Abstracts tagged "Miscellaneous Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases"

Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient, Disease, and Treatment Factors in Remission of Inflammatory Eye Disease
Taylor Koenig¹, David Fell¹, Danny Mammo¹, Chao Zhang², Sunil Srivastava¹, Careen Lowder¹, Sumit Sharma¹ and Rula Hajj-Ali¹, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Noninfectious inflammatory eye disease (NIIED) is a sight-threatening condition with two-thirds of patients incurring prolonged vision loss due to uncontrolled ocular inflammation. Non-glucocorticoid systemic…
Abstract Number: 1921 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Spectrum of VEXAS Syndrome in a Rheumatology Department
Herman Mann¹, Blanka Stiburkova², Katerina Pavelcova¹, Monika Belickova³, Cyril Salek³, Jana Juhaszova¹ and Jiri Vencovsky⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Praha 2, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 activating enzyme, X-linked, auto-inflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a clinically serious and potentially fatal adult-onset disease caused by somatic mutations in the…
Abstract Number: 0270 • ACR Convergence 2023
Exploring the Potential of Oral Administration of 5-aminolevulinic Acid/sodium Ferrous Citrate in Adult-onset Still’s Disease: Preclinical Study in Mice and Pilot Investigation in Humans to Assess Efficacy and Safety
Tomohiro Koga¹, Remi Sumiyoshi¹, Yoshika Tsuji¹, Ken Kodama², Kaori Furukawa¹, Yushiro Endo¹ and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Neophama Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to elucidate the therapeutic potential of 5-aminolevulinic acid/sodium ferrous citrate (5-ALA/SFC) in ameliorating the pathological manifestations associated…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinical and Psychosocial Features of Patients with UCTD
Caroline Siegel¹, Lucy Masto¹, Amaya Smole¹, Bessie Stamm¹, JoAnn Vega¹, Dongmei Sun¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Michael Lockshin², Lisa Sammaritano² and Medha Barbhaiya², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The early COVID-19 pandemic led to physical and psychological burdens for patients with systemic rheumatic diseases, whether or not they had had COVID-19. To…
Abstract Number: 0272 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk Factors for Severe Outcome in Susac Syndrome: A National Cohort Study
Marion Peyre¹, Arthur Mageau¹, Marie-cecile Henry Feugeas², Serge Doan², Caroline Halimi², Isabelle Klein³, Tiphaine Goulenok², Chrystelle Francois², Marie-Paule Chauveheid², Thomas Papo¹ and Karim Sacre¹, ¹Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ²Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³Clinique Alleray-Labrouste, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Susac syndrome (SuS) is a rare vasculitis affecting the brain, retina and inner ear in young women. Nonreversible hearing loss is the main long-term…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2023
Anti-Ku Antibodies: A Case Series
Raquel Ugena García¹, Cristina Calomarde Gomez¹, Joan Climent² and Lourdes Mateo Soria², ¹Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-Ku antibodies (Abs) were initially described in patients with polymyositis and scleroderma. Subsequently, an association has been demonstrated with other systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs),…
Abstract Number: 0281 • ACR Convergence 2023
Is There a Decreased Risk of Developing CF Arthropathy in CF Patients Undergoing Treatment That Targets the F508del Mutation?
