Abstracts tagged "OMERACT"

Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2024
Scoping Literature Review to Identify Candidate Domains for the SLE OMERACT Core Outcome Set
Wils Nielsen¹, Fadi Kharouf², Carolina Munoz-Grajales³, Aarabi Thayaparan⁴, Melanie Anderson⁵, Lee Simon⁶, Maya Desai⁷, Ioannis Parodis⁸, Alfred Kim⁹, Yvonne Enman¹⁰, Kathleen Bingham¹¹, Dennisse Bonilla¹¹, Julian Thumboo¹², Marta Mosca¹³, Martin Aringer¹⁴, Eric Morand¹⁵, Ian Bruce¹⁶, Vibeke Strand¹⁷ and Zahi Touma⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³UHN/TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵The Institute for Education Research, Library and Information Services, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶SDG LLC, West Newton, MA, ⁷Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital; Örebro University, Solna, Sweden, ⁹Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, St Louis, MO, ¹⁰Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ¹³University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁴University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ¹⁵School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ¹⁶Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Working Group was re-established in 2018 to update the SLE Core Outcome Set (COS)…
Abstract Number: 1163 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Disease Progressors in an Antisynthetase Autoantibody-Positive Population
Aurélie Mourot¹, Beatrice Panuta¹, Juliette Charbonneau¹, Ange Mounkam Ngeuleu¹, Caroline Vo², Eric Rich³, Josiane Bourré-Tessier³, Edith Villeneuve³, Hélène Manganas³, Andréanne Gauthier³, Julie Morisset³, Sabrina Anh-Tu Hoa³ and Océane Landon-Cardinal³, ¹University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Hôpital Charles Lemoyne, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is characterized by interstitial lung disease (ILD), myositis, polyarthritis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, dermatomyositis-like rash and mechanic’s hands. ILD may present with isolated…
Abstract Number: 1432 • ACR Convergence 2024
Diagnostic Performance of Mayor Salivary Gland Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Sjögren’s Syndrome in Routine Clinical Practice
Carmen Raya-Santos¹, José Miguel Senabre², José Antonio Bernal³, Rocío Gallego Campuzano⁴, Lara Pons-Canet², Ana Pons-Bas², Juan Carlos Cortes⁴, Gregorio Santos-Soler⁵ and José Rosas-Gómez de Salazar⁶, ¹Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa (Alicante), Spain, ²Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Spain, ³Hospital Marina Baixa (Villajoyosa), Alicante, Spain, ⁴Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa, ⁶Hospital Marina Baixa, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Major salivary glands ultrasound (SGU) is a promising tool in the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (SS) and has demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity in…
Abstract Number: 1972 • ACR Convergence 2024
Quantifying Sjogren’s Disease Burden: UHFUS Evaluation of the Number and Severity of Involved Exocrine Gland
Giovanni Fulvio¹, Rossana Izzetti², Valentina Donati³, Caterina Porciani⁴, Silvia Fonzetti¹, Gaetano La Rocca¹, Inmaculada Conception Navarro García¹, Francesco Ferro⁵, Chiara Baldini¹ and Marta Mosca¹, ¹University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ²University of Pisa, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine - Unit of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Pisa, ³Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Unit of Pathological Anatomy 2, Pisa, Italy, ⁴University of Pisa, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine - Immmunology and Allergology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ⁵Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultra-high frequency ultrasound (UHFUS) has emerged as a promising tool for evaluating small superficial exocrine glands including lachrymal (LGs) and labial salivary glands (LSGs)…
Abstract Number: 2154 • ACR Convergence 2024
“I Have Taken Five Different Kinds of Tablets and Injections, and I Still Have Foot Pain”: An International Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Qualitative Study Exploring Patient Perspectives of Foot and Ankle Disorders
Lara Chapman¹, Caroline Flurey², Anthony C. Redmond¹, Pam Richards³, Eiman Soliman⁴, Abdelhfeez Moshrif⁵, Lucy Malone⁶, Christopher Joyce⁷, Marian Hannan⁸, Philip S. Helliwell⁹, Catherine Hofstetter¹⁰, Hylton Menz¹¹, Beverley Shea¹² and Heidi Siddle¹, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²University of the West of England, Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³OMERACT, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁴Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt, ⁵Al-azhar university, Assiut, Egypt, ⁶Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, United Kingdom, ⁷Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Milton, MA, ⁹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰OMERACT, Toronto, Canada, ¹¹La Trobe University, Fairfield, Victoria, Australia, ¹²Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The foot and ankle are frequently affected in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), yet there is a lack of high-quality evidence to determine the…
Abstract Number: 0269 • ACR Convergence 2024
Delphi Survey to Establish Consensus on the OMERACT Core Domain Set for Long-Term Studies of Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
