Abstracts tagged "pain"

Abstract Number: 1234 • ACR Convergence 2025
Serum Antibodies Against Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Fibromyalgia: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Felipe Massó¹, Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez², Luis M Amezcua-Guerra³, Francisco Mercado⁴, Angélica Almanza⁵ and Manuel Martínez-Lavín¹, ¹Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico city, Mexico, ²Rheumatology Department at National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico city, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón del la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico city, Mexico, ⁵Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico city, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a stress-related disorder in which dorsal root ganglia (DRG) may play a pivotal pathogenetic role. DRG exhibit unique stress-induced, pro-algesic physio-anatomy,…
Abstract Number: 1027 • ACR Convergence 2025
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists to Facilitate Weight Loss and Improve Disease Activity, Pain and Function in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease: Real-World Evidence From the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Nick McCormick¹, Jingyi Zhang², Emily Holladay², Fenglong Xie³ and Jeffrey Curtis⁴, ¹Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) such as semaglutide (SEM; GLP-1) and tirzepatide (TIR; GIP/GLP-1), were initially approved for type 2 diabetes management but…
Abstract Number: 0442 • ACR Convergence 2025
Beyond the Joints: The Impact of Non-Articular Pain on Patient-Reported Function in a Longitudinal Real-World Early RA Cohort
Charis Meng¹, Marie-France Valois², Caci Julia³, Yvonne Lee⁴, Bindee Kuriya⁵, Gilles Boire⁶, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Louis Bessette⁹, Glen Hazlewood¹⁰, Carter Thorne¹¹, Susan J. Bartlett¹², Janet Pope¹³ and Vivian Bykerk¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Mount Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁷Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada, ⁹Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ¹⁰University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹²McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ¹³University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: A third of patients with early (e)RA report pain outside the joint or non-articular pain (NAP) despite RA treatment(1). NAP, both regional and widespread,…
Abstract Number: 2120 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analyzing Gender and Racial Disparities in Paget’s Disease of Bone: A Large-Scale Observational Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹, Ahmer Khan² and Arthur Lau³, ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, ³Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Maple Glen, PA
Background/Purpose: Osteitis deformans, commonly referred to as Paget’s Disease of the Bone (PDB), affects adults over the age of 55, mainly of European descent and…
Abstract Number: 1800 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Role of Nociceptor-Expressed Piezo2 in Nervous System Immune Cell Infiltration in a Mouse Model of Osteoarthritis
Natalie Adamczyk¹, Terese Geraghty², Shingo Ishihara³, alia obeidat², Jun Li², Anne-Marie Malfait² and Rachel Miller¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, ³Rush University, Chicago
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of chronic pain and disability worldwide with 500 million people affected. We have previously reported that nociceptor-conditional…
Abstract Number: 1298 • ACR Convergence 2025
Identifying Psychosocial Profiles in Youth with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A K-Means Clustering Analysis of Resilience Subgroups
Sabrina Gmuca¹, Jan Leonard², Alexis Z. Tomlinson², Mackenzie McGill², Nellie Butler², Rui Xiao³, Peter F. Cronholm³, Tonya M. Palermo⁴, Jami F. Young⁵, Abby R. Rosenberg⁶ and Pamela Weiss⁷, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, ⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ⁶Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁷Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Psychological resilience is low among youth with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) at baseline. We aimed to explore resilience profiles among youth with CMP during…
Abstract Number: 1235 • ACR Convergence 2025
Demystifying Pain in patients with Lupus: How much is it Lupus and How much is it Other Stuff?
