Abstracts tagged "Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 0664 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of a Novel Gene Expression-based Molecular Score That Characterizes Individual Lupus Patients
Prathyusha Bachali¹, Erika Hubbard², Kathryn Kingsmore Allison², Yisha He², Amrie Grammer³ and Peter Lipsky², ¹AMPEL BioSolutions, Redmond, WA, ²AMPEL BioSolutions, Charlottesville, VA, ³AMPEL LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Patients with SLE can exhibit considerable clinical heterogeneity. A robust patient stratification approach can help to characterize individual lupus patients more effectively based on…
Abstract Number: 0881 • ACR Convergence 2022
Social Cognitive Correlates of Accelerometer-measured and Self-reported Physical Activity in Persons with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins¹, Jing Song², Joan Chmiel³, Lauren Bussell¹, Amanda Young¹, Anh Chung³, Daniel Erickson³, Holly Milaeger³, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁴ and Linda Ehrlich-Jones⁵, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA, Chicago, IL, ⁵Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Aurora, IL
Background/Purpose: Evidence suggests that physical activity is a modifiable lifestyle behavior that helps manage the manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, persons with SLE…
Abstract Number: 0967 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patterns of Breastfeeding Among Women with and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Laurel Wolf, Erin Hynd, stephanie Bray, Dulaney Wilson, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Benefits of breastfeeding for maternal and infant health outcomes are well-known. However, many barriers to initiating and maintaining breastfeeding have been identified, particularly for…
Abstract Number: 0989 • ACR Convergence 2022
Regulatory T Cell Defects in SLE and Therapy with a Novel IL-2 Mutein: Phase 1 Clinical Results with Efavaleukin Alfa
Nandita Sarkar¹, Xuguang Hu¹, Nadia Tchao¹, Richard Furie², Alan Kivitz³, Stanley B Cohen⁴ and Kevin Gorski⁵, ¹Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ²Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, ³Department of Rheumatology, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁴Metroplex Clinical Research Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Treg) are critical for maintaining self-tolerance and preventing autoimmunity, and IL-2 is essential for their development, survival and suppressive function. Defects…
Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Differences in Clinical Trial Perceptions Among a Large, Predominantly Black Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Southeastern United States
Jessica Williams¹, Gaobin Bao¹, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Cristina Drenkard², Kim Schofield¹ and S. Sam Lim², ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Black patients have higher incidence and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and worse outcomes as compared to White patients, yet Black patients are…
Abstract Number: 1275 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pneumococcal Vaccination Compliance Rate Among Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Rheumatology Fellow’s Cllinic
Sana Kang¹, George Gennaoui² and J. Patricia Dhar³, ¹Ascension St John Hospital, Chesterfield, MO, ²Ascension St. John Hospital, St. Clair Shores, MI, ³Ascension St. John Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Background/Purpose: The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults ages 19 years and older, with immunocompromising conditions should receive a dose of…
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…

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