Yiling Zhang¹, Sara Tedeschi², Abhishek Abhishek³, Owen Hensey⁴, David Grossberg⁵, Ken Cai⁶, Beverley Shea⁷, Jasvinder Singh⁸, Robin Christensen⁹, Teodora Serban¹⁰, Edoardo Cipolletta¹¹, Konstantinos Parperis¹², César Díaz¹³, Geraldine McCarthy¹⁴, Fabio Becce¹⁵, Tamer A Gheita¹⁶, Silvia Sirotti¹⁷, Sara Nysom Christiansen¹⁸, Luis Coronel Tarancon¹⁹, Lisa Stamp²⁰, Yousra H Abdel-Fattah²¹, Tristan Pascart²², Georgios Filippou¹⁷, Lih En Hong²³, John FitzGerald²⁴ and Nicola Dalbeth¹, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁴OMERACT patient research partner, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵OMERACT patient research partner, Maryland, ⁶Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁷Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸Baylor College of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Ospedale La Colletta, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹²University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, ¹³Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁵Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁷IRCCS Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio Hospital, Milan, Italy, ¹⁸Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark., Glostrup, Denmark, ¹⁹Image and Technics Unit, Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁰University of Otago, Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand, ²¹Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ²²Lille Catholic University, Lille, France, ²³Royal Adelaide Hospital, Unley Park, South Australia, Australia, ²⁴UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: To agree on important domains for the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) core domain set for long-term studies of calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 0403 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparing Domains Reported by Patients and Other Collaborators in CNO and SAPHO: A Qualitative Study and Scoping Review Using the OMERACT Process
Melissa Oliver¹, susan Thornhill², Beverley Shea³, Jonathan Akikusa², Christian Hedrich⁴, Philip Mease⁵ and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao⁶, and OMERACT CNO & SAPHO Working Group, ¹Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, ³Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ⁶University of Washington, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: Disease outcome measures for chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) & Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis and Osteitis (SAPHO) have been proposed and reported but have lacked…
Abstract Number: L04 • ACR Convergence 2023
EP-104IAR (Extended-Release Fluticasone Propionate for Injectable Suspension): Topline and Key Secondary Results from a Phase 2 Randomized, Double-blind, Vehicle-Controlled Trial in Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis
James Helliwell¹, Amanda Malone¹, Mark Kowalski², Asger Reinstrup Bihlet³, Claire Miller⁴, Alejandro Castillo Mondragon⁵, Yanqi Li⁶, Christine Dobek⁷, Vik Peck¹, Mike Wilmink⁸ and Lee Simon⁹, ¹Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals, Victoria, BC, Canada, ²Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals, Winchester, VA, ³NBCD A/S, Soeborg, Denmark, ⁴NBCD A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵NBCD, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶NBCD A/S, Soborg, Denmark, ⁷Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸OrthoArizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁹SDG LLC, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: EP-104IAR is being developed to treat OA symptoms. Previous results from non-clinical studies evaluating local joint safety in beagle dogs, in contrast to other…
Abstract Number: 1902 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving the Sharing of Information from Reviews of Measurement Properties: The OMERACT Summary of Measurement Properties (SOMP) Table
shawna grosskleg¹, lara maxwell², Dorcas Beaton³, B Shea¹ and Peter Tugwell¹, ¹OMERACT, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systematic reviews of measurement properties of an outcome measurement instrument are fast becoming the evidence base for making decisions about the suitability of the…
Abstract Number: 1907 • ACR Convergence 2023
Selection of a Candidate Instrument to Assess Flare in Osteoarthritis with Content Matching with Endorsed Domains
Fabiana Queiroga¹, Marita Cross², Lara Maxwell³, Leigh Callahan⁴, sam michel Cembalo⁵, Thomas Buttel², Cindy Copenhaver⁶, Jonathan Epstein⁷, david Hunter⁸, Lauren King⁹, Lyn March² and Francis Guillemin¹⁰, ¹Université de Lorraine, Antibes, France, ²University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ³OMERACT, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵OMERACT, Nancy, France, ⁶OMERACT, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France, ⁸Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, St. Leonards, Australia, ⁹Clinical Associate, Division of Rheumatology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Université de Lorraine, EA 4360 Apemac, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology group (OMERACT) developed methodological steps to select instrument(s) to assess content appropriateness of outcomes, as well as tools to…
Abstract Number: 1955 • ACR Convergence 2023
Responsiveness and Minimal Important Difference of PROMIS Pain Interference, Fatigue, and Physical Function Forms in Adults with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Didem Saygin¹, Dana Direnzo², Joost Raaphorst³, Jin Kyun Park⁴, Ingrid de Groot⁵, Clifton Bingham⁶, Ingrid Lundberg⁷, Malin Regardt⁸, catherine Sarver⁹, Marianne de Visser¹⁰, lara maxwell¹¹, Dorcas Beaton¹², Ju Yeon Kim¹³, Merrilee Needham¹⁴, Helene Alexanderson¹⁵, Lisa Christopher-Stine⁶ and Christopher Mecoli¹⁶, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, PA, ³Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵N/A, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatotology, Rhematology, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹N/A, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹²Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹³Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ¹⁴IIID Murdoch University and University of Notre Dame, Perth, Australia, ¹⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are critical in assessing clinical outcomes. There is a paucity of PROMs for use in patients with adult idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1995 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reduction, and Validation of the Turkish Versions of the Flare-OA Questionnaire for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
