Abstracts tagged "risk factors"

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: 0744 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA) in Giant Cell Arteritis: Identification of Predictive Factors from the ARTESER Registry
Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez¹, Juan Molina-Collada², Marta Domínguez-Álvaro³, Rafael Benito Melero-Gonzalez⁴, Elisa Fernández-Fernández:⁵, Maite Silva-Diaz⁶, Jesús Alejandro Valero⁷, Ismael Gonzalez⁸, Julio Sánchez-Martín⁹, Javier Narvaez-García¹⁰, Itziar Calvo¹¹, Vicente Aldasoro¹², lydia Abasolo Alcazar¹³, ALBERTO MARIANO RUIZ ROMAN¹⁴, Javier Loricera¹⁵, Santos Castañeda¹⁶, Clara Molina Almela¹⁷, María Alcalde Villar:¹⁸, Antonio Juan-Mas¹⁹ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso²⁰, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ⁴CHU Ourense, O Carballino, Spain, ⁵La Paz University Hospital, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario Donosti. Donostia, Spain, Donosti, Spain, ⁸Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, León, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹²Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ¹³IdISSC. HCSC, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹⁶Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁷Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ¹⁸Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Leganés, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa Leganés, Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Cantabria, Spain, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in the elderly and involves the large and medium-sized vessels. Cerebrovascular accidents…
Abstract Number: 1106 • ACR Convergence 2024
Factors Associated with Relapse in Giant Cell Arteritis Treated with Tocilizumab. Multicenter Open-label Study of 407 Patients
Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez¹, Javier Loricera², Carmen Secada Gómez³, Clara Moriano⁴, Javier Narvaez-García⁵, Vicente Aldasoro⁶, Olga Maíz Alonso⁷, Iñigo Hernández-Rodríguez⁸, Paloma Vela-Casasempere⁹, Susana Romero Yuste¹⁰, Eugenio De Miguel¹¹, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹², Jesus C. Fernandez-López¹³, ivan Ferraz-Amaro¹⁴, Julio Sánchez-Martín¹⁵, José Luis Callejas¹⁶, Patricia Moya Albarado¹⁷, Cristina Campos Fernández¹⁸, Fernando Lopez-Gutierrez¹⁹, Santos Castañeda²⁰ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso²¹, and the Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis Spanish Collaborative Group, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital León, LEON, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁷3Hospital Universitario de Donosti, San Sebastian, Spain, San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain, ⁸Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁹Hospital General Universitario Alicante, Alicante, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Complex of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹²BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ¹³11Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain., A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinico San Cecilio, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada ibs.GRANADA, Granada, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital de San Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁸Escuela de Doctorado, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) is the only biological drug approved for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Clinical trials were performed with intravenous (IV) and…
Abstract Number: 1901 • ACR Convergence 2024
Venous Thromboembolism Risk Is Consistently Increased in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis Across Different Ages, Sexes and Obesity Status: United Kingdom Population Based Study
James Galloway¹, Victoria Basey², Michael Mclean², Simon de Lusignan³ and Maya H. Buch⁴, ¹Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Pfizer UK, Tadworth, United Kingdom, ³Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increased in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when compared to the general population, but the variation of this…
Abstract Number: 2566 • ACR Convergence 2024
Detrimental Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors on Bone Mineral Density Are Not Mediated by Changes in Serum Calcium or Parathyroid Hormone in Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: A Cross-sectional Study
andriko Palmowski¹, Zhivana Boydzhieva², Paula Hoff³, Sandra Hermann³, burkhard Muche³, David Simon⁴, Gerhard Krönke³, Edgar Wiebe⁵ and FRANK HARTMUT DR. BUTTGEREIT⁵, ¹Charité - Universittsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité Universittsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Charité, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany/ Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany/Deutsches Zentrum für Immuntherapie (DZI), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: In a previous study, we found daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) intake to be associated with decreased bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 0192 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Acute Care Use Among Individuals with Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis in the All of Us Research Program
Candace Feldman¹, Leah Santacroce¹, Yomaira Silva², Jing Cui¹, Jeong Yee¹, Elizabeth Karlson¹ and Karen Costenbader³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Adverse social determinants of health (SDoH), or social risk factors like economic insecurities, inadequate health care access and neighborhood vulnerability, contribute to modifiable inequities…
Abstract Number: 0761 • ACR Convergence 2024
An Observational Study of Lifetime Prevalence of Thromboembolism Among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Ioannis Koulas¹, Nikolaos Tsaftaridis², Ivana Ilic³, Jack Jnani⁴, Alex Spyropoulos¹ and Lara El Khoury⁵, ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health, Manhasset, ²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ³Northwell, Brooklyn, NY, ⁴Department of Medicine/Northwell Health, Manhasset, ⁵Division of Rheumatology/Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Background/Purpose: Studies indicating a higher incidence rate of stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE) among patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) hint at a possible association between…
Abstract Number: 1124 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Genetic Predisposition for Type 2 Diabetes in Plasma Glucose Levels After the Administration of a High Dose of Systemic Glucocorticoids
Xiaodi Ruan¹, Michael Williams², Gul Karakoc¹, Elizabeth McNeer¹, Leena Choi¹, Jonathan D. Mosley¹, C. Michael Stein¹ and Vivian K. Kawai¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²VUMC, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent anti-inflammatory drugs that are commonly prescribed, particularly for rheumatic and immunologic conditions. Hyperglycemia is an important adverse effect and occurs…
Abstract Number: 2051 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of Relapse in Patients with IgG4-Related Disease Treated with Rituximab: A Real-World Experience
Guy Katz¹, Zachary Wallace², Grace McMahon¹, Isha Jha¹, Ana Fernandes¹, Bohang Jiang¹, Yuqing Zhang³, Hyon K. Choi⁴, Cory Perugino¹ and John Stone⁵, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, ⁵Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: Rituximab (RTX) is often used to treat IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), but real-world data on clinical outcomes remain limited. Defining time to relapse and predictors…
Abstract Number: 2575 • ACR Convergence 2024
Can Immunosuppressive Therapy Be Safely Discontinued in Patients with Lupus Nephritis?
