Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 0495 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), an Etiologic Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Interacts with SLE Risk Loci Through EBV-encoded Transcription Co-factors (co-TFs)
Viktoryia Laurynenka¹, Xiaoting Chen¹, Sreeja Parameswaran¹, Shruti Eswar², Kenneth Kaufman³, Bahram Namjou⁴, Matthew Weirauch⁵, Leah Kottyan⁴ and John Harley⁶, ¹Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center;US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati, 535 Terrace Ave, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: SLE affects millions worldwide. The etiology of this complex autoimmune disease is the consequence of both strong genetic and environmental components. Genome-wide association studies…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2020
Correlation Between Disease Activity and Perceived Economic Barriers to Care in a Population of African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ashley White¹, Trevor Faith¹, Aissatou Ba¹, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan², Hetlena Johnson³, Jillian Rose⁴, Clara Dismuke-Greer⁵, Jim Oates⁶, Leonard Egede⁷ and Edith Williams¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²medical university of south carolina, south carolina, ³LupusCSC, Columbia, SC, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ⁷Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, multifactorial disease with heterogeneous presentation. Disease activity – the number and severity of symptoms – can be…
Abstract Number: 0849 • ACR Convergence 2020
Herpes Zoster Events with Anifrolumab in Patients with Active SLE: An Integrated Analysis of Phase 2 and Phase 3 Trials
Joan Merrill¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Richard Furie³, Kevin Winthrop⁴, Patricia Primakov⁵, Lilia Pineda⁶, Gabriel Abreu⁷ and Raj Tummala⁶, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ²School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ³Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, ⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ⁷BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In the phase 2 MUSE and phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, treatment with anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody to the type I interferon receptor,…
Abstract Number: 0868 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of Proteinuria on the Clearance of Monoclonal Antibodies: Potential Clinical Implications
Justin Penzenstadler¹, Jianmeng Chen², Aaron Park², Rosemarie Neuner², Aliza Thompson², Lei He², Ping Ji², Nikolay Nikolov² and Chandrahas Sahajwalla², ¹FDA, F, ²FDA, Silver spring
Background/Purpose: In general, renal elimination is minimal for therapeutic proteins with a molecular weight more than 69 KDa. However, in patients with proteinuria, there is…
Abstract Number: 0984 • ACR Convergence 2020
Neighborhood Deprivation and Race/Ethnicity Affects COVID-19 Risk and Severity in SLE
Ashira Blazer¹, Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz², Mala Masson², Rebecca Haberman³, Rochelle Castillo⁴, Jose Scher⁴, Huda Algasas⁵, Allison Guttmann², Philip Carliucci³, Kristina Deonaraine², Michael Golpanian⁶, Kimberly Robins², Miao Chang², H. Michael Belmont⁶, Jill Buyon⁷, Amit Saxena³ and Peter Izmirly⁶, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, ³NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New York, NY, ⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York City, ⁵Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁶New York University, New York, NY, ⁷Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Disparities have been reported during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients represent a unique group that is affected by clinical,…
Abstract Number: 1089 • ACR Convergence 2020
Intermuscular Adipose Tissue in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jorge Gamboa¹, Daniel Carranza Leon¹, Rachelle Crescenzi¹, Adriana Marton², Annette Oeser¹, Cecilia Chung¹, Jens Titze², Michelle Ormseth¹ and C. Michael Stein¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have reduced physical activity and frequently complain of fatigue. Exercise reduces fatigue in patients with SLE; however, the…
Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2020
2019 Lupus Classification Criteria Score Predicting Cost of Future Hospitalizations
Saurav Suman¹, Amna Batool², Joshua Keller² and William Neal Roberts², ¹University of Kentucky, Horseheads, NY, ²University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Background/Purpose: The latest 2019 Lupus Classification criteria score (CCS) is based on weighted criteria and has been shown to predict 10-year mortality1. Our previous study…
Abstract Number: 1281 • ACR Convergence 2020
Opioid-Related Encounters as a Predictor of 30-Day Readmissions in Lupus
Christie Bartels¹, Maria Schletzbaum², Yi Chen³ and Amy Kind⁴, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Madison, WI, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Health Services and Care Research Program, Geriatrics Division, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: One in four Medicare hospitalizations with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) results in readmission within 30 days, with “injuries and poisonings” as the second most…
Abstract Number: 1297 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Antibodies in Relation to Malignancy
Sarah Huse¹, Jim Oates², Gary Gilkeson³ and Diane Kamen¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ³Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that has the potential to affect every organ system. Studies have shown increased risk of…
Abstract Number: 1507 • ACR Convergence 2020
