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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. Shanmugam4,5, 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 Stern1,2, 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 Dobrota2,3, 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. Shapiro1,2,3, Lesley Ann Saketkoo4, Jessica F. Farrell2,3,5 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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