Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1651 • ACR Convergence 2022
CAR T Cell Treatment of Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Georg Schett¹, Sebastian Böltz², Fabian Müller², Arnd Kleyer³, Simon Völkl², Michael Aigner², Regina Gary², Sascha Kretschmann², David Simon³, Soraya Kharboutli², Dimitrios mougiakakos⁴, Gerhard Kroenke³ and Andreas Mackensen², ¹Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have been used to treat refractory forms of B cell and plasma cell malignancies. B cells are also…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Circadian Clock Gene Bmal1 Negatively Regulates Autoantibody Production in SLE
Shuichiro Nakabo¹, Donavon Sandoval-Heglund¹, Victoria Hoffmann², Mingzeng Zhang¹, Norio Hanata¹, Zerai Manna¹, Elaine Poncio¹, Sarfaraz Hasni³ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²ORS/ORF/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including kidney and skin. While its etiology and pathogenesis are still…
Abstract Number: 1944 • ACR Convergence 2022
Description and Delays in Care in the Bridge to Adult Care from Childhood for Young Adults with Rheumatic Disease (BACC YARD) Program, a Pediatric-to-Adult Rheumatology Transition Program
John Bridges¹, Livie Huie², Amanda Alexander³, Randy Cron², Maria Danila², Victoria Gennaro⁴, Laura Hughes², Bailey Lipham⁵, Linda McAllister⁶, Matthew Mullen⁷, Annelle Reed⁴, Daniel Reiff², Carolyn Smith⁴, Emily Smitherman², Matthew Stoll², Peter Weiser² and Melissa Mannion², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Homewood, AL, ⁴Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Children's of Alabama, Trussville, AL, ⁷University of Alabama-Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, AL
Background/Purpose: Children with chronic rheumatic conditions age and require transfer to adult rheumatologists for continued care. The transition period from pediatric to adult-oriented care is…
Abstract Number: 2065 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sustained B Cell Depletion in Lupus Nephritis Patients After Treatment with a B Cell Agent Is Associated with Fewer Disease Flares
Diane Zisa¹, Jeffrey Zhang-Sun¹, Paul Christos² and Kyriakos Kirou¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: B cell targeting agents (BCA), including belimumab (BEL) and rituximab (RTX), have been used with success in lupus nephritis (LN) patients, though identifying patients…
Abstract Number: 2083 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Network Meta-analysis on 532 SLE Patients: Low Complement Levels in the First Trimester Predict Disease Flare in Pregnancy
Massimo Radin¹, Irene Cecchi², Francesca Crisafulli³, Evandro Mendes Klumb⁴, Guilherme Ramires De Jesús⁴, Miguel Ángel Saavedra⁵, Geraldine Vanessa Reyes-Navarro⁶, Luca iaccarino⁷, Maddalena Larosa⁷, Gabriella Moroni⁸, Francesco Tamborini⁹, dario Roccatello¹, Laura Andreoli³, Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola¹⁰ and Savino Sciascia², ¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ³University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, ⁵Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁶Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ⁷University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁸Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy, ⁹Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy, ¹⁰University of Milan, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The complement system is a key-player in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); decrease in C3 and C4 levels correlates with disease activity…
Abstract Number: 2103 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Telomere Length with Phenotypic Frailty in Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sarah Lieber¹, Robyn Lipschultz¹, Syed Zahid², Myriam Lin¹, Neal Lue² and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Frailty is an increasingly recognized risk factor for adverse health outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Preliminary evidence is conflicting regarding whether telomere length,…
Abstract Number: 2245 • ACR Convergence 2022
Feasibility and Efficacy of a Peer Education Program to Improve Patient Engagement in Lupus Clinical Trials
Saira Sheikh¹, Caroline Donovan², Carla Menezes², Albert T. Roy², Andrew Simkus³, Diane Gross⁴, Anca Askanase⁵, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁶, Vikas Majithia⁷, Nicole Wanty³, Annie McNeill³, Kristen Holtz³ and S. Sam Lim⁸, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Lupus Therapeutics, LLC, New York, NY, ³KDH Research & Communication, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Lupus Research Alliance, New York, NY, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Mississippi Medical Center, Ridgeland, MS, ⁸Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: To assess outcomes related to Lupus Therapeutics' Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (LT-PALS) a peer-to-peer clinical trial (CT) education program designed to improve CT…
Abstract Number: 0066 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identifying Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Lupus Nephritis, and End-Stage Kidney Disease Definitions Within an Administrative Claims Database
Emily Smitherman¹, Rouba Chahine¹, Aimee Hersh² and Jeffrey Curtis³, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Data is lacking regarding modern real-world practices and disease outcomes of individuals with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and lupus nephritis, especially across multiple…
