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  • Abstract Number: 0850 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Outcomes of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Following Failure of Initial Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Medication in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry

    Melissa Mannion1, Shahla Amin2, Stephen Balevic3, Colleen Correll4, Timothy Beukelman1 and , for the CARRA Registry Investigators5, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance, Washington, DC, 3Duke University, Durham, NC, 4University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 5CARRA, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are the most commonly used first biologics to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but it is unknown what subsequent…
  • Abstract Number: 1842 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Vaccination in Patients with Autoinflammatory Periodic Syndromes Under Canakinumab – Safety Data Interim Analysis of the RELIANCE Registry

    Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner1, Joerg Henes2, Birgit Kortus-Goetze3, Tilmann Kallinich4, Prasad T. Oommen5, Juergen Rech6, Tobias Krickau7, Frank Weller-Heinemann8, Gerd Horneff9, Ales Janda10, Ivan Foeldvari11, Catharina Schuetz12, Frank Dressler13, Michael Borte14, Markus Hufnagel15, Florian Meier16, Michael Fiene17, Julia Weber-Arden18 and Norbert Blank19, 1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 2Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Auto-inflammatory Diseases (INDIRA), University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 3Division of Nephrology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany, 4Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Nuremberg, Germany, 5Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, 6University Clinic Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 7Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Pediatrics, Erlangen, Germany, 8Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Prof. Hess Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany, 9Pediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin GmbH, Sankt Augustin, Germany, 10Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 11Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany, 12Pediatrics, Medizinische Fakultaet Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 13Division of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, 14ImmunoDeficiencyCenter Leipzig (IDCL), Hospital St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany, 15Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Medical Center Freiburg, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 16Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Frankfurt, Germany, 17Rheumatology Center Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, 18Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany, 19Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Treatment of autoinflammatory periodic syndromes with the interleukin-1β inhibitor canakinumab (CAN) has been shown to be safe and effective in clinical trials and in…
  • Abstract Number: 0855 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Change in Short Term Outcomes Following Tolerated Disease Activity Level for Individuals with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry

    Melissa Mannion1, Fenglong Xie1, Timothy Beukelman1, Jeffrey Curtis2 and , for the CARRA Registry Investigators3, 1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, 3CARRA, Washington, DC

    Background/Purpose: Current recommendations suggest treatment escalation for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) until the disease activity target is reached, ideally inactive or low disease activity. Our…
  • Abstract Number: 1992 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Burden of Pain for Patients in the CorEvitasTM Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry

    Joshua Baker1, J Morel Symons2, Jud C Janak3, Page Moore3, Elizabeth Kohl3, Bernice Gershenson3, Oksana Pugach3, Dave Webb4, Alan A Martin4, Didier Saurigny5 and Marguerite Bracher5, 1University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, 3CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, 4GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Pain is a hallmark symptom of RA that impacts patients' quality of life and informs therapeutic decisions that aim to reduce joint inflammation and…
  • Abstract Number: 0888 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Cardiovascular and Thromboembolic Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Before and After Initiation of a First Advanced Therapy. Data from the University of Sherbrooke Registry of Advanced Therapies (USRAT)

    Nathalie Carrier1, Sophie Roux2, Hugues Allard-Chamard2 and Gilles Boire3, 1Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 2Université de Sherbrooke and Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 3Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Uncontrolled inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients increases the risk for incident Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and venous thromboembolic (TE) events. Reducing inflammation using…
  • Abstract Number: 1999 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Correlate with Clinical Disease Activity Index Response in the Study to Accelerate Information of Molecular Signatures (AIMS)

    Vibeke Strand1, Emelly Rusli2, Lixia Zhang2, Christina Le-Short2, Alix Arnaud2, Johanna Withers3 and Sam Asgarian2, 1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 2Scipher Medicine Corporation, Waltham, MA, 3Scipher Medicine Corportaion, Waltham, MA

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment response is typically defined using clinician-reported scores and patient global assessments of disease activity (PtGA), but patients may have a…
  • Abstract Number: 0950 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Obstetric Outcomes in Women with Rheumatic Disease and COVID-19 in the Context of Vaccination Status: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry

