Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0191 • ACR Convergence 2025
Advanced therapy use in RA patients with moderate disease activity in a large NHS Foundation Trust in South London, UK
Aoibhinn Kelly¹, Maddalena Rupnik², Nasra Ahmed¹, Mrinalini Dey³ and Elena Nikiphorou⁴, ¹King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Moderate disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is defined as a 28-joint disease activity score (DAS28) of 3.2-5.1(MDAS). As per the National Institute for Health…
Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2025
GLUT1-Dependent Targeting and Enhanced Selectivity of a Glucose-Methotrexate Conjugate in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Sebastian Makuch¹, Jacek Polański¹ and Wojciech Tański², ¹Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland, ²Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease where fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a central role in joint inflammation and destruction. Methotrexate (MTX), a…
Abstract Number: 0076 • ACR Convergence 2025
Antibodies to malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde are associated with circulating inflammatory mediators during the preclinical stages of rheumatoid arthritis
Emma Weis¹, Harlan Sayles¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Samir Rachid Zaim², Tony Merriman³, Bryant England¹, Xiaojun Li², LauraKay Moss⁴, Jess Edison⁵, Marie Feser⁴, V. Michael Holers⁶, Kevin Deane⁷, Ted Mikuls¹ and Austin Wheeler¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Allen Institute for Immunology, Seattle, WA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences / National Capital Consortium- Walter Reed Bethesda, Bethesda, MD, ⁶University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Circulating concentrations of anti-malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) antibodies distinguish patients with RA and are detectable years prior to arthritis onset. Recent data demonstrate that anti-MAA antibodies…
Abstract Number: 0055 • ACR Convergence 2025
TCR Signaling Thresholds Govern Anergy and Tolerance in ZAP70 Hypomorphic Models of Autoimmune Arthritis
Yuka Nakao, Astha Patel, Letitia Yang, Steven yu, Arthur Weiss and Judith Ashouri, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: T cell receptor (TCR) signaling strength is a key determinant of immune tolerance and autoimmunity, yet the threshold needed to prevent pathogenic self-reactivity remains…
Abstract Number: 2682 • ACR Convergence 2025
Methotrexate use and higher age impair humoral response against the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Ana C Medeiros-Ribeiro¹, Lucas Farias², Nadia Emi Aikawa³, Sandra G Pasoto¹, Leonard V Kupa², Carla Saad¹, Andrea Shimabuco², Karina Bonfiglioli⁴, Diogo Domiciano⁴, Andre Franco⁴, Clovis Artur Silva⁵ and Eloisa Bonfa⁶, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division and Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁵University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The recombinant vaccine against herpes zoster (HZ) (RZV) is recommended by ACR and EULAR for immunocompromised individuals. Short-term observational data from RA cohorts aged…
Abstract Number: 2607 • ACR Convergence 2025
ERS-RA as a Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Established Rheumatoid Arthritis: An External Validation
Misti Paudel¹, Katherine Liao², Jon Giles³, Joan Bathon⁴, Hongshu Guan⁵, Brendan Everett⁶, Leah Santacroce⁷, Nancy Shadick⁸, Michael Weinblatt⁹, Pamela Rist⁶ and Daniel Solomon¹⁰, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ³Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Columbia University, NEW YORK, NY, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The Expanded Risk Model for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ERS-RA) incorporates traditional CV risk factors and RA-related measures of disease activity and has demonstrated better performance…
Abstract Number: 2283 • ACR Convergence 2025
Arrhythmia Risk in Diabetic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Comparative Analysis of IL-6 Inhibitors versus TNF-α Inhibitors
Sila Mateo Faxas¹, Godbless Ajenaghughrure², Gurjot Singh³, Kim Nguyen³, Nirys Mateo Faxas⁴, Nicole Tejeda⁵ and Kimberly Ramirez Bonetti⁶, ¹Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ³Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁴Independent Author, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ⁵Independent Author, Cincinnati, ⁶Independent Author, cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Background: Both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are independently associated with increased cardiovascular risk, including cardiac arrhythmias. The impact of…
Abstract Number: 2266 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapeutic Classes on Risk of All-Cause Mortality and All-Cause Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Mohammad Movahedi¹, Angela Cesta¹, Sibel Aydin², Pooneh Akhavan³, Tetyana Kendzerska⁴, Claire Bombardier¹ and Bindee Kuriya⁵, ¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³self-employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Mississuaga, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto - Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Observational studies on RA therapeutic classes have shown conflicting results on their impact on mortality and cancer. When analyzing long-term outcomes, it is essential…
Abstract Number: 2250 • ACR Convergence 2025
Clinical and Serological Predictors of Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies Truly Relevant?
