Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1303 • ACR Convergence 2023
Patient’s and Physician’s Evaluation of Global Assessment of Disease Activity over Follow up and Across Disease Activity Levels in Recent-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Audrey-Anne Couture¹, Nathalie Carrier², Hugues Allard-Chamard³, Sophie ROUX³, Patrick Liang³ and Gilles Boire³, ¹University of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Composite measures (e.g. SDAI) to assess Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) disease activity incorporate patient (PGA) and evaluator (EGA) global assessments. EGA and PGA are often…
Abstract Number: 1319 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real World Data on Antifibrotics in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease. National Multicenter Study of 73 Patients
Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Ana Serrano-Combarro², Maria Martin-Lopez³, Santos Castañeda⁴, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁵, Jesus Loarce-Martos⁶, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁷, Carmen carrasco-Cubero⁸, Carolina Diez-Morrondo⁹, David Castro-Corredor¹⁰, Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez¹¹, andrea Garcia-Valle¹², Gema Bonilla¹³, Marina Rodriguez-lopez¹⁴, Ignacio Brana Abascal¹⁵, SARA MARIA ROJAS HERRERA¹⁶, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy¹⁷, Pablo Andujar-Brazal¹⁸, Juan Ramon De Dios¹⁹, Carmen Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez²⁰, Sergio Ordonez-Palau²¹, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia²², Fernando Lozano²³, Maria Lopez-Lasanta²⁴, Cristina Campos Fernández²⁵, Marta Garijo Bufort²⁶, Ivette Casafont-Sole²⁷, Calderon Goercke²⁸, Carlota Laura Iñiguez²⁹, Francisco Ortiz-Sanjuán³⁰, Emilio Giner-Serret³¹, Bryan Josue Flores Robles³², Mireia Moreno³³, Evelin Cecilia Cervantes-Perez³⁴, Diego Ferrer³⁵, Ricardo Blanco³⁶ and On behalf of the Collaborative Group Members³⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁵CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ⁶Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital de León, León, Spain, ¹⁰General University Hospital of Ciudad Real, Santa Cruz de Mudela (Ciudad Real), Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁹Hospital Universitario Araba, Vitoria, Spain, ²⁰H. Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ²¹H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain, ²²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²³Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Hospital General Universitario Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ²⁶H. de Sagunto, Valencia, Italy, ²⁷Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain, ³⁰Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ³¹Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ³²Hospital Universitario San Pedro, Logroño, Spain, ³³Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ³⁴Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ³⁵Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³⁷Spanish Collaborative Group of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spain, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a critical complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Abatacept and rituximab are the preferred disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for RA-ILD.…
Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR Convergence 2023
Adalimumab and Etanercept Serum Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with and Without a Disease Flare During Tapering
Zohra Layegh¹, Femke Hooijberg², Floris loeff³, lisanne Dijk³, Gaelle vaz³, Theo Rispens³, radboud J.e.m. Dolhain⁴, Gertjan Wolbink⁵ and Pascal de Jong¹, ¹Erasmus medical center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Sanquin Diagnostic Service, Biologics Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Due to the improved management strategies and availability of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), ~60% of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients will achieve sustained…
Abstract Number: 1582 • ACR Convergence 2023
Non-TNFi b/tsDMARDs vs. TNFi in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease: An Active-Comparator, New-User, Propensity Score Matched Study Using National Veterans Affairs Data
Bryant England¹, Joshua Baker², Michael George², Tate Johnson¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul¹, Harlan Sayles¹, Fang Yu¹, Jorge Rojas Jr³, Brian Sauer⁴, Grant Cannon⁵, Jeffrey R Curtis⁶ and Ted R Mikuls⁷, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Puget Sound VA and University of Utah, Seattle, WA, ⁴Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of data to guide biologic and JAKi DMARD selection in rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), with some reports of higher…
Abstract Number: 1717 • ACR Convergence 2023
Endothelial Cell Sphingosine 1-Phophate Receptor 1 Restrains VE-cadherin Cleavage and Attenuates Experimental Inflammatory Arthritis
Nathalie Burg¹, Miles Tran², Kevin Wei³, Carl Blobel¹ and Jane Salmon¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory mediators extravasate from blood into joints via gaps between endothelial cells (EC), but the contribution of ECs to inflammatory arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1737 • ACR Convergence 2023