Abstract Number: 0186 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluating the Effectiveness & Impact of an In-Person Peer Support Group That Transitioned to a Virtual Platform During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Giselle Rodriguez¹, Priscilla Calvache¹, Lillian Mendez¹, Kimberly Cabrera¹, Roberta Horton¹, Lisa Imundo² and Jillian Rose-Smith¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Studies have demonstrated the benefits of online peer support forums in meeting the mental health, disease self-management & coping needs of people living with…
Abstract Number: 0332 • ACR Convergence 2022
Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (sTREM2) in Cerebrospinal Fluid Relating to Development of Diffuse Psychiatric/Neuropsychological Syndromes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (diffuse NPSLE)
Yoshiyuki Arinuma¹, Yasuhiro Hasegawa², Yu Matsueda², Kenji Oku³ and Kunihiro Yamaoka⁴, ¹Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan, ²Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, ³Kitasato University, Chigasaki, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: Microglial activation is critical for behavioral abnormalities in a mouse model of diffuse NPSLE following anti-glutamate receptor subunit GluN2 antibody (anti-GluN2) exposure to neurons.…
Abstract Number: 0349 • ACR Convergence 2022
Comparative Risks of Infection with Belimumab versus Oral Immunosuppressants in Patients with Non-Renal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Emma Materne¹, Hyon Choi², Baijun Zhou¹, Karen Costenbader³, Yuqing Zhang⁴ and April Jorge¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA
Background/Purpose: Belimumab, a biologic B-Lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) inhibitor, was FDA-approved in 2011 for the treatment of active SLE. Initial phase 3 placebo-controlled trials found no…
Abstract Number: 0371 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Phase 2, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of JBT-101/Lenabasum in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, an Autoimmunity Centers of Excellence Study (ALE09)
Meggan Mackay¹, Robert Zurier², Diane Kamen³, Fotios Koumpouras⁴, Anca Askanase⁵, Kenneth Kalunian⁶, Steffan Schulz⁷, Giovanni Franchin⁸, Nancy Olsen⁹, Andreea Coca¹⁰, Roberto Caricchio¹¹, Maureen McMahon¹², Maria Dall'Era¹³, Amit Saxena¹⁴, Megan Clowse¹⁵, Stanley Ballou¹⁶, Linna Ding¹⁷, Beverly Welch¹⁸, Jessica Springer¹⁹, Andrew Shaw¹, Lynette Keyes-Elstein²⁰, Kaitlyn Steinmiller²¹, Amanda Mickey²¹, Cynthia Aranow¹ and Betty Diamond¹, ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Feinstein Institutes, Wyckoff, NJ, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁶University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸BronxCare, Feinstein Institutes, Manhasset, NY, ⁹Penn State University/Milton S Hershey, Hershey, PA, ¹⁰UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³University of California, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁶Case Western Reserve University - Metro Health, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁷NIH NIAID, Rhockvile, MD, ¹⁸NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁹NIH/NIAID, Rockville, MD, ²⁰Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, ²¹Rho Inc, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms are common in SLE, often associate with debilitating pain requiring immunosuppressive treatment. JBT-101 is a non-psychotropic, non-immunosuppressive, cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Soluble Mediator Signatures of Lupus Nephritis Histological Features and Response to Treatment
Andrea Fava¹, Carla J. Guthridge², Joseph Kheir², Catriona Wagner³, Michelle Petri⁴, Jill Buyon⁵, Betty Diamond⁶, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) RA/SLE⁷, Joel Guthridge² and Judith James², ¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Multiple Insitutions
Background/Purpose: There is a pressing need to identify novel therapeutic approaches and noninvasive biomarkers in lupus nephritis (LN). In this study, we quantified serum soluble…
Abstract Number: 0656 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Study Identified HLA-DQA1 as a Genetic Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Junyan Qian¹, Ying Chen², Xinzhuang Yang³, Qian Wang⁴, JIULIANG ZHAO⁵, Xiaoyue Deng¹, Shengjie Li³, Yongtai Liu⁶, Zhuang Tian⁶, Juan Shen², Qijun Liao², Yanhong Wang⁷, Xianbo Zuo⁸, Xuejun Zhang⁹, MENGTAO LI¹, Yong Cui⁸, Xueqing Yu¹⁰ and Xiaofeng Zeng¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Ministry of Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Ministry of Science & Technology, Beijing, China, ²BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, ³Medical Research Center, State Key laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁴Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁵Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁶Department of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, ⁷Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, China Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁸Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁹Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China, ¹⁰Division of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases (NCRC-DID), Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare and severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) gene variants in the major…
Abstract Number: 0730 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Mental Health Services in Children and Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Establishing a Mental Health Care Navigator
Colleen Correll, Erika Vaughn, Amanda Schlesinger and Danielle Bullock, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Anxiety and depression are three times more common in children with childhood onset-systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) compared to their peers, and both are associated…

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