Martí Aguilar-Coll¹, Javier Narváez², Montserrat Roig Kim¹, Laia De Daniel Bisbe¹, Pol Maymó-Paituvi¹, Judith Palacios-Olid¹ and Joan Miquel Nolla¹, ¹Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Evidence on which risk factors predict the development of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is scarce and of low…
Abstract Number: 2233 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial Multi-omics Demonstrates Shared Immune States Across Autoimmune Diseases and Target Tissues in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership: Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases Network (AMP AIM)
Caleb Marlin¹, Roopa Madhu², Erin Theisen³, Liz Bradshaw⁴, Ce Gao⁵, Thomas Eisenhaure⁶, Nicolas Sugiarto⁷, Accelerating Medicines Partnertship: Autoimmune and Immune Mediated Diseases⁸, Jill Buyon⁹, Michelle Petri¹⁰, Brad Rovin¹¹, Victoria Werth¹², Ellen M. Gravallese¹³, Jennifer Anolik¹⁴, Larry Moreland¹⁵, Laura Donlin¹⁶, Christopher Ritchlin¹⁷, Jose Scher¹⁸, Johann Gudjonsson¹⁹, Wilson Liao²⁰, Alexis Ogdie²¹, Caroline Shiboski²², A. Darise Farris¹, Alan Baer²³, Blake M. Warner²⁴, Jose Clemente²⁵, Adriana Heguy²⁶, Michael Brenner²⁷, Nir Hacohen²⁸, Joel Guthridge¹, Judith James¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri²⁹, Lam Tsoi¹⁹, Xiang Zhou³⁰, Joshua Welch³⁰, Rachael Clark³, ilya Korsunsky²⁹, Christopher Lessard¹ and Kevin Wei³¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁴Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, DOM, BWH; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Broad Institute, Boston, ⁸Multiple Institutions, Oklahoma City, ⁹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ¹¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ¹²University of Pennsylvania, Wynnewood, PA, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA, ¹⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ¹⁵University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁷University of Rochester Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, ¹⁸New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²⁰UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Wilmington, DE, ²²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²⁴National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²⁵Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²⁶NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ²⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ²⁸Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ²⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³¹Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases affect more than 23.5 million Americans involving nearly every organ system of the human body. To identify shared, unique, and novel pathways…
Abstract Number: 2036 • ACR Convergence 2025
JAK1 selective inhibitors versus pan-JAK inhibitors: comparative real-world study of drug retention in chronic inflammatory arthritis
LETICIA LEON¹, Pedro Pablo Bermejo², Leonor Laredo³, José Alberto Peña⁴, María Teresa Benítez⁵, DALIFER FREITES⁶, CLARA DE MIGUEL³ and lydia Abasolo Alcazar⁷, ¹Fundación Investigación Biomédica Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IdISSC; Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ²Clinical Pharmacology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ³Hospital Clinico San Carlos, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Pharmacy Service San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁵San Carlos Clinical Hospital, MADRID, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Service, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) are effective therapeutic agents against chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA). Tofacitinib and baricitinib were defined as pan-JAK inhibitors, while upadacitinib and…
Abstract Number: 1921 • ACR Convergence 2025
Re-escalation of Treatment in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis After Anti-TNF Therapy De-escalation
Jiha Lee¹, Jonathan Martindale², Una Makris³ and Julie Bynum², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Older adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), including anti-TNFs, are at an increased risk of adverse effects. Current…
Abstract Number: 1748 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of Air Pollution on Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sung Cheol Jung¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Seojin Yang³, Min Hyuk Lim⁴, Saram Lee⁵, Sung Ik Cho⁶, Jin Kyun Park⁷ and Eun Bong Lee⁶, ¹Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea, ⁵Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ⁷Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: While air pollution has been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), its association with RA disease activity remains insufficiently investigated (1, 2).…
Abstract Number: 1675 • ACR Convergence 2025
Neuroimmune modulation in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to TNF inhibitors (TNFi)
Guillermo Valenzuela¹, Jane Box², Angela Crowley³, Joshua June⁴, Pendleton Wickersham⁵, Jeff Peterson⁶, Michael Thakor⁷, Susan Kim⁸, Tina Shah⁹, David Chernoff¹⁰ and John Tesser¹¹, ¹Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ²DJL Clinical Research, PLLC, Charlotte, NC, ³Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Hinsdale Orthopaedics, Hinsdale, IL, ⁴Great Lakes Center of Rheumatology, Lansing, MI, ⁵Arthritis Associates PA, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Western Washington Arthritis Clinic, Seattle, WA, ⁷arthritis and rheumatology, Fort Collins, CO, ⁸Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Allentown, PA, ⁹Kansas City Physician Partners, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁰SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA, ¹¹Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, Phoenix, AZ
Background/Purpose: A substantial number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience treatment failure, incomplete response, or intolerance to TNFis (TNFi-IR). Neuroimmune modulation using an implantable…
Abstract Number: 1371 • ACR Convergence 2025
Effect of bDMARDs and tsDMARDS on diffuse interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Stéphane HILLIQUIN¹, Enrico VISMARA¹, Virginia BERLENGIERO² and Jérôme AVOUAC³, ¹Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France, PARIS, France, ²Rheumatoloy Department, Cochin Hospital, PARIS, France, ³Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The pulmonary safety of biologic (bDMARDs)…

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