Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

Abstract Number: 0975 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Management of Patients with Comorbidities and Frailty in New Onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Sebastian E. Sattui¹, FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT², Merav Lidar³, Kerri Ford⁴, Stefano Fiore⁵, Lita Araujo⁴, Timothy Beukelman⁶, Fenglong Xie⁷ and Jeffrey Curtis⁸, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, ⁴Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁶Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: PMR, a common inflammatory rheumatic disease in older adults, is primarily treated with glucocorticoids (GC). A high comorbidity burden in PMR may increase the…
Abstract Number: 2508 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Impact of Lipid Profile Parameters on the Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Single-arm Meta-Analysis
Nouman Shafique¹, Ali Raza Khan², Abdul Qadeer², zaigham Shaukat² and Rabia Iqbal², ¹AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL, ²Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), accounting for nearly 40% of their mortality.…
Abstract Number: 0310 • ACR Convergence 2024
I-CARE Program: Interest of Multidisciplinary Systematic Screening Program for Comorbidities for Patients Suffering from Arthritis Rheumatoid DiseasE: A Real Life Study
Amine Mouamnia, Armentieres Hospital Center, Armentieres, France
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory and auto-immune disease are associated to comordities. Indeed, patients suffering from arthritis rheumatoid disease (ARD) such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)…
Abstract Number: 1238 • ACR Convergence 2024
Role of Patient Reported Outcomes in Predicting Disease Relapse at One Year in Those with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², seoidin McKittrick³, Robert Harrington⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: One of the most significant unmet needs in the management of those with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the lack of a disease stratification tool…
Abstract Number: 2513 • ACR Convergence 2024
Frequency, Diagnosis, and Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Germany – Database Analysis of Medical Insurance Data
Wolfgang Schmidt¹, Marco Alibone², Paul Ludwig², Dominik Obermüller², Dennis Häckl³, Katrin Tönnessen⁴, Mirjam Fließer⁴, Franziska Karl⁴, Hien Nguyen⁴, Annika Boas⁴ and Nils Venhoff⁵, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²InGef-Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany, ³WIG2 GmbH, Leipzig, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: To date, there is limited data on the epidemiology of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in Germany. National prevalence estimates suggest only 69,000 affected individuals, which…
Abstract Number: 0739 • ACR Convergence 2024
One Year Outcomes in Those with Isolated PMR Recruited via a Fast Track PMR Clinic
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², Robert Harrington³, seoidin McKittrick⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: To date the longitudinal outcomes of those with isolated Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) are poorly understood, owing largely to the fact that in the majority…
Abstract Number: 1318 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient Anxiety, Fear, and Kinesiophobia: Challenges Shared by UK Physiotherapists in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica – Findings from a Qualitative Study
Anne O'Brien¹, Sara Muller¹, Jennifer Liddle², Martin Thomas¹ and Christian D Mallen³, ¹Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, ²Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest rheumatic condition affecting older people. 35% of newly diagnosed patients report anxiety, (Muller et al., 2016) which, with…
Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluation of an Accelerated Physical Aging Phenotype in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², seoidin McKittrick³, Robert Harrington⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease in older adults, and aging has been postulated to be central to its pathophysiology.…
Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2024
Co-occurrence of Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Insights from a Retrospective Analysis
Vivekanand Tiwari¹, chih fang², Emily Campbell³, Katherine loomba², Nisha Khubchandani², shikha shah² and William Rigby⁴, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, ³Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, ⁴Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Norwich, VT
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related conditions that often co-occur.1 Approximately half of all patients with GCA experience PMR…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2024
Serum Markers of Disease Activity in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², seoidin McKittrick³, Robert Harrington⁴, David Kane⁵ and Richard Conway⁶, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ⁴St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, D24, Ireland, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: A significant unmet need in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the lack of a disease specific serum biomarker for diagnosis, and monitoring of disease activity.…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2024
Challenges in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis: Steroid Dependence and Preventive Care
Vivekanand Tiwari¹, chih fang², Katherine loomba², Nisha Khubchandani², shikha shah² and William Rigby³, ¹Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, ³Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Norwich, VT
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) are systemic inflammatory disorders treated with prolonged corticosteroid therapy. Prolonged use of corticosteroids is a significant…
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…

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