Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

Abstract Number: LB13 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obinutuzumab Leads to Deep B-Cell Depletion in the Kidney Parenchyma of Patients With Lupus Nephritis: An Exploratory Analysis of the REGENCY Trial
Brad Rovin¹, Elsa Martins², Cary Austin³, Harini Raghu³, Caleb Chan³, Patrick Chang³, Jay Garg³, Valeria Alberton⁴, Mittermayer Santiago⁵, Gustavo Aroca-Martínez⁶, Fedra Palazuelos⁷, Teresa Baczkowska⁸, José Alfaro⁹, Jorge Ravelo-Hernández¹⁰, Richard Furie¹¹, Luís Pinto¹², Eduardo Albiero¹³, Christopher Larsen¹⁴, Bongin Yoo³, Jennifer Pulley¹⁵, Andrew Thorley³, Thomas Schindler², Theodore Omachi³, William Pendergraft III³ and Ana Malvar¹⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, ²F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland, ³Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, ⁴Pathology Unit, Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health and UFBA, Federal University of Bahia, and Clínica SER da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, ⁶Universidad Simón Bolívar y Clínica de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, ⁷Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento Reumatológico S.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸Department of Transplantation Medicine, Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ⁹Instituto Peruano del Hueso y la Articulación, Lima, Peru, ¹⁰Clinica San Juan Bautista, Unidad de Investigacion en Reumatologia e Inmunologia, Lima, Peru, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, ¹²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia, ¹³Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina, ¹⁴Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock, Arkansas, ¹⁵Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Organización Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: B cells infiltrate the kidneys in lupus nephritis (LN) and likely contribute to the pathogenesis of kidney injury. The REGENCY trial (NCT04221477) showed that…
Abstract Number: 2472 • ACR Convergence 2025
Digesting the data: tracking gastro-intestinal manifestations in systemic sclerosis over time
Cosimo Bruni¹, Jasmin Klöti², Aurora Maria Tatu³, Lea Stamm², Rucsandra Dobrota⁴, Muriel Elhai⁵, Mike Becker⁶, Sinziana Muraru⁷, Gesa Sauer⁸, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁹, Oliver Distler¹⁰ and Carina Mihai¹¹, ¹University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, ⁸⁰⁹¹, Switzerland, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁶Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁷University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is among the most frequent organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc), yet the timing of presentation of GI manifestations remains incompletely…
Abstract Number: 1158 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Genetic Features of CTLA-4 Haploinsufficiency : A Prospective Study in China
Guishan Liu¹, Jingyuan zhang², jin Xu², JiaYuan Dai² and Min Shen², ¹Peking union medical college hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Peking union medical college hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in CTLA4 cause a spectrum of immune dysregulation, characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, autoimmune cytopenias, and lymphoproliferation, yet penetrance and expressivity remain highly…
Abstract Number: 2319 • ACR Convergence 2025
Reducing selection bias while maintaining precision through an integrated analysis: 2-year longitudinal analysis of imaging outcomes in the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early cohort
Liese de Bruin¹, Floris A. van Gaalen¹, Manouk de Hooge², Miranda van Lunteren¹, Mary Lucy Marques³, Monique Reijnierse⁴, Roberta Ramonda⁵, Inger Jorid Berg⁶, Carl Turesson⁷, Robert Landewé⁸, Désirée Van Der Heijde¹ and Sofia Ramiro⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; and Coimbra Local Health Unit, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁴Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology Unit-DIMED-University of Padova ITALY, Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁶⁶Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁷Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Imaging outcomes in ongoing cohort studies are typically evaluated across multiple reading rounds by several readers. Often, only scores from the most recent reading…
Abstract Number: 1078 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends in Hospitalization rate with Lupus in the State of Florida: A retrospective data review from Florida Health Charts from 1992-2023
Muhammad Sohaib Asghar¹, Mohammed Akram², Veerkaran Banga¹, rajkaran Banga¹, Woo Joo Lee¹, Afsana Ansari Shaik³, Syed Muhammad Muneeb Akhtar⁴ and Thomas Shimshak¹, ¹AdventHealth Sebring, Sebring, FL, ²HCA Aventura, Aventura, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs. This study was conducted to…
Abstract Number: 2110 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of Proton-Pump-Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density and Microarchitecture in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
Edgar Wiebe¹, Kerstin Rubarth², Zhivana Boyadzhieva³, Sandra Hermann¹, Burkhard Muche⁴, Gerhard Krönke⁵, Andriko Palmowski⁴ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs) are at increased risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures due to systemic inflammation and glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Hydroxychloroquine Usage on QTc in Veterans with Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Disease
Malika Ibrahim¹, Samuel Good², Victor Tran³, David Chetrit⁴, Michael McClean⁵, Myung Shin Sim⁶, Hannah Kang¹, Jennifer Barton⁷, Meika Fang⁸, Angelo Gaffo⁹, fadi Hage¹⁰, cynthia Jackevicius⁵, Michael Pillinger¹¹, gabriela Schmajuk¹², Jasvinder Singh¹³, Alberta Warner¹⁴, Neal Yaun¹⁵ and John FitzGerald¹⁶, ¹David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ³David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, Costa Mesa, CA, ⁴Carolina Health Specialists, Myrtle Beach, SC, ⁵Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, ⁶West LA VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, ⁷VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁸VA Greater Los Angeles/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰VA Birmingham health care, Birmingham, AL, ¹¹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY, ¹²University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ¹³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹⁴VA Greater Los Angeles/UCLA, Los Angeles, ¹⁵UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, ¹⁶UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is widely used for rheumatic diseases, but data on its cardiac safety, particularly QTc prolongation, remains limited. Concerns about HCQ inducing QTc…
Abstract Number: 2109 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effects of IL-6 inhibition, Methotrexate, and Glucocorticoid Monotherapy on Bone Mineral Density, 3D-DXA femoral structure and Bone Turnover Markers in GCA and PMR
Edgar Wiebe¹, Lien Meerkatt², Andriko Palmowski³, Zhivana Boyadzhieva⁴, Kerstin Rubarth⁵, Sandra Hermann¹, Burkhard Muche³, Gerhard Krönke⁶ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Individuals with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are at increased risk for osteoporosis and fragility fractures due to long-term glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neurofilament Light Chain Serum Levels is Associated with Neuropsychiatric Manifestations and Cognitive Dysfunction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: A Longitudinal Study
Juliana Silvatti¹, Livia Almeida Dutra², Larissa Araujo Duarte³, Andreza Salvio Lemos³, Helena Alessi⁴, Shaila Amorim Vieira², Gabriel D'Angelo Lacerda², LILIA ALVES MARIA ALVES MARIA⁴, Soniza Leon Alves³ and Cristiane Kayser⁴, ¹Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common and frequently represent a diagnostic challenge due to its heterogeneous manifestations. Neurofilament light chain (NfL)…
Abstract Number: 1958 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal analysis on imaging outcomes: should we use the individual scores from multiple readers or rather the consensus or average of readers?
