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Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

  • Abstract Number: 2680 • ACR Convergence 2025

    High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Anna Costello1, Rui Xiao1, Jahan Jazayeri1, Timothy Brandon1, Xuemei Zhang1, Irit Rasooly1 and Pamela Weiss2, 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Timely diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) enables early initiation of therapy and improves outcomes, yet JIA patients often experience circuitous pathways to diagnosis.…
  • Abstract Number: 2165 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Targeted Needs Assessment of Provider Medical Knowledge of Juvenile Scleroderma, a Mixed Methods Study

    Rachel Guess1, Megan Curran2, Lisa Zickuhr3 and Rachel Moquin1, 1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2University of Colorado | Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium, St. Louis, MO

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile scleroderma (JS) is an autoimmune disease that can cause skin sclerosis leading to deformity, disability, and early mortality especially with delayed diagnosis. A…
  • Abstract Number: 2139 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-Life Treatment Strategies for Refractory Still’s Disease: Results from a Worldwide Survey, the METAPHOR Project

    Greta Rogani1, Francesco Baldo2, Claudia Bracaglia3, Dirk Foell4, Marco Gattorno5, Marija Jelusic6, Jordi Anton7, Paul Brogan8, Scott Canna9, Randy Cron10, Fabrizio De Benedetti11, Alexei Grom12, Merav Heshin Bekenstein13, AnnaCarin Horne14, Raju Khubchandani15, Mao Mizuta16, Seza Özen17, Pierre Quartier Dit Maire18, Angelo Ravelli19, Masaki Shimizu20, Grant Schulert12, Christiaan Scott21, Rashmi Sinha22, Nicolino Ruperto23, Joost Swart24, Bruno Fautrel25, Sebastiaan Vastert1 and Francesca Minoia26, 1University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2ASST-Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, 3IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Rome, Italy, 4University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 5IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Genoa, Italy, 6University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 7Hospital Sant Joan de Düu. Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain, 8UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 9Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 10University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 11Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy, 12Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 13Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Tel Aviv, Israel, 14Karolinska University Hospital, Sollentuna, Sweden, 15SRCC Childrens Hospital Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 16Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan, Kobe, Japan, 17Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, 18Necker hospital, Paris Cedex 15, France, 19IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Genoa, Italy, 20Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Kanazawa, Japan, 21Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 22Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 23Université Milano Bicocca and Fondazione IRCSS S. Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Monza and Brianza, Italy, 24Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 25Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS 1136-5, PARIS, France, Paris, France, 26Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy

    Background/Purpose: The outcome of Still’s disease (SD) has significantly improved due to new therapeutic options [37923864], early biologic initiation [24623686] and treat-to-target strategies [39317417]. Nonetheless,…
  • Abstract Number: 1823 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis in Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Kader Cetin Gedik1, Desire Casares Marfil2, Busra Baser Taskin3, Elif Kilic Konte4, Sezgin Sahin4, Mckenna Bowes2, Ferhat Guzel5, Micol Romano6, Ozgur Kasapcopur7, Nuray Aktay Ayaz3, Erkan Demirkaya6 and Amr Sawalha2, 1UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Istanbul University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Department of Research and Development, Ant Biotechnology, Istanbul, Turkey, 6University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 7Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease most commonly associated with biallelic mutations in the MEFV gene. Patients carrying the same pathogenic variant…
  • Abstract Number: 1706 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Overcoming Barriers to ANA Testing in Pediatric Populations in Africa

    Ekemini Ogbu1, Angela Migowa2, Rashmi Sahay1, Dhriti Sharma1, Patricia Vega-Fernandez1, Michael Henrickson1, Evans Omalla3, Ayodele Faleye4, Wafa Hamdi5 and Hermine Brunner1, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 3Pediatric Society of the African League Against Rheumatism, Nairobi, Kenya, 4Lagos state university teaching hospital Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 5Kassab Institute, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis UR17SP04, Tunis El Manar Univeristy, MANOUBA, Tunisia

    Background/Purpose: Timely diagnosis of children, adolescents and young adults with rheumatologic disorders remains a global challenge especially in lower resource countries and areas (LRCs). There…
  • Abstract Number: 1299 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Pediatric Antiphospholipid Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Center

