Abstract Number: 0887 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Rare Variants in Lupus-causing Genes in a Mixed Paediatric and Adult Connective Tissue Disease Cohort
Background/Purpose: Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are a family of heterogeneous autoimmune diseases with overlapping clinical features. Not all patients with features suggestive of a mendelian…Abstract Number: 1040 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinic Personnel Perceptions Were Favorable for the Implementation of a Patient Decision-Aid for a Diverse Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Population: A Study in 15 U.S. Rheumatology Clinics
Background/Purpose: To understand clinic personnel feedback regarding the implementation of a self-administered patient decision-aid (PtDA) for lupus in regular, outpatient rheumatology clinics.Methods: We provided self-administered…Abstract Number: 1259 • ACR Convergence 2024
Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults with Systemic Lupus
Background/Purpose: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), are major life stressors that occur before the age of 18 and include experiences of household dysfunction. Recently, prior trauma,…Abstract Number: 1404 • ACR Convergence 2024
Modeling Diversity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical Trials Using Real-world Data (RWD) Sources
Background/Purpose: The FDA places emphasis on studying clinically relevant trial populations but does not address how these might be defined. SLE disproportionately affects women and…Abstract Number: 1499 • ACR Convergence 2024
Outcome of Newly Onset SLE with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Its Clinical Features in Daily Clinical Practice: A Single Center Study
Background/Purpose: Although neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms may occur in patients with SLE even in initial onset, studies regarding the distinct clinical features of SLE patients with…Abstract Number: 1515 • ACR Convergence 2024
Incidence and Predictors of Neuropsychiatric Lupus—a Contemporary Cohort Study Across the United States
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE can experience a variety of neuropsychiatric manifestations across 19 recognized syndromes (1999 ACR Nomenclature). Studies of neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) have been…Abstract Number: 1532 • ACR Convergence 2024
Not yet on Track: Retrospective Chart Analysis Reveals Physician’s Treatment Approaches in SLE Fall Short of New EULAR Guidance
Background/Purpose: In October 2023, EULAR released updated recommendations for the management of SLE2. Notably, since the previous guidelines update in 2019, anifrolumab received approval for…Abstract Number: 1552 • ACR Convergence 2024
Kinetics of Mucocutaneous and Musculoskeletal Responses to Deucravacitinibin Patients with Active SLE in the Phase 2 PAISLEY Trial
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib is a first-in-class, oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor approved in multiple countries for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque…Abstract Number: 1703 • ACR Convergence 2024
Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Implicate Vascular Cell Orchestration of Inflammatory Changes After Ultraviolet Light Exposure
Background/Purpose: Skin sensitivity to sunlight affects ~70% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In addition, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can stimulate systemic disease flares, but how this…Abstract Number: 1785 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Immuno-Metabolomics Shows Singular Changes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Metabolic Phenotype Induced by T-Cell Activation
Background/Purpose: Metabolic processes have a critical role in regulating immune cell function, therefore being relevant to understanding the pathogenesis and progression of autoimmune diseases. Here…Abstract Number: 1804 • ACR Convergence 2024
Investigating Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoires by Deep Immune Cell Phenotyping in Preclinical Autoimmunity Development
Background/Purpose: A loss of systemic self-tolerance to anti-nuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) is one of the main hallmarks of SLE. However, most healthy females with ANAs will…Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2024
Telemedicine for Under-resourced Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Views and Experiences of Patients and Rheumatology Health Care Professionals
Background/Purpose: There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the benefits and limitations of telemedicine in patients with SLE, particularly in those with under-resourced backgrounds. We…Abstract Number: 2370 • ACR Convergence 2024
Redefining Clinical Trial Inclusion Criteria Using Quality of Life in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Regulatory guidance on endpoint measures for disease activity in cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) patients is essential to improve therapies. CLE profoundly impacts quality of…Abstract Number: 2387 • ACR Convergence 2024
Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis Are Less Predictive in APOL1 High Risk Genotype Lupus
Background/Purpose: Compared to Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) low risk genotype (LRG) patients, APOL1 (HRG) has been shown to increase the risk of chronic kidney disease in…Abstract Number: 2407 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Utility of Repeat Renal Biopsies in Lupus Nephritis: The NIH Chronicity Index at First Biopsy Predicts Future End Stage Renal Disease in a Large South Asian Cohort of SLE
Background/Purpose: Renal biopsy remains a cornerstone of management of lupus nephritis. Repeat renal biopsies after therapy help prognosticate renal outcomes. We sought to describe the…