Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 0130 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical and Economic Characterization of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Real World Observation Across Disease Severity and Payer Channels in the U.S
Joseph Tkacz¹, Allison Perry¹, Helen Varker¹, Richard Bizier¹, Robert Ortmann² and Sandra Sze-jung Wu³, ¹IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ²AstraZeneca, Greenwood, IN, ³AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE
Background/Purpose: Current literature characterizing the economic and clinical burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is outdated and often does not consider SLE disease severity, which…
Abstract Number: 0329 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Risk of End-Organ Disease Following SLE Diagnosis in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort
ALFREDO AGUIRRE¹, Andrea Seet¹, Laura Trupin², Patricia Katz¹, Kamil Barbour³, Cristina Lanata⁴, Maria Dall'Era⁵ and Jinoos Yazdany¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, ⁴University of California San Francisco, Moss Beach, CA, ⁵University of California San Francisco, Corte Madera, CA
Background/Purpose: Racial and ethnic minorities experience a disproportionate burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as well as earlier development of lupus manifestations as compared to…
Abstract Number: 0346 • ACR Convergence 2021
The CB-CAPillaryTM Test Kit: A Tool for Point-of-Care Assays to Measure Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products
Joseph Ahearn¹, Susan Manzi¹ and Chau-Ching Liu², ¹Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ²Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) have been validated as biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) diagnosis, monitoring and stratification, and for identification of patients…
Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Multimorbidity Between Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Comparators in a Large Nationwide US Study
Ali Duarte-Garcia¹, Herbert Heien¹, Nilay Shah¹ and Cynthia Crowson², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased burden of multimorbidity. Racial/ethnic disparities have also been associated with an increased burden of multimorbidity.…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2021
Use of a Popular Opinion Leader Model to Disseminate Information Virtually About Clinical Trial Enrollment to People of Color with Lupus
Kreager Taber¹, Holly Milaeger², Jessica Williams¹, Daniel Erickson³, Elmer Freeman⁴, Patricia Canessa⁵, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁶ and Candace Feldman¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University, Feinbergy School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴CCHERS, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁵State of Illinois Board of Health, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Despite a disproportionate burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and disparities in adverse outcomes among Black compared to white individuals, people of color are…
Abstract Number: 0780 • ACR Convergence 2021
High Adolescent Health Needs and Relationship to Disease in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chelsea DeCoste¹, Paris Moaf¹, Lawrence Ng¹, Dragana Ostojic-Aitkens¹, Fatima Faruq², Byran Maguire³, Deborah Levy¹, Linda Hiraki¹, Alene Toulany¹ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE), with typical onset in adolescence, is a chronic life-threatening disease. In addition to dealing with cSLE, these adolescents endure…
Abstract Number: 0870 • ACR Convergence 2021
Blood Brain Barrier Integrity and Brain Imaging Patterns in Patients with SLE
Shiran Aharon¹, Dafna Ben-Bashat², Orna Aizenstein³, Moran Artzi⁴, Mark Berman⁵, Victoria Furer⁶, Marina Anouk⁷, Yael Lahat⁸, Jonathan Wollman⁹, Ofir Elalouf⁹, Ari Polachek¹⁰ and Daphna Paran¹¹, ¹Wohl Institute of Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Wohl Institute of Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ³Department of Neuroradiology Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁴Wohl Institute of Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁵Department of Rheumatology , Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁶Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁸Department of Rheumatology , Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁹Tel Aviv Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, ¹⁰Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel, ¹¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, Even Yehuda, Israel
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) has not been fully elucidated. Recent evidence suggests impaired blood brain barrier (BBB) integrity as a possible mechanism…
Abstract Number: 0887 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Mycophenolate and Azathioprine Use with Cognitive Function in SLE
