Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

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…
Abstract Number: 0469 • ACR Convergence 2024
SCORE2 Is Superior to SCORE in Predicting the Presence of Carotid Plaques and Intima-media Thickness in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Cross-sectional Study with Carotid Ultrasound
Cristina Campos Fernández¹, Jorge Juan Fragío Gil², Roxana González Mazario³, Pablo Martínez Calabuig⁴, Laura Salvador Maicas⁵, Mireia Lucía Sanmartín Martínez⁶, Iván Jesús Lorente Betanzos⁶, Clara Molina Almela⁶, juan José Lerma Garrido⁷, Amalia Rueda³ and Jose A Román-Ivorra⁸, ¹Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ³Hospital General de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO VALENCIA SPAIN, Ontinyent, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁵Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁶Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁷Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) escalates the risk of premature mortality, predominantly through cardiovascular diseases. Although SCORE and its updated version, SCORE2, are employed to assess…
Abstract Number: 0486 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Frailty and Incident Cancer and Cancer-related Mortality in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bhavik Bansal¹, Aaron Baraff², Katherine Wysham³, James Andrews⁴, Bryant England⁵, Ted Mikuls⁵, Joshua Baker⁶, Kaleb Michaud⁵, Alexa Meara⁷, Una Makris⁸, Carolyn Presley⁹, ariela orkaby¹⁰ and Namrata Singh¹¹, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²VA PUGET SOUND SEATTLE, Seattle, WA, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ⁸UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ⁹The Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹⁰New England VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center/Boston VA/Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of cancer compared to the general population. Aging is one of the most important risk…
Abstract Number: 0503 • ACR Convergence 2024
Use of Janus Kinase Inhibitors Before and After European Medicines Agency Safety Recommendations
Patrick-Pascal Strunz¹, Linus Maximilian Risser², Matthias Englbrecht³, Torsten Witte⁴, Matthias Froehlich⁵, Marc Schmalzing⁶, Michael Gernert⁷, Peter Bartz-Bazzanella⁸, Sebastian Hueper⁹, Cay von Der Decken¹⁰, Georg Gauler¹¹, Susanna Spaethling-Mestekemper¹², Christoph Kuhn¹³, Kirsten Karberg¹⁴, Wolfgang Vorbrueggen¹⁵, Martin Welcker¹⁶ and Stefan Kleinert¹⁷, ¹University hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Freelance Healthcare Data Scientist, Eckental, ⁴Dept of Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover, Germany, ⁵Uniklinikum Wuerzburg, Medizinische Klinik II, Wuerzburg, Germany, ⁶University Hospital Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁷Medicine II, Division Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, ⁸Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Wuerselen, Germany, ⁹Praxis für Rheumatologie und Osteologie, Hildesheim, Germany, ¹⁰Klinik für Internistische Rheumatologie, Rhein-Maas-Klinik Wuerselen, Würselen, ¹¹rheumapraxis, Osnabrück, Germany, ¹²Rheumapraxis Muenchen, Muenchen, Germany, ¹³Praxis für Rheumatologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, ¹⁴Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁵RheumaDatenRhePort GbR, Wuerselen, Germany, ¹⁶Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum für Rheumatologie Dr. M. Welcker GmbH, Planegg, Germany, ¹⁷Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie - Nephrologie (PGRN), Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Safety recommendations for Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) issued by the European Medical Agency (EMA) in 2023 could potentially influence prescription patterns for drugs used…
Abstract Number: 0520 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease Duration Differentially Affects the Clinical Efficacy of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The ANSWER Cohort Study
Yoichi Nakayama¹, Daijiro Kabata², Wataru Yamamoto³, Hidehiko Makino⁴, Koji Nagai⁴, Naofumi Yoshida⁵, Yonsu Son⁵, Masaki Katayama⁶, Hirotaka Yamada⁷, Keisuke Nishimura⁷, Ryota Hara⁸, Ryu Watanabe⁹, Yuki Etani¹⁰, Kosuke Ebina¹¹, Hideo Onizawa¹², Takayuki Fujii¹³, Akira Onishi¹⁴, Kosaku Murakami¹⁵, Koichi Murata¹², Masao Tanaka¹⁴, Shuichi Matsuda¹², Akio Morinobu¹⁶, Ayumi Shintani² and Motomu Hashimoto⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan, ²Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ³Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine (IV), Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan, ⁵First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ⁸Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Nara, Japan, ⁹Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Sports Medical Biomechanics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ¹¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, ¹²Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ¹³Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan., Kyoto, Japan
Background/Purpose: A delay in initiating disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has been linked to poor outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have implicated…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating the Usage of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Rheumatology and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Risk
Knkush Hakobyan¹, Talar Acob², Mesrop Aleksanyan³, Tigran Kakhktsyan³, Omar Jumaah³ and Sajina Prabhakaran⁴, ¹Capital Health medical center, Princeton, NJ, ²College of medicine-university of Baghdad, Plainsboro Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, ⁴Capital health Rheumatology specialists, Newtown, PA
