Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1242 • ACR Convergence 2024
Qualitative Patient Interview Study in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus to Assess Patient Perception of Fatigue and Skin-Related Symptoms
Joseph F. Merola¹, Victoria Werth², Jiyoon C. Choi³, Brandon Becker³, Teresa Edwards⁴, Coburn Hobar⁵, Samantha Pomponi⁵ and Vibeke Strand⁶, ¹UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, ⁴RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, ⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ⁶Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that disproportionately impacts women of childbearing age. Although the incidence varies widely based on ethnic…
Abstract Number: 1279 • ACR Convergence 2024
Cerebrovascular Accidents in Pediatric and Adult Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comparison of Epidemiology and Outcomes
Ekemini Ogbu¹, Jareen Meinzen-Derr², Michael Wagner², Rashmi Sahay², Dhriti Sharma², J Michael Taylor², Sudhakar Vadivelu³, Mekibib Altaye² and hermine brunner¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are one of the most devastating neurologic manifestations of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). The spectrum of CVA in cSLE (CVAcSLE)…
Abstract Number: 1494 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trajectories of Disease Evolution upon Treatment Initiation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Pooled Results from Three Randomized Clinical Trials of Belimumab
Ioannis Parodis¹, Julius Lindblom², Alexandre Tsoi³, Dionysis Nikolopoulos⁴ and Lorenzo Beretta⁵, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital; Örebro University, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di MIlano, Milan, Milan, Italy
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of belimumab in treating SLE has been demonstrated in several phase 3 randomized clinical trials (RCTs). These trials showed belimumab efficacy on…
Abstract Number: 1510 • ACR Convergence 2024
Impact of Active Lupus Nephritis on the Quality of Life of Patients from a Latin American Lupus Cohort
Romina Nieto¹, Rosana Quintana², Diana Carolina Fernández Ávila³, Rosa Serrano Morales⁴, Guillermina Harvey⁵, Lucia Hernandez⁶, Karen Roberts⁷, Nidia Meras⁸, Cintia Otaduy⁹, Elisa Novatti¹⁰, Valeria Arturi¹¹, Erika S. Palacios Santillan⁷, Boris Kisluk¹², Luciana González Lucero¹³, Eduardo Kerzberg¹⁴, Nicolás Pérez¹⁵, Cecilia Pisoni¹⁶, Paola Pirruccio¹⁷, María E. Crespo¹⁸, Ana Carolina Montandon¹⁹, Andrese A. Gasparin²⁰, Angela Duarte²¹, Laissa C. Alves Alvino²², Eloisa Bonfa²³, Emily Figuereido Neves²⁴, Lucas Victoria De Oliveira Martins²⁵, Iris Guerra²⁶, Milena Mimica Davet²⁷, Lizeth De La Hoz Rueda²⁸, Andrés Cadena Bonfanti²⁸, Roberth Rivera²⁹, Paola Coral Alvarado³⁰, John Fredy Jaramillo³¹, José Martínez³², Mario Moreno³³, Reyna E. Sánchez Briones³⁴, Mario Pérez Cristóbal³⁵, Eduardo Martin Nares³⁶, Yaneli Juárez-Vicuña³⁷, Yelitza González Bello³⁸, Octavio González³⁹, Leonardo R. Aguilar Rivera⁴⁰, Margarita Duarte⁴¹, Patricia Langjarth⁴², Wilkerson Pérez Medina⁴¹, Armando Calvo⁴³, Teresandris Polanco⁴⁴, Carina Pizzarossa⁴⁵, Gonzalo Silveira⁴⁶, Cristina Reategui⁴⁷, Graciela Alarcon⁴⁸, Urbano Sbarigia⁴⁹, Federico Zazzetti⁵⁰, Ashley Orillion⁵¹, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁵² and Bernardo Pons-Estel⁵², ¹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas. GO-CREAR, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, ²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ³Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, ⁴Sanatorio Parque. Centro de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumaticas del Grupo Oroao., Rosario, Argentina, ⁵Escuela de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, Rosario, Argentina, ⁶Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, ⁷Sección Reumatología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Hospital Italiano de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ⁹Hospital Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹¹Hospital HIGA San Martín, La Plata, Argentina, ¹²Unidad de Enfermedades Autoinmunes, Hospital Escuela Eva Perón, Granadero Baigorria, Argentina, ¹³Hospital Padilla, Tucumán, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital General de Agudos J.M. Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁵Instituto de Investigaciones Médicos Alfredo Lanari, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁶CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁷Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁸Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ¹⁹Hospital das Clinicas, Universidad Federal de Goias, Goias, Brazil, ²⁰Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ²¹Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil, ²²Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ²³Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²⁴Hospital da Clinicas de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²⁵Universidad Federal São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²⁶Sección de Reumatología, Hospital del Salvador, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²⁷Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad, San Sebastián, Chile, ²⁸Universidad Simon Bolivar, Barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁹Fundación Valle del Lili, Unidad de Reumatología, Cali, Colombia, ³⁰Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Hospital Universitario Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia, ³¹Centro de Referencia en Osteoporosis & Reumatología, Bogotá, Colombia, ³²Rheumatology Service, Luís Vernaza Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ³³Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ³⁴División de Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret, CMN La Raza, IMSS, CDMX, Mexico, ³⁵Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, CDMX, Mexico, IMMS, Mexico, ³⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ³⁷Departamento de Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, CDMX, Mexico, ³⁸Depto. de Inmunología y Reumatología, Hospital General de Occidente y Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ³⁹Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, SLP, Mexico, ⁴⁰Servicio de Reumatología (CEAR). Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González". Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁴¹Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliatti Martins, Lima, Peru, ⁴²Hospital de Clínicas I, Asunción, Paraguay, ⁴³Hospital Cayetano Heredia, San Martin de Porres, Peru, ⁴⁴Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominica, ⁴⁵Clínica Médica C, Hospital de Clínicas, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁶Grupo de Investigación de EAIS y Reumatológicas, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁴⁷Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud/Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Lima, Peru, ⁴⁸The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴⁹Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, ⁵⁰Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Horsham, PA, PA, ⁵¹Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Spring House, PA, PA, ⁵²Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ROSARIO, Santa Fe, Argentina
Background/Purpose: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with active lupus nephritis (LN) at baseline and 12 months after treatment in relationship to…
Abstract Number: 1527 • ACR Convergence 2024
Comparative Harms in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated with Anifrolumab or Belimumab: A Multicenter Cohort Study Using the TriNetX Research Network
Hsin-Hua Chen, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (Republic of China)

Background/Purpose: Belimumab and anifrolumab, biologic therapies, have shown to improve systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) outcomes in clinical trials, but there is a lack of real-world…
Abstract Number: 1547 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hydroxychloroquine and Prednisone Use by Individuals Diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the TriNetX Research Database
Moises Narvaez¹, Mujeeb Basit² and David Karp³, ¹UT Southwestern Medicial Center, Dallas, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The current treatment guidelines for systemic lupus erythematosus emphasize the universal use of antimalarials such as hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) unless contraindicated as well as limited…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Renal Activity Index for Lupus (RAIL) Identifies Active Renal Disease in SLE Patients and Its Longitudinal Score Associates with Achievement of Renal Responses in Lupus Nephritis
Minal Aundhia¹, Jinqi Liu², Ellen Cody³, James Rose⁴, Angela Merritt¹, Megan Quinlan-Waters¹, Alyssa Sproles⁵, Sherry Thornton⁵, Prasad Devarajan⁴, Bin Huang⁶ and hermine brunner⁷, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ⁵Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cinciannati, OH, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Lupus Nephritis (LN) confers a poor prognosis, and there is a lack of effective non-invasive tests to assess disease activity and treatment response. We…
Abstract Number: 1764 • ACR Convergence 2024
Reduction in Circulating Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Restored Degradation Post-treatment in Pediatric Lupus
Tatiana Borja¹, Bharati Matta², Lydia Thomas³, Jenna Battaglia⁴, Amanda Huang⁵, Kim Simpfendorfer⁶, Hongxiu Wen⁵, Joyce Hui-Yuen⁷, Boris Reizis⁸, Sohei Makita⁸ and Betsy Barnes⁵, ¹Northwell- Cohen Children's Medical Center, Elmhurst, NY, ²The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ³Northwell Health - Cohen Children's Medical Center, Lake Success, NY, ⁴Feinstein Institutes for Medical Science, Manhasset, ⁵Feinstein Institutes for Medical Science, Manhasset, NY, ⁶Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ⁷Northwell Health, Cohen Children's Medical Center, Great Neck, NY, ⁸New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Pediatric lupus (pSLE) is a multisystemic, chronic, autoimmune disease in which over 50% of pSLE patients develop lupus nephritis (pLN). Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)…
Abstract Number: 1798 • ACR Convergence 2024
CXCL6 Synthesized by Proximal Tubule Cells May Promote Fibrosis in Lupus Nephritis
Philip Carlucci¹, Nalani Sachan², Andrea Fava³, Brooke Cohen², Jasmine Shwetar⁴, Siddarth Gurajala⁵, Qian Xiao⁵, Joseph Mears⁶, Katie Preisinger², Devyn Zaminski⁷, Kristina Deonaraine⁸, Peter Izmirly⁹, Judith James¹⁰, Joel Guthridge¹⁰, Wade DeJager¹¹, David Wofsy¹², Cynthia Loomis², Gyles Ward², Ming Wu¹³, Chaim Putterman¹⁴, Deepak Rao¹⁵, Betty Diamond¹⁶, Derek Fine¹⁷, Jose Monroy-Trujillo¹⁷, H Michael Belmont⁷, William Apruzzese¹⁸, Anne Davidson¹⁹, Richard Furie²⁰, Paul Hoover²¹, Celine Berthier²², Maria Dall'Era²³, Diane Kamen²⁴, Kenneth Kalunian²⁵, Jennifer Anolik²⁶, Jennifer Barnas²⁷, Arnon Arazi²⁸, Soumya Raychaudhuri²⁹, Nir Hacohen³⁰, Robert Clancy³¹, Kelly Ruggles³², Michelle Petri³³ and Jill Buyon², and the Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴New York School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁸Jacobs School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁹New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ¹⁰Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, ¹²University of California San Francisco, SF, CA, ¹³Northwell, New York, NY, ¹⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Safed, Israel, ¹⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁶The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁷Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital, Everett, MA, ¹⁹Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁰Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ²¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, SWAMPSCOTT, MA, ²²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²³UCSF, Corte Madera, CA, ²⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁵University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²⁶University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²⁷University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²⁸Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Melrose, MA, ²⁹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³⁰Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, MA, ³¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³²NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, ³³Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD
