Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0688 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis Reduces the Risk of Vascular Complication Leading to Treatment Escalation: Emulation of a Target Trial Using Time-dependent Propensity Score-matching
Enrico De Lorenzis¹, Gerlando Natalello², Fabio Cacciapaglia³, Rossella De Angelis⁴, Edoardo Cipolletta⁵, Veronica Codullo⁶, Giacomo De Luca⁷, Dilia Giuggioli⁸, Francesca Ingegnoli⁹, Valeria Riccieri¹⁰, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹¹, Clodoveo Ferri¹², Marco Matucci Cerinic¹³ and Silvia Laura Bosello¹⁴, ¹Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Rome, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit � DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ⁴Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ⁵Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology - Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy, ⁷Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁸Scleroderma Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁹Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Pini, Dept. of Clinical Sciences & Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Research Center for Environmental Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹³Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ¹⁴Unit of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: The prescription of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) represents the primary treatment for interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is an option…
Abstract Number: 0853 • ACR Convergence 2024
Lung Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Sclerosis: Accuracy of B-line and Pleural Assessment
Jesús Loarce¹, Ana García de Vicente¹, Javier Arechavala Hita¹, Carlos de La Puente Bujidos¹, Juan Rigual¹, Francisco Javier Bachiller Corral² and Mónica Vázquez Díaz¹, ¹Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent and severe complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). Although computerized tomography (CT) is considered…
Abstract Number: 1054 • ACR Convergence 2024
Utilization of Rehabilitation Services in Patients with Common Rheumatic Conditions: A Systematic Review
Keri Geinosky¹, Joel Thompson², Joshua Torrey³ and Louise Thoma⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, ²university of north carolina - chapel hill, Cary, NC, ³UNC Chapel Hill, Westmoreland, NH, ⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Rehabilitation services, such as physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), are recommended in the care of inflammatory arthritis and other rheumatic conditions. However, the…
Abstract Number: 1576 • ACR Convergence 2024
New Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Early Systemic Sclerosis Using the FDA Guidance on Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Dinesh Khanna¹, George greene², Chelsea Perschon², Alain Lescoat³, Emilie Jaeger², Susan murphy¹ and David Cella⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, ³CHU Rennes - University Rennes 1, Rennes, France, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with a wide range of symptoms and significant impairments in function and quality of life. The goal of the…
Abstract Number: 1815 • ACR Convergence 2024
Leveraging Novel Systemic Sclerosis Disease Signatures to Build a Humanized Drug Discovery Funnel
Lauren Reinke-Breen¹, Laura Leys¹, Sunhwa Kim², Lauren Olson¹, Anastasia Marinopoulos¹, Chris Butler¹, Jennifer Van Camp¹ and Lisa Hazelwood¹, ¹AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, ²AbbVie, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune disorder with significant morbidity and mortality. The lack of effective therapies for SSc is, in part,…
Abstract Number: 2049 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetically Proxied Glucose‑lowering Drug Target and Risk of Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Dongze Wu¹ and Yingzhao jin², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China (People's Republic), ²Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: There are conflicting findings on the relationship between glucose-lowering drugs and risk of development of immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). The study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2457 • ACR Convergence 2024
Polypharmacy, Drug-drug Interactions, and Adverse Drug Reactions Among Systemic Sclerosis Patients: A Cross-sectional Risk Factor Study
Sara Boukhlal¹, Laurent Chouchana², Malika Saadi³, marion Casadevall¹, Pascal cohen⁴, bertrand Dunogue⁵, Anne Murarasu¹, Alexis Régent⁶, Luc Mouthon⁵ and Benjamin Chaigne⁷, ¹AP HP, paris, France, ²Cochin, Paris, France, ³Cardiology Department - Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ⁵Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares d'Ile de France de l’Est et de l’Ouest, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, ⁶National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ⁷Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Systémiques Autoimmunes et Autoinflammatoires Rares d'Ile de France de l’Est et de l’Ouest, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions (DDI) and related adverse drug reaction (ADR) are understudied in SSc. The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence…
Abstract Number: 2683 • ACR Convergence 2024
Optical Coherence Angiography: A Non-invasive, Safe Method for Assessing the Systemic Sclerosis Related Vasculopathy Beyond Nailfold Capillaries
