Abstracts tagged "Outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 1028 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Does PsAID Implementation Affect Treatment Intensification and Patient Satisfaction in PsA?
Conor Coyle¹, Caroline Whately-Smith², Melanie Brooke³, Uta Kiltz⁴, Ennio Lubrano⁵, Ruben Queiro⁶, David Trigos⁷, Jan Brandt-Juergens⁸, Salvatore D'Angelo⁹, Andrea Delle Sedie¹⁰, Emmanuelle Dernis¹¹, Philip Helliwell¹², Pauline Ho¹³, Axel Hueber¹⁴, BEATRIZ E. JOVEN¹⁵, Michaela Koehm¹⁶, Carlos Montilla¹⁷, Jon Packham¹⁸, JOSE PINTO TASENDE¹⁹, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia²⁰, Adeline Ruyssen-Witrand²¹, Rossana Scrivo²², sarah twigg²³, Martin Welcker²⁴, Theo Wirth²⁵, Laure Gossec²⁶ and Laura Coates²⁷, ¹Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Whately-Smith Ltd, Kings Langley, United Kingdom, ³Bath Institute for Rheumatic Disease, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁵Academic Rheumatology Unit, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute ‘‘Vincenzo Tiberio’’, Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy, ⁶Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology Service & the Principality of Asturias Institute for Health Research (ISPA), Universidad de Oviedo, Oveido, Spain, ⁷Patient partner, Oveido, Spain, ⁸Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumatology Department of Lucania - San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy, ¹⁰University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹¹LE MANS general hospital, LE MANS, France, ¹²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹³The Kellgren Centre for Rheumatology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Paracelsus University Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, ¹⁷Complejo asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁸University of Nottingham, Stafford, United Kingdom, ¹⁹SERGAS, A Coruña, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ²¹CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ²²Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Roma, Rome, Italy, ²³Bradford Teaching hospitals NHS foundation trust, Bradford, United Kingdom, ²⁴GBR, Planegg, Germany, ²⁵Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France, ²⁶Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ²⁷Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogenous, multi-dimensional disease. Little is known about factors underpinning treatment intensification in routine practice. Treatment pathways are not well…
Abstract Number: 1362 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validation of the 2016 ACR/EULAR Myositis Response Criteria in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) Clinical Trials and Consensus Profiles
Hanna Kim¹, Didem Saygin², Christian Douglas³, john mcgrath³, Jesse Wilkerson³, angela Pistorio⁴, Ann Reed⁵, Chester Oddis⁶, Frederick Miller⁷, Jiří Vencovský⁸, Nicola Ruperto⁹, Rohit Aggarwal¹⁰ and Lisa G Rider⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Juvenile Myositis Therapeutic and Translation Studies Unit, PTRB, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Durham, NC, ⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini; PRINTO, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) ACR-EULAR myositis response criteria (MRC) were developed based on absolute % changes in 6 core set measures (CSM) differentially weighted to…
Abstract Number: 1642 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mast Cells May Explain Sex Differences in Osteoarthritis Pain
Bella Mehta¹, Edward DiCarlo², Fei Wang³, Miguel Otero⁴, Eun Kyung Song⁵, Peter Sculco², Mark Figgie², Susan Goodman², William Robinson⁵ and Dana Orange⁶, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Weil Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute, New York, NY, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Women are at increased risk for knee osteoarthritis(OA) and report more severe pain than men at the time of total knee arthroplasty. It has…
Abstract Number: 2040 • ACR Convergence 2022
Metformin Improves Objective Measures of Dry Eyes and Focus Score in Sjögren′s Disease: A Retrospective Observational Study
Astrid Rasmussen¹, R. Hal Scofield², Kiely Grundahl¹, Lida Radfar², Christopher Lessard¹ and A. Darise Farris¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Metformin (dimethyl biguanide, Met) is a widely used, first-line antidiabetic drug with AMPK-dependent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. In vitro studies and human trials in…
Abstract Number: 2246 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Discordance with Provider Treatment Goals Is Associated with Poorer RA Outcomes
Kelly O'Neill¹, Pamela Sinicrope², Cynthia Crowson³, Kathryne Marks⁴, Rachel Giblon⁵, Elena Myasoedova² and John Davis², ¹Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Winter Springs, FL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: We previously reported on themes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' treatment goals which associated with aspects of rheumatology care such as presence of a…
Abstract Number: 0391 • ACR Convergence 2021
High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging of Skin Thickness in Patients with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: An Objective Outcome Measure to Track Change over Time
Elizabeth Marjanovic¹, Calvin Heal¹, Tonia Moore¹, Joanne Manning², Sarah Wilkinson¹, Graham Dinsdale², Mark Dickinson¹, Jack Wilkinson¹, Ariane Herrick³ and Andrea Murray¹, ¹University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: There are currently no validated objective measures of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related skin thickening and this hampers clinical trials of potential new treatments. The modified…
