Abstracts tagged "longitudinal studies"

Abstract Number: 1158 • ACR Convergence 2021
Resistance of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis to Changing Therapy: A 15-year Follow-up
Kaleb Michaud¹, Sofia Pedro², Victoria Jasion³, Holly Budlong⁴, Jessica Suboticki⁵, Frederick Wolfe⁶ and Patricia Katz⁷, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³AbbVie, Overland Park, KS, ⁴AbbVie, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁷University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased dramatically over the past 15 years. The objective of this study was to investigate whether willingness…
Abstract Number: 1197 • ACR Convergence 2021
Periodontal Status Before Diagnosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Predicts Cumulative Disease Activity in Years After Treatment Inititation
Adelina Plachokova¹, Jill Hadisurya¹, Julia van Bergen² and Rogier Thurlings³, ¹Radboudumc, department of Dentistry (Implantology & Periodontology), Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, department of Dentistry (Implantology & Periodontology), Nijmegen, ³Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Transversal cohort studies demonstrated a possible association between periodontal disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However it is unknown how this association evolves during…
Abstract Number: 0143 • ACR Convergence 2021
Economic and Healthcare Resource Use Burden of Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, Dan Furst², Justin Li³, Qian Meng⁴, Tamara Lesperance⁵, Kenyatta Peoples⁶, Farah Ali⁵, Brian LaMoreaux⁵ and Stephanie Taylor⁷, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Trinity Partners, Waltham, MA, ⁴Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA, ⁵Horizon Therapeutics plc, Deerfield, IL, ⁶Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ⁷Horizon Therapeutics plc, Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose: The clinical burden of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is substantial and typically characterized by progressive skin, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and cardiovascular complications and premature death. The…
Abstract Number: 1220 • ACR Convergence 2021
Identification of Underlying Disease Domains by Longitudinal Latent Factor Analysis for Secukinumab Treated Patients in Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Trials
Xuan Zhu¹, Fabian Falck², Sahra Ghalebikesabi², Matthias Kormaksson¹, Marc Vandemeulebroecke³, Cong Zhang¹, Luis Santos⁴, Chun Hei Kwok⁴, Dominique West⁴, Ann-Marie Mallon⁴, Ruvie Martin¹, Aimee Readie¹, Kunal Gandhi¹, Gregory Ligozio¹ and George Nicholson², ¹Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ²University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Secukinumab is a fully monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of several related autoinflammatory diseases, including psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis.1 While…
Abstract Number: 0159 • ACR Convergence 2021
Structural Damage in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Is There a Preferred Way to Assess Progression over Time?
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Valeria Rios Rodriguez², Murat Torgutalp², Anil Dilbaryan², Hildrun Haibel³, Maryna Verba⁴, Joachim Sieper³, Jürgen Braun¹, Martin Rudwaleit⁵ and Denis Poddubnyy⁶, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – 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 Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁵University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the performance of the modified Stokes Ankylosing Spondylitis Scoring System (mSASSS) in assessing spinal radiographic damage…
Abstract Number: 1257 • ACR Convergence 2021
Improvements in Abnormal Laboratory Tests Are Associated with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kathryn Connelly¹, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake¹, Alberta Hoi², Worawit Louthrenoo³, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁴, Jiacai Cho⁵, Aisha Lateef⁶, Shue-Fen Luo⁷, Yeong-Jian Wu⁸, Zhanguo Li⁹, Yuan An⁹, Sandra Navarra¹⁰, Leonid Zamora¹⁰, Sargunan Sockalingam¹¹, Yanjie Hao¹², Zhuoli Zhang¹², Yasuhiro Katsumata¹³, Masayoshi Harigai¹³, Shereen Oon¹⁴, Madelynn Chan¹⁵, YI-HSING CHEN¹⁶, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁷, Sean O’Neill¹⁸, Kathryn Gibson¹⁸, Fiona Goldblatt¹⁹, Jun Kikuchi²⁰, Tsutomu Takeuchi²¹, Kristine (Pek Ling) Ng²², Nicola Tugnet²³, B.M.D.B. Basnayake²⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁵, C.S. Lau²⁶, Mandana Nikpour²⁷, Vera Golder¹ and Eric Morand²⁸, ¹Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health & Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁴University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia, ⁵National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁶National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁸Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, ⁹People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁰University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines, ¹¹University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹²Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹³Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, ¹⁵Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁶Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹⁷Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁸Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ¹⁹Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²⁰Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²¹Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ²²North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²³Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Teaching (General) Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka, ²⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁶University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²⁷University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ²⁸School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Laboratory tests are routine in the management of SLE. In clinical trial endpoints, data from laboratory tests contribute to responder status, but this is…
