Abstracts tagged "prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Vasodilation with Prostanoids Influences Progression of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: a EUSTAR Cohort Study
adela cristina sarbu¹, Liubov Petelytska², lorenzo tofani³, Gianluca Moroncini⁴, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman⁵, elisabetta zanatta⁶, Jörg Henes⁷, paolo airò⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁹, Ana Maria Gheorghiu¹⁰, antonella marcoccia¹¹, branimir Anić¹², Jelena Colic¹³, Daniel Furst¹⁴, julia Spierings¹⁵, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁶, Britta Maurer¹⁷, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁸, Oliver Distler¹⁹ and Cosimo Bruni²⁰, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, bern, Swaziland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. • Dept Internal Medicine #³, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, ³Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, firenze, Italy, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Marche University Hospital, Clinica Medica, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ⁵• Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Tecchnion, Haifa, Israel, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Padova University Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Padova, Italy, padova, Italy, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine II, Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, brescia, Italy, ⁹University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Spitalul Clinic Dr. Ion Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania, ¹¹Centro di Riferimento Interdisciplinare per la Sclerosi Sistemica (CRIIS), Roma, Italy, rome, Italy, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia, zagreb, Croatia, ¹³Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, ¹⁴Southern California Scleroderma and Rheumatology Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center, Ultrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology & Immunology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁸Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²⁰University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Although most vasoactive vasodilating drugs (VVDs) exert anti-fibrotic effects in pre-clinical studies, randomized controlled trials assessing their efficacy in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease…
Abstract Number: 0576 • ACR Convergence 2025
Factors impacting progression from oligoarticular to polyarticular PsA: Data from the FOREMOST study
Laura Coates¹, Philip J. Mease², Joseph Merola³, Lourdes Perez Chada⁴, Dafna D. Gladman⁵, Alen Zabotti⁶, Ulrich Mrowietz⁷, mitsumasa kishimoto⁸, Cynthia Deignan⁹, Siddharth Chaudhari¹⁰, Lichen Teng¹¹ and Laure Gossec¹², ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ²Department of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Wayland, MA, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (DMED), Academic Hospital "Santa Maria della Misericordia", ASUFC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ⁷Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ⁸Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁹Amgen, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA, ¹⁰Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ¹¹Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, ¹²Sorbonne Universite and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: FOREMOST (NCT03747939)1 offers novel insights on early oligoarticular (oligo, ≤4 active joints) PsA. Our aim was to analyse progression to polyarticular (poly; >4 active…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2025
Demographic, Clinical, and Mortality Trends in Scleroderma Patients with Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE): A National Inpatient Analysis
Akanksha Sharma¹, Veera Durga Vaishnavi Kurra² and Neev Mehta³, ¹UPMC Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), commonly known as “watermelon stomach,” is a rare but potentially severe gastrointestinal manifestation in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Despite its…
Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2025
Machine Learning Model Incorporating Baseline and Early Follow-up Clinical Data Predicts 52-Week Cutaneous Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis
Kimberly Lakin¹, John Spivack¹, Jessica Gordon¹, Dana Orange² and Robert Spiera³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Rockefeller University, New York, ³Scleroderma, Vasculitis, and Myositis Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: As treatment options for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) expand, the need for data-driven, efficient approaches to therapeutic switching is becoming more urgent. Additionally,…
Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR Convergence 2025
Thrombocytopenia in SLE: A Hidden Prognostic Marker of Increased Mortality and Adverse Outcomes – Results from Real World Data
