Abstracts tagged "giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 2397 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Exposure to Environmental Air Pollution on the Onset of Giant Cell Arteritis
Milena Bond¹, Alessandro Tomelleri², Maria Antonietta Reatini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Giorgio Cattani³, Lorenzo Dagna⁵, Maurizio Rossini⁶, Christian Dejaco⁷ and Giovanni Adami⁶, ¹Azienda sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Italy, ²Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ³Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Environmental air pollution (AP) has been found to affect vascular inflammation and to contribute to the risk of onset and flare of autoimmune diseases1,2.…
Abstract Number: 2413 • ACR Convergence 2023
Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Giant Cell Arteritis in Clinical Practice. Real-World Clinical Practice Study and Literature Review
Fernando López¹, Javier Loricera², Toluwalase Tofade³, Diana Prieto-Peña², Susana Romero Yuste⁴, Eugenio De Miguel⁵, Anne Riveros-Frutos⁶, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁷, Santos Castañeda⁸, Eztizen Labrador-Sánchez⁹, Olga Maiz¹⁰, Elena Becerra-Fernández¹¹, Javier Narvaez¹², Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹³, Ismael González¹⁴, Ana Urruticoechea¹⁵, Sebastian Unizony¹⁶ and Ricardo Blanco¹⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Pontevedra, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Laguardia, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain., Donosti, Spain, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja, London, United Kingdom, ¹²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ¹⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) can relapse despite glucocorticoids, methotrexate and tocilizumab treatment. The JAK/STAT signalling pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of…
Abstract Number: 2600 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an age-related vasculitis of large and medium vessels. Prior population studies have identified an association between GCA and hematologic…
Abstract Number: 0707 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Distribution of Vascular Calcifications at CT Scan in Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis and Patients with Lymphoma: A Matched Cross-sectional Study
Chiara Marvisi¹, Giulia Besutti², Pamela Mancuso³, Roberto Farì⁴, Filippo Monelli⁴, Matteo Revelli⁴, Rexhep Durmo⁵, Elena Galli⁶, Francesco Muratore⁷, Lucia Spaggiari², Marta Ottone³, Stefano Luminari⁸, Pierpaolo Pattacini⁴, Paolo Giorgi Rossi³ and Carlo Salvarani⁹, ¹IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²IRCCS REGGIO EMILIA, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Epidemiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCSS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Radiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Nuclear Medicine Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCSS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁸Ematology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Arterial wall calcifications are a hallmark of atherosclerosis and represent an important cardiovascular risk factor. Accelerated atherosclerosis and vascular calcifications have been reported in…
Abstract Number: 1877 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diagnostic Yield of 18F-FDG PET-CT for Large Vessel Involvement in Patients with Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis and Negative Temporal Artery Biopsy
Javier Narvaez¹, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcón², Paola Vidal-Montal³, Iván Sánchez-Rodriguez⁴, Aida Sabate-Llobera⁴, Montserrat Cortes-Romera⁴ and Joan Miquel Nolla⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine – PET IDI. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Every effort should be made to confirm a suspected diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). According to the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations…
Abstract Number: 2398 • ACR Convergence 2023
FDG Uptake in Limb Arteries at Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis and Risk of Relapse: An Observational Cohort Study
Geoffroy Peyrac¹, Arthur Mageau², Augustin Gaudemer², Khadija Benali¹, Jean-Francois Alexandra¹, Andrey Strukov¹, Sebastien Ottaviani¹, Thomas Papo² and Karim Sacre², ¹Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Steroids and anti-IL6 biotherapy are highly effective in obtaining remission in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) but the risk of relapses remains high,…
Abstract Number: 2414 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relapse in Giant Cell Arteritis Treated with Tocilizumab. Predictive Factors
Fernando López¹, Javier Loricera², Ivan Ferraz Amaro³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Clara Moriano Morales⁵, Javier Narvaez⁶, Vicente Aldasoro⁷, Olga Maiz⁸, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁹, Juan I. Villa¹⁰, PALOMA VELA¹¹, Susana Romero Yuste¹², Jose L. Callejas¹³, Eugenio De Miguel¹⁴, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁵, Francisca Sivera¹⁶, Jesús Carlos Fernández López¹⁷, Arturo Llobell¹⁸, Julio Sánchez-Martín¹⁹, Calderon Goercke², Lara Sanchez-Bilbao²⁰, Jose L. Hernández²¹ and Ricardo Blanco²², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Donostia. San Sebastián, Spain., Donosti, Spain, ⁹CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Torrelavega, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹²Complexo Hospitalario Universitario, Pontevedra, Spain, ¹³Unit of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁶Elda General University Hospital, Elda, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁸Parc Tauli University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is the only biologic therapy approved for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Clinical trial with TCZ in GCA was performed with intravenous (iv)…
Abstract Number: 2601 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis Using Plasma Proteome Profiles Integrated with Machine Learning
kevin cunningham¹, Jaeyun Sung², Benjamin Hur², VINOD GUPTA², Matthew Koster², Cornelia M. Weyand³, David Cuthbertson⁴, Nader Khalidi⁵, Curry Koening⁶, Carol Langford⁷, Carol McAlear⁸, Paul Monach⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Rennie Rhee⁸, Philip Seo¹², Peter Merkel⁸ and Kenneth Warrington², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Stanford University, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Texas Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, ⁷Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The availability of diagnostic laboratory tests and specific biomarkers of disease activity for giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains an area of unmet need. The…