Liese de Bruin¹, Floris A. van Gaalen¹, Manouk de Hooge², Miranda van Lunteren¹, Mary Lucy Marques³, Monique Reijnierse⁴, Roberta Ramonda⁵, Inger Jorid Berg⁶, Carl Turesson⁷, Robert Landewé⁸, Désirée Van Der Heijde¹ and Sofia Ramiro⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; and Coimbra Local Health Unit, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁴Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology Unit-DIMED-University of Padova ITALY, Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁶⁶Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁷Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Imaging outcomes are often evaluated using longitudinal analysis based on scores from multiple readers. However, the input into the analysis can vary from the…
Abstract Number: 0848 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Skin Assessment in Systemic Sclerosis: Insights from Histology and Clinical Correlates
Hung Vo¹, Aarohi Mehendale², Martin Azzam³, Fatima-Ezzahrae El Adili⁴, Rutvi Patel³, Marcin TROJANOWSKI³, Michael York⁵, Eugene Kissin⁶, Jeffrey Browning⁷, Jag Bhawan³, Darren Roblyer⁵ and Andreea Bujor⁵, ¹Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Revere, MA, ⁵Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁶Boston University, Newton, MA, ⁷Boston University School of Medicine, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Assessing skin involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is complex, with no single method capturing all pathological changes. The modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS) is…
Abstract Number: 1941 • ACR Convergence 2025
How Calculating Consensus Change Scores Can Go Wrong: Lessons from Multi-reader Imaging Assessments in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Ana Bento da Silva¹, Sofia Ramiro², Floris A. van Gaalen¹, Robert Landewé³, Miranda van Lunteren¹, Liese de Bruin¹, Gizem Ayan⁴, Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, Monique Reijnierse⁶, Jürgen Braun⁷, Désirée Van Der Heijde¹ and Manouk de Hooge⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁴Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁶Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany; and Rheumatologische Versorgungszentrum (RVZ) Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: In research, imaging findings are often assessed by multiple readers and individual readers’ scores are combined into aggregate scores to determine the presence of…
Abstract Number: 0847 • ACR Convergence 2025
Interferon Score Effectively Stratifies for Time to Clinically Significant Event Accrual in Systemic Sclerosis Independently of Cutaneous Subset
Stefano Di Donato¹, Rebecca Ross², Marco Minerba³, Vishal Kakkar⁴, Enrico De Lorenzis⁵, Philip Yee⁶, Christopher Denton⁷ and Francesco Del Galdo⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Canosa Sannita, Chieti, Italy, ²Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Taranto, Taranto, Italy, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ⁶UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by vascular damage, immune dysregulation, and fibrosis. It is typically classified into limited cutaneous (lcSSc)…
Abstract Number: 1920 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lung Cancer Screening with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Claims Analysis
Angeles Lopez-Olivio¹, Zhigang Duan², Huifang Lu³, Edwin J. Ostrin², Robert J. Volk², Ying Xu², Sharon H. Giordano⁴ and Hui Zhao⁴, ¹The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at elevated risk for lung cancer. Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended for…
Abstract Number: 0846 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Longitudinal Transcriptomic Study of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Systemic Sclerosis Skin with Clinical and Molecular Stratification
Rezvan Parvizi¹, Zhiyun Gong², Natania Field³, Helen Jarnagin², Dillon Popovich², Monica Yang⁴, Kathleen Aren⁵, Mary Carns⁶, Isaac Goldberg⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Vivien Goh⁹, Zsuzsanna McMahan¹⁰, Tammara Wood¹¹, Dinesh Khanna¹², Monique Hinchcliff¹³ and Michael Whitfield¹⁴, ¹Dartmouth, lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ³Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁷Wayne State University, Detroit, ⁸Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁹Northwestern, Chicago, ¹⁰UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, ¹¹Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ¹²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹³Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ¹⁴Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) is the most commonly prescribed immunosuppressive treatment for patients diagnosed with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). Here, we analyzed skin gene…

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