Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1650 • ACR Convergence 2025
Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde and Citrulline Modified Proteins are Overexpressed in Cardiac Tissues in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Heart Failure and Mediate Endothelial Cell Dysfunction
Hannah Johnson¹, Wenxian Zhou², Michael Duryee¹, Engle Sharp¹, Kimberley Sinanan¹, Carlos Hunter¹, Tate Johnson¹, Mabruka Alfaidi¹, Daniel Anderson³, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ^30587964, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Previous reports show that malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) adducts are overexpressed in RA, especially in joint/lung tissues, and that they colocalize with citrulline (CIT). This is…
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: 1329 • ACR Convergence 2025
Relationship Between Circulating Bacterial Small RNAs, Methotrexate Response, and Microbiome in New Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carolina Ramirez-Becerra¹, Tulsi Joishy², Sheau-Chiann Chen², Marisol Ramirez-Solano², Quanhu Sheng², Peter Turnbaugh³, Carles Ubeda⁴, Renuka Nayak⁵, Rebecca Blank⁶, Jose Scher⁷ and Michelle Ormseth², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Fisabio, Madrid, ⁵University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, ⁶NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁷New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Microbiome and microbial products are possible contributors and predictors to methotrexate (MTX) response variability. Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) are found in human plasma and…
Abstract Number: 1313 • ACR Convergence 2025
Retrospective Analysis of Factors Associated With Fracture in 2855 Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Stratified by Steroid Use
Jonathan Barnes¹, Hamzah Amin² and marwan Bukhari³, ¹Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom, ²Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, ³University Hospitals of Morecambe bay NHS foundation trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Steroids are used in a proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Steroids are known to cause a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD),…
Abstract Number: 1225 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between Anxiety and Tender Swollen Joint Difference in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Clarice Lin¹, Burcu Aydemir², Jing Song³, Lutfiyya muhammad², Clifton Bingham⁴, Tuhina Neogi⁵, Wendy Marder⁶, Marcy Bolster⁷, Daniel Clauw⁸, Dorothy Dunlop⁹ and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Worthington, MN, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁸Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Background/Purpose: Some patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have pain, despite normalization of inflammatory markers and reduced swollen joint counts. Among these patients, the number of…
Abstract Number: 1055 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Price of Relief: Examining the Role of Insurance in High-Cost Medication Use
Antara Dattagupta¹, Colin Diffie² and Sana Cheema², ¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis
Background/Purpose: High-cost biologic therapies are integral to the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), yet access to these agents may be influenced by insurance type, particularly…
Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2025
Breaking Inflammatory Pathways: ELN28, a Novel Dual TNFα/JAK Inhibitor Drug Conjugate for Chronic Inflammation
Obinna Ubah, Euan Murray, Stella Priyanka, Julia Martinez Fraile, Andrew Porter, Robert Boyd and Caroline Barelle, Elasmogen Limited, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in therapies for chronic autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), significant unmet needs persist, including therapeutic ceiling effects, adverse events, and…
Abstract Number: 0890 • ACR Convergence 2025
Granzyme K+ CD8 T cells colocalize with myeloid cells and activate them through several pathways
Julia Nicole Zeid¹, Kaitlyn Arce², Nanxi Guo¹, Kartik Bhamidipati³, Kevin Wei⁴, Larry Moreland⁵, Fan Zhang⁶ and Anna Helena Jonsson², ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁶The University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Granzyme K (GZMK)-expressing CD8 T cells have recently been detected in tissues from an increasing number of autoimmune conditions, but their role in disease…
