Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1894 • ACR Convergence 2024
Detection of Fibrotic Lung Changes and Bronchiectasis in RA Patients Screened for Lung Cancer with Low-dose CT Chest: Results from a Large Multi-hospital System
Gregory McDermott¹, Mark Hammer², Xiaosong Wang³, Misti Paudel⁴, Sung Hae Chang⁵, Pierre-Antoine Juge⁶, Qianru Zhang⁷, Jessica Lorusso⁸, Amie Samulyov⁸, Kathleen Vanni², Alene Saavedra², Emily Kowalski², Grace Qian³, Katarina Bade², Kevin Mueller², Jeffrey Sparks⁹ and Suzanne Byrne², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁵Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bongmyeong-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, South Korea, ⁶Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Harard Medical School, Cambridge, ⁸Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, ⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for both lung cancer and RA. Furthermore, RA is associated with pulmonary abnormalities including interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis,…
Abstract Number: 1985 • ACR Convergence 2024
Underlying Autoimmune Disease Has Not Limited Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Use or Increased Mortality Risk During Cancer Treatment of US Veterans
Madeline O’Sullivan¹, grant Cannon², Sauer brian³, Jorge Rojas⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Jessica A Walsh⁶, Punyasha Roul⁷, shardool Patel¹, Joshua Baker⁸, Bryant England⁹ and Tawnie Braaten¹, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Seattle VA, Mexico, Mexico, ⁵University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health and University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can cause a variety of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) affecting multiple organ systems, and patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease (AID)…
Abstract Number: 2212 • ACR Convergence 2024
Seropositive Arthralgias: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Reuma-Check Cohort
Rodrigo Garcia Salinas¹, Felicia Almada², Gisel Reyes-Jara², Ronald Perez-Andocillas² and Sebastian Magri³, ¹Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ³Hospital Italiano La Plata, Melchor Romero, Argentina
Background/Purpose: To estimate the frequency of seropositive arthralgia (SA) in a large cohort of patients evaluated for arthralgia in Reuma-check program. To compare the features…
Abstract Number: 2230 • ACR Convergence 2024
Relationship Between the Complement System and Serum Lipid Profile in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maria Garcia-Gonzalez¹, Fuensanta Gomez-Bernal², Juan Carlos Quevedo-Abeledo³, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay⁴ and ivan Ferraz-Amaro⁵, ¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, SC Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín, Las Palmas de GC, Canarias, Spain, ⁴University of Cantabria, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
Background/Purpose: The complement system has been linked to the etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA exhibit a dysregulated profile of lipid molecules, which…
Abstract Number: 2246 • ACR Convergence 2024
Safety and Efficacy of Cannabidiol in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Phase 1B Pilot Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial
Veena Ranganath¹, Holly Wilhalme², Nicolette Morris³, Jenny Brook², Mihaela Taylor¹, Howard Yang¹, Tanaz Kermani⁴, Thanda Aung², Brian Skaggs¹, David Elashoff⁵ and ziva Cooper⁶, ¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, ³The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA, ⁴University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA, ⁵UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, ⁶UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Dept of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: There is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and remission rates vary greatly 10-60%; thus, there is an unmet need for safe adjunctive therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 2267 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Blood-based Assay That Predicts Clinical Response to TNFα Inhibitors or Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maggie Louie¹, Signe Fransen², Katherine Dilger¹, Kevin Lai¹, Diana Abdueva³, David Chernoff⁴ and Jeffrey Curtis⁵, ¹Aqtual Inc, Hayward, CA, ²Aqtual Inc., sf, CA, ³Aqtual Inc., Hayward, CA, ⁴SetPoint Medical, Sausalito, CA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Current rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments, including TNFa inhibitors (TNFi) and JAK inhibitors (JAKi), have transformed the management of RA by controlling symptoms and slowing…
Abstract Number: 2284 • ACR Convergence 2024
Real-World Evidence of the Antifibrotic Nintedanib in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease. National Multicenter Study of 74 Patients from Clinical Practice
Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Ana Serrano-Combarro², Jesús Loarce³, Nuria Vegas Revenga⁴, María Martín López⁵, Santos Castañeda⁶, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁷, Natalia Mena Vázquez⁸, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero⁹, Carolina Díez Morrondo¹⁰, David Castro-Corredor¹¹, Tomás Vázquez Rodríguez¹², Andrea García-Valle¹³, Gema Bonilla¹⁴, Marina Rodriguez¹⁵, Ignacio Brana Abascal¹⁶, Sara María Rojas Herrera¹⁷, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy¹⁸, Pablo Andújar-Brazal¹⁹, Diego Ferrer²⁰ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso²¹, and Rest of the Members of the Spanish Collaborative Group of Antifibrotics in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ⁵General University Hospital of Ciudad Real, Ciudad de México, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁷CHU Ourense, O Carballino, Spain, ⁸IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁹Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹⁰Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, ¹¹General University Hospital of Ciudad Real, Santa Cruz de Mudela (Ciudad Real), Spain, ¹²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain, ¹³Hospital General Río Carrión, Palencia, Spain, ¹⁴H. Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de Mérida, Badajoz, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ²⁰Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a prevalence that ranges from 7 to 30% patients with RA,…
Abstract Number: 2590 • ACR Convergence 2024
Pesticide Use and Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Spouses in the Agricultural Health Study: An Updated Analysis
Christine Parks¹, Karen Costenbader², Laura Beane Freeman³, Jonathan Hofmann³ and Dale Sandler⁴, ¹National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology Branch, Rese, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases have been associated with farming exposures, but the role of pesticides has not been well studied. The Agricultural Health Study…
