Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0930 • ACR Convergence 2022
Delayed Response to Methotrexate Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Folic Acid Supplementation
Alberto Sulli, Tamara Vojinovic, Lercara Adriano, Emanuele Gotelli, sabrina Paolino, Alessandri Elisa and Maurizio Cutolo, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: MTX is the first line conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and folic acid (FA) supplementation is frequently co-prescribed…
Abstract Number: 1122 • ACR Convergence 2022
Short Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Interstitial Lung Disease
Pierre-Antoine Juge¹, Tracy Doyle², Seoyeon Lee³, Avram Walts⁴, Anthony Esposito⁵, Sergio Poli de Frias⁶, Ritu R. Gill⁷, Hiroto Hatabu⁸, Mizuki Nishino⁸, Michael Weinblatt⁹, Nancy A. Shadick⁶, Kristen Demoruelle¹⁰, Ivan O. Rosas¹¹, Benjamin granger¹², Kevin D Deane¹³, Bruno Crestani¹⁴, Paul Wolters¹⁵, Philippe Dieude¹⁶ and Joyce Lee¹³, ¹Rheumatology department, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Department of medicine, National Jewish Hospital, Denver, CO, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Radiology Department, Boston, MA, ⁸Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ¹²Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, PEPITES, F75013, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹³University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ¹⁴Hopital Bichat, Paris University, Paris, France, ¹⁵UCSF, SF, ¹⁶Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Shortened telomere lengths (TL) have been associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD), in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Given the phenotypic overlap between IPF…
Abstract Number: 1236 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduced Inflammation Following 4-weeks TNF-α Inhibitor Treatment Restore Aberrant Cerebral Pain Processing in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled fMRI Study
Angelica Sandström¹, Peter Fransson², Reem Altawil³, Eva Kosek⁴ and Jon Lampa³, ¹Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences/Pain Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The purpose with this study was to investigate whether the effects of a 4-week treatment with adalimumab (Humira™) could change previously reported aberrations in…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2022
Satisfaction with Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Is Related to Discordance with Providers’ Treatment Goals and Patients’ Reasons for Disagreement
Kelly O'Neill¹, Pamela Sinicrope², Cynthia Crowson³, Kathryne Marks⁴, Rachel Giblon⁵, Elena Myasoedova² and John Davis², ¹Rheumatoid Patient Foundation, Winter Springs, FL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: We previously reported on the incidence of shared treatment goal discussions which are associated with disease activity (DA) improvement and satisfaction within rheumatology care.…
Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2022
Myokine Myostatin Is a Novel Predictor of One-year Radiographic Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jian-Zi Lin, Li-Juan Yang, Hong-Gui Li, Ai-Qi Zeng, Kui-Min Yang and Lie Dai, Department of Rheumatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background/Purpose: Associations between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and reduced skeletal muscle have been studied, and we firstly reported myopenia independently predict one-year radiographic progression in RA.…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2022
2022 Revision of the ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paul Studenic¹, Daniel Aletaha², Maarten de Wit³, Tanja Stamm⁴, Farideh Alasti⁵, Diane Lacaille⁶, Josef Smolen¹ and David Felson⁷, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria, ³Patient research partner, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Wien, Austria, ⁵Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: More than 10 years ago ACR and EULAR endorsed provisional criteria to define remission in RA, both Boolean and index-based. However, the agreement between…
Abstract Number: 1434 • ACR Convergence 2022
Retrospective Analysis of Tocilizumab-induced Neutropenia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
YoungEun Kim¹, Soo Min Ahn¹, Ji Seon Oh², Yong Gil Kim¹, Chang Keun Lee¹, Bin Yoo¹ and Seokchan Hong¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Information Medicine, Big Data Research Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Neutropenia has been reported as one of the most frequent adverse events of tocilizumab. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine the risks…
Abstract Number: 1608 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Effect of Treat to Target in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – A 5-year Prospective Study
Huan Meng¹, Isaac Cheng², Byran P Yan¹, Alex PW Lee¹, Ho So¹ and Lai-shan Tam², ¹The Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ²The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis driven by chronic inflammation. We have previously reported that achieving sustained disease activity score 28 (DAS28)…
Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR Convergence 2022
Granzyme K Elicits a New Pathway for Complement Activation in RA Synovium
Anna Jonsson¹, Carlos Donado², Emma Gomez-Rivas¹ and Michael Brenner³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: T cells are major drivers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Most research has focused on CD4 T cells, but we have found that CD8+…
Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sex-Related Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Population-based Study
Sanjana Tarannum¹, Jessica Widdifield¹, C. Fangyun Wang², Sindhu R. Johnson³, Paula Rochon¹ and Lihi Eder⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Women’s College Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Delayed diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is associated with joint damage and disability.…
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: 1974 • ACR Convergence 2022
Which ACR Response Definition Should Be Used for Disease Activity Claims in Approval Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Evaluation
Andreas Kerschbaumer¹, Victoria Konzett², Josef Smolen¹ and Daniel Aletaha³, ¹Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Division of Rheumatology / Department of Medicine III / Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Medical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Background/Purpose: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) response definition was developed in 1995 by Felson et al. as a composite outcome and has been the…
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: 2008 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Mechanistic Insight and Dosage Optimization Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Dazodalibep (VIB4920/HZN4920) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Having Inadequate Response to Conventional/Biological DMARDs
Alan Kivitz¹, Liangwei Wang², Ilias Alevizos², Michele Gunsior², Judith Falloon² and Gabor Illei³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ²Horizon Therapeutics, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Horizon Therapeutics, Rockville, MD
Background/Purpose: Dazodalibep (DAZ), a non-antibody biologic antagonist of CD40L, led to higher/durable response rates vs. placebo (PBO) in a double-blind, Phase 1b trial of patients…
Abstract Number: 2199 • ACR Convergence 2022
Primary Non-adherence to Biologics and Immunomodulatory Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Spondyloarthritis Using Linked EHR and Pharmacy Claims Data
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Yujie Su², Cassie Clinton², Patrick Stewart³, Bryant England⁴, Tim Buekelman⁵ and Fenglong Xie², ¹Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Bendcare, Boca Raton, FL, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵FASTER, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Many patients with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions discontinue biologics and other immunomodulatory medications prematurely, but many fail to even start (primary non-adherence). We examined…

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