Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 0674 • ACR Convergence 2022
Prevalence of Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in Hospitalized Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Vincent Tran, Amy Schmitt and Shanthini Kasturi, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia are defining characteristics of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), but can also be seen in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Hospitalized patients with APS are…
Abstract Number: 0957 • ACR Convergence 2022
Timeliness of Fetal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Block Detection in Anti-Ro/La-Positive Pregnancies
Amanda Ohayon¹, Nikola Wilk¹, Arielle Mendel², Mayssa Moukarzel¹, Jessica Simoneau¹, Wadi Mawad¹, Gabriel Altit¹ and Evelyne Vinet², ¹McGill University Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Best practice guidelines recommend screening for congenital heart block (CHB) in anti-Ro/La-positive pregnancies with serial echocardiography starting between 16 to 18 weeks of gestational…
Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2022
Belimumab After Rituximab Targets IgA2 Anti-dsDNA Antibody Production and Shifts Repopulating B-cells Towards an Anergic, Non-pathogenic Phenotype in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Muhammad Shipa¹, liliana ribeiro santos², Dao X Nguyen¹, Andrew Embleton-Thirsk¹, Mariea parvaz¹, David Isenberg¹, Caroline Gordon³ and Michael Ehrenstein¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, ³Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The results from the BEAT-lupus trial comparing belimumab vs placebo, both after rituximab in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have recently been reported (1). We…
Abstract Number: 0995 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Glucocorticoid Use with Healthcare Utilization Among Persons with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Patricia Katz¹, Sofia Pedro², Jiyoon Choi³ and Kaleb Michaud⁴, ¹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ²Forward, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) have long been a mainstay of treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). While GCs do provide benefit, there are potential side effects…
Abstract Number: 1136 • ACR Convergence 2022
Stratification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients Based on the Molecular Patterns of Mouse Models
Maria Rivas Torrubia, Maria Morell, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme and Guillermo Barturen, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune, chronic and multisystemic autoimmune disorder, which typically affects women and presents high severity and mortality. It is…
Abstract Number: 1337 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dietary Mineral Intake of an Inner-City Population and Its Impact on Disease Activity in Patients with SLE
Paolo Pio Tempongko, Eugenio Capitle, Steven Keller and Reena Khianey, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Many patients implement a complementary dietary approach in addition to conventional pharmacologic therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). There is growing evidence that several…
Abstract Number: 1440 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interrelation of T-cell Cytokines and Autoantibodies in Lupus Nephritis: A Cross-sectional Study
Fatima Alduraibi¹, Kathryn Sullivan¹, Winn Walter Chatham², Hui-Chen Hsu¹ and John Mountz¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To determine if different classes of lupus nephritis (LN) are correlated with specific circulating autoantibodies (autoAbs) and T-helper cell cytokines and other manifestations of…
Abstract Number: L02 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine in Immunosuppressed Adults with Autoimmune Diseases
Ines Colmegna¹, Mariana Useche¹, Emmanouil Rampakakis², Nathalie Amiable³, Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle³, Louis Bessette⁴, Jo-Anne Costa⁴, Marc Dionne⁴, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles², Elizabeth Hazel², Deirdre McCormack², Laetitia Michou⁴, Pantelis Panopalis², Marc-Andre Langlois⁵, Sasha Bernatsky⁶ and Paul R. Fortin⁷, ¹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Centre de Recherche du CHU de Quebec, Quebec, Canada, ⁴Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁶McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
Background/Purpose: Immunocompromised conditions and/or a history of autoimmune disease were exclusion criteria of the initial SARS-CoV-2 vaccines clinical trials. We assessed the safety and immunogenicity…
Abstract Number: L03 • ACR Convergence 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Antibody Responses in Patients Treated with B-Cell Agents Depend on B-Cell Counts at Time of Vaccine
