Abstracts tagged "Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)"

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…
Abstract Number: 1637 • ACR Convergence 2024
Giant Cell Arteritis-Polymyalgia Rheumatica Spectrum Disease: Relation with Neoplasms and Role as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome
Pablo Muñoz Martínez¹, Claudia Fernandez Ruiz², Elena Grau García³, Samuel Leal Rodriguez³, José Ivorra-Cortés⁴, Carmen Riesco Barcena⁵, Anderson Huaylla Quispe⁵, Laura Mas Sánchez⁶, Daniel Ramos Castro⁵, Alba Torrat noves⁷, Iago Alcantara Alvarez⁸, Belén Villanueva Mañés⁸, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa⁸, Andrés Pérez Hurtado⁵ and Jose A Román-Ivorra⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, Sagunto, Spain, ²Escuela de Doctorado. UCV, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Fe, PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Resident at Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valéncia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: The dysregulation of the immune system inherent in inflammatory diseases may contribute to the development of neoplasms. However, the relationship between the giant cell…
Abstract Number: 0755 • ACR Convergence 2024
Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Glucocorticoids Use in Patients with New Onset Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Anisha Dua¹, Andrea Rubbert-Roth², Kerri Ford³, Stefano Fiore⁴, Lita Araujo³, Timothy Beukelman⁵, Fenglong Xie⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ²Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland, ³Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁵Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), a common inflammatory rheumatic condition in people aged ≥50 years, is primarily treated with glucocorticoids (GC). Extended GC therapy can increase…
Abstract Number: 1697 • ACR Convergence 2024
Results of a One Year Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial with Methotrexate 25mg Per Week for Recently Diagnosed PolyMyalgia Rheumatica
Thomas Bolhuis¹, Noortje Kooijman¹, Diane Marsman¹, Gijs Snijders², Alfons den Broeder³, Nathan den Broeder⁴ and Aatke Van der maas⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, The Netherlands, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Gelre Ziekenhuizen, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Gelre, Netherlands, ³Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands, ⁴Sint Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ⁵St Maartenskliniek, Ubbergen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The most effective treatment for Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are glucocorticoids (GC), but these are associated with toxicity. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest methotrexate…
Abstract Number: 0267 • ACR Convergence 2023
Variations in Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica Among Australian Rheumatologists
Victor Yang¹, Jem Ninan², David Liew¹, Helen Keen³, Catherine Hill⁴ and Jessica Leung⁵, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ²University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ³University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ⁴The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁵Austin Health, Preston, Australia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the second-most common inflammatory rheumatic disease but there remains variation amongst rheumatologists in approaches to diagnosis and management. This study…
Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2023
MRI-determined Intramuscular Fat Changes During Oral Glucocorticoid Treatment: Findings from a Feasibility Study
Thurkka Rajeswaran¹, Emma Harris², hannah Mathieson¹, John Biglands³, Paul Stewart¹, Ai Lyn Tan¹ and Sarah Mackie⁴, ¹University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, ³NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre and Medical Physics and Engineering , Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Oral glucocorticoid therapy has many adverse effects including insulin resistance and myopathy. Long-term glucocorticoid therapy causes a "sarcopenic obesity" phenotype of adiposity with muscle…
Abstract Number: 0717 • ACR Convergence 2023
Mitochondria-mediated Platelet Activation in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Despoina Michailidou¹, Linda Johansson², Jorge Armando Gonzalez-Chapa¹, Ting Wang¹, Junmei Chen³, José A. López³, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist⁴ and Christian Lood¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Umea University, Umea, Sweden, ³Bloodworks Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁴Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Platelets have been suggested to be involved in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) pathogenesis with elevated platelet activation observed in early stages of the disease. Upon…
Abstract Number: 1890 • ACR Convergence 2023
Use of Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Polymyalgia Rheumatica on 18F-FDG Whole Body PET/CT in Patients with Atypical Clinical Features
Emily Martin¹, Christopher McMaster¹, Saskia Rowson¹, Victor Yang¹, Aurora Poon¹, Bonnia Liu¹, Jessica Leung², Andrew Scott¹, David Liew¹ and Claire Owen³, ¹Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, ²Austin Health, Preston, Australia, ³Austin Health, Malvern East, Australia
Background/Purpose: PET/CT is a highly sensitive and specific test for diagnosing PMR.(1) This study investigated the utility of 18F-FDG whole body PET/CT in patients presenting…
Abstract Number: 0718 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical and Economic Burden of Polymyalgia Rheumatica in Patients with an Inadequate Response to Glucocorticoids in a Real-World Setting
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Lita Araujo², Stefano Fiore², Sebastian Sattui³, John Stone⁴, Kerri Ford² and Fenglong Xie⁵, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA, ⁵Illumination Health, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: The burden of continuing glucocorticoids (GCs) in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) who have an inadequate response (IR)to GCs has not been evaluated.Methods: An…
Abstract Number: 2392 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterization of Arterial Dendritic Cells in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
