Abstracts tagged "Intervention"

Abstract Number: 1696 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparison of Mycophenolate Mofetil Plus Methotrexate versus Cyclophosphamide with Sequential Azathioprine for Active Takayasu’s Arteritis: An Open-Label, Randomized-Controlled Trial
XIAOCHUAN SUN¹, Jing Li¹, Xinwang Duan², Liyun Zhang³, Dongyun Yao⁴, Jing Xue⁵, zhenbiao wu⁶, Yi Zhao⁷, Lijun Wu⁸, HONGFENG ZHANG⁹, MENGTAO LI¹, Xiaofeng Zeng¹⁰, Peter Merkel¹¹ and Xinping Tian¹², ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China (People's Republic), ³Shanxi Bethune Hosptial, Taiyuan, China (People's Republic), ⁴Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, Henan, China (People's Republic), ⁵Second Affiliated Hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medcine, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (People's Republic), ⁷Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁸People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China (People's Republic), ⁹The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: The management of Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is challenging for lack of large-scale, high-quality clinical trials. Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is a conventional first-line immunosuppressant but is…
Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2024
Timely Initiation of Steroid Sparing Therapy in Uveitis Patients – a Quality Improvement Initiative
Bibi Ayesha¹, Claudia Castiblanco², Clement Tagoe³, Sarah Baron² and Sharon Rikin², ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Metuchen, NJ, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center, New York
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the inflammation of the eye, which is third leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States. Corticosteroids are the first line…
Abstract Number: 0470 • ACR Convergence 2023
Educational Intervention to Increase Contraception Screening and Documentation for Reproductive-Aged Women Seen in an Academic Rheumatology Clinic
Caroline Siegel¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Avi Mikhaylov¹, Erika Abramson², Nancy Pan¹ and Lisa Sammaritano³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Only one-third of reproductive-aged women with rheumatic disease (RD) are prescribed effective contraception, even if prescribed teratogenic medications (Talabi et al. Arthritis Care Res.…
Abstract Number: PP01 • ACR Convergence 2023
You Can’t Get This from a Doctor: The Role of Support Groups for Adults Aged 25-55 Living with Arthritis
Eileen Davidson, Global Healthy Living Foundation, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Living with a rheumatic condition comes with unique concerns specific to mental and social health like struggling with fatigue, anxiety, depression, and isolation, all…
Abstract Number: 1009 • ACR Convergence 2023
More Implementation Strategies Are Not Associated with Better Implementation Outcomes: Implementing the Lupus Patient Decision Aid
larry hearld, Jasvinder Singh and Mark Beasley, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To assess the association of the number of implementation strategies for a patient lupus decision aid (DA) with perceived implementation outcomes, and the moderating…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2023
Leveraging Cues and Rewards to Form Habits to Improve Medication Adherence in Gout: An Adaptive Behavioral Pilot Trial
Candace Feldman¹, Katherine Crum², Kaitlin Hanken³, Constance Fontanet⁴, Ellen Sears², Theresa Oduol², Seanna Vine², Juliana Mastrorilli², Gauri Bhatkhande², Julie Lauffenburger², Rebecca Oran⁵, Ted Robertson⁶, Wendy Wood⁷ and Niteesh Choudhry³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences and Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Darmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, ⁵BCBS, Boston, MA, ⁶Ideas42, San Francisco, CA, ⁷USC, Los Angelos, CA
Background/Purpose: Adherence to urate-lowering therapy (ULT) reduces the incidence of debilitating gout flares. Providing a cue for a behavior, reinforcing the behavior with a reward,…
Abstract Number: 1090 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improved Patient and Team Satisfaction and Pharmacy Outcomes After Implementing a Rheumatology Clinical Pharmacist in a Large Academic Medical Center
Shelby Gomez¹, Trisha Ludwig¹, Katherine Hartkopf², Sancia Ferguson³, Lori Zemlicka⁴, Mindy Jones⁵ and Christie M. Bartels⁶, ¹UW Health Pharmacy, Madison, WI, ²Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴UW Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: We embedded a clinical pharmacist into our university rheumatology clinics beginning in June 2022 to improve patient experience and reduce provider burden based on…
Abstract Number: 1113 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing a Capillary Urate Point-Of-Care Device to Standard Laboratory-based Serum Urate Test for Dose Titration in Gout Patients
Amanuel Kehasse¹, Sayali Dhamne², Michael LaValley³, Jean Liew² and Tuhina Neogi⁴, ¹Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The management of gout remains poor despite the availability of effective medications and recommendation of a treat-to-target treatment strategy using of urate-lowering therapy (ULT).…
Abstract Number: 1215 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Pharmacological Interventions: A Systematic Review Informing the 2023 EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Fatigue in People with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
