Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 0319 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Worsening Interstitial Fibrosis/Tubular Atrophy in Lupus Nephritis Patients Undergoing Repeat Kidney Biopsy
Daming Shao¹, Alejandra Londoño Jimenez², Maria Auxiliadora Salgado Guerrero³, Anna Broder⁴ and Shudan Wang⁵, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²McFarland Clinic, Ames, IA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ⁵Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most severe manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Approximately 10 to 30% of patients with LN progress…
Abstract Number: 1130 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Novel Molecular Signatures Associated with the Therapeutic Response to DMARDs and TNFi Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Through High Throughput Proteomics
Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, Laura Muñoz-Barrera¹, Tomás Cerdó², Ismael Sánchez-Pareja², Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez², Rafaela Ortega-Castro¹, Montserrat Romero-Gomez², María Ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano³, María Carmen Ábalos-Aguilera⁴, Nuria Barbarroja¹, José Perez-Venegas⁵, Mª Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos⁵, Carmen Dominguez⁵, Carlos Rodriguez-Escalera⁶, Carmen Romero-Barco⁶, Antonio Fernandez-Nebro⁷, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁷, Jose Luis Marenco⁸, Julia Uceda Montañez⁸, Charo Santos⁹, Eduardo Collantes¹, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras² and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ³Reina Sofía University Hospital/ Rheumatology Department, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Imibic/ University of Córdoba/ Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ⁶Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Málaga, Spain, ⁷Regional University Hospital of Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ⁸Virgen de Valme University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain, ⁹Virgen de Valme University Hospital, Málaga, Spain
Background/Purpose: The clinical outcome of conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and TNF inhibitors (TNFi) is still unpredictable in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Thus, innovative analyses…
Abstract Number: 1957 • ACR Convergence 2022
Detangling Heterogeneity in Contemporary Undifferentiated Arthritis – a Large Cohort Study Using Latent Class Analysis
Nikolet den Hollander¹, Marloes Verstappen², Bastiaan van Dijk³, Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁴ and Hanna van Steenbergen³, ¹Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Undifferentiated arthritis (UA) is considered to be heterogenous and consists of subgroups, this notion is affirmed by differences in disease course, varying from spontaneous…
Abstract Number: 0328 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predicting Progression from Undifferentiated to Definitive Connective Tissue Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sarah Dyball¹, Mia Rodziewicz¹, Claudia Mendoza Pinto², Ian N. Bruce³ and Ben Parker⁴, ¹The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, High-Specialty Medical Unit-CIBIOR, Mexican Social Security Institute, Puebla, Mexico, ³Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) encapsulates a broad range of conditions including incomplete forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), some…
Abstract Number: 1137 • ACR Convergence 2022
MHC Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence a Variant Predicts Real-World Response to Anti-TNF Therapy
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joshua Baker² and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A (MICA) is a protein involved in the activation of NK and T cells. Variants within the MICA gene…
Abstract Number: 2022 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outcome of Pregnancy in Women with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Compared to the General Population: The French Multicenter Prospective GR2 Study
Gregoire Martin de Fremont¹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau², Rakiba Belkhir³, Gaelle Guettrot-Imbert⁴, Nathalie Morel⁴, Gaetane Nocturne⁵, Anna Molto⁶, Tiphaine Goulenok⁷, Elisabeth Diot⁸, Estibaliz Lazaro⁹, Laurent Perard¹⁰, Nicole Ferreira¹¹, Maelle Le Besnerais¹², Nicolas Limal⁷, Nihal Martis¹³, Noémie Abisror¹⁴, Odile Debouverie¹⁵, Christophe Richez¹⁶, Vincent Sobanski¹⁷, Francois Maurier¹⁸, Gaetan Sauvetre¹², Herve Levesque¹², Marie Agnes Timsit¹⁹, Nathalie Tieule¹³, Pauline Orquevaux²⁰, GEFA Collaborative group²¹, Matthieu Mahevas²², Celine Lartigau Roussin²³, Elodie Chauvet²⁴, Emilie Berthoux²⁵, Francoise Sarrot Reynauld²⁶, Loic Raffray²⁷, Marion Couderc²⁸, Nicolas Martin Silva²⁹, Noemie Jourde Chiche³⁰, Nicolas Belhomme³¹, Thierry Thomas³², Vincent Poindron³³, Viviane Queyrel¹³, Juliette