Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0755 • ACR Convergence 2020
Exploring the Significance of Anti-Nuclear Antibody Positivity in the Medical Management of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sujaytha Paknikar¹, Cynthia Crowson², John Davis¹ and Uma Thanarajasingam¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: ANA testing has been a well-established screening tool for autoimmune conditions such as SLE. Current practice for classification of RA does not include ANA…
Abstract Number: 0773 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Anti-carbamylated Fibrinogen Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Targets a Specific Epitope on the γ-chain and Is Associated with a More Active Disease
Pauline Brevet¹, Manuel Freret¹, Pascal Rottenberg², Clément Guillou³, Thierry Lequerre⁴, Pascal Cosette⁵, Olivier Boyer² and Olivier Vittecoq⁶, ¹Inserm U1234 and Rouen University , IRIB, Rouen, France ; Rouen University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Rouen, France, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France, ²Inserm U1234 and Rouen University , IRIB, Rouen, France ; Rouen University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Rouen, France, Rouen, France, ³CNRS 6270, PISSARO, IRIB, Rouen, France ; Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Rouen, Immunology Laboratory, Rouen, France, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France, ⁴Rheumatology, University Teaching Hospital, Rouen, France, ⁵CNRS 6270, PISSARO, IRIB, Rouen, France ; Centre hospitalo-universitaire de Rouen, Immunology Laboratory, Rouen, France, Rouen, France, ⁶University Hospital of Rouen, Rouen, France
Background/Purpose: Anti-carbamylated protein autoantibodies (anti-CarP Abs) of IgG and/or IgA isotype have potential diagnostic and prognostic value Carbamylated Fetal Calf Serum (FCS) is the substrate…
Abstract Number: 0790 • ACR Convergence 2020
Vitamin D Polygenetic Risk Score and the Association with RA Autoantibodies Among First-Degree Relatives of RA Subjects
Elizabeth Bemis¹, Kendra Young², Jennifer Seifert³, Marie Feser⁴, Kevin D. Deane⁵, M Kristen Demoruelle⁶, James O'Dell⁷, Michael Weisman⁸, Peter Gregersen⁹, Richard Keating¹⁰, William Robinson¹¹, Jane Buckner¹², Carl Langefeld¹³, Joel Guthridge¹⁴, Judith James¹⁵, V Michael Holers⁴ and Jill Norris¹⁶, ¹Colorado School of Public Health Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ³UC Denver, Littleton, CO, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁵2 Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado, ⁶University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Cedars Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹5. Feinstein Institute Medical Research and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁰Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA, ¹¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ¹²Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ¹³Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ¹⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ¹⁶Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Colorado
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex autoimmune disease whose etiology remains largely unknown. Vitamin D has been widely studied due to its association with…
Abstract Number: 0806 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identification and Adjustment for Factors Associated with Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials to Improve Comparisons of Treatment Efficacy
Anthony Cordisco¹ and Joshua Baker¹, ¹Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Numerous clinical trials have been published in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but comparing efficacies of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) is complicated by a lack of…
Abstract Number: 0823 • ACR Convergence 2020
Identifying Physician-Perceived Barriers to a Pragmatic Treatment Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Haiyan Qu¹, Shamly Austin² and Jasvinder Singh¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Gateway Health Plan®, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The aim of this qualitative research was to identify physician-perceived patient and clinic barriers to patient recruitment in a RA pragmatic trial of anti-TNF…
Abstract Number: 0966 • ACR Convergence 2020
Decoupling Inflammation and Bone Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis via Schnurri-3
Zheni Stavre¹, JungMin Kim², Jae-Hyuck Shim² and Ellen Gravallese³, ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School-Rheumatology Division, Worcester, MA, ²University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to local and systemic bone loss. TNF is a key mediator of bone loss,…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Incidence, Mortality, and Economic Burden of Potentially Preventable Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Soumyasri Kambhatla¹, Estefania Gauto-Mariotti² and Augustine Manadan³, ¹John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Riverside, IL, ²John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Herpes zoster, and influenza infections are common and potentially preventable causes of morbidity and mortality. Vaccinations have been shown to reduce infection…
