Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR Convergence 2020
Forecasting Healthcare Utilization in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Machine Learning Predictive Model of Emergency Department Visits and Prednisone Initiation in a Single Tertiary Academic Center
Elston He¹, Eli Cornblath², Pratyusha Yalamanchi³, Alexis Ogdie², Joshua Baker² and Michael George², ¹Synovium, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Despite recent advances in therapy, 42% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) nationwide had moderate or high disease activity at their most recent visit.…
Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does the Autoantibody-Response Mature Between Presentation with Arthralgia and Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis? – a Longitudinal Serological Study
Fenne Wouters¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet¹, Nazike Salioska¹, Annemarie Dorjée¹, René Toes¹ and Annette van der Helm - van Mil², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are often present years before disease onset but their mere presence does not seem enough to induce RA. Several…
Abstract Number: 1812 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Blood DNA Methylation in a Multi-ethnic Cohort of SLE Patients
Cristina Lanata¹, Joanne Nititham², Kim Taylor², Sharon Chung², Laura Trupin¹, Patricia Katz³, Maria Dall'Era⁴, Jinoos Yazdany¹, Marina Sirota¹, Lisa Barcellos⁵ and Lindsey Criswell⁶, ¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁶Rosalind Russell/Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Cross-sectional studies have shown associations between DNA methylation differences in whole blood with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) status and outcomes such as lupus nephritis.…
Abstract Number: 0779 • ACR Convergence 2020
Antibody Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus Are Altered in the Pre-Clinical Period of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sabrina Fechtner¹, Heather Berens², Elizabeth Bemis³, M Kristen Demoruelle², Carla J. Guthridge⁴, John Harley⁵, Judith James⁶, Jess Edison⁷, Kevin D. Deane⁸, Jill Norris⁹ and V. Michael Holers², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³Colorado School of Public Health Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation;Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center;Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK, ⁷Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, ⁸2 Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁹Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Viral infections, including infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), have been suggested as environmental risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). EBV infections are known to…
Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dynamic Changes in Microbiota Representation of a Gut Pathobiont and Clinical Disease Activity in Patients with Lupus Nephritis
Doua Azzouz¹, Ze Chen², Zhi Li³, Peter Izmirly⁴, Jing Deng¹, David Fenyo³, Jill Buyon¹, Alexander Alekseyenko⁵ and Gregg Silverman⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Department of Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Institute for Systems Genetics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Laboratory of B cell immunobiology, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: From a cross-sectional cohort, we have recently identified a candidate human gut pathobiont, Ruminococcus gnavus (RG) of the Lachnospiraceae family and Blautia genus that…
Abstract Number: 1000 • ACR Convergence 2020
Passive Smoking Throughout the Life Course and the Risk of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adulthood Among Women
Kazuki Yoshida¹, Jiaqi Wang², Susan Malspeis³, Bing Lu⁴, Lauren C. Prisco³, Lily Martin³, Julia Ford², Karen Costenbader⁵, Elizabeth Karlson² and Jeffrey Sparks⁶, ¹Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity; Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Personal cigarette smoking has been strongly associated with the risk for developing seropositive RA. Previous studies concerning passive smoking conflict; some suggested that childhood…
Abstract Number: 1851 • ACR Convergence 2020
Different Disease Activity Trajectories in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis Lead to Significantly Different Long-term Outcomes : A Cluster-based Analysis of the DESIR Cohort
Benattar Leslie¹, Anna Molto², Laure Gossec³ and Resche Rigon Matthieu⁴, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Sorbonne University, INSERM; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴INSERM (UFR 1153), Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: AxSpA is a heterogeneous disease, leading to different treatment and follow-up modalities depending on the presentation, along with other elements (socio-economic, gender, etc..). In a…
Abstract Number: 1094 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long Term Open Label Extension of Study of Tofacitinib in Refractory Dermatomyositis
Julie Paik¹, Jemima Albayda¹, Eleni Tiniakou¹, Grazyna Purwin¹, Andrew Koenig² and Lisa Christopher-Stine¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Pfizer Inc, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a pan-JAK inhibitor that demonstrated safety and efficacy in a 12 week open label trial of 10 subjects with refractory dermatomyositis (NCT03002649).…
Abstract Number: 1874 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differences Between Men and Women in the Patient Pathways to Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Mark Hwang¹, Martin Rozycki², Theresa Arndt², Esther Yi³ and Michael Weisman⁴, ¹McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²HVH Precision Analytics, LLC, Wayne, PA, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Healthcare claims databases can be used to identify patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) prior to diagnosis. This study explores differences in pathways to AS…
Abstract Number: 1160 • ACR Convergence 2020
Treatment Intensity and Impact on Bone Lesion Evolution and Distribution Patterns in Severe Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis
Aleksander Lenert¹, T. Shawn Sato², Sedat G Kandemirli¹, Patrick Ten Eyck¹ and Polly Ferguson³, ¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, ³University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: To compare bone lesion evolution and bone lesion distribution patterns identified by whole body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) by treatment intensity in patients with…
Abstract Number: 1938 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk for Vision Loss and Relapse in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Anne Bull Haaversen¹ and Andreas Diamantopoulos², ¹Martina Hansens Hospital, Hosle, Norway, ²Martina Hansens Hospital, Baerum, Norway
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) involves both the cranial and large vessels. Studies have shown that while the vision loss rates are higher, the relapse…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Damage Free-Survival by Age at Diagnosis: A Retrospective Incident Lupus Cohort
Maria Schletzbaum¹, Nnenna Ezeh², Trevor McKown³, Shivani Garg⁴ and Christie Bartels⁵, ¹University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI, ³William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, ⁴UW Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: While medical comorbidities increase with age, younger age at onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with greater risk of some types…
Abstract Number: 1983 • ACR Convergence 2020
Trajectories of Disease Activity in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry
Natalie Shiff¹, Peter Shrader², Colleen Correll³, Anne Dennos⁴, Thomas Phillips² and Timothy Beukelman⁵, ¹Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Duke University, Durham, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To describe data-derived 2-year trajectories of disease activity in patients with recently diagnosed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) as measured by the clinical Juvenile Arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Patterns of Anxiety Symptomology Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Remain Stable over Time and Do Not Associate with SLE Disease Activity
Daphne Lew¹, Xinliang Huang², Sara Kellahan², Hong Xian³, Seth Eisen⁴ and Alfred Kim⁵, ¹Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²Division of Rheumatology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, ⁴Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Almost 40% of patients with SLE have comorbid mental health conditions.1 Though depression is most commonly reported (24% to 30%), many SLE patients also…
Abstract Number: 1312 • ACR Convergence 2020
Time-dependent Analysis of Incident Extra-articular Manifestations and Comorbidities in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Gillian Fitzgerald¹, George Tomlinson², Steve Ramkissoon³, Sophie Wojcik⁴, Robert Inman⁵ and Nigil Haroon⁶, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University Hospital Network, Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴UHN, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients have higher morbidity and mortality compared to healthy controls. Much of this excess disease burden is related to extra-articular manifestations…

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