Delforge³⁴, Camille Le Ray³⁵, Emmanuelle Pannier³⁵, Xavier Mariette³⁶, Veronique Le Guern⁴ and Raphaèle Seror³⁷, ¹Rheumatology department, Kremlin Bicêtre hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ²Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ³Rheumatology departement, Bicêtre, Paris-Saclay university, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵APHP, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁷APHP, Paris, France, ⁸CHU Tours, Tours, France, ⁹Bordeaux Hospital University, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁰CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹¹department of Internal Medecine, CHU de Tours, Tours, France, ¹²CHU Rouen, Rouen, France, ¹³CHU Nice, Nice, France, ¹⁴Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris, France, ¹⁵CHU Poitiers, Poitiers, France, ¹⁶Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁷Université de Lille, Lille, France, ¹⁸Hôpitaux privés de Metz, Metz, France, ¹⁹CHU Brest, Brest, France, ²⁰CHU Reims, Reims, France, ²¹Saint Joseph Hospital, Marseille, France, ²²CHU Mondor, Creteil, France, ²³CH La Réunion, CH la Réunion, France, ²⁴CH Cabestany, Cabestany, France, ²⁵CH Saint Joseph Saint Luc, Lyon, France, ²⁶CHU Grenoble, CHU Grenoble, France, ²⁷CH St Denis Reunion, Saint Denis Reunion, France, ²⁸University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ²⁹CHU Caen, Caen, France, ³⁰APHM, Marseille, France, ³¹CHU Rennes, Rennes, France, ³²CHU Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France, ³³Immunologie clinique et médecine interne, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, ³⁴Jean Verfier, Bobigny, France, ³⁵Port Royal, Paris, France, ³⁶Paris-Saclay University, Rueil Malmaison, Ile-de-France, France, ³⁷University Hospital Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
Background/Purpose: In the context of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), only a few retrospective studies using heterogeneous methods have investigated the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0329 • ACR Convergence 2022
Scoring Personalized Molecular Portraits Identify Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Subtypes and Predict Individualized Drug Responses, Symptomatology and Disease Progression
Daniel Toro-Domínguez¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Raúl López-Domínguez², Jordi Martorell-Marugán¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Guillermo Barturen¹, Daniel W. Goldman³, Michelle Petri³, Pedro Carmona-Sáez² and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a complex autoimmune disease that leads to important worsening of quality of life and mortality. Flares appear unpredictably during the…
Abstract Number: 1154 • ACR Convergence 2022
Axial Spondyloarthritis: Profiling of MiRNAs in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Aneta Pekčcová¹, Kristýna Bubová², Monika Gregova³, Šárka Forejtová², Jana Hořínková², Markéta Hušáková², Michal Tomcik⁴, Jindřiška Gatterová², Jiří Vencovský⁵, Karel Pavelka⁶, Ladislav Šenolt⁵ and Jiří Baloun², ¹Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, which are essential for correct gene expression. The dysregulation in miRNA expression is accompanied by various diseases and…
Abstract Number: 2049 • ACR Convergence 2022
ILD Associated with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Frequently Progressive
Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, Håvard Fretheim¹, Phoung Phoung Diep¹, Karoline Lerang², Birgir Gudbransson¹, Helena Andersson¹, Øyvind Midtvedt¹, Torhild Garen¹, Michael Durheim¹, Trond Mogens Aaløkken¹, Øyvind Palm¹ and Øyvind Molberg², ¹Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) has been reported to be present in 10-15% of patients, but ILD progression in pSS-ILD…
Abstract Number: 0432 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictive Factors of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Long-term Evolution: Data from a European Cohort
Matthias Papo¹, Pauline Martinot², Renato A. Sinico³, Vitor Teixeira⁴, Nils Venhoff⁵, Maria-Letizia Urban⁶, Juliane Mahrhold⁷, Francesco Locatelli⁸, Giulia Cassone⁹, Franco Schiavon¹⁰, Benjamin Seeliger¹¹, Thomas Neumann¹², Claus Kroegel¹³, Matthieu Groh¹⁴, Chiara Marvisi¹⁵, Maxima Samson¹⁶, Thomas Barba¹⁷, David Jayne¹⁸, Arianna Troilo¹⁹, Jens Thiel²⁰, Bernhard Hellmich²¹, Sara Monti²², Carlomaurizio Montecucco⁸, Carlo Salvarani²³, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn²⁴, Cecile-Audrey DUREL²⁵, Luc Mouthon²⁶, Loïc Guillevin²⁶, Giacomo Emmi²⁷, Augusto Vaglio²⁸, Raphaël Porcher²⁹ and Benjamin Terrier²⁶, ¹Service De Médecine Interne - Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ²Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Paris, ³Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca, Italy, Milano, Italy, ⁴Hospital de Faro, CHUA, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁶Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Medius