Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2024
Biologic Abatement and Capturing Kids Outcomes and Flare Frequency in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis: Baseline Characteristics and Enrollment
Cora Sears¹, Cassandra Muir¹, Timothy Brandon¹, Polly Ferguson², Colleen Correll³, Margalit Rosenkranz⁴, Kevin Baszis⁵, Tzielan Lee⁶, Edward Oberle⁷, Matthew Stoll⁸, Kathryn Cook⁹, Eyal Muscal¹⁰, Hemalatha Srinivasalu¹¹, Daniel Lovell¹², Sampath Prahalad¹³, Michal Cidon¹⁴, Evan Mulvihill¹⁵, Marisa Klein-Gitelman¹⁶, Daniel Kingsbury¹⁷, Jennifer Cooper¹⁸, Natalie Rosenwasser¹⁹, Erin Treemarcki²⁰, Joyce Chang²¹, Stacey Tarvin²², Heather Walters²³, Michael Shishov²⁴, Lisa Buckley²⁵, Mary Toth²⁶, Ashley Cooper²⁷, Rui Xiao²⁸, Emily Neu²⁹, Melanie Kohlheim³⁰, Jenny Leal³¹, Kweli Archie³², English Holland³³, Miles Holland³⁴, Aamena Hameed³⁵, Asad Khan³⁶, Lynn Murphy³⁷, Sean Murphy³⁸, Justin Neu²⁹, Rachel Richmond³⁹, Dylan Suplee⁴⁰, Theresa Suplee⁴¹, Dawn Wiley⁴² and Pamela Weiss⁴³, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Washington Univ in St. Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ¹⁰Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹¹Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹³Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁴Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Nemours/A.I.duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ¹⁶Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹⁷Legacy Health, Portland, OR, ¹⁸University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ¹⁹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²⁰University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²³Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ²⁴Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, ²⁵Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ²⁶Nemours Foundation, Orlando, FL, ²⁷Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ²⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁹Parent Partner, Sidney, OH, ³⁰Parent Partner, Granville, OH, ³¹Parent Partner, Columbus, OH, ³²Parent Partner, Philadelphia, PA, ³³Parent Partner, Williamsburg, VA, ³⁴Patient Partner, Williamsburg, VA, ³⁵Parent Partner, Franklin Park, NJ, ³⁶Patient Partner, Franklin Park, NJ, ³⁷Parent Partner, Haddon Heights, NJ, ³⁸Patient Partner, Haddon Heights, NJ, ³⁹Parent Partner, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴⁰Patient Partner, Maple Shade, NJ, ⁴¹Parent Partner, Maple Shade, NJ, ⁴²Parent Partner, Downingtown, PA, ⁴³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Inactive disease is the goal for youth with spondyloarthritis (SpA). Many patients are interested in stopping medications after inactive disease is achieved. The risk…
Abstract Number: 1445 • ACR Convergence 2024
Systematic Characterization of MRI Lesions Per ASAS Definitions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Comparisons Among Subgroups with Psoriasis, Iritis, Colitis, AxSpA Alone, and Matched Back Pain Controls
Ulrich Weber¹, Susanne Pedersen², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Robert Lambert⁴, Joel Paschke⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁴ and Walter Maksymowych⁴, ¹Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ²Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: There is limited information on the frequency and topographical distribution of MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) of patients with axSpA according to…
Abstract Number: 0574 • ACR Convergence 2024
14-3-3 Eta (η) Auto-Antibody as a Diagnostic Marker in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Longitudinal Study
Anthony Marotta¹, Walter Maksymowych², Stephanie Wichuk² and Navneet Sidhu¹, ¹Augurex Life Sciences Corp, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is challenging and often delayed primarily due to the lack of sensitive and specific markers needed for accurate and…
Abstract Number: 1452 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessing Responsiveness of Outcome Measures for Children with Axial Juvenile Spondyloarthritis (JSpA)
Timothy Brandon¹, Rui Xiao², Cassandra Muir¹, Matthew Stoll³, Daniel Lovell⁴, Edward Oberle⁵, Nancy Chauvin⁶, Michael Francavilla⁷, Walter Maksymowych⁸ and Pamela Weiss⁹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁶The Imaging Institute @ The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁷Department of Radiology, Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, ⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Trials for patients with juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA) and axial disease are scarce. We assessed the responsiveness of measures for use in trials of patients…
Abstract Number: 0656 • ACR Convergence 2024
Lupus Myocarditis: Clinical Characteristics, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Outcomes
