Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1365 • ACR Convergence 2025
Economic impact of early treatment and strict disease control in rheumatoid arthritis: a cost-minimization approach concerning biological therapy
Raianni Rúbia Pacheco Silva¹, Daniel da Silva Pereira Curado², Paula Cristina Montina², Everton Nunes da Silva³, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides², Rina Dalva Neubarth Giorgi⁴, Leticia Rocha Pereira⁵, Sebastião Cezar Radominski⁶, Ivanio Alves Pereira⁷, Maria Fernanda Brandão de Resende Guimarães⁸, Manoel Barros Bertolo⁹, Paulo Louzada Junior¹⁰, Maria de Fátima Lobato da Cunha Sauma¹¹, Karina Rossi Bonfiglioli⁵, Claiton Viegas Brenol¹², Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro¹³, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque² and Licia Maria Henrique da Mota¹⁴, ¹Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, ²Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, ³Universidade de Brasília, brasilia, Brazil, ⁴IAMSPE, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁷UFSC, Florianopolis, Brazil, ⁸UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ⁹Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁰USP-RP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, ¹¹UFPA, Belem, Brazil, ¹²UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ¹³UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹⁴UNB, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, potentially disabling autoimmune disease, with substantial economic burden, particularly related to its high-cost pharmacological treatment. Early treatment,…
Abstract Number: 1347 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Better Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)? Efficacy and Safety of Methotrexate Versus Leflunomide Monotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Aakanksha Pitliya¹, Srivatsa Surya Vasudevan², Sarthak Sharma³, Bijay Mukesh Jeswani⁴, Tanya Ratnani⁵ and Rajesh Thirumaran⁶, ¹Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA, Clifton Heights, PA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, ³Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India, ⁴GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, ⁵Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India, ⁶Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, PA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) and leflunomide (LEF) are commonly used disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). While both are widely prescribed,…
Abstract Number: 1330 • ACR Convergence 2025
Sex and reproductive stage modify the role of endogenous estrogens on coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis and differences reflect effects on inflammation and cholesterol metabolism
George Karpouzas¹, Bianca Papotti², Sarah Ormseth³, Marcella Palumbo², Matthew Budoff¹ and Nicoletta Ronda², ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²University of Parma, Parma, Italy, ³The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Endogenous estrogens associate with cardioprotective benefits in the general population. Yet, dual pro- and anti-inflammatory effects were described in autoimmune states depending on concentration,…
Abstract Number: 1314 • ACR Convergence 2025
Protein-Specific Anti-Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Antibodies and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Julia King¹, Michael Duryee¹, Punyasha Roul², Katherine Wysham³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, John Richards⁶, Isaac Smith⁷, Beth Wallace⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Andreas Reimold¹⁰, Pascale Schwab¹¹, Daniel Anderson¹², Wenxian Zhou¹³, Joshua Baker¹⁴, Ted Mikuls¹, Bryant England¹ and Tate Johnson¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁸Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹VA Portland and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ^120587964, Durham, NC, ¹³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), driven primarily by atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) and heart failure (HF). Malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde…
Abstract Number: 1227 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Composition of Circulating Immune Cells is Associated with Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tyler Therron¹, Meghan Mayer², Cecilia Stumpf³, Gelis Galarcé Lugo⁴, Morgan Langereis⁵, Kathleen Aren⁶, Mary Carns⁵, Cally Mills⁵, Cheol Min Lee⁷, Vanessa Manada De Lobos², Carla Marie Cuda⁵, Yvonne Lee⁵ and Deborah Rachelle Winter⁸, ¹Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³Northwestern University, Elmhurst, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Zionsville, IN, ⁵Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸Northwestern University, Skokie, IL
Background/Purpose: Over half of patients with RA report clinically meaningful pain, despite treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). While joint inflammation is a known cause…
Abstract Number: 1063 • ACR Convergence 2025
Gender, Racial, and Geographic Trends in Mortality from Interstitial Lung Diseases Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in the U.S. Population, 1999–2020
Farheen Malik¹, Jawad Ahmed², Mandar Shah¹, Ritika Uttam³ and Muhammad Fahimuddin¹, ¹Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, NY, ²Northwest Health Porter, Valpraiso, IN, ³Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease affecting up to 1.0% of the US population. RA is most commonly associated with synovial inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1004 • ACR Convergence 2025
Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Tissue Resident Memory T Cells Heterogeneity in the Joint
Yang Yang¹, Yusuke Miyashita², Madison Mangin³, Kellen Winden¹, Peter Nigrovic² and Margaret Chang¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, St Simons Island, GA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint-specific memory, the phenomenon in which arthritis repeatedly flares in the same joints. We…
Abstract Number: 0904 • ACR Convergence 2025
SLAMF7 Drives Plasma Cell Differentiation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovium.