Pavel Nikitin¹, Harshdeep Chawla¹, Manmohan Singh¹, Samuel Theodore², Salavat Aglyamov¹, Meng Zhang², Brian Skaug², Maureen Mayes², Kirill Larin¹ and Shervin Assassi², ¹University of Houston, Houston, TX, ²UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Vascular involvement is a prominent feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Safe and non-invasive methods to visualize cutaneous blood vessels beyond nailfold capillaries are lacking.…
Abstract Number: 0690 • ACR Convergence 2024
Can Immunosuppression or Vasodilation Prevent the Onset of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis? An Association Analysis from the EUSTAR Database
Liubov Petelytska¹, Lorenzo Tofani², Elise Siegert³, Elisabetta Zanatta⁴, Gianluca Moroncini⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, vanessa smith⁷, Gabriela Riemekasten⁸, Kamal Solanki⁹, Fabio Cacciapaglia¹⁰, Britta Maurer¹¹, José da Silva¹², Marija Geroldinger-Simić¹³, Ana Rodrigues¹⁴, Madelon Vonk¹⁵, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁶, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁷, Oliver Distler¹⁸ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁹, and on behalf of the EUSTAR collaborators, ¹Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Unit of Rheumatology, Padova University, Padova, Italy, ⁵Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, ⁶Department Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁸University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ⁹Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ¹¹University Hospital Bern, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹²University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹³Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, ¹⁴Hospital Curry Cabral-Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁹University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and vasculopathy may play a role in the development of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Pre-clinical evidence showed possible preventive…
Abstract Number: 0951 • ACR Convergence 2024
A Feedback Loop Involving mtDNA, Platelets and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Amplifies Inflammation in Systemic Sclerosis
Stavros Giaglis¹, Diego Kyburz² and Ulrich Walker³, ¹Experimental Rheumatology Laboratory, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Mitochondria are essential eucaryotic cell organelles with several bacterial features, such as a double-stranded circular genome with hypomethylated CpG areas (1). A fundamental role of…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating & Improving Adherence to Pulmonary Hypertension Screening in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
John Hickernell¹ and Zineb Aouhab², ¹Loyola Univeristy Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Loyola University Medical Center, Oak Brook, IL
Background/Purpose: Annual screening for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) has been shown to decrease mortality. The American College of Radiology, European…
Abstract Number: 1577 • ACR Convergence 2024
Elevated Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Vasculopathy and Suppression by a Synthetic Prostacyclin Analog
Neda Kortam¹, Wenying Liang¹, Claire Shiple¹, Suiyuan Huang¹, Rosemary Gedert¹, James St. Clair¹, Cyrus Sarosh², Caroline Foster¹, Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou¹, John Varga¹, Jason Knight¹, Dinesh Khanna¹ and Ramadan Ali¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Temperance, MI
Background/Purpose: Neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) contribute to the vascular complications of multiple diseases, but their role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is understudied. We…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2024
Activated Macrophages Mediate Loss of Dermal White Adipose Tissue in Fibrotic Skin
Chanhyuk Park¹, Helen Jarnagin², Asmaa Mohamed³, Yina Huang³, Michael Whitfield⁴ and Patricia Pioli¹, ¹Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, ²Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth, Lebanon, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by inflammation, vasculopathy, and dermal and internal organ fibrosis. A widely-reported but poorly understood aspect of SSc skin…
Abstract Number: 2183 • ACR Convergence 2024
Accuracy of AI Tools for Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disease
Indira Sriram¹, Gabriel Tarshish² and Megan Curran², ¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: In this work, we study the ability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) based tools to diagnose pediatric rheumatological diseases. Specifically, we seek to answer…
Abstract Number: 2458 • ACR Convergence 2024
Risk Factors for Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Julie Urgiles¹, Suiyuan Huang², Shervin Assassi³, Flavia Castelino⁴, Robyn Domsic⁵, Tracy Frech⁶, Jessica Gordon⁷, Faye Hant⁸, Monique Hinchcliff⁹, Ami Shah¹⁰, Victoria Shanmugam¹¹, Virginia Steen¹², Dinesh Khanna² and Elana Bernstein¹³, ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ¹¹Office of Autoimmune Disease Research, Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Great Falls, VA, ¹²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the main pulmonary complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with a prevalence of 50-60%. SSc-ILD progression can occur…

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