Abstract Number: 2676 • ACR Convergence 2024
Timeframe for Initiating Methotrexate and Vaccine Response Against Pneumococcus in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The VACIMRA Study
Jacques MOREL¹, Emmanuelle Dernis², christian roux³, Christophe Richez⁴, OLIVIER BROCQ⁵, Bruno Fautrel⁶, Carine SALLIOT⁷, Olivier Vittecoq⁸, Xavier Mariette⁹, Frédéric LIOTE¹⁰, Slim Lassoued¹¹, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala¹², Arnaud Constantin¹³, MArtin Soubrier¹⁴, Valerie Devauchelle¹⁵, Vincent Goeb¹⁶, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg¹⁷, Hubert Marotte¹⁸, Annouc Rémy Moulard¹, Corinne Merle de Boever¹, Héléna Huguet¹, Odile Launay¹⁹, Florence Galtier¹ and Marie Christine Picot¹, and F-CRIN networks iREIVAC and CRI-IMMIDIATE, ¹CHU and University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²CH LE MANS, LE MANS, Pays de la Loire, France, ³rheumatology department, university Cote d'Azur, nice, France, ⁴Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ⁵Service de Rhumatologie, centre hospitalier Princesse-Grâce, Monaco, Monaco, ⁶INSERM, UMRS 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Sorbonne University – Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁷CHU and University of Orléans, Orléans, France, ⁸CHU and University of Rouen, Rouen, France, ⁹Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, ¹⁰CHU and University of Paris Nord, Paris, France, ¹¹CH of Cahors, Cahors, France, ¹²CHU Nîmes, Nïmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, ¹³Hôpitaux de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, ¹⁴Gabriel-Montpied Hospital, Clermont-ferrand, France, ¹⁵UBO, Brest, France, ¹⁶CHu and University of Amiens, Ameins, France, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Strasbourg University Hospital,, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁸Université Jean Monnet, CHU Saint-Etienne, Mines Saint-Etienne, INSERM SAINBIOSE 1059, Saint-Etienne, France, ¹⁹Centre d’Investigation Clinique en Vaccinologie (CIC Cochin Pasteur), Hôpital Cochin, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Pneumococcal vaccination is recommended for patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism treated with immunosuppressants. Methotrexate (MTX) is the first-line treatment used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
Abstract Number: 0032 • ACR Convergence 2024
Increased Expression of Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde and Citrullinated Proteins in Myocardial Tissues During the Early Evolution of Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Wenxian Zhou¹, Michael Duryee², Nozima Aripova², Jill Poole², Carlos Hunter², Amy Nelson², Tate Johnson², Daniel Anderson³, Geoffrey Thiele² and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: The risk of heart failure (HF) is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although mechanisms of myocardial dysfunction underlying HF development in RA…
Abstract Number: 0048 • ACR Convergence 2024
Role of the Chemokine CCL22 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Development
Marcelo Afonso¹, Masa Filipovic¹, Alexandra Argyriou², Alexandra Circiumaru³, Mikael Ringh¹, Konstantin Carlberg¹, Vijay Joshua¹, Szu-Jing Chen¹, Marianne Engström¹, Heidi Wähämaa¹, Tomas Ekström¹, Marc H Wadsworth II⁴, Ravi Kumar¹, Aaron Winkler⁵, Vivianne Malmström¹, Anca Catrina¹, Karine Chemin¹, Aase Hensvold¹ and Bence Réthi¹, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ³Division for Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet; Center for Rheumatology, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm region, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Pfizer, Cambridge, ⁵Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Understanding alterations of the immune homeostasis in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be a key to achieve earlier diagnosis and prevention.…
Abstract Number: 0066 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Epigenetics in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
jose Manuel Lisbona-Montañez¹, Arkaitz Mucientes², Patricia Ruiz-Limón³, Gracia María Martín-Nuñez⁴, Rocio Redondo-Rodríguez⁴, Laura Cano-García⁴, Sara Manrique-Arija⁵, Isabel Moreno-Indias², Natalia Mena Vázquez⁶ and Antonio Fernández-Nebro⁷, ¹University of Malaga, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ²IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Malaga, Andalucia, Spain, ³IBIMA, Instituto de Biomedicina de Málaga, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴IBIMA Plataforma Bionand, Malaga, Spain, ⁵Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA)-Bionand Platform, Department of Rheumatology, Regional University Hospital of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁶IBIMA, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Andalucia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not entirely known. Epigenetic modifications could be the link between genetic and environmental factors related to the…
Abstract Number: 0172 • ACR Convergence 2024
Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Rheumatologic Conditions on Immunosuppressive Therapies
Brandon Levian¹, Charlotte Botz², Jason Chwa², Sophie Grove², Vignesh Ravi², Branden Ireifej³, daniel arkfeld⁴, Diana Hanna², Jenny Hu² and Binh Ngo², ¹Keck School of Medicine, Beverly Hills, CA, ²Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ³LAGMC/Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Keck Medical Center of USC, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite extensive data supporting the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in immunocompetent individuals, their efficacy in immunosuppressed patients remains uncertain. Consequently, this study…
Abstract Number: 0294 • ACR Convergence 2024
Obesity and Risk of Autoimmune Diseases: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample
Sami Rabah and Xiangyi Kang, Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Obesity has been implicated as a risk factor in developing various cardiovascular, respiratory, and other health complications. However, the link between obesity and autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0437 • ACR Convergence 2024
Describing Maternal Outcomes Among Veterans with a History of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Deirdre Quinn¹, Florentina Sileanu¹, Gregory Procario¹, Shannon Mitchell¹ and Mehret Birru Talabi², ¹VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Veterans who utilize Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maternity benefits, nearly half (42%) of whom represent racial or ethnic minority groups, have a high…

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