Abstract Number: 0814 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pain Patterns in a Multicenter Randomized Trial of Early RA – Link Between Initially Sustained Joint Inflammation and Subsequent Non-inflammatory Pain Outcomes
Annie Brink¹, Johan Karlsson Wallman², Jon T Einarsson¹, Meliha Kapetanovic¹, Elisabeth Mogard¹, Elisabet Lindqvist¹, Carmen Roseman¹, Kristina Lend³, Merete Hetland⁴, Mikkel Ostergaard⁵, Kim Horslev-Petersen⁶, Dan Nordstrom⁷, Tuulikki Sokka-isler⁸, Bjorn Gudbjornsson⁹, Gerður María Gröndal⁹, Marte Heiberg¹⁰, Espen Haavardsholm¹⁰, Michael Nurmohamed¹¹, Anna Rudin¹², Ronald van Vollenhoven¹³, Till Uhlig¹⁰, Jon Lampa¹⁴ and Tor Olofsson², ¹Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Rheumatology, Lund, Skane Lan, Sweden, ³Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam; Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE) and DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁸Department of Medicine and University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Juväskylä, Finland, ⁹Landspitali University Hospital; Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ¹⁰Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade; Department of Rheumatology and Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Emerging data indicate an uncoupling between pain and inflammation during the RA disease course, and comorbid fibromyalgia – thought to stem from central pain…
Abstract Number: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is Methotrexate Tapering Possible In Stable RA? Clinical Observations of Methotrexate Tapering At Two Tertiary Care Centers
Sama Hajizadeh¹, Tarun Sharma¹, Peri Newman², Julio Hernandez², Rayford June³, Erik Lehman², Nicole Wilson¹, Nancy Olsen⁴ and Sharon Banks⁵, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Penn State Health/ Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ³Penn State College of Medicine/Lebanon VA Medical Center, Hummelstown, PA, ⁴Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ⁵Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Background/Purpose: In our previous Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication TAPering (RheumTAP) cohort study of patients with stable RA in remission on biologics +/- methotrexate at Allegheny Health…
Abstract Number: 0482 • ACR Convergence 2025
R-2487, a Synthetic Biology-Based Oral Immunotherapy, Promotes Treg-Mediated Immune Rebalancing and Reduces Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Christian Furlan Freguia¹, Janet Stephens¹, Sathya Janardhanan¹, Chuck Bourne¹, Kaitlyn Skeie¹, Hudson Lowe¹, David Pascual² and Gary Fanger¹, ¹Rise Therapeutics, Rockville, MD, ²University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Background/Purpose: R-2487 is a novel, orally delivered, synthetic biology-based immunotherapy that utilizes Lactococcus lactis as a carrier vehicle to deliver Colonization Factor Antigen I (CFA/I)…
Abstract Number: 0466 • ACR Convergence 2025
Pilot Study Demonstrates Altered Intestinal Mucosal Microbiome in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis versus Control Subjects
Tulsi Joishy¹, Anastasiia Phothisane², Phicharmon Kulapatana² and Michelle Ormseth¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is thought to originate at the mucosa. Despite the mucosa’s importance, few studies have examined…
Abstract Number: 0449 • ACR Convergence 2025
Consistency of CDAI Low-Disease Activity (LDA) Outcomes with Time in a Large US Registry: Association With Patient-Reported Clinical Outcomes and Measures of Quality of Life
Joel Kremer¹, Kevin Kane², George Reed³ and Michael Weinblatt⁴, ¹The Corrona Research Foundation, Delray Beach, FL, ²U of Mass Medical School, Worcester, MA, MA, ³University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Low disease activity has been identified as a treatment goal for the treatment of RA. A singlecenter RA registry (BRASS) reported a difference in…
Abstract Number: 0432 • ACR Convergence 2025
Frequency and Characteristics of Ophthalmologic Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Javier Federico Flores Trejo¹, Joan Manuel Dapeña², Florencia Micaela Pascual³, Graciela Liliana Ghiglione¹, Juan Manuel Bande³, María Alejandra Medina³, José Angel Caracciolo³ and Silvia Beatriz Papasidero³, ¹Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Sanatorio Dr Julio Méndez, CABA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that primarily affects synovial joints but may also involve extra-articular organs. Ocular involvement is one…

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