Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0046 • ACR Convergence 2023
Circulating Monocytes in RA, SSc, and SLE Have Radically Altered and Unique Transcriptional & Epigenetic Profiles
Kieran Woolcock¹, Nila Servaas², Maarten van der Kroef², Stephen Delaney³, John Cole¹, Aridaman Pandit² and Carl Goodyear¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Research and Early Development, Respiratory and Immunology (R&I), BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and Systemic sclerosis (SSc) are all systemic rheumatic autoimmune diseases with a dysregulated myeloid compartment. Monocytes are…
Abstract Number: 0148 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recreational Activities in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relevance, Difficulty, and Associations with Clinical Outcomes
Sarah Novroski¹, Chris Lane¹, Joshua Torrey² and Louise Thoma³, ¹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can limit one's ability to participate in recreational activities. Participation in recreational activities enhances quality of life, yet limited literature addresses…
Abstract Number: 0294 • ACR Convergence 2023
Tofacitinib Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Associated with Increased Lower Limb Muscle Volume: The Rheumatoid Arthritis and Muscle (RAMUS) Study
Joshua L Bennett¹, Kieren G Hollingsworth², Arthur Pratt³, Maha Egail³, Catherine Feeney⁴, Valeria Di Leo⁴, Robert W Taylor⁴, Richard Dodds⁵, Amy E Anderson³, Avan Aihie Sayer⁵ and John Isaacs⁶, ¹Immunity and Inflammation Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Innovation Methodology and Application Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Immunity and Inflammation Theme, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁴Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁵AGE Research Group, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁶Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and Musculoskeletal Unit, Newcastle Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Approximately 1 in 4 people with RA have sarcopenia, defined as generalised loss of skeletal muscle (SKM) strength and mass, resulting in an increased…
Abstract Number: 0390 • ACR Convergence 2023
Statins Influence the Relationship Between ATP-binding Cassette Transporter A1 (ABCA1)-mediated Cholesterol Efflux and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, Bianca Papotti², Sarah Ormseth³, Marcella Palumbo², Elizabeth Hernandez³, Maria Pia Adorni⁴, Francesca Zimetti², Matthew Budoff¹ and Nicoletta Ronda², ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²University of Parma, Department of Food and Drug, Parma, Italy, ³The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA, ⁴Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) is the main antiatherogenic function of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). ATP-binding-cassette A1 (ABCA1) membrane transporter initiates cholesterol export from arterial macrophages…
Abstract Number: 0407 • ACR Convergence 2023
Meteorological Conditions Contribute to the Joint Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Kyushu Multicenter Rheumatoid Arthritis Ultrasound Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Masataka Umeda¹, Yushiro Endo², Tohru Michitsuji³, Ayako Nishino³, Shin-ya Kawashiri³, Shinpei Morimoto⁴, Masahiko Tuboi⁵, Naoki Matsuoka⁵, Keita Fujikawa⁶, Akinari Mizokami⁷, Yujiro Arinobu⁸, Tomomi Tsuru⁹, Hirokazu Takaoka¹⁰, Tamami Yoshitama¹¹, Tomoyuki Asano¹², Jun Ishizaki¹³ and Atsushi Kawakami¹⁴, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Innovation Platform & Office for Precision Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Nagasaki Medical Hospital of Rheumatology, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, ⁷Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan, ⁸Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Med.Co. LTA PS Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan, ¹⁰Section of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ¹¹Yoshitama Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases, Kirishima, Japan, ¹²Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, ¹³Department of Hematology, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan, ¹⁴Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Various environmental factors are involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and meteorological conditions such as temperature and atmospheric pressure have also been…
Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-World Effectiveness of Upadacitinib in Patients with Moderate/Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis: 6-Month Data from the Observational UPHOLD Study
Andrew Östör¹, Eugen Feist², Prodromos Sidiropoulos³, Jérôme Avouac⁴, Martin Rebella⁵, Rajaie Namas⁶, Bruno Frediani⁷, Song-Chou Hsieh⁸, Tianming Gao⁹, Nasser Khan¹⁰, Sander Strengholt¹¹, Ivan Lagunes-Galindo¹⁰ and Susan Attar¹², ¹Monash University & Emeritus Research; Australian National University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Helios Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Vogelsang-Gommern, Germany, ³Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, ⁴Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP.Centre – Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁵Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República; Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, MUCAM, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁶Medical Subspecialties Institute, Division of Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ⁷Santa Maria alle Scotte General Hospital, Siena, Italy, ⁸National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁹AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety, AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ¹¹AbbVie B.V., Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹²King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: The efficacy and safety of upadacitinib (UPA), an oral reversible Janus kinase inhibitor, have been shown in patients (pts) with moderate/severe RA in the…
