Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 0898 • ACR Convergence 2021
MRI Vertebral Corner Inflammation and Fat Deposition Are Associated with Whole Spine Low Dose CT Detected Syndesmophytes: A Multilevel Analysis
Rosalinde Stal¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Alexandre Sepriano³, Floris van Gaalen¹, Sofia Ramiro¹, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Juergen Braun², Robert Landewé⁴ and Désirée van der Heijde⁵, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In previous studies vertebral corner inflammation (VCI) and vertebral corner fat deposition (VCFD) were associated with syndesmophyte formation on cervical and lumbar conventional radiography.…
Abstract Number: 1117 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prediction Model for Progression to Different Find-Grained MRI-Based Osteoarthritis Severity States: The Vancouver Longitudinal Study of Early Knee Osteoarthritis (VALSEKO)
Jolanda Cibere¹, Ali Guermazi², Savvas Nicolaou³, Jacek Kopec⁴, John Esdaile⁵, Hubert Wong⁶, Joel Singer⁶, Anona Thorne⁶ and Eric Sayre⁷, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁵Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ⁷Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To develop a novel, fine-grained MRI osteoarthritis (OA) severity score, based on cartilage, osteophytes and meniscus (OA-COM) scores and to predict the progression to…
Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2020
Consensus Definitions for MRI Lesions in the Spine of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: First Analysis from the Assessments in SpondyloArthritis International Society Classification Cohort
Walter Maksymowych¹, Iris Eshed², Pedro M Machado³, Susanne J Pedersen⁴, Ulrich Weber⁵, Manouk de Hooge⁶, Joachim Sieper⁷, Stephanie Wichuk¹, Denis Poddubnyy⁸, Martin Rudwaleit⁹, Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, Robert Landewé¹¹, Robert G Lambert¹², Mikkel Østergaard¹³ and Xenofon Baraliakos¹⁴, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rigshospitalet University, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵University of South Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld, Germany, ¹⁰Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹Amsterdam University Medical Center & Zuyderland Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²University of Alberta and CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹³Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Background/Purpose: A broad spectrum of MRI lesions has been described in the spine of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and a recent consensus from the…
Abstract Number: 1118 • ACR Convergence 2020
Bone Marrow Lesion Scores in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Undergoing Tibial Osteotomy: Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System (KIMRISS)
Jenna Schulz¹, Trevor Birmingham¹, Walter Maksymowych², Robert G Lambert³, Stephany Pritchett⁴, Frank Beier¹, J. Robert Giffin⁵ and Tom Appleton⁶, ¹Western University, London, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Alberta and CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada, ⁵Western University and London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada, ⁶The University of Western Ontario, LONDON, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) commonly occur in knee osteoarthritis (OA) and are associated with increased risk of cartilage damage and pain. The Knee Inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1879 • ACR Convergence 2020
Development of a Deep Learning Algorithm to Predict Positive MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints According to the ASAS Definition in Patients with Recent Axial Spondyloarthritis
Théodore Aouad¹, Clementina Lopez-Medina², Anna Molto², Antoine Feydy³, Charlotte Martin-Peltier³, Hugues Talbot⁴ and Maxime Dougados⁵, ¹Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupelec, Inria, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, Paris, France, ³Radiology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴CVN, CentraleSupelec, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Hopital Cochin, Université de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac joints (MRI-SIJ) represents an essential tool in the evaluation of patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, despite…
Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing the Construct Validity of the Novel OMERACT Ultrasound Scoring System for Salivary Glands Target Lesions by Comparison with MRI in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome – An OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group Exercise
Nevsun Inanc¹, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin², Kerem Abacar³, Çagatay Cimşit⁴, Canan Cimşit⁴, Maria D’Agostino⁵, Esperanza Naredo⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Stephanie Finzel⁸, Lene Terslev⁹, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁰, Petra Hanova¹¹, Wolfgang Schmidt¹², Gonca Mumcu¹³ and George A. Bruyn¹⁴, ¹Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University School of Medicine, Radiology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg, Germany, ⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup., Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Università degli Studi di Torino, Academic Rheumatology Centre, Turin, Italy, ¹¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ¹³Marmara University School of Health Sciences, Health Management, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Reumakliniek Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques such as salivary gland ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are able to diagnose primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) patients with high sensitivity…
Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2020
Angiographic Progression of Disease in Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Himanshu Dashora², Mark Ahlman³, Elaine Novakovich² and Peter C. Grayson², ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Angiography is essential to detect vascular disease in patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Guidelines differ on the role of periodic angiography to monitor patients…
Abstract Number: 1358 • ACR Convergence 2020
Certolizumab Pegol Efficacy in Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Stratified by Baseline MRI and C-Reactive Protein Status