Abstract Number: 0222 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effects of Multi-Joint Osteoarthritis Phenotypes on Self-Reported Physical Function over 3.5 Years: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Amanda Nelson¹, Carolina Alvarez¹, Liubov Arbeeva¹, Jordan Renner¹, Virginia Kraus², Duncan Lascelles³ and Yvonne Golightly¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: To determine the differential effects of several literature-based definitions of multi-joint osteoarthritis (MJOA) on change in self-reported physical function in a community-based cohort.Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 1259 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of SLE Responder Index (SRI) Attainment and Long-term Clinical Outcomes
Kathryn Connelly¹, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake¹, Alberta Hoi², Worawit Louthrenoo³, Laniyati Hamijoyo⁴, Jiacai Cho⁵, Aisha Lateef⁶, Shue-Fen Luo⁷, Yeong-Jian Wu⁸, C.S. Lau⁹, YI-HSING CHEN¹⁰, Sandra Navarra¹¹, Leonid Zamora¹¹, Zhanguo Li¹², Yuan An¹², Sargunan Sockalingam¹³, Yanjie Hao¹⁴, Zhuoli Zhang¹⁴, Madelynn Chan¹⁵, Yasuhiro Katsumata¹⁶, Masayoshi Harigai¹⁶, Shereen Oon¹⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁸, Sean O’Neill¹⁹, Kathryn Gibson¹⁹, Jun Kikuchi²⁰, B.M.D.B. Basnayake²¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi²², Kristine (Pek Ling) Ng²³, Fiona Goldblatt²⁴, Annie Law²⁵, Nicola Tugnet²⁶, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁷, Sunil Kumar²⁸, Michael Tee²⁹, Jin Yu Tan³⁰, Chetan Karyekar³¹, Mandana Nikpour³², Vera Golder¹ and Eric Morand³³, ¹Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health & Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ³Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai, Chiang Mai, Thailand, ⁴University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia, ⁵National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, Singapore, ⁶National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁸Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, ⁹University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ¹⁰Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China), ¹¹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines, ¹²People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹³University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ¹⁴Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ¹⁵Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹⁶Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁷Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, ¹⁸Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹⁹Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²⁰Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²¹Teaching (General) Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka, ²²Div. Rheumatology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ²³North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁴Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ²⁵Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, ²⁶Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁸Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand, ²⁹University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, ³⁰Janssen Asia Pacific, Singapore, Singapore, ³¹Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ³²University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ³³School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Medical Centre Clayton, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: The SLE Responder Index (SRI) is a composite responder definition employed as a clinical trial endpoint in SLE. Despite its widespread adoption, recent discrepant…
Abstract Number: 0245 • ACR Convergence 2021
Long-term Safety and Effectiveness of Abatacept Treatment in Patients with JIA: 5-year Results from the PRCSG/PRINTO JIA Real-World Registry
Hermine Brunner¹, Daniel Lovell², Michael Henrickson¹, Ruy Carrassco³, Kirsten Minden⁴, Lyudmila Grebenkina⁵, James Nocton⁶, Ingrid Louw⁷, Linda Wagner-Weiner⁸, Gabriel Vega Cornejo⁹, Sylvia Kamphuis¹⁰, Vyacheslav Chasnyk¹¹, Heather Walters¹², Simone Appenzeller¹³, Jordi Anton¹⁴, Alyssa Dominique¹⁵, Robert Wong¹⁶, Lixian Dong¹⁵, Tzuyung Douglas Kou¹⁵, Alberto Martini¹⁷ and Nicolino Ruperto¹⁸, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³Presbyterian Health Services, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Charite University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Togliatti City Clinical Hospital №5, Togliatti, Russia, ⁶Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ⁷Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁸University of Chicago (Comer Children's), Chicago, IL, ⁹Crea de Guadalajara/Hospital México Americano, Guadalajara, Mexico, ¹⁰Sophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia, ¹²Cohen Children's Hospital, New York, NY, ¹³Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁴Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁶Bristol Myers Squibb, Basking Ridge, NJ, ¹⁷Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), Genoa, Italy, ¹⁸IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini; PRINTO, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Abatacept (ABA) is well tolerated and effective in patients with JIA.1 The Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG)/ Paediatric Rheumatology INternational Trials Organisation (PRINTO)…
Abstract Number: 1406 • ACR Convergence 2021
