Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation on Cardiac Performance in Systemic Sclerosis
Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹, Jingjing He², Xu Wang², Saad Ahmed², Jeroen J. Bax² and Nina Ajmone Marsan², ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Myocardial involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) represents a severe complication with a poor prognosis; however, compromised cardiac function also heightens the risk of life-threatening…
Abstract Number: 0673 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Between Vasoactive-Vasodilating Therapy and Reduced Detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence From a EUSTAR Study
Nicola Farina¹, Silvia Bellando-Randone², SEBASTIEN SANGES³, hilde Bjørkekjær⁴, lorenzo tofani⁵, Marie-Elise Truchetet⁶, Vanessa Smith⁷, Andra Balanescu⁸, Christina Bergmann⁹, Yannick Allanore¹⁰, Philipp Klemm¹¹, simona Truglia¹², Luca Idolazzi¹³, Christopher Denton¹⁴, Roberta Foti¹⁵, anna Wojteczek¹⁶, Emmanuel Chatelus¹⁷, Madelon Vonk¹⁸, Serena Guiducci¹⁹, David Launay²⁰, Eric Hachulla²¹, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra²², Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold²³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic²⁴, Oliver Distler²⁵ and Cosimo Bruni²⁶, ¹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Scleroderma Unit, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy. Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ²University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Medecine Interne CHRU Lille, Lille, France, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway, Kristiansand, Norway, olso, Norway, ⁵Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, firenze, Italy, ⁶Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ⁷Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁸UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY CAROL DAVILA, Bucharest, Romania, ⁹Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Center, JLU Giessen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ¹²Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy, rome, Italy, ¹³Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, verona, Italy, ¹⁴University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, A.O.U. Policlinico-San Marco, Catania, Italy, Catania, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Geriatrics and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, University Clinical Centre, Gdańsk, Poland, Gdańsk, Poland, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France, ¹⁸Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁹Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Scleroderma Unit, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Pistoia, Italy, ²⁰Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Reference Center for Rare Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory diseases (CERAINOM), U¹²⁸⁶ - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France. National Reference Center for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Pulmotension), Lille, France, Lille Cedex, France, ²¹University of Lille, LILLE, France, ²²Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²³Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²⁴University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²⁶University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Vasoactive-vasodilating drugs (VVD) are the cornerstone of the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a form of precapillary pulmonary hypertension (pPH) that represents a…
Abstract Number: 0807 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Synovitis in Systemic Sclerosis
Celina Geiss¹, Miranda Houtman¹, Camino Calvo Cebrian¹, Raphael Micheroli², Melpomeni Toitou¹, Yannis Djeffal³, Alexandra Khmelevskaya¹, Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj¹, Sam Edalat¹, Thomas Rauer⁴, Kristina Bürki⁵, Chantal Pauli⁶, Michael Bonelli⁷, Thomas Karonitsch⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Caroline Ospelt¹ and Muriel Elhai¹⁰, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³INSERM, IMRB, Université Paris Est Créteil, Paris, France, ⁴³Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁸Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Synovitis is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), driving disability and predicting disease progression and mortality. Current immunosuppressive strategies, largely extrapolated from rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2502 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes: A Novel Approach Using Clustering Algorithms and Proteomic Insights. Results from the PRECISESADS Study
Santiago Dans Caballero¹, Rafaela Ortega-Castro², Chary López pedrera³, Alejandro Escudero⁴, Beatriz Vellón-García⁵, Carlos Pérez Sánchez⁶ and Clementina López Medina⁷, ¹Reina Sofia University Hospital, Lebrija, Andalucia, Spain, ²Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain, ³Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba/ Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain/Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology service/Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ Reina Sofia University Hospital/ University of Cordoba, Spain/ CobiomicBioscience S.l, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ⁷Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, University of Cordoba, IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by multiorgan involvement, substantial morbidity, and high mortality. Traditional classification systems (based…
