Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2272 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evolution of Methotrexate and Prednisone Use in the Era of Biologic Therapy: 15-Year Findings from a Large Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Dimitrios Pappas¹, George Reed², Kevin kane³, Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Joel Kremer⁵, ¹CorEvitas, New York, NY, ²University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) continues to be the cornerstone therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is usually the first conventional synthetic (cs) DMARD…
Abstract Number: 2531 • ACR Convergence 2024
CRISPR Deletion Screen in Fibroblasts Identifies Novel Regulators of Inflammation
Alisa Mueller¹, Suppawat Kongthong², Angela Zou³, Gerald Watts⁴, Cassandra Murphy², Hung Nguyen², Jacqueline Perrigoue⁵, Mathew Chamberlain⁵, Kevin Wei⁶, Soumya Raychaudhuri² and Michael Brenner⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ⁵Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), synovial fibroblasts adopt an inflammatory phenotype that catalyzes pathogenic synovial hyperplasia and ultimately bone and cartilage destruction. However, identifying therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 2606 • ACR Convergence 2024
Changes in Long-term GC Use Among Older Adults After New Diagnosis of Late-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale¹, Beth Wallace², Namrata Singh³, Una Makris⁴ and Julie Bynum¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ⁴UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Older adults with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) receive less disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), which is the standard of care. In contrast, long-term glucocorticoid (GC)…
Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2024
Whispers of Resilience: Navigating Life with Rheumatism
Vinchelle Hardison and Vinchelle Hardison, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: “What’s wrong with me mom? Why am I always slow and hurting? Why can’t I play without being in pain like the other kids?”…
Abstract Number: 0036 • ACR Convergence 2024
Deep Topic Modeling Deconvolves Cell States in Spatial Transcriptomic Profiles of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue
Preethi Periyakoil¹, Melanie Smith², Meghana Kshirsagar³, Daniel Ramirez⁴, Edward Dicarlo⁵, Susan Goodman⁶, Laura Donlin² and Christina Leslie⁷, ¹Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Microsoft AI for Good, Seattle, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, Cartago, Costa Rica, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 10025, NY, ⁷Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Recent single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) studies of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovium have highlighted the heterogeneity of cell states present during active disease. It…
Abstract Number: 0053 • ACR Convergence 2024
Fasting Reduces an IL-17+/IFNg+ T Helper Cell-inducing Gut Pathobiont in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Márcia Pereira¹, Katja Stuhlträger², Natalie Scherff³, Anika Rajput Khokhar⁴, Sylvio Redanz¹, Hebah Ebid⁵, Bérénice Hansen⁵, Cédric C. Lacny⁵, Ulrike Löschberger², Stefan Bletz⁶, Jochen G. Schneider⁷, Paul Wilmes⁷, Christian S. Kessler⁴, Andreas Michalsen⁴, Alexander Mellmann³ and Martin Kriegel¹, ¹Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Münster, Department of Translational Rheumatology and Immunology, Münster, Germany, Münster, Germany, ²Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Münster, Department of Translational Rheumatology and Immunology, Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ³Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ⁴Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵4University of Luxembourg, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), 6, Avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg, ⁶Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Germany, Muenster, Germany, ⁷University of Luxembourg, Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), 6, Avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Background/Purpose: The mucosal origins hypothesis suggests rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is triggered at mucosal sites in genetically predisposed hosts1. Animal models support that microbiota‐induced Th17 cells are…
Abstract Number: 0131 • ACR Convergence 2024
Methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Independently Decrease Neutralizing Antibodies After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: Updated Results from the SUCCEED Study
Carol Hitchon¹, Dawn Bowdish², Gilles Boire³, Paul Fortin⁴, Louis Flamand⁵, Vinod Chandran⁶, Roya M Dayam⁷, Anne-Claude Gingras⁸, Catherine Card⁹, Ines Colmegna¹⁰, Maggie Larche², Gil Kaplan¹¹, Luck Lukusa¹², Jennifer Lee¹² and Sasha Bernatsky¹³, and SUCCEED investigative team, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Centre ARThrite - CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁵Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Quebec City, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹⁰The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ¹¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹²The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Given ongoing SARS-CoV-2 circulation, COVID-19 vaccination response in immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) remains a key issue, particularly regarding effects of common immunosuppressives like methotrexate…
Abstract Number: 0207 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Delays in Cancer Screening in RA
Rebecca Brooks¹, Cassondra Hulshizer², Andrew C. Hanson³, Vanessa Kronzer¹, John Davis¹, Elena Myasoedova¹ and Cynthia Crowson¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Utica, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown that RA patients have increased mortality due to cancer. Despite the increased mortality, few studies have investigated the completion of…
Abstract Number: 0357 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating Meaningful Within-Person Change Thresholds in PROMIS-Fatigue Scores from Three Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Sarilumab for Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Empirical Cumulative Distribution Function (eCDF) Curves