María del Carmen Zamora-Medina¹, Erik Cimé-Aké², Emilio G. Lazarini², Wallace Rafael A. Muñoz-Castañeda³ and Hilda Fragoso-Loyo², ¹Instituto Nacional de Perinatología "Isidro Espinoza de los Reyes". Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Hospital Medica Sur. Rheumatology Department, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Limited information about lupus myocarditis (LM) comes from small case series. The aim of our study is to describe and compare clinical characteristics, cardiac…
Abstract Number: 1478 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Clinical Characteristics and Screening MRI Findings: Exploratory Analysis of the Ongoing Phase 4, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled STAR Study of Biologic-Naïve Patients with PsA with MRI-Confirmed Axial Involvement
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Paul Bird², Atul Deodhar³, Dafna Gladman⁴, Philip S. Helliwell⁵, Denis Poddubnyy⁶, Arthur Kavanaugh⁷, Mikkel Ostergaard⁸, Enrique R. Soriano⁹, Lai-shan Tam¹⁰, Soumya Chakravarty¹¹, Evan Leibowitz¹², Cinty Gong¹³, Stephen Xu¹⁴, Thomas Fuerst¹⁵, Nadeem Saeed¹⁶, Robert Landewé¹⁷ and Philip Mease¹⁸, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ³Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, ¹¹Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Horsham/ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Horsham, PA, ¹²Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Fair Lawn, NJ, ¹³Janssen Scientific Affairs, Horsham, PA, ¹⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, ¹⁵Clario, San Mateo, CA, ¹⁶Clario, San Mateo, ¹⁷Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹⁸Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with PsA can develop axial inflammation in the SI joints (SIJs) and/or spine. Although validated classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis exist, established…
Abstract Number: 0683 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prognostic Value of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Primary Heart Involvement
Caya Gharibian¹, Vanessa Lupi¹, Alexander Gotschy¹, Mike Becker², Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Muriel Elhai³, Sinziana Muraru¹, Suzana Jordan¹, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Robert Manka¹, Cosimo Bruni¹ and Carina Mihai¹, ¹University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: A definition of primary heart involvement (pHI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) was recently developed (Bruni C et al. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2022;7:24-32). Cardiac…
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR Convergence 2024
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Therapy Monitoring in Giant Cell Arteritis – Impact on Disease Management
Matthias Froehlich¹, Michael Gernert², Marc Schmalzing³, Patrick-Pascal Strunz⁴, Hanna Labinsky⁵, Thorsten A. Bley⁶ and Konstanze V. Guggenberger⁶, ¹Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, ³University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵University Hospital Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are a cornerstone for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). In the further course of…
Abstract Number: 0689 • ACR Convergence 2024
Arrhythmic Burden, Myocardial Markers, and Long-term Survival in Distinct Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis
Silvia Laura Bosello¹, Enrico De Lorenzis², Giacomo De Luca³, Antonio Tonutti⁴, veronica Batani⁵, Pier Giacomo Cerasuolo⁶, Gerlando Natalello⁷, Lucia Lanzo⁶, Gabriella Alonzi⁶, Silvia Fiore⁶, Stefano Di Murro⁶, Andrea Zoli⁶, Valentina Boni⁶, Riccardo Marano⁸, Francesca Augusta Gabrielli⁹, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁰, Dan Knight¹¹, Vivek Muthurangu¹¹, Christopher Denton¹², Maria De Santis⁴, Marco Matucci Cerinic⁵ and Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹³, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy, ²Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ³Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy, ⁵Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁸Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ⁹Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ¹⁰University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹¹UCL Department of Cardiac MRI, University College London (Royal Free Campus), London, United Kingdom, ¹²University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvement in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is widely recognized as heterogeneous and, when clinically evident, it is associated with a poor prognosis. Recently, five…
Abstract Number: 1757 • ACR Convergence 2024
Bimekizumab Treatment Resulted in Improvements in MRI Inflammatory and Structural Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: 52-Week Results and Post Hoc Analyses from Two Phase 3 Studies
