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Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

  • Abstract Number: 0402 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Risk Factors for Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Development in Pediatric Patients Using Adalimumab for Rheumatic Disease and Associated Conditions

    Dawn Gist1, Andrea Ramirez1, Jamie Lai2, Duc Nguyen1 and Kexin Guo1, 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands, TX

    Background/Purpose: Adalimumab is a monoclonal antibody against TNF-α that is commonly used to treat JIA, hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), chronic uveitis, sarcoidosis, and chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis…
  • Abstract Number: 0126 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Performance of the 2023 and 2006 APS Classification Criteria in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with APS: A Multisite Cohort Study

    Jacqueline Madison1, Elizabeth Sloan2, Cristina Saez3, Olivia Kwan4, Kevin Lewis1, Jonathan Marilao5, Blake Baay6, Rasha Elrefai4, Marissa Dale7, Deborah McCurdy8, Jheel Bhatt9, Sasidhar Goteti10, Ekemini Ogbu11, Jason S. Knight1 and Yu (Ray) Zuo1, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 3Children's Hospital Colorado, Glendale, CO, 4Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 5University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 6Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 7Hospital for Special Surgery/NYP Cornell, New York, NY, 8UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 9Advent Health Orlando, Orlando, FL, 10University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 11Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a thrombo-inflammatory disorder that causes significant morbidity and mortality, even in children. The 2023 ACR/EULAR classification criteria, which use weighted…
  • Abstract Number: 2537 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Variation in Treatment Approaches in IgA-Vasculitis Among Pediatricians and Pediatric rheumatologists: A Cross-Sectional International Survey

    Merav Heshin Bekenstein1, Tali Elbaz2, Yael Illous2 and Barak Kandell3, 1Tel Aviv Medical Center Israel, Binyamina, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Background/Purpose: IgA Vasculitis (IgAV) is the most common small-vessel vasculitis in children. Although there is no evidence-based recommendations for treating IgAV, the European SHARE recommendations…
  • Abstract Number: 2154 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Whole-Body MRI Findings in a Cohort of  Children with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

    Mara Rodriguez1, Maurice Davenport Munoz2, Kiery Braithwaite3, Lori Ponder4, Kelly Rouster-Stevens5, Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham6 and Sampath Prahalad7, 1Emory University School of Medicine / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2Emory University School of Medicine, Pediatrics, Atlanta, 3Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 4Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 5Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Peachtree Corners, GA, 6Emory Rollins School of Public Health Department of Global Health, Atlanta, GA, 7Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an autoinflammatory bone disorder characterized by multifocal, sterile bone inflammation in childhood. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) allows for…
  • Abstract Number: 2130 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis- Fifteen-year experience from a tertiary centre at Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ashwini Batchu Prithvi, Chaitra Govardhan, Bushra Aladaileh and Athimalaipet V Ramanan, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a chronic disease that results in significant morbidity and mortality in children1. Improved understanding of the pathophysiology of…
  • Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2025

    New-Onset Juvenile Spondyloarthritis is Characterized by Bone Metabolism Disturbances with Biomarker Potential

    Brittney Newby1, Timothy Brandon1, Pamela Weiss2 and E. John Wherry3, 1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA) management is hindered by the lack of reliable biomarkers to predict which patients will develop progressive structural changes, such as erosions…
  • Abstract Number: 1672 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Classification criteria, disease phenotypes and long-term outcomes of childhood Sjögren’s Disease into adulthood

    Coziana Ciurtin1, Ruby Gotch2, Hannah Peckham1, Robert Wilson2, Muthana AlObaidi3 and Elizabeth C Jury1, 1University College London, London, United Kingdom, 2University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, 3Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Childhood Sjögren Disease (cSjD) is a rare clinical phenotype lacking research on long-term outcomes and impact on the quality of life of young people…
  • Abstract Number: 1293 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Synovitis and periarticular soft tissues abnormalities in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: an ultrasonography study

