Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma, Systemic"

Abstract Number: 2687 • ACR Convergence 2024
Therapeutic Choices in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, a Survey of International Experts
Michael Macklin¹, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura¹ and Dinesh Khanna², ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic options for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) have evolved rapidly, with recent guidelines released by the ACR and American Thoracic Society…
Abstract Number: L06 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improvement in Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes for Refractory Juvenile-Onset Systemic Sclerosis (jSSc) 6 Months to 2 Years After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT)
Kathryn Torok¹, Paulina Horvei¹, Franziska Rosser¹, Kirsten Rose-felker², Vibha Sood², Adam Olsen², Nicole Hogue², Vickie Vandergrift², Lauren Farver², Devin Mcguire², Jonathan Li³, Haley Havrilla², Jessie Alexander⁴, Shawna McIntyre² and Paul Szabolcs¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh; UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile-onset systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is an inflammatory, fibrotic, and vasculopathic disease that causes severe multi-organ dysfunction leading to significant morbidity and early mortality.When patients…
Abstract Number: 0256 • ACR Convergence 2023
Nintedanib in Combination with Immunosuppressive Agents Improves Forced Vital Capacity in Connective Tissue Disease-associated PF-ILD: A Single-center Study
Yusuke Ushio¹, Risa Wakiya², Tomohiro Kameda², Shusaku Nakashima², Hiromi Shimada², Taichi Miyagi³, Koichi Sugihara⁴, Rina Mino⁵, Mao Mizusaki², Kanako Chujo⁶, Ryoko Kagawa⁷, Hayamasa Yamaguchi⁷ and Hiroaki Dobashi², ¹Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ²Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, ³Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁷Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan
Background/Purpose: Japanese patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) are more likely to have interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) than those in Western countries and many CTD-ILDs…
Abstract Number: 0958 • ACR Convergence 2023
Shared Genetic Susceptibility Between Systemic Sclerosis and Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Analyses from Genome-Wide Association Studies
Yiming Luo¹, Atlas Khan², Gabriel Perreault³, Lili Liu², Cue Hyunkyu Lee⁴, Pravitt Gourh⁵, Sydney Pomenti³, Krzysztof Kiryluk² and Elana Bernstein⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-system autoimmune disorder characterized by organ inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculopathy. Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disorder involving…
Abstract Number: 2366 • ACR Convergence 2023
Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging as a Novel Method to Quantify Longitudinal Skin Changes in Scleroderma
Hung Vo¹, Aarohi Mehendale², Anahita Pilvar³, Eugene Kissin⁴, Marcin Trojanowski⁵, Michael York⁶, Darren Roblyer² and Andreea Bujor⁶, ¹Boston Medical Center, Peabody, MA, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Newton, MA, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by excessive collagen deposition in the skin and internal organs, along with vascular dysfunction. The modified…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2023
Initial Characterization of a Skin Symptom Questionnaire for Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Jeong Min Yu¹, John VanBuren², Angela Child², Jessica Alvey², Lisa Mandl³, Laura Pinheiro⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Elana Bernstein⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Laura Hummers¹², Dinesh Khanna¹³, Kimberly Lakin¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹⁴, Yiming Luo¹⁵, Ashima Makol¹⁶, Jerry Molitor¹⁷, Duncan Moore¹⁸, Carrie Richardson¹⁹, Nora Sandorfi²⁰, Ami Shah²¹, Ankoor Shah²², Victoria Shanmugam²³, Brian Skaug²⁴, Virginia Steen²⁵, Elizabeth Volkmann²⁶ and Jessica Gordon¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine College, New York, NY, ⁵University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ¹⁷University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁸Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁹Northwestern University, Riverside, IL, ²⁰University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ²²Duke University, Durham, NC, ²³Victoria Shanmugam, MD, Great Falls, VA, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²⁵Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²⁶University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Skin disease is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is physician performed measurement that assesses the extent and…
Abstract Number: 1142 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Retrospective Analysis of Radiographic and Serologic Findings in Patients with Scleroderma and Interstitial Lung Disease