Walter Maksymowych¹, Sofia Ramiro², Denis Poddubnyy³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Robert Lambert¹, Ute Massow⁵, Thomas Vaux⁶, Chetan Prajapati⁶, Alexander Marten⁵, Natasha de Peyrecave⁷ and Mikkel Ostergaard⁸, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands, ³Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen and Center for Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The impact of bimekizumab (BKZ), a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)‑17F in addition to IL-17A, on structural lesions in patients (pts)…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2024
MRI DAVIX Index Is an Imaging Biomarker for Endothelial Damage of Systemic Sclerosis Digital Ulcers
Stefano Di Donato¹, Rebecca Ross², Yassir El-Sherbiny³, Riccardo Bixio⁴, Marco Minerba⁵, Christopher Wasson⁶, Jun Li⁷, Jochen SCHMITZ⁸, Sudha Visvanathan⁹ and Francesco Del Galdo⁶, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Verona, Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁵1. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 2. NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, United Kingdom, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim, Danbury, CT, ⁸Boehringer-Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT, ⁹Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT
Background/Purpose: Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and their precursors have been shown to correlate to the severity of vascular manifestations in Systemic sclerosis1, such as Digital…
Abstract Number: 1957 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessing Left Ventricular Hemodynamic Forces in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Pilot Study
Aïcha Kante¹, Andreea Afana², Damien Sène³, Valérie Bousson⁴, Trecy Goncalves⁵, Edouard Ballout⁵, Solenn Toupin⁵, Jean-Guillaume Dillinger⁶, William Bigot³, Valentin Pagis⁷, Karine Champion³, Ruxandra burlacu⁷, stephane mouly³, Patrick Henry⁶, Theo Pezel⁶ and Cloé Comarmond³, ¹Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ³Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Department of Radiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁶Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease marked by inflammation, microvascular changes and fibrosis. Cardiac comorbidities are the leading cause of mortality. Early…
Abstract Number: 0821 • ACR Convergence 2024
Validation of ASAS Preliminary Data-Driven MRI Lesion Cut-offs for a Positive MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Subgroups with Psoriasis, Iritis, and Colitis
Susanne Pedersen¹, Ulrich Weber², Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis³, Robert Lambert⁴, Joel Paschke⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁴ and Walter Maksymowych⁴, ¹Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ²Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ³Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent analysis of MRI scans from the 2009 ASAS classification cohort has led to a new proposal for the application of more stringent MRI…
Abstract Number: 1958 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hemodynamic Forces: A Novel Cardiac MRI Parameter to Assess Cardiac Involvement in Sarcoidosis Patients
Aïcha Kante¹, Andreea Afana², Damien Sène³, Karine Champion³, Valentin Pagis⁴, William Bigot³, Véronique Delcey⁵, Amanda Lopes³, Abdellatif Tazi⁶, Blanca Amador Borrero⁴, Bruno Crestani⁷, Claire Baladi⁸, Valérie Bousson⁹, Trecy Goncalves¹⁰, Edouard Ballout¹⁰, Solenn Toupin¹⁰, stephane mouly³, Jean-Guillaume Dillinger¹¹, Patrick Henry¹¹, Theo Pezel¹¹ and Cloé Comarmond³, ¹Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ²Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Romania, ³Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁴Department of internal medicine, Centre de Compétence Maladies Rares autoimmunes et inflammatoires, Lariboisière Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Infectious diseases, Lariboisère University Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁶National Reference Center for Histiocytoses, Department of Pulmonology, AP-HP, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷National Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁸Université d’Angers, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France, ⁹Department of Radiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁰Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Cardiology, Lariboisiere Hospital, (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is an underdiagnosed condition characterized by the formation of non-caseating granuloma in the myocardium, potentially leading to arrhythmia, acute heart failure,…
Abstract Number: 0852 • ACR Convergence 2024
3-dimensional Shape Changes of the Knee over 4 Years Are Linear and Progressive but Much More Rapid in Osteoarthritic Joints: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Alan Brett¹, Philip G Conaghan² and Michael Bowes³, ¹Imorphics, Austin, TX, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Imorphics, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The specific bony changes of osteophyte growth and “bone attrition” (broadening and flattening of the femoral condyles) associated with OA have been recognized in…

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