Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2021
Direct and Conditional Effects of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume on Coronary Plaque Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, sarah ormseth², Elizabeth Hernandez² and Matthew Budoff³, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ³Division of Cardiology, and the Lundquist Institute ay Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Epicardial adipose tissue volume (EATv) predicts coronary atherosclerosis presence, progression and cardiovascular events in general patients. We recently reported that EATv associated with greater…
Abstract Number: 0271 • ACR Convergence 2021
Higher Prevalence of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the First Five Years of Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
Natalia Guajardo-Jauregui, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado, Iris Colunga-Pedraza, Jose Azpiri-Lopez, Alejandra Rodriguez-Romero, Julieta Loya-Acosta, Alejandro Meza-Garza, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza, Salvador Lugo-Perez and Jessica Castillo-Treviño, Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of developing a cardiovascular (CV) event than the general population, due to an accelerated process…
Abstract Number: 0288 • ACR Convergence 2021
Demographic, Lifestyle, and Clinical Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Bronchiectasis: Role of RA-related Autoantibodies
Gregory McDermott¹, Ritu Gill², Staci Gagne³, Suzanne Byrne³, Weixing Huang³, Lauren Prisco⁴, Alessandra Zaccardelli³, Lily Martin³, Nancy Shadick⁵, Paul Dellaripa³, Tracy Doyle⁶ and Jeffrey Sparks³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pound Ridge, MA, ⁵Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA
Background/Purpose: Bronchiectasis is a known extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized by bronchial damage and excessive mucus production that predispose patients to risk of…
Abstract Number: 0462 • ACR Convergence 2021
Remotely Delivered Cognitive Behavioural and Personalised Exercise Interventions Reduce Fatigue Severity and Impact in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Results from a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Parallel Group Trial
Eva-Maria Bachmair¹, Kathryn Martin Remmes¹, Lorna Aucott¹, Emma Dures², Richard Emsley³, Stuart Gray⁴, Elizabeth Kidd⁵, Vinod Kumar⁶, Karina Lovell⁷, Graeme MacLennan¹, Paul McNamee¹, John Norrie⁸, Lorna Paul⁹, Jon Packham¹⁰, Stuart Ralston¹¹, Stefan Siebert⁴, Alison Wearden⁷, Gary Macfarlane¹² and Neil Basu⁴, ¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²University of West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS Tayside, Dundee, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁹Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ¹¹University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹²Epidemiology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) related fatigue is pervasive and disabling, even in otherwise stable disease. Although cognitive-behavioural approaches (CBAs) and personalised exercise programmes (PEP)…
Abstract Number: 0568 • ACR Convergence 2021
Construction of the Veterans Affairs National Rheumatoid Arthritis Database (VANRAD)
Amy Joseph¹, Jodi Yanagida¹, Xinliang Huang¹, Prabha Ranganathan¹, Melissa Laurie², Hong Xian¹ and Seth Eisen¹, ¹VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, MO, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) provides comprehensive medical care at minimal or no cost to 9 million veterans annually through 170 medical centers…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Lipid Mediator Profiles and Development of Future Incident Inflammatory Arthritis in a High Risk, Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Positive Population
Lauren Vanderlinden¹, Elizabeth Bemis², Kristen Polinski³, Kristen Demoruelle⁴, Marie Feser⁵, Jennifer Seifert⁶, Ted Mikuls⁷, Michael Weisman⁸, Jane Buckner⁹, Kevin Deane¹⁰, Michael Clare-Salzler¹¹, V. Michael Holers¹² and Jill Norris¹³, ¹Colorado School of Public Health, Monument, CO, ²Colorado School of Public Health Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³CSPH, Gaithersburg, CO, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Colorado School of Medicine, Littleton, CO, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, ¹¹Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, ¹²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹³Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Lipid mediators are endogenously derived from the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and have important roles in promoting and resolving…
Abstract Number: 0741 • ACR Convergence 2021
Assessing the Relationship of Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity and Health Related Quality of Life by SF-36 with Other Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Post Hoc Analyses of Data from Phase 3 Trials of Baricitinib
Vibeke Strand¹, Anthony Sebba², Savannah Scardo³, Amanda Quebe⁴, Liliana Zaremba-Pechmann⁵ and Peter C Taylor⁶, ¹Stanford University, Portola Valley, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly and Company, Indanapolis, IN, ⁵HaaPACS, Schriesheim, Germany, ⁶University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Improvements in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were demonstrated in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of baricitinib (BARI), an oral Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor, for the treatment…
Abstract Number: 0796 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of the Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) with a Quick Quantitative C-reactive Protein Assay (SDAI-Q) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National, Multicenter Study
Julia Schally¹, Henning Christian Brandt², Jan Brandt-Jrgens³, Gerd Burmester⁴, Hildrun Haibel⁵, Henriette Käding¹, Kirsten Karberg⁶, Susanne Lüders⁷, Burkhard Muche¹, Mikhail Protopopov⁴, Valeria Rios Rodriguez⁴, Murat Torgutalp⁴, Maryna Verba⁸, Silke Zinke⁹, Denis Poddubnyy¹⁰ and Fabian Proft⁴, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ²Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Praxis für Rheumatologie und Innere Medizin,, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Berlin, Germany, ⁹Rheumapraxis Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic decisions in RA patients should be based on regular disease activity assessment using scores like the Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) or the…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2021