Abstract Number: 0747 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Phenotype of Patients with Subclinical Giant Cell Arteritis in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sharon Cowley¹, Colm Kirby², Patricia Harkins³, Richard Conway⁴ and David Kane⁵, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: It has been reported that more than a quarter of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) have subclinical giant cell arteritis (GCA). It remains unclear…
Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2023
MRI-determined Intramuscular Fat Changes During Oral Glucocorticoid Treatment: Findings from a Feasibility Study
Thurkka Rajeswaran¹, Emma Harris², hannah Mathieson¹, John Biglands³, Paul Stewart¹, Ai Lyn Tan¹ and Sarah Mackie⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, ³NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre and Medical Physics and Engineering , Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Oral glucocorticoid therapy has many adverse effects including insulin resistance and myopathy. Long-term glucocorticoid therapy causes a "sarcopenic obesity" phenotype of adiposity with muscle…
Abstract Number: 2399 • ACR Convergence 2023
Ultrasound Is Comparable to Computed Tomography Angiography in Identifying Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Anne Bull Haaversen¹, Tanaz Kermani², Lene Kristin Brekke³, Oyvind Molberg⁴ and Andreas Diamantopoulos⁵, ¹Martina Hansens Hospital, Hosle, Norway, ²Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Haugesund Hospoital For Rheumatic Diseases, Haugesund, Nepal, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with Giant cell arteritis (GCA) face an elevated risk of aneurysm formation. Despite this, consensus regarding optimal aortic visualization methods and aneurysm monitoring…
Abstract Number: 2415 • ACR Convergence 2023
Giant Cell Arteritis Is Associated with Worse Hospital Outcomes in Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection Hospitalizations: A Nationwide United States Population-Based Study
Artem Minalyan¹, Christopher Hino¹, Emily He¹, Osahon Idolor², Chinenye Osuorji³, Nneka Chukwu⁴, Ehizogie Edigin¹ and Vaneet Sandhu⁵, ¹Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA, ²Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ³Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Nuvance Health Internal Medicine Residency, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁵Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is a known risk factor for Aortic Aneurysm/Dissection (AAD). However, it is unclear if patients with GCA have worse hospital…
Abstract Number: 2602 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatially Resolved Cellular Signatures Predict Corticosteroid Treatment Response in Giant Cell Arteritis
Cecilia Ansalone¹, Sam McAllister², Ethan Pickerill³, Lin Zhang³, Annie Peacock², Dominic McGovern⁴, Holly Leslie⁵, Victoria Kellior², Evelyn Qian², David Gemperline³, Aysin Tulunay Virlan², Sylvia Wright⁶, Paul Cauchi⁶, Timothy Beckman⁶, Lisa Hutton⁶, John Cole¹, Isabella Wulur³, Robert Benschop³, Nigel Jamieson⁵, Carl Goodyear¹ and Neil Basu¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow - School of Infection & Immunity, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴University of Glasgow - School of Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Glasgow - School of Cancer Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids (CS) remain the mainstay of giant cell arteritis (GCA) therapy. Between ~30-70% patients relapse following CS taper and are consequently at risk of…
Abstract Number: 0766 • ACR Convergence 2023
The OMERACT GCA Phantom Project: Validation of 3D Printed Ultrasound Training Models for Giant Cell Arteritis
Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, Tobias Schremmer², Florian Recker³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Christina Duftner⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Rositsa Karalilova⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI¹⁰, Giuseppe Antonio Germano¹¹, Maria Esperanza Naredo Sanchez¹², Eugenio De Miguel¹³, Luca Seitz¹⁴, Thomas Daikeler¹⁵, Markus Aschwanden¹⁶, Dennis Boumans¹⁷, Chetan Mukhtyar¹⁸, smith kate¹⁹, Richard Wakefield²⁰, Andreas Diamantopoulos²¹, Stavros Chrysidis²², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen²³, Kresten Keller²⁴, Uffe Dohn²⁵, Lene Terslev²⁶, Marcin Milchert²⁷, Aaron Juche²⁸, Wolfgang Schmidt²⁹, George A. W. Bruyn³⁰ and Christian Dejaco³¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Clinic, Tegernheim, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ⁸Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁹University of Turin, Roma, Italy, ¹⁰Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Reggio Emilia-Italy, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Department and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁵Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁶Department of Angiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, ¹⁸Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹⁹NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁰s Leeds Insitute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²¹Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ²²Department of Rheumatology, Southwest Jutland Hospital Esbjerg, Esbjerg, Denmark, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Medicine, The Regional Hospital in Horsens, Horsens, Denmark, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²⁵Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark, ²⁶Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Diabetology, Geriatrics and Clinical Immunology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ³⁰Reumakliniek Lelystad, Loenga, Netherlands, ³¹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography has been validated as a diagnostic tool for giant cell arteritis (GCA). There is a need to develop training resources, because the glucocorticoid…
Abstract Number: 1882 • ACR Convergence 2023
Imaging in Diagnosis, Monitoring and Outcome Prediction of Large Vessel Vasculitis: A Systematic Literature Review Informing the 2023 Update of the EULAR Recommendations
Philipp Bosch¹, Milena Bond², Christian Dejaco³, Cristina Ponte⁴, Sarah Mackie⁵, Louise Falzon⁶, Wolfgang Schmidt⁷ and Sofia Ramiro⁸, ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ²Azienda sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Italy, ³Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ⁷Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Since the development of the EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2017, new data has emerged in…

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