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  • Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Receipt of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries Initiating Immunosuppressive Medications for ANCA Vasculitis

    Carolyn Thorpe, Ryan Hickson, Sherrie Aspinall, Vimal Derebail, Xinhua Zhao, Joshua Thorpe, Binxin Cao, Alexa Ehlert, Ronald Falk and Susan Hogan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Infections are the leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in patients with ANCA vasculitis (AV). Multiple AV treatment guidelines recommend antimicrobial prophylaxis during treatment…
  • Abstract Number: 2267 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Explainable Machine Learning to Predict Hospitalized Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Hsin-Hua Chen1 and Wen-Nan Huang2, 1Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 2Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, College of Medicine National Chung Hsing University, Department of Business Administration, Ling-Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a 1.85-fold higher risk of all-cause mortality and a 2.74 fold higher risk of infection-related mortality compared…
  • Abstract Number: 136 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Incidence and Disease Burden of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis After Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions in the COVID-19 Era: A Nationwide Observational Study in Korea

    Je Hee Shin1, Jung Yoon Pyo2, Minkyung Han3, Myeongjee Lee3, Sung Min Lim1, Jee Yeon Baek1, Ji Young Lee1, Ji-Man Kang1, InKyung Jung3 and Jong Gyun Ahn1, 1Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Background/Purpose: Several countries have implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We investigated the impact of NPIs on the incidence of…
  • Abstract Number: 001 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Serious Infections Among Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Pediatric Health Information System

    Jordan Roberts, Anna Faino, Mersine Bryan, Jonathan Cogen and Esi Morgan, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

    Background/Purpose: High rates of serious infection have beenreported in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE), but modern care practices including pneumococcal vaccination, changing corticosteroid use, and…
  • Abstract Number: 092 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Procalcitonin Levels in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Compared to Healthy Controls

    Christopher Costin1, Gabrielle Morgan2, Lutfiyya Muhammad3, Amer Khojah4, Marisa Klein-Gitelman1, Yvonne Lee5 and Lauren Pachman6, 1Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 4Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 5Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 6Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL

    Background/Purpose: Patients with JDM are at increased risk of infection due to increased aspiration risk and immunosuppression. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker of infection, that…
  • Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Innovative Anti-pneumococcal Vaccine Strategies versus Standard Vaccination Regimen in Patients with ANCA-associated Vasculitides Receiving Rituximab Therapy: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (PNEUMOVAS)

    Benjamin Terrier1, Laura Richert2, Grégory Pugnet3, Olivier Aumaitre4, Olivier Moranne5, Elisabeth Diot6, Alexandre Karras7, Fabrice Bonnet8, Claire De Moreuil9, Eric Hachulla10, Thomas Le Gallou11, Céline Lebas10, Francois Maurier12, Cédric Rafat7, Maxime Samson13, Jean-Francois Augusto14, Grégoire Couvrat-Devergne15, Cécile Janssen16, Thierry Martin17, Thomas Quemeneur18, Pierre-Louis Caron19, Cécile-Audrey Durel20, Khalil El Karoui7, Aurélie Grados21, Mathieu Puyade22, Virginie Rieu4, Yurdagul Uzunhan23, Jean-Francois Viallard8, Xavier Puéchal7, Loic Guillevin7, Noémie Huchet8, Hendy Abdoul7, Carine Bellera8, Frédéric Batteux7 and Odile Launay7, 1Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 2EUCLID, Bordeaux, France, 3CHU, Toulouse, France, 4CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 5CHU, Nimes, France, 6CHU, Tours, France, 7CHU, Paris, France, 8CHU, Bordeaux, France, 9CHU, Brest, France, 10CHU, Lille, France, 11CHU, Rennes, France, 12CH, Metz, France, 13CHU, Dijon, France, 14CHU, Angers, France, 15CH, La Roche sur Yon, France, 16CH, Annecy, France, 17CHU, Strasbourg, France, 18CH, Valenciennes, France, 19CHU, Grenoble, France, 20CHU, Lyon, France, 21CH, Niot, France, 22CHU, Poitiers, France, 23CHU, Bobigny, France

