Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1747 • ACR Convergence 2022
Changes in the Number and Phenotype of Citrullinated-Antigen Specific T Cells Correlate with Treatment Outcome in Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cliff Rims¹, Virginia Muir¹, Anne Hocking¹, Sylvia Posso¹, Heather Bukiri², Jeffrey Carlin³, Bernard Ng⁴, Peter Linsley¹, Eddie James⁵ and Jane Buckner⁵, ¹Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴VA Puget Sound HCS, Seattle, WA, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) citrullinated antigen reactive T cells are key drivers of disease, but knowledge about their relative number and phenotype remains limited.…
Abstract Number: 1873 • ACR Convergence 2022
Relationship Between Baseline Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Types of Mortality: Study of Cohort Followed Prospectively
Cristina Corrales¹, Fabricio Benavides Villanueva¹, Ivan Ferraz Amaro², Nuria Vegas Revenga³, Virgi Portilla⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Alfonso Corrales⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ³Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁴Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of mortality mainly due to cardiovascular (CV) events, infections and malignancies. The relationship between the…
Abstract Number: 1965 • ACR Convergence 2022
Autoantibodies Against a Specific 25-mer Peptide from P. Gingivalis Are Present in Sera of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Early Arthritis
Hsin-Yi Peng¹, Ting-Yin Xue¹, Fei-Hung Hsieh¹, Yi-Ko Chen¹, Mei-Chin Yin², Che-Yi Chao², Shu-Yao Tsai², Chung-Ping Lin³, Po-Hao Huang³, Chien-Chung Huang³, Jiunn-Horng Chen³, Chung-Ming Huang³, Der-Yuan Chen⁴, Joung-Liang Lan⁵ and Gregory Tsay³, ¹China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ²Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ³China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁴China Medical University Hospital Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Taichung, Taiwan, ⁵China Medoical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: The presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are included in the 2010 the ACR/EULAR classification criteria of rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1983 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-S1 Antibody Levels Two Weeks After the Second Dose of an mRNA anti-SARS-CoV2 Vaccine Predict Maintenance of a Potent Neutralizing Activity over 24 Weeks in RA Patients
Kristin Schmiedeberg¹, Irene Abela², Nicolas Vuilleumier³, Johannes von Kempis⁴ and Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁵, ¹Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ²Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Laboratory Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Cantonal Clinic St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) on immunomodulatory therapies have a higher likelihood of an impaired vaccine-induced immune response following an mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.…
Abstract Number: 2000 • ACR Convergence 2022
Tapering of Long-term, Low Dose Glucocorticoids in Senior Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Follow up of the Pragmatic, Multicentre, Placebo-controlled GLORIA Trial
Abdullah Almayali¹, Maarten Boers², Linda Hartman³, Daniela OPRIS-BELINSKI⁴, Reinhard Bos⁵, Marc Kok⁶, Jose Pereira da Silva⁷, Eduard N Griep⁸, Ruth Klaasen⁹, CF Allaart¹⁰, Paul Baudoin¹¹, Hennie Raterman¹², Zoltan Szekanecz¹³, Frank Buttgereit¹⁴, Pavol MASARYK¹⁵, Willem Lems¹⁶, Maurizio Cutolo¹⁷ and Marieke ter Wee³, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania, ⁵Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Department of Rheumatology, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁷University of Coimbra, Rheumatology, Columbia, Portugal, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Antonius Hospital, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ¹⁰Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹Reumazorg Flevoland, Almere, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary, ¹⁴Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁵National Institute for the Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovakia, ¹⁶Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁷Laboratory 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: Guidelines suggest glucocorticoids (GC) should be used as bridge therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but many patients are on chronic treatment, and the effects…
Abstract Number: 2016 • ACR Convergence 2022
Safety and Efficacy Associated with Long-Term Low Dose Glucocorticoids in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials
Andriko Palmowski¹, Sabrina Mai Nielsen², Zhivana Boyadzhieva³, Abelina Schneider³, Anne Pankow³, Linda Hartman⁴, Jose Pereira da Silva⁵, John Kirwan⁶, Siegfried Wassenberg⁷, Christian Dejaco⁸, Robin Christensen⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰ and Frank Buttgereit¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²The Parker Institute, Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ³Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵University of Coimbra, Rheumatology, Columbia, Portugal, ⁶University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Brunico (SABES-ASDAA), Brunico, Italy, and Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is ongoing controversy about the safety and efficacy of long-term low dose glucocorticoids (GCs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to study…
Abstract Number: 2219 • ACR Convergence 2022
