Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1010 • ACR Convergence 2025
Confounding by Indication in Observational Studies Investigating Glucocorticoid-Associated Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review
Andriko Palmowski¹, Anne Elisabeth Beenken², Anne Pankow², Judith Oldenkott², Henriette Käding², Edgar Wiebe³, Zhivana Boyadzhieva⁴, Eric L Matteson⁵, Ioanna Minopoulou⁶, Thorben Witte², David Simon⁷, Arnd Kleyer⁶ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT⁸, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Observational studies investigating glucocorticoids (GCs) and related adverse events (AEs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can suffer from bias by indication if confounders…
Abstract Number: 0914 • ACR Convergence 2025
Preclinical Expansion of Autoreactive Naive B cells Drives RA onset in ACPA+ individuals
Xiaohao Wu¹, Mengrui Zhang², Orr Sharpe³, V. Michael Holers⁴, Jane Buckner⁵, Gary Firestein⁵, Eddie James⁶, Kevin Deane⁷ and William H. Robinson⁸, ¹Stanford Uniersity, Stanford, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Stanford University, Stanford, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, ⁵Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, ⁶Benaroya Research Institute, Benaroya Research Institute, ⁷University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁸Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the progression from anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity to clinical rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain poorly understood. Defining these…
Abstract Number: 0825 • ACR Convergence 2025
Rheum2Learn: A Randomized Trial of Virtual vs Text-Based Rheumatology Modules
Sonam Kiwalkar¹, Julianna Desmarais², Ellen Snyder³, Lisa Schroeder⁴, Marissa Meissner⁵, Noelle A. Rolle⁶, Sarah Donohue⁷, Brittany Bettendorf⁸, Ira Khanna⁹, Karen Kruzer¹⁰, Nkechi Emejuaiwe¹¹, Ibtissam Gad¹², David Leverenz¹³, Michael George¹⁴, Ashima Makol¹⁵, Floranne Ernste¹⁵ and Jilie Blaszczak¹⁶, ¹The Vancouver Clinic, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, ³UNC Rheumatology, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Geisinger, Danville, PA, ⁵Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ⁶Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Evans, GA, ⁷University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁹Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ¹⁰Assistant Professor- University of Rochester, Victor, NY, ¹¹Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹²University of Michigan, Plymouth, MI, ¹³Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Internal medicine (IM) residents often receive limited rheumatology training, contributing to low confidence in managing rheumatologic conditions and suboptimal performance on standardized examinations. Virtual…
Abstract Number: 0505 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of Upadacitinib in Real-World Clinical Practice: Patient Characteristics and Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effect
Virginia Ruiz-Esquide¹, Lourdes Mateo², Carolina Pérez García³, Hye Sang-Park⁴, Susana Holgado⁵, María Aparicio⁶, Beatriz Frade⁷, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy⁸, Annika Nack⁹, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia¹⁰, José Gomez-Puerta¹¹ and Raimon Sanmartí¹, ¹Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²Hospital Trías i Pujol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Germans Trías i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Hospotal Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic and IDIBAPS of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: While clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of upadacitinib (UPA), real-world data are essential to understand patient characteristics and assess its effectiveness in routine…
Abstract Number: 0486 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of sarilumab in more than 1000 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan by age group: a post-marketing surveillance study
Hideto Kameda¹, Sadatomo Tasaka², Toshiya Takahashi³, Naoki Soeda³, Katsuhisa Suzuki⁴ and Yoshiya Tanaka⁵, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, ³Medical Affairs, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Medical Affairs, Sanofi K.K., Tokyo, Japan, ⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sarilumab (SAR) is approved as monotherapy or in combination with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) for treatment of patients (pts) with moderate-to-severely active…
Abstract Number: 0470 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on Distinct Patterns of Pain Improvement Following Treatment With Filgotinib: A Post Hoc Analysis of FINCH 1
Peter Taylor¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Louis Dron³, Katrien Van Beneden⁴, Gerd Burmester⁵ and Bruno Fautrel⁶, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Cytel, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Alfasigma S.p.A., Bologna, Italy, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Sorbonne Université - APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Inserm UMRS ¹¹³⁶-⁵, PARIS, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors have been shown to ameliorate pain as well as inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Pain response trajectories were modeled…
Abstract Number: 0453 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Study of ILD Risk and Outcomes in RA-ILD
kyung-Ann Lee¹, Bora Lee², Hyun-Sook Kim³ and Se Hee Kim⁴, ¹Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul: Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Chosun University, GwangJu, Republic of Korea, ³Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a potentially life-threatening extra-articular manifestation of RA. The comparative safety of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in RA…
Abstract Number: 0436 • ACR Convergence 2025
Why Do Patients with Rheumatic Disease Have MACE and Thrombotic Events?
