Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

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: 1271 • ACR Convergence 2024
Linkage of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry with the Pediatric Health Information System: Creation of a Comprehensive Childhood-Onset Lupus Dataset
Jordan Roberts¹, Anna Faino², Min-Lee Chang³, Jonathan Cogen⁴, Matt Hall⁵ and Esi Morgan¹, and for the CARRA Registry Investigators, ¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Seattle Children's Research Institute, Core for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Analytics in Research, Seattle, ³Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁵Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, KS
Background/Purpose: Currently, no comprehensive national multipayer dataset with inpatient and outpatient data exists for childhood rheumatologic diseases, limiting the ability to study outcomes longitudinally and…
Abstract Number: 2275 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cardiovascular and Cancer Safety of JAKi Compared to TNFi in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a National Registry of Advanced Therapies
Lucia Otero-Varela¹, Carlos Sanchez-Piedra², Elena Rabadán Rubio³, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁴, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez⁵, Diana Sueiro⁶, Olga Martinez⁷, Noemí Busquets Pérez⁸, Mercedes Freire González⁹, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso¹⁰, José María Álvaro-Gracia¹¹ and Isabel Castrejon¹², and BIOBADASER group, ¹Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, MADRID, Spain, ⁶Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Zamora, Spain, ⁸HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, GRANOLLERS, Spain, ⁹Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, La coruna, Galicia, Spain, ¹⁰Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Preliminary results from the ORAL Surveillance clinical trial showed an increase in the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and malignancies in patients…
Abstract Number: 1312 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long Term Proficiency and Clinical Outcomes of a Novel Fellow’s Injection Clinic
Rubia Ahmed¹, Whitney Martin², Sharon Banks³, Nancy Olsen⁴, Vincent Aluquin¹ and shirley albano-aluquin¹, ¹Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ²Lexington Rheumatology, West Columbia, SC, ³Penn State Health, Hershey, PA, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology fellows are required to learn joint and periarticular procedures during their training but achieving the necessary expertise can be challenging if the rotations…
Abstract Number: 2379 • ACR Convergence 2024
Causal Proteomics-Assisted Machine Learning Model Enhances Flare Risk Prediction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Liying Chen¹, Ou Deng², Ruichen Cong², Dingqi Lu³, Ting Fang¹, Mei Chen¹, Runrun Zhang⁴ and Xinchang Wang³, ¹Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ²Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Mikajima, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁴The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease marked by unpredictable flares. However, no flare risk prediction model has been developed for Asian…
Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2024
Which Biomarkers Indicate Imminent Progression to Inflammatory Arthritis in High Risk CCP Positive Persons?
Laurence Duquenne¹, Didem Sahin Eroglu², Jianhua Wu³, Kate Harnden¹, Andrea Di Matteo⁴, Lucy Elizabeth Thornton⁵, Rahaymin Chowdhury⁵, Leticia Garcia-Montoya¹, Kulveer Mankia⁶ and Paul Emery⁶, ¹1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Ankara, Turkey, ³1. University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Leeds, United Kingdom 2.Wolfson Institute of Population Health/Queen Mary University of London, UK, Leeds, ⁴1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Jesi, Italy, ⁵1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: A risk stratification model proposed a simple score using 4 biomarkers to identify those at high risk of developing inflammatory arthritis (IA) in primary…
Abstract Number: 2390 • ACR Convergence 2024
Anti-Sm Antibody Titers Vary During SLE Disease Course
Faye Megaris¹, Emily Wu² and Kyriakos Kirou³, ¹CUNY School of Medicine, Astoria, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Rochester, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by positive antibodies to dsDNA and/or Sm which have high specificity for the disease. While anti-dsDNA titers are…
Abstract Number: 1368 • ACR Convergence 2024
Do CsDMARDs Still Play a Significant Role in Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Current Biologic/JAKI Era? A Prospective Observational Study to Estimate the Extent of Response to Conventional Synthetic DMARDs in RA– Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in South India
Prabhu Vasanth¹, John Mathew² and Divya K³, ¹Christian Medical college , Vellore , India, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, ²Christian Medical college , Vellore , India, Vellore, India, ³Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Background/Purpose: Conventional synthetic DMARDs remained the mainstay of treatment of RA for decades. However, their use has decreased recently due to the emergence of biological…
Abstract Number: 2455 • ACR Convergence 2024
Improvement Across Multi-organ Domains and Patient Reported Outcomes in Refractory Juvenile-Onset Systemic Sclerosis (jSSc) up to 4 Years After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT)
Jonathan Li¹, Paulina Horvei², Franziksa Rosser³, Kirsten Rose-Felker⁴, Vibha Sood⁵, Adam Olson⁶, Vickie Vandergrift⁷, Nicole Hogue², Lauren Farver⁸, Devin Mcguire⁹, Haley Havrilla⁷, Jessie Alexander¹⁰, Shawna McIntyre², Paul Szabolcs² and Kathryn Torok¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ³Division of Pulmonology Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁵Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁶Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁸Department of Physical Therapy, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ⁹Pediatric Behavioral Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, ¹⁰Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies, Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, USA, Pittsburgh, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Scleroderma Center, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and multiorgan fibrosis leading to significant morbidity and early mortality. Autologous stem…
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,…

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