Paola Vidal¹, Javier Narvaez-García², Francesc-Xavier Fulladosa², Francesca Mitjavila², olga Capdevila², Pol Maymó³, Judith Palacios⁴ and Joan Miquel Nolla², ¹Hospital Universtiario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Background/Purpose: The latest guidelines for managing lupus nephritis (LN), including the 2024 KDIGO guidelines and the 2019 EULAR/ERA-EDTA update, recommend a minimum immunosuppression (IS) duration…
Abstract Number: 0207 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigation of Delays in Cancer Screening in RA
Rebecca Brooks¹, Cassondra Hulshizer², Andrew C. Hanson³, Vanessa Kronzer¹, John Davis¹, Elena Myasoedova¹ and Cynthia Crowson¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Utica, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown that RA patients have increased mortality due to cancer. Despite the increased mortality, few studies have investigated the completion of…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2024
Disease Activity Is Strongly Associated with RA-related Lung Disease and Interstitial Lung Disease in Early RA: Results from a Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study
Gregory McDermott¹, Ritu Gill², Suzanne Byrne³, Staci Gagne³, Xiaosong Wang⁴, Misti Paudel⁵, Emily Kowalski³, Grace Qian⁴, Katarina Bade³, Kevin Mueller³, Alene Saavedra³, Kathleen Vanni³, Caleb Bolden⁶, Tina Mahajan⁷, Erica Mulcaire-Jones⁸, Neda Kortam⁸, Pierre-Antoine Juge⁹, Tracy J Doyle¹⁰, Zachary Wallace¹¹, Marcy Bolster⁶, Kevin Deane¹², Dinesh Khanna⁸, Bryant England⁷ and Jeffrey Sparks¹³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Departement of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, ¹¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ¹²University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: RA is associated with several forms of lung disease including interstitial lung disease (ILD), bronchiectasis, and emphysema. Risk factors for the development and progression…
Abstract Number: 1151 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Characterization and Recurrence Prediction Model for Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Beibei Cui¹, Hongjiang Liu², Geng Yin³ and Qibing Xie⁴, ¹Rheumatology and Immunology, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ²West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ³Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, chengdu, China (People's Republic), ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Background/Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to comprehensively analyze the clinical characteristics of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) and develop a reliable recurrence prediction…
Abstract Number: 2069 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cancer Risk and Screening Effectiveness in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: Validating IMACS Guidelines in a Retrospective Indian Cohort
Lovely Kumari¹, VISHNU KONERU², subin Philip¹, sai Kumar Dunga³, Mamatha gorijavulu⁴, Aishwarya Gopal⁵, Christina Mariaselvam⁶, Molly Thabah⁷, Vir Singh Negi⁸ and Chengappa Kavadichanda⁹, ¹JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, PUDUCHERRY, Puducherry, India, ²JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, PUDUCHERRY, India, ³JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, VIZAG, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁴JIPMER,PUDUCHERRY, HYDERABAD, Andhra Pradesh, India, ⁵Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, Puducherry, India, ⁶JIPMER, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁷Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India, ⁸AIIMS BILASPUR, BILASPUR, Himachal Pradesh, India, ⁹Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, pondicherry, Puducherry, India
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) carries an elevated cancer risk. The International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) has issued evidence-based guidelines for cancer…
Abstract Number: 2592 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Effects of Early Life Trauma and Socioeconomic Position on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Risk in Adulthood
Jennifer Woo¹ and Dale Sandler², ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC, ²Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Early life trauma (ELT) and neighborhood deprivation (ND)—a measure of socioeconomic position (SEP)—represent two aspects of the early life social environment that can be…

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