ACPA, Anti-CarP and AAPA Can Be Detected in Saliva, but Not in Feces of Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients – Support for Mucosal Involvement in Specific Locations in RA
Veerle Derksen¹, Klara Martinsson², René Toes¹, Daniel Sjöberg³, Thomas Huizinga¹, Alf Kastbom⁴, Anna Svärd³ and Diane van der Woude¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ³Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Linköping University, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients harbor antibodies against several post-translational modifications (AMPA), for example anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), anti-carbamylated antibodies (anti-CarP) and anti-acetylated protein antibodies…
Abstract Number: 1753 • ACR Convergence 2023
Acylcarnitine Enrichment Is a Characteristic of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocyte Metabolic Fingerprint
Georgios Vasileiadis¹, Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall², Reshmi Sureshkumar¹, Monica Guma³, Anna Rudin⁴, Yuan Zhang¹ and Cristina Maglio¹, ¹Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Kullavik, Sweden, ³San Diego VA Healthcare Service, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Several metabolic pathways have been implicated in rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes (RA FLS) aggressive phenotype1,2. Here, we aimed to analyse the full spectrum of…
Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF-Stimulated Production of IL-15 by Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Mediates Human Resident Memory T Cells Development in Synovial Organoid Model
Margaret Chang¹, Maryrose Hahn², Madison Mangin¹, Brian Wauford¹, Rachel Blaustein³, Lauren Henderson¹, Kevin Wei⁴ and Peter Nigrovic¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are chronic autoimmune diseases that tend to flare repeatedly in the same joints, displaying joint-specific memory.…
Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Efficacy of a 2-year MRI Treat-to-target Strategy on Radiographic Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission – Five Year Follow-up of the IMAGINE-RA Randomized Clinical Trial
Signe Møller-Bisgaard¹, Kim Hørslev-Petersen², Lykke Ørnbjerg¹, Bo Ejbjerg³, Merete L Hetland¹, Jakob Moeller⁴, Robin Christensen⁵, Sabrina Mai Nielsen⁶, Daniel Glinatsi⁷, Mikael Boesen⁸, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen⁹, Ole Rintek Madsen¹⁰, Bente Jensen¹¹, Jan Alexander Villadsen², Ellen-Margrethe Hauge⁹, Oliver Hendricks², Hanne Merete Lindegaard¹², Niels Steen Krogh¹³, Anne Grethe Jurik⁹, Henrik Thomsen⁴ and Mikkel Østergaard¹⁴, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, ³Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark, ⁴Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Sweden, ⁸Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Naerum, Denmark, ⁹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ¹⁰Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark, ¹¹Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹²Odense Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ¹³ZiteLab ApS, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint damage progresses in 20-30% of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite fulfilling clinical remission criteria (1). Osteitis assessed on MRI is a well…
Abstract Number: 2026 • ACR Convergence 2023
Developing a Guided Joint Self-Exam for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients to Use in Telehealth-Delivered Care
Kelly Gavigan¹, David Curtis², Jeffrey Curtis³, W. Benjamin Nowell⁴, Danielle Ali⁵, Neelkamal Soares⁶, John Cush⁷, Rebecca Grainger⁸, Manas Jinka⁹, Sandeep Sodhi¹⁰, Natalie Fortune⁹ and Swamy Venuturupalli⁹, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, San Francisco, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nayack, NY, ⁶Western Mich Univ Homer Stryker MD Sch of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, ⁸University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ⁹Attune Health, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹⁰Illumination Health, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Telehealth services and, increasingly, remote therapeutic monitoring, can be used to enable the continuum of clinical care in out-of-office settings. This remotely provided care…
Abstract Number: 2107 • ACR Convergence 2023
Social Determinants of Health and Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Single Center Study
Nicholas Wiemer¹, Yue Yin² and Tarun Sharma¹, ¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Allegheny Health Network Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and potentially debilitating disease.Social determinants, including smoking and depression, have been shown to be linked to worse clinical…
Abstract Number: 2123 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dose Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) Add Predictive Value to Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Jia-Feng Chen¹, Tien-Tsai Cheng² and Hong-Yo Kang³, ¹Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ³Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Trabecular bone score (TBS) of lumbar spine is a dual X-ray densitometry (DXA)-based tool to evaluate bone microarchitecture, providing information on bone quality in…