Milad Heydari-Kamjani¹, Amir Daneshvar², Chelsea Guan², Elleson Harper², Keri Ann Pfeil², Lindsay Frumker³, Meghan Gump² and Omer Pamuk¹, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Highland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with heterogeneous hematologic manifestations. Thrombocytopenia (TP) in SLE may be associated with major organ involvement and…
Abstract Number: 0838 • ACR Convergence 2025
Complete Renal Response and Long-Term, Progression-Free Survival in Adult Patients With Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in the United States
Lisa Lindsay¹, Shu Wang², Huong Trinh¹, Yunru Huang¹, William Pendergraft¹ and Brad Rovin³, ¹Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Genesis Research LLC, Hoboken, NJ, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Complete renal response (CRR) and flare prevention, as early markers of long-term kidney survival, are important outcomes in lupus nephritis (LN) clinical trials.Methods: This…
Abstract Number: 2673 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT analysis reveals new patterns of muscle involvement and prognostic indicators in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: beyond proximal muscle weakness
Fatma Basibuyuk¹, Melih Yigithan Bahadir², Gokce Kenar Artin², Amac Kiray², Recep Bekis² and İsmail Sari², ¹Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ²Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Izmir, Turkey
Background/Purpose: To characterize muscle involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) using detailed anatomical segmentation and volumetric 18F-FDG PET/CT analysis, and to evaluate the prognostic value…
Abstract Number: 1471 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multi-Institutional Cohort Study
Amir Daneshvar¹, Julia Wajsberg¹, Chelsea Guan¹, Keri Ann Pfeil¹, Elleson Harper¹, Lindsay Frumker², Meghan Gump¹ and Omer Pamuk³, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University hospitals Cleveland medical center, Highland Heights, OH, ³University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement. A rare but life-threatening hyper-inflammatory hematological complication of SLE is hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Significance of Anti-MDA5 Epitope Antibodies as Prognostic Indicators for Interstitial Lung Disease With or Without Dermatomyositis
Tsuneo Sasai¹, Ran Nakashima², Motohiro Nonaka³, Norimichi Nomura⁴, Atsubumi Ogawa¹, Yasuhiro Nohda¹, Mirei Shirakashi², Ryosuke Hiwa¹, Hideaki Tsuji¹, Hajime Yoshifuji², Shogo Matsuda⁵, Masao Katsushima⁶, Michinori Ishitoku⁷, Yusuke Yoshida⁷, Yasuyuki Todoroki⁸, Satoshi Kubo⁹, Tomohiro Handa¹⁰, Hiromi Tomioka¹¹, Ryo Tachikawa¹², Keisuke Tomii¹², Kiminobu Tanizawa¹³, Toru Arai¹⁴, Takuya Kotani¹⁵, Motomu Hashimoto¹⁶, Shintaro Hirata⁷, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁷, Tsuneyo Mimori¹⁸ and Akio Morinobu¹⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ³Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Rheumatology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁸Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁹Department of Molecular Targeted Therapies (DMTT), University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure and Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ¹¹Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹²Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ¹³Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Clinical Research Center, NHO Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁶Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁷University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁸Takeda Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁹Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) is a cytoplasmic RNA sensor and activates the innate immune response. Autoantibodies against MDA5 are associated with rapidly progressive…
Abstract Number: 2649 • ACR Convergence 2025
Simultaneous Assessment of Complementary Lupus-Specific Immune Mediator-Informed Indexes Improves Their Ability to Concurrently Discern Current Disease Activity And Future Flare Risk In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Melissa Munroe¹, Derek Blankenship², Daniele DeFreese², Adrian Holloway², Bernard Rubin², Mohan Purushothaman², Wade DeJager³, Susan Macwana⁴, Joel Guthridge⁴, Stan Kamp⁴, Nancy Redinger⁴, Teresa Aberle⁴, Eliza Chakravarty⁴, Cristina Arriens⁴, Yangfen Li⁵, Hu Zeng⁵, Stephanie Dezzutti⁶, Peter Izmirly⁷, Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, Diane Kamen⁸, Jill Buyon⁹, Judith James⁴ and Eldon Jupe², ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ²Progentec Diagnostics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁷New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC, ⁹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Immune dysregulation propels systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis. Capturing it as lab-based screening tests could help prioritize SLE patients for early intervention and proactive…
Abstract Number: 1325 • ACR Convergence 2025
Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinases and Heart Failure Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tate Johnson¹, Michael Duryee¹, Punyasha Roul², Grant Cannon³, Gary Kunkel⁴, Beth Wallace⁵, Isaac Smith⁶, John Richards⁷, Katherine Wysham⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Pascale Schwab¹¹, Daniel Anderson¹², Joshua Baker¹³, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁷Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹VA Portland and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ^120587964, Durham, NC, ¹³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The mechanisms of heart failure (HF) risk in RA remain incompletely understood. HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is over-represented in RA, which may…
Abstract Number: 0735 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Real-World Study from the Greater Paris Clinical Data Warehouse
Aïcha Kante¹, Olivier Hassanaly², Geoffroy Peyrac³, David Saadoun⁴, Cacoub Patrice⁴, Alexis REGENT⁵, Benjamin Terrier⁶, Luc Mouthon⁷, Arsène Mekinian⁸, Karim Sacré⁹, Jean-François Alexandra¹⁰, Sébastien Abad¹¹, Robin Dhote¹¹, Cécile goujard¹², Damien Sène¹³, Stéphane Mouly¹⁴, Baptiste Hervier¹⁵, Olivier Bory¹⁶, Elisabeth Aslangul¹⁶, Isabelle Mahé¹⁶, Anne Couvelard¹⁷, Yann Nguyen¹⁸, Agnès Lefort¹⁸, Sophie georgin-Lavialle¹⁹, Olivier Steichen¹⁹, Viet-Thi Tran²⁰ and Cloé Comarmond¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM U⁹⁴², Paris, France, ²Unité de recherche clinique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Louis, F⁷⁵⁰¹⁰, Paris, France, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Sorbonne Universités, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares, Centre national de références Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares et Amylose inflammatoire (CEREMAIA), INSERM, UMR S⁹⁵⁹, Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (I³), Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁶Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DMU i³), Saint-Antoine University Hospital, ⁷⁵⁰¹² Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine, Bichat University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹¹Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP); Université Paris ¹³, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France, Bobigny, France, ¹²Université Paris Saclay, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, UMR¹¹⁸⁴ Inserm, CEA, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ¹⁵Internal Medicine Department, Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France., Paris, France, ¹⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Louis-Mourier Hospital, AP-HP, Colombes, France, Colombes, France, ¹⁷Pathology Department, Bichat and Beaujon Hospitals, AP-HP, FHU MOSAIC, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Beaujon Hospital, AP-HP Nord, Université Paris Cité, Clichy, France, Clichy, France, ¹⁹Sorbonne university, Tenon hospital, DMU³ID, CEREMAIA, ERN RITA, Paris, France, ²⁰Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAe, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Paris; and Centre d'Epidémiologie Clinique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, AP-HP, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) relapses are frequent and often require therapeutic intensification in the form of glucocorticoids (GC) increase. GCA management has significantly evolved…
Abstract Number: 2643 • ACR Convergence 2025
Microbiome Signatures in RA Treatment: Personalizing Methotrexate Therapy
Rahul Bodkhe¹, Kai Trepka¹, Diego Orellana¹, Rebecca Blank², Peter Turnbaugh³, Jose Scher⁴ and Renuka Nayak⁵, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic autoimmune disease that targets the joints, causing persistent pain and swelling. Oral methotrexate (MTX) remains first-line therapy…
Abstract Number: 1316 • ACR Convergence 2025
Predicting mortality of rheumatoid arthritis in China: A nation-wide cohort study
Kangping Huang¹, Shixiong Wei², Lan Zhang³, Xinhao Li², Mucong Li², Chen Yu⁴, Nan Jiang², Jiuliang Zhao², Yanhong Wang⁵, Chanyuan Wu², Peng Yin⁶, Qian Wang², Mengtao Li², Xinping Tian² and Xiaofeng Zeng⁷, ¹Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ³School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁴Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Dong Cheng Qu, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁵Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁶National Center for Chronic and NCD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xicheng, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁷Peking Union Medical College Hospital Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with increased mortality, primarily due to systemic inflammation and comorbidities. While previous studies have identified…
Abstract Number: 0547 • ACR Convergence 2025
Determinants of Difficult-to-Manage Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study
Patricia Remalante-Rayco¹, Laura Passalent², Manal Alnasser³, Tina Chim¹, Robert Inman¹, Nigil Haroon⁴ and Denis Poddubnyy⁵, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) group has recently introduced a consensus-based definition for difficult-to-manage (D2M) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to identify patients with…

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