Kliniken, University of Tübingen, Kirchheim Teck, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁹Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹⁰Operative Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ¹¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Wermsdorf, Germany, ¹²Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ¹³Department of Pneumology and Allergology, Clinic of Internal Medicine I, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, ¹⁴Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence des Syndromes Hyperéosinophiliques-CEREO, Hôpital Foch, Université Versailles–Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Suresnes, France, ¹⁵Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia and National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ¹⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ¹⁸University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁰University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²¹Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie & Immunologie, Medius Kliniken, Universität Tübingen, Plochingen, Germany, ²²Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²³Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²⁴Service de médecine interne - Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ²⁵CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ²⁶National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁷Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy, ²⁸Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Meyer, Parna, Italy, ²⁹Université Paris Cité, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small vessel necrotizing vasculitis characterized by blood and tissue eosinophilia and asthma. Glucocorticoids (GCs) frequently control the…
Abstract Number: 1262 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical and Ultrasound-based Composite Disease Activity Indices and Radiographic Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Irina Gessl¹, Thomas Deimel¹, Paul Studenic¹, Giorgio Tamborrini², Pascal Zufferey³, Daniel Aletaha⁴, Burkhard Moeller⁵ and Peter Mandl¹, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Ultrasound Center and Institute for Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland, ³HFR, Fribourg, Switzerland, ⁴Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁵Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) has been reported to predict radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of the study was to test the predictive…
Abstract Number: 2204 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interosseous Tendon Inflammation in the Hands: A Novel Feature of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis? Results from a Large MRI Study in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia
Bastiaan van Dijk¹, Hanna van Steenbergen¹, Monique Reijnierse², Sarah J.H. Khidir², Lambertus Wisse¹, Marco deRuiter¹ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil³, ¹Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Inflammation around the tendons of hand interosseous muscles (interosseous tendon inflammation; ITI) on MRI was recently reported for the first time in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0458 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictive Models for Thromboembolic Events in Giant Cell Arteritis: A US Veterans Health Administration Population-Based Study
Despina Michailidou¹, Tianyu Zhang², Andreas Diamantopoulos³, Pavlos Stamatis⁴ and Bernard Ng⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, ⁴Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund University, Sweden, Larissa, Larisa, Greece, ⁵Rheumatology Section, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an independent risk factor for thromboembolic events. The purpose of our study was to identify prognostic factors for thromboembolic…
Abstract Number: 1264 • ACR Convergence 2022
Does Vein Wall Thickness Have Prognostic Value in Behcet’s Disease? A Prospective Follow up Study
Kerem Abacar¹, Rabia Ergelen², Fatma Temiz², Yasin Yildiz², Tulin Ergun³, Haner Direskeneli⁴ and Fatma Alibaz-Oner¹, ¹Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Marmara University, School of Medicine, Departmant of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: We reported the first controlled ultrasound study showing increased common femoral vein(CFV) thickness in Behçet's Disease(BD),1 and showed that this is a distinctive feature…
Abstract Number: 0469 • ACR Convergence 2022
Factors Associated with Corticosteroid Dosing in the Management of Giant Cell Arteritis
Loukas Kakoullis and Shiv Sehra, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Corticosteroids are the cornerstone of therapy in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Tapering regiments vary considerably in both dose and duration, while relapses…

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