    Rasha Elrefai, Marietta De Guzman, Jun Teruya, Vadim Kostousov, Amir Navaei and Olivia Kwan, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune condition defined as the presence of thrombotic events and/or pregnancy morbidity, accompanied by persistent antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs). Pediatric…
  • Abstract Number: 1282 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Real-world use of belimumab in childhood-onset SLE in Spain: cross-sectional analysis from a multicenter study (JULES registry)

    Alina-Lucica Boteanu1, Clara Udaondo2, Joan Calzada3, Daniel Clemente Garulo4, Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzáles5, Eugenia Enriquez6, inmaculada Calvo Penades7, Lourdes Villalobos8, Belen Sevilla9, Sara Murias10, Berta Magallares11, Ana Capilla12, Jaime Arroyo13, Beatriz Bravo14, Gisela Diez-Cordoves15, Marisol Camacho16, Genaro grana17, Juan Jose Bethencourt18, Pablo Mesa19, Natalia Palmou20, Mireia Lopez Corbeto21, Judith Sanchez22, Maria Isabel Gonzalez23, isabel Patora Granados bautista24, Clara Moriano25, Diego Dios17, Lorena Exposito26, Alicia Garcia27, Laura Martin28, David Fernandez29, Laura Trujillo14, Anahy Maria Brandy30 and CARLOS GUILLEN-ASTETE31, 1H.U. Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, 2La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 3University Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain, 4H.U Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain, 5H.U Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 6Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain, 7Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, 8Ramon y Cajal Hospital, MADRID, Spain, 9Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, 10H.U Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, 11Hospital de Sant Pau, Bareclona, 12H.U de La Merced, Sevilla, Spain, 13HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ, MADRID, 14H.U Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain, 15H. R. U. Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 16H.U. Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, 17H.U de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 18H.U. Canarias, Canarias, Spain, 19H.U Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, 20H.U. marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 21H.U Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, 22Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Taulí Hospital Universitari-Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA), Sabadell (Spain)., Sabadell, Spain, 23H.U. La Fé, Valencia, Spain, 24H.U Toledo, Toledo, Spain, 25Hospital León, LEON, Castilla y Leon, Spain, 26H.U Canarias, Canarias, Spain, 27Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, 28H.R.U Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 29Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Galicia, Spain, 30Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, 31H.U Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

    Background/Purpose: SLE is a multisystemic autoimmune disease with several manifestations. Childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) has a more severe disease course than adult-onset SLE, with a higher…
  • Abstract Number: 0829 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Multi-Center Use of an Online Case-Based Simulation to Evaluate Medical Trainee Use of Diagnostic Imaging and Lab Tests to Correctly Diagnose MSK Complaints

    James McCarthey1, Kyla Driest2, erin frank1, Allayne Stephans1, Stacey Tarvin3 and Angela Robinson4, 1Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 2Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 3Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 4Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    Background/Purpose: Our goal is to teach medical trainees high value care concepts and musculoskeletal (MSK) disease states and then implement online case-based simulations to evaluate…
  • Abstract Number: 0406 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Comparing biomarkers associated with uveitis in tear fluid and serum samples of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Ilaria Maccora1, Mariia Pavlenko2, Mekibib Altaye3, Hermine Brunner4, Margaret Chang5, Ashley Cooper6, Stefanie Davidson7, Alexandra Duell4, Bharti Gangwani5, Aimee Hersh8, Gary Holland9, Carl Langefeld10, Melissa Lerman11, Mindy Lo5, Virginia Miraldi Utz4, Sampath Prahalad12, Grant Schulert4, Megan Quinlan-Waters13, Erin Stahl6, Edmund Tsui9 and Sheila Angeles-Han14, 1Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReCoNNET Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, 2Rheumatology Division, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Cincinnati, OH, 3Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 4Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 5Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 7Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 8University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 9UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 10Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, 11Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 12Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, 13Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, 14Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) develops in 15-20% of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) cases. Early detection may prevent vision loss. However, known clinical risk factors…
  • Abstract Number: 0229 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Leveraging the Electronic Medical Record to Improve the Rate of Discrete Data Collection in a Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic

    Lisa Buckley1 and Eli Lourie2, 1Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, 2Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: A systematic approach to clinical data collection is critical to enhancing patient outcomes, enabling research and quality improvement initiatives, and benchmarking performance. This quality…
  • Abstract Number: 2679 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Early-Life Nutrition and Gene-Environment Interactions Influencing Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Risk: Results from a Pregnancy Cohort

    Vilde Øverlien Dåstøl1, Ida Henriette Caspersen2, Kristine Løkås Haftorn3, Sigrid Hestetun4, Siri Eldevik Håberg5, Karen H. Costenbader6, Marin Strøm7, Sjurdur Frodi Olsen8, Anne Lise Brantsæter9, Ketil Størdal10 and Helga Sanner1, 1Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 2Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health/Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 3Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, 4Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology/University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 5Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health/University of Bergen, Oslo, Norway, 6Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 7Statens Serum Institut, Department of Epidemiology Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8Statens Serum Institut,Biobank, congenital disorders, and vaccines preparedness/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Food Safety and Centre for Sustainable Diets, Oslo, Norway, 10Oslo University Hospital, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine/University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Early-life nutrition may influence the risk of immune-mediated diseases like juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The benefits of breastfeeding are well established, but findings related…
  • Abstract Number: 2161 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Perceptions of the Importance of Pediatric Rheumatology Education in Pediatric Residency: A Needs Assessment

    Katherine Nowicki1, Lori Silveira2, Megan Curran1 and Laura Lockwood1, 1University of Colorado | Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    Background/Purpose: The shortage of pediatric rheumatologists and resulting limited patient access necessitates that pediatricians receive adequate training in core pediatric rheumatology (PR) topics to address…
  • Abstract Number: 2136 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Confirming The Validity Of The New EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria For Pediatric Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

    Greta Mastrangelo1, Edan Itzkovitz2, Katherine Sawicka3, Ingrid Goh4, Ari Bitnun5, Sevan Hopyan5, Paul Nathan2, Ronald laxer1 and Brian Feldman1, 1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 3The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4University of Toronto The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is a noninfectious autoinflammatory bone disease which remains a diagnosis of exclusion, as existing diagnostic criteria are not widely accepted.…
  • Abstract Number: 1822 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The Circulating Immune Profile of Systemic JIA Patients with HLA-DRB1*15 alleles, Eosinophilia, and Lung Disease

    Jennifer Cheng1, Alexandra Pommier2, Ki Pui Lam3, Evan Hsu4, Courtney Leson5, Kyle McBrearty1, Itohan Aigbekaen1, Maryam Ashoor6, Ahmad Bakhsh1, Carrie Bryant1, Siobhan Case7, Mia Chandler1, Margaret Chang1, Ezra Cohen8, Fatma Dedeoglu1, Olha Halyabar9, Jonathan Hausmann10, Melissa Hazen1, Sonia Iosim1, Liyoung Kim6, Jeffrey Lo1, Mindy Lo1, Emma Materne1, Esra Meidan11, Megan Perron12, Helene Powers13, Mary Beth Son1, Holly Wobma1, Peter Nigrovic6, Alicia Casey1, Joyce Chang1, Pui Lee4 and Lauren Henderson14, 1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Division of Immunology, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Boston Children's Hospital, Newton, MA, 5Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, 6Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, 7UpToDate, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 8Bmc, NEEDHAM, MA, 9Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Newton, MA, 10Boston Children's Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA, 11Boston Children's Hospital, Somerville, MA, 12Boston Children's Hospital, Natick, MA, 13Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 14Boston Children's Hospital, Watertown, MA

    Background/Purpose: We aimed to explore the association between HLA-DRB1*15 alleles, eosinophilia, and lung disease (LD) in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) through proteomic…
  • Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Relationships between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Cumulative Social Disadvantage, and JIA Outcomes: A CARRA Registry Study

    William Soulsby1, John Boscardin2, Daniel Horton3, Andrea Knight4, Karine Toupin-April5 and Emily von Scheven2, 1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 3Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 4Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDOH) operate across individual, family, and community levels. We previously demonstrated that cumulative social disadvantage, comprised of individual and family-level…
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