Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1022 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lower Rates of Statin Therapy Initiation in Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis vs. Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Hyperlipidemia: A Multicenter USA-Based Study (2018-2023)
Joseph Fares¹, ross Summer¹ and Giorgos Loizidis², ¹The Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Despite the proven cardioprotective benefits of statin therapy in RA, concern for statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) might deter clinicians from prescribing them to DM/PM…
Abstract Number: 1260 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimal Approaches for Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Based on Psychological Interventions: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Zhang Lijuan and Wu Beiwen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: In recent years, numerous psychological interventions for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have been developed. However, it remains unclear which psychological interventions are effective and…
Abstract Number: 1278 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nature and Severity of Activity Limitations According to the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Functional Disability
Manja van Wissen¹, Maaike gademan¹, Cornelia van den Ende², Max Teuwen¹, Wilfred Peter¹, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg³, Alfons den Broeder², Thea Vliet Vlieland⁴ and Salima van Weely¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Leids University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Not withstanding modern treatment, some Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients have severe disability due to persistently high disease activity, joint destruction/deformities and/or comorbidities. Insight into…
Abstract Number: 1294 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity: Using Rasch Measurement Theory and Cognitive Interviewing to Achieve More Meaningful Measurement
Tim Pickles¹, Mike Horton², Karl Bang Christensen³, Rhiannon Phillips⁴, David Gillespie¹, Neil Mo⁵ and Ernest Choy⁶, ¹Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ⁵Swansea Bay University Health Board, Port Talbot, United Kingdom, ⁶Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Disease Activity (DA) monitoring is a standard of care in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). A systematic review of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for RA…
Abstract Number: 1310 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Two Methotrexate Initiation Strategies in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Current Practice
Paola Vidal-Montal¹, Alice Combier², Alexia STEELANDT², Marion THOMAS², Javier Narvaez³, Joan Miquel Nolla¹, Yannick ALLANORE⁴ and Jerome AVOUAC⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²HOPITAL COCHIN AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France, ³Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology A Department, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre - Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To compare the efficacy and tolerance at 3 and 6 months of two methotrexate (MTX) initiation strategies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Retrospective,monocentric,cross-sectionalstudy including…
Abstract Number: 1327 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of Long-Term Low Dose Glucocorticoid Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis on Body Weight and Blood Pressure: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data from Five Randomised Trials
Andriko Palmowski¹, Sabrina Mai Nielsen², Zhivana Boyadzhieva³, Linda Hartman⁴, Judith Oldenkott⁵, Björn Svensson⁶, Ingiäld Hafström⁷, Siegfried Wassenberg⁸, Ernest Choy⁹, John Kirwan¹⁰, Robin Christensen¹¹, Maarten Boers¹² and Frank Buttgereit¹³, ¹Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Charité Universitatsmedizine - Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Charite - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁷Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁸Rheumazentrum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany, ⁹Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, ¹¹Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹²Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amersfoort, Netherlands, ¹³Charité Universitätsmedizin, Dept. Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: High-dose glucocorticoids (GCs) can cause weight gain and hypertension. It is unclear whether GCs at ≤7.5mg/day prednisone equivalent ("low dose"), administered for rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1343 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular (CV) and Malignancy Events in the Filgotinib Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Clinical Development Program up to 8.3 Years
Xavier Mariette¹, Sven Borchmann², Sandrine Aspeslagh³, Jaime Calvo- Alén⁴, Richard Moriggl⁵, Zoltan Szekanecz⁶, Francesco De Leonardis⁷, Nadia Verbruggen⁸, Paul Van Hoek⁹, Marc Schmalzing¹⁰, Andreas Stallmach¹¹, Christina Charles-Schoeman¹², Vijay Rajendran¹³, Christine Rudolph⁹, Chris Watson¹⁴, Yoshiya Tanaka¹⁵ and Ernest Choy¹⁶, ¹Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ³Department of Medical Oncology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, ⁴Rheumatology, Bioaraba Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ⁵Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ⁷Medical Affairs, Galapagos GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, ⁸Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁹Medical Safety, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹⁰University Hospital, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg, Germany, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany, ¹²UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA, ¹³Clinical Research, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹⁴Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁵University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁶Section of Rheumatology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL) is a Janus kinase (JAK) 1 preferential inhibitor for the treatment of RA. Data from the ORAL Surveillance post-marketing study (NCT02092467) suggest…
