Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 730 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Energy Levels: An Overlooked Element in Patient Assessment in Scleroderma
Yossra Suliman¹, Suzanne Kafaja ², Mohamed Alemam ³ and Daniel Furst ⁴, ¹Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department. Faculty of Medicine. Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, ²Department of Medicine. Rheumatology Division. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Clinical Pathology and Chemistry Department. Qena Faculty of Medicine. South Valley University, Assiut, Egypt, ⁴University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc) is a debilitating multi-system chronic disease which directly affects patient related Quality of Life. We wanted to identify how the patient interprets…
Abstract Number: 1636 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Topoisomerase I Antibody Status on Decline in Lung Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Data from the SENSCIS Trial
Maureen Mayes¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Aryeh Fischer ⁴, Ganesh Raghu ⁵, Mannaig Girard ⁶, Margarida Alves ⁷, Susanne Stowasser ⁷, Jörg Distler ⁸, Marco Matucci-Cerinic ⁹, Elizabeth Volkmann ¹⁰, Masataka Kuwana ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Seattle, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁰University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, ¹¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: The presence of anti-topoisomerase I antibody (ATA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been associated with a greater risk of developing interstitial lung…
Abstract Number: 2607 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Detection of Calcinosis and Correlation with Ulnar Artery Occlusion in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Robert Fairchild¹, Melody Chung ¹, Laurel Sharpless ¹, Shufeng Li ² and Lorinda Chung ¹, ¹Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive fibrotic and vascular disease affecting multiple organs. Calcinosis cutis in SSc is characterized by calcium deposition in the…
Abstract Number: 735 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Relationship Between Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Severity and Whole Gut Transit in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Zsuzsanna McMahan* ¹, Ana Tucker*², Jamie Perin ³, Jay Pasricha ⁴, Harvey Ziessman ⁵, Antony Rosen ¹ and Frederick Wigley ¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, ²Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Division of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Division of Radiology, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the most commonly affected internal organ system in systemic sclerosis (SSc), resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Several studies…
Abstract Number: 1641 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Change in Calcinosis over 1 Year Using the SCTC Radiologic Scoring System for Calcinosis of the Hands in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Melody Chung ², Tatiana S. Rodríguez-Reyna ³, Susanna Proudman ⁴, Murray Baron ⁵, Flavia Castelino ⁶, Vivien Hsu ⁷, Shufeng Li ⁸, David Fiorentino ⁹, Kathryn Stevens ¹⁰ and Lorinda Chung ², ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁶Harvard University, Boston, MA, ⁷Rutgers- RWJ Medical School, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, ¹⁰Stanford University, Stanford
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis cutis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting one quarter of patients, most frequently involving the hands. We previously developed and…
Abstract Number: 2610 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Parenchymal and Vascular Features in Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease: Results from Quantitative Analysis of Chest Computed Tomography
Cosimo Bruni¹, Mariaelena Occhipinti ², Gianna Camiciottoli ³, Maurizio Bartolucci ⁴, Michael Pienn ⁵, Gemma Lepri ¹, Alessio Fabbrizzi ³, Alessandra Tottoli ¹, Giulia Ciardi ³, Dilia Giuggioli ⁶, Giovanna Cuomo ⁷, Francesco Masini ⁷, Andrea Olschewski ⁵, Federico Lavorini ³, Stefano Colagrande ⁸ and Marco Matucci-Cerinic ⁹, ¹Dept. Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi – University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ²Dept. Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. Pneumology and Div. Radiology II, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi – University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Dept. Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. Pneumology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi – University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Dept. of Services, Div. Emergency-Urgency Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, ⁵Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ⁷Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania, Naples, Italy, ⁸Dept. Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. Radiology II, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi – University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁹University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension negatively impact on Systemic sclerosis (SSc) prognosis. Chest computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard in…
Abstract Number: 739 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Does Digital Thermal Monitoring Correlate to Specific Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Abnormalities?
