Abstracts tagged "spondyloarthritis"

Abstract Number: 0898 • ACR Convergence 2021
MRI Vertebral Corner Inflammation and Fat Deposition Are Associated with Whole Spine Low Dose CT Detected Syndesmophytes: A Multilevel Analysis
Rosalinde Stal¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Alexandre Sepriano³, Floris van Gaalen¹, Sofia Ramiro¹, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Juergen Braun², Robert Landewé⁴ and Désirée van der Heijde⁵, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In previous studies vertebral corner inflammation (VCI) and vertebral corner fat deposition (VCFD) were associated with syndesmophyte formation on cervical and lumbar conventional radiography.…
Abstract Number: 0926 • ACR Convergence 2021
Predictors of 1-Year Treatment Response Among Upadacitinib-Treated Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Post Hoc Analysis
Marina Magrey¹, Sofia Ramiro², Marcelo Medeiros Pinheiro³, Tianming Gao⁴, Fabiana Ganz⁴, In-Ho Song⁴, Ana Biljan⁵, Nigil Haroon⁶ and Martin Rudwaleit⁷, ¹Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA, Richfield, OH, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁵Abbvie Inc., Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: Upadacitinib (UPA) is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy and safety among patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in the phase 2/3…
Abstract Number: 1310 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with SpA and Concomitant IBD: Results from the ASAS PerSpA Study
Keisuke Ono¹, Mitsumasa Kishimoto², Gautam Deshpande³, Sho Fukui⁴, Satoshi Kawaai⁵, Haruki Sawada⁶, Minoru Matsuura⁷, Valeria Rios Rodriguez⁸, Fabian Proft⁸, Kurisu Tada⁶, Naoto Tamura⁶, Yoshinori Taniguchi⁹, Ayako Hirata¹⁰, Hideto Kameda¹⁰, Shigeyoshi Tsuji¹¹, Yuko Kaneko¹², Hiroaki Dobashi¹³, Tadashi Okano¹⁴, Yoichiro Haji¹⁵, Akimichi Morita¹⁶, Akihiko Asahina¹⁷, Masato Okada¹⁸, Yoshinori Komagata¹, Clementina López Medina¹⁹, Anna Molto²⁰, Désirée van der Heijde²¹, Maxime Dougados²², Tadakazu Hisamatsu⁷, Tetsuya Tomita²³ and Shinya Kaname¹, ¹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ³Department of General Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, and Center for clinical epidemiology, St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁸Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ¹¹Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center, Osaka, Japan, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, Daido Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁷Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁸Immuno-Rheumatology Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia Hospital, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain/ Department of Rheumatology, University of Paris, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁰Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ²²Université de Paris . Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris . INSERM (U1153): Clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité. Paris, France., Paris, France, ²³Department of Orthopaedic Biomaterial Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: A recent study reports that gut inflammation is linked to degree of bone marrow edema in sacroiliac joints in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA).…
Abstract Number: 1730 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Activity and Outcome in Pregnancies of Patients with SpA – Data from the German Pregnancy Register RHEKISS
Anja Weiß¹, Christina Bungartz¹, Jutta Richter², Susanna Späthling-Mestekemper³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Peer Aries⁵, Rebecca Fischer-Betz⁶ and Anja Strangfeld⁷, ¹DRFZ, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Rheumapraxis München, München, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumatologie in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ⁶Uniklinik Dsseldorf, Dsseldorf, Germany, ⁷Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: SpA is a severe chronic inflammatory disease, which affects quality of life and functional status. It frequently occurs in women of childbearing age. Active…
Abstract Number: 0051 • ACR Convergence 2021
Identification of Biomarkers and Deregulated Pathways in Psoriatic Arthritis Through Proteomic Analysis of Synovial Fluid
Jacqueline Lai¹, Sara Rahmati², Raam Sivakumar², Katerina Oikonomopoulou³, Fatima Abji⁴ and Vinod Chandran⁵, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis that currently lacks diagnostic biomarkers. We hypothesized that there are differences in the protein intensities in the…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2021
Factors Associated with Engaging in Physical Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis. Results from the European Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (EMAS)
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera¹, Victoria Navarro-Compán², Christine Bundy³, Laura Christen⁴, Raj Mahapatra⁵, Souzi Makri⁶, Carlos Jesús Delgado-Domínguez⁷, David Gálvez-Ruiz⁷, Pedro Plazuelo-Ramos⁸ and Denis Poddubnyy⁹, ¹Health & Territory Research (HTR), University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain, ²Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ³Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ⁴Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵Axial Spondyloarthritis International Federation (ASIF), London, United Kingdom, ⁶Cyprus League Against Rheumatism (CYPLAR), Limassol, Cyprus, ⁷Health & Territory Research (HTR), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, ⁸Spanish Federation of Spondyloarthritis Associations (CEADE), Madrid, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Physical activity is an essential component in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) care, improving physical and mental wellbeing. This analysis aims to identify factors associated with…
Abstract Number: 0379 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pain Sensitivity in Axial Spondyloarthritis – Comparisons Between Patients and Controls, Women and Men, and Between Different Pain Groups
Elisabet Lindqvist¹, Tor Olofsson², Stefan Bergman³, Ann Bremander⁴, Mats Geijer⁵, Lars Erik Kristensen⁶, Jack Kvistgaard Olsen⁶, Jonas Sagard⁷, Johan Karlsson Wallman⁸ and Elisabeth Mogard¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²Lund University and Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ³Spenshult Research and Development Centre, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁴Spenshult research and development centre, Vilsharad, Sweden, ⁵University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Radiology, Göteborg, Sweden, ⁶Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital, Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ⁸Lund University and Skane University Hospital, Hjarup, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). For ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) patients, no differences were found in…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low Dose Dual Energy CT Scan for the Detection of Bone Marrow Edema and Erosions in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Jonathan Chan¹, Savvas Nicolaou¹, Yet Yen Yan², Mahomed Osman³, Hugue Ouellette¹ and Sabeena Jalal⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Changi General Hospital, Singapore, ³Queensland X-ray, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow edema (BME) and erosions of the sacroiliac (SI) joints are key imaging features in the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). MRI with…
Abstract Number: 0929 • ACR Convergence 2021
Tapering of TNF Inhibitors in Patients with Axial Spondyloartritis – Can Flare Be Predicted?
