Abstracts tagged "prevention"

Abstract Number: 1294 • ACR Convergence 2025
Implementation of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematous
Kristina Ciaglia¹ and Magan Fosso², ¹UT Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, and Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Pneumococcal vaccination is critical in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) due to their immunocompromised status and increased susceptibility to serious infections. Despite…
Abstract Number: 0211 • ACR Convergence 2025
Initial Results From a Single-Center Quality Improvement Initiative Using the Shingrix Rheumatology Immunization Dashboard Within the Veterans Health Administration
Alexandra Do¹, Lisa Matsumoto¹, Cherish Wilson², Gary Tarasovsky³, gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jennifer Barton⁵, ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are used to treat many rheumatologic diseases by modulating the patient’s immune system. However, patients on DMARDs are more susceptible…
Abstract Number: 2613 • ACR Convergence 2025
Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT reveals increased fibroblast activation in synovial and enthesial tissues of psoriasis patients with arthralgia and predicts the development of psoriatic arthritis
Giulia Corte¹, Koray Tascilar², armin Atzinger³, Alp Temiz², Melek Yalcin Mutlu⁴, Rita Noversa de Sousa⁵, Maria Gabriella Raimondo⁶, Andreas Ramming⁷, Sara Bayat², Michael Sticherling⁸, Torsten Kuwert⁹, Christian Schmidkonz⁹, Georg Schett¹⁰ and Filippo Fagni¹¹, ¹- Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, erlangen, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine ³, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, ⁶Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine ³, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, ¹⁰Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany
Background/Purpose: 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT reveals fibroblast activation in vivo and is increasingly used to assess rheumatic diseases, including inflammatory arthritides. (1,2) We previously demonstrated that the…
Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2025
Analysis of Vaccination Compliance In Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis At The Rheumatology Transitional Consultation
Andres Perez Hurtado¹, Jose Ivorra Cortes², ELENA GRAU GARCIA³, Miguel Simeo Vinaixa⁴, Iago Alcantara Alvarez⁴, Belen Villanueva Manes⁵, Alba Maria Torrat Noves⁶, Daniel Ramos Castro⁷, Pablo Muñoz Martinez⁴, Laura mas sanchez⁸, Berta López Montesinos⁹, Lucía Lacruz Pérez¹⁰ and José Andrés Román Ivorra¹¹, ¹Hospital Universitario y Politècnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Hospital La Fe, València, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁹Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Department. HUP La Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common group of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in childhood. Its early onset and the immunosuppressive treatments used to control…
Abstract Number: 0210 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improving Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Uptake in Younger Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Partnership with Specialty Pharmacy
Akhil Sood¹, Srijana Davuluri², Sheila Haidar³, De Suan Huang³, April Ochoa³, Christy Bill¹ and Janice Lin¹, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite guideline recommendations, recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) uptake remains low among immunocompromised individuals younger than 50 years of age, notably those with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 2608 • ACR Convergence 2025
Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Cardiac Manifestations in Psoriasis
Maria Dons¹, Charlotte Näslund-Koch², Morten Sengeløv³, Sofie Bøgh-Sørensen³, Kristoffer Skaarup³, Marianne Bengtson Løvendorf⁴, Filip Davidovski³, Anne Marie Reimer Jensen³, Brittany Weber⁵, Lise Lotte Gluud⁶, Claus Zachariae², Lone Skov² and Tor Biering-Sørensen³, ¹Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ²Dep. of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev & Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ³Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials, Dep. of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ⁴Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital – Herlev & Gentofte, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, DEDHAM, MA, ⁶Gastro Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital – Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is increasingly recognized as a cardiometabolic risk factor. Individuals with psoriasis have a high prevalence of MASLD, yet…
Abstract Number: 1260 • ACR Convergence 2025
Increasing Zoster Vaccination Rates in Immunosuppressed Veterans at the North Texas VA Medical Center Rheumatology Clinic
Benjamin Gardner¹, Ankitha Lingamaneni², Isabel Penabad³, Jiby Mathew⁴, Una Makris⁵, Rashmi Arora⁶, Swathi Reddy⁷ and Nagendra Pokala⁸, ¹UTSW, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴Veteran's Affairs, Rowlett, TX, ⁵UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁶VA north texas health centre Dallas, Dallas, TX, ⁷UT Southwestern Medical Center / Dallas VA Medical Center, Colleyville, TX, ⁸Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Shingles is a painful cutaneous eruption due to the reactivation of latent Varicella zoster virus. Immunocompromised adults, due to a medical condition or immunosuppressive…
Abstract Number: 0202 • ACR Convergence 2025
Saudi Society for Rheumatology Consensus Recommendation on Vaccination Strategies in Adults Saudi with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disorders