Jabea Ekabe¹, Ken Yasaka², Ruoqiao Wang³, Nida Pellett⁴, Javier Rangel-Moreno², Juilee Thakar³ and Jennifer Anolik⁴, ¹University of Rochester, Brighton, NY, ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester NY, ⁴University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: B cells contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis through antibody-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Thus, identifying regulators of B cell fate in RA is essential…
Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neuropathic-like Pain Characteristics Predict Worse Pain Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: a Prospective Cohort Study with Embedded Neuroimaging Evaluation
Eoin Kelleher¹, Amanda Wall¹, Isabelle Brennan², Robert Murphy¹, Antonella Delmis¹, John Davis³, Vishvarani Wanigasekera⁴, Irene Tracey¹ and Anushka Irani⁵, ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Despite effective control of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), persistent and severe pain remains a clinical challenge. Dysregulated pain processing in the central nervous…
Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2025
Phase 1b Study of SBT777101, an Engineered CAR-T-Regulatory Cell Product, in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Interim Demographics and Safety
Sarah Baxter¹, Ari Bitton², Victor Yuan², Fawad Aslam³, Gregory Challener⁴, Jonathan Graf⁵, Melissa Griffith⁶, Tamiko Katsumoto⁷, Minna Kohler⁸, Elena Massarotti⁹, Larry Moreland¹⁰, Allison Rosenthal¹¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁹, Steven Vlad¹², Janeth Yinh¹³, Andrew Clauw¹⁴, Sally Arai¹⁵, Alexander Carvidi⁵, Angela Chavez¹⁶, Olivia Gabriel¹⁷, Rita Gyurko¹⁷, Megan Hall¹⁸, Jennifer Seifert¹⁹, Emma Stainton¹⁵, Michelle Blake¹, Sabrina Fox-Bosetti², Mark Fromhold¹, Mindy Jensen²⁰, Herve Lebrec², Sean O'Bryan², Amanda Pace²¹, Mei-Lun Wang², Yuanyuan Xiao², Joseph Arron² and Jeffrey Bluestone²², ¹Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Seattle, WA, ²Sonoma Biotherapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ³Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴MGH, Boston, MA, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁷Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Millbrae, CA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, ¹²Tufts Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Univ of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ¹⁵Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁶Tufts, Boston, MA, ¹⁷BWH, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Mayo, Scottsdale, AZ, ¹⁹University of Colorado and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Aurora, CO, ²⁰Sonoma Bio, Seattle, ²¹Sonoma Bio, Seattle, WA, ²²Sonoma Biotherapeutics, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) modulate inflammation, maintain self-tolerance, and promote tissue repair, and thus hold promise as a versatile therapeutic tool. Autologous polyclonal Tregs…
Abstract Number: 0483 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of JAK inhibitors (JAKi) in chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA): an observational study
Clara De Miguel¹, Héctor Vega², Marta Sánchez², Esther Toledano³, Pedro Pablo Bermejo⁴, Leonor Laredo⁵, José Alberto Peña⁶, María Teresa Benítez⁷, DALIFER FREITES⁸, LETICIA LEON⁹ and lydia Abasolo Alcazar¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ²Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Clinical Pharmacology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clinico San Carlos, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Pharmacy Service San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁷San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IdISSC; Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and spondyloarthritis (SpA) are chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIAs). Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) have emerged as a promising therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 0467 • ACR Convergence 2025
A Machine Learning Classifier Leveraging Anti-RA33, Anti-PAD4, and Conventional Biomarkers Enhances Diagnostic Performance Characteristics for RA
Vasileios Kyttaris¹, Sepehr Taghavi², Clayton Nagle³, Christine Schleif³, Brittany Partain⁴ and Tyler O'Malley⁵, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Exagen Inc, Escondido, CA, ³Exagen, Carlsbad, CA, ⁴Exagen, Boston, MA, ⁵Exagen, Vista, CA
Background/Purpose: Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) enables prompt intervention, significantly mitigating risk for disease progression, joint damage, and associated morbidity. Conventional biomarkers, anti-CCP and…
Abstract Number: 0450 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) Correlates with Cardiovascular Risk and Insulin Resistance in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jose Marí Viotti-Serra¹, Elena Heras-Recuero², Juan C. Quevedo-Abeledo³, Miguel A. González-Gay⁴ and Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ²Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canarias, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, and Medicine and Psychiatry Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: The Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4), a non-invasive tool for assessing liver fibrosis, has been linked to cardiovascular (CV) risk in the general population. This is…
Abstract Number: 0433 • ACR Convergence 2025
In-hospital outcomes of patients admitted due to First-Time Pulmonary Embolism with preexisting Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Analysis 2016-2022
John Langley¹, Karuna Bista², Clarisse Yapp², Nisha Sapkota³, Shukranta Shrestha² and Sulav Pyakurel¹, ¹Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New Rochelle, NY, ²Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New Rochelle, ³Interfaith Medical Center, One Brooklyn Health, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: Although it has been documented that patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis may be at increased risk of Pulmonary Embolism, other inpatient outcomes remain largely unexplored.…
Abstract Number: 0265 • ACR Convergence 2025
Influence of Menopausal Status on Coronary Artery Calcium Burden and Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Abnormalities in Inflammatory Arthritis
Mohammed Mohammed¹, Bindee Kuriya², Lihi Eder¹, Elsie Nguyen³, Shadi Ahktari⁴, Paula Harvey⁵, Wei Wu⁶ and Sohan Shahab⁷, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ⁴University of Toronto Department of Medicine and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto Department of Medicine and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) have increased cardiovascular risk. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring by computed tomography (CT) detects early coronary disease and structural…

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