Abstracts tagged "Juvenile idiopathic arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1829 • ACR Convergence 2025
Multiomic Investigation of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovium Reveals Immune Cell Heterogeneity
Abigail Thielbar¹, Tracy Ting², Lexi Auld³, Kelly Rogers⁴, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁵, Sheila Angeles-Han⁴, Ekemini Ogbu², Daniel Lovell², Jennifer Huggins⁶, Grant Schulert², Patricia Vega-Fernandez² and Yuriy Baglaenko⁴, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease of childhood, affecting 1:1,000 children worldwide. The hallmark of JIA is immune-mediated…
Abstract Number: 1252 • ACR Convergence 2025
Can LLMs Categorize Patient Priorities Like Humans? Comparing AI and Human Coders in Arthritis Nominal Group Discussions
Melissa Mannion¹, Bryce Thornton¹, Bella Mehta², Ronan O'Beirne¹, Emily Smitherman¹, Livie Timmerman³, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁴, Jeffrey Curtis¹ and John Osborne¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Identifying informational needs of individuals with inflammatory arthritis is critical to enhancing communication and supporting shared decision making between patients, caregivers, and providers. However,…
Abstract Number: 0414 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predicting JIA-Associated Uveitis Using Tear Fluid Biomarkers: A Prospective Multicenter Study
Mariia Pavlenko¹, Mekibib Altaye², Hermine Brunner³, Margaret Chang⁴, Ashley Cooper⁵, Stefanie Davidson⁶, Alexandra Duell³, Bharti Gangwani⁴, Aimee Hersh⁷, Gary Holland⁸, Carl Langefeld⁹, Melissa Lerman¹⁰, Mindy Lo⁴, Virginia Miraldi Utz³, Sampath Prahalad¹¹, Grant Schulert³, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹², Erin Stahl⁵, Edmund Tsui⁸ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹³, ¹Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ⁶Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ⁹Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ¹³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Uveitis is the most common extra-articular manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and can lead to vision loss if not detected early. Current clinical…
Abstract Number: 0394 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predictors of quality of Life in a longitudinal cohort of patients with Uveitis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and JIA-associated uveitis
andressa Guariento Ferreira Alves¹, Amy Cassedy², Virginia Miraldi Utz³, Alexandra Duell³, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁴, Nicole Reitz⁵, Sheila Angeles-Han⁶ and Melissa Lerman⁷, ¹The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Cincinnati Children's hospital medical center, cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁵Department of Mental Health, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Uveitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) greatly influence children's quality of life (QOL). Our aim is to identify demographic, disease, and…
Abstract Number: 2675 • ACR Convergence 2025
RANTES and CXCL10 as Potential Tear-Based Biomarkers Associated with Ocular Damage in Pediatric Chronic Anterior Uveitis
Ilaria Maccora¹, Mariia Pavlenko², Mekibib Altaye³, Hermine Brunner⁴, Alexandra Duell⁴, Megan Quinlan-Waters⁵, Alyssa Sproles⁶, Sherry Thornton⁴, Grant Schulert⁴, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁴ and Sheila Angeles-Han⁶, ¹Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReCoNNET Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, ²Rheumatology Division, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Pediatric chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) leads to sight-threatening complications in approximately 50% of affected children. Among complications, cataract and glaucoma are among the most…
Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR Convergence 2025
CD14+CXCL10+Monocytes Remodel the Peripheral Immune Network in sJIA via UBE2D1-Driven Inflammatory Programming
Xuemei Tang¹, Qiang Luo², Jun Yang³, Haiguo Yu⁴, Xinglin Wu¹, Xiwen Luo⁵, Xi Yang⁵, Zhiyong Zhang⁵, Yunfei An⁵, Xiaodong Zhao¹ and Hongmei Song⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, Chongqing, China, Chongqing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Rare Diseases in Infection and Immunity, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (People's Republic), ³Rheumatology and Immunology Department of Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, ⁵¹⁸¹⁰⁰, China., Shenzhen, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanjing Children's Hospital, Nanjing, ²¹⁰⁰⁰⁰, China., Nanjing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders (Chongqing), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Child Infection and Immunity, Chongqing, China., Chongqing, China (People's Republic), ⁶Pediatric Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, ¹⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰, China., Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by systemic immune dysregulation. However, reliable biomarkers to predict its unpredictable disease course are…
Abstract Number: 1066 • ACR Convergence 2025
Assessing Disparities in Outcomes and Processes of Care for Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network
Julia Harris¹, Catherine Bingham², Sheetal Vora³, Jon Burnham⁴, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁵, Tzielan Lee⁶, Kerry Ferraro⁷, Erik Friedrichsen⁸, Katelyn Banschbach⁹, Michelle Batthish¹⁰, Danielle Fair¹¹, Mileka Gilbert¹², Beth Gottlieb¹³, Melissa Mannion¹⁴, Edward Oberle¹⁵, Nancy Pan¹⁶, Natalie Rosenwasser¹⁷, Mary Toth¹⁸, Jennifer Weiss¹⁹ and Esi Morgan¹⁷, ¹Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ²Penn State Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, ³Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, PA, ⁵Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network, Cincinnati, ⁸Seattle Children's Hospital, Burien, WA, ⁹cincinnati Children's hospital, Villa Hills, KY, ¹⁰McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ¹²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹³Cohen Children's Medical Center, Northwell Health, Lake Success, NY, ¹⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ¹⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁷Seattle Children's Hospital, seattle, WA, ¹⁸Nemours Foundation, Orlando, FL, ¹⁹Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ
Background/Purpose: The Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) has a mission to deliver exceptional and equitable health care to children with rheumatic diseases…
Abstract Number: 0413 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improving Access to Timely Joint Injections for Pediatric Rheumatology Patients – A Quality Improvement Initiative
Kendra Lauer¹, Vidya Sivaraman², Melissa Argraves³, Ysabella Esteban⁴, Laura Pratt⁵, Alysha Taxter⁶, Shoghik Akoghlanian³, Kelly Wise⁷, Kathryn Anliker³, Jonnie Hughes³, James Booker³, Ashlee Leone³ and Edward Oberle³, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Dublin, OH, ²Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Plain City, OH, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ⁶Nationwide Children's, Columbus, OH, ⁷Nationwide Children's Hospital, Hilliard, OH
Background/Purpose: Timely treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is essential for disease remission and decreasing risk of long-term morbidity. Intra-articular corticosteroid joint injections can treat…
Abstract Number: 0393 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effects of Self-Reported Medication Barriers on Medication Adherence and Disease Activity in a Cohort of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Aditi Shaily¹, Allison R. Eckard², Paul Nietert³, Emily Vara¹, Natasha Ruth⁴ and Mileka Gilbert³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Departments of InternDivision of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Medications used to manage juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are highly effective in preventing joint damage and provide a favorable prognosis. Many patients, however, struggle…
Abstract Number: 2242 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Fluid Cytokine Profile as a Way to Understand the Lung Disease Associated with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ivanna Romankevych¹, Donna Do¹, Alyssa Sproles², Lexi Auld¹, Taskin Sabit¹, Richard Chhaing¹, Joy Baker¹, John Brewington³, Christopher Towe⁴, Alexiei GROM⁵ and Grant Schulert⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Medicine; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary medicine; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: The lung disease associated with systemic JIA (SJIA-LD) remains poorly understood. Measurement of cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) may offer insights into…
Abstract Number: 1824 • ACR Convergence 2025
Tissue-Resident Natural Killer Cells May Drive Monocyte Differentiation And Macrophage Accumulation In The Inflamed Joints Of Pediatric Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients
Roselyn Fierkens¹, Jun Inamo², Clara Lin³, Nathan Rogers⁴, Kari Hayes¹, Heather Leach³ and Kentaro Yomogida¹, ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, ⁴Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Natural Killer (NK) cells are the most abundant innate lymphoid cells, accounting for 10–40% of total lymphocytes in peripheral blood. They adapt to diverse…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Indigenous North American Children enrolled in a North American registry
Hayley M Lynch¹, Jordan E. Roberts¹ and James N. Jarvis², ¹Seattle Children's Hospital/UW, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington Center for Indigenous Health, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Several studies detail a higher prevalence and severity of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in Indigenous North American (INA) children compared to the general population.…
Abstract Number: 0412 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Association of Obesity with Juvenile Spondyloarthritis
Katelyn Baggett¹, Timothy Brandon² and Pamela Weiss³, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Newtown Square, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Childhood obesity is a global public health concern that impacts the health and wellbeing of all children and particularly negatively affects children living with…
Abstract Number: 0392 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Indicators of Methotrexate Response in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and JIA with Uveitis (JIA-U)
Abigale Jagger¹, Mara Becker², Susan Thompson³, Mekibib Altaye⁴, John Bohnsack⁵, Hermine Brunner⁶, Margaret Chang⁷, Ashley Cooper⁸, Stefanie Davidson⁹, Alexandra Duell⁶, Bharti Gangwani⁷, Carl Langefeld¹⁰, Melissa Lerman¹¹, Mindy Lo⁷, Serena Pastore¹², Mariia Pavlenko¹³, Sampath Prahalad¹⁴, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹⁵, Laura Ramsey¹⁶, Grant Schulert⁶, Gabriele Simonini¹⁷, Erin Stahl⁸, Gabriele Stocco¹⁸, Marc Sudman¹⁹, Andrea Taddio¹⁸, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁶, Rae Yeung²⁰ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, BLUE ASH, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ⁹University of Pennsylvania/CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Institute of Child and Maternal Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy, ¹³Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ¹⁶Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁷Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁸Insitute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy, ¹⁹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ²⁰The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with JIA are at high risk for development of chronic anterior uveitis (CAU), impacting 10-20% of this population. Although methotrexate (MTX) is the…
Abstract Number: 2150 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheum to Grow:An Approach Towards Human Centered Design through a Qualitative Analysis on the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology
Lillian Chang¹, Rhea Sharma², Elyse Guziewicz¹, Jordan Jackson³, Katrina Romagnoli¹, Gemme Campbell¹, Saritha Korukonda¹, Priyanka Pawar¹, Jonida Cote⁴, Thomas Davis¹ and Emily Brunner¹, ¹Geisinger, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: Up to half of patients who transition to adult care are lost to follow up within 2 years of transfer from pediatric to adult…

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