Fahidah Alenzi¹, Hanan Alrayes², Khawla K Alghanim³, FEHAID ALANAZI⁴, Mohammed Attar⁵, Mansour Alazmi⁶, Suzan Attar⁷, Nisreen Alsherbeeni⁸, Azzam Alotaibi⁹ and Fayssal M Farahat¹⁰, ¹Associate Professor and Consultant Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Riyadh Military - Prince Soltan Military Medical City ( PSMMC ) - Olaya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Consultant Rheumatologist and lupus specialist, Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, ⁴King Khaled university Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁵Al hada armed forces hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Consultant , Prince Mohammed Medical City, Aljouf , Saudi Arabia, Sakaka- Aljouf, Saudi Arabia, ⁷King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁸Consultant Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease Division Department of Medicine at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁹Consultant Internal Medicine, Allergy, and Immunology, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ¹⁰Infection Prevention and Control Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box ²²⁴⁹⁰, Riyadh ¹¹⁴²⁶, Saudi Arabia; College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box ³⁶⁶⁰, Riyadh ¹¹⁴⁸¹, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, P.O. Box ³⁶⁶⁰, Riyadh ¹¹⁴⁸¹, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) are at increased risk of infections due to both immune system dysfunction and the use of immunosuppressive…
Abstract Number: 2527 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety Profile and Impaired Humoral Response to the Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients under Immunosuppression: a Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Eduardo Borba¹, Caio Carvalho², Nadia E Aikawa³, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro², Sandra G Pasoto², Carla Saad⁴, Henrique Giardini⁵, Thiago Freitas⁵, Rafael Cordeiro⁶, Eloisa Bonfa¹ and Clovis Artur Silva⁷, ¹Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁷University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Although rare, new-onset Behçet’s syndrome (BS) and disease flares have been reported following vaccination. In this context, the recommendation of the Recombinant Herpes Zoster…
Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2025
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: A Prospective Phase 4 Controlled Trial Of Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccine
Sandra G Pasoto¹, Thais B Gorayeb², Ana Paula Luppino-Assad³, Nadia E Aikawa⁴, Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Leonard V Kupa⁵, Bruno S Borges⁶, Samuel K Shinjo⁷, Fernando H De Souza², Renata Miossi², Eloisa Bonfa⁸ and Clovis Artur Silva⁹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, ³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SAO PAULO, Brazil, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Instituto da Criança e do Adolescente, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SÃO PAULO, Brazil, ⁸Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁹University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Although herpes zoster vaccination has been evaluated in immunocompromised populations, studies assessing vaccine immunogenicity and safety in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are restricted to…
Abstract Number: 0083 • ACR Convergence 2025
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pedro Quevedo¹, Javier mora², william garcia², alejandra Solano², juliana Muñoz² and Daniela Lopez², ¹San Rafael Cinic University Hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²san rafael clinic universtity hospital, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Prevalence of depression in RA patients ranging from 10% to 25%, making it the most common psychiatric disorder in this population. The Plutchik Suicide…
Abstract Number: 2226 • ACR Convergence 2025
Factors Associated with Contraceptive Counseling by Rheumatologists for Reproductive-Aged Female Patients Prescribed Teratogenic Medications
Yongjay Kim¹, Kelsey Gripp², Deanna Jannat-Khah³, Emily Wu⁴, Mehret Birru Talabi⁵, Nancy Pan³, Lisa Sammaritano³ and Caroline Siegel³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Union City, NJ, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Guidelines advise rheumatologists to provide contraceptive counseling for all patients with pregnancy potential prescribed teratogenic medications, however, adherence is inconsistent. We assessed the frequency…
Abstract Number: 1157 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety and Tolerability of a Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Prospective Longitudinal Study over 12 Months
Ella Steiner¹, Ioana Andreica², Stefanie Reale³, Gianna Chierego⁴, Philipp Köhler⁵, Sonja Zapke⁴, Benjamin Wilde⁶, David Kiefer⁷, Philipp Sewerin², Hilal Kavruk⁵, Dimitra Karagkiozidou⁵, Panagiotis Ermeidis⁵, Barbara Guminski⁵, Andreas Kribben⁶, Jürgen Braun⁸, Xenofon Baraliakos⁹ and Uta Kiltz⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁶University Hospital, Nephrology, Essen, Essen, Germany, ⁷Private practice of rheumatology, Hattingen, Germany, ⁸Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany; and Rheumatologische Versorgungszentrum (RVZ) Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is common among older adults, with a lifetime risk of 25%. The risk is particularly increased in individuals with immunosuppression such…
Abstract Number: 0023 • ACR Convergence 2025
Longitudinal Proteomic Effects of Hydroxychloroquine in Individuals at Risk of Lupus: Differential Signatures in Progressors and Non-Progressors
Benjamin Jones¹, Miles Smith², Rufei Lu², Carla Guthridge², Susan Macwana², Wade DeJager³, Nancy Olsen⁴, Catriona Wagner⁵, Judith James², David Karp⁶ and Joel Guthridge², ¹Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma city, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ⁶UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is routinely prescribed for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) due to its efficacy at decreasing disease activity/SLE flares and strong benefit:risk…
Abstract Number: 2195 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhancing MTX and LEF Safety for Immunosuppressed Women of Childbearing Age with Rheumatic Diseases
Angela Bobak¹, Rhea Sharma², Jordan Jackson³, Maritza Nary², Andrea Berger⁴, Lifang Zhang⁴ and Jonida Cote⁵, ¹Geisinger Medical Center Rheumatology Fellowship, Danville, PA, ²Geisinger Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency, Danville, PA, ³Geisinger Medical Center Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Danville, PA, ⁴Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ⁵Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Background/Purpose: The rates of contraceptive counseling and treatment in immunosuppressed women of childbearing age remain low in the United States, despite ACR's Reproductive Health Guidelines…

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