Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0097 • ACR Convergence 2025
Aberrant histone marks increase the inflammatory phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA FLS) by suppressing NUB1 induction
Yosuke Ono¹, Camilla R.L. Machado², Eunice Choi¹, Wei Wang¹, David Boyle¹ and Gary Firestein², ¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a central role in cartilage destruction and cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Neddylation, a post-translational modification involving NEDD8 conjugation,…
Abstract Number: 0077 • ACR Convergence 2025
Transformer-based multi-omics study identifies important role of glycine, serine and threonine metabolism pathway in rheumatoid arthritis complicated by anemia
Fanxin zeng¹, Jianxin Huang², Yuanli Wei³, Dongmei Wang³, Jianghua Chen⁴, Congcong Jian¹, Xiaoting Zhu⁵, Shilin Li⁵, Jie Zhang⁵, Tingting Wang³, Caizhen Liu⁶, Lingli Wei³, Jing Gao³, Jing Zhu⁷, Qinghua Zou⁸ and Jianhong Wu³, ¹Departmant of Clinical Research Center, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Dazhou Central Hospital; Medical School, Sichuan University of Arts and Sciences; School of Basic Medical Science, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ²Institute of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁴Dazhou Vocational College of Chinese Medicine, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁵Departmant of Clinical Research Center, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, China (People's Republic), ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Dazhou Central Hospital, Dazhou, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁸Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Chongqing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Anemia is a prevalent hematologic complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that exacerbates the disease process and severely impacts clinical performance and treatment strategies. We…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2025
TNF Inhibition with Small-molecule Agents Results in Amelioration of Inflammation Similar to that of Anti-TNF Biologics While Preserving TNFR2 Signaling and Maintaining a Suppressive Regulatory T cell Phenotype
Rajesh Singh¹, Bindi Patel², Rameshwari Rayaji², Archana Sidalaghatta Nagaraja², Saranya Chandrasekar², Yihong Guan², Ritu Kushwaha², Yue Tong Lee², Cesar Meleza², Matthew Epplin², Brandon Rosen², Manmohan R Leleti², Matthew J Walters² and Daniel DiRenzo², ¹Arcus Biosciences, inc., Santa Clara, CA, ²Arcus Biosciences, inc., Hayward, CA
Background/Purpose: Anti-TNF biologics are effective in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. However, they can lead to de novo inflammation…
Abstract Number: 2683 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association of Genetic Risk for Pain Intensity with Longitudinal Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stevie Barry¹, Katie McMenamin², Austin Wheeler³, Bryant England³, Grant Cannon⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Gary Kunkel⁶, Katherine Wysham⁷, Beth Wallace⁸, Andreas Reimold⁹, Gail Kerr¹⁰, Isaac Smith¹¹, John Richards¹², Iris Lee¹³, Rui Xiao¹, Sylvanus Toikumo¹⁴, Henry Kranzler¹⁴, Rachel Kember¹⁴, Scott Damrauer¹⁴, Michael Levin¹⁴, Michael George¹, Ted Mikuls³, Joshua Baker¹ and Thomas Riley¹, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ¹²Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹³Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania / Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Guidelines recommend the use of composite scores to evaluate disease activity in RA and inform a treat-to-target approach. It is recognised that patient-reported components…
Abstract Number: 2614 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Vagus Nerve-Mediated Neuroimmune Modulation on structural joint damage using Gd-MRI RAMRIS imaging in Biologic-Experienced Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Charles Peterfy, MD, PhD¹, John Tesser², Yaakov Levine³, Melissa Evangelista⁴, Vibeke Strand⁵, Michael Weinblatt⁶ and David Chernoff⁷, ¹Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, ²Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ³SetPoint Medical, Valencia, CA, ⁴SetPoint Medical Corporation, Valencia, CA, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto CA, Portola Valley, CA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁷SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA
Background/Purpose: Previously reported results from RESET-RA (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04539964) showed neuroimmune modulation via electrical stimulation of the left vagus nerve using an implantable device to treat…
Abstract Number: 2284 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: TNF-α Inhibitors versus IL-6 Inhibitors