Time-Dependent Evaluation of Glucocorticoid Exposure Duration and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in a Cohort of Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Beth Wallace¹, Yuqing Gao², H. Myra Kim³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Ted Mikuls⁵, Daniel Clauw⁶, Bryant England⁷, Joshua Baker⁸, Brian Sauer⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Shirley Cohen-Mekelberg¹, Wyndy Wiitala², Jeremy Sussman¹, Rodney Hayward¹ and Akbar Waljee¹, ¹University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Michigan Department of Anesthesia, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Three-quarters of RA patients use glucocorticoids (GC) at some point to manage RA symptoms. Prior work suggests recent GC use is associated with major…
Abstract Number: PP19 • ACR Convergence 2022
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Rural Farming Community: How I Found a Rheumatologist and Got Targeted Treatment
Vanessa Kerr, Mexico, MO
Background/Purpose: I'm Vanessa and I've been married to James, a farmer, for 27 years. We have 5 children and when my fourth was born, I…
Abstract Number: 0049 • ACR Convergence 2022
IL-18 Receptor-α Signaling Pathway Contributes to Autoantibody-induced Arthritis via Neutrophil Recruitment
Shinjiro Kaieda and Tomoaki Hoshino, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Background/Purpose: We have previously reported that IL-18 levels in the lungs, serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were increased in patients with idiopathic pulmonary lung…
Abstract Number: 0093 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparison of Faculty and Fellow Prescribing Patterns for Rheumatoid Arthritis in an Urban, Academic Hospital
Ana Valle¹, Xianhong Xie², Don-Andre Jackson³ and Irene Blanco⁴, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Epidemiology & Population Health/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Griffin Health, Stamford, CT, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Timely initiation of DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is necessary to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. Yet, patients from marginalized groups are less likely…
Abstract Number: 0205 • ACR Convergence 2022
Virtually Training Peer Coaches to Use Motivational Interviewing Skills: Processes from a Rheumatoid Arthritis Intervention Training Program
Mackenzie Brown¹, Yuliana Domínguez Páez², Assem Jabri³, Geyanne Lui⁴, Joan Weiner³, Aberdeen Allen⁵, Tien Sydnor-Campbell⁶, Shelley fritz³, Megan Creasman⁷, Shanthini Kasturi⁸, Monika Safford³ and Iris Navarro-Millan³, ¹Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Weill Cornell Medicine, Parlin, ⁶Weill Cornell Medicine, Philedelphia, ⁷NYP-Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ⁸Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Peer coaching interventions are effective in helping individuals with chronic conditions understand and manage their disease. Most peer coach training programs occur in person,…
Abstract Number: 0253 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Teleconsultation During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jérôme Avouac¹, Anna Molto², Camelia Frantz³, sarah wanono³, elise descamps⁴, olivier fogel⁴, Alice Combier⁵, lucile poiroux⁵, Corinne MIceli⁶ and Yannick Allanore⁷, ¹University of Paris, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Hôpital Cochin,Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ³Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁴Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁶APHP, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The sudden emergence of SARS-CoV-2 onto the world stage has accelerated a major change in the management of patients with chronic rheumatic diseases and…
Abstract Number: 0269 • ACR Convergence 2022
Practical Cut-off Points for Using the Rheumatoid Arthritis Impact of Disease (RAID) Questionnaire in Remote Consult Triage
Marijke van den Dikkenberg¹, Martijn Kuijper², Marc Kok¹, Deirisa Lopes Barreto² and Angelique Weel¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam
Background/Purpose: In modern Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) care remote consults (via phone or video call) are increasing. Whereas the Disease Activity Scores (DAS) requires a patient…
Abstract Number: 0287 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Short-Term Response to Upadacitinib Treatment and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Prior Inadequate Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy
Christina Charles-Schoeman¹, Roy Fleischmann², Stephen Hall³, Arthur Kavanaugh⁴, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁵, Ryan DeMasi⁶, Sara Penn⁶, Andrew Garrison⁶, Samuel Anyanwu⁶, Radames Sierra-Zorita⁷ and Ricardo Xavier⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ³Emeritus Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Cantonal Clinic St Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, ⁶AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ⁸Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Early predictors of response to treatment with upadacitinib (UPA), an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, could help to optimize a treat-to-target approach in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0303 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effectiveness of Upadacitinib in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis of 6-Month Real-World Data from the United Rheumatology Normalized Integrated Community Evidence (UR-NICETM) Database
Allan Gibofsky¹, Mark Pearson², Andrew Concoff³, Anna K Shmagel⁴, Patrick Zueger⁴, Yanna Song⁴, Lauren Smith⁵ and Grace Wright⁶, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²West Suburban Center for Arthritis, Milwaukee, WI, ³United Rheumatology, Hauppauge, NY, ⁴AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵AbbVie, Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁶Grace C Wright MD PC, Association of Women in Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of upadacitinib (UPA), an oral Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi), in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been demonstrated in the phase…

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