Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1376 • ACR Convergence 2022
Eculizumab Is Safe as an Adjunctive Therapy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Severe Refractory Nephritis with or Without Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Children
Maria Pereira¹, Angela Chun¹, Leigh Stubbs¹ and Marietta De Guzman², ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Eculizumab is a monoclonal antibody that prevents the cleavage of C5, which inhibits the formation of the terminal complement complex. It is approved in…
Abstract Number: 1450 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Time to Remission, Flares and Time on Immunosuppressives on the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Lupus Nephritis
KONSTANTINOS TSELIOS¹, Dafna Gladman², Jiandong Su³ and Murray Urowitz⁴, ¹McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, University Health Network, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Time to complete remission, subsequent flares and time on immunosuppressives after complete remission are major determinants of the progression to advanced chronic kidney disease…
Abstract Number: 1469 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk Factors for Herpes Zoster Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Caroline Spitznagel, Fedelis Mutiso, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a higher prevalence and incidence of herpes zoster (HZ) compared with the general population. Our study was…
Abstract Number: 1591 • ACR Convergence 2022
Overall and Post-vaccination Prevalence of Severe COVID-19-related Events Among Commercially Insured Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the General U.S. Population
Sandra Sze-jung Wu¹, Gelareh Atefi², Meghan Moynihan³, Kristin Evans³, Liisa Palmer³, Michael Pollack², Christine Dube⁴ and Cassandra Calabrese⁵, ¹AstraZeneca, Hockessin, DE, ²AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, ³Merative, Cambridge, MA, ⁴AstraZeneca, Torrington, CT, ⁵Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH
Background/Purpose: To assess the prevalence of severe COVID-19 (COVID) overall and following vaccination among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the general population, and…
Abstract Number: 1693 • ACR Convergence 2022
Skin Pigmentation Association with Regulation of Cyclic-GMP-AMP Following Skin Exposure to UV Light
Jie An¹, Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner², Xizhang Sun¹, Lena Tanaka¹ and Keith Elkon¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Amongst the most important cytosolic DNA sensors is Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS). Binding of DNA to cGAS results in the synthesis of the cyclic…
Abstract Number: 1750 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Appendicitis and the Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Population-based, Case-control Study
Yun-Wen Chen, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by diverse clinical manifestations. The risk factors of SLE included genetic factors and environmental…
Abstract Number: 2057 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outpatient Visit Adherence and Impact on Disease-related Morbidity in Childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE)
Meghan Nelson¹, Colleen Mosley², D. Sofia Villacis-Nunez³, Kelly Rouster-Stevens³ and Amit Thakral³, ¹Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that is associated with significant disease damage, morbidity, and mortality. In comparison to the adult…
Abstract Number: 2075 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Bloodstream Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Exposed to Prolonged Moderate to High Dose Glucocorticoids
MI HYEON KIM¹, Eun Bong Lee¹, Eun Young Lee², Jin Kyun Park³ and Jun Won Park¹, ¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the incidence and risk factors of bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving moderate-to-high dose…
Abstract Number: 2094 • ACR Convergence 2022
Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Adults with Juvenile- and Adult-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Multiethnic US Cohort (LUMINA)
R. Ezequiel Borgia¹, Manuel Ugarte-Gil², Luis Vilá³, John Reveille⁴, Gerald McGwin⁵ and Graciela Alarcón⁶, ¹UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, ²Universidad Cientifica del Sur/Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen. EsSalud, Lima, Peru, ³University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, ⁴University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁵Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland
Background/Purpose: To examine and compare baseline predictors of improvement in HRQoL in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with disease onset occurring before age 24…
Abstract Number: 2197 • ACR Convergence 2022
Unmet Need in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Therapy: High Corticosteroid Use and Poor Adherence and Persistence to SLE Treatments in the US