    Marianna Freire1, Jean Paulo Veronese de Souza1, Ana Renata Oliveira1, Renata Kobayasi2, Vitor Paula3, Clovis Artur Silva4 and Lucia Maria Campos5, 1Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Centro de Desenvolvimento de Educação Médica do Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3Pediatric Radiology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 5Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) involvement occurs in up to 70% of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). MSK ultrasound (US) has emerged as a tool with greater…
  • Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Combination Therapy with Rituximab and Cyclophosphamide for Treating Pediatric Patients with Severe Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease

    Eileen Rife1, Daniel Reiff2, John Bridges3, Emily Smitherman1, randy Cron1, Matthew Stoll1, Melissa Mannion1, Peter Weiser4 and Livie Timmerman5, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, birmingham, AL, 2Boys Town Hospital, Omaha, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 4University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, 5University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL

    Background/Purpose: Current practice guidelines recommend either rituximab (RTX) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) for treatment of organ-threatening manifestations of systemic vasculitis or connective tissue disease (e.g., diffuse…
  • Abstract Number: 0427 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Risk of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Triangulating Evidence from Polygenic Risk Scores and Meta-Analysis in Scandinavian Birth Cohorts

    Vilde Øverlien Dåstøl1, Kristine Løkås Haftorn2, Maria Christine Magnus3, Sigrid Hestetun4, Siri Eldevik Håberg5, Lisa Rider6, Karen H. Costenbader7, Ida Henriette Caspersen8, Sjurdur Frodi Olsen9, Ketil Størdal10 and Helga Sanner1, 1Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 2Oslo University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway, 3Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health, 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, 6National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Bethesda, MD, 7Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 8Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Centre for Fertility and Health/Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 9Statens Serum Institut,Biobank, congenital disorders, and vaccines preparedness/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10Oslo University Hospital, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine/University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Background/Purpose: Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with a seemingly lower risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the child (1), contrasting with smoking’s…
  • Abstract Number: 0401 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Longitudinal Effectiveness of Abatacept in JIA: Results From an Ongoing JIA Registry

    Daniel Lovell1, Nicolino Ruperto2, Jennifer Huggins3, Ekaterina Alexeeva4, Colleen Correll5, John Bohnsack6, Stacey Tarvin7, Gabriele Simonini8, Thomas Griffin9, Andrew Zeft10, Gerd Horneff11, Pierre Quartier12, Iionka Orban13, Heather Walters14, Valda Stanevica15, Julisa Patel16, Adam M Huber17, Margalit Rosenkranz18, Daniel Kingsbury19, Rosie Scuccimarri20, Gabriel Vega Cornejo21, Joost Swart22, Robert Carroll23, Hermine Brunner1, Tina Sherrard24, Chiara Pallotti25, Clara Malattia26 and Alberto Martini26, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 3Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 4National Medical Research Center for Children’s Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Russian Federation Ministry of Health and I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenovskiy University), Moscow, Russia, 5University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 6University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 7Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 8Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 9Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte, NC, 10Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 11Asklepios Klinik, Hamburg, Germany, 12Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, 13Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 14Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY, 15Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia, 16Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 17IWK Grace Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, 18University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 19Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, 20McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 21Clinica de reumatología Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 22Wilhelmina Children's Hospital / UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 23Bristol Myers Squibb, London, United Kingdom, 24Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 25Istituto G. Gaslini, Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, Genova, Italy, 26Istituto G. Gaslini Pediatria II Reumatologia and University of Genova, Genova, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Abatacept is a selective T-cell co-stimulation modulator approved for use in JIA. Efficacy and safety of abatacept in patients (pts) with JIA have been…
  • Abstract Number: 0119 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Thrombin Generation Assays Inform Hypercoagulability Mediated by Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Elizabeth Sloan1, Blake Baay2, Lynnette Walters2, Paola Sparagana2, Kristina Ciaglia1, Simrat Morris1, Julie Fuller1, Lorien Nassi1, Tracey Wright1 and Ayesha Zia3, 1UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 2Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, 3UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: In pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are independent risk factors for thrombosis. However, data are limited on how aPL impact hypercoagulability.…
  • Abstract Number: 2535 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Behçet’s syndrome: distinct features in 344 pediatric and adult patients in a non-endemic region