Clifton Bingham¹, Emily Molina², Amy Praestgaard³, Stefano Fiore³ and David Cella⁴, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ³Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: To evaluate changes over time in fatigue measured by Patient Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS)-Fatigue scores in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with…
Abstract Number: 0457 • ACR Convergence 2024
Metabolic Syndrome, Adipokines, and Response to Advanced Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, George Reed², Geoffrey Thiele³, Dimitrios Pappas⁴, christina Charles-Schoeman⁵, Monica Guma⁶, Leslie Harrold⁷, Jeffrey Curtis⁸ and Joel Kremer⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴CorEvitas, New York, NY, ⁵UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, ⁶UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁷CorEvitas, Northborough, MA, ⁸University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL, ⁹The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: While BMI has been associated with response to therapy in several studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is not a comprehensive measure of the…
Abstract Number: 0473 • ACR Convergence 2024
Immune Checkpoint–Induced Arthritis: A Comprehensive Single Cohort Descriptive Analysis from Clinical Evaluation to Histology
NATALUCCI Francesco¹, SOKOLOVA Tatiana², NZEUSSEU TOUKAP Adrien³, GALANT Christine⁴, ABOUBAKAR Frank⁵, BAURAIN Jean-François⁶, CORNELIS Frank⁶, BORBATH Yvan⁷, DUREZ Patrick² and MERIC de BELLEFON Laurent², ¹Sapienza University of Roma, Rheumatology, Department of Clinical, Internistic, Anesthesiological and cardiovascular sciences, Roma, Italy, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc – Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) – Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Rheumatology, Brussels, Belgium, ³Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, St.-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium, ⁴Department of Pathological Anatomy, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵Division of Pneumology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶Medical Oncology Department, Université Catholique de Louvain and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, ⁷Department of Hepato-gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The increasing use of Immune Check-Point Inhibitors (ICIs) to treat malignancy focused attention on immune-related adverse events (irAEs). ICIs-induced arthritis is the most common…
Abstract Number: 0491 • ACR Convergence 2024
Small Molecule Metabolites, Potential Disease-specific Biomarkers for Predicting Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jiayi Xu¹, Yi Zhao², Chenxi Zhu³, Yi Liu⁴, Tao Chen¹, Rui Sun³, Huifang Hu⁵, Zhen Zhou¹ and Yan Liu¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Cheng du, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Sichuan, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, chengdu, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital,Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex chronic inflammatory condition primarily affecting joints, presenting a challenge in understanding its causes, varied subtypes, diagnostic indicators, and…
Abstract Number: 0507 • ACR Convergence 2024
Neutrophil Activation Markers Can Predict Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Response to the Janus Kinase 1/2 Inhibitor Baricitinib
Runa Kuley¹, Bhargavi Duvvuri¹, Sabeeha Hasnain², Ernst Dow³, Alisa Koch⁴, Richard Higgs⁴, Venkatesh Krishnan⁴ and Christian Lood⁵, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, ²Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India, ³Eli Lilly and Co, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils play an important role in regulating immune and inflammatory responses in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We assessed whether baricitinib, a JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, could reduce…
Abstract Number: 0524 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating Dose Reduction of Biologic Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Predicting Flares Using Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers
Laura Galindo Domínguez¹, Belen Acasuso², Vanesa Balboa-Barreiro³, Juan Fernández-Tajes², Juan Cañete⁴, Benjamin Fernández-Gutiérrez⁵, Isidoro González-Álvaro⁶, José L Pablos⁷, Carmen Bejerano-Herreria⁸, Maite Silva-Díaz⁹, Franciso javier De-Toro-Santos², Natividad Oreiro¹⁰ and francisco J Blanco¹¹, ¹Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²Unidad de Investigacion Clinica. Grupo de Investigación de Reumatología (GIR). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas., Investigation, A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña, Spain, ³Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioeostadística. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC)., A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clinic an IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵3Rheumatology Department, and Health Research Institute (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Calle del Profesor Martín Lagos, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain., Rheumatology, Madrir, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁶University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Health ministry, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁰CHUAC, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, ¹¹INIBIC-University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Reducing the dosage of biologic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have achieved remission is a viable and necessary strategy. To identify…
Abstract Number: 0794 • ACR Convergence 2024
Social Security Work Disability and Its Predictors in Patients with Fibromyalgia: 25 Years of Followup
Shreena Kamlesh Gandhi¹, Sofia Pedro², Brian Walitt³, Winfried Häuser⁴, Robert Katz⁵ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹KU School of Medicine, Wichita, Wichita, KS, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Klinikum Saarbrücken Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁵Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Disability benefits are crucial for individuals unable to work due to debilitating medical conditions, commonly facilitated through programs like Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD)…

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