Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

Abstract Number: 0746 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Frailty on Mortality in GCA and PMR: A Retrospective Cohort
Fatima Hassan¹, Michael Putman² and Sebastian E Sattui³, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Menomonee Falls, WI, ²The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Frailty, a syndrome associated with decreased physiologic reserve, is associated with adverse outcomes. The prevalence and impact of baseline frailty on the risk of…
Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real-World Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors Compared to Methotrexate in Steroid-Refractory Frail Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E Sattui¹, Christian Dejaco², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Sebastian H Unizony⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medical University of Graz, Department of Rheumatology, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Morristown, NJ, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: A previous post hoc analysis of frail (defined by claims-based frailty index [CFI] ≥0.2) patients with PMR on second line (2L) and 3L treatment…
Abstract Number: 0749 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and characteristics of subclinical Polymyalgia Rheumatica in patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Javier Narváez¹, Paola Vidal-Montal², Martí Aguilar-Coll³, Montserrat Roig Kim⁴, Laia De Daniel Bisbe⁴, Monica Cubells⁵, Aina Fabregat⁶, Judith Palacios-Olid³, Pol Maymó-Paituvi⁴, Carmen Moragues³ and Joan Miquel Nolla⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, 18F-FDG PET-CT often reveals findings suggestive of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who lack symptoms or…
Abstract Number: 1910 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical profile and healthcare resource utilization of patients diagnosed with giant cell arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica in the US: a real-world cohort study using a large database of administrative health claims
Julie Mouchet¹, Tim Nguyen², Valeria Jordan M.³, G S Ramakrishna⁴, Linda Grinnell-Merrick², Andrew Heaney⁵, Anushka Mitra Das⁵, Pooja Shah⁶ and Evi Zhuleku⁷, ¹Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, ³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Tenafly, NJ, ⁴Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Hyderabad, India, ⁵Novartis Ireland Ltd, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Cytel Inc, Cambridge, ON, Canada, ⁷Cytel Inc, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are systemic inflammatory conditions which predominantly affect individuals over the age of 50 years. The conditions…
Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica in the ARTESER giant cell arteritis cohort
Maite Silva-Diaz¹, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro², Rafael B. Melero-González³, Elisa Fernández-Fernández⁴, Jesús Alejandro Valero⁵, Ismael González⁶, Julio Sánchez Martín⁷, Javier Narváez⁸, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁹, Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres¹⁰, lydia Abasolo Alcazar¹¹, Javier Loricera¹², Noemí Garrido¹³, Santos Castañeda¹⁴, Carlota L Iñiguez¹⁵, Alicia Garcia¹⁶, Clara Molina Almela¹⁷, María Alcalde Villar¹⁸, Antonio Juan Mas¹⁹ and Ricardo Blanco²⁰, ¹Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, ²Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ³COMPLEXO HOSPITALARIO UNIVERSITARIO DE OURENSE, O Carballino, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Donosti, Donosti, Spain, ⁶Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹¹IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital del Bierzo, Ponferrada, Castilla y Leon, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatologist, La Laguna, Spain, ¹⁷Consorci Hospital General Universitari de València, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitari Son Llàtzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ²⁰Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic granulomatous vasculitis affecting medium- and large-sized arteries (1). The classic symptoms are cranial symptoms, including headache, jaw…
Abstract Number: 1987 • ACR Convergence 2025
Evaluating User Engagement and Real-World Impact of a PMR-Specific Digital Symptom Assessment Tool: A 12-Month Analysis of PainSpot™
Shilpa Venkatachalam¹, Erik Stone², Ian Carroll³, angela Degrassi³, Shelley Fritz⁴ and David Curtis⁵, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Kalaheo, HI, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Meriden
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a systemic inflammatory condition affecting individuals over 50, marked by bilateral shoulder and hip stiffness and pain. Its nonspecific symptoms…
Abstract Number: 0753 • ACR Convergence 2025
Incidence of Ischemic Vision Loss Among Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Mary Peng¹, Kylie Carlson², Sebastian E Sattui³ and Michael Putman⁴, ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Ischemic vision loss affects up to one quarter of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). The incidence of ischemic vision loss among patients with…
Abstract Number: 2109 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effects of IL-6 inhibition, Methotrexate, and Glucocorticoid Monotherapy on Bone Mineral Density, 3D-DXA femoral structure and Bone Turnover Markers in GCA and PMR
Edgar Wiebe¹, Lien Meerkatt², Andriko Palmowski³, Zhivana Boyadzhieva⁴, Kerstin Rubarth⁵, Sandra Hermann¹, Burkhard Muche³, Gerhard Krönke⁶ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Individuals with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are at increased risk for osteoporosis and fragility fractures due to long-term glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: 1020 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cohort Study of European Ancestry, Geographic Region, Ambient Ultraviolet Irradiance and the Risk of Developing Polymyalgia Rheumatica among Women