Abstract Number: 0440 • ACR Convergence 2023
Baseline T Cell and B Cell-related Markers and HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles Predict the Therapeutic Efficacy of Abatacept in Patients with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ting Wang¹, Natalia V. Giltiay², Christian Lood² and Bobby Kwanghoon Han², ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Abatacept, a CTLA-4-Ig fusion protein, is widely used as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, data on predictive biomarkers associated with therapeutic response…
Abstract Number: 0457 • ACR Convergence 2023
Biologic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Use in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Treated Cancer Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Utilization and Overall Survival
Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jeffrey R Curtis², Fenglong Xie³, Ashish Saxena⁴ and Anne Bass⁵, ¹Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Background/Purpose: There is a dearth of knowledge around the safety of biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDS) in immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 0736 • ACR Convergence 2023
Deciphering Complement System-dependent Cellular Pathways in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Using Large Single-cell Computational Omics
Juan Vargas¹, Ian Mantel², Nirmal Banda¹, Anna Helena Jonsson³, Kevin Wei⁴, Deepak Rao³, Susan Goodman⁵, Kevin Deane¹, The Accelerating Medicines Partnership SLE/RA¹, Jennifer Anolik⁶, Michael Brenner⁴, Soumya Raychaudhuri³, Jennifer Seifert⁷, Michael Holer¹, Laura Donlin⁵ and Fan Zhang⁸, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁶University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁷the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) RA/SLE Network, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

Background/Purpose: The complement system is a major component of innate immunity and plays a vital role in autoimmune disease pathogenesis. In patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting Fibroblasts in Inflammatory Disease Using Engineered T Cells
Samuel Kemble¹, Christopher Mahony², Charlotte Smith², Joel Rurik³, Haig Aghajanian³, Jonathan Epstein³, Mark Coles⁴ and Adam Croft², ¹University Birmingham, Rugeley, United Kingdom, ²University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAPa) expressing fibroblasts orchestrate tissue inflammation and damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as tissue immunity in primary Sjögren's…
Abstract Number: 0968 • ACR Convergence 2023
Risk of Incident Heart Failure and Heart Failure Subtypes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yumeko Kawano¹, Dana Weisenfeld¹, Qing Liu¹, Mary Jeffway¹, Gregory McDermott¹, Kumar Dahal¹, Jennifer Stuart¹, Jacob Joseph², Tianrun Cai¹, Brittany Weber¹, Tianxi Cai³ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Veteran's Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ³Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease including heart failure (HF). HF is a heterogeneous condition that is…
Abstract Number: 0997 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Depression on Healthcare Utilization in Members with Underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
W. Cliff Rutter, Jean Park, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, Chen Liu, Will Cavers, Dorothea Verbrugge and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities, particularly depression and anxiety. Comorbid…
Abstract Number: 1081 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinical Consequences of Infliximab Immunogenicity and the Impact of Proactive Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Secondary Analyses of a Randomised Clinical Trial
Marthe Brun¹, Kristin Hammersbøen Bjørlykke², Johanna E. Gehin³, David John Warren³, Rolf A. Klaasen³, Joseph Sexton¹, Øystein Sandanger⁴, Tore Kvien¹, Cato Mørk⁵, Jørgen Jahnsen², Nils Bolstad³, Kristin Kaasen Jørgensen², Espen Haavardsholm¹, Guro Goll¹ and Silje Watterdal Syversen¹, ¹Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Section of Dermatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Akershus Dermatology Center, Lørenskog, Norway
Background/Purpose: Formation of anti-drug antibodies (ADAb) to biological drugs is a clinical problem. Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) allows for timely detection of ADAb and…
Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Achieving Low Disease Activity State or Remission, Still Demonstrate Significant Hand Disability, as Assessed by Functional Dexterity Test: A Disconnection Between CDAI and Functional Hand Assessment
Aniela Shouval¹, Amihai Levkovitch², Itzhak Rosner³, shiri keret⁴, Irina Rokhyan², Boris Tchalabian², Esther Hof⁵ and Gleb Slobodin⁶, ¹Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ²Department of Rehabilitation, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Bnai Zion Medical Center/Technion, Haifa, Israel, ⁴Bnai Zion, Atlit, Israel, ⁵Occupational Therapy Unit, Bnai zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Background/Purpose: Direct functionality of the hand is not commonly assessed in daily practice or clinical trials in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Functional dexterity test…
Abstract Number: 1290 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of a Genetic Risk Score for Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Katie McMenamin¹, Kristin Wipfler², Austin Wheeler³, Grant Cannon⁴, K Wysham⁵, Brian Sauer⁶, Bryant England³, Kaleb Michaud³, Ted R Mikuls⁷ and Joshua Baker⁸, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Pain in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is multifactorial and involves processes beyond inflammation such as peripheral and central pain processing. Several genes have been associated…

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