Sila Mateo Faxas¹, Godbless Ajenaghughrure¹, Gurjot Singh², Kim Nguyen², Nirys Mateo Faxas³, Nicole Tejeda⁴, Kimberly Ramirez Bonetti⁵ and Erick Perez Mejias⁴, ¹Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, ³Independent Author, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ⁴Independent Author, Cincinnati, ⁵Independent Author, cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) face increased cardiovascular risk. Different biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) may have varying…
Abstract Number: 2268 • ACR Convergence 2025
Differential Impact of Certolizumab Pegol, Etanercept, and Adalimumab on Rheumatoid Factor Reduction and Seroconversion in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Propensity Score–Matched Study
Clementina López Medina¹, Rafaela Ortega-Castro², Francisco Jose Cepas³, Montserrat Robustillo-Villarino⁴, Andres Zuniga-Vera⁴, Ana Martinez-Feito⁵, Ester Costa-Moya⁶, Delia Taverner-Torrent⁶, Luis Sainz Comas⁷, Cesar Diaz-Torne⁷, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide⁸, Cynthia Rojas⁹, Lourdes Martin-de la Sierra Lopez¹⁰, Laura Jimenez-Rodriguez¹⁰, David Velasco-Sanchez¹⁰, Regina Fará Garcia¹¹, Antonio Juan-Mas¹², Marina soledad Moreno Garcia¹³, Ana Valeria Acosta Alfaro¹⁴, Santiago Muñoz¹⁵, Maria Martín López¹⁶, Raquel Zas¹⁷, FRANCISCO JAVIER GODOY NAVARRETE¹⁸, Isabel Anon Onate¹⁹, Fernando Ortiz-Márquez²⁰, Natalia Mena Vázquez²¹, Paula Estrada-Alarcón²², Jerusalén Calvo²³, Alejandro Escudero Contreras²³ and Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez²⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ³University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de la Plana, Vila-real, Castellón, Spain, Vila-real, Castellón, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Hospital Sant Joan Reus, Reus, Spain, ⁷Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma, Spain, ¹²Son Llazter University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia; Universidad Europea de Madrid; FIIB HUIS-HUHEN, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía;Universidad Europea de Madrid. Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports. Department of Medicine; FIIB HUIS-HUHEN, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Jaen University Hospital, Spain, Jaen, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, Malaga, Spain, ²¹Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, Málaga, Spain, ²²Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ²³IMIBIC / Reina Sofia Hospital / University of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, MADRID, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an antibody that contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with greater disease severity. Seroconversion of…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between frailty and survival among older adults with rheumatoid arthritis and lung cancer
Michelle Nguyen¹, Aaron Baraff², Alexander Peterson², Alexandra Schmidt², Katherine Wysham³, Aliyah Pabani⁴, Carolyn Presley⁵, Nicholas Smith¹, Shelly Gray¹, Jose Garcia⁶, Ariela Orkaby⁷ and Namrata Singh¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Washington, DC, ⁵Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, ⁶VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System & Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School & VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of frailty, even at younger ages, compared to the general population1. Among persons with lung…
Abstract Number: 2234 • ACR Convergence 2025
Early Sustained Remission Resulted in Superior Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cheuk Yin Tam, Ho So and Lai Shan Tam, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: This study compared the impact of achieving early sustained remission (sREM) versus early sustained low disease activity (sLDA) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after 5…
Abstract Number: 2104 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain 0-10 visual analog scale (VAS) and RAPID3 (routine assessment of patient index data) in OA and RA are similar in 2024 to 1979 and 1989
Theodore Pincus¹, Tengfei Li² and Juan Schmukler¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush, chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: A 1979 report by Huskisson, who developed the 0-10 pain visual analog scale (VAS) , entitled "Another look at osteoarthritis" indicated mean pain VAS…
Abstract Number: 1930 • ACR Convergence 2025
Can a Multinational Awareness Campaign Improve Referral Rates and Reduce Diagnostic Delays in Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases? The Impact of a Prospective Interventional Study
