Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2023
Time Trends in Overall Infection Risk in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Aron Hjalti Bjornsson¹, Telma Thrastardottir², Bjorn Gudbjornsson³ and Thorvardur Love⁴, ¹Landspitali University Hospital and the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, ²University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, ⁴Landspitali University Hospital and the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Background/Purpose: Infections are a known complication of disease-modifying therapy in rheumatic patients but have also been associated with the diseases being treated. Biosimilars have increased…
Abstract Number: 1033 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Detection of Subclinical Joint Inflammation by Thermal and Ultrasound Imaging at the Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
York Kiat Tan¹ and Gek Hsiang Lim², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: While magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound (US) imaging have been shown to be useful in the detection of subclinical joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1264 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nomination of Biomarkers for Self-testing Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Patient Similarity Networks: A Pilot Study
Martina Skacelova¹, Ondrej Janca², Milos Kudelka², Bishu Shrestha³, Pavel Horak⁴ and Eva Kriegova³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III - Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ²Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, ³Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine III- Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Although telemedicine in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could improve disease control with lower healthcare costs, knowledge of suitable parameters for self-testing disease activity still remains…
Abstract Number: 1280 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Inflammation Is Associated with Incident Valvular Heart Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study
Tate Johnson¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul¹, Joshua Baker², Brian Sauer³, Grant Cannon⁴, Gary Kunkel⁵, Bryce Binstadt⁶, Amy Joseph⁷, K Wysham⁸, Aleksander Lenert⁹, Gail Kerr¹⁰, Andreas Reimold¹¹, Michael Duryee¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted R Mikuls¹² and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Washington University / St. Louis VA, St. Louis, MO, ⁸VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ¹⁰Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The risk of aortic stenosis is increased in people with RA and valvular heart disease (VHD) is among the most over-represented causes of cardiovascular…
Abstract Number: 1296 • ACR Convergence 2023
Decline in Incidence of Extraarticular Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Bradly Kimbrough¹, Cynthia Crowson¹, John Davis¹, Eric Matteson² and Elena Myasoedova¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Extraarticular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (ExRA) are associated with increased disease burden and mortality. They are also common, affecting about half of patients with…
Abstract Number: 1312 • ACR Convergence 2023
Uncovering Risk Factors for Adverse Events and Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis with Interstitial Lung Disease Under Biologics or Targeted Synthetic DMARDs: Insights from the KOBIO Registry
Ji-Won Kim¹, Ju-Yang Jung¹, Chang-Hee Suh² and Hyoun-Ah Kim¹, ¹Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ²Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with adverse events (AEs) and infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and comorbid interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 1329 • ACR Convergence 2023
R851, a Potent Second Generation IRAK1 and IRAK4 Inhibitor Suppresses IL-6 in Vitro and in Vivo for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yan Chen¹, Sothy Yi¹, Vadim Markovtsov¹, Bhushan Samant¹, Andrew Chow¹, Esteban Masuda¹ and Simon Shaw², ¹Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, ²Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The Toll-Like Receptor family (except TLR3) signal through IRAK4 and IRAK1 to produce an array of cytokines (including IL-6, IL-23 and TNFα in response…
Abstract Number: 1345 • ACR Convergence 2023
Maternal and Infant Outcomes Following Abatacept Exposure During Pregnancy
Michelle Ann Caesar, Diana Johnson, Kenneth Lyons Jones and Christina Chambers, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Abatacept is approved for the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis. However, there are limited data on the safety…
Abstract Number: 1675 • ACR Convergence 2023
Survival in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Early Breast Cancer Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, Juan Ruiz², Xiudong Lei², Chi-Fang Wu², Hui Zhao², Suja Rajan³, Heather Lin² and Sharon Giordano², ¹MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ³University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: There have been concerns about the use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and concomitant cancer. Few studies…
Abstract Number: 1730 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Impact Autonomic Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rachel AUDO¹, Jérome Thireau², Louis Rauzier³, Marie Barozet¹, JACQUES MOREL⁴, Patrice Bideaux³, alain Lacampagne² and Claire Daien⁵, ¹CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²PhyMedExp INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France, ³PhyMedExp U1046, Montpellier, France, ⁴Protocole thérapeutique immuno-rhumatologie, Montpellier, France, ⁵University Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular (CV) risks, including accelerated atherosclerosis, left ventricular hypertrophy and decreased heart rate variability…
Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR Convergence 2023
Smoking as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exclusive Association with IgA Autoantibodies
Tineke van Wesemael¹, Anna Svärd², Annemarie Dorjee¹, Thomas Huizinga¹, René Toes¹ and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by autoantibodies to anti-modified protein autoantibodies (AMPAs) like anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies (AAPA). Smoking is…
Abstract Number: 1762 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single-cell RNA Sequencing Analysis and Immune Profiling of Antigen-specific T Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Controls
JING SONG¹, Cliff Rims¹, Matthew Dufort¹, Peter Linsley¹, Eddie James² and Jane Buckner², ¹Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ²Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Single-cell analysis has emerged as a powerful tool for investigating the transcriptomics and T-cell receptor (TCR) diversity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However,…
Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR Convergence 2023
Positive Screening for Fibromyalgia or Depression on Validated MDHAQ Indices Is Seen in 56-71% of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with High DAS28 or CDAI, 40-47% with Moderate, 2-42% with Low, and 0-21% with DAS28 or CDAI Remission
Theodore Pincus¹, Rahel Hunter¹ and Nicholas Rodwell², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia
Background/Purpose: DAS28 (disease activity score 28) and CDAI (clinical disease activity index) are prominent indices to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) quantitatively, for which…
Abstract Number: 1910 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of the American College of Rheumatology Toolkit for Implementation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcome Measures in Clinical Practice
Catherine Nasrallah¹, Lindsay Jacobsohn¹, Gabriela Schmajuk², Emma Kersey¹, Cammie Young³, Cammie Young³, Janell Martin⁴, Lori Barber⁵, Jennifer Barton⁶, Puneet Bajaj⁷, Christie M. Bartels⁸, Sancia Ferguson⁹, Elizabeth Wahl¹⁰, Kimberly DeQuattro¹¹, Patti Katz¹², Maria I. ("Maio") Danila¹³, Meera Subash¹⁴, Christina Downey¹⁵, JoAnn Zell¹⁶, Kimberly Reiter¹⁷, Elena Weinstein¹⁸ and Jinoos Yazdany¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA, ⁴American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁵ACR, Atlanta, GA, ⁶VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁷UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ¹⁰VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, ¹¹University of Pennsylvania, Media, PA, ¹²University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ¹³University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁴University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁵Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, ¹⁶University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, ¹⁷Albuquerque VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ¹⁸University of Colorado, Englewood, CO
Background/Purpose: Despite significant interest in the scale and spread of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) outcome measures to facilitate a patient-centered, treat-to-target approach, use of these measures…
Abstract Number: 2099 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lesser Impact of Lower-Small Joint Involvement on Pain Than Upper-Small Joint in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis Based on a Large Rheumatoid Arthritis Database in Japan
Tetsuji Sawada¹, Susumu Nishiyama², Shigemoto Igari¹, Toshihiro Matsui³ and Shigeto Tohma⁴, ¹Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan, ²Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, Japan, ³NHO Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁴NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have highlighted the influence of pain, functional impairment, and affected joint distribution on the discordance in the global assessment of disease activity…

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