Bayram Farisogullari¹, Eduardo Santos², Emma Dures³, Rinie Geenen⁴ and Pedro Machado⁵, ¹Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ²Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal, ³Academic Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary; and Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Utrecht University, Vorstenbosch, Netherlands, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK. Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK., London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To identify the best evidence on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions in reducing fatigue in people with I-RMDs and to summarise their safety in…
Abstract Number: 1321 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of Subcutaneous Local Anaesthesia Prior to Intra-Articular Injection: An Open Label, Paired-group, Randomized Controlled Trial
Alan Shaji¹, Varun Dhir², Chandra Bhushan Prasad³, Shankar Naidu¹, Aman Sharma⁴, Shefali Sharma⁵, Babita Ghai¹ and Sanjay Jain¹, ¹PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India, ³Healthway Hospital, Goa, Zuarinagar, India, ⁴PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India, ⁵PGIMER< Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Intraarticular injections are commonly used both for diagnostic and therapeutic injections of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory arthritis. The procedural pain felt by patients…
Abstract Number: 1331 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Program for Rheumatoid Arthritis: One-year Follow-up of the “Plants for Joints” Randomized Clinical Trial
Carlijn Wagenaar¹, Wendy Walrabenstein¹, Marike Van der Leeden², Franktien Turkstra², Jos W.R. Twisk¹, Maarten Boers¹, Henriët van Middendorp³, Peter Weijs⁴ and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg⁵, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The 16-week Plants for Joints (PFJ) multidisciplinary lifestyle program, based on a whole-food plant-based diet, physical activity, and stress management, significantly reduced 28-joint Disease…
Abstract Number: 1509 • ACR Convergence 2023
Calcineurin Inhibitors for Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Gabriel Figueroa-Parra¹, Maria Cuellar-Gutierrez¹, Mariana Gonzalez-Trevino¹, Larry J. Prokop², M. Hassan Murad³ and Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Evidence-based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The current recommendations for the treatment of LN consider as the standard of care (SoC) the use of MMF or CYC. Considering the expanding…
Abstract Number: 1583 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Two Dosing Schedules for Oral Methotrexate (Split-Dose versus Single-Dose) Once Weekly in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter, Open Label, Parallel Group, Randomized Controlled Trial (SMART Study)
Chandra Bhushan Prasad¹, Varun Dhir², Ranjan Gupta³, Koshy Nithin Thomas⁴, Devarasetti phani kumar⁵, VENKATESH S PAI⁶, Avinash Jain⁷, Shankar Naidu⁸, Priya Saini⁸, Leishangthem Bidyalaxmi⁸, AASTHA KHULLAR⁸, Ramesh Manthri⁹, Shefali Sharma¹⁰, Aman Sharma¹¹, Amita Aggarwal⁴ and Sanjay Jain⁸, ¹Healthway Hospital, Goa, Zuarinagar, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India, ³All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, ⁴Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ⁵Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India, ⁶AIIMS RISHIKESH, Rishikesh, India, ⁷SMS Medical College, Lucknow, India, ⁸PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, ⁹Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India, ¹⁰PGIMER< Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ¹¹PGIMER, Chandigarh, India, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX), the anchor drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has limited bioavailability above an oral dose of 15 mg. Split-dose oral MTX (morning, evening…
Abstract Number: 1610 • ACR Convergence 2023
Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Improves Fibromyalgia Outcomes: Results from a Pivotal, Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Michael Gendreau¹, Andrea Chadwick², Lance McCracken³, David Williams⁴, Daniel Clauw⁵, Juan Luciano⁶, Yifei Dai⁷, Nicolette Vega⁸, Zunera Ghalib⁸, Kristen Guthrie⁸, Allison Kraus⁸, Michael Rosenbluth⁸, Jennifer Zomnir⁹, Dana Reddy¹⁰ and Lesley arnold¹¹, ¹Gendreau Consulting, LLC, Poway, CA, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, ³Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Swing Therapeutics, Gainesville, FL, ⁸Swing Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ⁹DelRicht Resesarch, Mckinney, TX, ¹⁰Curavit, Scarsdale, NY, ¹¹Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a form of guideline-recommended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), has been empirically validated as a non-drug treatment for fibromyalgia (FM).…
Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Patients with SLE
Kai Sun¹, Nneka Molokwu¹, Emily Hanlen¹, Amy Corneli², Kathryn Pollak¹, Jennifer Rogers¹, Rebecca Sadun¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss¹, Hayden Bosworth¹ and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence is common and is associated with increased disease activity, morbidity, and mortality in SLE. To optimize medication adherence and SLE outcomes, we…

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