Nelly Ziade¹, Karen Mechleb², Fatima Alnaimat³, Sherif Gamal⁴, Avin Maroof⁵, Bassel Elzorkany⁶, Manal Mashaleh⁷, Manal El Rakawi⁸, Mahmoud Adly⁹, Lina Elkibbi¹⁰, ERRAOUI Mariam¹¹, Krystel Aouad¹², Chafika Haouichat¹³, Nizar Abdullateef¹⁴, ASAL ADNAN RIDHA¹⁵, Fatemah Baron¹⁶ and Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Saint-Joseph University and Hotel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Saint Joseph University Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ³The University of Jordan, amman, Jordan, ⁴Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵University of Kurdistan Hawler, Erbil, Iraq, ⁶Private (BZRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁷Al Saudi Hospital, Amman, Jordan, ⁸Djillali Bounaama University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, Algiers, Algeria, ⁹Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait, Saad Elabdulla, Kuwait, ¹⁰Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ¹¹CHU Agadir, Agadir, Morocco, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, ¹³Djillali Bounaama University Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, ¹⁴Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, ¹⁵Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, ¹⁶Al-Jahra Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait, ¹⁷Health Sciences Research Center (CReSS).Faculty of Medicine, International University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
Background/Purpose: Delayed diagnosis and treatment in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is associated with…
Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR Convergence 2025
Disease activity, inflammation, and older age are associated with quantitative interstitial abnormalities in early RA: Results from a multicenter, prospective cohort study
Gregory McDermott¹, Xiaosong Wang², Misti Paudel³, Ying Qi⁴, Emily Kowalski⁵, Grace Qian⁶, Liya Sisay Getachew⁵, Kevin Mueller⁶, Alene Saavedra⁶, Lauren O'Keeffe⁶, Natalie Davis¹, Alison Puri⁷, Kathleen Vanni⁶, Caleb Bolden⁸, Tina Mahajan⁹, Erica Mulcaire-Jones¹⁰, Neda Kortam¹¹, Pierre Antoine Juge¹², Tracy J. Doyle¹³, Marcy Bolster¹⁴, Kevin Deane¹⁵, Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Bryant England⁹, Raul San Jose Estepar⁶, George Washko⁶ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁷Boston University, Brookline, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ⁹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ¹²Hopital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ¹⁵University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) methods using machine learning have been developed to automatically quantify parenchymal lung features on chest CT imaging. QCT can detect…
Abstract Number: 1677 • ACR Convergence 2025
First line anti-TNF therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a lower frequency of difficult-to-treat disease at five years and better long-term outcomes compared with usual care
Task Toyoda¹, Kerem Abacar¹, Farag Shuweihdi², Megan Sheridan³, Jacqueline Nam³, Ai Lyn Tan⁴, Lesley-Anne Bissell³, Paul Emery⁵ and Kulveer Mankia⁵, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²Dental Translational and Clinical Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: While conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) remain first line therapy in early RA, most patients do not achieve sustained remission, and a subgroup develop difficult-to-treat…
Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of JAK Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Osteoporosis: A Comparative Study with Biologics
Sungwon Ko¹, Young-Eun Kim¹, Soo Min Ahn¹, Ji Seon Oh¹, Yong-Gil Kim¹, Chang-Keun Lee², Bin Yoo¹ and Seokchan Hong¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis is more prevalent in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in the general population. Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)…
Abstract Number: 1355 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of parenteral compared to oral glucocorticoids in early rheumatoid arthritis is superior for chance ofbeing off steroids and escalation of therapy at 1 year
Andreu Fernandez Codina¹, Marie-France Valois², Susan J. Bartlett³, Mishquatul Wahed⁴, Hugues Allard-Chamard⁵, Louis Bessette⁶, Glen Hazlewood⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Bindee Kuriya⁹, Vivian Bykerk¹⁰ and Janet Pope¹¹, ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ³McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, ⁴Western University, Windsor, ON, Canada, ⁵Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, ⁶Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) emphasizes theimportance of limiting the dose and duration of glucocorticoids (GC) used in…

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