Abstracts tagged "Scleroderma"

Abstract Number: 1055 • ACR Convergence 2020
Myositis and Systemic Sclerosis Spectrum IPAF Patients Are More Likely to Respond Favorably to Immunosuppression
Erin Wilfong¹, Gabriel Schroeder¹, April Barnado¹, Steven Lord¹, Narender Annapureddy¹, Rosemarie Dudenhofer¹ and Leslie J. Crofford¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Classification criteria for interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) were introduced in 2015 to identify interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients who might benefit from…
Abstract Number: 1393 • ACR Convergence 2020
Systemic Sclerosis: Subclinical Aterosclerosis and Morbimortality
Miriam Retuerto¹, Jose Luis Rosales², Maria Martin¹, Beatriz Joven¹ and Patricia E Carreira¹, ¹Hospital universitario 12 de octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospiten Rambla, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, and an increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This process is mediated by classic cardiovascular risk factors…
Abstract Number: 0394 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence of a Diagnosis of Osteopenia/Osteoporosis Amongst Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Identification of Associated Clinical Factors
Guanying Wang¹, Diane Mar², Joy Wu³, Julia Simard⁴, Rita Popat¹ and Lorinda Chung⁵, ¹Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²Stanford Department of Immunology/Rheumatology, Palo Alto, CA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: This study aims to determine the prevalence of a diagnosis of osteopenia/osteoporosis (OP) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and to identify the clinical and…
Abstract Number: 1064 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-SMN Autoantibodies Are Associated with Systemic Sclerosis Small Bowel Involvement in anti-U1RNP Positive Autoimmune Myositis
Caroline Vo¹, Océane Landon-Cardinal², Alexandra Albert³, Alain Meyer⁴, Valérie Leclair⁵, Josiane Bourré-Tessier², Sabrina Hoa², Eric Rich¹, Jean-Richard Goulet¹, Benjamin Ellezam⁶, Maude Bouchard-Marmen⁷, Martial Koenig⁸, Geneviève Gyger⁵, Ira N. Targoff⁹, Marie Hudson⁵, Minoru Satoh¹⁰, Marvin Fritzler¹¹, Yves Troyanov¹² and Jean-Luc Senécal², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁴Service de rhumatologie et Centre de références des maladies autoimmunes rares, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶Division of Pathology, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval, Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Internal Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹¹Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: The survival of motor neuron (SMN)/gemin proteins are components of a multifunctional protein complex that plays an essential role in RNA metabolism. SMN is…
Abstract Number: 1398 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Isolated Nucleolar Pattern ANA Antibody in a Systemic Sclerosis Patient Cohort
Sabrina Elliott¹, Duncan Moore² and Virginia Steen², ¹MedStar Georgetown Hospital, Alexandria, VA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) patients with an isolated nucleolar patterned ANA (NUC ANA) make up about 15% of the SSc population, although the specific nucleolar…
Abstract Number: 0397 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Adherence to Screening of Systemic Sclerosis-Related Lung Disease
Matthew Herrmann¹ and Zineb Aouhab¹, ¹Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Background/Purpose: Feared complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affect the pulmonary system, with pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease being common causes of mortality. Baseline and…
Abstract Number: 1069 • ACR Convergence 2020
Scleromyositis Is Associated with Nailfold Capillary Abnormalities Compared to Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
Océane Landon-Cardinal¹, Valérie Leclair², Yves Troyanov³, Martial Koenig⁴, Alain Meyer⁵, Sabrina Hoa¹, Josiane Bourré-Tessier¹, Isabelle Ferdinand⁶, Jason Karamchandani⁷, Erin O'Ferrall⁸, Minoru Satoh⁹, Marvin Fritzler¹⁰, Benjamin Ellezam¹¹, Jean-Luc Senécal¹, Marie Hudson² and Geneviève Gyger², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Division of Internal Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Service de rhumatologie et Centre de références des maladies autoimmunes rares, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ⁶Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁷Department of Pathology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Division of Pathology, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Scleromyositis (SM) is an emerging subgroup of autoimmune myositis associated with features of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and characterized by prominent vasculopathic features on ultrastructural…
Abstract Number: 1525 • ACR Convergence 2020
Intergenic HLA Variants in African American Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Regulate Expression of HLA-DRB1
Urvashi Kaundal¹, Julia Hartman², Chloe Borden², Janet Wang³, Ami Shah⁴, Maureen Mayes⁵, Ayo Doumatey⁶, Amy Bentley⁷, Daniel Shriner⁶, Robyn Domsic⁸, Thomas Medsger⁹, Paula Ramos¹⁰, Richard Silver¹¹, Virginia Steen¹², John Varga¹³, Vivien Hsu¹⁴, Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹⁵, Elena Schiopu¹⁶, Dinesh Khanna¹⁷, Jessica Gordon¹⁸, Lindsey Criswell¹⁹, Heather Gladue²⁰, Chris Derk²¹, Elana Bernstein²², S. Louis Bridges²³, Victoria Shanmugam²⁴, Kathleen Kolstad²⁵, Lorinda Chung²⁶, Suzanne Kafaja²⁷, Reem Jan²⁸, Marcin Trojanowski²⁹, Avram Goldberg³⁰, Benjamin Korman³¹, Monique Hinchcliff³², Settara Chandrasekharappa⁶, Massimo Gadina², Davide Randazzo², Stefania Dell'Orso², Adebowale Adeyemo⁶, Charles Rotimi⁶, Elaine Remmers⁶, Fredrick Wigley³³, Rafael Casellas², Daniel Kastner⁶, Francesco Boin³⁴ and Pravitt Gourh¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, Bethesda, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, Beachwood, OH, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ⁵University of Texas Houston McGovern Medical School, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, Houston, TX, ⁶National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethedsa, MD, ⁸University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Verona, PA, ¹⁰Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁴Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, South Plainfield, NJ, ¹⁵Scleroderma Patient Care and Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, ¹⁶Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁹Rosalind Russell/Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²⁰Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ²¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²²Columbia University, New York, NY, ²³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mountain Brk, AL, ²⁴The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ²⁵Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ²⁶Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, ²⁷David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁸Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²⁹Boston University Medical Center, BOSTON, MA, ³⁰NYU Langone Medical Center - NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Lake Success, NY, ³¹Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ³³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³⁴University of California San Francisco, Cedars-Sinai, West Hollywood, CA
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) from the Genome Research in African American Scleroderma Patients (GRASP) cohort has identified the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region as…
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…

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