Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

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…
Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk factors for the development of immune checkpoint inhibitor-related adverse events, including rheumatology-related presentations
Adela Francis-Malave¹, Terri Laufer², Joshua Baker³, Kyra Sacksith⁴, Melissa Batson⁴ and Sokratis Apostolidis³, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: While immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are a commonly reported complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy, factors associated with their development remain poorly defined.…
Abstract Number: 0762 • ACR Convergence 2025
Relapse rate, predictors of relapses and impact of introduction of interleukin-6-receptor inhibition on relapse rate in GCA- Data from the large REATS cohort from six vasculitis centers
Verena Schoenau¹, Giulia Corte², Koray Tascilar³, Fabian Hartmann², Sebastian Ott², Wolfgang Schmidt⁴, Andreas Krause⁵, Pfeil Alexander⁶, Peter Oelzner⁶, Marc Schmalzing⁷, Matthias Fröhlich⁸, Michael Gernert⁸, Jörg Henes⁹, Nils Venhoff¹⁰, Bernhard Hellmich¹¹, Bernhard Manger², Georg Schett¹² and Juergen Rech¹², ¹- Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ²- Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine III, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, ⁷Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology,University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Bayern, Germany, ⁸University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/ Immunology, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ¹⁰University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹¹Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie, Pneumologie, Nephrologie und Diabetologie, Medius Kliniken, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, ¹²Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) has significantly evolved over the last decades, mainly due to advances in imaging techniques and…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2024
Color Doppler Ultrasound Is a Reliable Method for Imaging the Lacrimal Glands in Patients with Suspected Sjögren’s Disease
Ting Yang¹, Neils Sluijpers¹, Jolien van Nimwegen¹, Alja Stel¹, Adriaan Coumou¹, Frans Kroese², Hendrika Bootsma³, Konstantina Delli¹ and Sarah Pringle², ¹UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: As a widely available, non-invasive and repeatable technique, ultrasound has already been used for the examination of irregularities of the major salivary glands. However,…
Abstract Number: 2490 • ACR Convergence 2024
Longitudinal Kidney Function Trajectories in Patients Enrolled in the Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Trial
Jennifer Hanberg¹, Yuqing Zhang², Andreas Kronbichler³, Anna Matyjek⁴, Carol McAlear⁵, Balazs Odler⁶, Lisa Uchida⁷, Duvuru Geetha⁸, Carmel Hawley⁹, David Jayne⁷, Michael walsh¹⁰, Peter Merkel⁵ and Zachary Wallace¹¹, and the PEXIVAS investigators, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Medical University Innsbruck and University of Cambridge, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁴Medical University of Lodz and Medical University Innsbruck, Lodz, Poland, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁷University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Princess Alexandra Hospital and Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ¹⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) causes kidney damage, leading to a spectrum of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Clinically distinct kidney function…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2024
Survival and Predictive Markers of Prognosis in Patients with Cancer Occurrence After Sjögren Syndrome: A Long-term Observational Study
Yezi Peng¹, Jiana Chen², Yafei Ren³, Dan Yang², Xiangyi Shen⁴, Xu Jiang⁵ and Huaxia Yang², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Dong Cheng Qu, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ³Department of Rheumatology and immunotogy,Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University,Guilin, China, Guangxi, China (People's Republic), ⁴Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, ⁵National Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Patients with Sjögren syndrome (SS) have been reported to have a higher risk of cancer than the general population, and malignancy constitutes one of…
Abstract Number: 2509 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bone Marrow Failure in VEXAS Is Associated with the Degree of UBA1b Deficiency
Benjamin Turturice¹, Alice Fike¹, Bhavisha Patel², Emma Groarke², Karyssa Stonick¹, Shanni Liu¹, Wendy Goodspeed¹, Kaitlin Quinn¹, Neal Young² and Peter Grayson³, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD
Background/Purpose: VEXAS is a multisystem autoinflammatory disorder due to somatic mutations in UBA1. The disease is characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis with increased risk of transfusion…
Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trajectories of Disease Evolution upon Treatment Initiation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Pooled Results from Three Randomized Clinical Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom², Alexandre Tsoi³, Dionysis Nikolopoulos⁴ and Lorenzo Beretta⁵, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital; Örebro University, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of belimumab in treating SLE has been demonstrated in several phase 3 randomized clinical trials (RCTs). These trials showed belimumab efficacy on…
Abstract Number: 2555 • ACR Convergence 2024
Addressing Economic Insecurities Could Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes in Lupus
Shivani Garg¹, Jay Patel¹, Meredith Ingersoll², Shelby Gomez², Amanda Weber², Sarah Panzer¹, Sancia Ferguson³, Tripti Singh¹ and Christie Bartels⁴, ¹University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Madison, WI, ²UW Health, Madison, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: A complex interaction between biologic factors and social determinants of health (SDoH) drives disparities in lupus (or SLE) outcomes in the US. A recent…
Abstract Number: 1539 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness & Safety of Early versus Late Use of Rituximab in Extra-renal Lupus: Real World Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre
JOHN KUMAR DAS¹, ABHILASHA ARVIND MANWATKAR² and JOHN MATHEW², ¹Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, ²christian medical college, vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Background/Purpose: Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting CD20 positive B cells failed to show effectiveness in SLE, including EXPLORER and LUNAR trials.However, real world data in…
Abstract Number: 2571 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trajectories of Physical Function in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the CAPRI Registry
Clare Cunningham¹, Roberta A Berard², Matthew Berkowitz³, Brian Feldman⁴, Nicole Johnson⁵, Lillian Lim⁶, Thomas Loughin³, Meghan McPherson⁷, Paivi Miettunen⁵, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier⁸, Dax Rumsey⁶, Heinrike Schmeling⁵, Lori Tucker⁹, Kristin Houghton¹⁰ and Jaime Guzman¹¹, and CAPRI Registry Investigators, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada, ³Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children; Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; The Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁸CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁹BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁰University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹¹University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease of childhood. Contrary to historical cohorts, it is hoped that with contemporary treatments…
Abstract Number: 0175 • ACR Convergence 2024
Do Knee Strength and Pain Relate to Developing Stair Climbing Difficulty for Knee Osteoarthritis?
Jason Jakiela¹, Yvonne Golightly², Sydney Liles³, Judy Foxworth⁴ and Daniel White⁵, ¹Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Delaware, Elkton, MD, ⁴Winston-Salem State University, Elon, NC, ⁵University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of functional limitation in older adults, and stair climbing difficulty is often the first-reported limitation. Previous work…

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