Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

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: 1229 • ACR Convergence 2023
Longitudinal Assessment of Self-reported Executive Function in Youth with Childhood-Onset Lupus
Tala El Tal¹, justine ledochowski², Sarah Mossad³, Victoria Lishak³, Ibrahim Mohamed⁴, Joanna Law³, Lawrence Ng³, Paris Moaf³, Asha Jeyanathan³, Adrienne Davis³, Linda Hiraki³, Deborah Levy³, Zahi Touma⁵, Natoshia Cunningham⁶, Ashley Danguecan³ and Andrea Knight³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, andDivision of Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction (including executive dysfunction) affects up to 60% of youth with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE), with potential adverse effects on health-related quality…
Abstract Number: 2452 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessment of Association Between Hydroxychloroquine Use and Toxic Retinopathy, Overall and by Indication, in a Large Cohort of Rheumatology Patients Within the US Department of Defense Military Healthcare System
Rachel Robbins¹, Toni Rush² and Jess Edison³, ¹Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Germantown, MD, ²Health Research Tx, Pace, FL, ³Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences / National Capital Consortium- Walter Reed Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: While generally believed to be a safe, well-established treatment, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) use is associated with irreversible retinal toxicity requiring regular monitoring. The objective of…
Abstract Number: 1243 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tubulointerstitial Inflammation Is Associated with End-Stage Renal Disease in Pediatric Lupus Nephritis: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study
Ryan Mitacek, Qiong Liu, Linda Wagner-Weiner, Shireen Hashmat and Anthony Chang, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The 2018 International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) classification criteria and the NIH…
Abstract Number: 2510 • ACR Convergence 2023
Autoantibody-positivity Before Treatment Is Associated with Immune-related Adverse Events in Melanoma Patients Treated with anti-PD-1
Tineke van Wesemael¹, Jessica Borgers², Kyra Gelderman³, Els Verdegaal⁴, C.M. Korse⁵, M.J.P. Welters⁶, Ellen Kapiteijn⁷, W.J. van Houdt², Sjoerd van der Burg⁶, René Toes¹, J.V. Thienen², John Haanen² and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Laboratory Medicine, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitors are able to re-activate restrained anti-tumor T-cell responses in melanoma patients. However, PD-1 inhibition may also activate auto-reactive T-cells leading…
Abstract Number: 1295 • ACR Convergence 2023
Having More Tender Than Swollen Joints Is Associated with Worse Functional Outcomes in Patients with Early RA in a Prospective Real-World Cohort
Charis Meng¹, Yvonne Lee², Orit Schieir³, Marie-France Valois⁴, Margaret Butler¹, Gilles Boire⁵, Glen Hazelwood⁶, Carol Hitchon⁷, Edward Keystone⁸, Diane Tin⁹, Carter Thorne¹⁰, Louis Bessette¹¹, Janet Pope¹², Susan Bartlett¹³ and Vivian Bykerk¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ⁵Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷University of Manitoba, Manitoba, MB, Canada, ⁸Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Centre of Arthritis Excellence, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹¹Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ¹²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹³McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Early RA patients may present with more tender than swollen joints, which can persist during DMARD therapy. Elevated TSJD (tender-swollen joint difference) is often…
Abstract Number: 2517 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Relationship Between the NETosis Findings and Disease Activity in Behcet Disease
Erdem Bektas¹, Rabia Deniz², Zeliha Emrence³, Sema Sırma Ekmekci³, Neslihan Abacı³, Shirkhan Amikishiyev⁴, Yasemin Yalçınkaya⁴, Bahar Artim Esen⁴, Murat Inanç⁵ and Ahmet Gul⁶, ¹Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Department of Genetics, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Behcet disease (BD) is a multisystemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. BD has been classified among the neutrophilic dermatosis, and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)…
Abstract Number: 1303 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient’s and Physician’s Evaluation of Global Assessment of Disease Activity over Follow up and Across Disease Activity Levels in Recent-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Audrey-Anne Couture¹, Nathalie Carrier², Hugues Allard-Chamard³, Sophie ROUX³, Patrick Liang³ and Gilles Boire³, ¹University of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Composite measures (e.g. SDAI) to assess Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) disease activity incorporate patient (PGA) and evaluator (EGA) global assessments. EGA and PGA are often…
Abstract Number: 2587 • ACR Convergence 2023
Measuring Frailty in SLE: Agreement Among Methods
Patti Katz¹, Maria Dall'Era², Kamil Barbour³, Kurt Greenlund³, Cristina Lanata⁴, Caroline Gordon⁵, Lindsey Criswell⁶ and Jinoos Yazdany⁷, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington, DC, ⁵Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁶NIH/NHGRI, Bethesda, MD, ⁷University of California, General Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Frailty, conceptualized as an accumulation of deficits across multiple physiological systems, was first examined in SLE in 2017 using the Fried Frailty Phenotype criteria…