Kristin Schmiedeberg¹, Anna-Lena Walter¹, Lukas Joos¹, Martin Brutsche¹, Johannes von Kempis² and Andrea Rubbert-Roth¹, ¹Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Division of rheumatology and immunology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by mutations within the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene that result in a defect of the chloride…
Abstract Number: 1940 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Single-center, Observational, Retrospective, Case Control Study of Rituximab for the Treatment of Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Autoimmune Features
Tegveer Sandhu¹, Lea Meir², Nicole Ng¹, Lila Klein¹, Jigna Zatakia¹, Maria Padilla¹ and Ioannis Tassiulas¹, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and clinical features of autoimmunity who do not satisfy the classification criteria for a specific autoimmune rheumatic disease…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatology Patients’ Experiences of a Nationwide Transition to an Adalimumab Biosimilar: A Cross-Sectional Study
Chiara Gasteiger¹, Maria Lobo², Robin Stanley¹, Lun Shen Wong¹, Rachel Murdoch¹ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Department of Rheumatology, Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Patients are frequently transitioned to biosimilars to reduce the cost burden of biologics. Brand changes can be daunting for patients who have concerns about…
Abstract Number: 1941 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of VEXAS Syndrome in Mexican Patients with Inflammatory and Hematologic Manifestations
Eduardo Martin-Nares¹, Beatriz E. Sánchez-Hernández², Peter Grayson³, Jose Crispin¹, Daniel Montante-Montes de Oca², Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola¹, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, Elia Apodaca⁴, Emma M. Groarke⁵, Jesús Delgado-de la Mora², Silvia Méndez-Flores⁶, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez², Bhavisha Patel⁷ and Marcela Ferrada⁸, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ³National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Chevy Chase, MD, ⁴Department of Oncology and Hematology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁷National Institutes of Health, Beltsville, MD, ⁸National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: There is limited information on VEXAS syndrome in the Latin-American population. We aimed to identify UBA1 mutations causing VEXAS syndrome in Mexican patients presenting…
Abstract Number: 0713 • ACR Convergence 2023
IgG4-Related Disease as a Potencial Etiology of Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis
Edwin Ulises Cortez-Domínguez¹, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, Norma Ofelia Uribe-Uribe², María J Lizardo-Thiebaud² and Eduardo Martin-Nares¹, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a type of diastolic heart failure characterized by impaired cardiac filling due to the presence of an inelastic pericardium. Histologically,…
Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Screening Strategy for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Rheumatic Immune-Mediated Diseases
Carmen Lasa¹, Joy Selene Osorio², David Martínez-Lopez³, Carmen Alvarez Reguera⁴, Virginia Portilla⁵, Jose Cifrian⁶, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁷ and Ricardo Blanco², ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL., La Cavada, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Immunopathology Group, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital; School of Medicine, Cantabria University, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (rheumatic-IMID) with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) requiring biologic therapy (BT) are at anincreased risk of developing active tuberculosis…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2023
Telerheumatology Shared-Care Model: Leveraging the Expertise of an ACPAC-Trained Extended Role Practitioner (ERP) in Rural-Remote Ontario
Amanda Steiman¹, Taucha Inrig², Katie Lundon³, Jocelyne Murdoch⁴ and Rachel Shupak⁵, ¹Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵St. Michael's Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: A shortage of Rheumatologists has led to gaps in inflammatory arthritis (IA) care in Canada. Amplified in rural-remote communities, the number of Rheumatologists practicing…
Abstract Number: 2520 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Clinical Phenotypes in Sarcoidosis Using a Cluster Analysis
Carmen Lasa¹, Raul Fernandez-Ramon², Jorge Javier Gaitán², Jose Luis Martin-Varillas³, Rosalía Demetrio², Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴, Santos Castañeda⁵ and Ricardo Blanco⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL., La Cavada, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a disease with heterogeneous clinical presentation and course. The objective of this study is the identification of clinical phenotypes using cluster analysis.…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2023
Telemedicine for Rheumatology Care: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Parallel Group, Noninferiority Trial
Lesley E. Jackson¹, Jinoos Yazdany², Kiara Aaron¹, Sarah Goglin³, Mary Margaretten², David Chae⁴, Jeffrey Curtis¹, Diana Paez⁵, Gary Cutter¹, Kenneth Saag¹ and Maria I. ("Maio") Danila⁶, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, Burlingame, CA, ⁴Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ⁵University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine rapidly became standard of care for people with rheumatic diseases. Observational data on effectiveness and acceptability…

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