Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 1827 • ACR Convergence 2023
Revolutionizing Fibromyalgia Treatment: Exploring the Efficacy of a New FDA Cleared Photoceutical Device
Timothy Demchak¹, Ernesto Leal-Junior², Neide Ribeiro², Heliodora Casalechi², Douglas Johnson³ and Shaiane Tomazoni⁴, ¹Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, ²Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Multi Radiance Medical, Solon, OH, ⁴University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome effects 2-8% of the general population and is characterized by specific tender points. FM annual economic impact $12-$14 billion.Current treatments are only…
Abstract Number: 2154 • ACR Convergence 2023
Two-Year Persistence of First-Line Biological or JAK Inhibitor Treatment in Patients with Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis and Failure of Triple Therapy with Synthetic DMARDs
Sebastian Ibanez Vodnizza¹, María Paz Poblete², María Francisca Valenzuela³, María Magdalena Canals², Dominga García² and Carla Jaque³, ¹Clinica Alemana de Santiago / Facultad de Medicina Universidad del Desarrollo-CAS, Santiago, Chile, ²Hospital Padre Hurtado / Facultad de Medicina Universidad del Desarrollo-CAS, Santiago, Chile, ³Hospital Padre Hurtado, Santiago, Chile
Background/Purpose: In Chile, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can apply to receive state-funded biological or JAK inhibitor treatment if they have failed (defined as a…
Abstract Number: 2476 • ACR Convergence 2023
Defining Cutoffs for Disease Activity States in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Based on the Systemic Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score
Silvia Rosina¹, Ana Isabel Rebollo Gimenez², Letizia Tarantola¹, Yulia Vyzhga¹, Luca Carlini³, Elisa Patrone⁴, Maria Katsikas⁵, Claudia Saad-Magalhaes⁶, Dalia El-Ghoneimy⁷, Yasser El Miedany⁸, Raju Khubchandani⁹, Priyankar Pal¹⁰, Gabriele Simonini¹¹, Giovanni Filocamo¹², Maurizio Gattinara¹³, Fabrizio De Benedetti¹⁴, Davide Montin¹⁵, Adele Civino¹⁶, Muatasem Alsuweiti¹⁷, Valda Stenevicha¹⁸, Vyacheslav Chasnyk¹⁹, Ekaterina Alexeeva²⁰, Sulaiman Al-Mayouf²¹, Soamarat Vilayuk²², Angela Pistorio²³ and Angelo Ravelli²⁴, ¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ²IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genoa, Italy, ³IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy, ⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, Genova, Italy, ⁵Hospital de Pediatria Juan P Garrahan, Servicio de Inmunologia/Reumatologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil, ⁷PAIR Unit, Children's Hospital Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Ain Shams University, Italian Hospital St Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, ⁹SRCC Childrens Hospital, Mumbai, India, ¹⁰Institute of Child Health, Pediatric Medicine, Kolkata, India, ¹¹Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReConnet Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence Italy. NeuroFARBA Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹²Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Pediatric Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ¹³Istituto Gaetano Pini, Divisione di Reumatologia, Milan, Italy, ¹⁴Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Rome, Italy, ¹⁵Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, Turin, Italy, ¹⁶P.O. Vito Fazzi, Uo Pediatria - Sezione Reumatologia e Immunologia Pediatrica, Lecce, Italy, ¹⁷King Hussein Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Amman, Jordan, ¹⁸Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Children University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁹Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Pediatrics, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ²⁰Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ²¹King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²²Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, ²³Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ²⁴Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: The systemic Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (sJADAS) is a composite disease activity (DA) score specifically validated for use in systemic JIA (sJIA), whose…
Abstract Number: 0381 • ACR Convergence 2023
Disease Burden, Patient Experiences, and Unmet Needs in Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from 20 Years of Real-World Data
Kristin Wipfler¹, Bobby Kwanghoon Han², Sofia Pedro³, Urbano Sbarigia⁴, Federico Zazzetti⁵, Anna Sheahan⁶, Iris Lin⁷, Patti Katz⁸, Evo Alemao⁹ and Kaleb Michaud¹⁰, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ⁴Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse, Belgium, ⁵Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen, Raleigh, NC, ⁷Janssen, Horsham, PA, ⁸University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ⁹Janssen Pharmaceuticals, New Hope, PA, ¹⁰University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Despite major advances in RA treatment, a substantial number of patients (estimated at 6-21%1) are refractory to multiple advanced therapies. Well-defined refractory RA (reRA)…
Abstract Number: 0965 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Predictors of DAPSA28, DAPSA66/68 and DAS28-CRP Remission at 6 Months in Bio-naive Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a TNFi in Clinical Practice – Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration
Stylianos Georgiadis¹, Louise Linde², Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Simon Horskjær Rasmussen¹, Johan Askling³, Brigitte Michelsen⁴, Daniela Di Giuseppe³, Johan Karlsson Wallman⁵, Bente Glintborg⁶, Anne Gitte Loft⁷, Miguel Bernardes⁸, Carolina Ochôa Matos⁹, Dan Nordstrom¹⁰, Laura Kuusalo¹¹, Burkhard Moeller¹², Michael Nissen¹³, Bjorn Gudbjornsson¹⁴, Thorvardur Love¹⁵, Florenzo Iannone¹⁶, Tore Kvien¹⁷, Ziga Rotar¹⁸, Isabel Castrejon¹⁹, Gary Macfarlane²⁰, Marleen van de Sande²¹, Merete Hetland¹ and Mikkel Østergaard²², ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Rigshospitalet Glostrup; Diakonhjemmet Hospital; Sørlandet Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Virum, Denmark, ⁷Aarhus University, Horsens, Denmark, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal, ⁹Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁰Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹¹Centre for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland, ¹²Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹³Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁴Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁵Landspitali University Hospital and the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ¹⁷Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁹Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (Epidemiology Group), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²¹Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute; Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center (ARC), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis based on 66/68 joints (DAPSA66/68) and the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints with C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP)…