    Sinead Maguire1, Samar Al emadi2, Paul Alba3, Mathia C Aguiar4, Talal Al Lawati5, Gelsomina Alle6, Bonnie Bermas7, Suleman Bhana8, Branimir Anic9, Inita Bulina10, Megan Clowse11, Adriana Karina Cogo12, Iris Colunga13, Claire Cook14, KAREN JOYCE CORTEZ15, Kathryn Dao16, Milena Gianfrancesco17, Monique Gore-Massy18, Laure Gossec19, Rebecca Grainger20, Jonathan Hausmann21, Tiffany YT Hsu22, Kimme Hyrich23, Carolina Isnardi24, Yumeko Kawano22, Rachael Kilding25, Daria A Kusevich26, Saskia Lawson-Tovey27, Jean Liew28, Eoghan McCarthy29, Anna Montgomery30, Sebastian Moyano3, Noreen Nasir31, IVAN PADJEN32, Charalampos Papagoras33, Naomi Patel34, MARIANA PERA35, Cecilia Pisoni36, Guillermo Pons-Estel37, Antonio Lorenzo Quiambao38, Rosana Quintana39, Eric Ruderman40, Sebastian Sattui41, Veronica Savio42, Savino Sciascia43, Marieta Sencarova44, Rosa Serrano-Morales45, Faizah Siddique46, Emily Sirotich47, Jeffrey Sparks48, Anja Strangfeld49, Paul Sufka50, Helen Tanner51, Yohana Tissera52, Zachary Wallace14, Marina Werner53, Leanna Wise54, Angus Worthing55, JoAnn Zell56, Julija Zepa10, Pedro Machado57, Jinoos Yazdany17, Philip Robinson51 and Richard Conway1,1St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, 3Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Hospital General Agustin O`Horan, Merida, Mexico, 5Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, 6Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 8Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY, 9Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, 10Center of Rheumatology, Paul Stradins Clinical University hospital, Riga, Latvia, 11Duke University, Durham, NC, 12Hospital Interzonal Luis Guemes, Haedo and Hospital San Juan de Dios, Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, 14Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 15Baguio General Hospital Medical Center, Baguio, Philippines, 16UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 17University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 18Covid-19 GRA, West Orange, NJ, 19Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 20University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, 21Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 22Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 23The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 24SAR-COVID Coordinator, Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 25Sheffield teaching hospitals trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 26VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow and Anikina Clinic, Vidnoe, Russia, 27Centre for Genetics and Genomics Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK AND National Institute of Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, 28Boston University, Boston, MA, 29Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 30University of California, San Francisco, USA; San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, USA, San Francisco, CA, 31Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, 32University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 33First Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 34Massachusetts General Hospital, Sale Creek, TN, 35Hospital Ángel C Padilla, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucuman, Argentina, 36CEMIC- Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 37Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 38East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines, 39Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas. Grupo Oroño (GO CREAR) and Research Unit Argentine Society of Rheumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 40Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 41University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, PIttsburgh, PA, 42Hospital Córdoba; Consultora Integral de Salud CMP, Cordoba, Argentina, 43University of Turin, Torino, Italy, 44Univerzitna nemocnica L Pasteura, Slovakia, Kosice, Slovakia, 45Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas del Grupo Oroño, Rosario, Argentina, 46Loyola University Medical Center, Elmhurst, IL, 47Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 48Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 49Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 50HealthPartners, Eagan, MN,51University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 52Internal Medicine Service, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Córdoba y Sanatorio Parque de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, 53Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba, Argentina, 54LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA, 55Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, PC, Washington, DC, 56University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 57Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Department of Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: To describe obstetric outcomes based on COVID-19 vaccination status in women with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) who developed COVID-19 during pregnancy.Methods: We extracted…
  • Abstract Number: 2010 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Lowering Expectations: Glucocorticoid Tapering Among Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis Achieving Low Disease Activity on Stable Biologic Therapy

    Beth Wallace1, Bryant England2, Joshua Baker3, Gary Kunkel4, Tawnie Braaten5, Jorge Rojas6, Alison Petro2, Punyasha Roul7, Ted Mikuls8, Brian Sauer9 and Grant Cannon10, 1Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 5University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, 6George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, 7UNMC, Omaha, NE, 8Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 9Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 10Retired, Salt Lake City, UT

    Background/Purpose: Up to 80% of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) at some time in their illness. Current ACR guidelines note that difficulty tapering GC promotes…
  • Abstract Number: 1023 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Are We Treating-to-target in Spondyloarthritis (SpA)? A Cross Sectional Analysis from the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) SpA Registry

    Isaac Cheng1, Ying Ying Leung2, Ho SO1, Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit3, Stanley Angkodjojo4, Muhammad Saeed5, Kichul Shin6, Han Joo Baek7, Mohit Goyal8, Muhammad Haroon9, Eman Satti10, Nallasivan Subramanian11, Fariz Yahya12, Soosan Soroosh13, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA14, Ho Yin Chung15, James Cheng-Chung WEI16, Kishimoto Mitsumasa17 and Lai-shan Tam1, 1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Rheumatology Department, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 3Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 4Sengkang General Hospital / Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, 5Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, 6Seoul Metropolitan Government- Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 7Gachon University College of Medicine, Inchon, Republic of Korea, 8CARE Pain & Arthritis Centre, Udaipur, India, 9Doctor, Tralee, Ireland, 10Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, 11Velammal Medical College Hospital, Velammal, India, 12University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13Army University for Medical School, Tehran, Iran, 14Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, 15Chiron Medical, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 16Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 17Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Data on the extent to which internationally agreed treat-to-target (T2T) recommendations were applied in clinical practice in patients with SpA across the Asia-Pacific region…
  • Abstract Number: 2217 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Disease Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Across 4 Biologic Therapies Associates with Improvement in Paraoxonase-1 Activity

    Amir Razmjou1, Jennifer Wang1, Ani Shahbazian1, Jeffrey Curtis2, Dimitrios Pappas3, Joel Kremer4 and Christina Charles-Schoeman5, 1UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, 3CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, 4The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL, 5Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA

    Background/Purpose: Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) is a high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated enzyme with paraoxonase, lactonase, and arylesterase activities (1). PON1 is integral to the anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic functions of…
  • Abstract Number: 1053 • ACR Convergence 2022

    The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: Association of Resource Utilization and Gastrointestinal Tract Symptoms in Early Disease

    Sarah Luebker1, Tracy Frech1, Shervin Assassi2, Jessica Gordon3, Elana Bernstein4, Virginia Steen5, Laura Hummers6, Ami Shah7, Carrie Richardson8, Dinesh Khanna9, Flavia Castelino10, Lorinda Chung11, Faye Hant12, Vicki Shanmugam13, John VanBuren14, Jessica Alvey14, Monica Harding14, Luke Evnin15 and Nora Sandorfi16, 1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, 3Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 4Columbia University, New York, NY, 5Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 6Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, 7Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, 8Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 9Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 11Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 12Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 13George Washington University, Washington, DC, 14University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 15Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, 16University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Health costs and resource utilization are important in chronic disease management. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-organ system disease with outcomes that are often…
  • Abstract Number: 2268 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Recurrent Thrombosis Risk in Non-anticoagulated Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients: A Prospective Case-Control Study from AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)

    Cecile Yelnik1, Zeynep Belce Erton2, Elodie Drumez3, Dachi Cheildze2, Danieli Castro Oliveira de Andrade4, Ann E Clarke5, Maria G. Tektonidou6, Vittorio Pengo7, Savino Sciascia8, Amaia Ugarte9, H Michael Belmont10, Mª Angeles Aguirre11, Paul fortin12, maria gerosa13, Flavio Victor Signorelli14, Tatsuya Atsumi15, Zhouli Zhang16, Hannah Cohen17, D. Ware Branch18, Denis Wahl19, Laura Andreoli20, Esther Rodriguez Almaraz21, Michelle Petri22, Ricard Cervera23, Yu Zuo24, Bahar Artim-Esen25, Guillermo Pons-Estel26, Rohan Willis27, Maria Laura Bertolaccini28, Robert Roubey29, Doruk Erkan2 and on behalf of APS ACTION On Behalf Of APS ACTION2, 1Lille University, Lille, France, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 3Université de Lille, Lille, France, 4Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 5University of Calgary, Division of Rheumatology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, 6National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 7Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, 8University of Turin, Torino, Italy, 9BioCruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain, 10NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 11Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, 12CHU de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, Québec, Canada, 13University of Milan, Milano, Italy, 14Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 15Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 16Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China, 17University College London, London, United Kingdom, 18University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 19Université de Nancy, Nancy, France, 20Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, 21Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, 22Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, 23Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 24University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 25Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 26CREAR, Rosario, Argentina, 27University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 28King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 29University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Long-term anticoagulation is the standard of care for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) patients with macrovascular thrombosis. However, in daily practice, long-term anticoagulation may not be…
  • Abstract Number: 1084 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Rituximab versus Cyclophosphamide for Induction Therapy in Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Target Trial Emulation Study

    Xavier Puéchal1, Michele Iudici2, Elodie Perrodeau3, bernard bonnotte4, Francois Lifermann5, Thomas Le Gallou6, Alexandre Karras7, Claire Blanchard-Delaunay8, Thomas Quéméneur9, Achille Aouba10, Olivier Aumaître11, Vincent Cottin12, Mohamed Hamidou13, Marc Ruivard11, Pascal Cohen1, Luc Mouthon1, Loïc Guillevin1, Philippe Ravaud3, Raphaël Porcher3 and Benjamin Terrier1, 1National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 2Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, 3Université Paris Cité, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France, 4Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France, 5Dax Hospital, Dax, France, 6Rennes Sud University Hospital, Rennes, France, 7HEGP, Paris, France, 8Niort Hospital, Niort, France, 9Valenciennes Hospital, Valenciennes, France, 10Department of Internal Medicine, UR4650 PSIR, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Caen, France, 11Clermont Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 12Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, University of Lyon, INRAE, Lyon, France, 13Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France

    Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials showed rituximab (RTX)'s non-inferiority to cyclophosphamide (CYC) for induction therapy of ANCA-associated vasculitis and neither treatment was favoured in granulomatosis with…
  • Abstract Number: 0072 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Geographical Patterns of Healthcare Utilization Among RA and OA Patients

    Sofia Pedro1, Luke Desilet2, Patricia Katz3 and Kaleb Michaud2, 1Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3UCSF, San Rafael, CA

    Background/Purpose: Rural residence has been associated with disparities in healthcare-related outcomes in both rheumatic diseases and other chronic conditions. A primary causal pathway for this…
  • Abstract Number: 1218 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Prevalence and Impact of Widespread Pain and Fibromyalgia on Measurement of Disease Severity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Lessons from the CorEvitas Registry

    Philip J Mease1, Alexis Ogdie2, Dimitrios Pappas3, George Reed4 and Joel Kremer5, 1Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA, 2Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, 4The Corrona Research Foundation and University of Massachusetts, Albany, NY, 5The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL

    Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) occurs concomitantly with inflammatory rheumatic disease, including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in up to 20% of patients and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in…
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