andre ramon¹, helene Greigert², corentin Richard³, claudie cladière⁴, coraline genet⁵, marion ciudad⁶, georges tarris⁷, laurent martin⁸, louis arnould⁹, catherine creuzot-garcher¹⁰, paul ornetti¹¹, Sylvain Audia¹², romain boidot³, jean-Francis Maillefert¹¹, Bernard Bonnotte² and Maxime Samson², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ³Département de Biologie et de Pathologie des Tumeurs, ICMUB UMR CNRS 6302, Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, France, ⁴INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR 1098, RIGHT Graft-Host-Tumor Interactions/Cellular and Genetic Engineering, Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Dijon, France, ⁵INSERM 1098 RIGHT Graft-Host-Tumor Interactions/Cellular and Genetic Engineering, Dijon, France, ⁶INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR 1098, RIGHT Graft-Host-Tumor Interactions/Cellular and Genetic Engineering, Dijon, France, ⁷Department of Pathology, Dijon-Bourgogne university Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁸Department of Pathology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁹Department of Ophtalmology, Dijon-Bourgogne university Hospital, Dijon, France, ¹⁰Department of Ophthalmology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology , Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is associated with giant cell arteritis (GCA) in 16 to 21% of cases. This raises the question of a pathophysiological continuum…
Abstract Number: 0719 • ACR Convergence 2023
Polymyalgia Rheumatica Following SarsCOV-2 Vaccination: A Single Center Cohort Study
Lindsay Lally¹, Aliza Bloostein¹, Deanna Jannat-Khan¹ and Robert Spiera², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) incidence peaks in individuals between 70 and 80 years of age; this same group is also at increased risk of complications…
Abstract Number: 2393 • ACR Convergence 2023
CXCL9/IL-6 and MMP3/CD141 Ratio Allow to Discriminate Between Isolated PMR and GCA/PMR Overlap
andre ramon¹, helene Greigert², adrien guilloteau³, claudie cladière⁴, marion ciudad⁵, Sylvain Audia⁶, paul ornetti⁷, jean-Francis Maillefert⁷, Bernard Bonnotte² and Maxime Samson², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ³Methodological Support Unit (USMR), Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁴INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR 1098, RIGHT Graft-Host-Tumor Interactions/Cellular and Genetic Engineering, Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Dijon, France, ⁵INSERM, EFS BFC, UMR 1098, RIGHT Graft-Host-Tumor Interactions/Cellular and Genetic Engineering, Dijon, France, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology , Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are frequently overlapping conditions. It is estimated that 16 to 21% of PMR patients have GCA.…
Abstract Number: 0720 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cognitive Function and Its Associated Factors in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Patricia Harkins¹, Sharon Cowley², David Kane³ and Richard Conway⁴, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Over the past decade our understanding of the prevalence, and indeed impact of cognitive impairment in rheumatic diseases has increased. Intact cognitive function is…
Abstract Number: 2395 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recommendations for Early Referral of Patients with Suspected Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Initiative from the International Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica Study Group
Kresten Keller¹, Chetan Mukhtyar², Andreas Wiggers Nielsen³, Andrea Hemmig⁴, Sarah Mackie⁵, Sebastian Sattui⁶, Ellen Margrethe Hauge³, Anisha Dua⁷, Toby Helliwell⁸, Lorna Neil⁹, Daniel Blockmans¹⁰, Valerie Devauchelle¹¹, eric Hayes³, Annett Jansen Venneboer¹², Sara Monti¹³, Cristina Ponte¹⁴, Eugenio De Miguel¹⁵, Mark Matza¹⁶, Kenneth Warrington¹⁷, Kevin Byram¹⁸, Kinanah Yaseen¹⁹, Christine Peoples²⁰, Mike Putman²¹, Lindsay Lally²², Michael Finikiotis²⁰, Simone Appenzeller²³, Ugo Carmori²³, CARLOS ENRIQUE TORO GUTIERREZ²⁴, Elisabeth Backhouse²⁵, Maria Camila Guerrero²⁶, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz²⁷, Helen Keen²⁵, Claire Owen²⁸, Thomas Daikeler²⁹, Annette De Thurah³, Wolfgang Schmidt³⁰, Elisabeth Brouwer¹² and Christian Dejaco³¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Vasculitis service, Rheumatology department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom, ³Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ⁹Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Scotland, Perth, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹¹UBO, Brest, France, ¹²University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹⁷Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁸Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹⁹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²⁰University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ²²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²³UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ²⁴Centro de Estudios de Reumatología y Dermatología SAS, Cali, Colombia, ²⁵University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ²⁶General practice, Cali, Colombia, ²⁷Universidad Cientifica del Sur/Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ²⁸Austin Health, Malvern East, Australia, ²⁹Clinic for Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³⁰Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ³¹Azienda Sanitaria Alto Adige, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Existing EULAR/ACR guidelines on polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are focused on the management by rheumatologists. However, there is no consensus regarding early referral and evaluation…
Abstract Number: 0721 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterization of Numeric Rating Scales for Symptom Assessment in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Tonya K Marmon¹, Jason C Cole², Claire Owen³, Sarah Mackie⁴ and David Katz⁵, ¹Marmon Biostatistics, Seattle, WA, ²P3 Research Consulting, Torrance, CA, ³Austin Health, Malvern East, Australia, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁵Sparrow Pharmaceuticals, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Pain, stiffness, and fatigue have been defined as core assessment domains in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) by the OMERACT PMR Working Group (PMRWG). Patient partners…

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