Abstracts tagged "Measurement Instrument"

Abstract Number: 2067 • ACR Convergence 2023
A New Tool Assessing Trainees’ Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Skills
Stine Maya Dreier Carstensen¹, Lene Terslev², Søren Just³, Mikkel Østergaard⁴, Mogens Pfeiffer-Jensen¹ and Lars Konge⁵, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Odense University Hospital – Svendborg Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation The Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) procedures, such as ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis and joint injections, are routinely used in rheumatology practice. However, the efficacy and safety of…
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2023
Discovering the Potential of Digital Biomarkers in the Work Process of the Rheumatology Healthcare Professionals, a Design Thinking Approach; Preliminary Results of the Healthcare Professionals Perspective
patty de Groot¹, Jolanda J. Luime¹, Marc r. Kok², marijn vis¹ and ilja Tchetverikov³, ¹Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Albert Sweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: During times of social-distancing, in-person outpatient visits were greatly reduced. Health care professionals (HCPs) were dependent on the patient's reported experience of their disease…
Abstract Number: 0190 • ACR Convergence 2023
Racial Disparities in Self-reported Extent and Reasons for Nonadherence in SLE
Kai Sun¹, Londyn Robinson², Amanda Eudy³, Jennifer Rogers¹, Rebecca Sadun¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber⁴, Jayanth Doss¹ and Megan Clowse⁵, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ³Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ⁴Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence is common in SLE and disproportionately affects Black patients. Nonadherence leads to increased hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality and is a modifiable factor…
Abstract Number: 0300 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Compared with Healthy Controls
Megan Sullivan¹, Maximiliano Diaz-Menindez², Colleen T. Ball², Benjamin Wang³ and Florentina Berianu¹, ¹Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of autoimmune disorders that cause inflammation of the muscle. This includes dermatomyositis and polymyositis. Literature has been…
Abstract Number: 0496 • ACR Convergence 2023
Higher Values of Atherogenic Index of Plasma Are Correlated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Valeria Gonzalez-Gonzalez¹, Iris Colunga², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado², José Ramón Azpiri-López², Rosa Arvizu-Rivera³, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-De la Garza⁴, Victor Beltran⁵ and Angel Arias Peralta⁶, ¹Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", San Nicolas, Mexico, ⁵Rheumatology Service Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Medicine Faculty, Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) is a predictor of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis,…
Abstract Number: 0549 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of Customized Digital Cognitive Assessment Battery: A Pilot Use Case in SLE Patients
Priyanka Srivastava¹ and Liza Rajasekhar², ¹International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, ²Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Madhapur, India
Background/Purpose: Reported prevalence of cognitive dysfunction (CD) in SLE varies from 3%-88%1.Variability may be due to use of tools insensitive to population characteristics like literacy,…
Abstract Number: 0581 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance Characteristics of a Novel, Fully Automated Multiplexed Immunoassay Microarray Prototype for the Serological Detection of Eleven IgG Autoantibodies Commonly Found in Connective Tissue Diseases
Daphne Bijlsma, Ewa Lukasik, Michael Hausmann, Gerber Gomez, Christine Ginocchio and Emmanuel Moreau, Quotient Suisse SA, Eysins, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Detection of autoantibodies is key for the identification and prognosis of patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD); however, some current testing methods are manual,…
Abstract Number: 0613 • ACR Convergence 2023
Quantification of Skin Hardness of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Using SOFTGRAM