Karen H. Costenbader¹, Nicole Yang², Emily Oakes², Maura Raymo³ and Jae Kang³, ¹Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is one of the most common inflammatory rheumatic diseases among older women, but little is known of its etiology, and there…
Abstract Number: 2340 • ACR Convergence 2025
Lighten the Load: Artificial Intelligence Reveals Body Mass Index Outranks Treatment in One-Year Psoriatic Arthritis Outcomes—Findings from the SPEED Trial
Alexander Garaiman¹, Sophia Massa¹, Elnaz Saeedi², Nicola Gullick³, William Tillett⁴, Raphaël Hurtubise¹, jean-guillaume letarouilly⁵ and Laura Coates⁶, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Oxford, ³Rheumatology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Personalizing care in early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is challenging. We set out to identify predictors of one-year response on the PASDAS using AI-based methods…
Abstract Number: 0756 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness and Safety of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Meta-Analysis
Ali Raza Khan¹, Nouman Shafique², Abdul Qadeer¹ and zaigham Shaukat¹, ¹Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, ²AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL
Background/Purpose: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) and Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) are different manifestations of the same disease process. GCA is a vasculitis that affects large and…
Abstract Number: 1698 • ACR Convergence 2024
Assessment of the Remission Maintenance After Tocilizumab Withdrawal in Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients Receiving a 6-month Treatment
Baptiste Chevet¹, Aghiles Souki², nowak emmanuel², Guillermo CARVAJAL ALEGRIA³, Emmanuelle Dernis⁴, Christophe Richez⁵, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁶, DANIEL WENDLING⁷, ERIC TOUSSIROT⁸, aleth Perdriger⁹, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹⁰, Renaud FELTEN¹¹, Bruno Fautrel¹², laurent chiche¹³, Anne Walliser-Lohse¹⁴, Pascal Hilliquin¹⁵, Catherine Le Henaff¹⁶, Benjamin Dervieux¹⁷, Guillaume Direz¹⁸, Isabelle Valckenaere¹⁹, Divi Cornec²⁰, Dewi Guellec²¹, Thierry Marhadou²², Alain SARAUX²³ and Valerie Devauchelle²⁴, ¹University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France, ²Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire (CHU) de Brest, Brest, France, ³CHRU de Tours, Tours, France, ⁴CH LE MANS, LE MANS, Pays de la Loire, France, ⁵Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁶Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁷University Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁸university hospital of BESANCON, besancon, France, ⁹Rennes University, Rennes, France, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ¹¹Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, STRASBOURG, France, ¹²INSERM, UMRS 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Sorbonne University – Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹³hopital europeen, marseille, France, ¹⁴Hopital Nord Franche-Comté, BELFORT, France, ¹⁵Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France, ¹⁶Hopital de Morlaix, Morlaix, France, ¹⁷CH de Mulhouse - Competence center for autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine, Mulhouse, France, ¹⁸Hôpital du Mans, Le Mans, France, ¹⁹CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France, ²⁰Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ²¹CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ²²CHU Cavale Blanche, Brest, France, ²³CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²⁴UBO, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: The SEMAPHORE trial1 was a randomized controlled prospective study to assess the safety and efficacy (success defined by PMR-AS≤10 and GC≤5mg or GC decrease…
Abstract Number: 0762 • ACR Convergence 2024
Different Giant Cell Arteritis Phenotypes May Present Distinct Types of Ischemic Complications
Helena M Amar Muñoz¹, Juan Molina-Collada¹, Isabel Castrejon², irene monjo³, Elisa Fernández-Fernández:⁴, José María Álvaro-Gracia⁵ and Eugenio De Miguel⁶, ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, MADRID, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain, ³University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴La Paz University Hospital, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To determine if the subtype of vascular ultrasound (US) presentation is associated with different types of ischemic complications (IC) in giant cell arteritis (GCA).Methods: Retrospective…
Abstract Number: 1700 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Effectiveness of Sarilumab vs. Methotrexate as a Glucocorticoid-Sparing Agent in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie², Shanette Daigle³ and Sebastian E. Sattui⁴, ¹The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³FASTER, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition that typically affects older individuals for whom long term glucocorticoid (GC) use may be undesirable. Moreover, the…
Abstract Number: 0768 • ACR Convergence 2024
Addressing Gaps in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Systematic Literature Review
Shelley Fritz¹, Angela Degrassi², Kelly Gavigan², Ruohan Hong³, Santiago Munoz Perez², Esteban Rivera⁴, Erik Stone⁵, Laura Stradford⁶, Ambika Vartak², Anne Sydor² and Shilpa Venkatachalam³, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Kalaheo, HI, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Long Island City, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ⁶Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: This systematic literature review on polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and PMR with giant cell arteritis (GCA) evaluates existing literature on disease burden, management, and treatment…

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