Abstract Number: 1178 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-Perceived Knowledge of Myositis Among Social Media Respondents- a Pilot Study on Twitter
Srijan Mittal¹, Vanshita Batra¹, Parikshit Sen², Saadia Sasha Ali³, Arpit Mago⁴, Mark Russell⁵, Eugenia Gkiaouraki⁶ and Rohit Aggarwal⁶, ¹Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, ²Maulana Azad Medical College, 2-Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, Delhi-110002, India., Dalhi, India, ³King's College Hospital, Epsom, United Kingdom, ⁴Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India, ⁵King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Myositis is a rare complex autoimmune disease that is less known and poorly understood, with increased effort required for education of practitioners, students, educators,…
Abstract Number: 1453 • ACR Convergence 2023
Musculoskeletal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Insights from a Survey of Lupus Experts
Rashmi Dhital¹, Maria Dall'Era² and Kenneth Kalunian³, ¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common, consisting ofarthralgia and arthritis (95%), myalgia/myositis (17%), tenosynovitis, and bursitis (12%). Joint involvement is a…
Abstract Number: 1840 • ACR Convergence 2023
Value of Various Intra-Articular Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Management
Hanna Mass¹, Jamie Collins¹, david Hunter², Catherine Yang¹, Morgan Jones¹, Stephen Messier³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, A. David Paltiel⁵, Jeffrey Katz¹ and Elena Losina⁶, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, St. Leonards, Australia, ³Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Yale School of Public health, New Haven, CT, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular injections (IAI) are commonly used to relieve pain and delay total knee replacement (TKR) in persons with knee OA. Despite higher costs and…
Abstract Number: 2216 • ACR Convergence 2023
Hierarchy of Determinants of Work Impairment in Spondyloarthritis: Data from the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS-HI) International Validation Study
Frederico Rajão Martins¹, Pedro Carvalho², Désirée van der Heijde³, Manouk de Hooge⁴, Annelies Boonen⁵, Juergen Braun⁶, Uta Kiltz⁷ and Pedro Machado⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Centre of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ²Hospital Particular do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro. Centro Académico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Ghent University Hospital, Hesperange, Luxembourg, ⁵Care and Public Health Research Institute (Caphri), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁸Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, UK. Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS trust, London, UK., London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a disease of the working-age individual, with diverse economic and societal implications, including decreased employment rates. Our aim was to investigate…
Abstract Number: 2480 • ACR Convergence 2023
Definition of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Based on SDAI and CDAI
Victoria Konzett¹, Andreas Kerschbaumer², Josef S Smolen³, Eirik Kristianslund⁴, Sella Provan⁴, Tore Kvien⁵ and Daniel Aletaha⁶, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, ²Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: Measures of improvement and state of disease activity are well-established in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas distinct classifiers for worsening (“flare”) are lacking to date.…
Abstract Number: 0123 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving Interpretation of Work Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Disease: General Population Reference Curves for Work Ability and At-work Productivity
Dafne Capelusnik¹, Wouter Smeets², Casper Webers³, Sofia Ramiro⁴, Elena Nikiphorou⁵, Roel Braekers², Laura Boekel⁶, Gertjan Wolbink⁷ and Annelies Boonen⁸, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Data science institute, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, ³Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Care and Public Health Research Institute (Caphri), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Data on self-reported presenteeism (limitations or reduced work productivity at work) in persons with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMD) are challenging to interpret…
Abstract Number: 0382 • ACR Convergence 2023
Heterogeneity Within a “difficult to Treat” Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Cohort: 36% May Have a More Benign Course and Have Distinct Characteristics at bDMARD or tsDMARD Initiation
Irini Flouri¹, Antonios Bertsias², Argyro Repa², Nestor Avgoustidis², Eleni Kalogiannaki², Sofia Pitsigavdaki³, George Bertsias⁴ and Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁴, ¹University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece, ²Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ³Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Background/Purpose: Early detection of difficult to treat (D2T) RA patients as well as better characterization of their long-term course represent unresolved issues. Herein we aimed…
Abstract Number: 0967 • ACR Convergence 2023
Overall Survival in Patients with versus Without Rheumatoid Arthritis Initiating Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jeffrey R Curtis², Fenglong Xie³, Ashish Saxena⁴ and Anne Bass⁵, ¹Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) increase one-year survival in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) from 49% to 69% with chemotherapy-based regimens. Patients with rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1190 • ACR Convergence 2023
Worsening of Pain as Perceived by Patients Is Not Reflected by an Annual Standardized Questionnaire
Coen van der Meulen¹, Lotte van de Stadt², Frits Rosendaal¹ and Margreet Kloppenburg¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The course of pain in hand osteoarthritis (OA) is often investigated with repeated validated pain questionnaires. However, it is unknown whether these questionnaires reliably…
Abstract Number: 1457 • ACR Convergence 2023
Obesity Is an Independent Poor Prognostic Factor in Lupus Nephritis
Francy Milena Cuervo Gutiérrez¹, Antoine Enfrein², Frederic Houssiau³ and Farah Tamirou⁴, ¹Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogotá, Colombia, ²CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France, ³CUSL - UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴UCLouvain - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Up to 50% of patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN) within the first 10 years of diagnosis and 5…

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