, Brest, France, ³CHRU de Tours, Tours, France, ⁴CH LE MANS, LE MANS, Pays de la Loire, France, ⁵Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁶Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁷University Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁸university hospital of BESANCON, besancon, France, ⁹Rennes University, Rennes, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, France, ¹²INSERM, UMRS 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Sorbonne University – Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹³hopital europeen, marseille, France, ¹⁴Hopital Nord Franche-Comté, BELFORT, France, ¹⁵Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, ¹⁶Hopital de Morlaix, Morlaix, France, ¹⁷CH de Mulhouse - Competence center for autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine, Mulhouse, France, ¹⁸Hôpital du Mans, Le Mans, France, ¹⁹CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France, ²⁰Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ²¹CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ²²CHU Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ²³CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²⁴UBO, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: The SEMAPHORE trial1 was a randomized controlled prospective study to assess the safety and efficacy (success defined by PMR-AS≤10 and GC≤5mg or GC decrease…
Abstract Number: 0858 • ACR Convergence 2024
Baricitinib in Early Polymyalgia Rheumatica (BACHELOR Study)
Alain SARAUX¹, Guillermo CARVAJAL ALEGRIA², Emmanuelle Dernis³, christian roux⁴, Christophe Richez⁵, Alice TISON⁶, Baptiste Quere⁷, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin⁸, Dewi Guellec⁷, Thierry Marhadou⁹, Patrice Kervarrec⁷, Divi Cornec¹⁰, Catherine Le Henaff⁷, Sandra Lesven⁷, nowak emmanuel⁷, Aghiles Souki⁷ and Valerie Devauchelle¹¹, ¹CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²CHRU de Tours, Tours, France, ³CH LE MANS, LE MANS, Pays de la Loire, France, ⁴rheumatology department, university Cote d'Azur, nice, France, ⁵Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁶CHU de la Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, Brest, France, ⁷Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire (CHU) de Brest, Brest, France, ⁸cavale blanche hospital, brest, France, ⁹CHU Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ¹⁰University of Brest, Brest, France, ¹¹UBO, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Moderate glucocorticoids (GCs) improve nearly all cases of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but related adverse events are common in senior patients. The purpose of this…
Abstract Number: 0992 • ACR Convergence 2024
Visceral Adipose Tissue Measured by DXA Predicts Metabolic Syndrome in Low-Income Community-Dwelling Elderly: Insights from the São Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study
Gabriel Vansuita Valente¹, Luana Machado¹, Andre Franco², Valeria Caparbo¹, Liliam Takayama³, Alan Lins Fernandes¹, Camille Figueiredo¹, Rosa M R Pereira¹ and Diogo Domiciano², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR., São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Background/Purpose: To establish optimal cutoffs for visceral adipose tissue (VAT) to predict cardiometabolic risk in a low-income elderly Brazilian cohort, utilizing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)…
Abstract Number: 1213 • ACR Convergence 2024
High Prevalence of and Medication Use in Musculoskeletal and Chronic Multisite Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Framingham Heart Study
Sayali Dhamne¹, Robert Edwards², Emelia Benjamin³, Sarah Tilley³, Angelo Demalia⁴, Margaret Clancy³, Mary Molly Gheller³ and Tuhina Neogi³, ¹Boston University Chobantian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Framingham Heart Study, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over 100 million adults have chronic pain, largely affecting older adults who often have >1 chronic pain condition. Traditionally, chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC)…
Abstract Number: 0686 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety and Efficacy of Avacopan in Patients 65 Years and Older with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
David Jayne¹, Duvuru Geetha², Christian Pagnoux³, Sebastian Sattui⁴ and Peter Merkel⁵, ¹University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Older adults are at increased risk of glucocorticoid (GC)-related toxicity; minimization of GCs is a major focus for treatment of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 1288 • ACR Convergence 2023