Marie Wetterslev¹, Stylianos Georgiadis², Sara Nysom Christiansen³, Susanne Juhl Pedersen², Inge Juul Sørensen⁴, Merete Lund Hetland¹, Anne Duer⁵, Mikael Boesen⁶, Kasper Kjærulf Gosvig⁷, Jakob Møllenbach Møller⁷, Mads Bakkegaard⁸, Cecilie Heegaard Brahe², Niels Steen Krogh⁹, Bente Jensen⁸, Ole Rintek Madsen⁸, Jan Christensen⁸, Annette Hansen⁸, Jesper Nørregaard⁸, Henrik Røgind⁸ and Mikkel Ostergaard¹⁰, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Department of Radiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹ZiteLab ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁰Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in clinical remission tapered Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment according to a clinical guideline and were followed for…
Abstract Number: 1311 • ACR Convergence 2021
De Novo Psoriasis Can Be Reported at Any Timepoint in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis: An Analysis of 6 Years of Follow-up of the DESIR Cohort
Florian LUCASSON¹, Pascal Richette², krystel aouad¹, Adeline RUYSSEN-WITRAND³, Daniel Wendling⁴, Bruno Fautrel⁵ and Laure Gossec⁶, ¹Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France, ²Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, ³Toulouse University Hospital, Centre d'Investigation Clinique de Toulouse CIC1436, Inserm, Paul Sabatier University,, Toulouse, France, ⁴Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁵Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁶Sorbonne Université; APHP, Rheumatology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a frequent extra-articular manifestation in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) with a prevalence in established axSpA around 9% and consequences on the disease course.…
Abstract Number: 1775 • ACR Convergence 2021
Isolated Axial versus Concomitant Peripheral Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis
Timothy Kwok¹, Mitchell Sutton², Richard Cook³, Daniel Pereira⁴ and Dafna Gladman⁵, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Isolated axial involvement exists in 2 to 5% of all psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients. However, it is currently unknown whether patients with isolated axial…
Abstract Number: 0055 • ACR Convergence 2021
Time Course of Intestinal Permeability and Intestinal Inflammation in Rat Adjuvant-induced Arthritis
Sophie Hecquet¹, Perle Totoson², Marie-Paule Algros³, Hélène Martin², Célian Peyronnel², Maude Tournier², Clement Prati¹, Daniel Wendling¹, Céline Demougeot² and Frank Verhoeven¹, ¹Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ²PEPITE EA4267, FHU INCREASE, Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, Besançon, France, ³Service d'anatomopathologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: Intestinal inflammation (I-Inf) and increased intestinal permeability (IP) and intestinal damage (ID) have been observed in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, whether these changes…
Abstract Number: 0362 • ACR Convergence 2021
Achievement of Stringent Thresholds of Disease Control Is Associated with Reduced Burden on Work and Household Productivity in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Martin Rudwaleit¹, Pedro Machado², Lianne Gensler³, Vanessa Taieb⁴, Natasha de Peyrecave⁵, Bengt Hoepken⁶ and Désirée van der Heijde⁷, ¹University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ²Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ⁵UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁶UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is associated with increased absence from work and reduced work productivity, which can impact employment status.1 TNF inhibitors such as certolizumab…
Abstract Number: 0380 • ACR Convergence 2021
Sick Leave and Its Predictors in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis: The Role of Clinical and Socioeconomic Factors. Five-year Data from the DESIR Cohort
Elena Nikiphorou¹, Annelies Boonen², PEDRO CARVALHO³, Bruno Fautrel⁴, Pascal Richette⁵, Pedro Machado⁶, Désirée van der Heijde⁷, Robert Landewé⁸ and Sofia Ramiro¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, ³hospital de Faro, LISBON, Portugal, ⁴Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, ⁵Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁸Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sick leave (SL) represents an often poorly studied adverse work outcome especially in early axSpA, with speculation around the potential role of clinical and…
Abstract Number: 0903 • ACR Convergence 2021
Scoring MRI Structural Lesions in Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: How Many Slices Are Optimal?
Walter Maksymowych¹, Ulrich Weber², Xenofon Baraliakos³, Pedro Machado⁴, Susanne Pedersen⁵, Joachim Sieper⁶, Stephanie Wichuk⁷, Denis Poddubnyy⁸, Martin Rudwaleit⁹, Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰, Robert Landewé¹¹, Joel Paschke¹², Mikkel Ostergaard¹³ and Robert Lambert⁷, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Practice Buchsbaum Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology & Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rigshospitalet, Center for Arthritis Research, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹University of Bielefeld, Klinikum Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹¹Amsterdam Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, Netherlands, ¹²CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: There is no international consensus on the optimal number of slices for evaluation of MRI structural lesions in the SIJ. An “all slice” method…

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