Incidence and General Clinical Features of Giant Cell Arteritis in the ARTESER Multicenter Study
Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa¹, Rafael B. Melero-González², Elisa Fernández-Fernández³, María T. Silva-Diaz⁴, Joaquín M. Belzunegui⁵, Clara Moriano⁶, Julio Sánchez⁷, Judit Lluch⁸, Itziar Calvo⁹, Vicente Aldasoro¹⁰, Lydia Abasolo¹¹, Javier Loricera¹², Alberto Ruíz-Román¹³, Santos Castañeda¹⁴, Patricia Moya¹⁵, María J. Garcia-Villanueva¹⁶, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles¹⁷, Carles Galisteo¹⁸, Anne Riveros-Frutos¹⁹, Jose A. Román-Ivorra²⁰, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²¹, Margarida Vasques-Rocha²², Carlota L. Iñiguez-Ubiaga²³, María García-González²⁴, Clara Molina-Almela²⁵, María Alcalde-Villar²⁶, Antonio Juan Mas²⁷, Eugenio De Miguel²⁸, Javier Narvaez²⁹, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³⁰, Noemí Garrido-Puñal¹³, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon¹⁷ and Ricardo Blanco³¹, ¹Research unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁹Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Saadell, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁵Rheumatology Department, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, ²⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ³¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Epidemiological information on Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) comes mainly from the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe, which show a higher incidence than the countries…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2021
Overview of the Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) Cohort in the CARRA Registry
Christine Bacha¹, Anne Dennos², Andrea Knight³, Laura Schanberg⁴, Mary Beth Son⁵, Emily von Scheven⁶, Shahla Amin⁷, Charles Helmick⁸ and Aimee Hersh⁹, ¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Grandview Heights, OH, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁶University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷CARRA, Durham, NC, ⁸Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry is a multi-center, observational registry that collects demographic, clinical, and provider- and patient-reported data from…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2021
Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis in the ARTESER Multicenter Study of 1675 Patients
Jesús T. Sánchez-Costa¹, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez², Elisa Fernández-Fernández³, María T. Silva-Diaz⁴, Jesús A. Valero-Jaimes⁵, Ismael González-Fernández⁶, Julio Sánchez⁷, Judit Lluch⁸, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa⁹, Javier Mendizábal-Mateos¹⁰, Pia M. Lois Bermejo¹¹, Javier Loricera¹², Alejandro Muñoz¹³, Cristina Valero-Martínez¹⁴, Patricia Moya¹⁵, Carmen Larena-Grijalba¹⁶, Vanessa A. Navarro-Angeles¹⁷, Joan Calvet-Fontova¹⁸, Ivette Casafont¹⁹, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán²⁰, Selene Labrada-Arrabal²¹, Jaime Calvo-Alén²², Carlota L. Iñiguez-Ubiaga²³, Vanesa Hernández²⁴, Cristina Campos-Fernández²⁵, María Alcalde-Villar²⁶, Antonio Juan-Mas²⁷, Eugenio De Miguel²⁸, Javier Narvaez²⁹, Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay³⁰, Noemí Garrido-Puñal³¹, Paula V. Estrada-Alarcon¹⁷ and Ricardo Blanco³², ¹Spanish Society of Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de La Coruña, Coruña, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia-San Sebasti, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁰H. Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevial, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi. Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, ²⁰H. La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ²¹Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ²⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ²⁵Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ³¹Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay therapy in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), initially at high doses (40-60 mg/day) followed by gradual glucocorticoid tapering. This treatment,…
Abstract Number: 0347 • ACR Convergence 2021
Longitudinal ANA Titers in SLE and ANA+ Controls
Emily Littlejohn¹, Lingxuan Kong², Kelly Speth², Lu Wang² and Emily Somers², ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear or anticellular antibodies (ANAs), are a hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). ANAs are also a marker of subclinical autoimmunity, with ~13% of…
Abstract Number: 1663 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Influence of Comorbidity on Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis 1980-2015: A Longitudinal Population-based Study in Western Australia
Khalid Almutairi¹, Johannes Nossent¹, David Preen¹, Helen Keen² and Charles Inderjeeth³, ¹University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ²University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ³University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) contributes to excess morbidity and mortality in RA patients compared with the general population. In Australia, there is a paucity of…
Abstract Number: 0503 • ACR Convergence 2021
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography as a Predictor of Angiographic Progression of Disease in Large-vessel Vasculitis
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Mark A. Ahlman², Hugh Alessi³, Ashkan Malayeri², Jamie Marko², Elaine Novakovich² and Peter Grayson⁴, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, ⁴National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: There is limited prospective data characterizing arterial lesions over time in giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK), the two main forms of…

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