Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0227 • ACR Convergence 2020
Real Life Severe Infections in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis on Treatment with Biological Therapy and JAK Inhibitors
Lucía Vega-Álvarez¹, Itziar Calvo-Zorrilla¹, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena¹, Juan M. Blanco-Madrigal¹, David Montero-Seisdedos², Carmen L. Garcia-Gomez¹, Maria Esther Ruiz-Lucea¹, Ana R. Inchaurbe-Pellejero¹, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹, Clara E. Perez-Velasquez¹, Olaia Fernandez-Berrizbeitia¹, Eduardo Cuende-Quintana³, Iñigo R. Gorostiza-Hormaetxe⁴, María Luz García-Vivar¹ and Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹, ¹Basurto University Hospital, BILBAO, Spain, ²Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain, ³Basurto University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao
Background/Purpose: Infections are one of the main complications among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with immunosuppressive treatment. The differences between treatments and the influence of…
Abstract Number: 0343 • ACR Convergence 2020
Co-expression of DC-STAMP and CX3CR1: Biomarkers for Tissue Resident Osteoclasts in Psoriatic Arthritis
Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez¹, Javier Rangel-Moreno², Ananta Paine³, Benjamin Korman³, Marc Nuzzo⁴, Lihi Eder⁵ and Christopher Ritchlin³, ¹University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ⁵Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients often experience joint damage mediated by osteoclasts (OC). Although PsA pathogenesis is poorly understood, the production of the cytokines IL-17,…
Abstract Number: 0487 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association Between an Extended Lifestyle Score and Adverse Health-related Outcomes in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study of 5295 UK Biobank Participants
Jordan Canning¹, Stefan Siebert², Bhautesh Jani¹, Frances Mair¹ and Barbara Nicholl¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterised by inflammation of the synovial joints. Traditional lifestyle factors, such as smoking and poor diet,…
Abstract Number: 0611 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Activity and Disability Are Not Associated with Rehabilitation Utilization in African Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Louise Thoma¹, Rebecca Cleveland², S. Louis Bridges³, Beth Jonas¹ and Leigh Callahan⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mountain Brk, AL, ⁴University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Considerable advances in pharmacological care for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the last 25 years have reduced disease activity in individual patients, but…
Abstract Number: 0752 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Proteomics Implicates Neutrophil Degranulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity
Liam O'Neil¹, Vidyanand Anaparti¹, Dana Wiens¹, Irene Smolik¹, Xiaobo Meng¹ and Hani El-Gabalawy¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Though targeted therapeutics have improved outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) treatment, the understanding of the underlying biological mechanisms that mediate inflammatory arthritis in RA…
Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2020
Does the Autoantibody-Response Mature Between Presentation with Arthralgia and Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis? – a Longitudinal Serological Study
Fenne Wouters¹, Ellis Niemantsverdriet¹, Nazike Salioska¹, Annemarie Dorjée¹, René Toes¹ and Annette van der Helm - van Mil², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are often present years before disease onset but their mere presence does not seem enough to induce RA. Several…
Abstract Number: 0786 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Combination of Dimensionality Reduction Techniques Reveals Novel HLA-DR+ ‘Candidate’ Antigen-Presenting Cell Subsets (cAPC) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Christian Geier¹, Jon Giles¹, Samantha Gaines², Christopher Depender¹, Joan Bathon¹ and Robert Winchester¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
Background/Purpose: The presentation of MHC-peptide complexes to T lymphocytes via antigen-presenting cells (APC) is a crucial step in the initiation of immune responses. Dendritic cells…
Abstract Number: 0803 • ACR Convergence 2020
Real-World DMARD Experience and Outcomes for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Japan: Safety