Abstract Number: 1472 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence of Hepatic Injury in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A 28-Year Single Center Experience
Asif Hitawala¹, Zerai Manna², Yenealem Temesgen-Oyelakin³, Elaine Poncio³, Christopher Koh⁴, sarfaraz Hasni² and Theo Heller⁴, ¹NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Lupus Clinical Trials Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIDDK/Liver disease branch, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are known to have hepatic injury (HI), however large-scale longitudinal studies are lacking.We report our experience of HI…
Abstract Number: 1488 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Glucocorticoid Use with Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Persons with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Patti Katz¹, Sofia Pedro², Jiyoon Choi³ and Kaleb Michaud⁴, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) have long been a mainstay of treatment for SLE. While GCs do provide benefit, there are potential side effects that increase with…
Abstract Number: 1604 • ACR Convergence 2023
First and Recurrent Thrombosis Risk After 4,454 Patient-Years of Follow-Up: Prospective Results from the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Jonathan Thaler¹, Yasaman Ahmadzadeh², Danieli Andrade³, leslie skeith⁴, Maria Tektonidou⁵, Savino Sciascia⁶, Vittorio Pengo⁷, Jose Pardos-Gea⁸, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza⁹, Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹⁰, H Michael Belmont¹¹, Kello Nina¹², Paul R. Fortin¹³, Denis WAHL¹⁴, Maria Gerosa¹⁵, Guilherme De Jesús¹⁶, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁷, Tatsuya Atsuma¹⁸, Maria Efthymiou¹⁹, D. Ware Branch²⁰, Laura Andreoli²¹, Esther Rodriguez almaraz²², Michelle Petri²³, Giulia Pazzola²⁴, Ricard Cervera²⁵, Bahar Artim Esen²⁶, Hui Shi²⁷, Jason Knight²⁷, Guillermo Pons-Estel²⁸, Rohan Willis²⁹, Ali Duarte-Garcia³⁰, Maria Laura Bertolaccini³¹, Hannah Cohen³², Doruk Erkan¹ and On Behalf Of APS ACTION³³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, ⁶University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ⁷Department of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁸Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ¹⁰IMIBIC - Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹²Northwell Health, Brooklyn, NY, ¹³Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁴University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, ¹⁵University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ¹⁶Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁷Peking University First Hospital, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Beijing, China, ¹⁸Hokkaido University, Department of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Sapporo, Japan, ¹⁹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²¹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²²Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁴Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Nuova di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²⁵Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁶Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁸CREAR, Rosario, Argentina, ²⁹University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³⁰Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³²University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³³on behalf of APS ACTION, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The APS ACTION Registry was created to study the natural course of disease over 10 years in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients with or…
Abstract Number: 1696 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multi-Omic Profiling Reveals Immune Cell Priming Signature Linked to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Prognosis
Michael A. Smith¹, Dominic Sinibaldi², Saifur Rahman¹, Chia-Chien Chiang², Anna M. Hansen¹, Jill Henault¹, Carlos P. Roca³, Shu Wang¹, Kamelia Zerrouki¹, Rebecca Filippi¹, Christopher Groves¹, Zerai Manna⁴, Jun Chu⁴, Michael Davis⁴, sarthak gupta⁴, Christopher Morehouse¹, Melissa De los Reyes¹, Rachel Ettinger¹, Roland Kolbeck¹, Mariana Kaplan⁵, Miguel A. Sanjuan¹, Richard M. Siegel⁶, sarfaraz Hasni⁴ and Kerry A. Casey¹, ¹BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Data Science and AI, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Data Science and AI, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Lupus Clinical Trials Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁵Lupus Clinical Trials Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁶Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Much of our understanding of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) immunopathogenesis is derived from gene profiling studies, where core pathways such as neutrophil dysregulation and…
Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome in Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Observational Study
Christopher Rooney¹, Ian Jeffery², Kulveer Mankia³, Mark Wilcox¹ and Paul Emery⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²4D Pharma plc, Cork, Ireland, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Multiple compositional shifts of gut microbiota have been identified within the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease continuum, encompassing both established RA and at-risk individuals (including…

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