Kyriakos Kirou and Jeffrey Zhang-Sun, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Optimal COVID-19 vaccine responses are necessary to protect against severe infection. Patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) are at risk for not mounting adequate…
Abstract Number: L08 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Limited Health Literacy with Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Analysis from the Peer Approaches to Lupus Self-Management (PALS) Program
Mithu Maheswaranathan¹, Andrea Boan², Viswanathan Ramakrishnan², Hetlena Johnson³, Jillian Rose-Smith⁴, Clara Dismuke-Greer⁵, Leonard Egede⁶, Jim Oates² and Edith Williams², ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³LupusCSC, Columbia, SC, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵VA Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Health literacy (HL) is an important social determinant of health defined as the ability to understand and use health information. Limited HL is associated…
Abstract Number: L13 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Belimumab (BEL) and Rituximab (RTX) Sequential Therapy in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled BLISS-BELIEVE Study
Cynthia Aranow¹, Cornelia Allaart², Zahir Amoura³, Ian N Bruce⁴, Patricia Cagnoli⁵, Richard Furie¹, Paul Peter Tak⁶, Murray Urowitz⁷, Ronald van Vollenhoven⁸, Kenneth L Clark⁶, Mark Daniels⁹, Norma Lynn Fox¹⁰, Yun Irene Gregan¹⁰, James Groark¹¹, Robert B Henderson⁹, Mary Oldham⁹, Don Shanahan⁹, Andre van Maurik⁹, David A Roth¹⁰ and YK Onno Teng², ¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Centre National de reference pour le Lupus, Service de Medecine Interne 2, Institut E3M, Hopital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁴NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust and Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶GlaxoSmithKline (At the time of the author's contribution to this study), Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁹GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ¹⁰GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ¹¹GlaxoSmithKline (At the time of the author's contribution to this study), Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Disease control remains an unmet need in SLE. The rationale for sequential BEL and RTX therapy in SLE was previously published.1 This study evaluated…
Abstract Number: 0006 • ACR Convergence 2021
Metabolic Characteristics of Age-related B Cells in Lupus-prone Mice and Effects on Follicular Helper T Cells
Ivan Ramirez¹, Betty Diamond² and Sun Jung Kim³, ¹Northwell, Little Neck, NY, ²Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ³Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Since the description of age-associated B cells (ABC), there has been a growing interest in the role of these cells in autoimmunity. Evidence suggests…
Abstract Number: 0233 • ACR Convergence 2021
Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Intervention for Lupus Self-Management Based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change
Katherine Carpenter¹, Melissa French¹, Sara Balestrieri², Sara Johnson², Sarah Gilman³, Cristina Drenkard⁴, S Sam Lim⁵, Maria Dall'Era⁶, Emily Somers⁷, Suzanna Zick⁸, Victoria Werth⁹, Daniel Wallace¹⁰, Melicent Miller¹ and Mary Crimmings¹, ¹Lupus Foundation of America, Washington, DC, ²Pro-Change Behavior Systems, South Kingstown, RI, ³Wayfinder Health Strategies, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁶University of California San Francisco, Corte Madera, CA, ⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Department of Family Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) has completed a 5-year cooperative agreement with the CDC to develop and evaluate an online lupus self-management (SM)…
Abstract Number: 0337 • ACR Convergence 2021
Rarity of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using a Real-world, Electronic Health Record
Ben Boone and April Barnado, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Infection is the leading cause of mortality and one of the most common causes of hospitalization in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pneumocystis…
Abstract Number: 0456 • ACR Convergence 2021
Functional Connectivity, Enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Leakage and Cognitive Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
John Hanly¹, Jason Robertson¹, Lyna Kamintsky¹, Alon Friedman¹, Steven Beyea¹, John Fisk¹, Antonina Omisade¹, Cindy Calkin¹, Tim Bardouille¹, Chris Bowen¹, Alexandra Legge¹, Arnold Mitnitski², Kara Matheson² and Javeria Hashmi¹, ¹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cognitive impairment is the most frequent manifestation of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), yet the mechanisms underlying it remain poorly understood. We have previously…

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