Abstract Number: 2477 • ACR Convergence 2025
Current treatment Strategies in Systemic Sclerosis- Interstitial Lung Disease Patients: Real-World Insights from the EUSTAR Cohort (CP138)
Corrado Campochiaro¹, Marie-Elise Truchetet², Madelon Vonk³, Giacomo De Luca⁴, Giovanna Cuomo⁵, Lidia P Ananieva⁶, Eric Hachulla⁷, Vanessa Smith⁸, Ana Maria Gheorghiu⁹, Radim Bečvář¹⁰, Patricia E. Carreira¹¹, Nicolas Hunzelmann¹², Daniel Furst¹³, Vera Ortiz-Santamaria¹⁴, Francesco Del Galdo¹⁵, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹⁶ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁷, ¹IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Milan, Italy, ²Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France, ³Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Precision Medicine, University Hospital Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy, ⁶A Nasonova Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁷University of Lille, LILLE, France, ⁸Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁹Spitalul Clinic Dr. Ion Cantacuzino, Bucharest, Romania, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University,, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹¹Hospital Universitario ¹² de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany, ¹³Southern California Scleroderma and Rheumatology Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁴HOSP. GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁶University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: The therapeutic landscape for systemic sclerosis- interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) has rapidly evolved over the past decade, with increasing adoption of immunosuppressive (IST) and…
Abstract Number: 1866 • ACR Convergence 2025
Elucidating gastric pathology in systemic sclerosis using single-cell RNA sequencing
kristina clark¹, Moustafa Attar², Matthias Friedrich³, Charles Murray⁴, Alexander Clarke² and Christopher Denton⁵, ¹Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, United Kingdom, ²Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Translational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) affects over 90% of patients and represents a large clinical burden and unmet need. Unlike the skin…
Abstract Number: 1577 • ACR Convergence 2025
Intravenous cyclophosphamide in the treatment of progressive interstitial lung diseases associated with systemic sclerosis: a prospective randomized trial versus placebo (SCLEROCYC).
Luc Mouthon¹, David Launay², Sylvie leroy³, Christian AGARD⁴, Yannick Allanore⁵, Alice berezne¹, Emmanuel Bergot⁶, Boris Bienvenu⁷, Benjamin Chaigne¹, Pascal Cohen⁸, Bruno Crestani⁹, Anca Corondan¹⁰, bertrand Dunogue¹, Christian Lavigne¹¹, Jonathan London¹², Jean-Marc Naccache¹⁰, Gabriel Baron¹³, Alexis REGENT¹⁴, Benjamin Terrier¹⁵, Zahir AMOURA¹⁶, Charles Marquette¹⁰ and Philippe Ravaud¹³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin University Hospital, Université Paris Cité, AP-HP, Paris, France, ²Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Reference Center for Rare Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory diseases (CERAINOM), U¹²⁸⁶ - INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, Lille, France. National Reference Center for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Pulmotension), Lille, France, Lille Cedex, France, ³AP HP, Paris, France, ⁴Internal medicine, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ⁵Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, ⁶CHU, Caen, France, ⁷Saint Joseph Hospital, Marseille, France, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁹CHU, Paris, France, ¹⁰NA, Paris, France, ¹¹CHU, Angers, France, ¹²Hôpital Croix-Saint-Simon, Paris, France, ¹³Hôtel-Dieu, Université Paris Cité,, Paris, France, ¹⁴Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁶APHP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Randomized controlled trials favoured the use of cyclophosphamide…
Abstract Number: 1194 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk of Calcinosis with Proton Pump Inhibitor Use in Adult Dermatomyositis and Systemic Sclerosis
Antonia Valenzuela¹, Nicolás González², José Rojas³, Martin Fuentes³, Srijana Davuluri⁴, Brian Lee⁵, David Fiorentino⁶ and Lorinda Chung⁴, ¹Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ³Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, ⁶Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a painful, debilitating manifestation in connective tissue diseases. Recent findings suggest a link between proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and calcinosis in…
Abstract Number: 0963 • ACR Convergence 2025
Increased expression of M2 pro-fibrotic markers in circulating monocytes and cultured monocyte-derived macrophages from systemic sclerosis patients with progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD)