Meenakshi Jolly, Rush University, Chicago
Background/Purpose: Pain in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is not well understood. There is role of active disease in pain (e.g. arthritis, serositis) also…
Abstract Number: 1021 • ACR Convergence 2025
Recent Trends in Cannabis Use Among Individuals with Rheumatic Diseases
Kristin Wipfler¹ and Kaleb Michaud², ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Cannabis use has increased substantially in the general population over the past decade, driven by changing legal landscapes and expanding public interest in its…
Abstract Number: 0440 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Painful Truth: Non-Articular Pain’s Impact on Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment after Initiating a new DMARD for Active Disease
Charis Meng¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya muhammad³, Caci Julia⁴, Tuhina Neogi⁵, Marcy Bolster⁶, Wendy Marder⁷, Clifton Bingham⁸ and Yvonne Lee⁹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, MN, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: RA-related pain is typically thought of as pain in the joints. However, non-articular pain (NAP) is also common, persisting in 1/3 of patients with…
Abstract Number: 2112 • ACR Convergence 2025
Which drugs are associated with the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw? clinical and epidemiological analysis of a cohort of patients diagnosed with osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Esther Monleon Acosta¹, Alicia Pérez González², José Andrés Rodríguez Fernández², Pedro José Manuel Hernández², María del Rosario Oliva Ruiz², José María Andreu Ubero², Paloma Valentina Castillo Dayer², Gloria Albaladejo Paredes³, Carlos Fernández Díaz⁴, Angela Egea Fuentes², Montserrat Fernández Salamanca² and Vicente Cogolludo Campillo⁵, ¹Hospital Santa Lucia, Cartagena, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucia, Cartagena, Spain, ³Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, CARTAGENA, Spain, ⁴H.U. Santa Lucia, Murcia, Spain, ⁵Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia, Cartage, Spain
Background/Purpose: Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is defined as avascular necrosis of bone located in the maxillofacial region with the presence of exposed bone or…
Abstract Number: 1794 • ACR Convergence 2025
OA-associated pain sensitivity is reduced in OA-protected MRL/MpJ mice, partially mediated by the gut microbiome, and transferable via microbiome transplantation
Gabriella Dyson¹, Montana Barrett¹, Nicholas Hanebutt¹, Aleksander Szymczak², Cindy Miranda Brawner¹, Pratibha Dube³, Ausitn Lopez¹, Padmaja Mehta-d'Souza¹ and Matlock Jeffries², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Edmond, OK
Background/Purpose: MRL/MpJ (MRL) mice are protected from developing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA) histologic changes. We have previously shown the gut microbiome to play a key role…
Abstract Number: 1289 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Exploration of Pain and Disease Characteristics in Youth with Childhood-Onset Lupus
Jida Jaffan¹, Tala El Tal², Lawrence Ng³, Asha Jeyanathan⁴, Hunter Hogarth⁵, Adrienne Davis⁴, Linda Hiraki⁵, Deborah Levy⁵, Zahi Touma⁶, Natoshia Cunningham⁷, Ashley Danguecan⁸ and Andrea Knight⁸, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children/ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁵The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, ⁸Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Pain is a common symptom in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) which impacts health-related quality of life. Its relationship to disease measures over time…
Abstract Number: 1233 • ACR Convergence 2025
Synovial Joint Transcriptomic Differences in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis and Neuropathic Pain Symptomology
Joseph Lesnak¹, Michael Zuscik², Michael Dayton², Craig Hogan², Prabil Kaini², Andrew Clauw³, Jennifer Seifert⁴, Michael Clay⁵, Theodore Price¹ and Larry Moreland⁶, ¹University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, ³Univ of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful disease of the synovial joint and is the most common form of arthritis with a large global burden. A…
Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improvement of Fatigue, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Morning Stiffness in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Dapirolizumab Pegol: 48-Week Results from a Phase 3 Trial
Ioannis Parodis¹, Caroline Gordon², Joan Merrill³, Matthias Schneider⁴, Zahi Touma⁵, Teri Jimenez⁶, Thomas Morel⁷, Mina Nejati⁸, Christian Stach⁹, Christine de La Loge¹⁰ and Laurent arnaud¹¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁴Clinic of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶UCB, Raleigh, NC, ⁷UCB, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Biogen, Cambridge, MA, ⁹UCB, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹⁰UCB, Brussels, Belgium, ¹¹Service de rhumatologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, INSERM UMR-S ¹¹⁰⁹, Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
Background/Purpose: Fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and joint stiffness are common manifestations of SLE, presenting considerable treatment challenges, particularly in addressing chronic fatigue. Dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) is…
Abstract Number: 0386 • ACR Convergence 2025
Introducing the Multidimensional Pain Inventory as a Comprehensive Tool or Assessing Pain in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis
David Kiefer¹, Yade Sonkaya², Dietmar Krause³, Markus Voglau⁴, Bernhard Mintrop⁵, Imke Redeker⁶, Xenofon Baraliakos⁷ and Uta Kiltz⁷, ¹Ruhr-Universität Bochum; Private practice of rheumatology, Hattingen, Germany, Herne, Germany, ²Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Elisabeth-Gruppe, Herne, Germany, Essen, Germany, ⁴myself, Oldenburg, Germany, ⁵Private rheumatology practice, Hattingen, Germany, ⁶Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) is a validated tool designed to assess the multidimensional aspects of chronic pain, including the 5 dimensions…

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