    Background/Purpose: Patients receiving glucocorticoids plus rituximab (RTX) show an increased risk of infection, especially invasive pneumococcal infections. Vaccine responses to influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2…
  • Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Heterologous Vector versus Homologous mRNA COVID-19 Booster Vaccination in Non-seroconverted Immunosuppressed Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Daniela Sieghart1, Daniel Mrak1, Elisabeth Simader1, Selma Tobudic2, Helga Radner1, Peter Mandl3, Lisa Göschl1, Maximilian Koblischke4, Nikolaus Hommer5, Lukas Hartl6, Philipp Hofer7, Felix Kartnig1, Thomas Hummel1, Andreas Kerschbaumer3, Thomas Deimel3, Antonia Puchner1, Renate Thalhammer8, Andreas Zuckermann9, Karin Stiasny4, Thomas Perkmann8, Helmuth Haslacher8, Markus Zeitlinger5, Ursula Wiedermann10, Judith Aberle4, Daniel Aletaha11, Leonhard Heinz1 and Michael Bonelli1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 3Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 4Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 5Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 6Division of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 7Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 8Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 9Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 10Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology & Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 11Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Background/Purpose: Patients under immunosuppressive therapy have a high risk for severe COVID-19 disease courses. However, efficacy of vaccination and therefore the right vaccination strategy remains…
  • Abstract Number: 1363 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the Clinical Presentation of Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

    Jessica Perfetto1, Donna Yoo2, Carolina Tamashiro3, Megan Perron4, Natalia Vasquez Canizares5 and Dawn Wahezi6, 1The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Division of Rheumatology, Bronx, NY, 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 3The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx, NY, 4Children's Hospital Colorado, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, 5Children's Hospital at Montefiore/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, 6Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY

    Background/Purpose: Viruses can trigger juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIM), including juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), juvenile polymyositis (JPM), and overlap myositis. There is growing evidence that infection…
  • Abstract Number: 1750 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Association Between Appendicitis and the Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-based, Case-control Study

    Yun-Wen Chen, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by diverse clinical manifestations. The risk factors of SLE included genetic factors and environmental…
  • Abstract Number: 0779 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Early Experience of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections in Patients Who Received Pre-exposure Prophylaxis with Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

    Cassandra Calabrese1, Elizabeth Kirchner2, alexandra villa forte2, Rula Hajj-Ali3, Carol Langford4, james Fernandez2, Alise Carlson2, Brandon Moss2, Vickie Sayles4, Andrea Pallotta2, Alice kim2 and Leonard Calabrese4, 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3Cleveland Clinic, Hunting Valley, OH, 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Patients receiving B cell depleting therapies (BCDT) for immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) have high risk of poor COVID-19 outcomes and strategies for COVID-19…
  • Abstract Number: 1365 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Adverse Events Associated with Belimumab Use in Pediatric Patients: Review and Analyses of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database

    Ivone Kim, Debra Ryan, Carmen Cheng and Cindy Kortepeter, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

    Background/Purpose: FDA approved belimumab, the first targeted biological treatment for SLE, in March 2011 for adults with active, seropositive SLE receiving standard therapy. The indicated…
  • Abstract Number: 1821 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Colchicine and Other Gout Medications and the Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Subsequent Outcomes in People with Gout

    Jasvinder singh1, Timothy Bergquist2, Vithal Madhira3 and Alfred Anzalone4, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, 3Palila Software, L.L.C., Reno, NV, 4University of Nebraska Medical Center, Ohama, NE

    Background/Purpose: To examine whether the use of colchicine and other gout medications is associated with the risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and subsequent outcomes in…
  • Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Rituximab Treated Patients with Hypogammaglobulinemia Are Less Likely to Seroconvert Following SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Supplemental Dose

    Daniel Magliulo1, Vasileios Kyttaris1 and Emily Rose2, 1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, West Roxbury, MA

    Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is a very effective treatment for autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD). However, treatment increases risk of infections and impairs responses to vaccines. Prior…
  • Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Risk of Hospitalized Infections in Older Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological/Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Evaluation Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database

    Masayoshi Harigai1, Takao Fujii2, Ryoko Sakai3, Ataru Igarashi4, Ayako Shoji5, Hiroko Yamaguchi6, Katsuhiko Iwasaki6, Misako Makishima7, Amika Yoshida7, Norihiro Okada7, Katsuhisa Yamashita7 and Yutaka Kawahito8, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, 3Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, 4Department of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, 5Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Healthcare Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, 6Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, 7Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 8Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Safety evidence of biological or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) is still insufficient in older elderly ( >=75 years old (y/o)) patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
  • Abstract Number: 1864 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Hepatitis B Exposure and Infection in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Prevalence, Presentation, and Treatment Response

    Ana Valle1, Xianhong Xie2 and Shereen Mahmood3, 1Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Department of Epidemiology & Population Health/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 3Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Hepatitis B (HBV) screening in patients with autoimmune conditions is vital prior to the initiation of immunosuppressive therapy given the risk of HBV reactivation.…
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