Mehmet Tuncay Duruöz¹, Halise Hande Gezer¹, Jonathan Epstein², Marc Soudant² and Francis Guillemin³, ¹Marmara University Medical School PMR Department, Rheumatology Division, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Université de Lorraine, Epidémiologie clinique, Nancy, France, ³Université de Lorraine, EA 4360 Apemac, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: The Flare-OA is a recently developed self-reported questionnaire to assess the occurrence and severity of flares in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA). It evaluates…
Abstract Number: 2028 • ACR Convergence 2023
Endorsement of Core Domain Definitions to Measure the Impact of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Report from the OMERACT Working Group on Glucocorticoid Impact
Kevin Yip¹, Suellen Lyne², Vasilis Vasiliou³, David Katz⁴, Pamela Richards⁵, Joanna Tieu⁶, Rachel Black⁷, Susan Bridgewater⁸, Dorcas Beaton⁹, lara maxwell¹⁰, Jo Robson⁸, Sarah Mackie¹¹, Catherine Hill⁶ and Susan Goodman¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ³Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portland, OR, ⁵NA, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁶The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁷Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ⁸University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁹Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Healthcare research has historically been medically oriented, less focused on the patients' perspective that research shows can improve the quality of care. OMERACT advocates…
Abstract Number: 2219 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing the Construct Validity Among Measures of Pain and Stiffness in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Dafne Capelusnik¹, Elena Nikiphorou², Annelies Boonen³, Désirée van der Heijde⁴, Robert BM Landewé⁵, Astrid van Tubergen⁶ and Sofia Ramiro⁴, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Care and Public Health Research Institute (Caphri), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam and Zuyderland MC, Herleen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the context of the recent update of the ASAS core outcomes set (COS), the preferred comparative validity of the measurement instruments to assess…
Abstract Number: 2288 • ACR Convergence 2023
Scoping Literature Review and Focus Groups Interviews to Identify Candidate Domains for the SLE OMERACT Core Domain Set
Wils Nielsen¹, Vibeke Strand², Lee Simon³, Maya Desai⁴, Ioannis Parodis⁵, Alfred Kim⁶, Daniel Wallace⁷, Yashaar Chaichian⁸, Sandra Navarra⁹, Cynthia Aranow¹⁰, Meggan MacKay¹⁰, Kimberly Trotter¹¹, Oshrat Tayer-Shifman¹², Ali Duarte-Garcia¹³, Lai-Shan Tam¹⁴, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹⁵, Guillermo Pons-Estel¹⁶, John Reynolds¹⁷, Mandana Nikpour¹⁸, Danae Papachristos¹⁹, Alberta Hoi²⁰, Alison Hendry²¹, Juanita Romero-Diaz²², Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²³, Hanan Alrayes²⁴, Ibrahim Almaghlouth²⁵, Aarabi Thayaparan²⁶, Carolina Munoz-Grajales²⁷, Aaron Howe²⁸, Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia²⁸, Melanie Anderson²⁹, Dennisse Bonilla²⁹, Julian Thumboo³⁰, Marta Mosca³¹, Martin Aringer³², Sindhu Johnson³³, Aaron Drucker³⁴, Eric Morand³⁵, Ian Bruce³⁶ and Zahi Touma²⁸, ¹University of Toronto, Markham, ON, Canada, ²Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ³SDG LLC, West Newton, MA, ⁴OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁷Cedars-Sinai/David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Stanford University, San Mateo, CA, ⁹University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Joint and Bone Center, Manila, Philippines, ¹⁰Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹²Meir Medical Center, Raanana, Israel, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, China, ¹⁵Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹⁶RELESSAR, Rosario, Argentina, ¹⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁸The University of Melbourne at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, Melbourne, Australia, ¹⁹Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, ²⁰Monash University, Department of Medicine, Sub-faculty of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, ²¹Te Whatu Ora, Counties Manukau District, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²⁴Riyadh Military - Prince Soltan Military Medical City ( PSMMC ) - Olaya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²⁵King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²⁶Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Markham, ON, Canada, ²⁷UHN/TWH, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁸University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁰Singapore General Hospital; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, ³¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ³²Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ³³Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁴Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁵Monash University, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Melbourne, Australia, ³⁶University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: We established the OMERACT SLE Working Group in 2021 which includes over 150 members representing over 25 countries and 5 continents to develop a…

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