Abstract Number: 1651 • ACR Convergence 2023
Beneficial Effect of Temporary Methotrexate Interruption on B and T Cell Responses upon SARSCoV-2 Vaccination in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Psoriatic Arthritis
Esther Vicente Rabaneda¹, Pedro Martínez-Fleta², Ana Triguero-Martínez², Emilia Roy³, Miren Uriarte-Ecenarro⁴, Francisco Gutiérrez-Rodríguez⁴, Patricia Quiroga⁴, Ana Romero⁴, Nuria Montes², Laura Esparcia Pinedo², María Aranzazu Alfranca², Rosario Garcia-Vicuna⁵, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid², Isidoro González-Álvaro⁴ and Santos Castañeda⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Previous published works have raised the concern that methotrexate (MTX) might have a negative effect on immune response upon vaccine administration. At the beginning…
Abstract Number: 1728 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel Animal Model for Investigating the Effect of HLA-DRB1 on Atherosclerosis
Garth Blackler, James Akingbasote, Patti Kiser, Christopher Howlett, Ewa Cairns and Lillian Barra, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: HLA-DRB1 alleles are associated with various autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes and atherosclerotic…
Abstract Number: 1744 • ACR Convergence 2023
Histological and Molecular Comparison in the Synovial Tissue of Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis to Remission
Selina Ohl¹, Klaus Frommer¹, Markus Rickert², Stefan Rehart³, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹ and Elena Neumann¹, ¹Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Dept. of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany, ³Dept. of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Agaplesion Markus Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease which leads to local and systemic manifestations. Subsequently, the inflamed synovium drives the destruction of…
Abstract Number: 1760 • ACR Convergence 2023
Methotrexate Augments the Release of Granulocyte-macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor from Activated Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes – Possible Consequences for Persistence of Joint Inflammation
Beatrice Bergström¹, Tilia Selldén¹, Miriam Bollmann², Mattias N.D Svensson¹ and Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall³, ¹University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³University of Gothenburg, Kullavik, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Activated fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are important mediators of synovitis and structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)[1]. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF, encoded by the CSF2…
Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association of Body Mass Index with SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis on Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: Results from the Singapore National Biologics Register
Preeti Dhanasekaran¹, Margaret Ma², Manjari Lahiri², Li Wearn Koh³, Stanley Angkodjojo⁴, Andrew Yu Keat Khor⁵, James Jiaqi Liu⁶, Stephanie Wong⁷ and Siaw Ing Yeo⁶, ¹National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Braddell Heights, Singapore, ⁴Sengkang General Hospital / Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁶Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ⁷Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: To determine the association of body mass index (BMI) with incident COVID-19 infection in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) using biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs…
Abstract Number: 1905 • ACR Convergence 2023
Implementation of the Clinical Disease Activity Index to Optimize Treat-to-Target Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis at the University of North Carolina Hospitals Rheumatology Specialty Clinic
Rumey Ishizawar¹, Thuyvan Phan² and Steven Takacs³, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Hospitals Department of Pharmacy, Apex, NC, ³University of North Carolina Faculty Physicians, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: The 2021 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelines for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend a treat-to-target approach to optimize clinical outcomes. This…
Abstract Number: 2097 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing the World Health Organization and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Algorithms for Detection of Carotid Plaque
Natalia Guajardo-Jauregui¹, Iris Colunga², José Ramón Azpiri-López², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado², Rosa Arvizu-Rivera³ and Jesus Alberto Cardenas-De la Garza⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", San Nicolas, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Cardiovascular risk algorithms are employed to assess the likelihood of experiencing…
Abstract Number: 2114 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Relationship Between Disease Activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Kidney Function
Sho Fukui¹, Wolfgang Winkelmayer², Sara Tedeschi¹, Javier Marrugo¹, Hongshu Guan¹, Leslie Harrold³, Heather Litman³, Tomohiro Shinozaki⁴ and Daniel Solomon⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³CorEvitas, LLC, Waltham, MA, ⁴Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common comorbidity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affecting 10-20% of patients. However, the influence of the longitudinal RA disease…

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