Andrea Mazariego and Maria Greenwald, Desert Medical Advances, Rancho Mirage, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic disease have an increased risk for thrombotic events and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) due to systemic inflammation. Bleeding time is…
Abstract Number: 0338 • ACR Convergence 2025
Fractures and Changes in Bone Mineral Density During Two Years of Low Dose Glucocorticoid Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Andriko Palmowski¹, Tobias Haugegaard², Ingiäld Hafstörm³, Henning Bliddal⁴, Judith Oldenkott⁵, Siegfried Wassenberg⁶, Ernest Choy⁷, John Kirwan⁸, Robin Christensen⁹, Maarten Boers¹⁰ and FRANK BUTTGEREIT¹¹, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²The Parker Institute, Kopenhagen, Denmark, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁵Charité, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, ⁷Division of Infection and Immunity, CREATE Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ⁹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ¹⁰Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ¹¹Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: It is unclear to what extent low dose glucocorticoids (GCs) impact bone health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA leads to bone loss…
Abstract Number: 0174 • ACR Convergence 2025
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors and Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xuesen Zhao¹, Puran Nepa², Hui Yu³, Laura Daniel², Vivian Kawai⁴, Michael Stein⁵, Yan Guo³ and Cecilia Chung³, ¹University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²University of Miami, Research Service, Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL, ³University of Miami, Miami, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: While some studies have linked air pollution to risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), U.S.-based studies utilizing nationwide exposure data remain limited and often exclude…
Abstract Number: 0091 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in Rheumatoid Arthritis: associations with treatment response and comorbidities
Athena Chin¹, susan branford², Annabelle Small³, malcolm Smith¹, monika Kutyna⁴, Robert King⁵, Susanna Proudman⁶, Devendra Hiwase⁷ and Mihir Wechalekar⁸, ¹Flinders Medical Centre, KURRALTA PARK, South Australia, Australia, ²SA Pathology, Adelaide, ³Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia, ⁴South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, ⁵Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, ⁶Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Medindie, South Australia, Australia, ⁷Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, ⁸Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the detection of recurrent somatic mutations, at a variant allele frequency (VAF) < ![if…
Abstract Number: 0072 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Baricitinib on Cardiovascular Health in Biologic-naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: A Comparative Study with TNF Inhibitors and Conventional DMARDs
Chary López pedrera¹, Laura muñoz-Barrera², Rafaela Ortega-Castro³, Sagrario Corrales², Jerusalen Calvo Gutierrez⁴, Concepción Aranda Valera⁵, Lourdes Ladehesa⁶, Pilar Font⁷, Ismael Sanchez-Pareja², Elena Moreno-Caño⁵, M Carmen Abalos-Aguilera⁸, Christian Merlo-Ruiz⁸, MARIA ANGELES AGUIRRE ZAMORANO², Pedro Seguí-Azpilcueta⁹, Tomás Cerdó², Nuria Barbarroja¹⁰, Rocío González Conejero¹¹, Constantino Martínez¹¹, Carlos Pérez Sánchez¹² and Alejandro Escudero¹³, ¹Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Sevilla, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁶IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital-University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, SpainBiomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁹Radiology Service, Reina Sofia Hospital/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba/University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB Pascual Parrilla., Murcia, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Therapeutic advances in RA have introduced effective treatments, including b/tsDMARDs such as Baricitinib. However, its cardiovascular safety profile remains unclear, partly due to the…
Abstract Number: 0049 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhanced Src Homology Region 2 Domain-containing Phosphatase 1 Activity Ameliorates Murine Inflammatory Arthritis Through the Innate Immune System
Jun Li, Katalin Mikecz and Adrienn Markovics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Background/Purpose: Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase expressed in hematopoietic cells (PMID9069265). SHP-1 is a key negative…
Abstract Number: 2661 • ACR Convergence 2025
Heterogeneity of RA-ILD by Longitudinal Forced Vital Capacity Measurements Is Associated with Survival and Respiratory Hospitalization
Bryant England¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul², Tate Johnson¹, Scott Matson³, Grant Cannon⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Jeffrey Curtis⁶, Joshua Baker⁷ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Forced vital capacity (FVC) is one of the primary disease measures monitored in RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). While prior studies have suggested a…
Abstract Number: 2567 • ACR Convergence 2025
Temporal Trends in Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A National, Matched Cohort Study
Tate Johnson¹, Joshua Baker², Punyasha Roul³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Brian Sauer⁶, Ted Mikuls¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Multimorbidity, the presence of multiple chronic conditions, is over-represented in RA. A cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM) phenotype has emerged in the general population, but is…

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