Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparing S100 Proteins and Cytokine Levels in Tears Based on Uveitis Activity Laterality in Children with JIA-associated Uveitis and Non-JIA-U
Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith¹, Virginia Miraldi Utz², Amy Cassedy¹, Sherry Thornton¹, Grant Schulert³, Alyssa Sproles⁴, Najima Mwase¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Mekibib Altaye², Alexei Grom¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of pediatric uveitis remains unclear. Studies of biomarkers using aqueous humor (AqH) identified S100 proteins, cytokines, and chemokines as potential biomarkers of…
Abstract Number: 1161 • ACR Convergence 2020
Perspectives of Radiologist Physicians in the Imaging of Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis
Farzana Nuruzzaman¹, Mingqian Huang², Christian Hedrich³, Hermann Girschick⁴, Julie Cherian⁵, T. Shawn Sato⁶, Karen Onel⁷, Polly Ferguson⁸ and Yongdong Zhao⁹, ¹Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, 10003, NY, ³University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Vivantes Children’s Hospital, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁵Stony Brook Children�s Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁹University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Radiological imaging is integral to the diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) and has been included as a central component in suggested diagnostic criteria…
Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Start Time Optimization of Biologic Therapy in Polyarticular JIA Study: Report of Primary Study Outcomes
Yukiko Kimura¹, George Tomlinson², Laura Schanberg³, Mary Ellen Riordan⁴, Anne Dennos⁵, Vincent Del Gaizo⁶, Katherine Murphy⁷, Pamela F. Weiss⁸, Brian Feldman⁹ and Sarah Ringold¹⁰, ¹Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ²Department of Medicine, University Hospital Network, Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Hackensack University Medical Center, Westwood, NJ, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Whitehouse Station, NJ, ⁷Lousiana Department of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, ⁸Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, ⁹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: There is uncertainty regarding when to start biologic medications for polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (P-JIA). The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) developed…
Abstract Number: 1671 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identifying Rare Genetic Variants in Childhood-onset Monogenic Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Misztal¹, Fangming Liao², Sergey Naumenko³, Andrea Knight⁴, Daniela Dominguez⁵, JingJing Cao², Declan Webber⁶, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram⁷, Deborah Levy⁶, Andrew Paterson², Earl D. Silverman⁸ and Linda Hiraki⁹, ¹Genetics & Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Oakville, ON, Canada, ²Genetics & Genome Biology, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ³The Centre for Computational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto., Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Among children diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), there exists monogenic forms of SLE, where rare variants in a single gene lead to disease.…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2020
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis: Different Histological Classifications, but Which One Is Most Strongly Associated to the Outcome of the Disease? Pilot Study of the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Vasculitis Working Party
Martina Held¹, Mario Sestan¹, Marijana Coric¹, Stela Bulimbasic¹, Teresa Giani², Neil Martin³, Nastasia Cekada¹, Sasa Srsen⁴, Ana Gudelj Gracanin⁵, Domagoj Kifer⁶, Merav Heshin⁷, Angelo Ravelli⁸, Rolando Cimaz⁹, Seza Ozen¹⁰, Alenka Gagro¹¹, Marijan Frkovic¹ and Marija Jelusic¹, ¹University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ²Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ³Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Dubrava, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁶Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹¹Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the main and almost the only cause of morbidity and mortality among children suffering from this most common vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 0530 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pediatric APS: Clinical Features, Therapeutic Interventions, and Damage in a Series of 22 Cases
Jacqueline Madison¹, Kelsey Gockman¹ and Jason Knight², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a thromboinflammatory disease classically defined by the presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies and either thrombotic events or pregnancy morbidity.…
Abstract Number: 0732 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changing Evidence over Time: Updated Meta-analysis Regarding Anti-TNF Efficacy in Childhood Chronic Uveitis
Ilaria Maccora¹, Eleonora Fusco², Edoardo Marrani³, AV Ramanan⁴ and Gabriele Simonini⁵, ¹Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, School of Human Health Science, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, School of Human Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁴Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence; NEUROFARBA Department, University of Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: To summarize evidence regarding efficacy of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNFα) in childhood autoimmune chronic uveitis (cACU), refractory to common disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).Methods:…
Abstract Number: 1164 • ACR Convergence 2020
Frequency of Genetic Diagnosis in an Autoinflammatory Disease Natural History Protocol Cohort of Patients