Vanessa Smith¹, Stefano Soldano², Rosanna Campitiello³, Emanuele Gotelli³, Paola Montagna⁴, Tamara Vojinovic⁴, Sabrina Paolino², Carmen Pizzorni², Alberto Sulli² and Maurizio Cutolo⁵, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ³University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ⁴University of Genoa, Genova, ⁵University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: In the complex pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), macrophages are mainly involved in mechanism of progressive tissue fibrosis of skin and internal organs, particularly…
Abstract Number: 0693 • ACR Convergence 2025
Impact of X Chromosome Dosage on the Development of Diffuse and Limited Systemic Sclerosis in Klinefelter, Triple X, and Turner Syndromes: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Hanieh Akbari¹, Anna-Kay Palmer² and Irene Tan³, ¹Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Medical Center, Norristown, PA, ²Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia - Jefferson Health, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Background/Purpose: Diffuse and limited systemic sclerosis (SSc) are autoimmune connective tissue diseases with a strong female predominance, suggesting a potential role for X chromosome dosage…
Abstract Number: 0671 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Gut-Heart Axis in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence from the GENISOS cohort
Francesca Romana Di Ciommo¹, Ashish Balar², Subhash Kulkarni³, Aidan K Strother², Michael Hughes⁴, Brian Skaug⁵, Maureen Mayes⁶, Shervin Assassi⁷, Ali Y Ayla² and Zsuzsanna McMahan⁸, ¹La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ²UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, ³BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁸UT Health Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Cardiac manifestations significantly impact the prognosis of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), underscoring the need for early risk stratification. While gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are…
Abstract Number: 0224 • ACR Convergence 2025
Improving Adherence to Pulmonary Hypertension Screening in Systemic Sclerosis Patients: Post-Intervention Analysis
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) reduces mortality. The American College of Radiology, European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory…
Abstract Number: 2501 • ACR Convergence 2025
Microvascular dysfunction contributes to hand bone deterioration in SSc patients
Rosanna Campitiello¹, Sabrina Paolino², Andrea Casabella³, Giulia Davoli², Elisa Caratto⁴, Emanuele Gotelli¹, Elvis Hysa⁵, Carmen Pizzorni², Vanessa Smith⁶, Alberto Sulli² and Maurizio Cutolo⁷, ¹University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, ²University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ³IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, ⁴Univeristy of Genoa, Alessandria, Italy, ⁵University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁷University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction, self-reactive immune response and progressive systemic fibrosis1. It is well established that…
Abstract Number: 2475 • ACR Convergence 2025
GERD Severity, Proton Pump Inhibitor Use, and Longitudinal Forced Vital Capacity in the CONQUER Registry
Carrie Richardson¹, Shervin Assassi², Flavia Castelino³, Lorinda Chung⁴, Luke Evnin⁵, Tracy Frech⁶, Jessica Gordon⁷, Faye Hant⁸, Laura Hummers⁹, Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Kimberly Lakin⁷, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹¹, Yiming Luo¹², Ashima Makol¹³, Maureen Mayes¹⁴, Zsuzsanna McMahan¹⁵, Jerry Molitor¹⁶, Duncan Moore¹⁷, Nora Sandorfi¹⁸, Ami Shah⁹, Ankoor Shah¹⁹, Brian Skaug²⁰, Virginia Steen²¹, Elizabeth Volkmann²², Carleigh Zahn²³, John VanBuren¹¹ and Elana Bernstein²⁴, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁵Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹²Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, ¹³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁴UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ¹⁵UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Northwestern University, Chicago, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Philadelphia, ¹⁹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²⁰UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²¹Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ²³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²⁴Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Gastroesophageal reflux disease may contribute to the progression of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, it is unclear whether reflux severity or…
Abstract Number: 1865 • ACR Convergence 2025
Shared and unique molecular signatures across different autoantibody groups in systemic sclerosis: a multi-omics analysis
Hanlin Yin¹, Wanyi Lin², Zhangyi zhao¹, Chenhan Jia¹ and Liangjing Lu¹, ¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic), ²Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are detected in over 95% of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Compared to cutaneous subtype classification, autoantibody-based stratification more accurately predicts survival,…

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