Abstracts tagged "Myositis"

Abstract Number: 1286 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Patients with Anti-tRNA Synthetase Syndrome Are More Likely to Present to Pulmonary Clinic and Have a Higher Prevalence and Severity of Lung Disease Than Patients with Other Types of Myositis or Systemic Sclerosis
Bret Sohn¹, Erin Wilfong ¹ and Leslie Crofford ¹, ¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) as well as systemic sclerosis (SSc). The…
Abstract Number: 1288 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Line Blot Immunoassay in Inflammatory Myopathies: Diagnostic Accuracy and Factors Predicting Positive Results in Routine Clinical Practice
Fergus To¹, Clara Ventín Rodríguez ², Shuayb Elkhalifa ³, James Lilleker ⁴ and Hector Chinoy ⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³(3) Department of Immunology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the real-world accuracy of a line blot immunoassay (LIA) for myositis-specific (MSA) and myositis-associated (MSA) autoantibody testing in patients at a tertiary…
Abstract Number: 1291 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies – a Subanalysis of the Prometheus Study
Katerina Kubinova¹ and Jiří Vencovský ², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Prometheus study was a prospective, randomized, assessor-blind multicenter trial, comparing the efficacy and safety of the glucocorticoid (GC) monotherapy versus combination therapy with methotrexate…
Abstract Number: 1292 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Abnormal High Density Lipoprotein Particle Size and Number in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Sangmee Bae¹, Ilana Golub ², Ani Shahbazian ³, Jennifer Wang ³ and Christina Charles-Schoeman ⁴, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Vascular inflammation and damage are implicated in the pathogenesis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), particularly dermatomyositis (DM). High and low density lipoprotein (HDL, LDL)…
Abstract Number: 1294 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Alterations in Activin A-Myostatin-Follistatin System Associate with Disease Activity in Inflammatory Myopathies
Lucia Vernerová¹, Veronika Horvathová ², Tereza Kropáčková ³, Martina Vokurková ², Martin Klein ¹, Sabina Oreska ⁴, Katerina Kubinova ⁵, Herman Mann ⁴, Maja Spiritovic ⁶, Hana Storkanova ¹, Olga Kryštůfková ¹, Michal Tomcik ⁴, Jozef Ukropec ⁷, Barbara Ukropcová ⁷ and Jiří Vencovský ⁴, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, ⁶Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Physiotherapy, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague 2, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic, ⁷Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate myokines involved in muscle atrophy such as myostatin, follistatin and activin A, in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies…
Abstract Number: 2245 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Polymyositis (PM) and Dermatomyositis (DM) Symptom Flares and Associated Impact from the Patient Perspective
Lisa Christopher-Stine¹, William Kelly ², George Wan ³, Linda Kobert ⁴ and Michael Reed ⁵, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Myositis Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ, ⁴The Myositis Association, Alexandria, VA, ⁵Vedanta Research, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Flare activity or worsening symptoms are not well defined for myositis. This analysis characterizes PM and DM flares from the patient perspective and reports…
Abstract Number: 2840 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of PROMIS PF-20 in Patients with Inflammatory Myopathy
Didem Saygin¹, Chester Oddis ¹, Nicole Neiman ¹, Diane Koontz ¹, Siamak Moghadam-Kia ¹ and Rohit Aggarwal ¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a group of rare, debilitating systemic diseases characterized by proximal muscle weakness, which limit activities of daily living and…
Abstract Number: 2844 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Predictive Factors for Mortality in Anti-melanoma-associated Gene 5 Antibody-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Takahisa Gono¹, Kenichi Masui ², Naoshi Nishina ³, Shinji Sato ⁴ and Masataka Kuwana ⁵, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Anaesthesiology, Show University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody is useful to predict mortality in patients with myositis–associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) because of high prevalence of…
Abstract Number: 2845 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Pain Patterns in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy (IIM): Associations with Disease Activity Measures (Muscle Enzymes, Manual Muscle Testing 8), Patient-Reported Quality of Life (HAQ) and Pain Scales (Widespread Pain Index (WPI), Symptom Severity Index (SSI) and Visual Analogue Scale)
Elena Schiopu¹, Sohail Farshad ², Nada Abdulaziz ³, Stacey Anderson ³ and Ann Impens ⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, ³The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Glendale, AZ