Nikita Jhawar, Claire Wilson, Andy Abril, Li Zhuo and Yaohua Ma, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma are frequently associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Detection of autoantibodies is crucial in characterizing disease phenotypes, but…
Abstract Number: 2595 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Tacrolimus with Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – Interstitial Lung Disease ( INSIST TRIAL)
Shefali Khanna Sharma¹, Jithin Mathew¹, Chirag Kopp¹, Varun Dhir², Sahajal Dhooria³, Anindita Sinha¹ and Sanjay Jain¹, ¹Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, ²PGIMER, CHD, INDIA, Chandigarh, India, ³PGI CHANDIGARH, Chandigarh, India
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis(SSc-ILD) is heterogeneous with limited therapeutic options. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is the most commonly used first line agent for…
Abstract Number: 0611 • ACR Convergence 2023
Demographics and Clinical Features Associated with Small Bowel Hypomotility in Systemic Sclerosis
Jenice Cheah¹, Jamie Perin², Michael Hughes³, Julie Paik⁴, Christopher Mecoli², Laura Hummers⁴, Ami Shah⁵, Fred Wigley⁶ and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁷, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Tameside and Glossop Integrated NHS Foundation Trust & The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Lutherville, MD
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the second most commonly affected organ in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). It is estimated that the small bowel…
Abstract Number: 1516 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Sclerosis Gastrointestinal Tract Vascular Biomarkers of Symptomatic Disease Activity
Venkateswara Gogulamudi¹, Sarah Wood², Elizabeth Johnson², Aaron Petrey³, Anthony Donato⁴ and Tracy Frech², ¹Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal tract symptoms are common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium University of California Los Angeles Gastrointestinal Tract Questionnaire (GIT 2.0)…
Abstract Number: 0612 • ACR Convergence 2023
COVID Vaccinations and Infections Among Individuals with Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study
Kimberly Lakin¹, Jessica Gordon¹, Yin Wu², Linda Kwakkenbos³, Marie-Eve Carrier², Richard Henry², Christopher Denton⁴, Luc Mouthon⁵, Robert Spiera⁶ and Brett Thombs², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Hopital Cochin - Paris University, Paris, France, ⁶Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We previously surveyed individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) enrolled in Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort between April-May 2021 to determine COVID-19 vaccination rates,…
Abstract Number: 1521 • ACR Convergence 2023
Microvascular Remodeling After Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Systemic Sclerosis
Lisa Balistreri¹, Megan Sullivan¹, Florentina Berianu¹, Ernesto Ayala² and Andy Abril², ¹Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell therapy (HSCT) is an effective therapy for patients with rapidly progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc) refractory to standard therapies. The disease…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-Reported Sexual Dysfunction and Perceptions of Rheumatologist Engagement on This Issue in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Liza Morales¹, Robert Spiera², Jessica Gordon¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah¹ and Kimberly Lakin¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Hosptial for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Few studies have investigated the prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction among individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The purpose of this study is…
Abstract Number: 1523 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Risk of Scleroderma Renal Crisis from Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection in Systemic Sclerosis
Muruganandam Maheswari, Eyerusalem Akpan, Matthew Mcelwee, Meredith Keller, Angie Ariza - Hutchinson, Rosemina Patel, Wilmer Sibbitt, Frank O'Sullivan, Sharon nunez, N. Suzanne Emil and Roderick Fields, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is a rare but a life-threatening complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting 2-15% of patients with SSc. SRC has been…
Abstract Number: 0628 • ACR Convergence 2023
Interstitial Lung Disease in Very Early Systemic Sclerosis
Sinziana Muraru¹, Carina Mihai¹, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold², Cosimo Bruni¹, Muriel Elhai³, Mike Becker⁴, Suzana Jordan¹, Alexandru Garaiman¹, Oliver Distler¹ and Rucsandra Dobrota¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) affects around 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is the main cause of mortality. Preliminary data from small…

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