Abstracts tagged "scleroderma and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1079 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Potential Effect on Recruitment of Restricting Skin Scores Eligibility Criteria in Early Diffuse Scleroderma Trials
Robyn T. Domsic¹, Dinesh Khanna², Mary Lucas³, Virginia D. Steen⁴, Daniel E. Furst⁵, Robert Lafyatis⁶ and Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁷, ¹Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Scleroderma Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁵Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: There is increasing interest in cohort enrichment for clinical trials of early diffuse SSc (dcSSc). Recent EUSTAR database analysis (Maurer et al. 2015)…
Abstract Number: 1175 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells Isolated from Systemic Sclerosis Patients Exhibit a Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype
Robert Good¹, Sarah L. Trinder², Christopher P. Denton³, David Abraham⁴ and Alan M. Holmes¹, ¹Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Vascular complications are a key pathological feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting the microcirculation and arterioles. Under normal circumstances the endothelium acts as a…
Abstract Number: 1872 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Symptomatic and Electrodiagnostic Features of Peripheral Neuropathy in Scleroderma
Julie J. Paik¹, Andrew Mammen², Fredrick M. Wigley³, Ami A. Shah⁴, Laura K. Hummers⁵ and Michael Polydefkis⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Center Tower Ste 5300, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Title: Symptomatic and electrodiagnostic features of peripheral neuropathy in scleroderma Background/Purpose: Peripheral neuropathy in scleroderma has been poorly characterized and the prevalence is unknown. The…
Abstract Number: 1882 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Predictive Value of Pulmonary Function Tests to Diagnose Interstitial Lung Disease in Adults with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Elana J. Bernstein¹, Veronica J. Berrocal², Virginia D. Steen³, Victoria K. Shanmugam^4,5, Ami A. Shah⁶, Monique E. Hinchcliff⁷, Faye N. Hant⁸, Jessica K. Gordon⁹, Tracy M. Frech¹⁰, Robyn T. Domsic¹¹, Shervin Assassi¹² and Dinesh Khanna¹³, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ²Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁵Director, Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁶Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Dept of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁰Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) have…
Abstract Number: 1888 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
There Is a Need for New Systemic Sclerosis Subset Criteria: A Content Analytic Approach
Sindhu Johnson¹, Medha Soowamber², Jaap Fransen³, Dinesh Khanna⁴, Frank H.J. van den Hoogen⁵, Murray Baron⁶, Marco Matucci Cerinic⁷, Christopher P. Denton⁸, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.⁹, Patricia E. Carreira¹⁰, Gabriela Riemekasten¹¹, Jorg HW. Distler¹², Armando Gabrielli¹³, Virginia D. Steen¹⁴, Lorinda Chung¹⁵, Richard Silver¹⁶, John Varga¹⁷, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹⁸, Madelon C. Vonk¹⁹, Ulrich A. Walker²⁰, Frank Wollheim²¹, Ariane L. Herrick²², Daniel E. Furst²³, Lazlo Czirjak²⁴, Otylia Kowal-Bielecka²⁵, Francesco Del Galdo²⁶, Maurizio Cutolo²⁷, Nicolas Hunzelmann²⁸, Charles Murray²⁹, Ivan Foeldvari³⁰, Luc Mouthon³¹, Nemanja Damjanov³², Bashar Kahaleh³³, Tracy M. Frech³⁴, Shervin Assassi³⁵, Lesley Ann Saketkoo³⁶ and Janet E. Pope³⁷, ¹Toronto Scleroderma Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, University of Toronto/ Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Pavillion A, Rm 216, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of BioMedicine, Division of Rheumatology, Transition Unit, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy, ⁸Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁹Medicine/Rheumatology, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Human medicine, BERLIN, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Clinica Medica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ¹⁵Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ¹⁶Div Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁷Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²⁰Rheumatology, Systemic Sclerosis, Basel, Switzerland, ²¹Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²²Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²³Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁴University of Pécs Medical Center, Pécs, Hungary, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland, ²⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²⁷Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ²⁸Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ²⁹Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³⁰Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany, ³¹Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Referent Center for Necrotizing Vasculitis and Systemic Sclerosis, Paris-Descartes University, AP-HP, Paris, France, ³²Resavska 69, Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ³³Medicine/Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³⁴Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah Medical Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT, ³⁵Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ³⁶Tulane University Lung Center, New Orleans Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ³⁷University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a family of diseases unified by the presence of immune activation, vasculopathy and fibrosis. The concept of SSc subsets cannot…
Abstract Number: 1889 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Systemic Sclerosis Lung Disease
Natalie K. Kozij¹, John T. Granton², Philip E. Silkoff³, John Thenganatt⁴, Shobha Chakravorty⁴ and Sindhu R. Johnson⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, Univeristiy Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Respirology, University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Institue of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: We evaluated the ability of alveolar and conducting airway nitric oxide (NO) to discriminate between systemic sclerosis (SSc) with and without lung involvement, idiopathic…
Abstract Number: 1901 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Serum Adipokines Adipsin, Adiponectin, and Leptin/Adiponectin Ratio with Systemic Sclerosis
