Abstracts tagged "glucocorticoids"

Abstract Number: 2266 • ACR Convergence 2024
Immunosuppressive Medications and Common Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michael George¹, Kelly Gavigan², Shilpa Venkatachalam³, David Curtis², Laura Stradford⁴, William Benjamin Nowell⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶, Joshua Baker¹ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁵Regeneron, New York, NY, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA are at increased risk of serious infection, but less is known about common, non-serious infections. Our prospective study aimed to assess…
Abstract Number: 2515 • ACR Convergence 2024
Upadacitinib for Refractory Behçet’s Syndrome: A Multi-center, Prospective, Open-label, Pilot Study
Weiyi Xia¹, Jiachen Li¹, Tian Liu¹ and Yuhui Li², ¹Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking University, BeiJing, China
Background/Purpose: The aim of this prospective cohort study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor upadacitinib in refractory Behçet’s Syndrome…
Abstract Number: 0755 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Glucocorticoids Use in Patients with New Onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Anisha Dua¹, Andrea Rubbert-Roth², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Lita Araujo³, Timothy Beukelman⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ²Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), a common inflammatory rheumatic condition in people aged ≥50 years, is primarily treated with glucocorticoids (GC). Extended GC therapy can increase…
Abstract Number: 1598 • ACR Convergence 2024
Projecting the Impact of Standard, Reduced-Dose, and Minimal-Dose Glucocorticoid Regimens in the Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Using Simulation Modeling
Naomi Patel¹, Aaron Wu¹, Shruthi Srivatsan¹, Eli Miloslavsky², Peter Merkel³, John Stone⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵, Emily Hyle¹ and Zachary Wallace², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) remain a cornerstone of treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) but predispose people to infectious, metabolic, and other toxicities. We projected the long-term…
Abstract Number: 2273 • ACR Convergence 2024
Time-Trends in Real-World Glucocorticoid Treatment Strategies in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort(CATCH) Study
Orit Schieir¹, Marie-France Valois², Louis Bessette³, Carter Thorne⁴, Gilles Boire⁵, Susan Bartlett², Glen Hazlewood⁶, Carol Hitchon⁷, Diane Tin⁴, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁸, Bindee Kuriya⁹, Janet Pope¹⁰ and Vivian Bykerk¹¹, and on behalf of CATCH Investigators., ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Centre for Outcomes Research & Eval, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University of Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁴Newmarket Rheumatology Consultants, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁵Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁸University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ¹⁰University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Increased availability of a wider array of effective RA treatments and evidence of glucocorticoid (GC)-related adverse events have prompted updated recommendations limiting GC use…
Abstract Number: 2528 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activation of the Hes1/Piezo1 Pathway Promotes Mechanical Stress Response and Prevents Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis
Nagahiro Ochiai¹, Yuki Etani², Takaaki Noguchi², Taihei Miura², Takuya Kurihara², Yuji Fukuda², Hidetoshi Hamada², Keisuke Uemura², Kazuma Takashima², Masashi Tamaki², Teruya Ishibashi², Shohei Ito³, Satoshi Yamakawa², Takashi Kanamoto², Seiji Okada², Ken Nakata² and Kosuke Ebina², ¹Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Saitama, Saitama, Japan, ²Osaka University, Suita, Japan, ³Taisho Pharmaceutical, Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: This study investigated the diminished expression of Piezo1 (Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1), a mechanosensitive receptor, in bone tissues of both patients and…
Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2024
Baseline Evaluation of Diagnoses and Prescribing Patterns in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Laura Stradford¹, Shilpa Venkatachalam², Kelly Gavigan³, Angela Degrassi³, Emily Holladay⁴, Fenglong xie⁵, Yujie Su⁶, Shanette Daigle⁷ and Jeffrey Curtis⁸, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham; Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ⁷FASTER, Birmingham, AL, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic condition that affects approximately 800,000 people in the U.S., occurring almost exclusively after age 50. Moreover,…
Abstract Number: 1616 • ACR Convergence 2024
Vitamin D Supplementation in the Prevention of Severe Adverse Effects Caused ByGlucocorticoids: Study from the ARTESER Registry of Giant Cell Arteritis
Gaston Ariel Ghio¹, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro², Ricardo Blanco-Alonso³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁵, Elisa Fernández-Fernández:⁶, Maite Silva-Diaz⁷, Joaquin María Belzunegui:⁸, Clara Moriano⁹, Julio Sánchez-Martín¹⁰, Javier Narvaez-García¹¹, Eva Galindez¹², Anne Riveros Frutos¹³, Francisco Ortiz Sanjuán¹⁴, Tarek Carlos Salman Monte:¹⁵, Margarida Vasques Rocha:¹⁶, Carlota L Iñiguez:¹⁷, Alicia García Dorta¹⁸, Clara Molina Almela¹⁹ and María Alcalde Villar:²⁰, and ARTESER Project Collaborative Group, ¹Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁶La Paz University Hospital, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁸H de Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ⁹Hospital León, LEON, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Bilbao, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital del Mar/Parc de Salut Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Galicia, Spain, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ¹⁹Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Leganés, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the gold standard for the treatment of giant cellarteritis (GCA). However, these drugs, when used at high doses and for prolonged…