Background/Purpose: Detection of urinary CXCL6, a member of the IL-8 chemokine family, has been linked to CKD and is a proposed marker of chronic damage…
Abstract Number: 1863 • ACR Convergence 2024
Human Endogenous Retroviruses Promote the Aberrant T Cell Differentiation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Xiaoli Min¹, Jiali Wu², Yaqin Yu³, Qianjin Lu⁴ and Ming Zhao⁴, ¹Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing, China (People's Republic), ²Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ³Central South University, Changsha, China (People's Republic), ⁴Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs and systems. The complex pathogenesis of SLE involved the abnormal activation of CD4+T cells and DNA hypomethylation modification. Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs)…
Abstract Number: 2167 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trust and Shared Decision-Making in Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Findings from a Pilot Survey Design Study
Hayley M Lynch¹, Jon Burnham², Joyce Chang³, Mackenzie McGill², Nellie P Butler² and Sabrina Gmuca², ¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Brookline, MA
Background/Purpose: The lifelong nature of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) necessitates longitudinal doctor-patient relationships, and existing research in adult populations has demonstrated that aspects of…
Abstract Number: 2382 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utility of Urinary Biomarkers to Predict Long-term Renal Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis
Ryan Baker¹, Laura Patricia Whittall Garcia¹, Michael Kim¹, Dennisse Bonilla¹, Murray Urowitz², Dafna Gladman³, Zahi Touma⁴ and Joan Wither¹, ¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Self employed, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) affects up to 50% of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Around 40% of patients will experience a subsequent renal flare in…
Abstract Number: 2401 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Novel Modeling Approach to Elucidate the Role of Autoantibodies in Complement Activation in SLE
David Pisetsky¹, Yuankang Zhao², Matthew Engelhard³, Amanda Eudy⁴, Philip Tedeschi⁵, Alex Verdone⁵, Megan Clowse⁶, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss³, Mithu Maheswaranathan², Rebecca Sadun³, Kai Sun³ and Jennifer Rogers², ¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Raleigh, NC, ⁵Immunovant, Inc, New York, NY, ⁶Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: In SLE, ANAs can promote pathogenesis by forming immune complexes (ICs) that activate complement. While antibodies to DNA (anti-DNA) are known to be associated…
Abstract Number: 2418 • ACR Convergence 2024
Identification of Co-expressed Molecular Markers That Predict Risk of Severe Flare in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Matthew Linnik¹, Guilherme Rocha², David Gemperline³, Ernst Dow³, Christoph Preuss³, Helen Masson⁴, Olivia Ellis⁴, Ana Accioly³, Maja Hojnik⁵, Kira Rubtsova¹, Robert Benschop⁶, Mark Chambers⁷, Mark Genovese³ and Richard Higgs³, ¹Eli Lilly, San Diego, CA, ²Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN, ³Eli Lilly and Co, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Eli Lilly and Co, San Diego, CA, ⁵Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Eli Lilly, Zionsville, IN
Background/Purpose: SLE flare is a clinically and regulatory relevant outcome, yet limited markers currently exist that predict its risk. We used baseline whole blood/serum samples…
Abstract Number: 2435 • ACR Convergence 2024
Attainment of Remission, Use of Immunomodulatory/suppressive Agents and Gradual Dose Tapering May Facilitate Flare-free Withdrawal of Glucocorticoids in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Spyridon Katechis¹, Sofia Pitsigavdaki², Myrto Nikoloudaki², Panagiotis Garantziotis³, Ettore Silvagni⁴, Argyro Repa², Antonio Marangoni⁵, Irini Flouri⁶, Nestor Avgoustidis⁷, Konstantinos Parperis⁸, Marcello Govoni⁵, Prodromos Sidiropoulos⁹, Dimitrios Boumpas¹⁰, Antonios Fanouriakis¹, George Bertsias² and Alessandra Bortoluzzi⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Joint Rheumatology Program, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, Heraklion, Greece, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S.Anna, Ferrara, Italy, Ferrara, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S.Anna, Ferrara, Italy, Ferrara, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece, Heraklio, Crete, Greece, ⁷University Hospital, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,, Heraklion, Greece, ⁸University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus, ⁹University of Crete, Laboratory of Rheumatology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation. University Hospital, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece, HERAKLIO, Greece, ¹⁰4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece, Athens, Greece
Background/Purpose: For patients with SLE who are treated with glucocorticoids (GC), discontinuation of the latter is an important goal. However, the clinical conditions under which…

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