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors have been widely used in treatingrheumatological conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Despite theirefficacy, there are concerns regarding major…
Abstract Number: 0868 • ACR Convergence 2024
Autoantibodies to Joint-related Proteins Predict Severe Joint Destruction in Difficult-to-treat Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Inger Gjertsson¹, Monica Leu Agelii², Outi Sareila³, Erik Lönnblom⁴, Lennart TH Jacobsson⁵, Lei Cheng⁴, Kristina Forslind⁶, Ingiäld Hafström⁷, Maria Andersson⁸ and Rikard Holmdahl⁹, ¹University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Institutionen för medicin, avd för reumatologi och inflammationsforskning, Goteborg, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁶Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸FoU Spenshult, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute for Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Although treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has improved there is still a significant number of patients who never reach low disease activity, known as…
Abstract Number: 0932 • ACR Convergence 2024
IRAK4 Degrader GS-6791 Inhibits TLR and IL-1R-Driven Inflammatory Signaling, and Ameliorates Disease in a Preclinical Arthritis Model
Grace Teng¹, Thomas Fung², Annamaria Mocciaro², Ceyda Llapashtica¹, Angie Hammond³, Jesse Gurgel⁴, zhiyu Huang¹, Maria Mouchess¹, Vanessa Gorney⁵, Wesley Minto¹, Sunish Mohanan¹, Adam Schrier¹, Wylie Palmer², Alexandra Borodovsky² and Gundula Min-oo¹, ¹Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA, ²Nurix Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA, ³Gilead Sciences, Inc., Seattle, WA, ⁴Gilead Sciences, Seattle, CA, ⁵Alterome Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in treatment, chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) represent areas of high unmet medical need. IRAK4 is a proximal mediator…
Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations of Fire Smoke and Other Pollutants with Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Vanessa Kronzer¹, Yangyuna Yang², Punyasha Roul³, James Crooks⁴, Cynthia Crowson¹, John Davis¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁵, Jeffrey Pierce⁶, Katelyn O'Dell⁷, Sauer brian⁸, grant Cannon⁹, Joshua Baker¹⁰, Ted Mikuls² and Bryant England², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴National Jewish Health, Denver, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁶Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ⁷George Washington University, Washington DC, ⁸Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: Wildfires have burned increasing acreage in the United States (US) since the 1980s, releasing record and alarming levels of particulate matter smaller than 2.5…
Abstract Number: 1037 • ACR Convergence 2024
Recommendations for the Perioperative Use of DMARDs in Rheumatic Diseases: A Scoping Review
Alice Terrett¹, Athena Chin², Mihye Kwon³, Samuel Whittle⁴ and Catherine Hill⁵, ¹The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, ²Royal Adelaide Hospital, Tranmere, South Australia, Australia, ³Konyang University, College of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, ⁴The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Springfield, South Australia, Australia, ⁵The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
Background/Purpose: The use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the treatment of autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has significantly improved disease and functional…
Abstract Number: 1246 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-Term Outcomes Based on the Sex of the Rheumatologist in a Prospective Cohort of RA Patients Receiving Biological Therapies
Alessandro Giollo¹, Mariangela Salvato², Margherita Zen³ and doria Andrea⁴, ¹Azienda Ospedale Università Padova, Padova, Padua, Italy, ²University of Padua, Padova, Italy, ³University of Padova, Padova, Padua, Italy, ⁴University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Background/Purpose: To explore the influence of the rheumatologist's sex on long-term outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing biologic therapy.Methods: This is a prospective,…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk of Malignancy Under the Treatments with Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis Using Japanese Health Insurance Database
Ryoko Sakai¹, Eiichi Tanaka², Eisuke Inoue³ and Masayoshi Harigai⁴, ¹Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Showa University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKIs) have shown positive therapeutic impacts on treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas, there are concerns about the risk of malignancy…
Abstract Number: 1352 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Associations Between Genetic Factors and Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Patterns: Data from Two Large Healthcare Systems
Gregory McDermott¹, Xin Xiong², Rachel Knevel³, Jing Cui⁴, Mary Jeffway⁴, Vidul Panickan⁵, Andrew Cagan⁴, Rahul Sangar⁶, Daniel Posner⁶, Lauren Costa⁶, Rachael Matty⁶, Elizabeth Karlson⁴, Yuk-Lam Ho⁶, Kelly Cho⁶, Rui Duan², Tianxi Cai² and Katherine Liao⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In a prior study, we described an alternative method for subphenotyping RA patients by the sequence of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs) they receive over time.…

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