Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1661 • ACR Convergence 2024
Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast Modulation of T Cell Activation
Melissa Romoff¹, Daniel Ramirez², Edward Dicarlo³, Susan Goodman⁴, Alexander Rudenska⁵, Laura Donlin¹ and Melanie Smith¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, Cartago, Costa Rica, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 10025, NY, ⁵Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: In the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) joint, resident synovial fibroblasts (FLS) interact with infiltrating leukocytes. We previously identified a population of sublining FLS responsive to…
Abstract Number: 1743 • ACR Convergence 2024
What Are the Benefits of Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients to Remission After Achieving Low Disease Activity in Clinical Practice?
Jing Zhao¹, Urbano Sbarigia², Jackie Kwong¹, Chinmayi Naik³, Federico Zazzetti⁴, Nancy Shadick³ and Michael Weinblatt⁵, ¹Janssen Global Services, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Raritan, NJ, ²Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA
Background/Purpose: Current treatment guidelines for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend low disease activity (LDA) as initial treatment goal with remission as a subsequent target whenever possible.…
Abstract Number: 1871 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Seropositive RA Polygenic Risk Score Does Not Predict Progression to RA in an ACPA Positive Population
Tada Vargas¹, Lauren Vanderlinden², Patrick Carry³, Kristen Demoruelle⁴, Marie Feser¹, Katerina Kechris⁵, Jane Buckner⁶, William Robinson⁷, Gary Firestein⁸, Michael Holers¹, Kevin Deane⁹ and Jill Norris¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Colorado School of Public Health, Monument, CO, ³Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Golden, CO, ⁵Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁶Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁷Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford, CA, ⁸University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁹University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ¹⁰Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Serum autoantibodies, such as ACPA and RF, are commonly detectable prior to the development of seropositive clinical RA; however, not all individuals with these…
Abstract Number: 1954 • ACR Convergence 2024
Examination of Rehabilitation Referrals from Rheumatology Practices for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the RISE Registry: A Feasibility and Descriptive Study
Louise Thoma¹, Jing Li² and Gabriela Schmajuk³, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly report functional limitations, pain, and fatigue that contribute to diminished quality of life and limit participation in valued…
Abstract Number: 2155 • ACR Convergence 2024
Direct Comparison of Sleep Quality and Risk Factors for Poor Sleep Across Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Dagna Polak¹, Mateusz Wilk², Piotr Kuszmiersz¹, Glenn Haugeberg³, Mariusz Korkosz⁴ and Zofia Guła⁴, ¹University Hospital in Cracow, Kraków, Poland, ²Univesity Hospital in Cracow, Kraków, Poland, ³Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

Background/Purpose: Sleep disorders are common among patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) and have probably bilateral influence on disease activity and quality of life. Pathomechanism of…
Abstract Number: 2224 • ACR Convergence 2024
Age of Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Radiographic Changes
Masaru Shimizu¹, Misti Paudel², Nancy Shadick³, Michael Weinblatt⁴ and Daniel Solomon⁵, ¹University of Tsukuba, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA

