Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0754 • ACR Convergence 2022
Persistent but Disturbed Germinal Center Reaction Among 3rd SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination After Rituximab Exposure
Ana-Luisa Stefanski¹, Hector Rincon-Arevalo¹, Eva Schrezenmeier², Franziska Szelinski¹, Jacob Ritter³, Yidan Chen¹, Christian Meisel⁴, Hubert Schrezenmeier⁵, Andreia C. Lino⁶ and Thomas Dörner¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin; DRFZ Berlin; Berlin Institute of Health Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin Institute of Health Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Medical Immunology, Charité University Medicine and Labor Berlin-Charité Vivantes, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany and Institute for Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Immunogenetics, German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Baden-Württemberg – Hessen and University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ⁶Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Durable vaccine-mediated immunity relies on the generation of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells (MBCs), differentiating upon germinal center (GC) reactions. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Correlation of Dense Fine Speckled (DFS) Pattern of ANA
Smarika Sapkota¹, Jerry Molitor², michael evans², Benjamin Kofoed³, Adam Lord³, Londyn Robinson³ and John crosson², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: The clinical significance of Dense Fine Speckled (DFS) pattern Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) by indirect immunofluorescence method (IIF) is unclear and has been inversely associated…
Abstract Number: 0896 • ACR Convergence 2022
Screening of Lipids in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Academic Rheumatology Practice Quality Improvement Analysis
Sukhraj Singh¹ and Gurjit S. Kaeley², ¹University of Florida-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²UF COM-J, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have 50% increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality compared with the general population. The American College of Cardiology/American…
Abstract Number: 0912 • ACR Convergence 2022
Associations Between Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Variants and Response to Cannabis Use for Pain Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joanna Zeiger², Teresa Simon³, Stuart Kassan⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²Canna Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, ³Physicians Research Center Consultant to ForWard, Toms River, NJ, ⁴Colorado Arthritis Associates, Lakewood, CO, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a serine hydrolase that breaks down the endocannabinoid/cannabinoid receptor agonist anandamide. Variants in the FAAH gene have been…
Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs and Risk of Multiple Myeloma in US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Namrata Singh¹, Alexander Peterson², Aaron Baraff², Sarah Chung³, David Coffey⁴, Bryant England⁵, Pankti Reid⁶, Joshua Baker⁷, Jennifer Barton⁸, Nicholas Smith⁹, Ted Mikuls¹⁰ and Noel Weiss³, ¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ²VA Puget Sound, SEATTLE, WA, ³University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Miami, Miami, FL, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁹VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Biologic (b) and targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) target inflammatory pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple…
Abstract Number: 1098 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perceived Barriers and Opportunities to Accessing Rheumatoid Arthritis Care on Navajo Nation: The Primary Care Providers’ Perspectives
Jennifer Mandal¹, Catherine Nasrallah², Tabitha Carroway³, Mary Margaretten³, Gwendolyn Grant⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany³, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Centura Health, Durango, CO
Background/Purpose: Navajo Nation is the largest American Indian reservation, home to 250,000 tribal members living on 27,000 square miles. The prevalence of RA among the…
Abstract Number: 1211 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Change in Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy on Disease Activity Measures: Findings from a Large Contemporaneous Real-World Longitudinal Database of RA Patients
Zhaohui Su¹, Lauren Stevens², Tom Brecht¹, Jessica Paulus¹ and Stefan Weiss³, ¹OM1, Inc., Boston, MA, ²OM1, Inc., Lexington, KY, ³OM1, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: While many clinical trials provide direct comparisons between biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD) and nonbiologic DMARDs (nDMARD), there is a need to better…
Abstract Number: 1339 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative (OBRI)
Matthew Wong-Pack¹, Elliot Hepworth², Mohammad Movahedi³, Bindee Kuriya¹, Janet Pope⁴, Edward Keystone⁵, Carter Thorne⁶, VANDANA AHLUWALIA⁷, Angela Cesta⁸, Carol Mously⁸, Claire Bombardier¹, Arthur Lau⁹ and Sibel Aydin¹⁰, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON, Canada, ⁸University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 Pandemic created challenges for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including accessing the health care system, transition to unplanned virtual care, reduction in…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Hospitalized Infections in Older Elderly Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biological/Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Evaluation Using Data from a Japanese Claims Database
