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Abstracts tagged "Pediatric rheumatology"

  • Abstract Number: 0358 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Different Perspectives between Physicians and Patients on Treatment Priorities and Challenges in Still’s Disease

    Gisella Beatrice Beretta1, Luciana Pereira2, Greta Rogani3, Francesco Baldo4, Claudia Bracaglia5, Dirk Foell6, Marco Gattorno7, Marija Jelusic8, Sebastiaan Vastert3, Rashmi Sinha9 and Francesca Minoia10, 1Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, 2Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, 3University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4ASST-Pini-CTO, Milano, Milan, Italy, 5IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu', Rome, Rome, Italy, 6University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, 7IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Genoa, Italy, 8University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 9Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, 10Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Despite therapeutic advances, major concerns and disparities persist in the care of Still’s Disease (SD). Capturing both patient/caregiver and physician perspectives is essential to…
  • Abstract Number: 2181 • ACR Convergence 2025

    A Pilot High-Fidelity Simulation for Pediatric Rheumatology Learners

    John Bridges1, Livie Timmerman2 and Nicholas Rockwell3, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham

    Background/Purpose: The ACGME’s core competencies for pediatric residency training include medical knowledge, patient care, and interpersonal communication skills. At our institution, residents only spend two…
  • Abstract Number: 2142 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Multidisciplinary Rheumatology Transition Clinic for Young Adults Shows Improved Experience, Utilization, and Health Maintenance: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

    Hannah Concannon1, Jasmine Oesch2, Sara Mazzarelli2, Anne Fields2, Keisha-Gaye O'Garo2 and Rebecca Sadun3, 1Duke University School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 3Duke University, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: The transition from pediatric to adult care can pose a challenge for patients with SLE and other rheumatic diseases. These patients often face preventable…
  • Abstract Number: 1826 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Single Nuclei Multiome of JDM Muscle Biopsies Reveals Novel Upregulation of Inflammatory and Vascular Pathways

    Shannon O'Connor, Casey Swoboda, Matthew Weirauch, Alexander Zygmunt, Douglas Millay and Leah Kottyan, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a multisystem vasculopathy and inflammatory myopathy characterized by proximal muscle weakness, distinct rash, and risk of long-term complications such as…
  • Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Chronic JDM Plasma Proteomic Signature Reflects Inflammation from Immune and Tissue-resident Muscle and Skin

    Marianne Kerski1, Celine Berthier1, Benjamin Klein1, Li Chen2, Christine Goudsmit2, Sophia Matossian1, Qinmengge Li3, Chioma Madubata4, Jessica Neely5, J. Michelle Kahlenberg1 and Jessica Turnier6, 1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 3University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI, 4UCSF, SF, CA, 5UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 6University of Michigan, Saline, MI

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) and childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) are systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by overlapping yet distinct clinical manifestations and treatment responses. In this study,…
  • Abstract Number: 1300 • ACR Convergence 2025

    International Assessment of cSLE Clinical Remission (cCR) Criteria in Childhood Lupus: Sensitivity Analyses from the UK JSLE Cohort and the CARRA Registry

    Chandni Sarker1, Jennifer Cooper2, Emily Smitherman3, Flavia Alves1, Alexandre Belot4, Michael Beresford5, Andreea Jorgensen1, Eve Smith6, Laura Lewandowski7 and Rebecca Sadun8, 1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Hospices Civils de Lyon, Collonges au mont d'or, France, 5Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Department of Women's & Children's Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 6University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 7NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 8Duke University, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Consensus-derived treat-to-target (T2T) goals for childhood-onset SLE (cSLE), including clinical remission on low dose steroids (cCR), have been endorsed by the Paediatric Rheumatology European…
  • Abstract Number: 1283 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Impact of Guideline Concordant Care of Renal Outcomes in Childhood-Onset Lupus Nephritis

    Alisha Akinsete1, Orysya Soroka2, Mangala Rajan2, Karen Onel3, Monika Safford2 and Iris Navarro-Millan4, 1Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, 3HSS, New York, NY, 4Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY

    Background/Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a serious complication of lupus nephritis (LN), yet the effect of guideline-concordant care on this outcome is unclear. Despite…
  • Abstract Number: 0875 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Efficacy and Safety of Icotrokinra, a Novel Targeted Oral Peptide (IL-23R-Inhibitor), in Adolescents With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Subgroup Analyses From a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study (ICONIC-LEAD)

    Lawrence Eichenfield1, Ricardo Galimberti2, Adelaide Hebert3, Wen-Hui Wang4, Jennifer Soung5, Nina Magnolo6, John Browning7, Angela Moore8, Mark Lebwohl9, Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis10, Joseph F Merola11, Georgios Kokolakis12, Dariusch Mortazawi13, Parbeer Grewal14, Megan Miller15, Joseph Cafone16, Shu Li17, Gigi Jiang17, Fabio Nunes17, Cynthia DeKlotz18 and Amy Paller19, 1University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA, La Jolla, CA, 2Hosp Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3University of Texas Medical School-Houston, Bellaire, TX, USA, Bellaire, TX, 4Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian District, Beijing, China, Beijing, China (People's Republic), 5Southern California Dermatology, Inc, Santa Ana, CA, USA, Santa Ana, 6University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, 7Methodist Children's Hospital, San Antonio, TX, USA, San Antonio, TX, 8Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, Dallas, TX, 9Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10University Hospital Bonn, Center for Skin Diseases, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany, 11Department of Dermatology and Department of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 12Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, 13Clinical Research Center, Remscheid, Germany, Remscheid, Germany, 14University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 15Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA,, CA, 16Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, CA, 17Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, Spring House, PA, 18Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, 19Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: Icotrokinra (ICO), a novel targeted oral peptide, binds the interleukin (IL)-23 receptor to inhibit IL-23 signaling. ICONIC-LEAD (NCT06095115) is the first Phase 3 study…
  • Abstract Number: 0407 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The SOS project: to Switch Or to Swap After Adalimumab failure for the management of childhood non-infectious uveitis in an international cohort

    Ilaria Maccora1, Margaret Chang2, Sheila Angeles-Han3, Andrea Taddio4, Lampros Fotis5, Cinzia de Libero6, Madison Mangin7, Alexandra Duell8, Marco Gabrielli9, Kyveli Chiotopoulou5, Lillian Sutton10, Virginia Miraldi Utz8 and Gabriele Simonini11, 1Rheumatology Unit, ERN ReCoNNET Center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, Firenze, Florence, Italy, 2Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 4Insitute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy, 5Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, ATTIKON General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, Athene, Greece, 6Ophthalmology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, 7Boston Children's Hospital, St Simons Island, GA, 8Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 9University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Trieste, Italy, 10Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, 11Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Childhood chronic non-infectious uveitis (cNIU) is a sight-threatening condition that can lead to blindness if not appropriately treated. cNIU is typically associated with Juvenile…
  • Abstract Number: 0302 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Urine Kynurenine Pathway Biomarkers Correlate with Disease Activity and Damage Core Set Measures in JDM

    Shannon O'Connor1, Hermine Brunner1, Josh Gunn2, Payam Farhadi3, Carley Phillips4, Lisa Rider5, Alexei Grom1 and Sheila Angeles-Han6, 1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Ethos R&D, Newport, KY, 3National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 4Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 5National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Bethesda, MD, 6Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is an autoimmune vasculopathy affecting muscle, skin, and vasculature. Core set measures (CSM) assess disease activity and damage, and guide treatment.…
  • 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…
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