Background/Purpose: IIMs associate with significant lifelong disability due to progressive loss of muscle function and lack of curative interventions; little is known about the relative…
Abstract Number: 389 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
ACR/EULAR Criteria for Myositis and Systemic Sclerosis Lack Sensitivity for Scleromyositis
Alain Meyer¹, Valérie Leclair ², Océane Landon-Cardinal ³, Benjamin Ellezam ⁴, Julie D'Aoust ⁵, Margherita Giannini ⁶, Bernard Geny ⁶, Laurent Arnaud ⁷, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg ⁸, Jean Sibilia ⁹, Minoru Satoh ¹⁰, Marvin Fritzler ¹¹, Yves Troyanov ¹² and Marie Hudson ¹³, ¹Centre de Reference des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, ⁴Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁷Service de Rhumatologie, Centre National de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Systemiques Rares (RESO), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ⁹CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune myositis consists of a group of diseases with heterogeneous muscular and systemic manifestations. Prognosis also varies widely across the spectrum. Thus, myositis subgroups…
Abstract Number: 399 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Seasonal and Temporal Analyses of Disease Onset and Diagnosis in Myositis Autoantibody Phenotypes in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)
Gulnara Mamyrova¹, Min Shi ², Ira N. Targoff ³, Rodolfo V. Curiel ¹, Frederick W. Miller ⁴ and Lisa G. Rider ⁵, ¹George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, ²Biostatistics&Computational Biology Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, ³Arthritis Immunology Section, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Published studies suggest seasonal occurrence of disease onset and disease activity in patients with adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM).Our objective was to evaluate seasonal…
Abstract Number: 404 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Autoantibody Profiles Delineate Three Distinct Subsets of Scleromyositis
Julie D'Aoust¹, Valérie Leclair ², Geneviève Gyger ³, Alain Meyer ⁴, Marvin Fritzler ⁵, Océane Landon-Cardinal ⁶, Erin O'Ferrall ⁷, Jason Karamchandani ⁷, Benjamin Ellezam ⁸, Rami Massie ⁷, Minoru Satoh ⁹, Yves Troyanov ¹⁰ and Marie Hudson ¹¹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre de Reference des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ⁵Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Myopathy is an important cause of morbidity in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Nevertheless, scleromyositis remains incompletely characterized owing at least in part to its clinical…
Abstract Number: 881 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Auto-antibodies Targeting Components of Sarcolemma Repair: A Pathogenic Mechanism in Human Inflammatory Myopathies
Kevin McElhanon¹, Ana Capati ², Nicholas Young ³, Brian Paleo ², Eric Beck ², Zarife Sahenk ⁴, Rohit Aggarwal ⁵, Chester Oddis ⁵, Noah Weisleder ¹ and Wael Jarjour ⁶, ¹Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute & Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Columbus, OH, ⁴Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) represent a group of disorders causing chronic inflammation and significant damage to skeletal muscle due to an unchecked autoimmune response. …
Abstract Number: 379 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Julien Campagne¹, Thomas Moulinet², Jonathan Epstein³, Sabine Revuz⁴, Francois Maurier⁵, Marie-Hélène Schuhmacher⁶, Philippe Evon⁷, Alain Meyer⁸ and Roland Jaussaud², ¹Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ²Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France, ³Inserm, CIC-1433 Epidémiologie Clinique, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, ⁴Médecine Interne, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ⁵Médecine interne, Hôpitaux Privés de Metz, Metz, France, ⁶Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Emile Durkheim, Epinal, France, ⁷Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Jeanne d'Arc, Bar-le-Duc, France, ⁸Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are heterogeneous disorders characterised by skeletal muscle weakness and muscle inflammation. IIM includes dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), antisynthetase syndromes (ASS),…
Abstract Number: 381 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Muscle Endurance Deficits in Myositis Patients Despite Normal Manual Muscle Testing Scores
David Amici^1,2, Iago Pinal-Fernandez^3,4, Ruben Pagkatipunan⁵, Albert Mears⁵, Rebecca De Lorenzo⁶, Eleni Tiniakou⁷, Jemima Albayda³, Julie J. Paik⁷, Thomas E. Lloyd⁸, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁹, Andrew Mammen^8,10 and Tae Chung¹¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Muscle Diseases Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Muscle Disease Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: To assess muscle function in myositis patients, clinicians typically use manual muscle testing (MMT), a measure of maximal isometric strength. However, patients with high…