Mislav Radic¹, Rebecca Overbury ² and Tracy Frech ³, ¹University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia, ²University of Utah, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The fingers have specialized structural and functional features for thermoregulation, and are the most common areas of Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) in systemic sclerosis (SSc).…
Abstract Number: 1643 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial by Corticosteroid Use
Madelon Vonk¹, Oliver Distler ², Daniel Furst ³, Eric Hachulla ⁴, Sindhu Johnson ⁵, Shervin Assassi ⁶, Leslie Meng ⁷, Manuel Quaresma ⁸, Margarida Alves ⁸, Emmanuelle Clerisme-Beaty ⁸ and Wim Wuyts ⁹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland, ³University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Dept. of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ⁵Toronto Scleroderma Program, Department of Medicine, Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, Canada, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, USA, Ridgefield, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁹Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD), nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC)…
Abstract Number: 2611 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Scleroderma: A Systematic Review
Rossana Mejia-Romero ¹, Natalia Aguilera², Juan Pablo Alzate-Granados ³, C Escobar -Soto ⁴, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto ⁵, Mario García-Carrasco ⁵ and Adriana Rojas-Villarraga ⁶, ¹Center for Arthritis and Rehabilitation (CAYRE IPS) ,University of Barcolena, Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de La Salud-FUCS, Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ³Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de La Salud-FUCS, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ⁴TRUSTEM, Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ⁵Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Research Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, UMAE CMNMAC - CIBIOR, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine School, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ⁶Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de La Salud-FUCS. Hospital Infantil Universitario San José., Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (systemic scleroderma or systemic sclerosis, SSc), is a highly heterogeneous autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, with a high rate of therapeutic failure and…
Abstract Number: 866 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of the Highly Selective Endothelin a Receptor Antagonist Zibotentan in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Chronic Kidney Disease
Edward Stern ¹, Lauren Host ¹, K. Jane Escott ², Peter Gilmour ², Ivy Wanjiku ³, Rachel Ochiel ³, Aine Burns ¹, Robert Unwin ¹, Voon Ong ⁴ and Christopher Denton⁵, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²AstraZeneca, London, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, ⁵University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) causes scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). A previous open label trial of bosentan suggested possible benefit for…
Abstract Number: 1644 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effects of Nintedanib in Patients with Diffuse and Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease: Subgroup Analysis of the SENSCIS Trial
Masataka Kuwana¹, Kristin Highland ², Martina Gahlemann ³, Christopher Denton ⁴, Aryeh Fischer ⁵, Maureen Mayes ⁶, Virginia Steen ⁷, Dinesh Khanna ⁸, Yannick Allanore ⁹, Mannaig Girard ¹⁰, Margarida Alves ¹¹, Susanne Stowasser ¹¹ and Oliver Distler ¹², ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ³Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁷Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Georgetown, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, ⁹Dept. of Rheumatology A, Descartes University, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁰Boehringer Ingelheim France S.A.S., Reims, France, Reims, France, ¹¹Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) are at greater risk of developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) than patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis…
Abstract Number: 2615 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cumulative Incidence, Survival and Predictors of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Disease Subsets of Systemic Sclerosis: PAH Is Not Increased in Limited vs Diffuse Patients by Adjusted Competing Risk Analysis
Tatiana Nevskaya ¹, Yuxuan Jiang ¹, Mianbo Wang ² and Janet Pope³, ¹University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Western University, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), thought to be more commonly found among the limited cutaneous (lcSSc) compared…
Abstract Number: 868 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Atorvastatin on Microvascular Endothelial Function and Raynaud Phenomenon in Early Diffuse Scleroderma: Results of the “Tamer”‘ Study
Robyn Domsic¹, Maureen Laffoon ¹, Balasubramani Goundappa ², Thomas Medsger ¹, Robert Lafyatis ¹ and Steven Wisniewski ¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh Epidemiology Data Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Statins have pleiotropic effects felt to influence in their beneficial cardiovascular effects. These include increased nitric oxide production and improved endothelial function, modulation of…
Abstract Number: 1645 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Automated Capture and Analysis System of Sublingual Microvessels and Nailfold Videocapillarscopy for Microvascular Assessment in Systemic Sclerosis
Mislav Radic¹, Julie Thomas ² and Tracy Frech ³, ¹University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia, ²University of Utah, Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah and Salt Lake VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Similar to nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), automated capture and analysis of sublingual microvessel segments (intravital microscopy) can define vasculopathy, and distinguish systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients…
Abstract Number: 2616 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Forced Vital Capacity Trajectories for Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease—Analysis from the University of Michigan Scleroderma Cohort
Mirette Habib¹, Sara Jaafar ¹, Annie Park ¹, Suiyuan Huang ¹, Wen Ye ¹, Vivek Nagaraja ¹, Eric White ¹, Kevin Flaherty ² and Dinesh Khanna ³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Forced Vital Capacity (FVC, recorded as %…

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