Frailty Is Associated with Higher Risk of Readmission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Waqas Tahir¹, Yenny Rosli², Christopher Leung³, K Wysham⁴, Jiha Lee⁵, Radjiv Goulabchand⁶, Una Makris⁷, Siddharth Singh⁸ and Namrata Singh⁹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ⁴VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁸University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: With the advent of new therapies and increasing life expectancy, there is a rising number of older adults living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients…
Abstract Number: 0062 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparing Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases: A Medicare Cohort Study
Justin Levinson¹, Jonathan Katz², Yi Chen³, W. Ryan Powell⁴, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁵, Amy J. Kind⁶ and Christie Bartels⁷, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammatory diseases have been associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet emerging research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriasis suggests…
Abstract Number: 1584 • ACR Convergence 2022
Colchicine or Prednisone for the Treatment of Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Arthritis: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Tristan Pascart¹, Pierre Robinet², Sebastien Ottaviani³, Remi Leroy⁴, Nicolas Segaud⁵, Aurore Pacaud², Hélène Luraschi², Thibault Rabin², Agathe Grandjean², Xavier Deplanque⁶, Pierre Maciejasz⁶, Fabien Visade², Alexandre Mackowiak², Nicolas Baclet⁶, Antoine Lefebvre², Jean-François Budzik², Thomas Bardin⁷, Pascal Richette⁸, Laurène Norberciak², Vincent Ducoulombier² and Eric Houvenagel¹, ¹Groupement Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, Lomme, France, ²Hôpital Saint-Philibert, Lomme, France, ³Hopital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France, ⁴Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France, ⁵Centre Hospitalier d'Armentières, Armentières, France, ⁶Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Lille, France, ⁷Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Treatment of acute CPP arthritis mainly relies on expert opinion, as there are no trials that assessed the efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs, despite the…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ezh2 Knockout in B Cells Impairs Plasmablast Differentiation and Ameliorates Lupus-like Disease in MRL/lpr Mice
Xiaoqing Zheng¹, Mikhail Dozmorov², Colleen Strohlein¹, Sheldon Bastacky¹ and Amr Sawalha¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) has been shown to regulate early B cell development and the differentiation of antibody secreting cells (ASCs). We…
Abstract Number: 0536 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systematic Geriatric Assessment in Older Patients with Rheumatic Diseases – The RheuMAGIC Pilot Study
Bjoern Buehring¹, Anna Berrisch², Ioana Andreica³, Styliani Tsiami⁴, David Kiefer³, Uta Kiltz², Xenofon Baraliakos² and Juergen Braun², ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Velbert, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Current demographic data predict that the number of older adults with rheumatic diseases will considerably increase in the coming years. Geriatric patients differ from…
Abstract Number: 0695 • ACR Convergence 2020
Chronic Inflammatory Back Pain Occurring Later in Life: A Neglected Concept
Lauren Ridley¹, Nahid Rianon², Mark Hwang³, MinJae Lee⁴, Lianne Gensler⁵, Michael Ward⁶, Matthew Brown⁷, Amirali Tahanan², Mohammad Rahbar², Mariko Ishimori⁸, Michael Weisman⁹ and John Reveille¹⁰, ¹McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, ²McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, ³McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴UT Southwestern, Dallas, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Guy's and St Thomas, NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, LOS ANGELES, CA, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Chronic back pain (CBP) is a common musculoskeletal complaint and a significant cause of disability (Weisman et al., 2013). A subset of CBP, chronic…
Abstract Number: 0807 • ACR Convergence 2020
Safety of Biologic & Targeted Therapies Among Elderly Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Akhil Sood¹, Soham Al Snih¹, Vijaya Murthy², Emilio Gonzalez¹ and Mukaila Raji¹, ¹University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²University of Texas Medical Branch, League City, TX
Background/Purpose: Recent developments in biologic and targeted therapy have led to better control of disease activity and improved quality of life in patients with rheumatoid…

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