Benjamin Korman¹, Roberta Goncalves Marangoni¹, Monique E. Hinchcliff², Sanjiv Shah³, Mary A. Carns⁴, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁵ and John Varga⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) display reductions in adipose tissue, particularly intradermal adipose tissue. There are currently no well-validated serum biomarkers in SSc, and…
Abstract Number: 1911 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1, CCL2) Is a Potential Local Marker of Renal Involvement in Scleroderma
Edward Stern^1,2, Cassandra Hong², Voon H. Ong², Aine Burns¹, Robert Unwin³ and Christopher P. Denton⁴, ¹Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ³Nephrology, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Renal disease in scleroderma (SSc), including scleroderma renal crisis (SRC), remains a major clinical challenge. Previous studies showed up to 50% of SSc patients…
Abstract Number: 765 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene-Gene Interaction of IRF5 and BLK Polymorphisms in US and Spanish Cohorts of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Pravitt Gourh¹, Yoonhee Kim², Sandeep K. Agarwal³, Filemon K. Tan⁴, Shervin Assassi⁴, Javier Martin⁵, Frank C. Arnett⁴ and Maureen D Mayes⁴, ¹NIAMS-Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Immunology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Armilla (Granada), Spain
Background/Purpose Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease and several genetic loci increasing SSc susceptibility have been identified with small to modest effect sizes.…
Abstract Number: 760 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Multiplex Cytokine Analysis of Dermal Blister Fluid to Assess Local Inflammatory and Immune Activity in Systemic Sclerosis
Kristina E.N. Clark¹, Henry Lopez², Xu Shiwen¹, Bahja Ahmed Abdi¹, George Martin³, Korsa Khan⁴, David J. Abraham¹, Christopher P. Denton⁵ and Richard J. Stratton¹, ¹Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²Murigenics, Vallejo, CA, ³Aero Dap, Vallejo, CA, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Clinical diversity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) suggests complex multifaceted pathogenesis involving interplay of growth factors or cytokines within the lesional microenvironment. We analysed dermal…
Abstract Number: 2998 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Screening for Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis: Performance of High-Resolution Computed Tomography with Limited Number of Slices – a Prospective Study
Thomas Frauenfelder¹, Anna Winklehner¹, Thi Dan Linh Nguyen¹, Rucsandra Dobrota^2,3, Stephan Baumüller¹, Britta Maurer² and Oliver Distler², ¹Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Dr.I.Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose Early diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD), currently the main cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc), is needed. The gold standard is high…
Abstract Number: 2716 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of a “Renal Crisis Prevention Card” As an Educational Tool Aimed at Improving Outcomes in High-Risk Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Lee S. Shapiro^1,2,3, Lesley Ann Saketkoo⁴, Jessica F. Farrell^2,3,5 and Kim Fligelstone⁶, ¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²Steffens Scleroderma Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, ³The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁴Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁵Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Albany, NY, ⁶Royal Free Hospital, Scleroderma Unit and Scleroderma Society, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is a devastating complication of SSc. The introduction of effective treatment with ACE inhibition (ACE-I) in 1979 dramatically reduced…
Abstract Number: 2699 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimizing Scleroderma Centers of Excellence: Perspectives from Patients and Scleroderma (SSc) Experts
Veronika K. Jaeger¹, Andrew Aubin², Nancy Baldwin³, Kim Fligelstone⁴, Robyn Sims⁵, Joep Welling⁶, Ryan Burrill⁷, Kerri Connolly⁷, Tracy Frech⁸, Jessica K. Gordon⁹, Tanaka Ngcozana¹⁰, Monika Kowalczyk¹¹, Matthew R. Lammi¹², Ulrich A. Walker¹ and Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ²Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³Scleroderma Foundation - Chicago Support Group, Chicago, IL, ⁴Royal Free Hospital, Scleroderma Unit and Scleroderma Society, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Scleroderma Australia, Victoria, Australia, ⁶The Dutch Patient Organization for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁷Scleroderma Foundation, Boston, MA, ⁸Div of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁰Rheumatology Department, Lower, Royal Free hospital, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹DIvision of Gastroenterology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ¹²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ¹³Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: SSc is a complex, diffuse, devastating health condition of vascular injury, inflammation and fibrosis resulting in multiple organ-system derangements with high impact on…
Abstract Number: 1931 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Use in Scleroderma Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: Observations from the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma Cohort
Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹, Matthew R. Lammi², Aryeh Fischer³, Jerry A. Molitor⁴ and Virginia D. Steen⁵, ¹Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, Rheumatology and Pulmonary Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ³Rheumatology / ILD Program, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) related pulmonary hypertension (PH) carries a high mortality and patients with SSc-PH related to restrictive lung disease having an even worse…
Abstract Number: 1930 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of Repeated Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Raynaud’s Phenomenon in Daily Practice: A Follow-up Study in the Netherlands
B. de Boer¹, J. Meijs¹, J. van Aken², T.W.J. Huizinga¹, A.a. Schouffoer³ and J.K. de Vries-Bouwstra⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Nailfold capillaroscopy is an important tool to differentiate primary Raynaud's phenomenon (PRP) from secondary Raynaud's phenomenon (SRP). Based on possible transition from PRP to…

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