Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

Abstract Number: 1175 • ACR Convergence 2025
Secukinumab In Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis with Polymyalgia Rheumatica Symptoms: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 2 TitAIN Study
Nils Venhoff¹, Wolfgang Schmidt², Raoul Bergner³, Juergen Rech⁴, Leonore Unger⁵, Stephanie Finzel⁶, Ioana Andreica⁷, David Kofler⁸, Stefan Weiner⁹, Prof. Dr. med. Peter Lamprecht¹⁰, Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹¹, Meryl Mendelson¹², Weibin Bao¹³, Monica Keyport¹⁴, Meron Maricos¹⁵, Valeria Jordan M.¹⁶ and Jens Thiel¹⁷, ¹University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; Waldfriede Hospital, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine A, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Municipal Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁴Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany, ⁶Universitétsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Herne, Germany, ⁸University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ⁹Brüderkrankenhaus Trier, Trier, Germany, ¹⁰University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ¹¹LMU Hospital, Division for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Munich, Bayern, Germany, ¹²Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Larchmont, NY, ¹³Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Hanover, NJ, ¹⁴Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Stillwater, MN, ¹⁵Novartis, Nürnberg, Germany, ¹⁶Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Tenafly, NJ, ¹⁷University Hospital Freiburg, Medical University Graz, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: GCA and PMR are closely related, immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases often occurring concurrently in individuals over 50.1,2 While glucocorticoids (GC) are the mainstay of…
Abstract Number: 1150 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of IL-17A on synovial fibroblast from subacromial bursae
Andre Ramon¹, Hélène Greigert², baptiste lamarthée³, Corentin Richard⁴, claudie Cladière³, Noemie Klopfenstein³, Ludovic Labattut⁵, Alice Bordet⁵, Sylvain Audia⁶, Romain boidot⁴, jean-francis Maillefert¹, Bernard Bonnotte⁷ and Maxime Samson⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Université Bourgogne Europe, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ²Vascular Medicine, Université Bourgogne Europe, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ³Marie et Louis Pasteur University, EFS, INSERM, UMR RIGHT, Besançon, France, Dijon, France, ⁴Molecular Biology Unit, Georges-François Leclerc Cancer Center, UNICANCER, Dijon, France, Dijon, France, ⁵Orthopedic Surgery, Université Bourgogne Europe, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ⁶Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Université Bourgogne Europe, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ⁷Internal medicine and clinical immunology, Université Bourgogne Europe , CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, ⁸CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is characterized by increases in serum IL-6 and the proportion of Th17 cells in circulating blood. During PMR, IL-6 may originate…
Abstract Number: 1102 • ACR Convergence 2025
Checkpoint Inhibitor Inflammatory Arthritis: Single Center Case Identification and Chart Validation.
Julia Barasch¹, Nilasha Ghosh², Deanna Jannat-Khah³, Kyle Ge⁴, Jeffrey Curtis⁵ and Anne R. Bass³, ¹NYP- Weill Cornell, New York, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: New onset inflammatory arthritis (IA) is reported in 6% of patients who receive immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). We previously developed an administrative claims-based algorithm…
Abstract Number: 1101 • ACR Convergence 2025
Distinct Clinical Phenotypes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Associated Arthritis: Comparative Analysis of Inflammatory Arthritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica-like, Activated Crystalline, and Activated Osteoarthritis
Heba Altarawneh¹, Gregory Challener², Mazen Nasrallah³, Janeth Yinh⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵ and Minna Kohler⁶, ¹Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²MGH, Boston, MA, ³MGB-Salem Hospital, Lynn, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)–associated arthritis has been classified into distinct phenotypes, including inflammatory arthritis (IA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)-like syndrome, activated crystalline arthritis, and activated…
Abstract Number: 2539 • ACR Convergence 2025
Patient-reported outcomes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica under rheumatology care: baseline data from the ENRICH-PMR cohort
Sebastian E Sattui¹, Amy Mudano², Yujie Su², Sandeep Sodhi³, Fenglong Xie⁴, Iris Navarro-Millan⁵, Robyn Domsic⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research (FASTER), Hoover, AL, ³Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ⁴The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Worse health-related quality of life has been reported in individuals with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), yet the factors contributing to this burden – including the…
Abstract Number: 1097 • ACR Convergence 2025
Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis highlighting differences with the idiopathic forms
Elvis Hysa¹, Andrea Casabella², Emanuele Gotelli³, Rosanna Campitiello⁴, Carlo Genova⁴, Enrica Teresa Tanda⁴, Carmen Pizzorni⁵, Alberto Sulli⁵, Vanessa Smith⁶, Marco Amedeo Cimmino⁷, Sabrina Paolino⁵ and Maurizio Cutolo⁴, ¹University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ²IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, ³University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ⁴University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁵University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁷Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, Villa Ravenna, Chiavari, Italy, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: An altered immune tolerance disturbed by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) may contribute to new-onset polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) in treated…
Abstract Number: 2526 • ACR Convergence 2025
Infection Risk Associated with Steroid-Sparing Therapies in GCA, PMR, and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Systematic Review