Hiraku Kokubu¹, Yasuaki Ikuno¹, Kazuyuki Uchiyama¹, Miwa Kato¹, Mayuka Yamamoto¹, Haruki Asada¹, Satona Rikitake¹, Yoshimichi Kobayashi¹, Takahiro Koike¹, Syuji Sugiura¹, Takuma Hayami¹, Kensuke Yoneta¹, Toshifumi Takahashi¹, Bunpei Yamamoto¹, Takeshi Kato¹, Yoshito Kunisaki², Makoto Nakatani², Kohei Okamoto² and Noriki Fujimoto¹, ¹Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan, ²ISHIDA MEDICAL CO.,LTD., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: No quantitative and objective methods for measuring skin hardness have been established. Japanese technology leads the world in the tactile sensor field, and SOFTGRAM…
Abstract Number: 0571 • ACR Convergence 2022
National Rollout of a Medication Safety Dashboard to Improve Testing for Latent Infections Among Biologic/targeted Synthetic DMARD Users Within the Veterans Health Administration: Initial Results
Anna Montgomery¹, Gary Tarasovsky², Mary Whooley², Jennifer Barton³, Karla Miller⁴, Holly Mitchell⁵, Jo Dana², Kimberly Reiter⁶, Elizabeth Wahl⁷, Karine Rozenberg-Ben-Dror⁸, Jing Li⁹ and Gabriela Schmajuk¹⁰, ¹University of California San Francisco, Reno, NV, ²San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁴University of Utah Division of Rheumatology/VA Salt Lake City Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital, Mount Pleasant, SC, ⁶Albuquerque VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ⁷VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ⁸Greater Lakes Region/VISN 12 Dept Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL, ⁹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Guidelines recommend testing for latent hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and tuberculosis (TB) infection prior to initiating biologics or targeted synthetic…
Abstract Number: 0803 • ACR Convergence 2022
Performance of Adenosine Deaminase Activity in Sinovial Fluid for the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculous Arthritis: A Meta Analysis
Juan Carlos Cortés-Quiroz¹, Javier Ena², José Antonio Bernal³ and José Rosas⁴, ¹Marina Baixa Hospital, Mutxamel, Spain, ²Department of Internal Medicine. Marina Baixa Hospital, Villajoyosa, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department. Marina Baixa Hospital, Alicante, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain
Background/Purpose: Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity has shown good performance in diagnosing pleural, peritoneal, and meningeal tuberculosis. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of measuring…
Abstract Number: 1013 • ACR Convergence 2022
Discriminatory Capacity of the ASAS Health Index in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Treated in a Tight Control Setting versus Standard of Care
Uta Kiltz¹, Anna Molto², Clementina Lopez-Medina³, Maxime Dougados⁴, Désirée van der Heijde⁵, Annelies Boonen⁶, Filip Van den bosch⁷ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ³Reina Sofia University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Jaén, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Improvement in functioning and health as assessed by the ASAS Health Index (HI) is an important outcome of interventions in patients with axial spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1232 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reliability and Validity of Single Axial Slice vs. Multiple Slice Quantitative Measurement of the Volume of Effusion-Synovitis on 3T Knee MRI in Knees with Osteoarthritis
Greg Gilles¹, Arjun Vohra¹, Chelsea Caruso¹, Dagoberto Robles¹, Mihra Taljanovic¹, Jeffrey Duryea², Erin Ashbeck¹, Edward Bedrick³ and Kent Kwoh⁴, ¹University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, ⁴University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Background/Purpose: Effusion-synovitis (ES) on knee MRI has been identified as an important biomarker of OA. Semi-automated software methods offer objective measurements of ES volume on…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Radiologic Interpretation of Diffuse Lung Disease in Pediatric Rheumatologic (PR) Patients Using Trained Scoring with Semi-quantitative Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Analysis
Michal Cidon¹, Beverley Newman², Terry Robinson³, Paul Iskander⁴, Paul Thacker⁵, Evan Zucker², Tzielan Lee⁶ and Rex Moats³, ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, CA, ³Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: We presented preliminary data in 2021 to support the feasibility of using a semi-quantitative chest CT scoring system (Pediatric Rheumatologic Diffuse Lung Disease Score…
Abstract Number: 1366 • ACR Convergence 2022
Developing a Mobile App to Facilitate Disease Activity Assessment in Localized Scleroderma