Abstract Number: 2279 • ACR Convergence 2024
Discontinuation Pattern of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Biologics or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs in Routine Care
Isabel Castrejon¹, Lucia Otero-Varela², José María Álvaro-Gracia³, Jerusalem Calvo Gutierrez⁴, Cristina Campos-Fernández⁵, Alicia García Dorta⁶, Ana Perez⁷, DOLORES RUIZ MONTESINO⁸ and Fernando Sánchez-Alonso⁹, and on behalf of BIOBADASER, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ²Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁴HU Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Consorci Hospital General Universitari de València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain, ⁹Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) have a rapid effect on symptoms, but chronic exposure is associated to important adverse events. Although both EULAR and ACR guidelines (1,2),…
Abstract Number: 2567 • ACR Convergence 2024
Gene Expression in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head: A Region-matched RNA-sequencing Study
Lucy Eunju Lee¹, Seung Hwan Lee², Miri Kim², Jieun Kim², Joo Sung Shim², Eun Gyel Shin², Tae Sung Lee², Hyuck Min Kwon², Young Han Lee², Hun-Mu Yang², Kwan Kyu Park² and Jason Jungsik Song², ¹Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is linked to diverse risk factors like glucocorticoid use and excessive alcohol consumption. Various cells may influence bone…
Abstract Number: 0770 • ACR Convergence 2024
Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis (SELECT-GCA): A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial
Peter Merkel¹, Sara Penn², Arathi Setty², Wolfgang Schmidt³, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁴, Ellen Margrethe Hauge⁵, Helen Keen⁶, Tomonori Ishii⁷, Nader Khalidi⁸, Liu Meng², weihan zhao², Ivan Lagunes⁹, Ana B. Romero², Peter Wung¹⁰ and daniel blockmans¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ³Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁶University of Western Australia, Daglish, Western Australia, Australia, ⁷Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University / Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, sendai, Japan, ⁸McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹Abbvie, Inc, North Chicago, IL, ¹⁰AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹¹Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The objective was to assess the efficacy and safety of UPA vs placebo (PBO), in combination with a GC taper regimen, in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1646 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel E3 Ligase of GILZ: Validation of a Steroid-sparing Therapeutic Target in SLE
Iolanda Miceli¹, Rochelle Sherlock², Pamela Hall², IanIan Cheang², Akshay D'Cruz³, Taylah Bennett², Terry Lim Kam Sian², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake⁴, Eric Morand⁵ and Sarah Jones², ¹Monash University, Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, ²Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³Monash University, Me, Australia, ⁴Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ⁵School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: SLE is primarily mediated by B cell dysregulation on a background of type I interferon (IFN) activation. This multi-faceted nature of immune defects in…
Abstract Number: 2372 • ACR Convergence 2024
Incidence and Predictors of Recurrent Pericarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Yoo Jin Kim¹, Jana Lovell¹, Alaa Diab¹, Laurence Magder², Daniel Goldman³, Michelle Petri³, Luigi Adamo¹ and Andrea Fava¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Pericarditis is the most common cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the general population, pericarditis commonly recurs (~30%), likely due to immune-mediated…
Abstract Number: 2606 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Long-term GC Use Among Older Adults After New Diagnosis of Late-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale¹, Beth Wallace², Namrata Singh³, Una Makris⁴ and Julie Bynum¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Older adults with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) receive less disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), which is the standard of care. In contrast, long-term glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2023
Withdrawal of Immunosuppressant and Low-dose Steroids in IgG4-RD Patients with Stable Disease (WInS IgG4-RD): An Investigator-initiated, Multi-center, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial
Linyi Peng¹, Yuxue nie¹, Jiaxin Zhou¹, Lijun Wu², Fang Wang³, Xiaomei Chen⁴, Jieqiong Li¹, Yu Peng¹, Hui Lu¹, Lidan Zhao¹, Mengtao Li¹, Yan Zhao¹, Xiaofeng Zeng⁵, Yunyun Fei¹ and Wen Zhang¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital，Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Beijing, China, ²Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital, XinJiang, China, ³Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Wulumuqi, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disease. Remission induction treatment with glucocorticoid (GC) is usually effective, but its tendency of relapse makes the strategy…

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