Longitudinal Analysis of ANA Assay Performance in SLE from the SLICC Inception Cohort
May Choi¹, Ann Clarke², Karen Costenbader³, Murray Urowitz⁴, John Hanly⁵, Caroline Gordon⁶, Yvan St. Pierre⁷, Sang-Cheol Bae⁸, Juanita Romero-Díaz⁹, F Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero¹⁰, Sasha Bernatsky¹¹, Daniel Wallace¹², David Isenberg¹³, Anisur Rahman¹⁴, Joan Merrill¹⁵, Paul Fortin¹⁶, Dafna Gladman¹⁷, Ian Bruce¹⁸, Michelle Petri¹⁹, Ellen M Ginzler²⁰, Mary Anne Dooley²¹, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²², Susan Manzi²³, Andreas Jönsen²⁴, Graciela Alarcón²⁵, Ronald F Van Vollenhoven²⁶, Cynthia Aranow²⁷, Meggan Mackay²⁸, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁹, S. Sam Lim³⁰, Murat Inanc³¹, Kenneth Kalunian³², Søren Jacobsen³³, Christine Peschken³⁴, Diane Kamen³⁵, Anca Askanase³⁶ and Marvin Fritzler³⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ⁷McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁰University Health Network/Sinai Health system, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹¹The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada, ¹²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Centre for Rheumatology, University College London and Department of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ¹⁶CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ¹⁷Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁸Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁰SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, ²¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²²Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²³Lupus Center of Excellence, Autoimmunity Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Universidad Peruana Cayetano, Heredia, Alabama, ²⁶Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁷Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁸Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁹Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ³⁰Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³¹Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³²University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³³University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³⁴Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³⁵Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³⁶Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ³⁷Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are important biomarkers for the diagnosis and classification of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, emerging data from cross-sectional studies suggest variation…
Abstract Number: 1634 • ACR Convergence 2020
Etiologies and Management of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Is It Time for an Updated Protocol and Targeted Treatments?
Therese Posas-Mendoza¹, Cara McLeod¹, William Davis² and Robert Quinet², ¹Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Dept of Rheumatology, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare life-threatening disease characterized by immune-overstimulation and a hyperinflammatory response resulting in cytokine storm and multi-organ failure.1 Secondary HLH…
Abstract Number: 1683 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ready or Not? Measuring Readiness for Transition to Adult Care in Adolescents with JIA & jSLE
Jeanine McColl¹, Teresa Semalulu¹, Arzoo Alam², Steffy Thomas², Julie Herrington³, Jan Willem Gorter², Tania Cellucci², Stephanie Garner², Liane Heale², Mark Matsos², Karen Beattie¹ and Michelle Batthish⁴, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³The Canadian Arthritis Society, Hamilton, Canada, ⁴McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Transitioning from pediatric to adult care represents a particularly vulnerable period among patients with JIA and jSLE. The shift to adult care is often…
Abstract Number: 1795 • ACR Convergence 2020
Intracellular Homocysteine and Homocysteine Metabolites in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
George Stojan¹, Jessica Li¹, Amrita Raj², Maureen Kane³ and Michelle Petri⁴, ¹Johns Hopkins University, BALTIMORE, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ³University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Background/Purpose: In SLE, homocysteine has been shown to be a potentially modifiable, independent risk factor for stroke and thrombotic events. All previous epidemiological studies used…
Abstract Number: 1813 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Comprehensive Method to Study Environmental Chemicals in Serum in Patients with SLE
Cristina Lanata¹, Kim Taylor², James Hurst-Hopf¹, Laura Trupin¹, Patricia Katz³, Jinoos Yazdany¹, Maria Dall'Era⁴, Dimitri Abrahamsson¹, Lindsey Criswell⁵ and Roy Gerona¹, ¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Rosalind Russell/Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Environmental exposures may play a substantial role in the pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), however it has been challenging to measure and capture…
Abstract Number: 1829 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lupus Disease Activity After Cessation of Anifrolumab Treatment During the Phase 2b MUSE Trial Follow-up Period
Richard Furie¹, Kenneth Kalunian², Joan Merrill³, Gabriel Abreu⁴ and Raj Tummala⁵, ¹Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, ²School of Health Sciences, University of California, La Jolla, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ⁴BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg
Background/Purpose: In the randomized, double-blind, phase 2b MUSE trial, anifrolumab reduced disease activity vs placebo across multiple endpoints in patients with moderately to severely active…

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