Chrisanna Dobrowolski¹, Jiandong Su², John McGinley¹, Melissa Fazzari¹, Kathleen Bingham³, Nicole Anderson², Dorcas Beaton⁴, Lesley Ruttan³, Joan Wither², Maria Tartaglia², Mahta Kakvan², Dennisse Bonilla², May Choi⁵, Marvin Fritzler⁶, Patricia Katz⁷, Robin Green², Chaim Putterman¹ and Zahi Touma⁸, ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is a common manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which can have detrimental consequences for those affected. To date, no treatments…
Abstract Number: 0988 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk Prediction Models for Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Lifestyle/Environmental Risk Factors and a Genetic Risk Score
Jing Cui¹, Susan Malspeis¹, May Choi², Bing Lu³, Jeffrey Sparks⁴, Kazuki Yoshida⁴ and Karen Costenbader⁵, ¹Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA
Background/Purpose: The identification of lifestyle/environmental and genetic factors, influencing SLE risk introduces the potential to develop risk prediction models. We examined SLE risk prediction incorporating…
Abstract Number: 1152 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Follow-Up Evaluation of a Longstanding Telephone Peer Counseling Service for People with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Their Loved Ones
Priscilla Toral, Roberta Horton and Jillian Rose, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: With technology rapidly evolving, studies still reinforce the value of telephone peer support for people living with chronic illness. A follow-up evaluation was conducted…
Abstract Number: 1267 • ACR Convergence 2021
Frailty and Emergency Department Utilization in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Administrative Claims Data Analysis
Sarah Lieber¹, Iris Navarro-Milln², Musarrat Nahid², Mangala Rajan², Sebastian Sattui¹ and Lisa Mandl¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Emergency department (ED) utilization is associated with worse quality of care and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). While frailty…
Abstract Number: 1283 • ACR Convergence 2021
Reduction in Glucocorticoid Use in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Belimumab: A Large Pooled Analysis of 5 Placebo-Controlled Studies
Karen Costenbader¹, Yoshiyuki Abe², Laurent Arnaud³, George Bertsias⁴, Norma Lynn Fox⁵, Mathew Gibb⁶, Anne Hammer⁵, Alexa Meara⁷, Holly Quasny⁸, David Roth⁵ and Tania Gonzalez-Rivera⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Belmont, MA, ²Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, French National Reference Center for Autoimmune Diseases (CRMR RESO), Strasbourg, France, ⁴Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, ⁵GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ⁶Veramed Ltd., Twickenham, United Kingdom, ⁷Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GC) play an important role in rapid systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) symptom relief. However, chronic GC use increases organ damage risk; and treatment…
Abstract Number: 1300 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Time in Clinical Remission on Damage Accrual in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Konstantinos Tselios¹, Dafna Gladman², Jiandong Su³ and Murray Urowitz⁴, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that prolonged clinical remission for ≥10 years is associated with significantly less damage accrual in inception patients with systemic lupus…
Abstract Number: 1461 • ACR Convergence 2021
Belimumab Improves Renal Responses in Patients with or Without Steroid Pulses During Induction Therapy for Lupus Nephritis
Richard Furie¹, Frédéric Houssiau², Liz Lightstone³, Xueqing Yu⁴, Julia Weinmann-Menke⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka⁶, Angela Jones-Leone⁷, Tania Gonzalez-Rivera⁷, Jennifer Gilbride⁸, Anuradha Madan⁷, Yulia Green⁸ and David Roth⁷, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ²Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium, ³Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China (People's Republic), ⁵University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany, ⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ⁷GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, ⁸GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In the BLISS-LN trial (GSK Study BEL114054; NCT01639339), the administration of belimumab (BEL), a B-lymphocyte stimulator antagonist, resulted in improved renal outcomes in patients…
Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2021
Functional Effects of a Lupus-associated PRKG1 Variant on the RhoA-ROCK Pathway and Response to Type I Interferon
Ruth Fernandez Ruiz¹, Justine Shum², Kayla Van Buren³ and Timothy Niewold⁴, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Marinhealth Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Mnemo Therapeutics, New York, NY, ⁴Colton Center for Autoimmunity NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Interferon (IFN)-α contributes to susceptibility and severe manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The PRKG1 rs7897633 variant has been previously identified as the top…

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