Background/Purpose: Epidemiological studies have shown that the age of onset for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is increasing. However, associations between age of onset and joint erosion…
Abstract Number: 2240 • ACR Convergence 2024
Methotrexate Use Influenced the Effect of Inflammation on Cardiovascular Risk Differently in Anticitrullinated Protein Antibody Negative and Positive Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Piet Van RIel², Elena Myasoedova³, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay⁴, alfonso Corrales-Martínez⁵, Solbritt Rantapaa-Dahlqvist⁶, Petros Sfikakis⁷, Patrick Dessein⁸, Linda Tsang⁹, Carol Hitchon¹⁰, Hani El Gabalawy¹¹, Virginia Pascual Ramos¹², Irazu Contreras Yanez¹³, Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza¹⁴, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado¹⁵, jose Ramon Azpiri-Lopez¹⁶, Anne Grete Semb¹⁷, Patrick Durez¹⁸, Durga P Misra¹⁹, Brian Bridal Logstrup²⁰, Ellen Margrethe Hauge²¹, George Kitas²² and Sarah Ormseth²³, and ATACC-RA, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Cantabria, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁶Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ⁷Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Centre of New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine (CNBPM), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ⁸University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁹University of Witwatersrand, Johanessburg, South Africa, ¹⁰University of Mannitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ¹¹University of Mannitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹²Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ¹³Instituto Nacional de las Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁵UANL Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, ¹⁶Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez", Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸UCLouvain, Louvain, Belgium, ¹⁹Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ²⁰University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, ²¹Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²²The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²³The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Disease activity was linked to cardiovascular (CV) risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity associated with greater synovial inflammation, tumor necrosis…
Abstract Number: 2260 • ACR Convergence 2024
Statin Use in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis: Are RA Patients More Likely to Receive Statins?
Axi Patel¹, Pim Jetanalin², WL Galanter¹, Elaine Adams³ and HJ CHANG², ¹University of Illinois at Chicago; Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, CHICAGO, IL, ²RHEUMATOLOGIST, CHICAGO, IL, ³Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, La Grange, IL
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) partly due to accelerated atherosclerosis from chronic inflammation. However, this increased risk…
Abstract Number: 2278 • ACR Convergence 2024
Similar Etanercept Adherence in Individuals with Rheumatic Disease Initiating Originator and Biosimilar: A Population-Based Study
Olga Tsyruk¹, Marina Birck², Sasha Bernatsky², Luck Lukusa³, Denis Choquette⁴, Gilles Boire⁵ and Walter Maksymowych⁶, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rhumadata™, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Treatment adherence is crucial to optimizing outcomes in rheumatic diseases. Suboptimal adherence is common with inflammatory and chronic diseases, often treated with biologics, including…
Abstract Number: 2542 • ACR Convergence 2024
Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Aggravates Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
Anders Nguyen¹, Miriam Bollmann¹, Agnieszka Lastowska², Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall¹, Dietmar Zaiss³, Gary Firestein⁴ and Mattias Svensson⁵, ¹University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, ²University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden, ³University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁴University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁵University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Activation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) by immune cells drives inflammation and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Hence, understanding factors that induce destructive behaviors…
Abstract Number: 2671 • ACR Convergence 2024
Subcutaneous Abatacept vs Adalimumab Head-to-Head Comparison in Adults with Early, Dual Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis, Positive for the Shared Epitope HLA Class II Risk Alleles, and an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate: Results from a Phase 3 Trial
Michael Weinblatt¹, Paul Emery², Vivian Bykerk³, Andrew Cope⁴, Gerd Burmester⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, Gustavo Citera⁷, Peter Nash⁸, Quentin Dornic⁹, Sheila Kelly¹⁰ and Michael Maldonado⁹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Waban, MA, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁷Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, ⁹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ¹⁰Bristol Myers Squibb, Doylestown, PA
Background/Purpose: For patients (pts) early in their RA disease course, with a clinical profile characterized by inadequate response to MTX (MTX-IR), high titers of ACPA…
Abstract Number: 0042 • ACR Convergence 2024
Modulating Inflammation and Angiogenesis in an Advanced 3D Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Model
Eva Philippon¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Lisanne van Rooijen¹, Gary Sims², Conny Van der Laken³ and Sander Tas⁴, ¹Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Immunology Biosciences, Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Amsterdam UMC - location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a progressive and systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by chronic and destructive joint inflammation. Key features of RA include synovial cell…
Abstract Number: 0059 • ACR Convergence 2024
Fragment Crystallizable (Fc)-Free Certolizumab Pegol Is Not Bound by Rheumatoid Factors, While Fc Containing Biological DMARDsAre, Driving ImmuneComplex Formation and Cellular Clearance
Susanna R. Bidgood¹, Sophie Hopkin¹, Kathryn R. Malpas¹, David M. Kallenberg¹, Jacqueline O’Neill¹, Geofrey Odede¹, Bernard Lauwerys², Baran Ufuktepe³ and David Humphreys¹, ¹UCB Biopharma UK, Slough, United Kingdom, ²UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ³UCB Pharma, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: RFs are polyclonal autoantibodies which bind the Fc domain of IgGs. Patients with RA and high RF levels have poorer prognosis, more severe progressive…
Abstract Number: 0144 • ACR Convergence 2024
More Than a Monolith: Disaggregating Rheumatoid Arthritis Prevalence Among Asian American Subgroups
John Chen¹, Tanya Selvam¹, Jeanne Darbinian², Christopher Macko¹, Nirmala Ramalingam², Joan Lo² and Lucy Liu², ¹Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling, autoimmune condition affecting up to as many as 17.6 million individuals worldwide. Epidemiologic evidence in the United States…
Abstract Number: 0227 • ACR Convergence 2024
Active Hand Inflammation: Differing Clinical and Ultrasound Patterns in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis. A Cross-Sectional and Multicenter Study
Julio Ramírez¹, Vicenç Torrente-Segarra², Andrea Cuervo³, Mireia Moreno⁴, Ana Belén Azuaga¹, Lourdes Mateo⁵, Beatriz Frade-Sosa⁶, Andrea Zacarias¹, Noemí Busquets Pérez⁷, Susana Holgado⁸, Paula Estrada-Alarcón⁹, Delia Reina¹⁰, Juan José De Agustín¹¹, Carme Moragues¹², María Bonet¹³, Sandra Farietta¹, Patricia Corzo¹, Andrés Ponce¹⁴, Virginia Ruiz Esquide¹, Lucia Alascio¹ and Juan Cañete¹⁵, and ECOCAT group, ¹Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Comarcal Alt Penedès-Garraf, Vilafranca, Spain, ³Hospital General Granollers, Granollers, Spain, ⁴Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁵Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, GRANOLLERS, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁹Hospital de San Juan Despí Moisès Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Moises Broggi, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Image and Technics Unit, Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Hospital Alt Penedés i Garraf, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Clinic an IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The ultrasound (US) finding of proliferative synovitis (PS) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), is associated with ACPA, erosions and changes in therapy [1]. However, no…

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