Abstracts tagged "race/ethnicity"

Abstract Number: 1850 • ACR Convergence 2025
First American SLE patients demonstrate enhanced lipid metabolism and B cell activation by high-content proteomic analyses
Rufei Lu¹, Tayte Stephens², Carla Guthridge¹, Miles Smith¹, Joseph Kheir¹, Cristina Arriens¹, Joan Merrill³, Marci Beel⁴, Susan Macwana¹, Wade DeJager⁵, Nicholas Domingez¹, Teresa Aberle¹, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City ⁷³¹⁰⁴, OK, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foun, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases with overlapping yet distinct immunopathologies. Proteomic profiling of soluble plasma factors can reveal…
Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR Convergence 2025
Screening for Hepatitis B in a Veterans Health Administration Subpopulation with Rheumatological Disease Prior to Initiating Immunosuppressive Therapy: a retrospective study on testing and treatment within the Black American population from the VAMC in Memphis, TN
Daniel Austin¹, Beenish Zulfiqar², Akhil Adla¹, Jeffrey Zuber² and Joshua Sullivan³, ¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee Health Science Center & Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, Memphis, TN, ³Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening is insufficiently completed prior to initiation of immunosuppressive therapy nationwide. Various factors including alert fatigue, provider mistakes, non-compliance, and…
Abstract Number: 1795 • ACR Convergence 2025
Trends and Disparities in Osteoarthritis-Related Mortality in the United States: A 21-Year Analysis (1999-2020)
muzamil Khan¹, Swetha Balaji², Ayesha Cheema³, Wajdan Ahmad³, Dhruv gandhi⁴ and Steven Golombek⁵, ¹George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington D.C, ²New York Medical College at St. Mary's General Hospital and St. Clare's Health, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, ³Al Tibri Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, ⁴St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, ⁵NYMC at St. Mary's General Hospital and St. Clare's Health, Dover
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis/arthrosis is an aging-related disease which is associated with significant morbidity in the United States. However, epidemiological data regarding osteoarthritis-associated mortality in the United…
Abstract Number: 1012 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Gender Disparities in Gout Clinical Trials
Fizza Zulfiqar¹, Dania Kaur², Meaghan Bethea³, Taylor Spencer⁴, Samhitha Bitla⁵, Abhinav Vyas⁶ and Camelia Arsene⁷, ¹Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University, Pontiac, MI, ²North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals, AL, ³Trinity Health Oakland Hopsital, Pontiac, MI, ⁴Trinity Health Oaklnd Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁵Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI, ⁶Vanderbilt University, Nashvile, TN, ⁷Trinity Health Oakland Hospital, Pontiac
Background/Purpose: To develop effective novel treatment strategies for Gout disease that cater to patients from diverse backgrounds, it is crucial that all racial groups, without…
Abstract Number: 1707 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A 20-Year Analysis Spanning Before and After the 2014 Kidney Allocation System Revision
Soziema Salia¹, Boniface Mensah², Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Gilava Hedayati¹, Terrylyna Baffoe-Bonnie³, Joan Morny⁴ and Christhopher Haas³, ¹MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, MD, ²MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, CA, ³MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, ⁴Piedmont Athens Regional Internal Medicine Residency Program, Athens, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in young women, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities. Kidney transplantation…
Abstract Number: 0841 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparing the Impact of GLP-1 Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors on Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Kinga Grzybowski¹ and Irene Tan², ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Maspeth, NY, ²Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious complications of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) characterized by an attack of the kidneys by the…
Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2025
Race, Renal Failure, and Risk: A five-to-ten year retrospective cohort study of Racial differences in outcomes of patients with dialysis-dependent Lupus nephritis
Ufuoma Mamoh¹, Queeneth Edwards², Chukwuemelie Okeke³, Justin Riley Lam⁴, Soziema Salia⁵ and Christhopher Haas⁶, ¹Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, ²Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ³Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore, MD, ⁶MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Internal Medicine Program, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority populations, particularly Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino individuals. In…
Abstract Number: 0785 • ACR Convergence 2025
It Takes a Community: Exploring the Importance of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health in Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
