Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

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…
Abstract Number: 1847 • ACR Convergence 2020
Delayed and Immediate Release Prednisone Decrease Fatigue Comparably in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hope Rainey¹, Kristy Bell¹, Violeta Rus², Daniel Wallace³, Claire Dykas¹, Mary Mora¹, Maggy Comberg¹ and Peter Lipsky¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions LLC., Charlottesville, VA, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Morning stiffness and fatigue are common symptoms in patients with SLE. Increased cytokines and disturbed sleep patterns may contribute to morning symptoms and fatigue…
Abstract Number: 0249 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of the SIMPLE Index for Disease Activity of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Chinese Patients
Chi Chiu Mok¹, Ling Yin Ho¹, Kar Li Chan² and Meenakshi Jolly³, ¹Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China (People's Republic), ²Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Rush University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The SIMPLE (SIMple Disease Assessment for People with Lupus Erythematosus) index is a composite numeric tool that captures disease activity from patients’ self-assessment with…
Abstract Number: 0266 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Correlation Between Pregnancy, Disease Activity and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomesin Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cigdem Cetin¹, Tugba Sarac Sivrikoz¹, Muge Ates Tıkız¹, Ege Sinan Torun¹, Sibel Zarali¹, Yasemin Yalcinkaya¹, Ahmet Gül¹, Murat İnanç¹, Mahdume Lale Öcal², İbrahim Kalelioğlu¹ and Bahar Artim Esen¹, ¹İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can present with acute disease flares/exacerbations during pregnancy and postpartum period1. These flares can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes…
Abstract Number: 0282 • ACR Convergence 2020
Expression of the cGAMP Transporter SLC19A1 Is Altered in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jeong Min Yu¹, Gantsetseg Tumurkhuu², Erica Montano², Gabriela de los Santos², Daniel J Wallace², Mariko Ishimori³ and Caroline Jefferies¹, ¹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Inappropriate sensing of nucleic acids leading to enhanced type I interferon (IFN) induction is a hallmark of SLE, contributing to breakdown of immune tolerance…
Abstract Number: 0300 • ACR Convergence 2020
Exposure to Topical Antimicrobials Reduces Inflammatory Gene Expression in Cutaneous Lupus Lesional Skin
Sirisha Sirobhushanam¹, Allison Billi², Alex Tsoi², Celine Berthier², Johann Gudjonsson³ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ³University of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Michigan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Lupus lesional skin has elevated interferon expression, is highly colonized with Staphylococcus aureus (50%) and has no FDA-approved treatment options. S. aureus is known…
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: 0869 • ACR Convergence 2020
Retinal Toxicity in a Multinational Inception Cohort of Systemic Lupus Patients on Hydroxychloroquine
Celline Almeida-Brasil¹, John Hanly², Murray Urowitz³, Ann Clarke⁴, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁵, Caroline Gordon⁶, Michelle Petri⁷, Ellen M Ginzler⁸, Daniel J Wallace⁹, Sang-Cheol Bae¹⁰, Juanita Romero-Díaz¹¹, Mary Ann Dooley¹², Christine A. Peschken¹³, David Isenberg¹⁴, Anisur Rahman¹⁴, Susan Manzi¹⁵, Søren Jacobsen¹⁶, S. Sam Lim¹⁷, Ronald Van Vollenhoven¹⁸, Ola Nived¹⁹, Andreas Jönsen¹⁹, Diane Kamen²⁰, Cynthia Aranow²¹, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²², Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero²³, Dafna Gladman²⁴, Paul Fortin²⁵, Graciela Alarcón²⁶, Joan Merrill²⁷, Kenneth Kalunian²⁸, Manuel Ramos-Casals²⁹, Kristjan Steinsson³⁰, Asad Zoma³¹, Anca Askanase³², Munther Khamashta³³, Ian Bruce³⁴, Murat Inanc³⁵ and Sasha Bernatsky³⁶, ¹McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ²QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada, ³University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, ⁸SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, ⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ¹¹Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹²UNC Health, Chapel Hil, ¹³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, ¹⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Temple University, Philadelphia, ¹⁶University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁷Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁸University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁹Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²⁰Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²¹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²²Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ²³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²⁴Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁵CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ²⁶Division 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, ²⁷New York University, New York, ²⁸University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁹University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³⁰Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland, ³¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³²Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ³³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ³⁴The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³⁵Department of Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³⁶The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite the beneficial effects of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), retinal toxicity is a concern. Factors associated with retinal toxicity have been…
Abstract Number: 0985 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early and Sustained Reduction in Severity of Skin Disease with Anifrolumab Treatment in Patients with Active SLE Measured by the Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index (CLASI): Pooled Data from 2 Phase 3 Studies
Victoria Werth¹, Richard Furie², Eric Morand³, J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, Rubana Kalyani⁵, Gabriel Abreu⁶, Lilia Pineda⁵ and Raj Tummala⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, ²Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, ³Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ⁶BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Up to 85% of patients with SLE experience skin disease.1 The Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index (CLASI) is a validated index…
Abstract Number: 1127 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Health Literacy and Numeracy with Patient Reported Psychological Outcomes
Mithu Maheswaranathan¹, Jennifer Rogers², Amanda Eudy¹, Kai Sun¹, Stacy Bailey³, S. Nicole Hastings¹ and Megan Clowse⁴, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke, Durham, NC, ³Northwestern University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Over 33 percent of American adults have low health literacy, which limits their ability to understand basic health information and make healthcare decisions. A…
Abstract Number: 1266 • ACR Convergence 2020
Multivariate Risk Model Shows Different Risk Factors for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in SLE
Michelle Petri¹, Jessica Li² and Daniel Goldman¹, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular events remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in SLE. Accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in SLE and many other inflammatory diseases. In the…
Abstract Number: 1282 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of High Disease Activity as Measured by SLEDAI and Drug Burden on Healthcare Utilization, Quality of Life and Work Productivity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Zahi Touma¹, Benjamin Hoskin², Christian Atkinson², David Bell³, James Pike², Jennifer Lofland⁴, Pamela Berry⁵, Chetan Karyekar⁵ and Karen Costenbader⁶, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²ADELPHI REAL WORLD, Bollington, United Kingdom, ³ADELPHI REAL WORLD, Bollington, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ⁴Janssen Global Market Access, horsham, PA, ⁵Janssen Global Services, LLC, Horsham, PA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Although there is abundant literature on healthcare utilization in SLE patients, the impact of disease activity in SLE patients is not well understood.To quantify…

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