Divya Sudireddy¹, Brent Leung², Jean Liew³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, David Felson³, Michael LaValley⁵ and David Flynn², ¹Boston Medical Center, Westborough, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, ³Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) often require long-term glucocorticoid (GC) therapy, increasing the risk of infections, particularly in…
Abstract Number: 1084 • ACR Convergence 2025
Access to rheumatology care in patients with new diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica: analysis from a national inception cohort
Sebastian E Sattui¹, Orysya Soroka², Manuel Carpio Tumba³, Emily Holladay⁴, Fenglong Xie⁵, Sarah Mackie⁶, Jeffrey Curtis⁷, Robyn Domsic³ and Iris Navarro-Millan⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Edmond, OK, ⁵The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are commonly diagnosed and cared for by non-rheumatology providers (i.e., primary care). Lack of access to specialty care can…
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: 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: 0743 • ACR Convergence 2024
Higher Baseline FDG Musculoskeletal Uptake at PET/CT Is Associated with a Higher Remission Rate in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective 3-year Observational Study
Elvis Hysa¹, Dario Camellino², Cristina Bernini³, Paolo Vittoriano Clini⁴, Matteo Bauckneht⁵, silvia Morbelli⁶, Gianmario Sambuceti⁵, Emanuele Gotelli⁷, Alberto Sulli⁸, Maurizio Cutolo⁷ and Marco Amedeo Cimmino¹, ¹Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Local Health Trust 3, Genoa, Italy, ³Emergency Medicine Department, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy,, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Nuclear Medicine Unit and Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁶University of Torino, Torino, Italy, ⁷Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ⁸Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy., Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are related inflammatory diseases characterized by increased musculoskeletal and vascular uptakes of 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) at positron…
Abstract Number: 1622 • ACR Convergence 2024
18F-FDG PET/CT in LVV During Active and Inactive Disease Phases Is Associated with the Metabolic Profile, but Not with Macrophage-related Cytokines: Results of an Integrated Analysis
Dimitrios Anastasios Palamidas¹, Georgios Kalykakis², Dimitra Benaki³, Loukas chatzis¹, Ourania Argyropoulou⁴, Panagiota Palla⁴, Antonia Kollia⁵, Pavlos Kafouris⁵, Marinos Metaxas⁵, Andreas Goules⁶, Emmanuel Mikros⁷, Konstantinos Kambas⁸, Constantinos Anagnostopoulos⁵ and Athanasios Tzioufas⁹, ¹Pathophysiology Department, Athens School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Cholargos Athens, Greece, ²Department of Informatics, Ionian University, Kerkyra, Greece, Athens, Greece, ³Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁴Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Athens, Greece, ⁵PET-CT Department & Preclinical Imaging Unit, Center for Experimental Surgery, Clinical & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece., Athens, Greece, ⁶GENERAL HOSPITAL LAIKO ATHENS, Athens, Greece, ⁷Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece., Athens, Greece, ⁸Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Immunology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece., Athens, Greece, ⁹LAIKO HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) may affect temporal arteries (cranial-GCA) or may present as a systemic disease extended to the large vessels [Large Vessel Vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 0747 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clofutriben to Improve the Benefit-Risk Profile of Prednisolone in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT¹, Andrea Everding², Ioana Andreica³, Herbert Kellner⁴, Florian Schuch⁵, Tonya K Marmon⁶, Frank S Czerwiec⁷, Ketan Desai⁸ and David A Katz⁹, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Hamburger Rheuma Forschungszentrum II, Hamburg, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Schwerpunktpraxis f�r Rheumatologie und Gastroenterologie, Munich, Germany, ⁵PGRN, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Marmon Biostatistics, Seattle, WA, ⁷Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portand, OR, ⁸IMC, Easton, PA, ⁹Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD-1) differentially regulates intracellular glucocorticoid levels in the immune system and glucocorticoid toxicity target organs. Clofutriben is a potent HSD-1…
Abstract Number: 1629 • ACR Convergence 2024
Subclinical Giant Cell Arteritis in Polymyalgia Rheumatica Has a Different Vascular Ultrasound Phenotype Than Giant Cell Arteritis
Sharon Cowley¹, Patricia Harkins², Colm Kirby³, Richard Conway⁴, David Kane⁵, Rositsa Karalilova⁶, Pierluigi Macchioni⁷, Christina Ponte⁸, Edoardo Conticini⁹, Alessandro Tomelleri¹⁰, Sara Monti¹¹, irene monjo¹², Zguro Batalov¹³, Giulia Klinowski⁷, Paolo Falsetti¹⁴, Corrado Campochiaro¹⁵, Alojzija Hocevar¹⁶ and Eugenio De Miguel¹⁷, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ³Tallaght University Hospital, DUBLIN, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Clinic of Rheumatology, Medical University Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Ospedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Emilia, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁹Università di Siena, Siena, Italy, ¹⁰Unit of Immunology, Allergology and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, ¹¹IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ¹²University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹⁴Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Unit, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, Siena, Italy, ¹⁵IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁶University Medical Center Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Subclinical GCA in PMR has been estimated to affect 1 in 5 patients as assessed by vascular ultrasound [1, 2]. This study compared the ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 0748 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors versus Conventional Synthetic Immunomodulatory Therapy for Treatment of Frail Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E. Sattui¹, Christian Dejaco², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Sebastian Unizony⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Winchester, MA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is hindered by lack of glucocorticoid (GC)-sparing therapies with proven efficacy. A retrospective study showed a higher proportion of…

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