Mitsumasa Kishimoto¹, Yoshiya Tanaka², Leslie Harrold³, Alina Onofrei³, Christine Barr⁴, Ekta Agarwal⁵, Jose L Rivas⁶, Naonobu Sugiyama⁷, Jeffrey Greenberg⁸ and Hisashi Yamanaka⁹, ¹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ³Corrona, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴Corrona, LLC, Albany, NY, ⁵Pfizer, Inc., Princeton Jct, NJ, ⁶Pfizer SLU, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Pfizer Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Corrona, LLC and NYU School of Medicine, Waltham, MA, ⁹Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: There is limited information on the real-world safety of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan. Using a Japanese…
Abstract Number: 0820 • ACR Convergence 2020
High Remission Rates in RA – Real Life Data from Bariticinib
Sara Bayat¹, Koray Tascilar², Arnd Kleyer², David Simon², Axel Hueber³ and Georg Schett⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ³Section Rheumatology, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Recent developments of targeted treatments such as targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) increase the chances of a sustained low disease activity (LDA) or remission state…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides Central Pain Sensitization Is Strictly Associated with Functional Disability
Giovanni Adami¹, Angelo Fassio¹, Elisabetta Gerratana², Alessandro Giollo¹, Camilla Benini¹, Luca Idolazzi¹, Elisabetta Vantaggiato¹, Davide Gatti¹ and Maurizio Rossini¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Background/Purpose: Long-term nociceptive pain, as in inflammatory arthritides, can cause Central Sensitization (CS) to pain. CS Inventory (CSI) is a validated screening instrument for clinicians to…
Abstract Number: 1001 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk of Malignant Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Initiating Methotrexate versus Hydroxychloroquine
Hemin Lee¹, Sarah Chen², Nileesa Gautam², Seanna Vine¹, Mengdong He², Rishi Desai², Michael Weinblatt¹, Robert Glynn² and Seoyoung Kim², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Background/Purpose: Previous randomized clinical trials and observational studies have signaled an increased risk of skin cancer in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with immunosuppressants such…
Abstract Number: 1017 • ACR Convergence 2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Risk of Preterm Birth Among Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Rheumatoid Arthritis with Varying Reference Groups
Lena Sabih¹, Jennifer Strouse¹, Gretchen Bandoli², Rebecca Baer³, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski³, Christina Chambers², Namrata Singh⁴ and Kelli Ryckman⁵, ¹University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, ²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, ⁴University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are independently associated with preterm birth (PTB). Black women have higher risk of both ARD and…
Abstract Number: 1188 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Anti-malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde IgA Antibody Concentration Improves Prediction of Coronary Atherosclerosis Beyond Traditional Risk Factors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hannah Lomzenski¹, Geoffrey Thiele², Michael Duryee², Sheau-Chiann Chen¹, Fei Ye¹, Ted Mikuls², C. Michael Stein¹ and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of traditional risk factors. Oxidative stress is increased in patients with RA and…
Abstract Number: 1204 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity Scores to Assess Biosimilarity in a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Biosimilar Infliximab-qbtx (PF‑06438179/GP1111) with EU-Sourced Reference Infliximab in Patients with Active RA
Jonathan Kay¹, Daniel Alvarez², Muhammad Iftikharur Rehman³, Min Zhang⁴ and Noriko Iikuni⁵, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ³Pfizer, Andover, MA, ⁴Pfizer, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Pfizer, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The multi-biomarker disease activity (MBDA; Vectra® DA, Myriad Genetics, Inc.) score is calculated from concentrations of 12 serum proteins to assess disease activity (DA)…
Abstract Number: 1220 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increased Serum Levels of Circulating Vimentin and Citrullinated Vimentin Are Differently Regulated by Tocilizumab and Methotrexate Monotherapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patryk J. Drobinski¹, Anne C. Bay-Jensen², Anne S. Siebuhr³ and Morten A. Karsdal³, ¹University of Copenhagen/Nordic Bioscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³Nordic Bioscience A/S, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Presence of citrullinated protein fragments in the circulation of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a highly disease-specific phenomenon. Vimentin is often a target…

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