Abstract Number: 0721 • ACR Convergence 2021
Timed Function Tests as Measures of Disease Activity and Functional Outcome in Inflammatory Myositis
saikumar dunga¹, Chengappa Kavadichanda² and VirSingh Negi³, ¹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, ²JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, ³Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Manual muscle testing (MMT) and Functional index 2(FI-2) are the usual methods in assessing disease activity and functional status in IIM1. Limitations of MMT8…
Abstract Number: 0866 • ACR Convergence 2021
Characteristics Associated with Poor COVID-19 Outcomes in People with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA)
Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹, Graciela Alarcn², Andrea Seet³, Zara Izadi³, Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, Cristina Reategui-Sokolova⁵, Ann Clarke⁶, Leanna Wise⁷, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁸, Maria José Santos⁹, Sasha Bernatsky¹⁰, Sandra Lúcia Ribeiro¹¹, Samar Al Emadi¹², Jeffrey Sparks¹³, Tiffany Hsu¹⁴, Kristin D'Silva¹⁵, Naomi Patel¹⁵, Emily Gilbert¹⁶, Maria Valenzuela-Almada¹⁷, Andreas Jnsen¹⁸, Gianpiero Landolfi¹⁹, Micaela Fredi²⁰, Tiphaine Goulenok²¹, Mathilde Devaux²², Xavier Mariette²³, Viviane Queyrel²⁴, Vasco C Romão²⁵, Graça Sequeira²⁶, Rebecca Hasseli²⁷, Bimba Franziska Hoyer²⁸, Reinhard Voll²⁹, Christof Specker³⁰, Roberto Baez³¹, Vanessa Castro Coello³², Edgard Neto³³, Gilda Ferreira³⁴, Odirlei Andre Monticielo³⁵, Emily Sirotich³⁶, Jean Liew³⁷, Jonathan Hausmann³⁸, Paul Sufka³⁹, Rebecca Grainger⁴⁰, Suleman Bhana⁴¹, Wendy Costello⁴², Zachary Wallace⁴³, Lindsay Jacobsohn⁴⁴, Anja Strangfeld⁴⁵, Elsa Frazão Mateus⁴⁶, Kimme Hyrich⁴⁷, Laure Gossec⁴⁸, Loreto Carmona¹, Saskia Lawson-Tovey⁴⁷, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet⁴⁹, Martin Schaefer⁵⁰, Pedro Machado⁵¹, Philip Robinson⁵², Milena Gianfrancesco³ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, ⁸Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas (CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁰McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Amazonas, Brazil, ¹²Hamad medical corporation, Doha, Qatar, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ¹⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁶Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁸Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ¹⁹Epidemiology Research Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ²⁰Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France, ²²Service de Médecine Interne, CHI Poissy Saint Germain, Poissy, France, ²³Université Paris- Saclay, Rheumatology, Paris, France, ²⁴University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France, ²⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and European Reference Network on Rare Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases Network (ERN-ReCONNET); Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ²⁶Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Unidade de Faro, Faro, Portugal, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany., Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²⁸Universittsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³⁰Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany, ³¹Hospital Francisco Lopez Lima, General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, ³²Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³³UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³⁴Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ³⁵Serviço de Reumatologia do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ³⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³⁷Boston University, Boston, MA, ³⁸Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ³⁹HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ⁴⁰University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁴¹Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ⁴²Irish Children's Arthritis Network, Bansha, Ireland, ⁴³Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁴⁴University of California San Francisco, Antioch, CA, ⁴⁵Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴⁶Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴⁷University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴⁸Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴⁹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵⁰German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁵¹Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵²Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Background/Purpose: Preliminary data in people with SLE suggested that disease activity as well as SLE treatment at time of COVID-19 acquisition impact COVID-19 outcomes over…
Abstract Number: 1290 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of a Novel Lupus Multivariable Outcome Score as an Outcome Measure for Systemtic Lupus Erythematosus Trials
Michal Abrahamowicz¹ and Peter Lipsky², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Development of effective new Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) treatments requires a validated responder index responsive to clinically meaningful change and relevant to clinical practice.…
Abstract Number: 1931 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Burden of Thirty-day Readmission and Independent Predictors of Readmission in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Nationwide Analysis
Ashu Acharya¹, Saffa Iftikhar¹, Yasmin Khader¹, Sachit Sharma¹, Joan N Gekonde¹, Rawish Fatima¹, Cameron J Burmeister¹ and Nezam Altorok², ¹University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic immune-mediated disease with 20-25% patients needing hospital admission annually. Early readmissions add to the clinical and economic…