Masayoshi Harigai¹, Takao Fujii², Ryoko Sakai³, Ataru Igarashi⁴, Ayako Shoji⁵, Hiroko Yamaguchi⁶, Katsuhiko Iwasaki⁶, Misako Makishima⁷, Amika Yoshida⁷, Norihiro Okada⁷, Katsuhisa Yamashita⁷ and Yutaka Kawahito⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan, ³Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Unit of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Yokohama City University of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁵Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Healthcare Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁶Medilead Inc., Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku-ku, Japan, ⁷Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: Safety evidence of biological or targeted synthetic DMARDs (b/tsDMARDs) is still insufficient in older elderly ( >=75 years old (y/o)) patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1412 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study with 13NH3 Myocardial PET/CT
Bas Dijkshoorn¹, Remco Knol², Friso Van Der Zant², Michael Nurmohamed³ and Suat Simsek², ¹Reade Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Noord-west Ziekenhuis groep, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam University Medical Center, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This risk is similar to that of diabetes mellitus (DM). There have…
Abstract Number: 1431 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Tofacitinib on Fracture Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen E Hansen¹, Mahta Mortezavi², Edward Nagy³, Cunshan Wang⁴, Carol A Connell⁴, Zaher Radi⁵, Heather J Litman⁶, Giovanni Adami⁷ and Maurizio Rossini⁷, ¹Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ³Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, United Kingdom, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁶CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Background/Purpose: Preclinical data suggest that tofacitinib stimulates osteoblast function and would have a protective effect on bone health and fracture risk in RA.1 We report…
Abstract Number: 1606 • ACR Convergence 2022
An Expanded Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Profile Derived Using Unsupervised Machine Learning Predicts Treatment Responses to Biologic Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
nozima Aripova¹, George Reed², Bryant England¹, William Robinson³, Dimitrios Pappas⁴, Joel Kremer⁵, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls⁶, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²The Corrona Research Foundation and University of Massachusetts, Albany, NY, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁵The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments have advanced with the availability of biologic therapies. Despite these advances, 30-40% of patients receiving a biologic do not adequately…
Abstract Number: 1728 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Frequency of Highly Differentiated T Effector Memory Cells Re-expressing CD45RA (Temra) and Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity Are Associated with Persistent Disease Specifically Refractory to Anti-TNF Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Su-Ann Yeoh, James Kimpton, Muhammad Shipa, Eleanor Hawkins, Arne Akbar and Michael Ehrenstein, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enrichment of highly differentiated T cells have been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared to healthy individuals. The role of highly differentiated T…
Abstract Number: 1761 • ACR Convergence 2022
Treatment Patterns of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs by Serostatus Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yinzhu Jin, Jun Liu, Rishi Desai and Seoyoung Kim, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that seropositive and seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients may respond differently to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). However, little is known about…
Abstract Number: 1955 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictive Factor of Spontaneous Regression in Methotorexate-associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders with RA Patients
Tomohiro Kameda¹, shusaku nakashima², Masayuki Inoo³, Ikuko Onishi³, Noriyuki Kurata³, Hiromi Shimada¹, Risa Wakiya¹, Mikiya Kato¹, taichi miyagi⁴, Yusuke Ushio⁵, Rina Mino⁶, Kanako Chujo⁷, norimitsu Kadowaki⁸ and Hiroaki Dobashi⁹, ¹Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ³Utazu Hospital, Yayauta-gun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁷Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁸Kagawa University, Kita-Gun, Japan, ⁹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs), including malignant lymphoma, are known to occur in RA patients treated with disease modified antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). In particular, LPD associated…

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