Patient Characteristics, Efficacy, and Treatment Patterns of Tofacitinib Monotherapy in Patients with RA: Contextualization of Randomized Controlled Trial Results with Real-world Data
Janet Pope¹, Axel Finckh², Lucia Silva-Fernández³, Peter Mandl⁴, Haiyun Fan⁵, Jose L Rivas⁶, Monica Valderrama⁶ and María Montoro⁶, ¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²University Hospital of Geneva, Geneve - Vesenaz, Switzerland, ³Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have long been considered the gold standard for clinical research, but can be complemented with real-world data (RWD) to further…
Abstract Number: 0831 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety and Efficacy of Tofacitinib vs TNF Inhibitors in RA Patients Aged 50 Years or Older with One or More Cardiovascular Risks: Results from a Phase 3b/4 Randomized Safety Trial
Steven R Ytterberg¹, Deepak L Bhatt², Ted Mikuls³, Gary G Koch⁴, Jose L Rivas⁵, Rebecca Germino⁶, Sujatha Menon⁶, Yanhui Sun⁷, Cunshan Wang⁶, Andrea B Shapiro⁸, Keith S Kanik⁶, Carol A Connell⁶ and Roy Fleischmann⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁷Pfizer CRDC, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ⁸Pfizer Inc, Peapack, NJ, ⁹Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: ORAL Surveillance (NCT02092467) was mandated by the US Food and Drug Administration to assess the relative risk of tofacitinib vs TNF inhibitors (TNFi), based…
Abstract Number: 0946 • ACR Convergence 2021
Distinct Lipidomic Signatures in Synovium and Synovial Fluid of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Psoriatic Arthritis
Beatriz Rocha¹, Berta Cillero-Pastor², Anna Illiano³, Valentina Calamia¹, Gabriella Pinto⁴, Angela Amoresano⁴, Cristina Ruiz-Romero⁵, Juan D Cañete⁶, Ron MA Heeren² and Francisco Blanco-García⁷, ¹Unidad de Proteómica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). C/ As Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006 A Coruña, España., A Coruña, Spain, ²The Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, The Netherlands., Maastricht, Netherlands, ³CEINGE - Advanced Biotecnology, 80145 Napoli, Italy. Instituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi (INBB), Rome, Italy., Naples, Italy, ⁴Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy. Instituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi (INBB), Rome, Italy, ⁵Unidad de Proteómica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). C/ As Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, España.Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, España., A Coruña, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Unidad de Proteómica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). C/ As Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006, A Coruña, España.Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología y Salud (GIR-S). Departamento de Fisioterapia, Medicina y Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Fisioterapia, Campus de Oza, 15008, A Coruña, España., A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: The differential diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is often difficult due to the similarity of symptoms and the unavailability of…
Abstract Number: 1015 • ACR Convergence 2021
Preclinical Investigation of the First-in-Class SIK2/SIK3 Inhibitor GLPG3970 in Models of Arthritis
Catherine Jagerschmidt¹, Stephanie Lavazais¹, Maikel Colli², Michael Drennan², Erik Verschueren², David Amantini¹, Nicolas Desroy¹ and Steve De Vos², ¹Galapagos SASU, Romainville, France, ²Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Improved management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains an unmet need. Salt-inducible kinases (SIKs) modulate immune cells by a dual mechanism…
Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR Convergence 2021
Synovial Fluid Cytokines, Chemokines, and MMPs in Osteoarthritis Patients with Knee Pain Compared to RA Patients and Normal Knees
Richard Meehan¹, Elizabeth Regan¹, Eric Hoffman¹, Molly Wolff¹, Mary Gill¹, James Crooks², Presant Parmar³, Richard Scheuring⁴, John Hill⁵, karin Pacheco⁶ and Vijaya Knight⁷, ¹National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ²National Jewsih Health and Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO, ³St Joeseph hospital/NJH, Denver, CO, ⁴NASA/JSC, Houston, TX, ⁵University of Colorado Sports Medicine, Denver, CO, ⁶Nationals Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁷Children's Hospital Department of Immunology, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: A major limitation of synovial fluid (SF) biomarker studies in osteoarthritis (OA) has been difficulty in obtaining SF (SF) in patients with small effusions.…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Systematic Review Looking at the Relationship Between Serum Calprotectin and Ultrasound Parameters in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrea Hui Ling Low¹, Fang Yi Lim² and Margaret Ma³, ¹National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²National Univeristy of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Serum Calprotectin level has been shown to correlate with disease activity, ultrasound (US) parameters, treatment response and clinical remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The…
Abstract Number: 1223 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Multinational, Prospective, Observational Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Baricitinib, Targeted Synthetic or Biologic Disease-Modifying Therapies: 6-Month Effectiveness and Patient Reported Outcome Data from the European Cohort
Gerd Burmester¹, Bruno Fautrel², Rieke Alten³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁴, Jean hugues Salmon⁵, Thorsten Holzkaemper⁶, Inmaculada de la Torre⁷, Pedro Lopez-Romero⁸, Walid Fakhouri⁸ and Anja Gentzel-Jorczyk⁸, ¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ³Schlosspark-Klinik University, Berlin, Germany, ⁴University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology, CHU Maison blanche, Reims, Reims, France, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Bad Homburg, Germany, ⁷Eli Lilly and Company, Alcobendas, Spain, ⁸Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Baricitinib (BARI) is a JAK1/2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the treatment of…

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