Chloe Heiting¹, Yiyuan Wu², Susan Goodman³, Peter Sculco⁴, Fei Wang², Rich Caruana⁵, Peter Cram⁶, Said Ibrahim⁷ and Bella Mehta⁸, ¹Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Microsoft, Redmond, WA, ⁶University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Jersey City, NJ
Background/Purpose: Despite changing trends and increased utilization of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the United States,1 there are still prominent racial and ethnic disparities in…
Abstract Number: 1348 • ACR Convergence 2025
Real World Evaluation on the Effectiveness of Baricitinib or Other Treatments in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the European and Non-European Cohorts of the RA-BE-REAL Study
Rieke Alten¹, Gerd Burmester², Marco Matucci-Cerinic³, Jens Gerwien⁴, Walid Fakhouri⁴, Samuel Ogwu⁴, Ewa Haladyj⁴, Inmaculada De La Torre⁴, Bruno Fautrel⁵ and AJ Fernandez⁴, ¹SCHLOSSPARK KLINK, Teaching Hospital of University Medicine Berlin, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana Polis, IN, ⁵Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS ¹¹³⁶-⁵, PARIS, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Here, we provide descriptive baseline characteristics and effectiveness outcomes of Baricitinib (BARI) and other ts/bDMARDs at 24-month (24M) in both European (EU) and non-European…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characteristics of African American vs. Non-African American Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Dana Nachawati¹, Milad Heydari-Kamjani², Keri Ann Pfeil¹, Elleson Harper¹, Meghan Gump¹, Lindsay Frumker¹, Ansaam Daoud³ and Omer Pamuk², ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: GCA is a vasculitis of large and medium-sized arteries that has been well-studied in populations of European descent; however, data on African American (AA)…
Abstract Number: 1270 • ACR Convergence 2025
Increasing Participation in the FT819 Cell Therapy Trial Amongst People Living with Lupus: A Focus Group Study
Joy Buie¹, Safoah Agyemang¹, Andrew Henry², Andrew BitMansour³, Vaneet Sandhu⁴, Debra Zack⁵ and Michael Fisher¹, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, ³Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Carlos, CA, ⁴Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, ⁵Fate Therapeutics, San Diego
Background/Purpose: Clinical trials exploring the safety and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for lupus are growing. Challenges linked to recruitment for CAR…
Abstract Number: 0742 • ACR Convergence 2025
Exploring Racial Variation in the Clinical Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Dana Nachawati¹, Chelsea Guan¹, Amir Daneshvar¹, Ansaam Daoud² and Omer Pamuk³, ¹University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large and medium vessel vasculitis affecting older adults of Northern European descent. While GCA is well characterized in…
Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2025
Comparative Effectiveness of Duloxetine versus Pregabalin in Fibromyalgia: A Large-Scale, Real-World Study Across 300,000 Patients
Chukwuemelie Okeke¹, Queeneth Edwards², Ufuoma Mamoh³, Justin Riley Lam⁴ and Chekwubejah Uwakwe⁵, ¹Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, ³Medstar Health Georgetown University Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, debilitating condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive disturbances. Despite the availability of FDA-approved treatments, real-world comparative effectiveness…
Abstract Number: 0392 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical Indicators of Methotrexate Response in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and JIA with Uveitis (JIA-U)
Abigale Jagger¹, Mara Becker², Susan Thompson³, Mekibib Altaye⁴, John Bohnsack⁵, Hermine Brunner⁶, Margaret Chang⁷, Ashley Cooper⁸, Stefanie Davidson⁹, Alexandra Duell⁶, Bharti Gangwani⁷, Carl Langefeld¹⁰, Melissa Lerman¹¹, Mindy Lo⁷, Serena Pastore¹², Mariia Pavlenko¹³, Sampath Prahalad¹⁴, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹⁵, Laura Ramsey¹⁶, Grant Schulert⁶, Gabriele Simonini¹⁷, Erin Stahl⁸, Gabriele Stocco¹⁸, Marc Sudman¹⁹, Andrea Taddio¹⁸, Virginia Miraldi Utz⁶, Rae Yeung²⁰ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Duke University Medical Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, BLUE ASH, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, ⁹University of Pennsylvania/CHOP, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²Institute of Child and Maternal Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy, ¹³Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹⁴Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, CCHMC, ¹⁶Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁷Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNET center, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Firenze, Firenze, Italy, ¹⁸Insitute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy, ¹⁹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ²⁰The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with JIA are at high risk for development of chronic anterior uveitis (CAU), impacting 10-20% of this population. Although methotrexate (MTX) is the…
Abstract Number: 2230 • ACR Convergence 2025
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Their Impact on Antifibrotic Therapy
Andrea Galecio Chao, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), often leading to progressive…

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