Atul Deodhar¹, Lianne Gensler², Stephen Hall³, Philip Robinson⁴, Bengt Hoepken⁵, Lars Bauer⁵, Thomas Kumke⁵ and Walter Maksymowych⁶, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Cabrini Medical Centre, Monash University and Emeritus Research, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, ⁴University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: This post-hoc analysis from the phase 3 C-axSpAnd study aimed to evaluate whether the response to certolizumab pegol (CZP) in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 1995 • ACR Convergence 2020
Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Pilot Study
Sara Marsal¹, Hector Corominas², Juan Jose De Agustin De Oro³, Carolina Perez Garcia⁴, Maria Lopez Lasanta³, Helena Borrell³, Delia Reina⁵, Raimon Sanmartí⁶, Francisco Javier Narváez⁷, Clara Franco-Jarava⁸, Charles Peterfy⁹, Jose Antonio Narvaez¹⁰, Vivek Sharma¹¹, Konstantinos Alataris¹¹, Mark Genovese¹² and Matthew Baker¹³, ¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²Institut Rec. Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau., Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Parc Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Bellvitge, BARCELONA, Spain, ⁸1Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ¹⁰Clinica Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Vorso Corp, Redwood CIty, CA, ¹²Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ¹³Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been shown to improve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease severity in patients with refractory disease (1,2). A multi-center pilot study…
Abstract Number: 1365 • ACR Convergence 2020
Machine Learning-based Berlin Scoring of Magnetic Resonance Images of the Spine in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Analysis of Data from a Phase 3 Trial with Secukinumab
Amir Jamaludin¹, Rhydian Windsor¹, Sarim Ather¹, Timor Kadir¹, Andrew Zisserman¹, Juergen Braun², Lianne Gensler³, Pedro Machado⁴, Mikkel Østergaard⁵, Denis Poddubnyy⁶, Thibaud Coroller⁷, Brian Porter⁷, Shephard Mpofu⁸ and Aimee Readie⁷, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet and Ruhr-University, 44649 Herne, Germany, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ⁸Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a non-invasive and objective method of early diagnosis and classification, monitoring disease burden and treatment response for patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 2012 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-blind Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Evobrutinib Compared with Placebo in Patients with an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Charles Peterfy¹, Maya Buch², Ernest Choy³, Georg Schett⁴, Dana Parsons-Rich⁵, Anand Patel⁶, Yulia Zima⁵, Claire Le Bolay⁷ and Mark Genovese⁸, ¹Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ²Centre of Musculoskeletal Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵EMD Serono (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, MA, ⁶EMD Serono (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, ⁷Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) is involved in multiple signalling pathways potentially implicated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evobrutinib is a highly selective, oral BTK inhibitor.…
Abstract Number: 0317 • ACR Convergence 2020
Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis in a Comprehensive Rapid Diagnosis Program (Reuma-check PsA). Analysis of Its Characteristics
Rodrigo Garcia Salinas¹, Santiago Ruta², Jessica Torres Chichande¹, Einer Sanchez Prado¹, Facundo Salvatori¹ and Sebastian Magri¹, ¹Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Hospital Italiano La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: To date, there is no consensus that allows an appropriate definition of axial involvement in PsA, that ranges between 25 to 70%. To estimate…
Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2020
Secukinumab Improved Signs and Symptoms in Patients with Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Randomized Controlled Phase III Study Stratified by Baseline Objective Signs of Inflammation
Juergen Braun¹, Ricardo Blanco², Helena Marzo-Ortega³, Lianne Gensler⁴, Filip Van den Bosch⁵, Hideto Kameda⁶, Denis Poddubnyy⁷, Marleen van de Sande⁸, Anna Wiksten⁹, Brian Porter¹⁰, Santiago Moreno⁹, Abhijit Shete⁹, Hanno Richards⁹, Sibylle Haemmerle⁹ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, and Ruhr-University Bochum, 44649 Herne, Germany, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³The University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Amsterdam UMC, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ¹⁰Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) is often determined on the basis of objective signs of inflammation (elevated C-reactive protein [CRP] and/or evidence of sacroiliitis…
Abstract Number: 2019 • ACR Convergence 2020
Preliminary Definition of a Positive MRI for Active Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints Typical of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Walter Maksymowych¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Ulrich Weber³, Pedro M Machado⁴, Susanne J Pedersen⁵, Joachim Sieper⁶, Stephanie Wichuk¹, Denis Poddubnyy⁷, Martin Rudwaleit⁸, Désirée van der Heijde⁹, Robert Landewé¹⁰, Joel Paschke¹¹, Mikkel Østergaard¹² and Robert G Lambert¹³, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ³University of South Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rigshospitalet University, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld, Germany, ⁹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁰Amsterdam University Medical Center & Zuyderland Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹²Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹³University of Alberta and CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The ASAS definition of a positive MRI for inflammation (ASAS-MRI+) is intended for classification of patients as having axSpA but is often misused for…
Abstract Number: 0444 • ACR Convergence 2020
Chronological Order of Decrease of Synovitis, Osteitis and Tenosynovitis in Early Arthritis Patients Receiving First DMARD-treatment
Xanthe Matthijssen¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet¹, Saskia le Cessie¹ and Annette van der Helm - van Mil², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Advanced imaging modalities have shown that not only joints but also bones and tendon sheaths can be inflamed at diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. We…

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