Suzanne Li¹, Xiaohu Li², Tara Lozy³ and Jiajun Chen⁴, ¹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, West Orange, NJ, ²Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, ³Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, NJ, ⁴One Node Lab, League City, TX
Background/Purpose: Juvenile localized scleroderma (jLS) is an inflammatory and fibrosing disease that causes severe morbidity (e.g., hemiatrophy, arthropathy, seizures), with functional impairment found in >25%…
Abstract Number: 2054 • ACR Convergence 2022
Towards a Novel Clinician-Reported Outcome Measure for SLE – Outcomes of an International Consensus Process
Kathryn Connelly¹, Laura Eades², Rachel Koelmeyer³, Darshini Ayton³, Vera Golder², Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake², Kate Gregory-Wong³, Hussein Al-Mossawi⁴, Jeanette Andersen⁵, Cynthia Aranow⁶, Laurent Arnaud⁷, Anca Askanase⁸, Subhashis Banerjee⁹, Catherine Barbey¹⁰, Hermine Brunner¹¹, Joy Buie¹², Laurie Burke¹³, Alain Cornet¹⁴, Karen Costenbader¹⁵, Maria Dall'Era¹⁶, Khadija Dantata¹⁷, Nikolay Delev⁹, Ann Eldred¹⁸, Alan Friedman¹⁹, Richard Furie²⁰, Sandra Garces²¹, Dennis Grasela²², Heath Guay²³, Oliver Guenther²⁴, Maria Juarez²⁵, Shelly Kafka²⁶, Kenneth Kalunian²⁷, Elaine Karis²⁸, Youmna Lahoud²⁹, Catharina Lindholm³⁰, Jeffrey Lockman³¹, Charlotte Lupton³², Justine Maller³³, Ashley Marion³⁴, Patrick Marquis³⁵, Joan Merrill³⁶, Thomas Morel³⁷, Marta Mosca³⁸, Yulia Pincus³⁹, Samantha Pomponi⁴⁰, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁴¹, Jorge Ross Terres³³, Cailin Sibley⁴², Maria Silk⁴³, Sanjeev Roy⁴⁴, Lee S Simon⁴⁵, Alessandro Sorrentino⁴⁶, Christian Stach⁴⁷, George Stojan⁴⁸, Ying Sun²⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka⁴⁹, Erik Thomas⁵⁰, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁵¹, Cristina Vazquez Mateo⁵⁰, Edward M Vital⁵², Victoria Werth⁵³, Eric Zollars²⁸, Qing Zuraw⁵⁴ and Eric Morand⁵⁵, ¹Monash Health, Camberwell, Australia, ²Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴AstraZeneca, Bucks, United Kingdom, ⁵Lupus Europe, Lupus DK, EULAR PARE, ERN ReCONNECT, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Hautepierre Hospital, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Rheumatology, Strasbourg, France, ⁸Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁰Biogen, Baar, Switzerland, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, ¹²Lupus Foundation of America, Charleston, SC, ¹³LORA Group, Royal Oak, MD, ¹⁴Lupus Europe, Brussels, Belgium, ¹⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁶University of California, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Lupus Foundation of America, Richmond Hill, GA, ¹⁸AbbVie, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, ¹⁹AbbVie, Inc., Libertyville, IL, ²⁰Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²¹Amgen, Inc., Almada, Portugal, ²²Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrencevile, NJ, ²³AbbVie, Inc., Worcester, MA, ²⁴Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ²⁵UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²⁶AbbVie, Inc., Norristown, PA, ²⁷University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁸Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ²⁹Biogen International GmbH, Milton, MA, ³⁰AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York, NY, ³²AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³³Genentech, San Francisco, CA, ³⁴Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ³⁵Modus Outcomes, Cambridge, MA, ³⁶Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ³⁸University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³⁹Janssen, Flemington, NJ, ⁴⁰Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrence Township, NJ, ⁴¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴²Janssen Research & Development, San Diego, CA, ⁴³Eli Lilly, Carmel, IN, ⁴⁴Global Clinical Development, Ares Trading SA, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany,⁴⁵SDG LLC, West Newton, MA,⁴⁶AstraZeneca, Sollentuna, Sweden, ⁴⁷UCB Pharma, Monheim, ⁴⁸UCB Pharma, Baltimore, MD, ⁴⁹University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵⁰EMD Serono, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, ⁵¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵³University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵⁴Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵⁵Monash University, Victoria; Department of Rheumatology, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: Most late-phase randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of novel drugs for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have failed to meet their primary endpoint or shown contradictory…

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