Abstract Number: 0400 • ACR Convergence 2021
Item Development for the Assessment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Raynaud’s Phenomenon (ASRAP) Questionnaire
John Pauling¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo², Dinesh Khanna³, Christopher Denton⁴, Tracy Frech⁵, Ariane Herrick⁶, Laura Hummers⁷, Ami Shah⁸ and Robyn Domsic⁹, ¹Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center, New Orleans, LA, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁷Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The episodic and uniquely personalised nature of Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) has led to reliance upon self-report to capture how patients ‘feel’ and ‘function’. Existing…
Abstract Number: 0737 • ACR Convergence 2021
Enhanced Arthrocentesis of the Flexed Knee with Pneumatic Compression
Sumir Brahmbhatt¹, Ahsan Iqbal¹, Fatemeh Farshami², Maheswari Muruganandam³, Jaren Trost⁴, David Cisneros⁵, Adnan Kiani³, N. Suzanne Emil³, Sharon Nunez¹, William Hayward⁶, Philip Band⁷ and Wilmer Sibbitt³, ¹UNM, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MD, ³University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Optum, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, ⁶New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, ⁷NYU SOM, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: To explore an alternative to standard extended knee arthrocentesis using pneumatic compression of the flexed knee.Methods: Using a paired sample design, 41 consecutive effusive…
Abstract Number: 0877 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of HCQ Blood Levels with Type 1 and 2 SLE Activity
Kai Sun¹, Amanda Eudy², Jennifer Rogers¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber¹, Rebecca Sadun², Jayanth Doss², Kelley Brady³, Roberta Alexander³, John Conklin³, Rory Bloch³ and Megan Clowse⁴, ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Exagen Inc., Vista, CA, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: HCQ levels reflect adherence and have been shown to correlate with SLE outcomes. However, HCQ levels have not been studied in the context of…
Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2021
Longitudinal Patterns of Response to Standard of Care Therapy for Lupus Nephritis: Data from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Lupus Network
Peter Izmirly¹, Maria Dall'Era², Kenneth Kalunian³, Kristina Deonaraine¹, Mimi Kim⁴, Philip Carlucci¹, Jessica Li⁵, Andrea Fava⁵, H. Michael Belmont⁶, Chaim Putterman⁷, Jennifer Anolik⁸, Betty Diamond⁹, David Wofsy¹⁰, Diane Kamen¹¹, Judith James¹², Accelerating Medicines Partership (AMP) RA/SLE Network¹³, Deepak Rao¹⁴, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in SLE Network¹⁵, Michelle Petri¹⁶, Jill Buyon⁶ and Richard Furie¹⁷, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²University of California San Francisco, Corte Madera, CA, ³UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Larchmont, NY, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁸University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁹Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁰University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Everett, MA, ¹⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁵Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁷Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY
Background/Purpose: The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Lupus Network was established with the goal of applying novel technologies to the interrogation of blood and tissue samples…
Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Race/Ethnicity and COVID-19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in United States Patients: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹, Graciela Alarcn², Andrea Seet³, Zara Izadi³, Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, Emily Gilbert⁵, Maria Valenzuela-Almada⁶, Leanna Wise⁷, Jeffrey Sparks⁸, Tiffany Hsu⁹, Kristin D'Silva¹⁰, Naomi Patel¹⁰, Emily Sirotich¹¹, Jean Liew¹², Jonathan Hausmann¹³, Paul Sufka¹⁴, Rebecca Grainger¹⁵, Suleman Bhana¹⁶, Wendy Costello¹⁷, Zachary Wallace¹⁸, Lindsay Jacobsohn¹⁹, Anja Strangfeld²⁰, Elsa Frazão Mateus²¹, Kimme Hyrich²², Laure Gossec²³, Loreto Carmona²⁴, Saskia Lawson-Tovey²², Lianne Kearsley-Fleet²⁵, Martin Schaefer²⁶, Pedro Machado²⁷, Philip Robinson²⁸, Milena Gianfrancesco³ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Essalud/Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹²Boston University, Boston, MA, ¹³Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ¹⁴HealthPartners, Eagan, MN, ¹⁵University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ¹⁶Crystal Run Health, Montvale, NJ, ¹⁷Irish Children's Arthritis Network, Bansha, Ireland, ¹⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹⁹University of California San Francisco, Antioch, CA, ²⁰Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²¹Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas (LPCDR), Lisbon, Portugal, ²²University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²³Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁴Instituto de Salud Musculoesqueltica (InMusc), Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²⁶German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²⁷Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²⁸Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Background/Purpose: Hispanic and African American race/ethnicities have been associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in the general population and in rheumatic disease patients within the COVID-19…

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