Abstract Number: 1052 • ACR Convergence 2020
Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Disease in American Indian/Alaska Native People in Alaska
Joanna Marco¹ and Elizabeth Ferucci², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Many connective tissue diseases are known to cause interstitial lung disease (ILD). American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have higher prevalence and severity of a…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2020
Specificity for Inflammatory Pathways Associated with Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brittany Weber¹, Zeling He¹, Sicong Huang¹, Daniel H. Solomon², Elena Massarotti¹, Charlotte Golnik¹, Thany Seyok¹, Seth Brownmiller¹, Laurel Martell¹, Leann Barrett¹, Courtney Bibbo¹, Marcy Bolster³, Marcelo DiCarli¹ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) is associated with increased mortality in RA independent of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Inflammation likely plays an important role…
Abstract Number: 1207 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Body Mass Index on Clinical Responses of Novel Subcutaneous Infliximab (CT-P13 SC) in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: 1-Year Results from a Part 2 of Phase I/III Randomized Controlled Trial
DaeHyun Yoo¹, Rene Westhovens², Piotr Wiland³, Marek Zawadzki⁴, Delina Ivanova⁵, Alfredo Berrocal Kasay⁶, Elias Chalouhi⁷, Eva Balázs⁸, SangJoon Lee⁹, SungHyun Kim⁹, NooRi Han⁹ and YooBin Jung⁹, ¹Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, ³Medical Univeristy, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Medical Univeristy, Dpt of Rheumatology , Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁵Diagnostic-Consultative Center Aleksandrovska EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁶ABK Reuma SRL, LIMA, Peru, ⁷Clinica Internacional Sede Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁸Dr. Bugyi István Hospital, Szentes, Hungary, ⁹Celltrion, Inc., Incheon, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: In the analysis of PLANETRA, a Phase III randomized controlled trial (RCT), no significant association was found between body mass index (BMI) and clinical…
Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2020
Glucocorticoid Reduction in Different Profiles of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Treatment with Sarilumab
Esteban Rubio Romero¹, Alejandro Muñoz Jiménez², Rosalia Martinez Perez³ and Lara Mendez Diaz⁴, ¹VIRGEN DEL ROCIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SEVILLE, Spain, ²H. U. Virgen del Rocío (Sevilla), Sevilla, Spain, ³Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, seville, Spain, ⁴Virgen del Rocío Hospital, sevilla, Spain
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoid reduction in different profiles of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and sarilumab treatment. Real clinical practice studies are tasked with providing clinically relevant data…
Abstract Number: 1245 • ACR Convergence 2020
Smoking Might Reduce Odds of Sjӧgren’s Syndrome Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Sara McCoy¹ and Christie Bartels², ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Smoking increases the risk of many rheumatic disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous studies have identified that current smoking might reduce the risk of…
Abstract Number: 1466 • ACR Convergence 2020
Multimorbidity in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Gout, and Osteoarthritis Within the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry
Bryant England¹, Huifeng Yun², Lang Chen³, Kaleb Michaud¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Jeffrey R Curtis², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) often predispose the development of other chronic conditions, resulting in multimorbidity. While multimorbidity is increasingly being recognized and examined…
Abstract Number: 1548 • ACR Convergence 2020
Blood Pressure, BMI and Sex Affect Optical Spectral Transmission Imaging Measurements of the Hands
Annelies Blanken¹, Conny van der Laken² and Mike Nurmohamed³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Optical spectral transmission imaging (OST) is a new imaging method designed to measure inflammation in the hands of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The device…
Abstract Number: 1702 • ACR Convergence 2020
RA-Related Knowledge and Skills of Rheumatology Fellows Among 20 US Academic Institutions
Sandeep Agarwal¹, Rebecca Manno², Kristina Fajardo³, Laura Simone³, Jeff Carter³ and Tamar Sapir³, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S., U.S. Virgin Islands, ³PRIME Education, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Background/Purpose: As the rheumatology workforce experiences an alarming shortage, it is critical that rheumatology fellows receive advanced training experiences to reinforce their commitment to rheumatology…

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