    Ricardo Machado1, Thales Souza2, Matheus França3, Vinicius Matias4, Sylvia Farhat1, Carolina Siqueira4, Maria Carolina Santos4, Lia Steuer1, Luisa Forero1, Rafael Bassara Macedo5, Thiago Freitas6, barbara Bayeh7, Carolina Ejnisman8, Pedro Araujo9, Rafael Cordeiro10, Fabio Specian5, Verena Balbi1, Nadia Emi Aikawa11, Katia Kozu1, Clovis Artur Silva12, Lucia Maria Campos13, Adriana Elias14 and Henrique Giardini6, 1Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, 3Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 4Faculdade de Ciências Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 6Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, 7Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 10Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 12University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 13Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 14Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background/Purpose: Behçet’s syndrome (BS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by a heterogeneous clinical presentation, occurring primarily in young adults and very rarely in children…
  • Abstract Number: 2153 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Giant Coronaries in Children with Kawasaki Disease: A Single Centre Experience

    Pavneet Kaur1, Mayank Goyal2, Shivaprasad P Mohankumar2, Lamk Kidyani2, Sanjeev Kumar2, Saurabh Gupta3, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan2 and Narendra Bagri4, 1All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2AIIMS, New Delhi, India, New Delhi, Delhi, India, 3All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, 4ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Background/Purpose: Coronary artery abnormalities (CAA) are a dreaded yet potentially preventable stigmata of Kawasaki disease (KD). Giant CAA are rare but at higher risk of…
  • Abstract Number: 2128 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Prevalence of Risks and Complications in a Longitudinal International Cohort of Children with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO)

    Jessica Kent1, Eveline Wu2, Melissa Oliver3, Sivia Lapidus4, Ummusen Akca5, Adriel Liau6, Pratyush Kore7, Ian Muse8, Ava Klein6, Emily Deng6, Iris Hamilton6, Haodong Chen7, Megan Nguyen7, Tianai Li9, Avril Wilson7, Jasmine Morden7, Shima Yasin10, Aleksander Lenert11, Sara M. Stern12, Antonella Insalaco13, Manuela Pardeo14, Gabriele Simonini15, Edoardo Marrani16, Xing Wang6, Bin Huang17, Leonard Kovallick18, Natalie Rosenwasser19, Erin Balay-Dustrude20, Doaa Mosa21, Katerina Bouchalova22, Andrea Cabova23, Jenna Thomason20, Lori Tucker24, Hermann Girschick25, Ronald laxer26, Marinka Twilt27, Georgina Tiller28, Jonathan Akikusa29, Christian Hedrich30, Karen Onel31, Fatma Dedeoglu32, Seza Özen33, Polly Ferguson34 and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao35, 1Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, 2UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 4Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Montclair, NJ, 5Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 6Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, 7Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, 8University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, 9Seattle Children's Research institute, Seattle, 10Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, 11University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 12University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 13IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Italy, 14IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, 15Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 16University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, 17Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cinciannati, OH, 18The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil, Chapel Hill, 19Seattle Children's Hospital, seattle, WA, 20University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 21Mansoura University Hospitals, Mansoura City, Egypt, 22Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 23Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 24BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 25Vivantes Clinic Friedrichshain, Wuerzburg, Germany, 26The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 27Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta, Canada, 28Royal Children’s Hospital, Melborne, Australia, 29The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 30University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 31HSS, New York, NY, 32Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 33Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, 34University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 35Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Redmond, WA

    Background/Purpose: Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is associated with various comorbidities and long-term complications. The CHronic nonbacterial Osteomyelitis International Registry (CHOIR) is a multi-national database that…
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