Abstract Number: 2139 • ACR Convergence 2023
Associations of Adipocytokines with Cancer Incidence in a Prospective Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort
Namrata Singh¹, Aaron Baraff², K Wysham³, Punyasha Roul⁴, Grant Cannon⁵, Brian Sauer⁶, Geoffrey Thiele⁴, Bryant England⁴, Ted R Mikuls⁷ and Joshua Baker⁸, ¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Seattle, Seattle, WA, ³VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, 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: A prior study suggested a higher risk of cancer mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with higher levels of circulating leptin, an adipocytokine…
Abstract Number: 2155 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Impact of Filgotinib on Disease Activity Outcomes with Concomitant Pain Control in the Phase 3 FINCH Studies
Peter C. Taylor¹, Arthur Kavanaugh², Peter Nash³, Janet Pope⁴, Georg Pongratz⁵, Bruno Fautrel⁶, Rieke Alten⁷, Ken Hasegawa⁸, Shangbang Rao⁹, Dick de Vries¹⁰, Pieter-Jan Stiers¹¹, Chris Watson¹² and René Westhovens¹³, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany, Regensburg, Germany, ⁶Sorbonne Université APHP, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Schlosspark Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸Global Medical Affairs Research, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ⁹Biostatistics, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ¹⁰Research and Development, Clinical Research, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹¹Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ¹²Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, KU Leuven, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often experience substantial pain despite treatment, and consider pain control an important treatment outcome. This post hoc analysis…
Abstract Number: 2172 • ACR Convergence 2023
Subcutaneus vs Intravenous Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease. National Multicenter Study of 509 Patients
Ana Serrano-Combarro¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², libe Ibarrola-Paino³, Ivette Casafont-Sole⁴, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁵, Alba Perez Linaza⁶, Santos Castañeda⁷, Rafaela Ortega Castro⁸, Natalia Mena Vazquez⁹, Nuria Vegas Revenga¹⁰, Lucia Cristina Dominguez Casas¹¹, Elena Cañadillas-Sanchez¹², Miriam Retuerto-Guerrero¹³, Lorena Perez-Albadalejo¹⁴, Ruben Lopez-Sanchez¹⁵, MARIA GUADALUPE MANZANO CANABAL¹⁶, Anahy Maria Brandy-Garcia¹⁷, Patricia Lopez-Viejo¹⁸, Gema Bonilla¹⁹, Olga Maiz-Alonso²⁰, Carmen carrasco-Cubero²¹, Marta Garijo Bufort²², Mireia Moreno²³, Ana Urruticoechea²⁴, Sergio Ordonez-Palau²⁵, Carmen Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez²⁶, andrea Garcia-Valle²⁷, Marta López²⁸, Fernando Lozano²⁹, Tomás Vazquez-Rodriguez³⁰, Maria Martin-Lopez³¹, Juan Maria Blanco-Madrigal³², Cristina Arciniega³³, Ignacio Brana Abascal³⁴, Jesus Loarce-Martos³⁵, Emilio Giner-Serret³⁶, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide³⁷, Clara ventin-Rodriguez³⁸, Marina Rodriguez-lopez³⁹, Pablo Andujar-Brazal⁴⁰, Julia Fernandez-Melon⁴¹, Lilian Maria Lopez⁴², Antonio Juan Mas⁴³, carlos Fernandez-Diaz⁴⁴, Javier Loricera⁴⁵, Diego Ferrer⁴⁶ and Ricardo Blanco⁴⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁵CHU Vigo, O Carballino, Spain, ⁶SERV. REUMATOLOGIA, Cadiz, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁹IBIMA, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Galdakao- Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universtario San Agustin, Oviedo, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁶CAZA, Salamanca, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganéz, Spain, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ²²Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, ²³Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²⁵H. Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain, ²⁶H. Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ²⁷Division of Rheumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia, Palencia, Spain, ²⁸Hospital Universitario Arava, Pamplona, Spain, ²⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³⁰Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain, ³¹Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ³²Division of Rheumatology, H. Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ³³Hospital de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, ³⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ³⁵Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³⁶Hospital Royo Villanova, Teruel, Spain, ³⁷Hospital Clinic, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁸Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, La Coruna, Spain, ⁴⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ⁴¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁴²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, Mallorca, Spain, ⁴³Son Llazter University Hospital, Palma, Spain, ⁴⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain, ⁴⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁶Division of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Abatacept (ABA) has demonstrated efficacy in RA-ILD. Clinical trials have shown…

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