Katelin R. Honer¹, Kim Johnson¹, Gema Souto Adeva¹, Gina Montealegre Sanchez², Jenna Wade³, Jacob Mitchell¹, Katherine Townsend³, Adriana de Jesus⁴ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky⁵, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, ³Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, ⁴Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS)/NIAID/NIH, Potomac, MD
Background/Purpose: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (AID) are caused by innate immune dysregulation resulting in systemic inflammation and variable organ-specific clinical manifestations. The Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section…
Abstract Number: 1493 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinct Patient-level Patterns of Response to Methotrexate in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Stephanie Shoop-Worrall¹, Kimme Hyrich², Lucy Wedderburn³, Wendy Thomson⁴ and Nophar Geifman⁵, ¹Centre for Health Informatics, Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³UCL, UCLH, GOS Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Health Informatics, The University of Manchester, Manchester
Background/Purpose: Treatment response in JIA is often viewed as a binary outcome: response or non-response, usually assessed using composite, multidimensional measures, such as the juvenile…
Abstract Number: 1672 • ACR Convergence 2020
Renal Activity Index for Lupus Nephritis Distinguishes Active Renal Disease Among Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Najla Aljaberi¹, Arjun Mathur², Steffy Jose³, Theresa Hennard⁴, Angela Merritt¹, Qing Ma⁵, James Rose⁵, Rashmi Sahay⁶, Chunyan Liu⁶, Scott Wenderfer⁷ and Hermine I Brunner⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³Renal Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Divison of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁶Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁷Renal Section, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ⁸PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Renal involvement in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Current tools to identify lupus nephritis (LN) fall…
Abstract Number: 1691 • ACR Convergence 2020
Applied Geostatistics in Pediatric Rheumatology – Spatial Clustering of IgA Vasculitis
Matej Sapina¹, Marijan Frkovic², Mario Sestan², Sasa Srsen³, Aleksandar Ovuka⁴, Mateja Batnozic Varga⁵, Nastasia Cekada², Karolina Kramaric⁶, Dario Brdaric⁷, Kresimir Milas⁵, Alenka Gagro⁸ and Marija Jelusic², ¹University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ²University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ³University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁴University Hospital Centre Rijeka, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia, Rijeka, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁶University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁷Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Institute of Public Health for the Osijek-Baranja County, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁸Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: IgA vasculitis (IgAV) is the most common childhood vasculitis, which etiology seems to be related to the combination of genetic as well as environmental…
Abstract Number: 0597 • ACR Convergence 2020
Telemedicine in Pediatric Rheumatology During COVID-19: The PR-COIN Experience
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Nancy Pan², Julia Harris³, Andrew Warmin⁴, Janalee Taylor⁴, Sheetal Vora⁵, Fatima Barbar-Smiley⁶, Jon Burnham⁷, Tzielan Lee⁸, Cagri Yildirim-Toruner⁹, Kendra Wiegand¹⁰ and Esi Morgan¹¹, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ⁶Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁷Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Nationwide Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹⁰Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ¹¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Healthcare teams were forced to rethink the way they practiced medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many teams transitioned from conducting in-person visits to virtual…
Abstract Number: 0733 • ACR Convergence 2020
Practice Patterns for Tapering Medications in the Treatment of JIA-associated Uveitis
Ivan Foeldvari¹, Jens Klotsche², Sheila Angeles-Han³, Jordi Anton⁴, Gabriele Simonini⁵, Nadine Groesch² and Jean Baer⁶, ¹Head of the Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Budapest, Hungary, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Firenze, Italy, ⁶Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis associated uveitis (JIAU) is the most common extra-articular manifestation of JIA, and occurs in approximately 10% of affected children. Although there…
Abstract Number: 1165 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of Healthcare Claims Algorithms for Identification of Herpes Zoster Among Children with Autoimmune/Autoinflammatory Disease
Beth Rutstein¹, Sabrina Gmuca², Jeffrey S. Gerber² and Alexis Ogdie³, ¹The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is a known serious infectious complication in children with autoimmune/autoinflammatory disease and potentially exacerbated by immunomodulatory medications. Information on HZ burden…
Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient-Reported Adverse Events, Quality of Life and Treatment Adherence in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Analysis of Two Large International Cohorts
Alessandra Alongi¹, Maria Trachana², Valda Stanevicha³, Laura Marinela Ailioaie⁴, Elena Tsitsami⁵, Angelo Ravelli⁶, Alessandro Consolaro⁶ and Nicolino Ruperto⁷, ¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ²Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece, ³Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, ⁴Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, ⁵Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, Athens, Greece, ⁶Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁷Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients may experience significant medication-related adverse effects (AEs), which may adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL), daily activities and…

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