Prajakta Masurkar¹, Jennifer Reckleff², Nicole Princic³, Brendan Limone⁴, Hana Schwartz⁴, Elaine Karis⁵, Eric Zollars⁶, Bradley Stolshek⁵ and Karen Costenbader⁷, ¹Amgen, Wylie, TX, ²Amgen, Westlake Village, CA, ³IBM Watson Health, Reading, MA, ⁴IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Amgen, Newbury Park, CA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Poor treatment adherence and persistence is an ongoing problem among SLE patients due to complex regimens and may lead to frequent use of high-dose…
Abstract Number: 0106 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Systematic Review of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disease Related Outcomes Among Patients with SLE
Teresa Semalulu¹, Keerthana Pasumarthi¹, Kevin Zhao¹, Rauda AlDhaheri¹, Nadine Akbar², KAREN BEATTIE¹ and KONSTANTINOS TSELIOS³, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Humber River Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Racialized patients and ethnic minorities have worse outcomes in SLE. This is likely related to a complex interplay between genetic and non-genetic factors. Numerous…
Abstract Number: 0323 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identifying Distinct Phenotypes of Patients with Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results from a Cluster Analysis by the Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR) Study Group
Nevin Hammam¹, Mohamed Bakrey Mahmoud², Aly Bakhiet³, Rasha El Owaidy⁴, Hend Abdel Nabi⁵, Ahmed M Elsaman⁶, Iman Khalifa⁷, Abeer M NourEl-Din⁸, Rawhya R ElShereef⁹, Eman Hassan¹⁰, Faten Ismail⁹, Iman I El-Gazzar¹¹, Abdelhafeez Moshrif¹², Noha M Khalil¹³, Marwa A Amer¹⁴, Hanan M Fathy¹⁵, Nancy Abdel Salam¹⁵, Samar Tharwat¹⁶, Mervat I Abd Elazeem¹⁷, Hanan M Fathi¹⁸ and Tamer A Gheita¹¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, PASADENA, CA, ²Higher Institute for Computer Science and Information Systems, 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt, ³Higher Institute for Computer Science and Information Systems, 6th of October City, Assiut, Egypt, ⁴Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Tanta University, Gharbia, Egypt, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt, ⁷Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Pediatrics Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt, ¹⁰Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt, ¹³Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁴Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹⁵Pediatrics Department, Rheumatology and Nephrology Unit, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, ¹⁶Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt, Dakahlia, Egypt, ¹⁷Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (J-SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by a great heterogeneity in organs involvement. A better understanding of the organ…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2022
Birth Order Is a Risk Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nicole Shammas¹, Priya Ramani², Christopher Aston³, Ana Quintero-Del-Rio⁴, Judith James⁵, John Harley⁶, Isaac Harley⁷ and Hal Scofield⁵, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Tampa Rheumatology, Tampa, FL, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴OU Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Birth order effects have been described in several immune and non-immune disease states. While some studies have found an increased risk of developing autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0361 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gene Expression Pathways Modulated by Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tina Baker¹, Sharifian Hoda², Paul Newcombe¹, Mark Lazarus¹, Madhu Ramaswamy³, Nicola Ferrari¹, Daniel Muthas², Hussein Al-Mossawi¹, Raj Tummala³, Eric F. Morand⁴, Richard A. Furie⁵, Edward Vital⁶ and Philip Brohawn³, ¹AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, ⁴Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ⁶University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anifrolumab is a monoclonal antibody to IFN-α receptor 1 that inhibits type I IFN signaling. In the phase 3 TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials, anifrolumab…
Abstract Number: 0572 • ACR Convergence 2022
ACR Workgroup to Develop Recommendations for PRO Use in Clinical Care for SLE
Patricia Katz¹, Claire Barber², Ali Duarte-Garcia³, Shivani Garg⁴, Wambui Machua⁵, Yesenia Santiago-Casas⁶, Wendy Rodgers⁷, Lisa Suter⁸, Jennifer Ude⁹, Tracy Johansson⁹, Christie Bartels¹⁰ and Jinoos Yazdany¹¹, ¹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁵Piedmont Physicians, Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Integral Rheumatology and Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Lupus Foundation of America, Torrance, CA, ⁸Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁹American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ¹¹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are not consistently used in clinical settings for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). As part of a Centers for…

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